Me, waking up this morning, to 2026:

🌈 Final NEW Queer History blog for 2025 🥰 Was Plato 🇬🇷 really about that "platonic" life...or was he getting dangerously close to some Sicilian tyrants? 🤔 Read more below! ⬇️ #BookSky #WritingCommunity #LGBT #QueerHistory andreamariana.com?p=1850

In a world that's on fire, where is queer joy? 🌈 What do thousands of years of queer history convey about what joy represents in moments of darkness? A few reflections in this week's post ⬇️ #BookSky #History #LGBTQIA andreamariana.substack.com/p/finding-jo...

🔥 Hot off the Substack! 🔥 Last week, I shared the 1st half of Queen Christina of Sweden's story - and love affair with a lady in waiting 🩷👀 This week, I discuss her 2nd Act in Rome and how a queer icon ended up in St. Peter's Basilica 😅 #BookSky andreamariana.substack.com/p/a-lesbian-...

I think the freezing cold 🥶 😅 inspired me to share one of my fav Queer History tales from the Far North - the iconic Christina of Sweden! 👑🩷🧡🤍👑 You can read Part 1 of her story fresh off my newest Substack post ⬇️ #BookSky #LGBT andreamariana.substack.com/p/a-lesbian-...

Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.

There are few things I love as much as an aroace 🧡💙🤍 historical figure! Check out my latest Substack on the STEM queen of late Antiquity - Hypatia of Alexandria #BookSky #WritingCommunity #LGBT #QueerHistory andreamariana.substack.com/p/an-ancient...

Hot 🔥 off the Substack! 🔥 Why queer characters - and stories - are essential to the Historical Fiction genre 🖋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #WritingCommunity #amwriting #BookSky #LGBT andreamariana.substack.com/p/queering-h...

As we approach Transgender Awareness week, my latest Substack highlights some of my favorite Trans+ historical icons 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ from the Bronze Age to World War II Link below! ⬇️ #BookSky #WritingCommunity #LGBTQIA #history andreamariana.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.

Halloween 🎃 is just a week away! In honor of the hallowed season, here's one of my *favorite* spooky Queer History analyses I've done - Dracula! 🧛‍♂️🦇 You can read all about queer themes in Bram Stoker's classic horror below ⬇️ #amwriting #LGBT #BookSky #QueerHistory andreamariana.com?p=1178

Happy National Coming Out Day to all of my beautiful queer siblings 💗 🌈💖🥳 #NationalComingOutDay #LGBT

The "Historical Costumes" 👀 section for online Halloween retailers is...a LOOSE definition at best...😅🎃👻

I am FINALLY ready to share Pt 1 of my latest #queer history series! 😍 🙌 🌈 And I couldn't oversell this one if I tried 👀 A rumored affair between co-emporers of the Byzantine Empire makes for one hell of a medieval scandal...⚔️ #WritingCommunity #BookSky #LGBT andreamariana.com?p=1783

FUN FACT: If Kamala was POTUS right now, NONE of our trade or diplomatic relations would be up in smoke. NONE of our farms and agribusiness would be going belly up. NONE of the soft power we used to get great trade opportunities would have dried up. All of this was avoidable.

When I first started researching #QueerHistory a few years ago to start my Historical Fiction writing, I remember thinking, "How much information is there really out there?" Years later, I know that I could spend my life in this discipline and never learn all of it 😅 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

So I just learned in a podcast that there is evidence that Plato had a gay affair with one of the Syracuse royals' in-laws?!?! And I love when ✨️ The Universe ✨️ just hands me Queer History research rabbit holes 🐭🕳 #WritingCommunity #QueerHistory #History

Not me getting 3500 words into a new Queer History blogpost and going, well shit, guess this is going to a Part 2 🙃 Anyway who knew the Byzantine Empire of all things would be my next two-part adventure?

THE SONG OF ACHILLES x HUNGER GAMES Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga A boy with blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom #QueerPit #Vague #YA

WOW! 😀 We have been amazed by all the incredible pitches so far today!!! Remember - you can post new pitches until *8 PM* Eastern time ⏰️ Don't forget to PIN 📌 your best pitches to your profile so that agents who browse the event tonight and this weekend can easily find them.

QUEER NANCY DREW 17-yr-old Emmie has the coolest job at a bookstore in Philly with her sapphic crush, but when a patron dies during her mom’s book event, all eyes are turned towards her. She needs to get her life back and not get killed in the process. #Queerpit #YA #M

#QueerPit #A #H HALF SICK OF SHADOWS: Gothic horror, disability lens, 1890s setting w modern diversity. Inspired by Dracula w Lovecraftian tone. 2 friends working at a remote manor must uncover bloody secrets and resist seductive nightmares to oppose robber barons that physically drain the people.

With weak cold fire magic, Octavia can't fight her uncle legally taking her fortune. Fleeing to the Temple of the Dead, Octavia's fire raises a girl executed for murder--she knows her power at last. With an army of the dead, she will destroy the empire that keeps women inferior. #QueerPit #A #F #DF

EDITORS: The queer s*x work industry thrives in 18th C. London But for the ambitious Theodora, unwitting bawd to the city's newest "molly house", threats crawl up her doorstep. Can her wit save her, her partners and friends, from death on the scaffold? #QueerPit #HF #ACE

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER X ALICE IN WONDERLAND All Ara wants is to pass her exams, get a job, and survive the vampires after her blood. On the verge of finding their missing girlfriend, Investigator Cam McCoy is torn between prioritizing new client Ara’s case… or their own. #QueerPit #UF #A

KNIGHT'S TALE x & JULIET Dancing with the princess showed Gio the love of his life he could never have. Being forced to teach Aubrey how to dance to win her hand showed him the world was as cruel as he knew it was. But kissing Aubrey showed him nothing was that simple. #QueerPit #A #FR #HR

SHARP OBJECTS x THE SHAPE OF WATER a young artist needs the perfect portrait for art college. her muse? her mother — but not only does she disappear to the local pond, she is also a nymph and has no intention to leave. #queerpit #spf #mr #a

⋆⁺₊❅. ADESTE FIDELES ⋆⁺₊❅. A couple in Maryland unknowingly invite the Devil to dine with them on Christmas Eve ❄️ - scottish folklore of Black Donald - holiday horror novella - doomed lovers - religious shame, love over sin #QueerPit #A #H #HF #R

Love the queer rep in historical settings! 😍💕

Sliding Doors x Expiration Dates When Lucy is blindsided by a Jumbotron proposal, her answer(s) fracture her future in two... Dropping my brand-new #EditorsGuide for #QueerPit Editors: on sub soon-- making our sub list now! #SPF #FIC #A #Agented

When his gf dumps him for not being queer-enough, transguy Collin makes a bet he can land a date with the hot new (assumed-straight) barista across the street—only to realize he might be falling for her for real. #QueerPit #YA #NA #RC #UP #Transgender

FOR EDITORS Parent Trap x Very Queer 👯‍♀️ Posing as your twin to save her summer internship ⛺️Camp shenanigans 🫥 Your sister's frenemy is hot and competent—oh no you want to kiss them 🌿Indoorsy introvert MC/Outdoorsy & annoyed LI 💋New Adult Sapphic Romance (F/NB) #QueerPit #NA #R

SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS 🏟️ Competition between Summer & Winter princes 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Grumpy x sunshine pair 👨🏾‍🤝‍👨🏼 Friends➡️rivals➡️lovers 🫱🏾‍🫲🏻 A touch might kill them 🌳 Who will be the next Mother Nature? 🪩 Winter ball shenanigans 🥵 Climate change (& 💘) melts Jack Frost’s heart #QueerPit #YA #F #R #LGBT #CLI

Note to #QueerPit people: if I like your pitch, please come submit your query package to me through QueryManager! If you’re a genre that I don’t have in the choices there, please pick whatever’s closest. :)

YAY QUEER HISTORICAL FICTION!!! 💓 💖 💕

To pay off her father's debt, Frances must become a vampire's feeder. But when she's attacked and left for dead, her supernatural rescuer turns her into a succubus instead. Now, she must rely on her sire to defeat the pious hunters targeting both. #A #QueerPit #FR #Agented

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x THE RAVEN SCHOLAR When seer Cass learns there’s no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear magic based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she’s the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. #queerpit #F #A #EF #UF

EDITORS - London, 1755: Theodora, a destitute young shopkeeper, partners with a company of "mollies" - queer s*x workers - to build a thriving "coffeehouse" ☕️👀 But where hot drinks - and hot love - are for sale, danger is just around the corner...#QueerPit #HF #A #ACE #OWN

I'll be pitching one of my queer Historical Fiction novels on submission tomorrow for editors 😍🏳️‍🌈🤍💙🧡💛 Excited to see all the amazing ideas and creativity from the queer community!

Can someone explain how banning gay marriage will fund schools and lower rent and make groceries affordable?

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history" It is propaganda, pure and simple.

#QueerPit is on Friday! I will be participating and looking for editors for my LGBT+ Historical Fiction and would love to support others that day, too!

📣 AGENTS & EDITORS 📣 #QueerPit is in just 11 days 🌈😃 We would love to see you there! If you haven't yet confirmed your attendance, look for our emails or DM us for more information 🤗 #WritingCommunity #LGBTQIA

What better way to kick off August than a 🔥 hot off the WordPress 🔥 Queer History post! 🌈 Today's story features a Black Trans Gospel legend - "Little Axe" Broadnax - who sang at the height of the Gospel Golden Age ✨️ 🩷🤍💙 #amwriting #LGBTQIA andreamariana.com?p=1766

Publishing hot take: traditional publishing is really hard, and self-publishing is really hard, and everyone deserves a sandwich and a nap.

Editing my novel like...😅 #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Hey friends! 🌈 I am giving thought to starting a Substack to share my #queerhistory writing and maybe some other fun #author stuff 📚 Does anyone currently use Substack? What have your experiences with it been like? Thoughts either way are welcome! 🙏 #BookSky #WritingCommunity #LGBTQIA

📣 ONE MONTH AWAY!!! 📣 #QueerPit is just one month from now 🌈💗 Authors, are you ready? 😍 We can't wait to see your pitches on August 15! #WritingCommunity #authors #BookSky

As #PrideMonth comes to a close, the #QueerPit team hopes everyone had a joyful and meaningful Pride 🌈 We can't wait to see you all for the pitch event in August!