D11. In a sense. There are a couple of short-duration jaunts through time where the start time in the 'real' world is substantially different to the end time. Essentially, the effected characters lose minutes/hours. #timetravelauthors #writingcommunity #amquerying #speclit #amediting #wipsnips

This is early 1970s Britain, so burgers aren't yet in the national cuisine. A good old fry up certainly is though. #wipsnips #amquerying #sffwriters #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravelauthors #speclit #amwriting #authors #thrillerwriters #writerandreader #writers #revspirations

D10. Excerpt from one of my scenes. #VillainVibeVember #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #FictionWriting #WritingChallenge #BookSky

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Battle Bonfire Parade is spectacular. It's great to see so many people celebrating the wild, primeval, pagan, elemental side of British history. There's also a huge bonfire and effigy burning - something sadly absent from most modern Guy Fawkes celebrations. #battlebonfire #bonfirenight #guyfawkes

D9. I wouldn't call any of it strange, but anybody checking the browsing history might wonder about weapon ordnances and methods of torture, mixed up with time travel paradoxes and physics. #timetravelauthors #writingcommunity #amquerying #speclit #amediting #wipsnips

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D8. I'm no villain - I'm just following orders. If I don't, the bastards who blackmailed me into doing this will kill my partner. I have no choice in any of it. #VillainVibeVember #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #FictionWriting #WritingChallenge #BookSky

My last book was very much chapter by chapter, rather than working towards specific word counts. The vomit draft took about seven months. Hopefully the next effort will be quicker as I won't be editing as I write. #pretendpanel #writingcommunity #authors #thrillerauthors #writers #revspirations

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The Cold War X time travel 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. #FiFRevpit #MockPit

It's #MockPit day! MockPit is just for practicing your pitch. The #RevPit editors will be working to make sure everyone* gets feedback. Feel free to support, like, repost, comment, share thoughts, and make friends! #FiFRevPit *if you share 2+, you may only get feedback on 1 pitch

#MockPit #FiFRevpit starts now! Until 8 p.m. ET, post your pitch and get feedback from editors and other participants. Feel free to jump in with advice and praise, too! The more feedback, the better. #RevPit #writingcommunity #writersky #amquerying

What if The Cold War was really about time travel? 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. #FiFRevpit #MockPit

TOMORROW! Want to practice your pitch before the next big pitch event? Give & receive feedback in #MockPit tomorrow! Post your pitch and reply throughout the day between 8am EST-8pm EST PS: Don't forget to give more than you get! #FiFRevPit #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersofbluesky

I'm not a fan of this approach as I think it might force the wrong words out of me in an effort to hit target. I'm not good with targets generally, they just make me procrastinate. I'd rather write on the fly. #pretendpanel #writingcommunity #authors #thrillerauthors #writers #revspirations

D7. There's no actual sport, in terms of playing it, but there's a golf course (closed to the public), next to the hotel where the story takes place, and one of the characters is a keen rugby player (scrum half). #timetravelauthors #writingcommunity #amquerying #speclit #amediting #wipsnips

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My work motivates me, of course! What's the point of being the best scientific mind of my generation if I don't apply that talent? Nobody in the British government appreciates my efforts, but the Russians do. #VillainVibeVember #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #FictionWriting #WritingChallenge #BookSky

I don't have penultimate, or even ultimate, so take final. #wipsnips #amquerying #sffwriters #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravelauthors #speclit #amwriting #authors #thrillerwriters #writerandreader #writers #revspirations

Re-upping my earlier #questpit posts, for those who weren't up in the wee, small hours of the morning. #A #T #SF #Q bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm...

Mission Brief 13/01/1972 TOP SECRET 🕑 Infiltrate time travel seminar 🕵Take out Soviet spies 🔫 Use a gun ❌️ Don't laugh at the agenda 📃 It’s all theoretical 😕 Apart from *that* demo ✅️ Full government endorsement 👍 Nothing can go wrong 🇷🇺 💣 💥 ⬛️ Redacted #QuestPit #A #T #SF #Q

Re-upping my earlier #questpit posts, for those who weren't up in the wee, small hours of the morning. #A #T #SF #Q bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm...

When Reverie Barlowe braves a party to talk to her crush, the last thing she expects is a monster to show up or to be kidnapped into a secret society deep beneath the Earth’s crust, where soul crushing secrets breed and life-sucking monsters prowl. #QuestPit #YA #Fantasy #Q

If Andy Weir and Ali Hazelwood co-wrote a book, it would be CHEMPORTAL. This scifi romcom with real chemistry features: 💥Explosions (real and figurative) 📻Science (mis)communication 🥰Enemies to lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧Complex family dynamics ⚛️ #Steminist history 💪ND and LGBTQ rep #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #R

Fantastic agent’s guide

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x CRESCENT CITY Three realms: one of light, one of shadow, and the modern world of mortals caught between. She walks them all — half valkyrie, half death-cursed maiden — healing the pain of the dead, hunted by the man who can’t stop haunting her dreams. #A #SFF #R #F #QuestPit

In a world of potions threatening small businesses like her mom’s, and being dangerously used to cure diseases, a uni student’s use of a love potion backfires and to win back her friendship with her crush— an anti-potion witch— she must protest the govt’s legalization of potions. #questpit #w

To free a girl who’s lost her memories to a ruthless duchess, Vreta must reveal her deepest secret: her mind magic. But she risks losing the trust of the man she’s come to love—and losing her identity to the duchess’s power. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

Sylvester Biskup: Hero, Mage, Greatest Wizard of His Age & Chronically Single But who needs dates when you are on the edge of becoming the next Chancellor of Corvid’s Inlet University. If he can secure a huge donation from the wealthiest man in town... who's also his ex... #Q #A #F #RF

Here's some recent feedback on Time's Signature from an actual editor. Reposting it now, during #questpit, in the hope it catches the eyes of a few #litagents.

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

The Ipcress File x Life on Mars 🔫 High-stakes thrills 🔫 Time travel twists 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter to hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #QuestPit #A #T #SF #Q

Slow Horses x The Ministry of Time The Cold War was never about nuclear arms - it was about time travel. This is the mind-blowing account of what really happened in 1972. #QuestPit #A #T #SF #Q

MEXICAN GOTHIC X CRIMSON PEAK A biracial woman returns to her birthplace in S. Korea where she must choose between unearthing her family's history of disappearances—and the truth buried in her grandmother's garden—or become the next woman claimed by the its dark history. #questpit #A #F #H #W

Ali Hazelwood meets Andy Weir in CHEMPORTAL, a sci-fi romcom with real chemistry. Enemies to lovers, mistaken identities, science (mis)communication, and multiple explosions feature in this tale of two scientists faced with preventing global famine. #QuestPit #A #SF #R #LGBTQ #ND

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NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Nature is decaying, nobles are hoarding magic, and demons prey on everyone. A possible chosen one, a man who failed his destiny, and a woman rejected by fate must work together for one last chance to save the dying world. #questpit #Q #F #A #agentguide

#questpit pitches below ⬇️

A thread of some brilliant starter packs. Starting with one of @rachelblaine.bsky.social's #WritingCommunity packs. Check out the others too! Please follow and repost if you can

CITY OF BRASS x STRANGE THE DREAMER A girl with dormant magic infiltrates a gilded empire to save her best friend—only to uncover a court built on ancient blood oaths, the boy she once mourned, and a lost heiress no one wants found. #F #questpit

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, they moved on with their lives. 10 years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and apart. Is it worth reopening wounds from summer 2013 or was any of that love even real? #questpit #a #q #wf #r

BRIDGET JONES X 4 WEDDINGS Madi's sick of Montreal's dating ‘swamp.' If she doesn't find love this summer, she'll upend her life and move to London. When the two men she's dating meet each other at one of the many weddings she's a bridesmaid in the chaos makes her reconsider her desires. #QuestPit

WICKED X R&J X LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS An autistic, transfemme, plant-killing garden witch works with a rival music witch to care for an ancient flower. When a meltdown turns it sentient, she must regulate her emotions to turn it back & prevent a war. #questpit #ya #f #q