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Dani
@dani-s-writes.bsky.social
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Aussie author 📖 travel addict 🧳 #gymrat 👊 #crocheter 🧶 #IBDwarrior 🥷 #spoonie 🥄
I have 2 published short stories!

⛔️Drama-free zone⛔️
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Dani @dani-s-writes.bsky.social · 20d
My agent’s guide for my adult magical realism standalone manuscript 💖

Calypso flees from her dangerous magic and dark past to teach in a rural special education setting.
When the government cuts funding, she must embrace her new community and rediscover hope for the future (and a little romance).
Photo of a woman in a field with white text Block of text on a pink background with yellow flower border Blocks of text on a pink background with a yellow flower border Pink background and yellow flower border, with dark text and a row of book covers
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To the agents with my fulls/queries, you know what would make an amazing birthday present today?

I think you can guess 😅✨🎂
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Two books I’ve read recently that I have LOVED and will recommend to anyone and everyone:
Happy Medium by @sarahadlerwrites.com
The Spellshop by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social

Both comps for my new cosy magical realism 🤠🩷🐴✨ I think cosy is my new favourite genre 💖
The Spellshop book with my favourite cow bookmark Happy Medium book with Jerry the goat watching
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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New moodboard aesthetic for CountryWIP 💖
Collage of warm toned country themed photos
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
dani-s-writes.bsky.social
My agent’s guide for my adult magical realism standalone manuscript 💖

Calypso flees from her dangerous magic and dark past to teach in a rural special education setting.
When the government cuts funding, she must embrace her new community and rediscover hope for the future (and a little romance).
Photo of a woman in a field with white text Block of text on a pink background with yellow flower border Blocks of text on a pink background with a yellow flower border Pink background and yellow flower border, with dark text and a row of book covers
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#Questpit #Agentsguide to WHAT LIES IN THE SEA. In the early stages of querying.

Clara Christian has spent years escaping her family until her grandmother’s death sends her down a path to discovering what really happened eight years ago. Oh, and there’s lots of family secrets ✨🌊
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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CITY OF BRASS x STRANGE THE DREAMER

A girl with dormant magic infiltrates a gilded empire to save her best friend—only to uncover a court built on ancient blood oaths, the boy she once mourned, and a lost heiress no one wants found.

#F #questpit
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Here's a moodboard for GUMIHO:

🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore & mythology
🖤Told from the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho
🌧Set in modern-day PNW
🥀Dark, intimate atmosphere
🌀Psychological unraveling & physical transformation
❤️Slow-burn romance

✨️Currently revising w/ SmoochPit✨️

#QuestPit #A #F #H #R
Grid of pictures: Hands coming out of the dark, a woman with a cloth over her face, a silhouette of a couple, a korean woman, a woman walking down a hallway, a woman with stained red hands and face
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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A sneak peek at my new WIP for #QuestPit

Rapunzel X Eastern European Folklore

#TowerWIP #W #YA #H #R
1) Scottish Highlands 2) Two teens silhouetted 3) A dead body 4) Teens hiking in mist 5) A crumbling Scottish castle 6) A figure with a scythe
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Not querying yet (finishing final revisions) but testing out my agents guide!

SINNERS x IWAV

Angeline wakes up with a taste for blood and 200 years of missing memories. As visions reveal flashes of her past, she must uncover the truth before danger crosses her doorway.

#QuestPit #W #A #F
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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nikkipwrites.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to my Middle Grade Fantasy THE DARK CURSE
Featuring:
🛡️ epic adventure
🎮 virtual reality becomes his reality
🏳️‍🌈 bisexual awakening
💔 struggling with loss
⚔️ fantastical monsters

#questpit #MG #F #LGBT #Q
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #YA #A #F #RF
#OS #AG #EditorsGuide #Editors
Editor's Guide To MARK OF A MAGPIE Crossover Romantic Fantasy 118k Words Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. Blurb One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief who has a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d be a fool to take up, but with her family scattered across the sea after the draft, a fool is what she’ll need to be to find them. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set on his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. Once whispers of the past begin to resurface and nobles begin dying around them, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The castle is under lockdown, and all bets for the crown are placed on their capture. Seven for a Secret, Never to Be Told. Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. Tropes and Themes - Thief x Assassin - Mental Health Rep - Identity vs Duty - Class Difference - Forced Proximity - Secret Code - Morally Gray - Women's Wrongs - Unlikely Allies to Lovers Comps: Throne of Glass's castle-setting murder mystery and theme of "who you are versus what you have to do" meets the banter-heavy dialogue, strong female protagonist, and nautical setting of Daughter of the Pirate King. Text is on a piece of parchment. Beside the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Picture seven shows a bottle of alcohol. Picture eight has a medieval alleyway. And picture eight shows a ship's crew enjoying a sunset. There is text below the collage that says: ON SUBMISSION NOW! Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media, contact information available on my website! Behind the parchment, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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delandjessica.bsky.social
WAKE embodies "Free" from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS w/:

~A FMC tormented by her past that's ruining her mental health
~A LI working for the villain w/ his own troubled past
~a supportive slow burn romance built on understanding inner pain

Coming Spring 2027

#QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Can we get this on US shelves too please 🥹
katiebowman.bsky.social Katie Bowman ✍️ @katiebowman.bsky.social · 24d
JUST LIKE MAGIC X BOOK LOVERS

When finance professionals Nora and Corey swap bodies during a freak lightning strike, they question everything they thought they hated about each other.

Releasing August 2026 with Bedford Square Publishers

#questpit #OS #AG #R
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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#QuestPit Agent's Guide.
My latest #wip is currently being edited, with the aim to be in agents' hands by January 🥳

Nostalgic for Charmed, Practical Magic, or Gilmore Girls, mixed with a lot of Aussie country charm?
Maybe give Calypso and her darling students a go (plus, there's a sexy farmer)?
Movie-style poster of a woman in a pink dress looking out over a field, with white text surrounding her. Pink background with sunflower graphics. Block of dark brown text. Pink background with sunflower graphics. Photo of a woman facing away, and blocks of dark text. Pink background with sunflower graphics. Book titles laid out with a playlist visual and dark brown text.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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They're here! Presenting my book babies from my #amquerying thriller, The League.

Go check out (at)breadcrumb.bakery on Insta for the og post, they did such an amazing job bringing the Baines siblings & nemesis Liam Starling to life 💖
More info on my stories at my insta, little_aussie_story
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September 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Others: “What genre do you write?”
Me: “Um…”

A little bit of this, a little bit of that, a little bit of horror, some thriller, some scifi, some whimsy…
August 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#writingcommunity folks who work in farming/live in Western Australia!

I'm writing a country story & my MMC is a cattle farmer. I'm struggling to find more specific numbers re average cattle herd sizes for a smaller farm in rural WA.
I've learnt a bunch about canola crops though! 😅
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August 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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🥀 New Agent's Guide 🌘
The Women of the Wile.

YA/NA Horror Romantasy

✨️ Star-Crossed Lovers
🩸 Blood Magic
🥀 Slow-Burn
🖤 Feral Sisterhood
☠️ Gothic
🔥 Smash the Patriarchy

#LitAgents #AgentsGuide #amquerying #horror #romantasy #na #ya
August 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Just hit 30k on my wip after starting only three weeks ago, and well into act 2, today is a good day 🥳
August 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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📖🐦‍⬛Mark of a Magpie🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#PosterPit #PosterPitOS #PosterPitA #AG #OS
#A #F #R #DIS
#onsub #editors
Fake movie poster featuring the book "MARK OF A MAGPIE" Text reads: An adult fantasy by Emilia Young, On submission next week, Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, Women's Wrongs Behind the text, there is a ship crossing the ocean, with two magpies flying high above it, it is unclear whether they're fighting or dancing.
August 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The ritual demands death. Desire refuses.

🌙Wild Women
🌹Star-Crossed Lovers
🔥Slow-Burn
🖤Gothic
💀Dark Secrets
🩸Blood-Soaked Magic

#PosterPit #Q #YA #NA #F #H #SPF #R
August 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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prahajess.bsky.social
🇨🇿 The Best Kisser in Prague

She thinks she's got the Future all figured out.
He's pretending he's let go of his Past.
Will Magda and Dominik miss the magical Now?

#posterpit #PosterPitW #NA #HF #R
Image of a couple on a metro train, scene through the end window. The Best Kisser in Prague One Kiss is not Enough: A Crossroads in History; 90s Nostalgia A WIP by Jessica Fisher Riches
August 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER X FEAR STREET

When a Jewish girl accidentally reawakens an ancient curse over her town, she must fight through mythological nightmares and break the curse before she's torn apart like the demon who start it all.

(CURRENTLY EDITING!)

#YA #H #Jewish #OwnVoices #W #PosterPit
A movie poster titled "From One Mifletzet to Another" featuring a teenage girl in front of a gritty, fiery background above an open basement door. Descriptive text from top to bottom, left to right: "JEWISH HORROR" "WOMEN AUTONOMY" "SEX POSITIVITY" "BREAK THE CURSE." "A 88,000~ YA HORROR NOVEL" "COMING IN SEPTEMBER"
August 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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joyiswriting.bsky.social
#PosterPit with ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest & 10+ full requests 🥀

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN x WEDNESDAY

As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . .

#Q #MG #M #H
From the creators that brought you "JUMANJI " and "Clue" Featuring: Adelaide Greer & Maggie Thornton Reviews: "VERY GOOD & VERY WEIRD" ~ my mother “ECO HORROR, COTTAGE GORE WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT!" "I WILL NEVER LOOK AT FLOWERS THE SAME! [WANT A SEQUEL!!" The pitch: EIGHT ghosts FOUR suspects ONE monstrous flower Can two girls unravel this Iris-istibly deadly mystery?? Title (In large decorative print): What Lurks Beneath the Glass The Greer Estate used to be revered for its rare botanicals, but now guests leave with tales of horror, missing limbs, and sometimes not at all. NOW IN AN INBOX NEAR YOU
August 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM