Never underestimate the motivational power of reading a book you think is not good. "I can do better than that" has some serious writer oomph.

Can't believe I finally got to watch @criticalrole.bsky.social on a Thursday night 😍🥰 Thank you for coming to Sydney!! I hope we turned out for you as much as you turned out for us. My fave pics from the night. No spoilers I hope!!

Oh, I've been so busy with real life work and real life anxiety that I totally missed questpit coming up! I am so not in a good mental place to participate but I'm gonna go on a liking spree 🥰

I've devised an "Ultimate Pitch" from the most used words in #SmallPitch pitches: [Protagonist] meets father; two must save world in time and find way home. Life story, family secret, new friend, past love, and magic help. Tell me yours!!

I got a #SmallPitch request!! 🫣🫣🫣

Already cut 1500 words... 🫣

Anyone else who submitted to #SmallPitch suddenly having a weird paranoia that their manuscript isn't finished *enough*, polished *enough*, and doing one more manic round of edits? Just me, then?

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game. #2025Pit #A #H #HA #M

TREASURE PLANET X STARFIELD When Jak finds an ancient wrist computer with his new friend Eris—a tech prodigy—he couldn't have guessed it would tear him from his home on a pirate space station to an interstellar quest for answers about his dad's legacy, old mysteries & himself. #2025Pit #YA #SF #M

In WWI Sussex, when a petty criminal is gutted like a fish & his cousin accused of the murder, tales of forbidden love, the infamous Fowler Gang & the suffragettes, bleed together, staining the River Arun red. #2025Pit #Q #A #HF

🎶Em is a thief-turned-violinist who unfortunately must go back to thieving for *one last job* 🔥Lelia is a disabled woman who quits the enginemage job that was killing her in favor of a life on stage...but she's running out of savings 🎻Time to steal a legendary violin ✨Fun! #2025pit #A #F #LGBT

Golden Girls x Jaw Breaker Rebecca is on a wine cruise in France as a substitute for her deceased mother. When bodies pile up, and blood flows like wine, she realizes her mother's Boomer mean girl squad has a secret past they'll kill to keep buried. #2025Pit #A #M #U #R

TRIANGLE X TIMECRIMES A dead lover + a deal with something not human to bring him back = a very unhappy ending ☠️ trans mc desperate for love ☠️ only person who loved him dies ☠️ eldritch entity in a forest ☠️ time loop where everything goes wrong ☠️ a lot of people die #YA #H #Q #ShortStory #2025pit

SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F

DRESDEN FILES X GRAVITY FALLS Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in Bludeye Beach. 👧Character driven 🫂Found family 💕Slow burn romance 👻Monster menagerie #2025pit #A #Q #H #F

OF WISDOM an Athena origin tale 🦉 Athena has been abandoned, cast aside on earth by a prophecy foretelling her rise to power and Zeus’ downfall. Determined to prove she isn’t a threat, Athena embarks on a journey back to Olympus, unaware every step she takes is unravelling her fate #2025Pit #HF

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ

When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child. #2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace

Grim are immortal. Auri knows this. But when one shows up to take her father's soul, she cuts him a deal. If he spares her father, she'll find him what he wants: a way to die. Now Auri has a week and a day to kill this immortal (who she's definitely not falling for). 🐈‍⬛ #A #F #RF #2025Pit 🐈‍⬛

GODKILLER X THE STARDUST THIEF Mira, a mercenary, teams up with a demon without memories to find his summoner and avenge her beloved. But soon realizes to have her revenge she must confront the gods she never believed in. #2025pit #A #F #RM #OwnVoice

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫 NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES 🌹Romance/Romantasy 👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family ⚖️Gods & Goddesses 🎵Music! ♿Diversity 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+ 💖Soul Mates ✨Magical Realism Agent's guide included 📖 #2025Pit #Q #A #YA #R #NA #F #RF #SPEC #SPF #LGBT #OV

NINTH HOUSExGilmore Girls A 21st-century witch promises to help a dead 17th-century predecessor. When she learns a coven masked as a company is using her ex to hunt the ghost for a killer internship, she must delve into her haunted past to save the man she loves & her kindred spirit. #2025pit #F #A

⚔️Fate chose wrong, and Alys won't free her enemies from the queen's compulsion magic⚔️ 🌙Night witches vs Day witches ⛓️Captured FMC ❤️Enemies to forbidden lovers 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼The weak many vs the powerful few 🌿Nature based symbolism 📚Effects of book bans and history erasure #2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

GIDEON THE NINTHxFFXIV When magicless Mick agrees to be an adventuring partner for Eleanor, his mage best friend (and crush), a mishap turns him into a dragon and binds him to the gods' dead adversary. Now they're rushing to break his curse before his existence triggers a war. #2025pit #F #R #A

PS: I promise I will get to supporting 2025pit in the morning but it's half past midnight and I need sleep! See you all in a few hours 🥰

SONG OF THE LIONESS X BRIDGERTON X REIGN Achieving Mastery of magic at seventeen isn't easy. Why won't Kyan's family celebrate her accomplishment? How can she prove herself? When an assassin strikes at the king, and a conspiracy unfolds, she'll get her chance. #Q #YA #F #2025pit

Okay. I think I commented on every pitch I liked. And it only took me about three hours!! 😅 Thank you #YouDeservepIt, you were amazing! I think we definitely all deserve it.

a stubborn spare runs away to write her own future as a powerful mage. years later, she comes home to face her family, her past, and the impossible task of finding a place for herself in a world that doesn't want her - but just might need her. #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #F

It's 2am here in Australia and my eyes are starting to refuse to take in any new information 😩 I'll be back after some sleep to see how #YouDeservepIt is going and continuing to support the tag, the authors and all the beautiful pitches coming out!

THE ECLIPSE SYNDICATE🌒 Adult Urban Fantasy What would you give to be free from your debts? With an apocalyptic eclipse just a fortnight away, three cursed occultists must answer that question while uncovering a dark conspiracy. #YouDeservePit #Q #A #F #LGBTQ #agentsguide 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Squid Game x TBOSAS 🌲🔪⌛🩸✨ To find her sister, Tate lies her way onto a deadly televised tournament of hide&seek where players are injected w/magic chosen by the audience. Survival depends on working w/the enemy. He might save her life - if he doesn't take it first.

 #YA #F #Q #YouDeservepIt

ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK Nocturne's halls hold secrets darker than Alyss ever imagined. With sinister professors & corrupted moon magic, she'll need to work with her ex, his new girl, & an infuriately charming vampire to avenge her sister's murder. #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #F

When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, she teams up with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves. ✨️ #YouDeservepIt #Q #NA #RF #F #R 🌗

AHS: Freakshow x The Night Circus A schizophrenic maghrebi acrobat A diverse ragtag troupe of disabled freakshow performers A show-woman with many enemies A competition of traveling circuses & a grisly slew of political assassinations in Victorian Britain #YouDeservePit #WIP #Adult #His

An #agentsguide to HYACINTHUS 🪻🏹 The fates do not let men soar too close to the sun without being scorched, and when Hyacinthus' love for Apollo forces him into a deadly rivalry between the gods, the prince can all but feel the wax start to drip... #YouDeservepIt #A #HF #R #H

THE POPPY WAR X SHADOW OF THE GODS🌋🧿 On a chain of Greek-inspired islands, Iro Zikos is spared by dying gods and granted the gold touch becoming a coveted weapon—just as the king of the largest isle dies, leaving a power vacuum and five ambitious families to fill it. #YouDeservepIt #F #A #Agented

CRIERS WAR X FOURTH WING ❄️ 100k word sapphic fantasy 🌨️ forbidden, heart-throbbing love ❄️ solve the murder or she dies 🌨️ warrior for hire, slave to a corrupt guild ❄️ shapeshifter of incredible power, yet powerless to control own fate 🌨️ betrayal #Q #A #F #YouDeservepIt

Sherlock Holmes x Oceans 8 Amanda is a human lie detector. More used to exploiting her talents at underground poker, she is drawn into a real life game of truth or lie, where the players will do whatever is necessary to keep the truth hidden. #YouDeservePIt #A #T #Q #Heist #AgentsGuide

Practical Magic x Kate Daniels Abby can break any curse but her own. When her sister vanishes on Spring Isle, she’s drawn into a deadly mystery: a curse drowning victims on dry land. Abby must solve the island’s secrets—or risk being next. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #UF #PR

LEGENDBORN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Either she fulfills her family's legacy, or she dies with it. 🤸‍♀️ Badass female protagonist 💧🪨🔥🌪️ Elemental magic system 🌆 Urban fantasy in NYC 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Magic competition 🌈 Diverse ensemble cast #Q #YA #F #YouDeservepIt

My Agent's Guide to THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER, a young adult high fantasy featuring: 💜 • Ace protagonist 💫 • Mages challenging the gods 🗡️ • Assassination at the highest level 👑 • Complicated interwoven noble families 🪞 • A narrator very aware of her unreliability #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #F

I did lots of work today. None of it the work I had actually planned on doing, but I did a lot of it!

Q for people who did #P2Ppit and who are planning to do #YouDeservepIt. Are you going to post the same pitch(es)? I'm thinking that since I posted 3 different projects for P2P, I'll focus on the project that got the most interest and try to promote it 3 different ways for YDP? Thoughts?

If you're a fan of: 👑 youngest daughters desperate for real purpose 🌑 a moon goddess on the hunt 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 identical twin princes who wish they weren't 🕯️ cults committing crimes ❤️ cosy apothecary x tired soldier lesbians 🖼️ painted visions 📞 your love interest cannot be found, please dial again later 👇👇👇

If you're a fan of: 🐈‍⬛ cursed unique power 🏰 a magic school where you succeed or you get expelled 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 "are we friends or rivals?" "yes" 🔮 mentors with questionable motivations ⚔️ warlord's daughters who have never known peace ⛵ searching for a place to call home 💙 bi polyam protagonist 👇👇👇

If you're a fan of: 🫅 being the power behind the throne 🪄 magic tied to the stars 💔 bittersweet endings (maybe the sequel will fix it!) 🤫 lying to your family to get what you want 🛡️ "I'm duty-bound to protect you" 👑 political fantasy with sprawling noble families 💜 ace protagonist 👇👇👇

Thank you everyone who liked my pitches today during #P2Ppit! It was my first time participating in something like this and it was amazing to get some love from fellow writers ❤️ I'll share some more details on each project soon!