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Rachel is drafting 🏳️‍🌈 nerdy YA contemp
@rachelb-writes.bsky.social
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Writer and editor 💜 34. bi. AuDHD. cat mama.
📍Cincinnati, OH 🚫 Certified AI hater
WIP: Nerdy 🏳️‍🌈 YA contemp wip 60k/75k words. she/her
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Rachel is drafting 🏳️‍🌈 nerdy YA contemp @rachelb-writes.bsky.social · 14d
IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY x GEEKERELLA x THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU

🏳️‍🌈 My nerdy queer YA wip features:

🩷 sapphic romance
💜 fanfiction about gays in space
💙 cosplay + comic cons
🩷 #ownvoices bi + ND MC
💜 platonic m/f friendships
💙 staying true to yourself

#wippit #YA #LGBT #OWN
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celticxpanda.bsky.social
When chemist Erin Raincrow discovers her employer means to use her fertilizer formula to create chemical weapons, she runs away with the super soldier clone that came to kill her to a solarpunk PNW to finish her formula and save the world from starvation.

#WIPPIT #A #SF #R #Spec #OWN #FBW
A moodboard for Artificial Sunflowers including images of the Oregon Coast, a futuristic city, and soldiers. Text describes various tropes and themes including solarpunk, scifi romance, and good is not soft (unless it's for you)
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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prahajess.bsky.social
🌙 Previous Moons 🌙
#WIPPIT #YA #F

A young druid is determined to prove his missing father is alive. To save him, he must travel to a dying world - one his powerful mentor will stop at nothing to control.
Images: young man looking out a window, silhouette of a woman walking away, portal, old castle
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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m-rybo.bsky.social
Drawing Timelapse for my #GraphicNovel ‘s cover

Lore Olympus x TV show LOKI x High School Musical
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 #Sapphic #Romance
📖Greek #Mythology
🌧️ #GrumpySunshine☀️
🧂(light) #Fantasy #SciFi
🎒H-School Crush
#WIPPIT #YA #K #GN #R #F #RF #SFF #LGBT

#authorilustrator #litagents #kidlit #agentguide #amquerying
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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celticxpanda.bsky.social
ARTIFICIAL SUNFLOWERS includes:

🪶 A Native American Protagonist
🔫 A Lab-grown Super Soldier Love Interest
🧪 Women in STEM
🫂 Female Friendships
🌿 Cyberpunk to Solarpunk setting
💋 Enemies (?) to Lovers Romance

#WIPPIT #A #SF #R #OWN
A quick guide to Artificial Sunflowers, an adult Sci-fi Romance The pitch, featuring images of a lab, solar panels, and a vintage car Tropes and Themes in Artificial Sunflowers An excerpt from Artificial Sunflowers
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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quietblkgrl.blacksky.app
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City X Bad Boys…

This is ALL THINGS RICOCHET

🧟‍♀️sapphic enemies to lovers
🧟‍♀️zombie uprising
🧟‍♀️gov’t conspiracy
🧟‍♀️secret agents
🧟‍♀️”if you save everyone, who saves you”
#WIPPIT #SF #LGBT
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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ashtaylorwrites.bsky.social
Aesop is a fairy godfather who has never once thought about his own happy ending. When a glitch in the fairytale generator produces Jessie, a wilfully unprogrammed character, he’s forced to consider what it means to be ‘real’.

WESTWORLD X SHREK 2

#wippit #f #a
Aesthetic board: fairy tale inspired. Spiralling vortex, old book, spotted mushroom, women in gowns, the fairy godmother from Shrek 2, a clockwork pocket watch, and a work desk.
November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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catherinewinters.com
Tai’s in trouble. The ship has a 1-star rating, the crew aren’t speaking, and the criminals who want them dead are hot on their trail. If they want to keep everyone safe, Tai will have to introduce their human partner to their old-money family. It's going to be a hard decision. #WIPPit #SF #LGBT
A blue, black, and white movie poster for my work in progress, working title "Cargo 2", inspired by Saul Bass's famous vintage posters for Vertigo and The Man With the Golden Hand: "No Poverty, no crime. Tai’s homeworld iS The perfect Place to hidE their Human Partner from the criminals who want her dead. Too bad someone in Tai's rich, politically-connected family has other ideas." Cargo 2: Three grandparents, six parents, eleven siblings, one human. The credits section is as follows: CATHERINE WINTERS AND COREWARD BAKER PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENT A CATHERINE WINTERS NOVEL ‘CARGO’ STARRING TAI OF MICAPA THYLLIS CHAUMEDEROT TALATAGARI QUIRIN TALATAGARI ANENTO FRANK THE CAT JEREL BESKROS CHOST MOL RAZIK FEATURING COOL MOSS ABOVE STILL WATER AND INTRODUCING CLARKE SHIPS BY SETEBO-URANQ AND CONSTANT VERIDITY INTERSTELLAR COSTUMES BY UPPER CORE ATELIER “HUMAN” CREATURE EFFECTS BY 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION CASTING BY THE TRADE AUTHORITY WRITTEN BY CATHERINE WINTERS DIRECTED BY CATHERINE WINTERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CATHERINE WINTERS WITH APOLOGIES TO SAUL BASS Catherine Winters dot Com
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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trutherford.bsky.social
JUMANJI X ABBOTT ELEMENTARY X D&D

When a school librarian and colleagues play a bespoke RPG campaign, they learn their game moves have real-life metaphorical corollaries. They must make the right rolls to defeat the monsters and save their school from an evil charter.

#WIPPIT #A #Spec #F #UP
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
Pirates of the Caribbean but if Elizabeth was a bisexual mage, Will and Jack were combined into a lesbian monster/pirate, and James Norrington was an age-appropriate hottie that didn’t suck. Then add more angst and a cult
#WIPPIT #A #F #R #FR #Agented
On a background of dark blue water and a pinky purple octopus tentacle Sculptor of the Waves Ivy T. Woods Queer Romantic Fantasy WIP On a background of dark blue water and a pinky purple octopus tentacles Pitch When Minna is offered a place weaving the winds and waves on one of the largest ships in the Fleet, it comes with a catch—her betrothal to the Deckmistress’ son. Willing to do anything to achieve greatness, she takes the deal, surprised to find that her betrothed is actually quite tolerable. But when they capture a monstrous pirate, Minna is forced into the role of jailer and becomes entranced, putting Minna at odds with her Deckmistress, her betrothed, and the entire crew as she fights to save the monster from both execution and the shackles of the god that enslaves her. But the god is coming to reclaim Its slave and will destroy everything in Its path to get her. On the right is a tall ship illuminated by a sunset in a white circle On a background of dark blue water and a pinky purple octopus tentacles Comps & Tropes The poster for pirates of the Caribbean, curse of the black pearl and the cover for bury our bones in the midnight soil Bisexual love triangle Actually has to choose Arranged marriage / forced proximity Enemies to lovers Yearning She’s a monster and I don’t care On a background of dark blue water and a pinky purple octopus tentacles First lines Minna clutched the handrail as the ship smacked into the water, riding a violent dip between waves. Her bare foot slipped on the step and she fell, barking her shin against the steep steps of the ladder. She made a mental note to smack Kadir later—he needed a gentler touch. The seas were to be guided, not forced. She hauled herself off the wooden planks and touched a finger to the sun-darkened skin of her leg. No blood at least. She strode down the aisle between the oars to her father’s cabin at the stern and pushed the door open, not bothering to knock. If the Deckmaster needed her so urgently, he could deal with her barging in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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goodwords.bsky.social
MOREL SUPPORT

50% Sapphic Rom-Com. 50% Fantasy.

Featuring:

🍄 A sentient mushroom with chaotic advice
❤️ Chronic illness rep
🫀 Literal and figurative heartache
💰 Sexy bandits
❤️‍🔥 Sapphic romance
🔥 Let's burn down the government vibes

95% drafted 📝

#WipPit #A #F #RC #RF #W #LGBT #WIP
MOREL SUPPORT is written as a large title. A woman with glowing red hair is next to an angry looking morel mushroom. Fire is on the bottom. The text's main slogan reads: A chaotic bisexual, a mysterious bandit, and a sentient mushroom with a vendetta against the government
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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quietsnooze.bsky.social
RADIO SILENCE is a queer coming-of-age drama about a British rock band’s rise to fame.

Forbidden romance between band members, rival rock bands, terrible people coming back from their pasts - so much drama for one tour bus! radiosilencecomic.com

#WIPPit #GN #YA #LGBT #R #Dis
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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mwithpen.bsky.social
Becky Chambers x THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT but #fantasy

Between the sunlit wastes and the madness-causing chaos beyond the night, the city of Nightfall thrives, but something is wrong. Neshri’s scars are counting down—perhaps to her true death, perhaps to the city’s destruction

#WIPPIT
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
The Bailey School KidsxDragon GirlsxAnimorphs

Bruce wants to be a Hurricane Hunter Pilot, but when he learns that he is a thunderbird & created a massive storm, he must figure out how to use his new powers to stop it before it takes out his hometown & state.

#W #F #MG #WIPPIT
Black background. Top picture is the eye of a Hurricane from above in space under that is yellow words reading: Chasing the wind with teal swirls that look like wind. Middle left picture is lightning behind a big city. The quote next to it in yellow is: In the eye of a Hurricane there is quiet for just a moment. Middle right picture is a storm coming in over a turquoise ocean and white sand. Below the lightning the words read: Find power in being quiet in chaos. Below the ocean one the words read: NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters, famous for flying into the world’s most ferocious weather, have a job which is not for the faint of heart, often being tossed in severe turbulence while flying at a mere 10,000 feet. The picture between them is an older child in a yellow raincoat standing at a chain link fence. Bottom left picture is an ocean surge onto a beach and winds blowing palm trees. Bottom right is a wing of a plane as seen out a window looking over clouds. The quote between them reads: It's in the darkest hours that the kindness of others brings the most light.
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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juliemarchbooks.bsky.social
Won't someone think of the poor mega-capitalists? Running a mining colony is hard. Surely a few casualties aren't that big a deal.

Well, Cary Patterson and his squad of outcasts have had enough.

OMEGA SQUAD: a novella, arriving 2026

#WIPPit #A #SF #DS #H?
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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m-rybo.bsky.social
Time for #WIPPIT Here is my pitch for my #GraphicNovel

Lore Olympus x TV show LOKI x High School Musical
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 #Sapphic #Romance
📖Greek #Mythology
🌧️ #GrumpySunshine☀️
🧂 #Fantasy (light)
🎒H-School Crush
#YA #K #GN #R #F #RF #SFF #LGBT

#authorilustrator #litagents #kidlit #agentguide #amquerying
Pitch image for a romance fantasy graphic novel Collage of images showing the Greek fates, and fantasy tv shows and graphic novels
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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authorrjwebb.bsky.social
Introducing my Sapphic NA Romantasy, THE SIREN'S KNIGHT.
🐚 seashell and siren magic
🐉 tournament dragons
🌹sapphic romance from beginning to end w/HEA
🏰medieval fantasy
💖established relationship
#WIPPIT #NA #RF #OWN #LGBT
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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sillyartcollector.bsky.social
WISHAPON
A teen girl finds a capsule vending machine that grants wishes. She wishes to be rich, but the thing about a gashapon machine is that you don’t get to choose what you get.

✨magical realism
✨author illustrated
✨comparative to Free Piano (Not Haunted)
✨editing in progress

#MG #GN #F #WIPpit
A drawing of two girls in an arcade, one plays games in the foreground, while the other stares at her, about to put a coin in a gashapon machine. Stars fill the page, a shooting star spells out "Wishapon" by Mazie Lovie. A drawing of a gashapon capsule with a shooting star inside, the side of the capsule reads "Wishapon"
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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acturek.bsky.social
Two brothers—one accursed, one gifted—struggle with the Power of an empathic bond unseen for centuries. As Rushak seeks to escape his curse, Drisal must wield it as evil arises to threaten the world. But the prophesied Power can return only once, and the Shining One is … somebody else. #WIPPIT #F #A
Image: Mood board for Brother’s Keeper WIP: A block of seven images around a central one. Central image: white text on brown background that reads: “Born to be sacrificed: Drowned, shed, burnt and buried, a sin offering for his people. Had he been, all would be free. But he had not, and they weren't. He could never forget it. Brother’s Keeper (working title) A.C. Turek Surrounding images clockwise from center left: column of bonfire, running gray horse, green water, a hand holding a quartz crystal, a view looking up immense tree trunks, a waterfall, a view looking down on a vibrant green forest.
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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ocumeghalu.bsky.social
When sickness kills a third of the kingdom’s people, including the king himself, the scepter is passed to the next heir in line. But there’s something off about the king’s only son—and someone’s hellbent on finding out what.

MULAN x DAWN OF YANGCHEN x APOTHECARY DIARIES x 🇳🇬 culture

#YA #F #WIPPIT
photos of a person with their face covered by golden beads, a nigerian masquerade, poison powder besides a cup of tea, catacombs lit by lights, the phrase "secrets and lies", hands being dipped in golden liquid, old scrolls, a traditional igbo mask, the silhouette of two people about to kiss
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
rachelb-writes.bsky.social
IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY x GEEKERELLA x THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU

🏳️‍🌈 My nerdy queer YA wip features:

🩷 sapphic romance
💜 fanfiction about gays in space
💙 cosplay + comic cons
🩷 #ownvoices bi + ND MC
💜 platonic m/f friendships
💙 staying true to yourself

#wippit #YA #LGBT #OWN
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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writersramblings.bsky.social
THE NECROMANCER’S WIFE💀⚗️

✨Fullmetal Alchemist x Gideon the Ninth x Saving Private Ryan✨

🏳️‍🌈wlw+queer chars (#sapphic MCs)
💀retired necromancer🩷💜💙
⚗️missing alchemist🧡🤍🩷
🪄magical intrigue
🚂dieselpunk

#WIPPIT #A #F #HF #LGBT #OWN

Character Tropes for Layla & Sabah
Image of a skull in the background with two characters in the foreground. The image has a title at the top: S(h)ayla Tropes. Beneath that is the text: Sun/Moon + Life/Death + Person of Mass Destruction + Burn the World + Forbidden Love + Sapphic Established Relationship. For the character on the left, the text reads: Haunting the Narrative, Child Prodigy, Workaholic, Sabah Samar. For the character on the right, the text reads: “My wife!”ism, Disaster Bisexual, Troubled Past, Layla Noor. Art by min_sp_0art
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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zprospero.bsky.social
GOOD OMENS X THE OFFICE

Virgil Mora, Hell's consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell to save the angel he's fallen for.

Feat.
❤️‍🔥 Grumpy X Sunshine
✍️ Magical Contracts
🦋 AuDHD Rep
🖤🐘🤍💜 Ace Romance
👨‍💼 Cosmic Power, Imposter Syndrome

#WIPPIT #CON #F #LGBT
A movie poster, at the top is the title “Hell Is Work” and underneath it a tag line “The Devil is in the details” The background is red with a light red graph showing a plummeting arrow representing a failing business. In the foreground is a three pronged Devil’s pitchfork with a halo around the central tine. Sitting on the curved crook of the right tine, nonchalant, with one arm wrapped around the tine is a black silhouette of a man wearing a suit and tie. His legs dangle casually above a field of flame. On the curved crook of the left tine, staring at the other man, is a white figure of a man with wings spread, casually playing footsie with the other man. At the bottom is the words “A novel by Zed Prospero”
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
rachelb-writes.bsky.social
Trans book stack for trans awareness week 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

#book #books #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #transbooks #transawarenessweek #readqueerallyear
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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dianebillas.bsky.social
QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mother’s book event. She needs to get her life back before she's the next victim.
🕵️Amateur investigation
🎃Halloween
📚Indie bookstore
🐱Store Cat
🏡Small Town
💘Sapphic crush
#questpit #YA #Q #MY #LGBT
Mood board for the book The Final Chapter: Halloween candy, black and white cat, girl with a pumpkin wearing flannel, crime scene tape, murder board, girl dress up as Harley Quinn, police car, a light hanging down at a bookstore.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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pinesforstories.bsky.social
Wayfarers x Farscape

Peace between alien races could shatter unless a neurodivergent, space-phobic marine biologist, the sexy, secretive ex she’s “over”, and their tween daughter can guide a pregnant space dragon to her nursery world before she loses her clutch.

#QuestPit #AG #SF
Phoebe and the Space Dragon, 92k Adult Sci-fi Pitch: In space, no one can hear you scream...at your ex. There's no room for argument when a pregnant, endangered creature demands you help her reach her nursery world---even if you're forced to fly with your ed. For anxious marine biologist Remy, the only thing scarier than space would be falling back in love with the man who shattered her heart. Tropes and comps: forced proximity, second chance love, co-parenting, middle-aged MC and LI, painful secrets. Looking down on Earth from space was allegedly a life changing event, but Remy was busy gripping her armrest and praying for delivery from a sudden, violent death. Why bother looking towards home? Any second now, she’d be plummeting back. Maybe orbiting trash would crash into them. Or the shuttle could lose power and drift into the void until they all died of hypoxia. All. That was the worst part: if she died, her only child died, too. Not that the daughter in question seemed to appreciate the gravity of the situation. Phoebe was all wide eyes and smiles as the budget shuttle rocketed them towards their almost certain demise. "Dad?" He glanced around at the silver-collared crew, all carefully not paying attention to the interaction, as usual—except for Solkar, who winked. "Captain Bellamy when we’re on the bridge, Phoebe,” he whispered. She scowled at him. "It's Navigator Walker, then." The corner of his mouth quirked like she’d said something funny instead of grown-up and serious. "You're right, we need to keep this as professional as possible, Navigator Walker." "Or we could act like we’re still a family," she muttered, half-hoping her voice didn’t carry across the Hasma’s pool. “At least one of us still wishes we were.” He looked a little hurt. It didn’t make her feel any better, but she didn’t apologize. If she was hurting, so could he. And it wasn’t like he ever apologized. "I am your family, Navigator Walker. A bit of time and distance doesn’t change that."
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM