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Dawn Berkoski
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Writer, photographer, and traveler on this road called life. linktr.ee/dawnberkoski

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Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, an M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. It reads: PITCH: IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT? Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others. The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase in NYC and a photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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#HappyHalloween 💀🎃 👻👀
I want to see costumes!
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after them.

I Am Chosen~A different type of love story. #ghostpit #A #PR #Q #HappyHalloween 👻🧛‍♀️
A photo of a dark alleyway that inspired scenes in the paranormal romance, I am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski. Black garbage bags and graffiti litter the narrow passageway between buildings. Photography by Dawn Berkoski. Pitch: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. Paranormal Romance. dawnberkoski.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Had a blast at the Edgar Allen Poe Experience listening to the spellbinding readings of:

The Cask of Amontillado, Annabel Lee, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of Red Death.👺🐦‍⬛🕰️

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Photo of a Raven in front of a smoky mirror with a candelabra from the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. The stage at Guild Hall bathed in red lighting during the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski. The stage at Guild Hall taken from the back upon entering the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski. Photo of Edgar Allen Poe next to a stuffed Raven. Props at the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski.
September 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight.

I Am Chosen~A different kind of paranormal romance. *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #R #A #Q #writing 📖 I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski depicts a katana in a pizza box.
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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One comp, Interview With The Vampire, is 49 years old! Am I unhinged for using it? Yep. But Anne Rice mixed history, paranormal, and decadent descriptions of culture and cities around the world. Like a vampire, her books keep moving beyond the grave.🌹 *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q
I Am Chosen: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him.#writing 📖 #PR Movie poster concept for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski depicts a man in a hoodie (Jason) walking in a dark alley towards a man in a suit. (Alex)
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#SeagullSunday
Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a Seagull on the beach at sunset.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Let’s go September! Sending out positive energy. 💓
Sign reads: May the "S" in September stand for: Success Stress-Free Self Care Start Stability Security
September 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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The carrot cake was next level. ⬇️😋
August 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #PosterPit #Q #R #A #writing
Movie poster concept for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski. It depicts a man in a hoodie (Jason) walking in a dark alley towards a man in a suit. (Alex)
August 16, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Love this! 💓

It’s so hard to decide! Since I can’t choose, I guess this one. 😁
Marasborn Born under no moons Fated with: Powers of the mind • Death & disease Have dark eyes with a white ring
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. It reads: PITCH: IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT? Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others. The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
August 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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1976 And yet I use this book as a comp because, to me, Anne Rice is the Queen of Vampires, and this series is a level of writing I aspire to. 😁
July 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The representation in this pitch is 🔥
And the moodboard!
This made me smile. ⬇️ 😁
July 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. 💙📚📖
#BluePit #PN #R #Q #A
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, an M/M paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography by Dawn Berkoski Several photos are shown on this mood-board for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. It reads: PITCH: IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT? Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others. The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
July 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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A small act of defiance

A chance meeting and a risky plan

A CHOICE

Alex and Jason started something they couldn’t win.

Or so the corporate vampires in power believed.

*Likes for agents and editors only in this event. 💓s in comments for all. 😀

#PlaylistPitch #paranormalromance #Q #A #Writing
Photos of New York, London, pizza, and a sunset. Song titles: “Roar” by Katy Perry, “Uprising” by Muse, “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin
July 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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This part sent me. lol. 🤣 Too funny. 👏👏👏
July 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight.

*Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚
Photo of a katana buried into the lid of a pizza box. From I Am Chosen, Paranormal Romance by Dawn Berkoski
July 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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If my heroes and I were cats.😻

*Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚
Photo of three cats. One is dressed as a CEO, another as a bartender, and the third is reading a book. The first two represent Alex and Jason from the paranormal romance, I Am Chosen. The one reading a book represents the writer, Dawn Berkoski
July 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone.
Paranormal Romance + Fast-paced Thrills. #MiseryPit
#PRT #Q 💙📚📖
Image: A dead-end path in a mold~infested dungeon. One side of the tunnel leads to prison bars; the other leads to darkness. But in the middle of the path, a ray of light shines from an unseen doorway, illuminating the stone floor and showing a possible escape route. I Am Chosen~ Paranormal Romance with thriller elements. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski.
July 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Dancing unicorn at the 4th of July Parade. 😁 🦄
July 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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It’s #SerenitySunday! Time to share something peaceful and beautiful. 💓

My contribution is a video of the Grand Cafe Van Gogh in Bucharest, Romania. Delicious food while gazing at the work of one of my favorite artists? Yes, please! 🌻 #art #dining #travel #photography #writing 💙📚 #inspiration #love
June 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Just finished it. So good.💓
June 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I’m always late to the book party because my TBR pile is more like twenty piles, and each one is taller than me. (It keeps growing even though I read 2-3 books a week.) But a woman at an airport bar told me I HAD to read #James, so I read it on the plane.

Such witty #writing! Loved this #book 📚💙
Picture of the book, JAMES by the author PERCIVAL EVERETT, PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
June 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM