Mary S Morrison ✏️🧬🧫🇨🇦🏛️

That one is from an artist I adore who specializes in that almost Quentin Blake-esque caricature style (lackadaisycal-art on tumblr)

I have a lot of art of David & Zarrin because I like to splurge on commissions and I also like to draw. And because the visual contrast between them is so much fun. Which is your fave?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

A meme labeled "meet the characters of unholy trinity, a completely normal novel about research ethics" in comic sans. Top row: Beaker from the Muppets, labeled "anxious lab rat;" Bernd das Brot, labeled "german, sarcastic, kinda square;" Anya Forger from SpyxFamily labeled "tiny chaos gremlin" Bottom row: A screenshot of the Pokemon MissingNo labeled "fuck your system, I have code;" and an image of Squidward from the Red Mist creepypasta labeled "supporting cast member who has seen some shit."

☣️ UNHOLY TRINITY ☣️: “Real Genius” meets “In the First Circle,” but the IRB is locked in the cold room, there’s a whole religion about Socrates, and the emotional support wombat has diplomatic immunity.

#UnhingedPit #A #SpF #Q

Instant grad school trauma bonding for sure

#Unhingedpit
DO NO HARM
Sorry, looks like the weird queer AuDHD STEM kids broke containment and got into your moody dark-academia murder mystery
#Q #A #F #LGBT

A Bluesky profile page for Gregory Shipp, Ph.D. (@profgregoryshipp.bsky.social). The header image is a detail from a classical oil painting showing Lord Byron, a brooding male figure in dark red clothing, his chin resting on his hand. The profile photo is of the purported Dr. Shipp himself. The bio reads: "Romanticist. Aesthete. Husband. Scholar. Author: Performed Authenticity (Serif Press, 2022). Misread by colleagues, understood by very few. Not all knowledge is acquired in classrooms. 📚" He has 0 followers, is following 1 account, and has 3 posts. His three visible posts read: "Fascinating how some colleagues mistake mediocrity for collegial spirit. The work speaks for itself. Mine does, anyway." tagged #ByronNeverCompromised #CollegialityIsOverrated #ShelleyAlsoHadHaters #ExcellenceIsLonely "Not all mentorship looks the same from the outside." tagged #AcademiaIsntForEveryone #NotAllProfessors #ActuallyItsComplicated #ActuallyQuiteBeautiful #ActuallySublime "Rules exist for people who need them." tagged #EthicsAreAConstruct #ExtendedOfficeHours #NotGaslightingIfIAmRight. The last post has 2 likes.

WHITE OLEANDER x YOU

I’m so sorry to report that the utterly vile Gregory Shipp of THIS ENDS NOW (currently #querying!) and my #WIP SURFACE TENSION is on Bluesky and he has… thoughts. I DIDN’T SAY THEY WERE GOOD ONES. Please don’t follow him. He doesn’t need the attention. #UnhingedPit #A #W #Q #UP

Yes, this is an upmarket romance.
No, nobody is ok, but they will be.
Yes, there is yearning.
Yes, there is art and music.
Yes, that is baklava.
Yes, the baklava makes him cry.

THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE
#UnhingedPit #writingcommunity #Q #A #R #LGBTQ

#Unhingedpit When you’re just trying to get your next thesis chapter done but there’s a dead guy in your shower and your best friend just met a cute enby scientist and keeps trying to start an international incident and/or fight god to impress them #Q #A #F #LGTB

“Again and extend.”

Same thought! VK tv series when (though I’ve also had the thought it’d be good as a serious, adult animated show)

If I want research done at a 6th-grade level I’ll just ask my niece.

Thank you! They are both goobers

9 tile mood board: An old hand-written letter A man and woman’s feet, side by side, showing off 40s style dress clothes The coastline of an island with pine trees and an overcast sky A woman dancing with her skirt flaring out An overhead shot of a swing dance social dance floor with dim and moody lighting An old record player A couple slow dancing with one partner

Jitterbug
When Maddie goes to a dance retreat before the big swing dance competition, she expects a week of securing her place in the community. But things take a violent turn amid hints of a past tragedy, and she wonders if this will be her last dance
With a Vengeance X The Swell
#BluePit📖 #A #M #Q

8 Tile Mood Board: Older Black jazz singer in a black and white photo Old-fashioned telephone hanging from a noose Vintage red car in the clearing of a lush green forest Woman showing off a vintage red fit and flare dress with a pleated skirt containing a panel of black and white polka dot fabric A billiards 8 ball sitting on the table in a shadowy room A woman in a blue dress twirling her skirt as she spins A vintage living room with antique furniture Four chorus girls wearing vintage hairstyles and dresses posing against the wall, facing the wall, each with a foot popped out in a kick backwards

If you enjoy one-by-one murder mysteries in isolated locations, JITTERBUG blends And Then There Were None with competitive swing dance subculture.

#BluePit📖 #A #M #Q

#bluepit📖 #sp #Q When a plague wipes out 90% of the population, an attorney in northern Michigan ends up on the front lines of rebuilding society. A political and family drama, the book spans 50 years as they struggle to survive the fascist state that grows out of the remnants of the US military.

Two figures - one, a tall, heavyset white man in an old-fashioned suit and coat with a pocketwatch and an ascot tie; the other, a very short Iranian woman in combat boots and a leather jacket, walking assisted by forearm crutches; both in their twenties - walk in semi-darkness through a lamplit street full of Gothic architecture.

Healing magic is controlled by the powerful. Until now. Who would you trust to heal the world?

DO NO HARM has…
🎩Retro-Victorian dark academia
🩸Murder and intrigue
👨‍🎓Plus-size PhD student MMC
👩🏽‍🎓Disabled punk activist FMC
🩺Medicine & magic
🧑‍🔬Save the enby, save the world

#BluePit📖 #A #F #LGBT #Q

Cover of the audiobook A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE by Millie Abecassis, showing the silhouette of a woman over a red and gold background.

JANE EYRE x STARLING HOUSE

🌹 Sapphic historical fantasy
🇫🇷 France, Belle Époque
🩸 Body-based magic system
🗡️ Family feuds
🗝️ Gothic vibes

A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE offers a unique magic system and swooning romance. Available in ebook and audiobook 🎧

#BluePit 📖 #P #A #F #HS #LGBT

Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM: A Contemporary Romance

Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: After losing out on her dream job at the Library of Congress, Kathleen “Sour Grapes” Gallagher is done chasing things. Not jobs, not boyfriends, not Beyoncé tickets. If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen, and if not, she never wanted it anyway. So when a disgraced movie mogul taps her for a vanity project tracking down missing volumes from the Library of Congress’s original collection, Kathleen only accepts the gig to appease her well-meaning mentor. Never mind his hints that this might be her chance to escape academic exile. Across the National Mall at the Library of Congress’s archival arch-rival, Smithsonian historian Dr. Grant Ordoñez vows to get revenge on the Hollywood mogul who stalled his sister’s promising acting career by finding the missing books first. As the eldest son of a mixed-status immigrant family, Grant is used to playing catch-up, so he’s confident he can outpace an entitled librarian who doesn’t even have a PhD and seems immune to the concept of actual work. But Grant finds out that Kathleen isn’t some lazy nepo baby when his interference forces Kathleen to actually do her job—and to confront what she gave up by leaving her dream behind. As they chase leads around the Beltway and back, their frigid rivalry turns into a love affair steamier than a summer in the nation’s capital. But with their feuding institutions breathing down their necks, Grant and Kathleen learn that finding what you’re looking for isn’t the same thing as getting to keep it.

Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: I’m halfway across the room when Grant speaks again. “Hey Kathleen, how tall are you?” “Five foot six,” I say automatically. Then I stop and turn around. “Wait, why? How tall are you?” “Five-eleven,” he says. “If you were actually five-eleven, you’d round up to six feet,” I challenge. “That’s small-minded of you.” He lowers his laptop screen. There’s a smile playing around his mouth. “I prefer to play the long game and round down to five-ten. Make the other five-elevens sweat a little.” I laugh. “That’s surprisingly diabolical. And you still haven’t answered my question.” Grant looks pointedly at the books in my arms and thumbs something into his phone. “I just want to be sure I’m giving the U.S. Marshals an accurate description of the midnight book thief.” “Oh my god, it’s not even six o’clock in the evening.” He peers around the desk hutch at me. “‘But wearing high heels, so… five foot nine?”

A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM is what you’d get if Ali Hazelwood turned National Treasure 2 into a romance novel. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #R

⚔️Smithsonian x Library of Congress feud
📜Secret alliance
💃Rivals-to-lovers
📚Hunt for Jefferson’s lost library
🧠Mental health rep

DISCOVERY OF WITCHES X RESIDENT EVIL

A genetically mutated witch needs to find her recently abducted friends before they become victims of spine-chilling experiments, all while she stays hidden from the mega-corporation behind her creation.

#BluePit #bluepit📖 #A #F #R #Q #writingcommunity

9 images, 3 in each row, all in a greenish shade, containing either a female figure or an eerie, mystical vibe containing nature of some kind. bottom right is an image of a mansion.

MARTYR! x THE SHAPE OF WATER

🧜 an artist's coming of age
🧜 complex mother-daughter relationships
🧜 a hostile small town
🧜 majority queer female cast
🧜 battles w/ self-esteem
🧜 water powers reflecting emotional states & past trauma

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #W #Q #A #OV #LGBT #WF #POC

Introducing: WHERE THE VINES CLING CRIMSON #amquerying

Tropes & Vibes:

🔬science x 🔮magic
🧬genetic mutation
🧪magical research
⏳slow burn
👀forced proximity
🥺yearning
🧙🏻‍♀️witches
🧟horror elements
🧠competent and intelligent FMC

#BluePit #bluepit📖 #F #R #H #A #Q #writingcommunity

More dark academia fantasy for STEM kids! Yess!

THE GOD OF THE WOODS x A PLACE FOR US
Nas lives a quiet life in Calais, until the death of a boy shatters his fragile anonymity. When a string of similar deaths follow, Nas is drawn into a reluctant partnership with Dr. Obeid, who has her own reasons for being in Calais.
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #LF

A Black feminist essayist confronts the leftist heartthrob who built his YouTube career on her talking points.

When their interview goes viral, their feud becomes public spectacle—and something darker, uglier, and way too sexy to ignore.

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #A #W

A HEART-FLUTTERING ROMANTASY Choose your preferred spice level! "... respectful, tender, but passionate—readers will appreciate!" "a relaxing read with an engaging pace" "delightful prose that is elevated yet accessible" Novella covers for Touched: Black & Pink by Sage T Greene. Title w/flowers.

A family of royals aims for perfection and tradition, but a series of whirlwind romances could send the veneer of perfection and desire for tradition up in flames.

🌼cozy vibes
🌈queer rep
💕3 couples
😌a cast to root for

Choose your retailer: linktr.ee/sagetgreene

#BluePit📖 #P #A #LGBT #F #R

Agent's guide to CURSED BLESSINGS 97,000 word Adult Fantasy

Pitch: When a woman with a powerful Blessing of persuasion finds herself at the mercy of a corrupt politician, she finds connection in the most unexpected place: a vengeful woman from the enemy country. As they find themselves caught up in the schemings of those who'd use their gifts for evil, they are the only ones who can prevent a centuries-old tension from finally boiling over.

For fans of: Crier's War by Nina Varela, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Tropes & Themes: sapphic fantasy, dual POV, gods-based magic system, enemies to lovers to "it's complicated," magical creatures, lots of cats Next to the list of tropes is a panel of five pictures containing: two horseback riders on a beach, a dragon shadowed in mist, a black cat sitting on a tree branch, a cobblestone alley surrounded by ivy, a picture of redwoods looking up with the sun peaking through branches

CRIER'S WAR x THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE

Perenne's rigged elections and patriarchal religion have only led to hate.

Solterna's oligarchy has only led to oppression.

It's time for two lesbians from the enemy countries to get their hands dirty in geopolitics.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

Thank you!

Photo of footsteps on a beach with the caption: What ancient evil awaits off Maine's iconic coastline.

Loving the #BluePit📖 posts!

✨Preparing to query✨... SEA CURSER

Seeking solace at a retreat on a solitary Maine island, Nan instead must save her friends from ancient forces or be lost to the sea.

🌊Maine sea mythology
🌲Closed setting
🫂Loss & Redemption

#A #SP #W #amquerying #writesky #agentsguide

Same comp same comp!! Reach out if you’re ever interested in beta swap!

My first #bluepit📖
BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN X ONE DARK WINDOW

Adira Hart climbs the ranks of magical academia in a city surrounded by walls and monsters, but is blackmailed into tutoring a mysterious prince.

#A #F #Q