So pretty! 😍

Bluesky is definitely hungry today. It’s been eating posts all morning…. :/

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

I could go on forever 😂

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

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+!

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

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!

Love the visuals! But it's a little vague. What is at risk for Selene, specifically? Why should we follow her journey?

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

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

It's definitely hard! But you have great elements here :)

I love this! Sounds like cozy fantasy romance?

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?

Generally, readers connect more w character than worldbuilding initially

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.

This sounds great!