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Sharlene Harvey
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YA fantasy writer, dancer, hobbyist photographer

#amquerying YA Portal Fantasy

www.sharleneharvey.com | Australian | she/her
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Sharlene Harvey @sharleneharvey.bsky.social · Jan 17
After discovering her deceased mom owned illegal snow globe portals to another world, 16yo Miranda, stifled by disciplinarian father, must be a rule breaker & navigate the magical world to uncover the truth about Mom’s death. Only hitch? Execution if she’s caught #P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
Stifled by her strict father, sixteen-year-old Miranda yearns for freedom and excitement, but when she steals one of her deceased mother’s snow globes locked away in a cabinet by her father, she gains more adventure than she bargained for when she’s transported to another dimension. Discovering the snow globe portal is forbidden to humans, Miranda must save her own life while finding out whether her mom owing the globe had anything to do with her death.
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This landed in my inbox by the amazing @jenichappelle.bsky.social She gives 'the best' advice! Incidentally, she recommended a heap of craft books to me and I read *every*single*one of them. It was like having my own master class & I came out on the other side with so many more skills in my toolbox.
jenichappelle.bsky.social Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · Mar 17
Good morning, #RevPit! I'm in that weird ADHD headspace where I can't start anything because I have something to do at a specific time and since I am first up today, I figure I'll just start my #AskEditor

If you have a writing/publishing Q, drop it in the replies, even if didn't enter RevPit
llama lookin like it's grinning
April 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Love these ladies--forever helping us writers. I'm excited for #MSWL Day . . .
March 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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There's a lot of pitch events here at the start of the year, so it's pretty hard to keep track.

Here's a list of the ones we know of and when they're happening!

#WritingCommunity
#WriteSky #Writers
#AmQuerying #AmWriting
BlueSky PitchEvents 1.24 #YouDeservePit 1.27 #2025Pit 2.1 #MiseryPit 2.12 #MSWL Day 2.12 #QuestPit 2.14 #CuPit 2.17 #SludgePit 2.26 #WIPSnipsPit 3.17 #PopUpPit (date hinted at)
January 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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BUFFY X THE EX HEX

In SF, a self-taught hedge witch screws up a spell binding herself to a vexing handsome wizard chased by an ancient cult. Now she needs to fix the disaster while avoiding the demon dogs hunting them because if the wizard dies, they both die. #p2pit #A #R #UF
January 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Love the vibe of this book :)
jalexandercohen.com J. Alexander Cohen | Novelist (fantasy and others) @jalexandercohen.com · Nov 10
A disgraced magistrate fights to regain his law license and uncovers a 50-year conspiracy to control the legal system (M/M #fantasy, 106,000 words).

Read If You Like…

* Courtroom dramas
* Legal thrillers
* Skyships!
* Gay MCs, love interests, and LGBTQ rep
* Love triangles
* Heists
* Happy endings
Talio's Codex book cover.
January 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Catalina just wants to move on from her time in rehab, her friends’ murders, and her girlfriend dumping her, but when her ex tells her that the serial killer who murdered their friends isn’t done, she knows she has to face her past.

#P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q
January 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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CARAVAL x HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE

😞 Stifled 16yo fed up with her father's rules 🫣

🔮 uses her deceased Mom's illegal snow globe portal to travel to another world 🌏

🤥 must risk incarceration or execution 👀

🤔 to uncover a sinister ruse behind her mother's death ☠️

#P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
Girl holding an illegally owned magical portal snow globe as she's being transported to another world where she must discover why her deceased mother owned such portal globes. Only problem is, she must risk her life to uncover the truth surrounding her mother's death.
January 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
sharleneharvey.bsky.social
After discovering her deceased mom owned illegal snow globe portals to another world, 16yo Miranda, stifled by disciplinarian father, must be a rule breaker & navigate the magical world to uncover the truth about Mom’s death. Only hitch? Execution if she’s caught #P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
Stifled by her strict father, sixteen-year-old Miranda yearns for freedom and excitement, but when she steals one of her deceased mother’s snow globes locked away in a cabinet by her father, she gains more adventure than she bargained for when she’s transported to another dimension. Discovering the snow globe portal is forbidden to humans, Miranda must save her own life while finding out whether her mom owing the globe had anything to do with her death.
January 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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🔊 The #writingcommunity voted & we’re Announcing Path2pub’s 2025 Pitch Event: #P2Ppit

2025’s first pitch event!!

#P2Ppit stands for Path to Publication Pitch. It’s a Twitter/Bluesky pitch event for writers to post pitches of their books either for industry participation or 🧵
P2Ppit stands for Path to Publication Pitch, and is a Twitter/Bluesky pitch event for writers to post pitches of their books either for industry participation or simply to test, promote, and celebrate their ideas. Pitch events are one of the joys of the online writing community. As Path2pub has always been community-oriented, this idea that celebrates writing and builds camaraderie was one we couldn’t shake off when it came up! Pitching Guide • #P2Ppit begins at 9am EST and ends at 9pm, on the 17th of January, 2025. • It will take place on both X and Blue Sky. • Add the hashtag #P2Ppit to your post to partake. • Writers can post 3 pitches in total. • Unagented, agented, and published writers can all partake. However please use the below hashtags for clarity: Unagented Writers #UW Agented Writers #AW Published Writers #PW • Moodboards are allowed, encouraged, but not compulsory. Adding ALT Text to images is highly encouraged. • Agents and editors can like tweets (♥️) to indicate interests. Participating professionals often leave guidelines on how to submit on their pages so check for instructions! • Keep your pitch to 240 words. The shorter it is the more likely people are to read it!
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Izzy’s dad is a hero who fights wildfires, and her favorite day is the day he comes home—until the day he doesn’t. With her mom and her trusted stuffie, Penny Panda, by her side, Izzy navigates the heartbreak and whirlwind of emotions after her father’s tragic death.

#bluePit #Q #PB 📖
January 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I Am Otter x Prep and Landing.

On the day before Christmas,
an otter will devise,
a plan to save Santa,
when the temperatures rise.

#Bluepit #Q #PB
January 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON x DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

✨College lacrosse player turned fated magical girl (portal fantasy)
✨Forbidden magic + forbidden romance
✨Found Family after Family Trauma
✨Sexy sparring
✨D&D wild magic

#bluepit #ya #f #r #wip
A collage featuring lanterns, roses, a ballroom, flowers, a red book, a crystal, a young woman with blonde hair carrying a bouquet of flowers
January 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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tiniwiderauthor.bsky.social
Practical Magic x Go Hex yourself

HEARTS & HEXES
📖 Witchy Cozy RomCom #bluepit #Q #A #F #R #P

❤️ Mentor/Mentee
🧹 Witches are real
🥰 Overcoming grief/building trust
🌟heart wrenching secrets
🧙‍♀️ Granny knows
😍 slow burn
🤣 rom-com
🌶️ low heat
🏠 Sentient house
❤️ HE
A collage of witchy images, a grimoire, a house, a door to a cottage, a granny, candles, a vintage cup of tea
January 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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jmorgynwhite.bsky.social
Glamorous Notions x The Heiress

💍 1950s NY High Society
💀Murdered Husband
👗Couture Gowns
🫦Noir Romance
🍸Sexy Bartender
💰Handsome Rich Widower
📖Family Secrets
🔫Mob Boss w/a Promise

#bluepit #A #S #T #Hs #Q
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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crystalbauthor.bsky.social
Here is my list for #BluePit

1. Luna & the Golden Owl #Q #Juvenile #EarlyReader #F

2. Tears Beneath the Weeping Willow #W #YA #HF

3. Falling Up #W #MG #F

4. Chasing the Wind #W #MG #F
The background is Confederate grey with gold stitching design to look like a confederate uniform. Top left photo is a Gettysburg battle reenactment, top middle is a white girl in a dress holding a chair, top right is a picture of trees at Gettysburg. Middle top left is a black girl in a dress and apron holding a chair, middle top middle is a weeping willow by water with yellow and grey words that say Tears Beneath the Weeping Willow, middle top right is a native American girl in regalia holding a doll. Middle bottom left is a painting of Grant and Lee with their men when Lee surrendered and middle bottom right Is a picture of a Gettysburg Fence and Cannons. Bottom right is a picture of a Gettysburg statue with a cannon to each side and trees in the back and bottom right is a depiction of a southern ball with ladies in their dresses and men in suits dancing. Black background. Top left is an angel statue with her head bowed. Top right is a blonde woman in a white dress walking on a cloud. Below those are quotes to each side and a white shadow man figure falling with squiggly lines in the middle of them. The left quote read: Sometimes our lives have to be completely shaken up, changed, & rearranged to relocate us to the place we're meant to be. The right reads: sometime when things are falling apart they may actually be falling into place. The title under the man reads: Falling Up. Middle left picture is a woman sitting on red rocks watching the stars and milky way. Middle left is School desks in a classroom with papers and pencils on them and green seats. Bottom left is a hooded robed man by fire. Bottom right is a bunch of hands reaching up. 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. A golden yellow owl sits on a branch in front of a white/grey moon and golden yellow stars and blue background. The words read: an agent's guide to: Luna & the Golden Owl. Tropes: Found Family, Friendship, Loving Yourself, Defective Animal, Appreciating Differences.
January 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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In the Antarctic snow, a teen ex-assassin falls for his professor and psychiatrist whom he’s destined to kill. Whom he braves Hell, medicine, and arts to bring back.

Fairy tale x Murder mystery
Việt culture x Narnia
Detect Conan x TGUWG
Platonic polyamory
#A #SF #F #LGBT #DIS #M #OV #BluePit📖 #Q
A℞TISTS : De Amore; or, De Arte Honeste Amandi Piano photograph
January 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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amweald.com
"Even If We're Broken"
Over-40 millennials each fighting their own mental health battles reunite for a summer archaeology job after 12 years and an ocean apart in this emotional own-voice debut novel for readers who enjoy slow-burn friends-to-lovers romances.

#BluePit #P #I #A #WF #R #OV #DIS #LGBT
a trope map for a m weald's even if we're broken novel about friends to lovers with fat main characters, archaeology puns, and a guaranteed happy ending. tropes include there's only one bed, single dad, hurt comfort, forced proximity and distance, he falls first and hard.
January 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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#BluePit📖 #YA #Q #F

CARAVAL x HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE

😞 Stifled 16yo fed up with her father's rules 🫣

🔮 uses her deceased Mom's illegal snow globe portal to travel to another world 🌏

🤥 must risk incarceration or execution 👀

🤔 to uncover a sinister ruse behind her mother's death ☠️
When one of 16yo Miranda’s deceased mother’s last remaining possessions—a snow globe—transports her to another dimension, Miranda must sift through lies and deception to determine why her mother owned the portal. The only hitch? Using the illegally owned globe in search of the truth could land her incarcerated in a dark world, or worse, executed.
January 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via
@writingdaywksp.bsky.social
. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

#YA

#Contest

#writingdayworkshop
Free contest by @writingdaywksp
January 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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#BluePit📖 #YA #Q #F When 16 yo Miranda’s transported to another dimension via her deceased mother’s snow globe Miranda yearns to learn why her mom owned the portal. The only hitch? Using the illegally owned globe in search of answers could land her incarcerated in a dark world or worse, executed
When one of 16yo Miranda’s deceased mother’s last remaining possessions—a snow globe—transports her to another dimension, Miranda must sift through lies and deception to work out why her mother owned such a portal. The only hitch? Using the illegally owned globe could land her incarcerated in a dark world, or worse, executed
January 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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@sharleneharvey.bsky.social hey everyone! I’m happy to be here at last. (It looks very similar to “the bird” 🐦) What’s everyone working on right now? I’m thick in agent research and reworking my query letter (for the millionth time 🫣)
September 6, 2023 at 4:38 AM