DO NO HARM The agent’s guide is here! 🎓Dark academia 🔮Magical oligarchy 🗡️Murder 🩼Disabled fmc 🏳️‍🌈Queer chars 🧬Real science 🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world #questpit #querying #Q #A #MY #UF

LEAP YEAR, but make it haunted 👻 Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland 💀 Solve a murder 💚 Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧟‍♀️ Escape the monstrous presence stalking her #QuestPit #A #H #R #Dis #Horromance #Gothic #Q

Slow Horses x The X Files When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #QuestPit #A #T #SF #Q

NINTH HOUSE X MOON OVER SOHO In an alt timeline where healing magic belongs to the rich, an idea that changes everything can be worth killing for. 🎓Dark academia 🔮Magical oligarchy 🗡️Murder 🩼Disabled fmc 🏳️‍🌈Queer chars 🧬Real science 🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world #questpit #querying #Q #A #MY #UF

In a world where healing magic belongs to the rich, an idea can be worth dying for—or killing for. 🎩Retro-Victorian dark academia 🩸Murder and intrigue 👨‍🎓MMC:Plus-size stoic PhD student 👩🏽‍🎓FMC:Disabled punk activist 🩺Medicine & magic 🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world #DVPit #A #NA #F #LGBT #Mys #ND

When the body of one of the healer-caste elite turns up on their university campus, two outcasts’ search for truth will lead them to the roots of magic: deadly threats, century-old secrets, and a scientist who’ll change everything. Who do we trust to heal the world? #DVPit #A #NA #F #LGBT #Mys #ND

In a world of stratified magic where health belongs to the rich, an idea can be worth killing for. 🎩Retro-Victorian dark academia 🩸Murder and intrigue 👨‍🎓MMC:Plus-size & painfully relatable 👩🏽‍🎓FMC:Disabled & badass 🩺Medicine & magic 🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world #DVPit #A #NA #F #LGBT #Mys #ND

NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO When the body of one of the healer-caste elite turns up on their uni campus, outcasts David and Zarrin begin a search for truth that will lead to deadly threats, century-old secrets, and a scientist who’ll change everything. #DVPit #A #NA #F #LGBT #Mys #ND #DarkAcad

#DVPit NINTH HOUSE X MOON OVER SOHO A murder on a uni campus leads two outcasts to unearth deadly secrets about the healing magic at the heart of their world. 🎓Dark academia 🔮Magic controlled by oligarchs 🗡️Murder most foul 🩼Disabled fmc 🏳️‍🌈Queer chars 🧬Real science 🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world

#dvpit NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO When the body of one of the healer-caste elite turns up on their university campus, outcasts David and Zarrin begin a search for truth that will lead to deadly threats, century-old secrets, and a scientist who’ll change everything. #A #NA #F #LGBT #Mys #ND

#dvparty final day: hype up your WIP! “Should you actually be doing this? It’s got to be against some kind of rule.” Puck grinned at him. “David, mate. D’you think I named myself after a trickster fae because I love following rules?” (Most of these photos by me!) #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty final day: hype up your WIP! PHYSICIANS book 2: OUR OWN GOOD Summer hols in Salem, MA. They expected sailboats and visits to Harvard. They got a murder, an old enemy, and a moneymaking scheme gone wrong. #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 5: theme song! I’m a day late because it took me forever to choose… youtu.be/9rxDM_Kh2uk?... NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: textpost memes: David, Zarrin and Puck! #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: textpost memes: Morris and Mishkin! #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: textpost memes: Blair & Sylvia! #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: textpost memes: Pierre & Sifiso! #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: story as memes! (Part 4 of ??) NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: story as memes! (Part 3 of ??) NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: story as memes! (Part 1 of ??) NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 4: story as memes! (Part 1 of ?? Depends on how many memes I think of) NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO #dvpit #querying #amquerying

#dvparty day 3: sone more first lines- ch.1 #dvpit #querying #amquerying It was well past noon, fog condensing into tear-tracks on the windowpane that overlooked the university campus, by the time Zarrin finally broke into his flat.

#dvparty first lines! #querying “The mice don’t die.” Puck’s voice shook with excitement over the phone. On the other end of the line, a man hunched over his desk in the pooling light of a single lamp, wide awake despite the late hour. “I’ve broken all their spines at least twice. They’re fine.”

#dvparty: protagonists part 2: Zarrin- character inspirations! Adventurous, charismatic, impulsive and fierce, Zarrin is both a glass cannon and a loose cannon. She believes in justice. She’ll risk everything to get it. (If you’re wondering whether she’s beetlejuice or lydia here, she’s both)

#dvparty: protagonists 2: Zarrin #querying Zarrin Darvish is a cheeky, fast-talking New Yorker with a disability and a fearless, impulsive feral streak. She solves most problems with a lockpick, a knife or a smile, even if that problem is 'how to destroy the magical oligarchy I was born into'.

#dvparty: protagonists, part 1: David- character inspirations! Awkward, snarky, scrupulously honest, and trying so, so hard to stay composed at all times, David is driven by his principles, but he cares a bit too much what other people think of him.

#dvparty: protagonists, part 1: David #dvpit #querying London-born David Stein is stoic, cerebral, a repressed and touch-starved academic with a frigid family life and no knack for making friends. His analytical intellect is matched only by his isolation. (Art by me!)

Day 2 of #dvparty: protagonists! #dvpit #querying David never got the Art, and it haunts him. He studies magic while his classmates learn to practice it. Zarrin got the Art, and it didn’t save her. She’s determined to tear down the system that failed her. (Art by @collegeartist1.bsky.social)

#dvparty: protagonist moodboards! David never got the Art, and it haunts him. Zarrin got the Art, and it didn’t save her.

#dvparty art: the character lineup! Who do we trust to heal the world? DO NO HARM is the first of a trilogy of dark academia, queer urban fantasy mysteries. And one of these people is a murderer. #dvpit #querying #amquerying

NINTH HOUSE x MOON OVER SOHO A murder on a university campus. Magic. Danger. A scientist who’ll change everything. Day 1 of #dvparty: moodboards! #dvpit #querying #amquerying

Headed to a conference. Girlypop wants me to stay.

THE REBEL ANGELS x MOON OVER SOHO Book 1: Do No Harm 🎓dark academia 🗡️murder mystery 🎩retrovictorianism 🔮magic 🧬biotechnology 🙄snark 💛platonic core relationship ⚕️medical ethics 🔐intrigue 🩼disabled fmc 🙎‍♂️fat mmc 🏳️‍🌈lgbtq+ chars 🐕also there’s a dog #questpit #writingcommunity #amquerying

THE REBEL ANGELS x MOON OVER SOHO When a member of the powerful, wealthy healer caste is found murdered on their uni campus, two outcasts ask questions that lead them to medical marvels, ancient secrets, plots, danger, and the painful forgotten past. #questpit #writingcommunity #amquerying

Persephone of the day

Persephone of the day

Persephone of the day

#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 27: Character phobias Zarrin had a little bit of a phobia of being alone in a house, for a while, but she trained herself out of it with dedication and the power of pure rage.

#FantasyIndiesMarch day 26: Compromises in WIP Title drop: here’s a tiny snippet of a big moment, concerning two people with different worldviews trying to balance help and harm:

#FantasyIndiesMarch Day 25 (i’m late) WIP aesthetics board! Steampunk is too strong a word, but we’ve got major retro-victorian, dark academia vibes.

Persephone of the day

#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Is there a particular reader you keep in mind when you write? Me, honestly. I wrote the book I’d wanted to find as a reader. I didn’t start the book with the intent to publish. It’ll be niche, and maybe that’s okay.

This is a fun prompt! My style tends to be wry and situational. Here’s a rare example that isn’t from dialogue: #WriteFunny #WritingCommunity

#FantasyIndiesMarch day 24: Would your characters have their fortunes told? Zarrin: Sure, for giggles. David🤝Puck: [Points to 17 studies showing fortune tellers just use psychological trickery] Mishkin: Too scared of what they’d see. Sylvia: Nobody can TELL me my future. Don’t tell me what to do.

Who are the five writers that made you? #booksky #authorsky #reading #writingcommunity 1. Lois McMaster Bujold 2. Terry Pratchett 3. JRR Tolkein 4. Mordecai Richler 5. Richard Adams

Persephone of the day (captured mid-scromble)

#FantasyIndiesMarch day 23: MC’s pet peeves Zarrin: Hypocrisy, systemic injustice, underseasoned food David: Mess, pseudoscience, details out of place, unsolicited eye contact, powerlessness, the smell of sweat, looking stupid in public, people standing too close on the tube, cats, his flatmate

(Slightly late) #FantasyIndiesMarch Day 22: Saturday snippet - lucky

Day 21 of #FantasyIndiesMarch: Free Friday Sometimes I draw. Not particularly well, but it gives me joy. So here are my two protagonists!

Persephone of the day