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lover of found families, disabled heroes, and the lost art of yearning | seeking representation for my YA SF: THE LOWFLYERS | she/her | ✨️
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ruby 🌌 @rubydevereux.bsky.social · Jul 28
I've had some success on the photo app, so I'm popping on here to share my agent guide for my YA sci-fi novel, THE LOWFLYERS!

If you're a fan of crime committing teens, anti-military themes, and a sitcom-esque social media twist, this might be for you!

#amquerying #agentguide #agentsguide
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solarfruit.bsky.social
In Bed By 11, also known as Asleep By 11's slightly less successful but no less triumphant cousin
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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beccaandersons.bsky.social
A teen detective. A masked vigilante. An electromagical murder. What could go wrong?

COUNT THE THUNDER:
⚡️YA fantasy thriller
⚡️Magic meets technology
⚡️Be Gay Do Crime
⚡️Mage pro-fighting
⚡️Sibling-centric
⚡️Grumpy mentor + precocious kid
⚡️Revenge!

#GhostPit #Q #YA #F #T #MM #M #U #LGBT
Two figures stand back to back in a city at night. One holds a camera, his hands surrounded by electricity. One wears his hood up, face covered by a white muzzle mask and round goggles. Art by qwilann on Instagram!
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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maraalyse.bsky.social
My query inbox is opening again November 1-7!

I'm going to try to keep this one-week-a-month thing going in hopes that I eventually catch up. Thank you for being patient with me as I adjust to this new system! :)
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
Hi #SFPit,

I am out of ideas for pitch content, so if #literaryagents could check out my #agentsguide for my #YA #Q novel about:

✈️ space cadet influencers
✈️ rural-futuristic 🇦🇺
✈️ a mother/daughter activist duo
✈️ overcoming military propaganda

that would be rad, THANKS!
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #SFPit #A #Q #R #SO #OV #LGBT
Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words "Did you hear? There's a human on board." A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling. alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human) PITCH: Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist. Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway? That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no. PRIORITIES: make dinner remain cozy haul cargo go for drinks pull off one last score try not to fall in love FIRST PAGE: “Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.” I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity. “Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.” “Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table. It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best. The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let themcome here.” The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?” COMPS: Murderbot by Martha Wells Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisewell The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers TROPES: Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm lying to themselves non-human perspective (afraid of humans) neurodivergent main characters metaphorically disabled protagonist slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship disabilitynorm and queernorm setting found family loveable pet/terrifying monster
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
#SFPit #YA #Q
rubydevereux.bsky.social ruby 🌌 @rubydevereux.bsky.social · 25d
🚨ATTENTION LITERARY AGENTS🚨

There's a new Youtube channel (book) that's blowing up (querying) about an influencer who wields her online fame in the name of space justice!

It's HUGE with the teens (or could be, with your help)

Subscribe (request) for more!

#amquerying #agentsguide #litagents
A Youtube channel homepage with a purple banner that reads THE LOWFLYERS YA scifi 94,000 words. The profile picture is of a red headed girl, and the channel title is Dennie Rhoda @CadetDennieRhoda. She has 10M subscribers and 202 videos. "To free her disgraced activist mother from home arrest, Dennie Rhoda ditches paintball to be an influencer on the ISS. But when her ragtag roommates go viral, and catch a conspiracy on film, she must escape the space station, wield her influencer, and pick up the fight her mother started, to stop an undercover threat." There are two youtube videos. One is called "Are Dennie and Xavian dating? THE TRUTH" and the other is called "Dennie and Maya react to Lowflyers Twitter 4"
October 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
🚨ATTENTION LITERARY AGENTS🚨

There's a new Youtube channel (book) that's blowing up (querying) about an influencer who wields her online fame in the name of space justice!

It's HUGE with the teens (or could be, with your help)

Subscribe (request) for more!

#amquerying #agentsguide #litagents
A Youtube channel homepage with a purple banner that reads THE LOWFLYERS YA scifi 94,000 words. The profile picture is of a red headed girl, and the channel title is Dennie Rhoda @CadetDennieRhoda. She has 10M subscribers and 202 videos. "To free her disgraced activist mother from home arrest, Dennie Rhoda ditches paintball to be an influencer on the ISS. But when her ragtag roommates go viral, and catch a conspiracy on film, she must escape the space station, wield her influencer, and pick up the fight her mother started, to stop an undercover threat." There are two youtube videos. One is called "Are Dennie and Xavian dating? THE TRUTH" and the other is called "Dennie and Maya react to Lowflyers Twitter 4"
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
SKYWARD x SNOWGLOBE with YOUTUBERS 📹

To free her mother from home arrest, Dennie ditches paintball to be an influencer on the ISS. But when her ragtag roommates go viral and catch a conspiracy on film, she must pick up the fight her mother started against an undercover threat.

#DVpit #YA #SF #OWN
A black background image of character art of a white boy with dark hair tied back in a knot and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles, both dressed in black scifi uniforms. The title in grunge font says THE LOWFLYERS with the subheading SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
The kid of a disgraced activist must wield her video series against Evil NASA™️

✈️ Paintballer MC & Jet Pilot LI
✈️ #OWN #LGBT #DIS #ND
✈️ Mother/daughter protesting duo
✈️ Youtuber-style video transcripts
✈️ Found family (crime variety)
✈️ Rural-futuristic 🇦🇺 setting
✈️ Cool author 😉

#DVpit #YA #SF
a black background image of character art of a white boy with dark hair tied back in a knot and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles, both wearing black scifi style uniforms. The title text in grunge font says THE LOWFLYERS with the subheading SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
NEW HIT VIDEO FROM THE LOWFLYERS!

Paintballer turned ISS influencer Dennie Rhoda accuses Evil NASA™️ of corruption after catching a conspiracy on film!

She and her ragtag roommates must escape the space station and wield their online fame to stop an undercover threat!

#DVpit #YA #SF #OWN
a white background image of character art of a white boy with dark hair tied back in a knot and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles, both wearing black scifi uniforms. The title text in grunge font reads THE LOWFLYERS with the subheading SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
When I tell you Miles lives in my head rent free I truly mean it. You don't want to miss this trouble magnet in an electromagic world! ✨️
beccaandersons.bsky.social Becca Anderson @beccaandersons.bsky.social · Oct 8
#DVPIT #YA #F #LGBT

GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER x ARCANE

15 y/o Miles’s To-Do List:
📸Conduct surveillance for his PI boss
🤫Keep his sleuth job a secret from his brothers
⚡️Hide his new & growing electromagical powers
🥷Unmask a vengeful vigilante
💀Catch a killer before they catch him

Easy. Right?
a collage of pictures formed of triangles, all pictures in red. Top left, a figure leans against a wall and watches a building. Top middle, a city skyline. Top right, feet running away. Bottom right, a figure looking out from a window, bottom left, the title COUNT THE THUNDER.
October 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
To free her mother from home arrest, Dennie ditches paintball to be an influencer on the ISS. But when her ragtag roommates go viral and catch a conspiracy on film, she must pick up the fight her mother started against an undercover threat.

SKYWARD x SNOWGLOBE with YOUTUBERS 📹

#DVpit #SF #YA #OWN
A white background image with character art of a white boy with dark hair tied back in a knot and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles, both dressed in black sci-fi uniforms. The title in grunge font reads THE LOWFLYERS with a subheading of SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
SKYWARD x SNOWGLOBE with YOUTUBERS 📹

To earn her mother's freedom, bisexual paintballer Dennie becomes a space agency influencer. But when she and her ragtag roommates catch a conspiracy on film, she must escape the ISS and wield her online fame against an undercover threat.

#DVpit #YA #SF #OWN
a white background with character art of a white boy with dark hair tied back in a knot and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles, who are both in black scifi uniforms. The title text says THE LOWFLYERS with a subheading SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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beccaandersons.bsky.social
COUNT THE THUNDER = If HOLLY JACKSON created ARCANE

As the secret assistant to a PI, 15 y/o Miles is no stranger to crime. But when a stakeout goes wrong and he witnesses a murder, he plunges into an investigation filled with electromagic, liars, and vigilante justice.

#DVPIT #YA #F #LGBT
a collage of images surrounding the title COUNT THE THUNDER. Top left, a pair of hands with veins lit like lightning, top center, a dark silhouette in a tunnel. Top right, a city train. Center right, a camera lens. Center left, a pair of feet in sneakers. Bottom left, a row of pictures on a line. Bottom center, a boy walking away from the camera and toward a bright light. Bottom right, blue lightning in the sky.
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
Me at myself everytime I almost like a DVpit pitch:
a man in a black shirt is dancing in front of a green background with the words `` do n't do it '' .
Alt: a man in a black shirt is dancing in front of a green background with the words `` do n't do it '' .
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October 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
[🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨]

NEW VIDEO FROM THE LOWFLYERS!

Paintballer turned ISS influencer Dennie Rhoda accuses Evil NASA™️ of corruption after catching a conspiracy on film!

She and her ragtag roommates must escape the station and wield their fame to stop an undercover threat!

#DVpit #YA #SF #OWN
A white background image with character art of a white boy with long dark hair tied back in a small knot, and a white girl with thick red hair and freckles. They are both in black sci-fi uniforms. The title reads THE LOWFLYERS in grunge font, with the subheading SIX SPACE CADETS, ONE VIRAL VIDEO SERIES, AND A CONSPIRACY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
I am here for DVpit (it's 10:45pm AEST) (I will be staying up to try and pitch a few times before bed) (sleep is for the weak pitching is forever, or something like that)
a woman sitting at a desk with her hands on her face and the hashtag #mr mayor on the bottom
ALT: a woman sitting at a desk with her hands on her face and the hashtag #mr mayor on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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neferdoane.bsky.social
I wasn't able to post yesterday, so I'm catching up now!

Day 1: Mood board for my dark YA fantasy: A HARBINGER OF DARKNESS 🌙

#DVparty #F #YA
A mood board with 9 tiles (starting at the top from left to right): A mortar and pestle filled with red seeds on a gray surface Two hands cupped together with golden light shining out of them An apothecary scene with bottles, jars, and containers covering a table An opulent, bifurcated staircase The title of the story: A HARBINGER OF DARKNESS A forest of evergreens, complete with mist A dagger stuck into a tree A lunar eclipse visible amongst the clouds A white, black, and gold mask reminiscent of a masquerade * All images are from Unsplash
October 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
I'm not eligible because I'm outside of the US, but this looks great for any marginalized writer friends who need some funds to support their work!!
weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · Oct 2
🔔 Apply for a Walter Dean Myers Grant today!

The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️

💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp
Blue graphic with a bright pink box at the top that says, “Apply Today!” Beneath that, in all caps are the words “Walter Grants” followed by a brief description that says, “WNDB’s Walter Dean Myers Grants provide promising unpublished writers and illustrators $2000 to support their career development” To the left of the text is an illustration of a person with long black hair sitting at a desk and writing in a word doc. At the bottom of the graphic are the dates “October 1st through October 31st,” denoting the application period for Walter Grant applications. In the bottom right hand corner of the graphic is a light green box containing the URL “bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp”, which will direct folks to the application form. Blue graphic displaying a mock-up internet browser window. At the top of the window is a search bar containing the URL “bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp”, which will direct folks to the application form for WNDB’s Walter Grants. Beneath that, the mock-up browser window is titled “About Walter Grants” and contains the following description: “The Walter Dean Myers Grant provides a financial boost to promising writers and illustrators from diverse backgrounds who are currently unpublished. Each grantee receives $2000 to hone their craft and support their career development. The Walter Grant can be used in a variety of ways, from attending conferences to purchasing new writing devices to covering childcare.”
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
#DVparty day 2, pt2

introducing REN, our broody MMC 😌

Mages are disappearing…headstrong Gemna is determined to find out why—even if it means teaming up with insolent, fellow mage, Ren.

An #Asian inspired #A #Fantasy for fans of 💚 JADE CITY, 🪫 BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, & 🐦‍⬛ SIX OF CROWS
a photo collage of an Asian male named REN, color scheme is red, black, and white and includes imagery of smoke, a sword, chopsticks, and pomegranate seeds
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
Hey #DVParty I'm late, but can I still join in?

Meet Dennie & Xavian, two stars of a hit video series about life as a space cadet on the ISS. There's nothing rebellious about them, and they totally don't catch a conspiracy on film, promise!!

#YA #sciencefiction #THELOWFLYERS
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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beccaandersons.bsky.social
Hey #DVParty people! Day 2: Main characters from COUNT THE THUNDER, a YA fantasy thriller.

Meet the chaos kids:
🔎 Miles Grayson: Amateur detective, professional trouble magnet.
🥷Echo: DIY masked vigilante out for revenge, 100% making it up as he goes along.

🏷️ #YA #LGBT #fantasy #thriller
Two figures stand back to back in a city at night. One holds a camera, his hands surrounded by electricity. One wears his hood up, face covered by a white muzzle mask and round goggles. Art by qwilann on Instagram! Miles, the figure holding the camera, surrounded with various descriptions: 15, no impulse control, amateur detective, new mage, skipped school every day this week, youngest of 3 brothers Art by qwilann on Instagram! Echo, the figure in the mask, surrounded by various descriptions: age unknown, real name unknown, spotted at 2 murder scenes, step 1 revenge step 2 ????, very done with the kid detective who keeps getting in his way Art by qwilann on Instagram!
October 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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beccaandersons.bsky.social
#DVParty Day 1: Post a moodboard.

COUNT THE THUNDER = YA fantasy thriller.

As the secret assistant to a PI, 15 y/o Miles is no stranger to crime. But when a stakeout goes sideways and he sees a murder, Miles plunges into an investigation filled with electromagic, liars, and vigilante justice.
A mood board formed of triangles, all pictures in red. Top left, a figure leans against a wall and watches a building. Top middle, a city skyline. Top right, feet running away. Bottom right, a figure looking out from a window, bottom left, the title COUNT THE THUNDER.
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
rubydevereux.bsky.social
I've had some success on the photo app, so I'm popping on here to share my agent guide for my YA sci-fi novel, THE LOWFLYERS!

If you're a fan of crime committing teens, anti-military themes, and a sitcom-esque social media twist, this might be for you!

#amquerying #agentguide #agentsguide
July 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM