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lesleyariel.bsky.social
Les is writing
@lesleyariel.bsky.social
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SF & F romance writer living by the sea in Massachusetts. Querying. Writing. Reading.

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Norther lights sighting. This is from the burbs south of Boston. Neat!
Northern lights seen from south of Boston.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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#QuestPit #W #R #A

I’m almost finished with the first draft of a paranormal romance.

A Cape Cod beach read meets True Blood.

🏄🏻‍♂️ social class differences
🌙 witch sisters
🌶️ high heat
🧛🏻 vampire curse
🤫 local gossip
😈 a deal with the devil
Pic of a surfer at the beach with the text: Prologue A Crossroads - Cape Cod, Summer 1963 Elizabeth, Sylvie and Clair grasped their hands tighter as the rain streamed down their faces. It seeped into their leather shoes and dragged down their cotton summer dresses. The Devil's skin sizzled. Summer book over pictures of the beach, hydrangeas, women in bathing suits and a surfer. Cape Cod summer vibes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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SAINT OF DOGS is a high spice rom-com with the forbidden love and fun of KPop Demon Hunters.

Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately, she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.)

#QuestPit #Q #R #A
Painting of Saint Sebastian with arrows in him but he also looks kinda sexy which is weird, right?? Another picture of a hot dog with ketchup. It says “Saint of Dogs: A sci-fi death cult love story” and death cult is crossed out. SAINT OF DOGS TROPES & VIBES • Enemies-to-lovers • She falls first, he falls harder • Who did this to you? -her to him • Gothic castle • Dual POV • Sweetest dog with one brain cell • Forbidden love • Sleep Token aesthetics
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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I saw a person with a tattoo of a two-headed calf from The Two-headed Calf poem. It gets me every time.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/162602...
The Two-headed Calf BY LAURA GILPIN Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum. But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother. It is a perfect summer evening: the moon rising over the orchard, the wind in the grass. And as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual. Copyright Credit: Laura Gilpin, "The Two-headed Calf" from The Hocus Pocus of the Universe.
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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GIDEON THE NINTH x ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN

The moons of Jupiter are at war. He’s the Saints Reincarnated, destined to bring apocalypse to the moon that betrayed his. She’s a grunt in his enemy’s army. She chooses him. He’s so screwed.

SAINT OF DOGS: a space goth sci-fi rom-com
#SFPit #A #R #Q
Over a dusky sky: He is the Seventeen Saints reincarnated. Darkness unfurled. Night everlasting. He is your enemy. And he wears your hair tie around his wrist.
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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SAINT OF DOGS - a space goth sci-fi rom-com

Gideon the Ninth x Assistant to the Villain.

Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately, she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.)
#SFPit #A #R #Q
Now querying Saint of Dogs Sci-fi romance. Gideon the Ninth x Assistant to the Villain. Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately, she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.) Paintings of Saints in the moment of their demise, cathedrals, Jupiter and hot dogs. Text: Saint of Dogs A sci-fi death cult love story
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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It’s like if Tina Belcher wrote Dune.

#unhingedpit Now Querying
#R #Q
quick guide to Saint of Dogs Forbidden love - Hot religious art and hot dog eating contests Who did this to you! - her to him He goes feral When she's in danger The dumbest dog Sci-fi rom-com The moons of Io and Ganymede are at war. SAINT OF DOGS A sci-fi death cult love story
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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It feels like everything is, um, bad. But in the worst times, books, music and art have given me strength and joy. So even with everything going on, I’m proud to be sending my work out to agents. I hope people dig it too.
Now querying Saint of Dogs, Gideon the Ninth by Assistant to the villain. Axel met the woman he was made for. Unfortunately she’s his enemy and it’s the worst possible time. (The apocalypse he’s starting.) SAINT OF DOGS TROPES & VIBES • Enemies-to-lovers • She falls first, he falls harder • Who did this to you? -her to him • Gothic castle • Dual POV • Sweetest dog with one brain cell • Forbidden love • Sleep Token aesthetics SAINT OF DOGS "How dare she do something so cruel, so unforgivable, as choose me?"
September 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Drake meme but with Bob Belcher: one of the Bob’s Burgers cast was at Jan 6. It was Jimmy Pesto.
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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GIDEON THE NINETH x ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN

He’s the Saints Reincarnated. She’s a grunt in his enemy’s army.

When you’re cannon fodder you’ve got nothing to lose. So why not get The Big Bad to fall in love with you?

🗡️ enemies to lovers
🗡️ dog with 2 brain cells
🗡️ grumpy/sunshine
#WIPPIT #a #R
Mood board- text says Saint of Dogs, a sci-fi death cult love story with pictures of dark cathedrals, horny religious art, Jupiter and hot dogs.
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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THE SEASIDE SISTERS x TRUE BLOOD

Four sisters on Cape Cod navigating life, relationships, social class dynamics, vampires—wait, what?

#WIPPIT #A #R
“Summer book” with a collage of summery photos like hydrangeas, women on the beach, sunglasses and a surfer.
May 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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A bluebird came by!
An eastern bluebird on a red maple branch.
May 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Cara is cannon fodder, best she can hope for is a full belly and some shade. Axel is the Seventeen Saints reincarnated, the only hope for his shattered moon. When she spies him petting a stray dog, she knows he’s hers. She has no idea he’s The Big Bad here to destroy her moon. Woops!
#QuestPit #R
Mood board- text says Saint of Dogs, a sci-fi death cult love story with pictures of dark cathedrals, horny religious art, Jupiter and hot dogs.
May 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I made a mood board for a book I wrote and posted it on instagram and it got shown to almost NO ONE. I’m pretty positive it’s because I used paintings of Saint Sebastian, the sexiest Saint. Or maybe the word death? I don’t know what I expected. 😂 Anyway, here it is.
Mood board. Text: Saint of Dogs, A sci-fi death cult love story. Photos of Jupiter, black cathedrals, hot dogs and classical paintings of Saint Sebastian who is simply too sexy for Meta.
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Double birds to the person sitting in the pile of writers’ dreams, looking for ones to mock. Go ahead and slide me into the no pile.
Unsolicited manuscripts account that mocks writers seeking agents for the books they’ve written.
April 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Went on a walk and saw some snakes. What kind of snakes? Little fellas. Stripy guys. “Those are snakes,” I said, confidently.
4 small snakes with green stripes hanging out around a stump with moss on it.
April 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I wear my hair long, which I realize looks pretty femme, but really I’m trying to look like Madmartigan. RIP Val.
Val Kilmer as Madmartigan in Willow with a sword and armor, looking rad as heck with long dark hair.
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Nothing but love for my sweet baby in a bear skull mask who is conscious of power dynamics and the witch who is like, “can I pet that dog?”
#chaospit #R #querying #romantasy
Gru meme: sign 1: Make myself the scary monster who stalks the villagers from the forest. Sign 2: Don't interact with anyone untill come across a witch the villagers have left for dead. Sign 3: Bring her home where ve're snowed in together nd start a relationship conscious of power dynamies in which she directs every act we do in the perfect cabin.
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Visited my mom’s art studio today and was reminded that my pen hoarding is hereditary.
Art studio with shelf full of mugs stuffed with pens, pencils, markers, paintbrushes.
March 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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MURDERBOT DIARIES X MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
Sci-fi retelling of the raid on Harpers Ferry told from the POV of John Brown’s daughter.
There’s nothing like throwing fascists out airlocks for some great father-daughter bonding.
#wspit #wspitq #sf #a
Over stars: Shawna of Earth: a love story in the stars with bots, pirates, abolitionists and ungovernable AI lighthouses. Over stars: “Mister Z had many talents, but his greatest was his ability to look like a pile of trash.” - Shawna of Earth
February 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Thank you, Cathie!
I’d love to send you my masked man, cottage core fantasy romance about a woman escaping the patriarchy and becoming the witch she was meant to be. It’s extra spicy FOR THE WOLF.
“Your husband has forsaken you. Your priest has scarred you. Your village has abandoned you to be judged by the father. But he did not come for you. I did.” -the Bear. Quote over foggy hills.
February 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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FOR THE WOLF X A FATE INKED IN BLOOD
A masked man, snowed in, cottage core romance about a woman becoming the witch she was meant to be.

She should be aching for her old life, back in the village. But in The Bear’s cabin, hidden deep in the woods, that isn’t why she aches.
#2025pit #RM #A #R
Currently querying my fairy tale romance about a village terrified of a witch and a man in a bear skull mask who stalks the forest. The villagers are the villains. Words over a picture of mountains and trees.
January 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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FOR THE WOLF X A FATE INKED IN BLOOD
A masked man, snowed in, cottage core romance about a woman becoming the witch she was meant to be.

She should be aching for her old life, back in the village. But in The Bear’s cabin, hidden deep in the woods, that isn’t why she aches.
#2025pit #RM #A
“Your husband has forsaken you. Your priest has scarred you. Your village has abandoned you on the mountain to be judged by The Father. But He did not come for you. I did.” - The Bear. Quote over dark forest picture.
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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MURDERBOT DIARIES X A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT X MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND
Sci-fi retelling of the raid on Harpers Ferry told from the POV of John Brown’s daughter. When Shawna discovers it wasn’t aliens who snatched her lover, she joins the fight that took her own father from her.

#2025pit #SF #A
“Mister Z had many talents, but his greatest was his ability to look like a pile of trash.” A quote from Shawna of Earth over a starry background.
January 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Maps in books are great, but cross sections might be even better.
A cross section of The Littles home inside their walls from the book The Littles and their Friends by John Peterson. A cross section of a home inside a tree from the book The Littles and their Friends by John Peterson.
January 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM