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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈
@madelynknecht.bsky.social
Fiction editor
Writer (Rep: Danai Christopoulou & Ann Rose @ The Tobias Literary Agency)
RevPit Board Member
Literary Assistant at @StormLiterary
& lover of all things spooky and queer.
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https://madheditorial.com
So pretty! 😍
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bluesky is definitely hungry today. It’s been eating posts all morning…. :/
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

I could go on forever 😂
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Purely based off the title:

The Last Hour Between Worlds
I Fed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me
Voyage of the Damned
Rust in the Root
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Little Fires Everywhere
The Alchemy of Moonlight
Yellowface
The Last Bookstore on Earth
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
These comps and this concept are right up my alley! I'd be interested in a second pitch with more personal stakes, maybe one dedicated to their relationship or one of the girls in particular. But this pitch is A+!
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This sounds like fun. The wording is a little confusing, though. "grants them the power to turn... to protect it" protect what? The ancient gem? I'd consider breaking this sentence up into two. I also wonder how it would read if we started with "A group of tweens..." and mentioned the cryptids after
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This sounds so fun! My only note is that some people may not know what blerd is, so you may want to clarify. But I think this pitch is really solid!
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Love the visuals! But it's a little vague. What is at risk for Selene, specifically? Why should we follow her journey?
November 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I agree that it's confusing identifying her crush so descriptively first. I'd like to hear more about the rival's son and briefly mention the crush as the reason they fake date
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hi Rowan! The text on the light background is really hard to read. Also it's a bit vague. I recommend not mentioning the series in the pitch and focusing just on this specific first book, its characters & its stakes
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's definitely hard! But you have great elements here :)
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love this! Sounds like cozy fantasy romance?
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I love this art and the first line! Also a puppeteer? I'm in. The only thing is that the stakes are a little vague, even on the poster. If she doesn't like being the descendent of a war hero, why would she care if that history is being erased? What does she actually stand to lose?
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Generally, readers connect more w character than worldbuilding initially
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Do you have a main/alpha MC? If so, I would focus on them. The great thing about pitches is that you can have multiple to experiment and see which ones are most effective. I'd have one or two that are character-focused and one that is beast-based.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This sounds great!
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM