QotD: Play any card games? Hola readers! Going to the zoo with the family, so short post today. @bmwillows.bsky.social, I'm so stinking happy for you! Bloody Spade got a @rainbowcrate.bsky.social edition! AAAAAGH! I hope Bleeding Spade gets one too, this edition of your book is GORGEOUS! 😍😍😍😍😍 🧵/1

And take my past And take my sins Like an empty sail takes the wind And heal, heal, heal, heal 💜🍃

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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our final artist reveal for the August Love Against the Odds Rainbow After Dark box! Next up is Quel @quelmdn.bsky.social who has illustrated the dust jacket for Love Beneath the Guillotine by W.H. Lockwood! 🧵

As our next event approaches, we anticipate a wave of newcomers on our Discord server 💙 Please note we have a rule asking that new members introduce themselves within 24 hours, otherwise we kick them (not a permanent ban, just a kick). This is due to a surge in bots joining our server 🤖

The #WIPSnips word for July 3rd is "out" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Can you please add me. :)

#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th! Stay tuned for the updated rules and #BluePitHype starting on July 8th! Also, remember we have a Starter Pack for all the accounts running pitch events here on BlueSky! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

Well…after months of brainstorming and questioning and doubting my ability to do this writing thing… I have written new words. For a new MG horror inspired by The Shining. I’m scared. And excited. And gonna do my best to JUST HAVE FUN!

The #WIPSnips word for July 2nd is "knock" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

New poem alert! If you like your free verse fantasy bargains with a side of anticapitalist commentary, you won't want to miss "SOLD: One Soul, Gently Used", now free to read in Haven Spec's June issue. Read it now! ⬇️ havenspec.com/poetry/sold-...

Alek has put together such a cool merch bundle for the Cardplay Duology!! Be sure to check out the auction and peruse the rest of the bundles next week. They're all fantastic and it's for a great cause 👀

I posted my pitch/agent's guide for The Other Fairy Godmother, as part of #joypit! Check out my post to see my pitch, my comps, the vibes, the first page, and a mood board. This project holds a huge piece of my heart, and I'm so excited to share more about it! ✨ www.instagram.com/p/DaQHLeLkUw...

SUMMER OF BRAVE x EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE +Cousin rivalry +Math joy +Anxiety rep For 14yo Juanita, math team is home—so when the school board shuts hers down, she’s determined to save it before states & her chance to become Maine’s first female math champion. #MG #CON #QueerPit #TV

That's a wrap! 😁 A HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in #QueerPit today!!! 🏳️‍🌈 We were blown away by the amazing pitches we saw - make sure to pin 📌 your best pitches to your profile as agents will keep looking later this week!

Our July ✨ ROLL FOR ROMANCE ✨ crate is now available for new subscribers and one time purchases! 🏳️‍🌈 Our July books are The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall and Non-Player Character by Veo Corva! 🧵

Well, wow, #QueerPit just finished and I got an agent like after 3-4 years, and it was after sharing for the first time if OF MAGIC AND GRIEF was an anime comp pic. Go me!

That's a wrap on my first ever pitch event! Thank you to everyone who interacted with my posts and left such lovely comments. I loved seeing all your pitches and learning more about your incredible books! Below is my agent's guide for COVENANT, which I will leave pinned to my profile. #QueerPit

THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE x BBC’S MERLIN (but make it sapphic…) 🗡️High-stakes Romantic-Fantasy 🥀Lady Knight x (rather pathetic) sorceress 🗡️Arthurian gender-swap 🥀Female fury revenge story 🗡️Everyone’s morally grey (and queer) Is vengeance worth losing what you have? #QueerPit #A #F #MYTH

A SWORD THROUGH STONE Camelot has fallen. Now, in vengeance for what she lost, the servant Rowyn desperately searches for enough power to kill the queen: Morgen Pendragon. But to survive the broken kingdom, she must ally with a suspicious, albeit beautiful, stranger… #QueerPit #A #F #DF #MYTH

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN x ONE PIECE —Epic Fantasy Duology —Pirate sailing adventure —3 povs with their own paths to take —Caribbean/Puerto Rican coded —Queer casted —Magic based on the 4 elements —2 colonizing empires to fight against #QueerPit #YA #F #W

"The dark had never lost a race. But that never stopped Mercédès from trying." Life In The Lampblack is a Gothic story set in a steampunk fantasy world. If you're looking for a tale full of revenge, dark romance, and the monsters we call people, this is the story for you! #Queerpit #H #F #A

👻🌑COVENANT🔮🕯 ✨️gothic gaslamp romantasy✨️ 💜 second chance romance 🖤 opposites attract 🌑 gothic decadence 👻 big spooky house 🏳️‍🌈 bi awakening 💙 achillean main romance 🧡 sapphic side romance 🏳️‍⚧️ trans and plus-sized rep 🥀 horror as a metaphor for grief 🔮 Victorian setting 🕯 occult magic #QueerPit #FR #A

🚀 PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE: 💫 anti-imperial sci-fi 👭 fierce sisters 🤖 sarcastic sidekicks ⚡ dangerous powers ❤️ found family A reluctant child soldier must decide whether to betray the empire that "blessed" her to save her sister. #QueerPit #MG #SF

When Travis' past arrives on Lana's heels he must make a choice—leave her in the mirror realm she tripped into and continue to drown his conscience in weed, or help her. And in doing so make them vulnerable to the deadly feuding fae surrounding forgotten Chicago. #COA #DF #HA #MR #A #QueerPit

Lana's not the first to go missing in Madiriki & the magic-man she just met knows more than he lets on. Suddenly her job loss is last on her mind as she must navigate the secret society he's banished from & learn magic on the fly before she can no longer return home. #COA #DF #HA #MR #A #QueerPit

INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE x ABOUT A BOY 🪦 Lost graves in a Chicago park 💫 Meeting divinity in the White City 👩‍👦 Strained mother-daughter relationship ⛵️ Water skiing after a ghost ship Sassy curmudgeon 🤝 Witty wise-crack Take a trip down the rabbit hole w/ LYRIC FICTION #COA #DF #HA #MR #A #QueerPit

✨️ A compilation #QueerPit 🧵 for all LYRIC FICTION pitches ✨️

My #agentsguide for #literaryagents #litagents seeking: A high stakes tournament in the Underworld among the living & the dead featuring: Mythical gods & heroes colliding The arena disguising a grander scheme No greater tragedy than her promise Curse lifting therapy sessions Multi POV #amquerying

Miguel's 1st Year at LoMA: 🔪Figure out who killed Mami 👻Awaken her sleeping opía 🌬️Attune with the stubborn elements 🤝Make friends with other mages 🌌Deal with the bully 🧛🏻Don't get bit by a vampire 💘Don't fall in love! Seriously, that's not important #QueerPit #YA #F #Q

People if you get a book deal out of a #SmallPitch request PLEASE LET US KNOW! So we add the book to the Success Stories page, but also I (Millie) can buy them.

Frankenstein X COMC A street thief’s self-hate puts them on a revenge path filled with many a monster, including the one inside her. LIFE IN THE LAMPBLACK is a Gothic Fantasy that includes 🕯️Steampunk Aesthetics 🕯️Witcher-esque Monster Hunters 🕯️Queer Love (& Spice) #Queerpit #A #H #FR #DF

🏳️‍🌈👻🌑COVENANT🔮✨️🕯 When a being from beyond the grave heralds the apocalypse, there are only two witnesses: Rowan and Darshil, bitter ex-lovers who must brave London’s occult underbelly and save the world from eternal darkness, all while grappling with their unresolved feelings. #QueerPit #FR #A

THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE A literary romance where past relationships, mental illness and parental trauma come to haunt a painter and writer’s new chance for happiness. ✌️dual pov/dual timeline 🏳️‍🌈 LGTQIA+characters 🌎 immigrant experience ✊🏼 BIPOC & minority voices #queerpit #Q #LF #R

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖤 it’s officially release day and my book will be free the entire month of June! You can download it here or on my site, happy reading 🖤 dl.bookfunnel.com/222gfs6uhf #boosky #queerwriters #writerscommunity #writingcommuntiy

🌕Dorcha's Plan for the Week: 💎Sneak into the crystal city 🪷Be given a flower I've never seen before 🏰Attack the crystal palace 👑Find out I'm actually a kidnapped prince 🌑Be mind controlled 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Unite and join forces with my twin brother #QueerPit #MG #F #Q

A failed job hunt trips Lana into a mirror realm brimming with fractal forests inhabited by the fae. To stay alive she must enlist the help of a wisecrack pothead who knows magic. If only he wasn't banished from the secret city that holds the key to her returning home. #COA #DF #HA #MR #A #QueerPit

THE ANGELS’ SUCCUBUS 🌈sapphic polyam Two angels are sent to investigate demonic activities, enlisting a succubus cam worker to help them navigate the digital world; but the veil keeping Hell locked away thins and soon they’ll be fighting more than just their growing feelings #Queerpit #A #PR #Q

☀️Sol's Plan for the Week: 🐺Visit best friend at the harbor 🧚🏽Practice flying 📖Have a chilling history lesson 👑Welcome father home before bed 🌑Unwanted guest kidnap my parents 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Find out I have a missing twin brother 🏰Save the queendom #QueerPit #MG #F #Q

📣 QUEERPIT IS ON WEDNESDAY!!! 👀 We can't wait for our next event this week, so we have a few *important reminders* for all our participants.🧵⬇️ 1) #QueerPit is July 1st from 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern time ⏲️ You may pitch using our hashtag, age/genre hashtags during those hours.

📣 AGENTS and EDITORS participating in #QueerPit tomorrow!!! We are SOOO excited to have you joining our event! Please make sure to post your submission/contact info for how authors can reach you if you ❤️ their pitches tomorrow. We can't wait! 🏳️‍🌈

📣 Mark your calendars!!!📣 #QueerPit returns for its 4th pitch event on JULY 1ST, 2026 We are extending Pride Month 🌈 by one more day 🙌 to platform 2SLGBTQIA+ authors Check out our website to learn more ⬇️ Follow us for additional updates soon ✨️ share.google/XLm7u0jgjeyy...

QotD: What was your first game? Hola readers! I know it's been a really long time since I last talked about The Amulet of Kakata, but I wanted to let you know that thanks to a writer friend of mine, I started a Substack, but only as Adlin K. T.. 🧵/1

#QueerPit is tomorrow! This is an event for #AmQuerying 2SLGBTQIA+ authors seeking representation! You can COMMENT and REPOST, but LIKES ARE RESERVED for Agents and Publishers! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

Here are the certificates for participating and completing Wippit as well as a page for badges and the exclusive year 1 badge for those that participated this year, its paper to match the first anniversary. I'm also including the I drank Water badge since it didn't make it onto the site.

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the August Love Against the Odds Rainbow After Dark box! Next up is Zelyphia @zelyphia.bsky.social who has illustrated the dust jacket for Kiss of Seduction by Rawnie Sabor @rawniesabor.bsky.social 🧵

Just dropped our latest acquisitions update! In this one, I share a new contender for our next project! This one is a…. Actually, just go read it 🤣🤣😈

The #WIPSnips word for July 1st is "scarf" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts