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Tim of the Author Jungle
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Author of #kidlit series From the Strange Beyond Universe includes action-adventure tales of sci-fi and fantasy, monsters and the bizarre. #Goonies #nostalgia

Also, author of PBs, CBs, YA/ NA.

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Tim of the Author Jungle @words-of-a-nerd.bsky.social · May 7
RP1 x Percy Jckson

When an aquatic species' benevolent queen dies, a ruthless predecessor takes her place, bent on full control of the planet. Prophecy states a son of a legendary king must rise to stop the invasion. First, he must believe in the bizarre. #questpit #F #SF #H #YA #TT #foundfamilies
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@louiseblackwick.com How proud your grandmother would have been! louiseblackwick.bio.link
June 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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If your kids love Goosebumps or reading twisted tales, my book Curse of the Magic 13-Ball is free today and tomorrow. Get the kids to reading this summer.😊 And please leave a review when done.🙏

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June 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The Night the Trolls Came to Town 99 cents sale!!! On ebook. Paperback $7.99!!

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June 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Orphans to the Game--Sale going on all day on Amazon! 99 cents, so even if it sucks, you don't lose a lot. But you gain a very happy author. Free on #KindleUnlimited

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May 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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EBOOK SALE!!! ONLY .99!!!

The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.

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May 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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May 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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In just 10 days, I'll reveal the new and improved (hardback) cover of my debut, Wonder of Light, to my newsletter subscribers first. Not already subscribed? E-mail subscribe free at: author-jessica-scachetti.mailerpage.io
May 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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I saw white smoke. I was expecting Snoop Dogg to walk out.
May 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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PJOXATLA
Being a 12yo girl feels a like being able to set fires with your mind and having no way to control it.
This is literally true for Farah.

🔥Powerful female main character
🔥Ecological based magic
🔥Fitting in vs doing the right thing
🔥Magic training camp
🔥hidden sci education
#WSPitQ #MG #F
Collage of forest fires, hands holding fire, a compass, and a dragon. Text reads: 12-year-old Farah Barnett finds out her erratic fire powers are a gift from a spirit that she must use to protect the balance of nature, but a creature who claims to have her interests at heart is trying to plunge the West Coast into inferno, and she’s the only one who can stop him No images text reads: “I wanted to be bold and strong and fiery, to show that even though I couldn’t control them and didn’t really want them, I was worthy of these powers. I wanted to be poised and stand tall and look him in the eyes. Of course, I did none of those things. I cried. I cried like I was trying to put out a fire. “ Moodboard with pictures: four PNW nature scenes, dragon flying over a mountain, two summer camp pictures, compass, records, a dagger and key on parchment, leather knapsack, map, two fire powers pictures one featuring a hand and one featuring high top shoes feet, a foggy marine Four pictures with the title: Out of context Spoilers Pictures are: ugly vintage duck lamp, herd of cattle, two spidermen pointing meme, and an apricot
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#QuestPit #A #SF #Q #Scifi #Moonium

MOONIUM

Who is Dock Francis?
May 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Delaney's on a journey to become a vampire. The vampire he's picked to make him into one is disinclined, at best, to offer it. But that doesn't mean Delaney's free from becoming entangled in a dangerous game - or becoming the object of this vampire’s deadly obsession.

#QuestPit #A #Q
Agent's guide to Shadows of Ourselves by Nicole Field, a 91k words 1980s inspired gothic vampire horror. One man's trajectory to self destruction across 5 long years. Text from opening reads: “It hasn’t been that long since I was turned into a vampire, I suppose. Less than eighty years. Not even a century. I only wish I knew… what I was supposed to do with the rest of it.” “Rest of what?” I asked, from between lips that seemed to have gone numb at some point before this point in the conversation. “What do you think? Immortality, of course.” Pitch: What do you do when a vampire tells you, "Run"? You do as you're told and try not to die. Unless he's willing to bring you back. Comps are Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Running Close to the Wind, Dark Rise and MADK.
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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This sounds amazing! 📖
words-of-a-nerd.bsky.social Tim of the Author Jungle @words-of-a-nerd.bsky.social · May 7
RP1 x Percy Jckson

When an aquatic species' benevolent queen dies, a ruthless predecessor takes her place, bent on full control of the planet. Prophecy states a son of a legendary king must rise to stop the invasion. First, he must believe in the bizarre. #questpit #F #SF #H #YA #TT #foundfamilies
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Godkiller❌Damsel
👑The chosen Empress is assassinated
🗡️Her gutsy, disabled ex-GF must defeat a dysfunctional family of gods or be enslaved forever instead of her.
❤️Forbidden Love
🌶️Hot Banter & Dark Humor
🏳️‍🌈LGBT, BIPOC,♿️ female-lead
🫂Found Family
#questpit #Q #YA #F #RF #SFF
#writingcommunity
Pitch: When the chosen Empress is assassinated, her disabled and gutsy ex-girlfriend must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave and weapon against mortals. 90,000 words YA Crossover Fantasy Comps: Damsel (2024 film) Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller T. Kingfisher’s A Sorceress Comes to Call Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves Themes & Tropes: - Forbidden Love - Hot Banter - Feminine Rage - Anti-Chosen - Found Family - Second Chances - Dark Humor - Identity - Friends-to-lovers - Faustian Bargain - Choosing vs. being chosen - Dual-Timeline Representation: - LGBTQIA+ - BIPOC - Mental Health - Disability - Neurodivergence - Chronic Illness Moodboard: Dark fantasy Victorian vibes with purple color composition. Top row, left-to-right: a Byronic handsome man in black, a palace, a dark figure burning in hell fire, a masked female assassin of dark complexion holding a dagger, a serpentine forest trail at night marked with red flowers. At the center next to a silver plume is the text: “This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals.” Bottom row, left-to-right: a dark gaslit street, a gaslit city blanketed in coal smog at night, a young woman in a Victorian gown, wrought-iron gates opened to a foreboding foggy estate in the dark, a trail of red petals leading to a dark stone temple gate. Excerpt: A gaunt mouse nibbled greedily at a stale bread roll left on my lunch tray. I didn’t have the heart to give her a name as I might lose her too. The lingering scent of mud and mildew hung in the air, a long-forgotten tomb. I clenched my jaw to keep my teeth from chattering. The bed’s cast iron rods dug into my ribs through the thin mattress. The medications I was forced to swallow left a cotton taste in my mouth and a dull ache in my skull. The faded floral pattern of the peeling wallpaper was my only reminder of life beyond these walls. I pulled the threadbare blanket tighter around my body, hugging my knees to my chest. It did little against the chill creeping into my bones. The raging blizzard had transformed the courtyard into a churning white sea, rattling the broken window shutters hanging askew. At least no screams echoed through the halls today.
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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She must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family.

⚔️Age-old clan feud
🧪Unique magic & world
🐉Scandinavian folklore
❤️‍🔥Steamy Enemies-To-Forbidden-Lovers
🛡️"Who did this to you?" / "You did!
🗡️"Touch him & die"

#QuestPit #Q #R #F #A #AgentsGuide
An image of Lagertha from the TV show Vikings to the right and one of Robin Hood from the Robin Hood movie (2010) to the left, divided in the middle by an image of “Freydis sword”, adorned with intricate patterns, from the game Skyrim. Title: True Hate’s Kiss. 109,000 words New Adult Romantasy Text: “To break her curse, she needs a kiss… from the man she swore to kill.” An image taken from the TV show Vikings of a hand holding a sword with Norse Runes etched into the blade. Text: When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse? A True Hate’s Kiss. The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will. But the more she learns about her enemy, the more she questions who the true villain really is—and forbidden desire threatens to ruin everything. An image of a man and woman kissing, silhouetted against the sunset. Text: Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age) Pretending to woo him while betraying him Feuding clans Enemies-to-forbidden-lovers Complicated family dynamics “Who did this to you?” / “You did!” Scandinavian folklore Nature spirits, magical swords, Norse witches Comp titles: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, The Road of Bones by Demi Winters, Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, 10 Things I Hate About You (the movie) An image of a conifer forest. Text: Opening Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. “Lycki, stop!” My voice cracked, hoarse with panic. But my little brother’s green tunic and blond hair slipped through the conifer branches ahead, his distant voice floating back to me. “Come on, Älva! I found snowdrops!” Wonderful, we were about to start a war over flowers. Gut twisting, I burst into a sprint—past the overgrown sign nailed to a pine, ominous runes carved deep into the wood: ‘Hult Territory.’
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying
An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie” YA Romantic Fantasy 119k Words Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines. Blurb: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them. Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told. The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it. Tropes: Thief x Assassin Mental Health Rep Identity vs Duty Class Difference Forced Proximity Secret Code Morally Gray Women’s Wrongs Unlikely Allies to Lovers Text is on a piece of parchment paper. Besides the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment paper are ocean waters with gold flower outlines. The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.
May 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything…

🌊 Multi-POV
🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’
🌊 Horror elements
🌊 Orcadian folklore
🌊 Atmospheric setting
🌊 Twisty plot
🌊 Editor interest

#questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide
Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner. The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue. Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’ ​ Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears. ​ Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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RP1 x Percy Jckson

When an aquatic species' benevolent queen dies, a ruthless predecessor takes her place, bent on full control of the planet. Prophecy states a son of a legendary king must rise to stop the invasion. First, he must believe in the bizarre. #questpit #F #SF #H #YA #TT #foundfamilies
May 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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CATCH YOU IN THE TREES is a YA thriller set in the Pacific NorthWest where, in order to clear her name, a high school senior must team up with her XC co-captain and nemesis, the boyfriend of a missing girl—and the last person to see her alive.

#questpit #Q #YA #T #agentguide
An agent’s guide to Catch You In the Trees YA thriller romance Approximately 92k words Comp Titles: Nothing More to Tell, Karen McManus AGGGTM, Holly Jackson They’ll Never Catch Us, Jessica Goodman Unconventional Comps The Marauders Era PLL (2010) Cruel Summer (2021) Tropes/Vibes Rivals to lovers Running culture Private school Chaotic academia Dual timeline Dual pov Ride or die friendships A good old murder board It’s always the boyfriend, right? Mowich Bay can take one vanishing teen, but not two. Lennie Torres’s senior year captaining the XC team turns deadly when her ex-bff goes missing and she ends up a suspect. Her only way out? Team up with nemesis golden boy Lysander Hayes, the boyfriend of the missing girl—and the last person to see her alive. But Lysander’s not the only one keeping secrets, and if both Lennie and Lysander want to make it through XC season? They’re going to have to figure out how to trust each other or somebody’s going to end up dead. Snippet Hayes takes my hand, wrapping his fingers firmly around mine. “Deal.” His eyes glint an odd silver in the chrome and linoleum hallway and I think of people making deals with devils at cross roads. I wonder if they get the same storm of nerves I have swirling in my blood right now. I don’t trust Hayes. But I need him. “Deal.”
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Pitching on 2 platforms is hard, but Blue is winning so far.
May 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Isn't this cute? 😍Check it out today!
mquigley1963.bsky.social Melisa Quigley @mquigley1963.bsky.social · May 6
My new release Cat Court is out now and has won 3 awards. Find out what naughty cats and kittens are on trial for in Cat Court today. Link in Bio.
#BookBoost #picturebook #cats #kittens #WhatToRead
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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'At first glance, Cat Court seems like an ordinary children’s picture book about naughty cats. But what M.A. Quigley has done here is more layered than a cat’s mood swing. This isn’t a mere tale about felines being silly—it’s a subtle, structured classroom on emotional development.' Link in Bio.
April 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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In the Service of Gods and Admirals

Mass Effect x Treasure Planet

🎬 New Adult Scifi/fantasy
🚂 Steampunk
♀️ FMC
🚀Solar-Sail Spaceships
🔮 Crystal magic
🧠 PTSD
🦸‍♀️ Reluctant hero
🪐 Planet Hopping
👽 Many Alien species
⚖️ justice/redemption/revenge

#Questpit #W #SFF

#writingcommunity
May 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. 🎲🥓

#QuestPit #A #H #MY #W
The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
May 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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RP1 x Percy Jckson

When an aquatic species' benevolent queen dies, a ruthless predecessor takes her place, bent on full control of the planet. Prophecy states a son of a legendary king must rise to stop the invasion. First, he must believe in the bizarre. #questpit #F #SF #H #YA #TT #foundfamilies
May 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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My #wip is going well but I still haven’t warmed up from working in the cold here today & the office heater is barely warming things up at all. I’ll shop for a bigger heater when I go to town again. Now I’m going to take my slow old laptop into the nice warm guest room & see if I can make it work.
May 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM