November is both #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and #NationalIndigenousDisabilityAwarenessMonth, a time to honor who we are, where we come from, and who still gets left out of the story. johnniejae.com/the-overlook...

Today’s affirmation:

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN X HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON = "What God Made Shark" • #POC & #LGBT cast • Indigenous Caribbean & Irish Folklore • Sapphic Sky Pirates • Pirate Polycue • Anti-colonizer themes • Magical tattoos • Fantasy Animals • Swordplay & Cannon Fire #DVpit #NA #F #HS

WHAT GOD MADE SHARK is the tale of a runaway slave turned sky-pirate fighting a holy empire of colonizing dragon riders through a world highlighting indigenous island cultures. Expect a #LGBT & #POC cast, magic tattoos, whimsical animal companions, and plenty of cannon fire. #DVpit #NA #FA #HF #TV

🔪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 #PreDV #YA #F #UF #LGBT #Q

WHAT GOD MADE SHARK is the tale of a runaway slave turned sky-pirate fighting colonization in the form of a holy empire of dragon riders through a world highlighting indigenous island cultures. Expect a #LGBT & #POC cast, whimsical animal companions, and plenty of cannon fire. #preDV #NA #FA #HF

#preDV is tomorrow, MONDAY, September 29, 2025 from 8AM to 8PM Eastern Time! Marginalized Creators join us to practice your pitches for #DVpit, get feedback from agented authors, give each other feedback & encouragement! Make friends, polish your pitches & get excited for #DVpit! #writersky #booksky

Writer and photographer Shae McCoy says she found peace and a sustainable future in urban farming baltimorebeat.com/from-west-ba...

With love, Nikkia Rowe brings local honey, healing, and beekeeping education to the masses. baltimorebeat.com/sweet-stewar...

#Pitblk 2025 has begun!!! Make sure to submit your pitches by Sept 24th at 8pm EST at the link below. We're excited you're participating and can't wait for agents and editors to see! www.pitchpitblk.com/pitblk-submi... #amquerying ##writersky #booksky

FYI: Future PYG Dates: 📆 #PitchYaGame - November 7th 2025 - June 5th 2026 Upcoming Special Rounds - #PitchYaRogue September 24th 2025 - #PitchYaHorror October 31st 2025 (open to any horror related media) - #PitchYa????? March 2026 (TBC)

Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules! For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025! #writersky #booksky

Now that I can breathe a bit, I wanted to say something. Yes, there have been lots of requests today. But today is just the first of four days in the requesting period. It's nowhere near over. And if you don't get a request? That isn't indicative of the quality of your writing 💜

After nearly two years of negotiations, workers at Enoch Pratt Free Library ratified their first-ever union contract. baltimorebeat.com/enoch-pratt-...

Got my #PitchDis submitted! Thank you @pitchdis.com & and all participating agents/publishers for creating this opportunity. Good luck to everyone submitting!

In honor of Juneteenth, it's our pleasure to announce pitch dates! #Pitblk will take place Sept 21st- Sept 24th on our pitchsite. Agents and Editors will review pitches Sept 29th-Oct 2nd. For more info about the event, visit www.pitchpitblk.com #writersky #booksy #writingcommunity #amquerying

I think my next work will be urban fantasy. It's tricky because there are still many kinds of "urban", but I think something in the veins of Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice (the one with Nick Cage) could be really fun. #PitchDis

Want to help Baltimore because some Russian plant is trying to go off half cocked against the city? Well, I can help you with that. Below are some beloved institutions here that could always use funds. www.bmoreyoutharts.org creativealliance.org/support/ (Does a lot of good stuff with CASA too.)

Happy birthday Marsha P. Johnson, visionary and fiery Black trans activist who birthed a movement. She’d by 80 today, and should still be alive. Her legacy is one of revolutionary advocacy for global LGBTQ+ liberation. Her life is a testament to the need for sex worker rights & decriminalization.

A runaway slave turned sky-pirate fights a church of holy dragon riders in a world inspired by the indigenous cultures of the Caribbean & Ireland. #POC & #LGBT cast. #FreedomIsSomethingYouTake #Posterpit #NA #Q #F

TREASURE PLANET X THE FOURTH WING "What God Made Shark" • #POC & #LGBT cast • Indigenous Caribbean & Irish Folklore • Sapphic Sky Pirates • #TR • Anti-colonizer themes • #AgentGuide below! #Q #NA #F #HS Is it too late for #queerpit ? Lost Internet access yesterday :(

Hi #agents and acquiring #editors! Registration for #PitchDis 2025 is still open, but it will be closing in less than a month. We'd love to have you join us! To register, just fill out the form below. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #WritingCommunity

#QueerPit is just 5 days away! 🤯❤️🌈 We can't wait to welcome our community's writers to this year's event. Here are a few key reminders and FYIs for all our participants: Thread ⬇️

Reposting this because a) cafes and indie bookstores usually have a mayfly shelf life without dedicated followings and b) despite this, Red Emma's has had a very long shelf life and is a great show pony for creative and small business coops in general.

To try and chill out, took an edible & painted one panel on our little free library box. I'm not a good artist but hopefully the characters will be more or less recognizable.

Got a rough rejection today. But thems the breaks round here. At least I received a decision. The worst is when you never hear back at all. On to the next pitching event I suppose.

A few announcements! #WickedPit on July 31st appears to have been canceled. As such, the next upcoming pitch events are: #QuestPit (Aug 6, 2025) - @questpit.bsky.social #QueerPit (Aug 15, 2025) - @queerpit.bsky.social #PosterPit (Aug 16, 2025) - @posterpit.bsky.social #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information! #dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks

YAAAY, finally drawing one of my favourite OCs, who I haven't drawn in sooo long: Seal! Or Grey, as he was dubbed by his human family. He's an alien sent to destroy all life on Earth, but he just can't seem to do it. More lore coming soon 👀 👀 #oc #art

Katarina is a cutesy + silly assassin who was literally made for this job. Her father used the DNA of his dead daughter and cat in order to create the ultimate assassin. Now Katarina must learn how to be an assassin while her father works on finding a cure for her sick mother #BluePit📖 #Q #POC #A

TREASURE PLANET X THE FOURTH WING "What God Made Shark" • #POC & #LGBT cast • Indigenous Caribbean & Irish Folklore • Sapphic Sky Pirates • Non-Binary Dragon Rider • Anti-colonizer themes • Tattoo-based magic system • #TR rep • #AgentGuide below! #Q #NA #F #HS #BluePit📖 #BluePit

On unrelated writerly posts, here is a local theater and cultural icon that is in dire need of saving: theblackladytheatre.com/pages/action If we don't work hard to preserve it, it will be gone. Currently passing the shuttered Club Hippo on my commute every day. CVS (1)

🇵🇷Irene's Summer Plan: 🧓🏾Visit Abuelo, but guess what he's evil 🌀Stumble into a new world via a portal 🏝️Learn Taíno gods are real 🌟Unlock star magic 🦜Wake Slumbering Parents 👻Purify a spirit 💎Destroy a medallion 🕷️Stop a power hungry chieftain #BluePit #MG #F #UF #PF #OWN #OV #LGBT #LGBTQIA #Q

Where all my #D&D & #TTRPG players this #Bluepit ! When I'm not writing books, I'm #W on my playing card based game #StreetMagic If you like D&D or #Daggerheart you'll love #StreetMagic. Just remember: leave the dice & grab your cards! #BluePit🎲 Free Beta⬇️ streetmagic-beta-ttrpg.tiddlyhost.com

DON'T KISS YOUR FATHER is a deep-dive into one of the drag community's most under-represented pockets: the drag king. Thru politics, long nights, and harrowing encounters with proud boys, there is also comradery, love, genuine friendship, and heartbreak. #Bluepit📖 #NF #OV #LGBT #ND #DIS #TR #A #Q

The Love List is the sapphic romance you always knew you needed. A celebrity romance inspired by Marielle Kraft’s song 10x Better. #bluepit📖 #R #Q #agentguide #ov #lgbtqia+ #dis #hollywood #thelovelist #amquerying #querying #romance #a #adult

Beetlejuice X Phantasma 👹 The villain is an allegory for oppressive societal views of women 🖤Latina FMC 🌴 FL island resort 🔮 Conniving coven & their politics 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 Sapphic romance 🧘🏻 Mental health rep 🫀 Mean mommy trauma 🐦‍⬛ Fantasy but with horror undertones #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #H #R #OV #LGBTQ+

Would you read a book about a poisonous girl, a haunted estate, and the man who loves her so much he forgets who he is? Rappaccini’s Daughter meets Crimson Peak, with blood-fed roses and a slow descent into madness. #bluepit📖 #Q #NA #H #R

A SOUL AWAKENED Adult BIPOC ​paranormal ​romance, grounded within our world. 85K words. Book one of trilogy. Multicultural Friends to lovers Slow burn Found family Romantic suspense Fate vs destiny Tragedy & lost Mid to high heat #BluePit📖 #Q #A #PN #R #F #POC

Hurt, and bleed, and, fuck, and fear. Fear it all. Feel it all. 🩸Interview with the Vampire x Hannibal🩸 💀 Gay wrongs 💀 Blood & Lust 💀 Forced Proximity 💀 What are morals? 💀 Nihilist x Existentialist #bluepit #bluepit📖 #a #f #r #w #ov

It's hard to make a living as a sorceress in modern times, but when Monica takes on a gorgeous client whose mother was murdered and her mystical artifacts stolen, things get complicated & steamy (with lots of mind control kink). www.amazon.com/Sorceress-Ci... #BluePit📖 #A #P #PN Erotica #LGBT

GAY(ER) J VERNE x J AUSTEN When shy steampunk inventor Ari falls for the rougish star baron Cy after he repairs his metal leg due to an airship accident, he has no clue of the love & adventure awaits him in a marriage that defies social convention. #BluePit #A #F #R #SP #POC #LGBT #TR #W #BluePit📖

#BluePit📖 #MG #F RedwallXHow To Train Your Dragon When her home is destroyed and father slain by the forces of Kaizer, King of the Cobras, a young noblemouse seeks to join the Royal Sky Force with her best friend (a sparrow both brave and true) to free their valley from this cold-blooded tyrant.

WEIRD FISHES (Stelliform Press, 2022) Set entirely underwater, a cephalopod scientist (🐙) teams up with a mermaid-ish storyteller (🦭) to save the Earth's oceans from alien invasion (🙋‍♂️). A twist on first contact stories. It might make you cry big salty tears. #BluePit📖 #A #POC #SF #P

Fable Haven X Janitors When a magical storm traps Zion National Park, 18yo Beholder Samantha—a Park Ranger who sees hidden creatures—and 12yo Terrance—an boy with the same gift—must stop the Veil from completely shattering, and survive what stirs at Angels Landing. #Bluepit📖 #W #F #MG #ND

Besides novels, I'm also #W -ing on a playing card based #TTRPG called #StreetMagic . Urban Fantasy action with No Dice required! #BluePit🎲 Below is a link to the current in playable beta build of the game! @ me here if you have any questions or comments! streetmagic-beta-ttrpg.tiddlyhost.com

✨Adult historical fantasy with Ukrainian folklore. Comps: BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, BABEL, THE POPPY WAR 🩸secret society 🗝️found family 🤎slow-burn romance 🐺mythical beings as main characters 🕯️high-stakes political mystery 🗡️anti-imperial struggle #BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #A #F #HS #OV

Did you think Pirates of the Caribbean needed more…Caribbean? And maybe some How To Train Your Dragon for flair? You'd like my #NA #HS #F novel "What God Made Shark" that I'm #Q -ing for #BluePit 📖 It's got Caribbean & Irish culture, a #POC & #LGBT cast, & sky-pirates. #FreedomIsSomethingYouTake

Yo #BluePit I'm a #POC #TR #DIS author, #Q -ing my #NA #HS #F novel "What God Made Shark" for #BluePit📖 A runaway slave turned sky-pirate fights a church of holy dragon riders in a world inspired by the indigenous cultures of the Caribbean & Ireland. #POC & ##LGBT cast. #FreedomIsSomethingYouTake

#BluePit has now officially begun! It will run for 24 hours! Make some new friends! Comment on, like, and share each other's pitches! Let's have some fun! #WriteSky #Writers #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comics #AmAgenting #LitAgents