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@lilithwrites.bsky.social

PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#BluePit📖 #A #H #W #LGBTQIA+ #DIS #WF #ND #OV

An agent’s guide to "Dissonance"
An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy

Comps Include:

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
- Protective sister dynamic
- Prior trauma/haunted by the past
- Paranoia

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- Domestic thriller
- Complicated family dynamics
- Family secrets dragged into the open

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Imperfect victims
- FMC who isn’t believed by men

An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women:
- Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women

The Pitch

Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyle’s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before it’s too late.

Tropes:

Unreliable narrator
Unhinged women
Small Town/Insulated community
Secrets dragged to the surface
Past haunts the present

January 13, 2026 at 5:08 AM

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Scarlet Mitchell

@scarletvmitchell.bsky.social

When disgraced archeologist, Talia, lands a case tracing an ancient knife, she's determined to prove herself, even if it means working with her worst frenemy, skulking around dusty archives, and ignoring a very inconvenient murder.
At least it's better than driving for Lyft.
#BluePit📖
#A #M #Q #LGBT

Moodboard for the Gerzean Blade. Tagline “Bones she could handle. Flesh was another matter…
Images include crime scene tape, a library, a hand caressing Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneform writing, a low shot of a long road, a hand sticking out of mud, an archeologist picking at a find in the ground, a broken car window.

January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM

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Sage T. Greene, Author

@sagetgreene.bsky.social

MIDWEST NOSTALGIA x TWIN PEAKS: COZY EDITION

An eccentric millionaire seeks proof of cryptids w/the help of their
companion.

Sunnyside, Michigan. 2005. A probable location for otherworldly
activity. The thing is, EVERYONE in Sunnyside seems a little...off.

#BluePit📖 #W #YA #LGBT #OV #ND #M #PN

A mood board for a work in progress by Sage T. Greene. A cryptid creature with bug-like features. Police lights. Cassette and CD. A restaurant. A deer. A candle and witchy herbs. A business sign that says "Sorry we're closed." Two women embracing in a forest in front of a fire. People sitting in a bowling alley and holding a bowling ball.

January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM

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Kris Arden

@karden.bsky.social

BUFFY x CARMILLA
When vampire culture is threatened by humanity, the choice to save or damn their people rests on the shoulders of a pacifist nonbinary vamp who just wants to hibernate through depression and bad choices—until their bloodthirsty sister gets involved
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #LGBT #A #F

A series of photographic images on an embossed grey background. Clockwise from top: Two people holding hands; a barn owl; London in sunset; a rose in ash; a microphone held in grey mist; a candle; a vampire with long white hair, their fangs showing; the eurostar; a sunrise or sunset; tea being poured from an elegant teapot into an elegant cup; a Victorian-era woman in a black mourning dress.
Note: Moonboard was a gift from T. Rutherford, thank you!

January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author

@dianebillas.bsky.social

QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom's book event. She needs to get her life back and not get killed in the process.
💖 Sapphic crush
🕵️ Amateur investigation
🎃 Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🐈 Store cat
🌈Queer cast
#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #M #LGBT #OV

January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM

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PJ Anthony 🖋️ #WritingCommunity

@percivale-anthony.bsky.social

Hard Scifi Thriller ft. Cold War-esque espionage, humanity on the brink of extinction, and a poet-turned-sniper who just wants his lovers back.

🪼Poetry meets Particle Physics
🪼Biopunk Cosmic Horror
🪼Earth as a Myth
🪼Interstellar Life

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #W #A #LGBT #ND #SF #T #ND #LGBT

ID: The Pitch, After a terrorist attack kills his lovers, the sole survivor must hunt the culprit among a crew of spies before he's pinned for reality's unbecoming. A small white hole glows at the bottom of the image.

ID: Echo Judgment trope map; Black Hole Cosmology, cultporate gov., FTL Tech gone wrong, cosmic horror, LGBTQIA+ Characters, Suspects-to-lovers, post-post-post apocalypse, crew as found family, fates worse than death, biopunk, spy-fi, poly characters, "hear me out" hard scifi. Warnings include body horror, gaslighting, arachnophobia, dissociation, war crimes, implied starvation, drug-use, implied alcoholism. Artificial Intelligence Free badge. A spider web wrapped glowing orb sits on the right of the image amid a purple asteroid field.

ID: Chapter I: Irukandji Syndrome
Sam hadn’t killed anyone.
Well. He had.
Four-hundred and ninety-six, his traitorous brain reminded him.
He’d looked into people’s eyes, out of sight in some roost, and snuffed out lives he’d never meet. When he could, though his victims would never know, he’d spend their final breaths with them. Watched their lips turn blue, bodies becoming one with the refuse littering Lafayette’s ruined streets.
But he hadn’t killed them.
Right?

ID: Alien, but the Weyland-Yutani Corp is the gov. Atomic Blonde but mission failure means human extinction. Annihilation but the Shimmer is the entire sky.

January 13, 2026 at 5:20 AM

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Tamara 🎄❄️🎆⛄️🎁

@tamaratoday.bsky.social

✨CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE X INDIANA JONES✨

This New Adult Fantasy features:
💀Multiple POVs
💀African Mythology
💀Dark Magic
💀A Deadly Quest
💀Complicated Relationships

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #NA #F #OV #POC #W

Left to right. Top row: Two statues nearly kissing. Golden gates opening. Face with golden Africa painted on it. Middle row: Gold chain links. "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED." Golden skull with sun rays behind it. Bottom row: Silhouette of a girl at sunrise. Hands dusted with gold. Silhouette of a man at sundown.

January 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM

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Teisha just wants to fix the world 😁💪🐛🔥🖖💖🚀

@teisha42.bsky.social

New Atlantis: Intergalactic Zoo (115K words) is a #sci-fi novel with multiple POVs that will appeal to fans of the diverse found families of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet & The House on the Cerulean Sea. The novel features ...

#BluePitHype #BluePit📖 #SF #Q #A #LGBT #ND #TR #WIPSnips

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January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM

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Catherine Winters

@catherinewinters.com

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT

Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #SF #A #Q #R #LGBT

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 113,000 words

"Did you hear? There's a human on board."
A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling.
alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH:
Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist.
Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway?
That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no.

PRIORITIES:
make dinner
remain cozy
haul cargo
go for drinks
pull off one last score
try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE:

“Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.”
I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity.
“Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.”
“Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table.
It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best.
The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let them come here.”
The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS:
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisewell
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

TROPES:
Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm
lying to themselves
non-human perspective (afraid of humans)
neurodivergent main characters
metaphorically disabled protagonist
slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship
disabilitynorm and queernorm setting
found family
loveable pet/terrifying monster

January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM

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Emilia Young | Author

@emiliayoung.bsky.social

#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSub 2026!)

Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #R #M
#DIS #LGBT #OV #OS

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Drama Mystery with Romance
94k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1995
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1995
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026

January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

Charlotte Jones carefully hid her past from everyone, including her girlfriend, Jess. But when Jess’s illegal job threatens a deadly conspiracy, Charlotte must come out to survive. To save their lives, she must rely on the very ties she feared would break.

#bluepit📖 #A #NA #C #Q #POC #LGBT #OV #TR

Front cover concept for Lies Unmake Us. Grey lower case sans serif title ("lies unmake us") with messy stencil effect on a black background. Anesha Griffiths, the author's name, is in the lower right.

January 14, 2026 at 5:47 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

So there I was writing my unexpected "Oh, that's a bad choice" horny scene from my protag going off script...again. And then the character with her totally screws *that* plan by still being a way more decent.

Now I have no idea what's going to happen.

🙄

January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM

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alyson “end the BBC” greaves

@badambulist.bsky.social

it does my heart good when my friends drop chapters with notes that are like, “I thought this chapter was going to be shorter and I thought it was going to finish the arc, but it turns out I need at least one more chapter after.”

HAH

OWNED

January 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

I don't really do lists, but love to boost posts from other creators! I'm super excited to see and share other folks pitches along with my own tomorrow!

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FIVE: Build Your List

On BlueSky YOU are the algorithm so the best way to help each other is to REPOST! Create a List and swap support!

1 day left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

#BluePitHype
Q & A
January 12th

Build Your List

#BluePit is tomorrow! Post with #BluePitHype and build a support list!

BlueSky Lists work similar to Feeds, you can even pin them like the Discover feed, so you don’t miss your friend’s posts!

1 DAY To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM

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Laura Bee

@writerlaurabee.bsky.social

Desperately seeking other (eventually) querying upmarket, romance, historical and other somewhat based in reality writers to boost just because there seems to be so few of us, we need all the help we can get!

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FIVE: Build Your List

On BlueSky YOU are the algorithm so the best way to help each other is to REPOST! Create a List and swap support!

1 day left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

January 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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Pythonmelon (Comms open)

@pythonmelon.bsky.social

Hello #BluePitHype! I'm excited to be pitching my main novel project and an indie TTRPG tomorrow. If you want to be added to my list for boosting and engage with, let me know!

Especially looking to boost other horror and modern fantasy authors, especially fellow queer and marginalized creators

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FIVE: Build Your List

On BlueSky YOU are the algorithm so the best way to help each other is to REPOST! Create a List and swap support!

1 day left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

January 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM

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Jessica Olin is Tired but Still Masks

@olinj.bsky.social

I'm the worst: I don't really do lists. I dip my toe in the feed a few times during the day and like/reskeet people's pitches based on vibes then look at skeets from people who already liked/reskeeted me. But sometimes I can't because people forget to pin their pitches. Makes me cranky. #BluePitHype

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

DAY FIVE: Build Your List

On BlueSky YOU are the algorithm so the best way to help each other is to REPOST! Create a List and swap support!

1 day left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

January 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM

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M.A. Ruth

@maruthauthor.bsky.social

#BluePit #BluePitHype

Rowan’s greatest fear is being alone. It drives a lot of her decisions but is not outright stated.

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 2

Today, we have some questions for your characters! Last will be posted in 30 minutes!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

#BluePitHype
Q & A
January 10th

CHARACTER INTERVIEW

For today, we have some questions for your characters!

Question 2:
What is your character afraid of?

3 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Atilla Roka (he/she/they/fae)🦊✨🏳️‍⚧️

@tuzroka.bsky.social

I have forgotten to actually sit down and do the last 2 #BluePitHype 😅
Day3:
Kai loves life when they are on their own or w loved ones. They love sunshine and rain and the little plants that grow thru stone and being a (usually harmless) menace and the Flower Festival
But mostly their found family

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 3

Our final question today! Feel free to ask your own questions of your fellow participants too!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

#BluePitHype
Q & A
January 10th

CHARACTER INTERVIEW

For today, we have some questions for your characters!

Question 3:
What does your character love?

3 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

January 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

Jess and Charlie both really love their friends. Their chosen family.

And... I'm not sure it's love exactly, but they definitely suffer from an overdeveloped sense of justice.

#Bluepit #AmQuerying

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 3

Our final question today! Feel free to ask your own questions of your fellow participants too!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

January 11, 2026 at 6:51 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

Charlie's really scared of honesty. She's hidden herself away for so long that telling anyone the truth is terrifying.

#Bluepit #AmQuerying

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 2

Today, we have some questions for your characters! Last will be posted in 30 minutes!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

January 11, 2026 at 6:47 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

Jess? She's proud of who she's become, and really proud of her skills.

Charlie tho... She's got some shit to work through.

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 4d

Welcome to the 3rd day of #BluePitHype!

DAY THREE: Character Interviews - Question 1

Today, we have some questions for your characters! Next will be posted in 30 minutes!

3 days left until #BluePit on Jan 13th!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

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#BluePitHype
Q & A
January 10th

CHARACTER INTERVIEW

For today, we have some questions for your characters!

Question 1:
What is your character proud of?

3 DAYS TO #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

January 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM

Anesha Griffiths

@aneshagriffiths.bsky.social

Today I wrote 592 words of terrible decision making which still failed to deal with this whole unexpected horny situation that arose while writing yesterday.

January 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM

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🌱 El(iza)beth 🌬️ K 🔥 T 🌊

@arachnereid.bsky.social

Each chapter of my novel works through the major arcana of the #tarot. I started off with colorful pastel collages, but realized I'd need to do black & white for the chapter art. The cards embed elements from my story.

#BluePitHype #BluePit #Tarotsky #witchsky #artsky #writingcommunity #MajorArcana

9 tarot cards, by me
A colorful hermit card and High Priestess card, and black and white drawings of a Lovers card, Magician, Temperance, Fool, Moon, Sun, and Death, with characters and settings from my novel.

January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM

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Pythonmelon (Comms open)

@pythonmelon.bsky.social

Good morning #BluePitHype! I'm Victor Bell, a 27 year old appalachian writer and artist, avid horror fan, and eclectic creative. I'm excited for another #BluePit with my fellow authors and to share my main projects with the writing community once again!

#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome to the first day of #BluePitHype! It's only 5 days to #BluePit on January 13th! So, join us for our Q&A!

DAY ONE: Introductions

Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!

We can't wait to meet you and your stories!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying

#BluePitHype
Q & A
JANUARY 8th

Introductions

Tell us about yourself ahead of #BluePit! What inspires you, what genres do you write in, how did you become a writer?

Pitch contests are also a great way to make/reconnect with friends. Remember to us the #BluePitHype tag!

5 DAYS TO #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13TH!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

January 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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