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Julianne
@authorjulianne.bsky.social
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📖 Writer • Reader • Singer • Dreamer
💖 Fantasy + Speculative
💬 “Why can’t you write something less depressing for a change?” - my mom
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Julianne @authorjulianne.bsky.social · Aug 16
💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power.
👑 A long-lost prince, murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom.
🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried...

THE BOG PRINCE—a #YA #F with big 5 editor interest—coming to a #Q inbox near you very soon 👀

#PosterPit
A movie poster for Julianne's upper YA romantasy novel, THE BOG PRINCE. The image combines two dark, moody oil paintings, depicting hands lowering a crown onto a skull. The text reads: The Bog Prince. Upper YA/Crossover, Dark Academia, Gothic Romantasy. There are two quotes: "I will be thinking about this book and your gorgeous writing for a long time" and "Noooo stop r u kidding meeeee no nononono", both above 5 star ratings. The tag at the bottom reads, "Maybe some secrets are better left buried..." and the text underneath says: When a necromancer at a ruthless magic school reanimates the bog-preserved body of her kingdom's long-lost prince, the two must work together to hide her forbidden power and solve his centuries-old murder before the college closes in and executes them both.
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ashleyrugg.bsky.social
#YA with crossover appeal // BRIDGERTON x DRACULA
✨6 ms requests✨

🦷His life is at stake for biting her
🦇Her life is at stake for surviving it
👑All she wanted was to find family, now she has to 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦
🩸Blood is thicker than water… 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑦.

#PosterPitQ #SPF #R #H #PosterPit
August 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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hldocherty.bsky.social
A #NA dual-POV #F #R where These Violent Delights meets Arcane.
Featuring:
🥀 A firebrand FMC from the slums
🥀A gilded MMC with blood on his hands
🥀 Class war meets monster horror
🥀 Fated mates with a twist
🥀 He'd do anything for her
🥀2 publishers interested / 10 manuscript requests.

#PosterPit #Q
August 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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emmaalmunshi.bsky.social
Introducing the #PosterPit premiere of…

A KINGDOM TO DROWN ME

The Knight and the Moth x Heavenly Bodies

Will the waves of a broken Kingdom come crashing down on Mona Al’Maii?

☀️ Grumpy x Sunshine
🌊 Sunken kingdom, hidden beneath the ocean
🌟 Magical politics
⚔️ Quest

#W #F #R #NA #RF
A mock movie poster for a book. The background is an overlay of a close-up of a beach and the tree line of a misty forest. The Images show: - Outline of a woman with a sword - Outline of a man with a bow and arrow - Outline of an eagle Text across the top reads: GRUMPY x SUNSHINE INSPIRED BY ATLANTIS SLOW BURN WITH a chilli LOST MAGIC, all of these with 5. Stars Title reads: A kingdom to drown me, a romantasy novel by Emma Al-munshi QUERYING SOON Tagline is: Will the waves of a broken kingdom come crashing down on Mona Al’Maii Then a mock up of a film rating that reads NA, Contains Mild 'Spice" mild violence and some scenes that readers might find exciting/terrifying
August 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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abigailwadlington.bsky.social
TANGLED X ANASTASIA

In a Swiss realm where people forget their worst memory, an orphan with Tourette's recruits a flirtatious thief to help restore her forgotten past.

🪻Found Family
🪻Disability & LGBTQ Rep
🪻Cozy Setting
🪻Swoony Romance

#PosterPitAG #PosterPit #F #YA
Titled “WHERE MEMORIES BLOSSOM”. Poster has a blue background featuring flowers. Art includes four young adults: one girl with braided black hair and blue eyes wearing an old-fashioned blue dress, one girl with black hair in a bun and a pink shirt, one boy with orange hair and a brown vest, and one boy with long brown hair and a red cape. YA COZY FANTASY. FOUND FAMILY. Directed by Abigail Wadlington and repped by Rebecca Williamson.
August 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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alexfromawen.bsky.social
Once Gwen was called Wendy. She was promised love. All she lost was her humanity.
Once Hook was called Rosie. She was promised adventure. All it cost was her family.
Together, maybe a cranky immortal & a smug pirate can find a thing they didn’t know was missing.
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #F #H #LGBT
Image shows the close-up of a young woman laying amongst plants in a jungle. Her mouth and upper chest spattered in blood, though no wounds are visible. Text is as follows: A Film by Alex Baker Gwen Dale as Wendy Darling Roseline Rivière as Capt. Hook Enemies to Lovers Butch/Femme Pairing Pan-pires & Pirates Spicy Sapphics Hurt & Comfort Support Women's Wrongs "An Education in Malice X Peter Pan" - Movie Reviewer FOREVER IS A VERY LONG TIME What Really Happened After Neverland
April 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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zprospero.bsky.social
THE OFFICE x GOOD OMENS

Virgil Mora has three months to turn around a vampire-ran Ohio gas station to restore Heaven’s faith in Hell and save his boss, Lucifer, the angel he’s fallen for.

Before his past mistakes come back to haunt him. Literally.

#PosterPit #W #A #C #F #LGBT
A movie poster, at the top is the title “Hell Is Work” and underneath it a tag line “The Devil is in the details” The background is red with a light red graph showing a plummeting arrow representing a failing business. In the foreground is a three pronged Devil’s pitchfork with a halo around the central tine. Sitting on the curved crook of the right tine, nonchalant, with one arm wrapped around the tine is a black silhouette of a man wearing a suit and tie. His legs dangle casually above a field of flame. On the curved crook of the left tine, staring at the other man, is a white figure of a man with wings spread, casually playing footsie with the other man. At the bottom is the words “A novel by Zed Prospero”
August 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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karasiert.bsky.social
EVEN SEINTS FALL: a monster-hunting exploration of identity, religious corruption & believing in something greater than yourself.

💀Seven deadly sins as monsters
🩸Chronic illness rep
🥀Religious corruption
🖤Found family

#W #YA #F #H #posterpit
Image shows a dark, moody photo of a cathedral with the title, "Even Seints Fall" with red splattered across the final word. Subtitle at the top of the poster reads, "A gothic horror fantasy." Underneath, two sets of accolade-style laurels accompany text reading, "One last adventure" and "One last chance." A mock five star review reads, "ID LITERALLY DIE FOR HIM" - my best friend. The bottom of the photo reads, "Kara Siert" in a smaller subtitle.
August 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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beemorris.bsky.social
#PosterPit #Q
ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE - 75K / NA / Paranormal Mystery 🕵️

🧹 cleaning haunted houses
🔪 serial killer mystery
🌊 british coastal setting
👻 ghosts, ghosts & more ghosts
🧠 autistic protagonist
August 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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ashleyrugg.bsky.social
BRIDGERTON x DRACULA x PRINCE HARRY+MEGHAN DRAMA
✨6 ms requests✨

🪦Vampires are going extinct.
🫦Eden shouldn’t have survived his bite.
⚔️Now she has to try to survive his family of Romanian royals
🩸Blood is thicker than water… 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑦.

#PosterPitQ #SPF #R #H #PosterPit
August 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power.
👑 A long-lost prince, murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom.
🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried...

THE BOG PRINCE—a #YA #F with big 5 editor interest—coming to a #Q inbox near you very soon 👀

#PosterPit
A movie poster for Julianne's upper YA romantasy novel, THE BOG PRINCE. The image combines two dark, moody oil paintings, depicting hands lowering a crown onto a skull. The text reads: The Bog Prince. Upper YA/Crossover, Dark Academia, Gothic Romantasy. There are two quotes: "I will be thinking about this book and your gorgeous writing for a long time" and "Noooo stop r u kidding meeeee no nononono", both above 5 star ratings. The tag at the bottom reads, "Maybe some secrets are better left buried..." and the text underneath says: When a necromancer at a ruthless magic school reanimates the bog-preserved body of her kingdom's long-lost prince, the two must work together to hide her forbidden power and solve his centuries-old murder before the college closes in and executes them both.
August 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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ashleyrugg.bsky.social
Everything about this book is *chef's kiss*. I'm so lucky to have read it early! Julianne is one of my favorite humans ever! And her prose is to die for!

Agents, you won't want to miss this beautiful world, high stakes, adrenaline pumping scenes, and yearning finance 😍😍😍
authorjulianne.bsky.social Julianne @authorjulianne.bsky.social · Aug 6
Introducing the #agentsguide for my very soon to be #Q novel, THE BOG PRINCE!

💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power.
👑 A lost prince, lying murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom.
🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried...

#Questpit #YA #RF #agentguide
A picture of a crumbling castle with text that reads: an agent's guide to The Bog Prince by Julianne M, a 105k word YA fantasy romance. Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army, doomed never to see her family again. Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last chance of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim. Maybe some secrets are better left buried… For fans of... Hozier (Yearning & Bog Bodies) A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides (Dark Academia and Lyrical Prose) Belladonna, One Dark Window, and Florence + the Machine (Haunting Gothic Atmosphere) Divine Rivals (Slow-Burn Romance) Snippet... A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud. Another crack of lightning. And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light— A single grasping hand, clawing its way out of the earth towards me.
August 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
CURIOUS TIDES x BELLADONNA X ODW

When a necromancer at a ruthless magic school reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s long-lost prince, the two must work together to hide her forbidden power and solve his centuries-old murder before the college closes in.

💀👑

#QuestPit #YA #RF #Q
August 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
Introducing the #agentsguide for my very soon to be #Q novel, THE BOG PRINCE!

💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power.
👑 A lost prince, lying murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom.
🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried...

#Questpit #YA #RF #agentguide
A picture of a crumbling castle with text that reads: an agent's guide to The Bog Prince by Julianne M, a 105k word YA fantasy romance. Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army, doomed never to see her family again. Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last chance of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim. Maybe some secrets are better left buried… For fans of... Hozier (Yearning & Bog Bodies) A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides (Dark Academia and Lyrical Prose) Belladonna, One Dark Window, and Florence + the Machine (Haunting Gothic Atmosphere) Divine Rivals (Slow-Burn Romance) Snippet... A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud. Another crack of lightning. And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light— A single grasping hand, clawing its way out of the earth towards me.
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
A little TBP snippet for today's #WIPSnips! Coming to a query inbox near you very soon 👀
A quote from Julianne's novel, The Bog Prince. A white text box over an image of light reflecting onto cobblestones reads: Through the sparse cover of trees, twilight painted Sodarnick’s main street the colour of a day-old bruise. Flickering streetlamps spilled pools of golden light onto the ice-slick cobblestone. The storefronts were quiet and dark, all the open signs turned over. The grocer. The bookstore. Amna’s shop. This street was as familiar as the creases lining my palm. But it suddenly felt strange, like I was seeing it through new eyes. With every step we took, something I couldn’t quite name clutched at my chest. Equal parts hope and dread, twisting tighter and tighter around my heart.
July 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
Editing is fun because sometimes you spend hours reworking an entire chapter only to decide it worked better the first time and 🙃 change 🙃 it all 🙃 back 🙃
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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emmaalmunshi.bsky.social
To Ruin the Sky ⚡️
An eclipse triggers an ancient ritual & lots of problems for Lyla. Brokering a deal with the enemy in hope of answers, will she give into forbidden chemistry with Axel or risk finding out just how closely her fate is tied to the end of the world?
#QuestPit #RF #NA #Q #writersky
A moodboard that includes an eclipse, a finger touching water with a shadowy reflection, a couple in a club, a broken mirror, a lightning bolt, a woman breathing shadow, a couple overlooking a city, a shadowy woman, a geode. Text with arrows from the board read: Apocalyptic ritual, good vs evil reimagined, slow burn with chilli, lovers and enemies, shadow mommy FMC, quest for answers, morally grey MMc and FMC, London based mischief, urban setting, metaphor for identity
May 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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willelm.bsky.social
ARCANE X THE BLADE ITSELF

Three people ripped apart by fate. Each step they take drives them further apart and plunges the world into chaos. Can they find each other before they perish or will evil forces use them to break the world forever? 🗡️🩸🌲
SHADOW OF THE ELDERS

#QuestPit #P #A #F #DF
Community Troy pizza meme. Tory holding pizza reads "Savique trying to find his family" Bottom fires read "blood feud", "endless drought", "ancient puzzles", and "cultists" Invincible that's the neat part you don't meme. Mark Grayson as Vaten asks When do I get to go home again. Nolan Grayson as Zejela says, that's the neat part, you don't.
May 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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ginadobson.bsky.social
A man who beat me for years made up a story.
Accepted as truth w/o evidence
Behind bars I fought & bonded w/ other female inmates & we discovered what was worth fighting for.

#Questpit #Q #NF #A #MEM #OWN
Woman with black eye and tape over her mouth that says SPEAK
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
Pirates of the Caribbean—if Jack Sparrow were a vengeful sapphic ghost possessing a sapphic princess Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner went on a gender journey, and the curse could only be broken when two hearts meet the light—through love or bloodshed 🫀🗡️

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT
A moodboard showing the pirate (Amir), the princess (Mira), and John. Amir silhouetted against a cloudy sky with a sword slung over her shoulder and a group of joyful sailors on a pirate ship. She has this quote: Continue to love Continue to forgive Continue to grow Mira is shown in the reflection of an ornate mirror. She is wearing long white gloves and a pink ballgown with her hair in a natural updo and the lesbian pride flag is subtly depicted over her photo. There is another photo of two girls kissing in the surf at sunset. Mira has this quote: We looked at each other a little too long to be “just friends” John is shown with his bare back to the viewer, facing the sea with the trans pride flag subtly depicted over his photo. He also has a close up of iridescent mermaid scales and this quote: Go bravely, go deeply, or do not go
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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charyoung.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS in order they are: a neon rock n roll sign, london (notably big ben), a man playing the guitar, a man punching a mirror, a man staring forward into the camera with only his eye showing, someone walking down a hallway, stars falling from the sky, photos hanging from the ceiling and finally, an audience at a gig. all nine images have a red hue.
May 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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ashleyrugg.bsky.social
A SAVAGE, INFINITE NIGHT–
NA romantasy born of blood, bone, & betrayal.

⚔️A princess, chosen by sacred bulls—rejected by her own blood
☠️A warrior, forged by monsters & haunted by a human past
🔥& a dying kingdom, where love might be the last rebellion...or its only hope

#QuestPit #NA #Romantasy #WIP
May 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
THE BOG PRINCE - a YA dark academia romantasy for fans of Curious Tides X Hozier's LRPD

💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power.
👑 A prince, lying murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom.
🖤 Maybe some secrets were meant to stay buried...

#QuestPit #YA #RF #W
A moodboard for THE BOG PRINCE. It features 9 images with an eerie, gothic vibe. Top row, L to R: A pair of dirty hands reaching out of the dirt, an ominous iron gate, a couple's legs lying next to each other on the forest floor. Middle row: A steam train emerging from the fog, a dark haired woman in an Edwardian-style dress regarding herself in a mirror, the ruins of a stone castle shrouded in mist. Bottom row: A long-haired man lying on his back in the dirt (it just happens to be Hozier, but shhh), a misty bog with rolling hills in the background, a couple's lips leaning towards one another for a kiss. A pitch for THE BOG PRINCE, on an olive green book with bookshelves in the background. The text reads: THE BOG PRINCE. Everin’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are threatened when she unleashes her forbidden necromancy power and accidentally reanimates the bog-preserved body of her kingdom’s long-lost prince. If the College discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into her kingdom’s draconian army, doomed never to see her family again.Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with Prince Byrnan: she will help him solve his centuries-old murder if he helps keep her power hidden. But as they work to unearth the truth, a dangerous attraction kindles between them. Falling for Byrnan means facing the truth about the rewritten history she’s believed all her life, and confronting the true cost of entrusting her heart to a lost prince with nothing to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim. Maybe some secrets were meant to stay buried… A collage of comps for THE BOG PRINCE, with covers pictured in gilded frames against a worn olive green background. It reads: For fans of A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides--Dark Academia and Lyrical Prose. Hozier--Yearning (and Bog Bodies). Divine Rivals--Slow-Burn Romance. One Dark Window and Florence and the Machine--Haunting Gothic Atmosphere.
May 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
authorjulianne.bsky.social
Hi #questpit friends! My name is Julianne and I’m a writer and musician from NL, Canada 🇨🇦 I’ll be pitching my nearly-finished WIP, a YA dark academia romantasy about a necromancer who reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s long lost prince 👑💀
questpit.bsky.social questpit || next event: Nov 5th @questpit.bsky.social · Apr 30
With only a week left until #questpit we’re kicking off our Q&A!

Q1: Spring into this season by introducing yourself and your book!
a teal background with a pink flower border and a pink banner in the middle that says “#questpit Q&A” below that is words in a dark teal that read “Question 1: Introduce yourself and your book!”
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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authoraak.bsky.social
When pen becomes weapon, a historian must decide whether she will unravel the truth in pursuit of humanity's freedom from the tyrannical sultanate, or bury them for their safety.

THE HURRICANE WARS X THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER x Turkic Mythology

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #F #R #A
Movie poster for #posterpit featuring a woman in a golden dress hiding her face. Swirls of golden light spin around her. The background is a painting of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Turkey. The top of the poster reads "Complete at 98,000 words," a quote from the novel that says, "The Sultanate doesn't care for their women- and that is one of the greatest strengths we have," and "in the query trenches." Further down, in the top centre we have the title of the story "Garden of Gods," followed by "A novel by AK." The bottom centre of the poster reads, "epic romantasy," "diverse cast," "slowburn romance," and "turkish forklore." Beneath that there is the comp titles including "The Hurricane Wars and The Bone Shard Daughter."
April 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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jlgnoga.bsky.social
SE7EN x THE WAILING x GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO x INCANTATION

A Hongkonger Taoist demon and a British Christian exorcist hunt a ghostly killer inspired by Buddhism’s five poisons.

#PosterPitW #PosterPit #H #A 💙📚 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #horror #agentsguide #asian #writing #OwnVoices
April 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM