Authors, post the last line of dialouge before they smooch. "I like you too." (Simple and to the point.)

Would you come to an outdoor fantasy ball?

Just entered my poem Land of the Free in a contest. I hope it hits good and does well. 🤞 It's been a minute since I've done a poetry contest. ✍️ Its about this nation being in distress and what it should be standing for, what it was meant to stand for.

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Staticky Peter shocks everything he touches: slide, balloon, dog. Afraid of hurting the people he loves, Peter keeps his distance. But when a friend needs help, he discovers that sometimes being brave means: risking a big ZAP! #Indiepit #PB #Q #STEAM

Have you wondered what will happen when you write your final poem? Your final story? Your final line? I wrote a poem about it in my poetry book, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT. When the writing stops, who will finish for me? ✍️ #IndiePit #AN #PO #C #poetry #poems #poets #poetrybook

The Navigator who Crossed the Ice Walls × The Anunnaki Connection x Mythology When Jenna comes across an injured giant man she finds out that the world she thought she knew was just the middle of a much larger one stuck in the middle of an ancient war. #W #A #T #SFF #IndiePit

Every Summer After x The Notebook x Homebound When two souls are drawn to a magical paradise on earth, who are they to deny the Fates? #W #A #R #Cozy #IndiePit

The Selection Series x The Elements of Kamdaria x Elemental Blessings In a world where the elements are life, a ball is held every century to find the new rulers of the elements. It is a game of politics and deceit that may just end in murder and heartbreak. #W #A #RF #IndiePit

Her country has a rule that a female has to marry before her 21st birthday or she has to remain unmarried for the rest of her life. Only three months are left before Mia's 21st birthday. Still, she is waiting for her prince. Will her waiting be over? Will her prince come? #indiepit #F #YA #R

PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER X DARK ROMANTASY 🖤 Why Choose ⛓️ Forced Proximity 🐺 Magic/Shifter 📖 Dark Academia You’re committed to an asylum where magic users are forced to fight for profit. But the games are the safest part of your sentence. #indiepit #SSP #NA #F #R

REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Dear C.B, Thank you for sending me FINDING ECHINACEA. Unfortunately, I didn't quite connect with your transportive descriptions, attention to historical details or small town slow-burn romance. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

Hey I heard we’re doing #IndiePit today 👁️✨👁️✨👁️ Okay so, listen up we got— ✨ chronically ill chosen one ⚔️ trans fem valkyrie 💖 they are lesbiabs 🌸 world’s slowest slow burn (I’m not kidding this is like 150k of yearn) 🌑 one cosmic god rising from the grave (this is also somehow very gay)

Fall in love with a timeless romance…feel Camille’s pain and anguish of betrayal to everlasting love #BookMockup #writerscommunity #SelfGrowth #readerscommunity #indiepit #shamelessselfpromomonday #blsky

#IndiePit ? How about a contemporary asexual beauty and the beast (inspired) romance? Beauregard needs a job. She finds a listing from Felix’s cousin. Beauregard gets said job taking care of Felix, his cat, and house. Felix hates it. It’s gotta work out eventually right?

Good afternoon. I didn't know what #indiepit was until 5 seconds ago. Who else here in this pit is into possessive lesbian tiger women?

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

#IndiePit #A #AN #M #RC Criminal-turned-detective Abby Lunay is drawn into some mysterious deaths tied to a large law firm. She’ll need her occult knowledge and criminal past to solve it, putting her on a collision course with the investigating cop. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Mystery #Books

How far would you go to learn about the mother you never knew? Follow twin siblings Jesse and Faye on a road trip to learn about their mom, who tragically died when they were babies. What will they find out? Hint: It isn’t what you think… Who *was* their mom? #IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebook

Healing is illegal. Watching people suffer is worse. In a world where even touching the sick is forbidden, Mira heals in secret, until a public act of healing marks her for death. Now she has to decide: bury her power…or become exactly what they fear. ANDOR x NAUSICAÄ #IndiePit #A #F #SPF #SSP

Take my heart, burn it to ashes, doom it for eternity for all I care❤️‍🔥 ⚔️NA Romantasy trilogy - Multiple POVs ⚔️ 💘Reluctant allies to lovers ⏳He falls harder 🏹She’ll risk anything for her 👑Masquerade ball 💌Heated love confessions LGBTQ+ characters & ships #IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF

🧁 She's a jaded pastry chef 🍰 He's a charismatic baker ❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies rise to the surface, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for leave a bitter aftertaste? #indiepit #R #C #CO #NA #A #WIP #CS

Maddie lets Justin help her w/ a customer's order, but has no idea of the emotional whirlwind it'll bring when she finds herself torn between following her dreams or her heart. 🧁 #indiepit #R #C #CO #YA #AN #P

Sucker Punch x Den of Vipers After escaping her abusive father, Isabella is sentenced to an asylum ruled by the Unholy Trinity. She devises a plan: remain invisible, never let dad find her. But the mating bond forces her to choose between love & survival. #IndiePit #SSP #F

🌊 Poetry fans, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT is a contemporary poetry collection with poems about the ocean, moon, childhood memories, nature, and more. There’s a poem for everyone! We need more poetry. Why not start with this poetry book? 🌊 #IndiePit #AN #PO #C #poets #poetry #poems #indiebooks

The Death of Atticus Monroe 🖤 The Invocations x The Craft 🔥 #indiepit #YA #R #H #SSP

NA Portal Romantasy Trilogy ✨Fae, witches, kickass humans 💫Multiple POVs, ships 🔥Slow burn tension, some spice 🌪️Elemental magic +more 👑Twisted rulers, corrupt politics 😈Evil plot twists ⚔️Deadly quest 🏹A brewing rebellion ❤️‍🩹Self discovery #IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF

Who doesn’t love a good road trip book? That’s what you find in OUR MOTHER, YOUR FRIEND. A trip to learn about a mom’s past leads to a SHOCKING plot twist. One road trip changes everything! 🚗 Road trip adventure 👫 Twins! 💔 Family drama 🤔 A surprise twist #IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebooks

Fast cars + bad decisions = a love story built to crash. A burnt-out romance author dives into a gang-ruled street racing scene for inspiration, only to fall for a reckless driver with a death wish. FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996) #IndiePit #SSP #A #R

Here's my list for #IndiePit 1. The Rulers of Fawes #W #A #RF 2. Evening of Roses #W #A #R #Cozy 3. The War Around Us #W #A #T #SFF Feedback is welcome

So this is how I outline. I have a book blank that I add the title, my name, any possible trigger warnings, chapter titles, and any notes for that chapter (that also go in a separate note doc). It sounds crazy but it works for me. #WIPPITWAT #MayPrep

My goals: 1. Write 50,000 words on each 2. Celebrate each chapter 3. Celebrate 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000 5. Celebrate 💡 moments 6. Celebrate emotional moments 7. Celebrate hooks 8. Take a moment to enjoy writing time 9. Enjoy a cup of tea while writing 10. Enjoy time spent w/ friends

Hi I'm Crystal Bayless host of #WIPPIT & #Cupit & cohost of #GhostPit. I write in many genres & ages, but mostly in Romantasy, Romance, Historical, Thriller, and Fantasy. For #WIPPITWAT I will be writing 2 of the books in my Rutello series: Arealia & the Last Flame & New World.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

Apple TV’s SEVERANCE meets SILO 🚫 Emotion as system error 👾 The haunting is digital 📋Corporate ritual menace 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #S #SFF #U

THE LESSER SOUL After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a vilified goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection. #PosterPit #Q #F #A

CYBERPUNK 2077 x THE LESSER SOUL 🧠 Shared Body Trope 🗡️ Rogue/Paladin Duo 📿 Dark Goddesses ⚔️ A Mix of Dark, Gunpowder, and Epic Fantasy #PosterPit #Q #F #A

THE LESSER SOUL 💰A Heist Gone Awry 🗣️Witty Banter 🧠Two Souls Sharing One Body ⏰A Protagonist Running Out of Time #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

Elina has never been anything but a thief, certain that redemption is a fairy tale. But as death closes in, she can’t ignore the truth: if she’s going to die anyway, her soul replaced with a legendary hero's, wouldn’t it be better to let him take her place? Click for full image #QuestPit #Q #A #F

A young wizard’s journey to reconcile his past goes sideways when he is robbed and taken to a cursed and decrepit village where things aren’t as they appear. One guest turns into another, and he must rely on the last people he ever would have chosen to keep moving forward. #QuestPit #ROMCOM #NA

EARTHLINGS! BODY SNATCHERS x THE RUNAWAYS When a 2nd generation alien sleeper cell is ordered to abduct her human friend, she saves her and goes rogue instead. Now her fellow operatives must track her down, but will the help her to sabotage the coming invasion instead? #questpit #W #YA #SF

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

FUN FOR THE SUMMER It's important to me to tell love stories of people with schizoaffective as we're often only cast as the villains in thrillers. I want this story to be one where it influences the plot, but never the lovingness. I hope people see themselves in Mae. #QuestPit #W #A #R #OwnVoices

Thank you for all of the #questpit support today. I'm sorry I didnt get to as many pitches as I wanted to. Today was a day of having a couple things to do & spending time resting after a tooth extraction yesterday. I will try to get to everyone who supported in the next few days.

I made this little bookish pen holder jar tonight. I love it. 🥰

IN THE SHADOWS OF HIGHCLIFFE - dual timeline adult thriller - 75k words Some say Georgia Alderidge ran away. Some say she was killed, and deserved it. 🔥high school party gone wrong 💋toxic friendships 🗝️generational secrets 🤫old money conspiracy #questpit #Q #T #A

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Shameless x Riverdale (s1) x AGGGTM ☕️ Drama-Mystery with Romance 📓 Runaway x Boy Next Door ☕️ 90s Small-Town Mystery 📓 Found Family ☕️ Genderfluid and Pan Rep 📓 Mental Health Rep ☕️ Fake Identity Turned Real Identity #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus strikes and brings a wealthy New Yorker intent on marrying the hardworking inn maid. To keep a promise to her sister, she accepts, despite warnings from a medical student who threatens her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF