Deb Collins
debcollinsatx.bsky.social
Deb Collins
@debcollinsatx.bsky.social
Writer, Thinker, Austin-ite, Mexican food and chocolate lover
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My mamí & husband insist if my career doesn’t take off that I need to quit to have his babies. When an old lady calls confessing to murdering men who “mostly deserved it” & swears someone is trying to ☠️ her I agree to meet. Will her story change my life the way I need? #2025pit #WHF #A #blacksky
January 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Thank you for all of the support today during #2025pit ! I saw so many phenomenal pitches! Some had me hooked within the first few words! Amazing job everyone!
At five years old, Avalon was betrothed to a prince. At fourteen, she was forced to fake her own death. Now, at nineteen, she must come back to life to save the only man who knows she’s still alive--the king who had a hand in her supposed death.
-The Ghost of Avalon

#2025Pit #YA #M #F
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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50 years ago, a man in a hand-painted skull mask killed 10 people in Saddleton, TX, then vanished into the night.

Now, three desperate teens are going to find out what really happened to the Saddleton Skull, and come face to face with a killer in...NIGHT OF THE SKULL.

#2025pit #H #YA
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A dozen women who have been friends for three decades create a game of anonymous Dares to infuse excitement back into their lives. When one of those Dares turns deadly, it becomes clear that friendship and loyalty mean nothing when your life is at stake. #2025Pit #GF #S
January 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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EVERY SUMMER AFTER + HAPPY PLACE

Jasper's life in NYC is falling apart. Returning to the Quebec Laurentians for her sister's wedding, she is reunited with her favorite ex, Brett. She broke his heart. She wants him back. He doesn't trust her. Maybe she shouldn't trust him either. #2025Pit #A #CR
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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#2025pit #A #SPF #amquerying #writingcommunity #billionaires #resist

In THEY COULD BE SAVIORS billionaires are held captive and subjected to psychedelic therapy to confront their egos—and save the planet. Think Nine Perfect Strangers meets The Paris Climate Agreement but with wealth-hoarders.
January 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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#2025pit ↕️↕️↕️
As teenager Evie lies in a coma, a stranger offers her mother Anna a final chance to save her.

Anna must journey through her buried past, relive her worst memories and choose someone to die in Evie’s place.

But what is the stranger’s motive?

And does Evie want to be saved?

#2025Pit #SPF #A
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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A wallflower prone to panic attacks is trapped in a secluded Mexican villa with 7 other singles. The pills keeping the voices in her head at bay are running low. When the dating show turns deadly, Heather’s plan for revenge takes a back seat to the wishes of a serial killer. #2025Pit #A #M
January 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Two impoverished teenagers sign up for an experimental surgery that will grant them supernatural powers and put them on a Big Brother-type show, which could lead to fame and and fortune. They soon begin to question the show's motives, and what price they will pay for success.
#2025pit
#YA #D #AA
January 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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#2025pit

7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo + Beach Read

Mark Golden’s an expat former hippie writer on a journey to learn why he’s dying alone despite having wives & kids. Life’s been a helluva ride so how’d he get here? The heartwarming, engaging Golden Years makes great book club chat . #WF #A
January 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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SUCH SHARP TEETH X ALONE WITH YOU IN THE ETHER
After murdering her fiance, Selene throws away her dreams of being a housewife to lead the pack of werewolves she has inherited. But her found family will settle for nothing less than the best of her, and the cost of failure is monstrous. #2025pit #A
January 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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California Fish & Wildlife K-9 Warden Kat Grant is run off the road at night, stalked at her home, and threatened at gunpoint before she faces the ultimate danger—an assassin hired by businessmen who want to capitalize on California’s new oil … water. #2025Pit #A #S #T
January 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A dozen women who have been friends for three decades create a game of anonymous Dares to infuse excitement back into their lives. When one of those Dares turns deadly, it becomes clear that friendship and loyalty mean nothing when your life is at stake. #2025Pit #GF #S
January 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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MEET THE PARENTS x THE DEVIL’S REJECTS

Meeting his Southern fiancée’s family for the 1st time, city slicker Thomas learns they’re part of a murderous backwoods cult & she’s come home for revenge. Caught in the middle of a family feud from Hell, can Thomas & his relationship survive?

#A #H #2025Pit
January 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD x DON'T BREATHE

When three desperate teens try to rob the local land baron in their small Texas town, they accidentally unearth a legendary slasher hiding in the basement of a mansion, and unleash a killer who's been hiding for 50 years.

#2025pit #H #YA
January 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Lisa Jewell x Riley Sager

Under the guise of neighborly kindness, Allie & Wes sneak into a wealthy stranger's home, unaware of hidden eyes. When they are blackmailed for trespassing, and a body is found soon after, Allie fears they'll be framed for murder—if they survive.

#2025Pit #A #T #S #M
January 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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A Fate tasked with scheduling the lives and deaths of mortals must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on the doorstep of her best friend, Death.

Whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea X small town charm of Murder, She Wrote

#2025Pit #A #F #M
January 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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SAVE THE CATxON WRITING. A screenwriting guide disguised as a memoir. How I went from aspiring TV writer to cutting my teeth on The Office to running writers’ rooms. The myriad of mistakes I made ON and OFF the page & the lessons I learned from them. How you get, do, and keep the job.
#2025Pit #NF
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Magic is a drug that is slowly killing everyone who uses it; Eyr Evanes has been sent to find an alternative, while navigating a world that seems to be turning against people like her. What Eyr finds, changes everything.

#A #F #2025Pit
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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At five years old, Avalon was betrothed to a prince. At fourteen, she was forced to fake her own death. Now, at nineteen, she must come back to life to save the only man who knows she’s still alive--the king who had a hand in her supposed death.
-The Ghost of Avalon

#2025Pit #YA #M #F
January 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A dozen women who have been friends for three decades create a game of anonymous Dares to infuse excitement back into their lives. When one of those Dares turns deadly, it becomes clear that friendship and loyalty mean nothing when your life is at stake. #2025Pit #GF #S
January 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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When I was diagnosed at 8 months pregnant, I'd never heard of pregnancy-related breast cancer. Later, well into chemo with a newborn amidst a global pandemic, I discovered a vital community of AYA survivors & started sharing the healing power of writing for managing trauma.
#MEM #self-help #2025Pit
January 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Exciting for the viewing of #TheCaretaker tonight in Portland, Maine. Don't have tickets? You can watch it here: www.madebackeast.com/caretaker

Proud of my kid! It wasn't always easy to live on Mt. Washington, but he did it!
November 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM