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Lilybeth Schultz is querying
@lilybeth-writes.bsky.social
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Speculative Fiction Author
🏳️‍🌈 Disabled Combat Veteran
Mother to Some, Auntie to All, Granddaughter of Witches
Querying: Magic Lookout Tower Romcom🐞
WIP: Historical Fantasy w/ romance
www.authorlilybethschultz.com
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How about a little trope treat?

#amquerying #writingcommunity #firetowerromcom #adhdauthor
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Happy ‘Ween! Blessed Samhain!
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Babysitting the nephew tonight.
Yes, he is a cat.

And yes, he’s been crying for his mommy in the kitchen for the last 10 minutes.

Gojo! Go to SLEEP!
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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⚔️A Broken Soldier
⚙️A Reclusive Metallurgist
♥️An Arranged Marriage

His secrets run as deep as her wounds.

Is he truly trying to capture her heart
Or the terrible power that she wields?

Because he cannot have both.

#WIP #writingcommunity
October 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
lilybeth-writes.bsky.social
Sorry About Your Luck ART!

Sam & James arguing while Charlie slides in there on the sly, just for those pets!

I love it!
Thank you to my artist, Nemmie!
You can find them here:
toyhou.se/millipedes
September 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🤣 Poor James.
So, determined to live he’ll fight off whatever cryptid that just came through his cabin door with a frying pan if he has to.

Now Querying: Sorry About Your Luck, a lightly speculative romcom

#amquerying #adhdauthor
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Quietly kicking my feet alone in my dark living room because I’m having a gratitude moment.

I finished writing a WHOLE book this year.

Querying (while stressful) has gone better than I could have ever imagined (for a debut).

I finally AM who kid/teen me always wanted to be when they grew up. 😉
A female author with purple hair takes a picture of herself in a full length mirror. Black ripped leggings with boots are topped with a patterned shirt and black blazer. She uses a cane.
August 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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I love visiting my friend’s books when at B&N or indie bookstores!

Hi @danicanava.bsky.social !
August 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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I survived WorldCon 2025!

And by survive, I mean I made it through 2 whole days before my body betrayed me and demanded rest.

So unfair!

Back home now after a lovely drive through the mountains. 🏔️

Queries to wait on, notes to decipher & plot holes to fill!
August 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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When a bisexual witch and a wayward ranch-hand are accidentally hired as a married couple to man a remote lookout tower in the Oregon wilderness, their battle of pranks and hexes sparks an unexpected romance hot enough to ignite the forest themselves.

#queerpit #A #RC
August 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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It’s time to go back to the story that started it all for me: Beats an Iron Heart.

This historical fantasy is set in a post-war 1885 London after reliance on magic nearly caused societal collapse.

Own-Voices, Queer-normative & richly diverse.

#writingcommunity #adhdwriters
July 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Happy Birthday to me!
Thank you for all of the well wishes!
😘
July 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Set in a queer-normative 1885 London, Beats An Iron Heart is a magic vs machine story of sacrifice, identity, acceptance and family.

🏳️‍🌈Pan FMC + Bi MMC
⚙️Steampunk
✨Magic
💍Arranged Marriage
😠Grumpy
🌞Sunshine
Fem PTSD rep

#Bluepit #bluepit📖 #OV #DIS #ND #A #SP #F #LGBT #W
A black and white picture of a woman in a dress facing a man through fog on the streets of London
July 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Sergeant Major Acadia Rosewood, the Hero who ended the Second Trow War. Physically disabled and emotionally scarred, she’s struggles to find her place in a society that now reviles magic users like her.
She seeks safety and security, but at what cost?

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #W #OV #SP #A #DIS #LGBT
A digital oil painting of a stoic woman with brown hair and golden eyes. Her left hand is on her hip, her right hand holds a tome. She is dressed in a red skirted British army formal uniform with medals on her chest. Her rank is depicted on her left arm. It identifies her as a sergeant major and a practitioner of the magic arts.
July 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A Broken Soldier

A Reclusive Metallurgist

An Arranged Marriage

His secrets run as deep as her wounds.

Is he truly trying to capture her heart?

Or the terrible power that she wields?

Because he cannot have both.

#Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #OV #A #SP #F #LGBT #W #DIS #ND
Fake news article declaring the end of the Second Trow War.
July 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Looking to get away from it all?
Craving fresh air, big views, and even bigger emotional baggage?

APPLY TODAY

✨Side effects may include one grumpy ranch hand or witch, minor hexes, and accidental romance.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #A #R #Q
A silly fake “WE ARE HIRING!” poster talking about the position & the things my characters go through in my manuscript. • Grieving dead parents? • Trying to outrun a family legacy? • Love dogs & dizzying heights? APPLY TO BE A FIRE TOWER LOOKOUT TODAY! APPLY NOW Side effects may include: • Being mistaken for a married couple Ridiculous pranks Questionable attraction / Occasional bad luck hexes UMATILLA National Forest Join The US Forest Service www.authorlilybethschultz.com
July 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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When a witch and a wayward ranch-hand are accidentally hired as a married couple to man a remote lookout tower in the Oregon wilderness, their battle of pranks and hexes sparks an unexpected romance, proving that sometimes a little luck is all you need.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #R #A #Q
A quad chart agents guide to Sorry About Your Luck, a 71k word romcom. Top left is the intro image of a pink and purple sunset with the tittle, authors name, word count and genre. The top right is a lookout tower backlit by a sunset with the story’s pitch, same as the post. Bottom left is a picture of lips about to kiss in the rain with the tropes listed: Only one bed, mistaken identity, forced proximity, rivals to lover, witch, cowboy, (unusual) workplace romance). Bottom right is an excerpt from the manuscript: Dusting herself off and rubbing at her backside, she fixed him with a furious stare. "What are you doing in my cabin?" She put her hands to her hips as she eyed James, sweeping from the top of his brown hair to the tips of his toes and back again, snagging on the frying pan. "Were you about to bash me over the head with that thing?" She nodded at the pan. "I didn't know who, or what, was coming through that door. We are in the middle of nowhere!" James shot back defensively. "Next time, 'll curtsy first."
July 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#Bluepithype
Nothing like doing things out of order!
Meet Sam & James from SORRY ABOUT YOUR LUCK!
They REALLY don’t like each other…yet! 😉

By the lovely Koijix over on IG!
#amquerying #lookouttowerromcom #writers #writesky
A black and white sketch of an agitated woman with a long braid glares up at a man who looks down at her with an irritated glare.
July 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Looking to get away from it all?
Craving fresh air, big views, and even bigger emotional baggage?

APPLY TODAY

✨Side effects may include one grumpy ranch hand or witch, minor hexes, and accidental romance.

#unhingedpit #R #Q #romcom #amquerying #SpecFic #WitchyReads #FakeMarriage
July 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
lilybeth-writes.bsky.social
So, I hear you like your men…fictional.

#amquerying #tiktokmademedoit #romcom
July 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Visited the place that started it all!
Twenty-five years of visiting with Michael, THE Tower Mountain Lookout!

#amquerying #romcom #lightlyspeculative
A cold campfire pit is ringed by logs as benches with a fire lookout tower in the background at sunset.
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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It was a rough week last week.
Mentally, physical, goal wise.

Still feeling blah 😒

Maybe some mountain air & a hike up a fire tower will do me some good.
July 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Two lovely rejections this morning in my inbox.

So, I bought myself a fancy book.

Seriously salivating over Taylor’s gorgeous book & cannot wait to sink my teeth into Cassie’s story.

#booksky #authorsky #amquerying
June 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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This is your sign to take your friend (who looks like your FMC) & your dog to the mountains for pictures!!

Sam & Charlie from my romcom Sorry About Your Luck!
#amquerying #firetowerromcom
June 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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In other news, I’m excited to be back at Imaginarium Book Festival in DC this year. And this time, I’m bringing more friends!
With a theme like Good vs Evil, how could I not rep one of my favorite troublesome women, #madmadammim .
Evil? Maybe.
Unwaveringly true to herself? YES!
May 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM