MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES A husband is a required inconvenience to escape Lark's home life, but when a faerie roots a rose in her flesh, rumors abound. Lark must convince the petty bastard to remove the rose, but the forest is full of danger - & newfound desires. #P #A #R #F #LGBT (Demi) #BluePit📖

THE RIVER HAS ROOTS x MOON-BRIGHT TIDES In her darkest hour, Nilah’s dalliance with Death sinks her deep into an ocean of grief. Destruction looms as the only way left is down, but what if that’s exactly what she needs? Will her needs align with her wants? #Bluepit📖 #A #F #H #W #BluePit

7.13.2025 14-year-old Tung learns the meaning of propaganda the hard way after his mother moves him to Amity Falls, a witch obsessed New England town. He soon realizes that the legends are real and they're out for blood. "Hocus Pocus" meets "Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight" #BluePit 📖 #W #D #F

7.13.2025 14-year-old Tung moves to a Halloween-obsessed town with a witchy past. He thinks they’re just tourist trap fiction until they begin chasing him into the night, toward the secrets the town doesn’t even know exists. “Hocus Pocus” meets “The Witches of Eastwick” #BluePit📖 #Q #W #F #D

7.13.2025 Tung is the new kid in Amity Falls a New England town obsessed with witches. But he quickly learns that his new home is full of legends and secrets. And if he’s not careful, they will eat him alive. “Hocus Pocus” meets “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” #BluePit📖 #W #F #D

7.13.2025 Snow Fae, an elfin guardian, was separated from her charge but bound to his childhood home. His return years later as a hapless man, reignites the chance for their reunion but the clock is ticking. Their lives risk being lost forever. “A Christmas Carol” meets “Bogus” #BluePit📖 #F #Q

7.13.2025 A dark entity separates a child, Carroll, his faerie guardian. Decades pass, leaving Carroll a tired, weak, and worn man. If the two are not reunited in time, the balance of their home is threatened, and their lives are at stake. “A Christmas Carol” meets “Bogus” #BluePit📖 #F #Q

7.13.2025 Snow Fae has been separated from the child she must guard. Decades later, he is worn and abused, and still unable to sense her. If they fail to reconnect in time, Snow Fae will cease to be, and he will forever be Graeae, a living husk. “A Christmas Carol” meets “Bogus” #BluePit📖 #F #Q

7.13.2025 David's disownment is worsened by the loss of his his uncle and being sent to care for his abusive aunt. When a mysterious stranger stops him from making a grave mistake, a fairy tale love ensues. But deep trouble still lurks. E.T. + "The House in the Cerulean Sea" #BluePit📖 #LGBT #F #Q

7.13.2025 David loves merfolk, so when a merman saves him from drowning and falls in love with him, the faerie tale seems to become reality. But he doesn’t know that not all merfolk are nice. Some are just hungry. "E.T." meets "The Little Mermaid" w/ a dash of "She Creature" #BluePit📖 #F #LGBT #Q

7.13.2025 When David is rescued from drowning by a horse-legged merman named Ichthys, a faerie tale love ensues. But now both of their lives are in danger above and below the surface. E.T. meets The Little Mermaid #BluePit📖 #F #Q #LGBT

3.12.2025 FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The publishing industry says "Better a slow yes than a fast no." But they never said anything about "Long no's." (Actually I've gotten NO at every speed known to man! I'm still waiting for a maybe! LOL!)

2.4.2025 I realized that publishing advice is written as though you'll get offers after a few weeks/months. Meanwhile, I've been at it over four years and nothing. Nobody seems to warn you about that.

God, querying is hard!!!

There's a lot of pitch events here at the start of the year, so it's pretty hard to keep track. Here's a list of the ones we know of and when they're happening! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #AmWriting

Skylar’s in Hell. Literally. He caught the wrong train and ended up in a city of the damned. If he ever wants to get home, he’ll need to put the past behind him & confront his demons – and in this city, demons take many forms. DANTE’S INFERNO with a dash of 90’s grunge. #2025pit #A #H #SPF

Running from a life of trauma, Skylar winds up in Hell by mistake. Trapped in a stormy, dangerous city of the dead, he’ll need to confront his demons – both real and imagined – if he ever wants to get home again. DANTE’S INFERNO meets THE WORM AND HIS KINGS. #2025pit #A #H #SPF

David loves merfolk, so when a merman saves him from drowning and falls in love with him, the faerie tale seems to become reality. But what he doesn’t know is that that not all merfolk are nice. Some are just hungry. SPLASH meets THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA #2025PIT #F

When David is saved from drowning by a horse-legged merman named Ichthys, a faerie tale love ensues. But now both of their lives are in danger above and below the surface. E.T. meets The Little Mermaid #2025PIT #F

#writers — There’s another pitch event 2.1. I’m not hosting that one. I again encourage you to: Keep writing Keep querying The more you query the better you’ll get at it Make connections and find your people who will support you. This is invaluable. Thank you for being so wonderful today!

David is not doing well. His disownment is worsened by his uncle’s death and caring for his abusive aunt in Narragansett Bay. When a mysterious stranger stops him from making a grave mistake, a fairy tale love ensues. But trouble lurks below the surface. E.T. + The Little Mermaid #2025PIT #F

MONDAY — It’s #2025Pit Are you an unagented writer who has completed a manuscript? Are you in search of a literary agent? Great, on Monday I’m hosting a pitch event here on BlueSky I hope will connect authors & agents who may like to work together. How does this work? Glad you asked!

1.26.2025 The image that inspired fourteen-year-old me to write a novel, even though I'd never written one before and had no idea how to start. Two decades later, I have "Ichthys: A Merman's Tale."

1.25.2025 Still walking, or in this case swimming, toward the dream of publishing my first novel, "Ichthys: A Merman's Tale." #Ichthyocentaur #GayRomantasy #SFF