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Taylor Hawk
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Queer writer who loves words, thrifting, crafting, collecting tiny things, spoiling her pets, the Oxford comma, and lists. Currently working full-time in the fashion industry and #amquerying my first novel! 🩷💜💙📝
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taylorhawk.bsky.social
Tfw you meet your dream girl after moving to the city but you lose your psychic abilities whenever you’re around her and you have no idea why??? #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #R #LGBT #Own
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February 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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awritingcaitlin.bsky.social
LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARSxARCANE
When a god offers Lelia the life she’s always wanted in exchange for her help on a museum heist, she agrees with barely a second thought. But Lelia’s not used to consequences, and stealing a legendary relic comes with several.
#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #DIS #LGBTQ #ND
Photo collage: Top left: brown leather pouch Bottom left: violin Top middle: reddish tea in glass mug Center: blurry twinkle lights Bottom middle: red potion in a bottle Top right: brunette woman wearing brown cardigan playing violin Bottom right: stacked sheet music
February 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
💔 second chance romance
☕️ tea family drama
🌶 3/5
⏳ two timelines
⭐️ 2010s nostalgia

Two exes reunite at the lake chalet where they fell in love and fell out. Jasper will learn if he was the one who got away or just the object of teenage lust.

#wspit #wspitq #a #r
a winter romance collage a summer romance collage Letterboxd review of sense and sensibility. Emma Thompson “shaking, crying, throwing up” after finding out Hugh Grant is single.
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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ilanakelleyauthor.bsky.social
THE BARGAINER x SIX OF CROWS x THE LOST APOTHECARY

A Reader’s & #LitAgents Guide for NIGHT BIRD, an adult romantic fantasy ft:
🕰️dual timeline
✴️invisibility & intangibility magic
🔪FMC vigilante for wronged women
💞friend or foe?
☠️poison & female rage
🫂found family

#WSPit #WSPitQ #F #A #AgentGuide
A Guide to Night Bird An adult romantic fantasy novel The Pitch Ava can become invisible and walk through walls but can’t escape her warded cage. Destined to follow in her dead mother’s footsteps as a courtesan and spy, she’s trained to get close to—and betray—those in the highest levels of society. But alone at night in her room, she listens to the steam engine’s whistle, plays her cello to the night birds, and dreams of escaping her prison. Until one stormy evening, a boy, Zev, breaks through her window and gives her a taste of life beyond the bars. Their chance meeting spawns two years of secret friendship until her eighteenth birthday, when her seduction training will begin. Instead, she wakes up to a grisly scene—a bloody trail, dead guardians, and broken wards. Given what she knows of Zev’s powerful abilities, she assumes her freedom came at his hand. She waits for his return, which never comes. Eight years later, Ava has reinvented herself as Night Bird, a vigilante for wronged women. She’s assisted by a group of former street kids who’ve matured into a misfit gang. A botched mission finds them in the crosshairs of a shadowy man known as a high-powered fixer. That man turns out to be the boy who’d disappeared years earlier. It’s unclear if he’s friend or foe. However, when she takes on her biggest target—the last man to see her mother alive—Zev may be the only person keeping her from going up in flames. For Fans of: Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa—dual timeline & lost love The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner—female rage & poison Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo—found family & misfit crew Chapter One Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They sang for me after the sun dipped, gliding beyond my window’s metal bars as their trilling tunes wove through the moon’s light. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. My self-given name—Ava—was an homage to them, the beautiful creatures that kept me sane. During the day, when I was granted time away from lessons, the noise and bustle of the street scared them beneath the eaves, into the holes and crannies of buildings. I’d sit, fists clenched, ears straining for their hopeful notes. But I was alone. The lectas didn’t count. They were caretakers, not company. When streetlamps glowed in the satiny darkness, the night birds’ warbles piercing the quiet, I’d pull out my cello. My bow swept the strings like a feathered wing, and the resonant chords danced with the birdsong. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would.
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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aliciavwriting.bsky.social
NASCENT ❤️‍🔥 A cult of strong women with dark secrets

❤️‍🔥 Women’s wrongs
❤️‍🔥 Female rage
❤️‍🔥 Sapphic yearning
❤️‍🔥 Gender nonconformity

THE WATER CURE x I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN

(98k, speculative lit fic)

#WSPitQ #LGBT #amquerying #A #WSPit
A cinematic style poster for my book nascent which shows a woman’s face overlayed a bonfire on the beach to capture the mood of the story.
February 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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gabriela-stluke.bsky.social
Mixing sugar with butter? Good.
Mixing business with pleasure? Bad. Terrible. Stupid.
But there's no crying in baking, and the cost to save S&N Sweets? Pretending to be his live-in girlfriend.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #R #agentsguide
Picture with white background in the middle and blue patterns on the side In the white box, a picture of a faceless brunette woman wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and pink waist apron with her arms folded and back turned away from a man with folded arms with dark hair in a navy suit, white shirt and red tie. Over the couple, the title reads 'an agent's guide to IT'LL COST YOU' and next to the couple, the information about the manuscript: adult romance, 85,000 words, anxiety rep, grieving Picture with white background in the middle and blue patterns on the side In the white box, there are two headers: comp titles and tropes. Under comp titles, clip art of the book covers below are shown: A NOT SO MEET CUTE by Meghan Quinn JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez UNFORTUNATELY YOURS by Tessa Bailey 2 BROKE GIRLS, a comedy television show Under tropes: enemies with benefits enemies to lovers boss/personal assistant fake dating forced proximity she falls first, he falls so much harder Dual POV, no third act breakup, spicy open door Picture with white background in the middle and blue patterns on the side In the white box, there's one header: the pitch Beckett has a five-year plan. The only thing standing between him and his promotion to COO is the buyout of a small real estate company. Well, that, and the attractive receptionist, Nat, who lives to make his job hell. One wrong move has her pinned underneath him, stirring feelings within him he thought died a long time ago. When her sugar daddy ends their contact, Nat is abandoned, broke, and screwed without his kitchen she used for her and her best friend’s baking business. In other words, her dreams are burnt to a crisp, which is exactly what her busted oven does to cookies. To relieve stress and ease her anxiety, Nat enters a sex-only relationship with Beckett. But after Beckett’s cousin sees Nat leaving his house, he makes Nat an offer she can’t refuse. She can live with him rent-free and have full use of his chef’s kitchen, if she pretends to be his girlfriend until his cousin’s wedding. It’s a recipe Nat knows can only end in disaster. When she starts to fall for him, Nat can’t risk her business and fears Beckett will leave the same way every other man in her life has. All the while, Beckett fights his feelings to avoid breaking promises and plans he made with a tombstone four years ago. Picture with white background in the middle and blue patterns on the side. In box: Ch 1 snippet. Pausing at the green and blue artwork on the wall, I wrinkle my nose. About a week after I started here, one of the personal assistants, Summer, gifted this to me. It looks like shit and resembles a bunch of fucking dicks painted on a canvas. Abstract art my ass. I stalk out to the lobby, and I’m met with all the bored faces of my colleagues. The junior agents all yawn at their desks, or lean back in their chairs as they scroll through their phones. It’s been a slow week, but I make a mental note about the climate of the office. However one person in particular stands out. Natasha Marino. The firm’s receptionist, or the bane of my work life existence, as I like to call her. She’s on my list, too. Strutting up to her reception desk, I press my forearm against it and peer down at her. “Good morning, Nat,” I smile as her brows furrow and her shoulders roll forward. “How’s the new year treating you so far?” Without looking up, Nat shrugs and continues typing on her computer. “It’s been good up until now,” she mutters. “See, my resolution was to rid myself of everything negative in my life”—she looks up at me through thick lashes and a tight-lipped smile graces her face—“but then I remembered how difficult that would be working here with some people.” “Some people in this office can be difficult to work with, I agree.” Spoiler: it’s her; she’s the people difficult to work with.
February 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social
My 💫Agent's Guide💫 to CARELESS WHISPERS which was Longlisted for Joffe Books Prize '24.

Set in Greece, it is du Maurier's REBECCA meets Sky Atlantic's RIVIERA with a soupçon 😉 of Netflix's THE PERFECT COUPLE

💥Secret
💥Loss
💥Slow❤️‍🔥
💥Obsession
💥Unrequited💘
💥Betrayal
💥Murder
#WSPitQ #WSPit #A #R #M
Page 1 with background of the cliffs and sea at sunset. Split diagonally with on one side the text:An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, Romantic Suspense, and piece of dialogue: '...our very own Greek tragedy,' says Troy. 'It has it all. Sex, money, adultery. Even - if you believe the rumours - murder.' On the other side is The Pitch: When a death becomes a suspected murder, a PR exec must decide how far she'll go to protect the people she loves. They all have a motive. Especially the man she loves. The dead woman's husband. Page 2 is entitled Opening Lines. As the song fades out, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or turn her head, just takes another gulp of her wine, her eyes fixed on the pearl-button moon plucking itself free from a straggle of clouds. 'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice blurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.' 'There's plenty I have to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. She'd been wondering if one of them will turn up. She'd refused to go to the stupid party. They're all stuck-up and boring, and they hate her so she knows she won't be missed. But sitting here alone by the pool, drinking, waiting for her phone to ping a reply – any kind of response! – she'd grown bored and been thinking maybe she ought to go after all. Just to spoil their fun. Page 3 has Tropes & Themes - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder And The Vibes - a moodboard with a compilation of photos. A man in a villa swimming pool at night. A note saying 'I know what you did'. Partial photo of a dead woman floating in water. Mrs Danvers type silhouette parting fine, lace curtains. Other photos: a man standing at a desk, hanging his head; a couple kissing; a woman in a party dress running. Last few photos: a woman screaming, her head thrown back; a smashed wine glass; a couple embracing, the woman tearful. Page 4 - The Comps Lizzy Barber's Nanny Wanted; A.J. Finn's End Of Story; Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca; Erin Hilderbrand's The Perfect Couple; Sky Atlantic's RIVIERA series.
February 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
TREASURE PLANET🪐 X THE EXPANSE🌌

Bookworm Jak dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend Eris, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain.

#WSPit #YA #SF #M #WSPitQ #Dis
ink drawing of Jak Sterzand, a teenage boy, crawling towards the viewer in a ventilation or maintenance shaft type tunnel. His name and title of the book JAK STERZAND above him, and underneath in smaller letters, the subtitle: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT
February 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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mizov.bsky.social
🖤 Manor With a Mind
📖 Cryptic Diary
💀 Generational Blood Curse
🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🏚 Slow-burn
🖋 Arranged? Lovers? Ghostly Trauma Bonding?
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might
🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted
⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #H #P #Hi #M
A moodboard for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor. It shows a spooky staircase, a decayed living room, a girl climbing out of a well, a book on fire, a lovely Victorian garden party, and a gothic dinner. There is the phrase "Breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul" The comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor The House at Watch Hill with its dark inheritance and family secrets The Hacienda with its unresolved grief, psychological unraveling, an supernatural dread Crimson Peak with its decaying grandeur, gothic vibes, and betrayed love The pitch for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor: This 96,000-word story set in 1919 blends the psychological unraveling and creeping dread of THE HACIENDA with the sentient, menacing estate of STARLING HOUSE. Perfect for readers who love haunted legacies, doomed romance, and houses that refuse to let go. A dying estate. A bankrupt legacy. A suitor offering salvation or a love that could destroy her. A mother’s death shrouded in mystery. A father she can’t trust. A blood curse feeding the manor’s hunger. Lottie Bradbury must face it all. Summoned home after a decade at boarding school, Lottie is given an ultimatum: marry the man her father has chosen or face ruin. But when the gardener is found dead on the manor steps, she is drawn into a web of long-buried secrets. His son, Arthur, insists the estate itself is to blame—and that her mother’s sudden death was no accident. Guided by her mother’s chilling diary, Lottie and Arthur uncover an ancient curse that doomed generations of Bradbury patriarchs to die after the birth of their heir. All except her father. The deeper they dig, the more the curse retaliates, twisting reality, conjuring the dead, and unraveling Lottie’s sanity. But Arthur has secrets of his own. The closer Lottie gets to him, the stronger the curse’s grip tightens. Because Arthur isn’t just tied to Bradbury Manor. He’s bound to it. Breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul.
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Society said to sit down and shut up, so she became a privateer, joining the revolution.
#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #R

🧡Lovers to Enemies
⚔️Swashbuckling Adventure
🧙‍♀️Witches & Faerie Folk
⚔️Overthrowing the Patriarchy
🏰 Castles & Pubs
⚔️ Based on the War of 1812

Vibe: Pirates of the Caribbean meets Poldark
Beduäfan - a 95k word fantasy novel 💪 Strong Willed FMC ⚔️ Swashbuckling adventure 🖤 Love triangle 🫂 Found family 🗡️War & Social Revolution 📖 Historical Allegory 🏰 Castles, taverns & pubs 🏴‍☠️ Pirates ✨ Unique Magic System 🌍 Unique fantasy world ✨ Magical Transformation Tales of townsfolk burning those with magical powers are spreading through Beduäfan, but more concerning are the rumors that The Crown is behind it all. When Moira’s father is suddenly arrested and thrown into prison, she willingly takes over her family’s merchant marine business...but she quickly learns her father was involved in more than just trading goods and supplies. Moira and her crew sail west to seek trade and answers in the neighboring country of Sildha, where magic is welcomed and the country is wild and ready for growth. Along the way she finds love with an old friend, makes a few new enemies, and begins to hone her new magical prowess with the help of another weilder of night magic. Moira must choose to live her life simply, and ignore the impending war, or to join the revolution and help save her people from persecution. the vibes are witches dancing around a fire, musicians playing in pubs, midnight trysts with wine, sailing ships. and gothic castles. She wished she could bottle the moment and return to it in the years to come. But no such power existed - or if it did, the gods didn’t share it with her. The night passed between them. None came to relieve them of their watch. Perhaps again, this was the hand the gods. Or perhaps their companions were simply tired. An easy silence fell, sparked only by the cracking of a log, the hiss of the fire. Alwyn never let go of her hand.
February 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
taylorhawk.bsky.social
Nothing like a query rejection to spice up a mundane Tuesday. Keeping with the mindset that instead of NO, it’s NEXT ❤️‍🩹 #amquerying
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
taylorhawk.bsky.social
me after refreshing my email for the thousandth time hoping to hear news on my full requests (!!!) to no avail #amquerying #writing
February 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
taylorhawk.bsky.social
manifesting GREAT news for all #amquerying folks this week 🫶🕯️
February 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM