Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation

#WIPSnips word for March 9th is "screw"
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At the Whale Rib Tavern, Darach and Nin watch a couple of pirates arm wrestle a few tables over.

#WIPSnips word for March 8th is "beam"
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Nin has just picked up Darach by the side of the road. During introductions, he calls her "bláthín" which means "little flower. Given how tall, strong and amply padded Nin is, she scoffs at the nickname.

#WIPSnips word for March 7th is "massive"
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Just after the traveling magician tells Nin where she can find that large hoard of gold, so she can pay him to remove her bad luck curse, her bad luck strikes yet again.

#WIPSnips word for March 6th is "pursue"
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

Nin and Darach stop so she can relive herself behind a bush. Not paying attention, Nin wanders off a bit too far off the road, and after finishing her business, hears a wolf near her.

#WIPSnips word for March 5th is "destroy"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

At the Autumn Festival, they have a Queen of the Forest crowning. This is the backstory on how it came to be, Nin wishing she would be picked one of these years.

#WIPSnips word for March 3rd is "counter"
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Nin's parents are trying to marry her off to an old widower who is erinaceous curmudgeon, and she is having none of it.

#WIPSnips word for March 2nd is "most"
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Nin just finished helping set up the feast for her little sister's wedding to her former fiance, Alan. She's feeling very much aggrieved, and once again ignored and dismissed, given short shrift from her family.

#WIPSnips word for March 1st is “face”
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Nin winds up challenging Alan, her former fiance, to an arm wrestling match, and because he's drunk, she wins. Alan is a poor looser and taunts her.

#WIPSnips word for February 28th is "walk"
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After Nin's only necklace falls off, a raven comes along and snatches, only to set it down in the sacred forest, challenging Nin to retrieve it back.

#WIPSnips word for February 27th is “thing”
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WIllow has just married Nin's former fiance, and Nin has just been made to dance in a pig's trough. Nin's aunt is consoling her after the humiliating ritual with a fresh horn of ale.

a penguin is standing in front of a speech bubble that says " thank you " Alt: a penguin is standing in front of a speech bubble that says " thank you "

That's a wrap on an amazing second #WSPit. I wish I could have read every single post, but there were so many!

Thank you all so much for being part of this wonderful community.

I hope you made some new connections and found some things to add to your TBRs. I know I did!

💜💜💜

Top Right: Insurance Tower, dark and dominating over the rest of Nexus, red light from the streets below illuminating it like fire. Middle Top: A skyline shot of Nexus where you can see the towering Cyberpunk style mega structures and The Needle, left over from old Seattle. HUVs are flying through the sky with Mount Rainer in the background. Top Right: Richard in Brian Lord's office in New Life Towers staring out at Nexus, The Needle in the background Middle Image: A wide image of The Board meeting in Insurance Tower while out the window the city of Nexus can be seen, mega towers dominating the sky Middle Box: "Insured: Death is conquered--for a price." The text is surrounded by a computer chip, blood dripping down. Bottom left: Sil with her eyes closed in a dive terminal ice bath Middle Bottom: Celeste (left) and Goliath (Right) in the Undercity, standing in the circular tunnel of the Spillway Bottom Right: The Needle in the forefront of the city of Nexus. Made with Canva

My whole life changed when Mom walked out the door, leaving me and my little sister forever. Well, it wasn’t her. Not anymore. It was whatever rich Insured prick now wore her body.
✨Cyberpunk
✨Aroace MC
✨Twisted Rags-to-Riches
✨ Eat-the-rich
✨Stolen Immortality
✨Angel with a Shotgun
#wspit #Q #SF #A

Sleeping 😴 Beauty 👑 Reimagining

After waking from a 100-year sleep, Zella resolves to take back her throne from the evil faerie who cursed her. But when she's captured by a deaf soldier who is immune to her song magic, she must find a way to turn her abductor into an ally.

#WSPit #W #YA #F

Spell Diggers - gliterring, smoking, magical text with the words Spell Diggers. Faintly underneath is a magical circle with arcanve symbols. Below the text is a blue and gold magical feather / quill.

Pitch: An unsuspecting college town braces for magic students, but can't prepare for a spell-slinging, social-climbing vocal trio targeting professors for their diabolical ends—matrimony. The tenor's set to wood the most eligible bachelor—until a handsome rival baritone gets in his way.

Vibes. Heated Rivalry crossed with Mr. Magoo Goes to Narnia crossed with Green tea Kit-Kat Bars.

First Line: Three songsters arrived on the first day of chilling season, heaven-bent on marrying wizards.

An unsuspecting college town braces for magic students, but can't prepare for a spell-slinging, social-climbing vocal trio targeting professors for their diabolical ends—matrimony. The tenor's set to woo the most eligible bachelor—until a handsome rival baritone gets in his way. #WSpit #A #F #LGBT

The Bringer of First Light A.M. Schmidt

THE BRINGER OF FIRST LIGHT ☀️🌙 ✨

The Elves built an empire on magic and divine providence. For millennia, they believed power proved they were chosen by the Twin Goddesses to lead. But when a schism between Sun and Moon elves divided them, humans found a way to steal their magic.

#WSpit #W #A #F

Fox and Av'ry! A red haired woman wielding a flame and a dark haired man with a glow stick stand in draconic ruins, near a waterfall into a deep chasm. Art by Nushdeco

All they wanted to do was avert one little war.

If only it has been that easy.

Instead, they will uncover a plot involving ancient artifacts, petty gods, vanished dragons, and a secret threat to all magic.

Can they hope to face the true threat behind it all?

#DawnsBlood

#WSPit #LGBT #A #W #F

On the left: Book cover. (Mostly) white text on dark blue background. “The Last Lady of Lună” with “Lună” in red overlaying the image of a crescent moon. “Jess Mahler” at the bottom. Image is framed on two sides by decorative scrollwork. On the right: If she is going to survive, she needs some help. That’s where they come in. White lettering on dark red background, framed on two sides by decorative scrollwork.

The Last Lady of Lună

Natalia was a child when humans destroyed her vampire clan. She's grown now and ready to fight back -- but first she needs to recruit some help. A hot team of human mercenaries specializing in security is looking for their next job, and they're exactly what she needs…

Mood Board with a black and white image of the Chicago skyline lit up at night in the background Top left: Colored image of a milkshake with a straw, cherry on top, and drawn red devil horns and tail. Text reads "Never eat here again" Top Right: A black and white picture of three cultists shrouded in black cloaks with hoods drawn to conceal their identities Middle: Black and white image of a man and woman in formal dress dancing before a large glass window. Text Reads "Where are the ones who did this to me?" Bottom Left: A torn piece of paper with a quote from Kevin the main character’s demon Middle right: Black and white image of a man with his back facing towards the viewer, his head pressed against his arm as he leans against a wall and shadowed hands are reaching from all directions towards him. Text Reads "How do I make this stop?" Bottom Right: A black and white image of a silhouetted man with demon horns, tilting his head and contemplating you. Text reads "Who's Damien?" Credit: Background: Keith Dotson Photography Top Left: Sunliner Diner Top Right: Prelude to Reality Middle: mauli_rajguru Middle Right: Chris Dale Bottom Right: AliaethetCiArt_ Made with Canva

VENOM X RATATOUILLE
After being kidnapped by a cult, Richard, an overworked network engineer, must learn to coexist with the amateur demon, Kevin, now possessing him, mastering his new demonic powers or risk destroying his already tenuous marriage and career.
#wspit #A #PN #ND

A mini guide to My Sister’s Stolen Soul A contemporary fantasy novel complete at 78,000 words. single PoV, first person present Featuring: #ownvoice aro/ace and agender rep Everybody else is also queer Weird angels A road trip So much love in so many ways

What's Left of Me x Alice Isn't Dead

Melody and Lyra have secretly inhabited the same body since childhood. When Lyra is abducted, Melody is left alone in her skin for the first time in 20+ years and she'll stop at nothing to get her sister's soul back.

#WSPit #Q #A #F #LGBT #Own

The Mycellium Forest The air smelled of moss and wet leaves as Panez left the council meeting. The late-summer storm had passed, leaving a chill and the promise of fall in its wake. He wrapped his deerskin cloak tighter around himself as he walked back to his arbden, his mind busy and his heart heavy. The council meeting had been everything he expected it would be and more. Something brews int he east--an unnamed threat. They say the Azantium Empire is returning. That they will attack from the east, perhaps even cross the Kalim. He still scoffed at the thought. Cross the Kalim--as if that was even possible. The Kalim was a river so wide you could not see the bank. No one crossed the Kalim. It was forbidden.

Whispers of a rising threat echo from the far East, and a travelling night circus follows the borderlands like a shadow. Ætheren joins them hoping to disappear… but instead he finds himself drawn into a conflict far greater than he ever meant to face.
#WSPit WIPs #W #A #F

Yokai mythology, dual POV, liminal worlds, restrained slow-burn, duty and choice, earned trust. Shadow of the Fox x An Ember in the Ashes x Divine Rivals. Dark images of forests with eyes looming in the trees, a man with a katana, a torii gate, and an empty bullet train station.

A grieving girl and a duty-bound shinobi are drawn into a generational mystery rooted in the divide between human and spirit realms. As the walls between worlds collapse, they must decide whether saving both worlds means mending fractures or severing them entirely. #WSPit #WIPSnips #Q #YA #NA #F

LADY JANE GREY MEETS ACOSF ⚔️🖤

KINGDOM COLLEGE is a 104K mental health and feminist forward romantic fantasy that weaves together a fated enemies-to-lovers triangle and an ill-tempered princess whose chaotic Captain
Jack Sparrow energy fuels the pages.

#WSPIT #Q #WSPitQuerying #Own #ND
#F #A

Stubborn Dreams and Bottled Love Details: Tropes: Strangers-friends-lovers Sworn off love Found family Slow burn Inspired by: "Kids in Love"- Pink feat. First Aid Kit Details: Contemporary Romance 86,500 words Dual POV Comps: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry When Harry Met Sally Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Stubborn dreams and bottled love EXCERPT: “I’m not ready for this to end.” Nat searched his eyes with eyes full of understanding. Too much understanding. As if she too knew this, whatever this was, had to end. Every time he held her, he wanted more from her. Something Nat couldn’t, wouldn’t give. Not yet. Maybe someday. An improbable idea, not an impossible one. Where’s there’s life, there’s hope. But that hope dwindled with each passing semester, each passing season. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could or should wait. With his all-encompassing residency starting in a few weeks and Nat playing in the Olympics later this year on top of her already grinding schedule, such hope died a slow death.

People We Meet on Vacation x When Harry Met Sally

👭Two reluctant friends
😶‍🌫️Two lifelong dreams
🛣️Two separate paths
🍾One tradition holding them together regardless of distance
💖Can Nat and Matt sacrifice their dreams for the love and completion that only the other can provide?

#WSPit #Q #A #NA #R

A mood board with a light blue background and the title The Society of Curse Breakers in the center. From left two right: a picture of an old fashioned diver, the words found family, a picture of a brick mansion, the words urban fantastic a picture of a plane, the word curses, a picture or a tunnel, the word spirits, a old fashioned sailing ship, the word pirates, a picture of a lighthouse, the word strange villians and cryptids, a map of Florida’s a swamp, the word folklore, the words diverse magic systems, a capybara, a message in a bottle.

To break a curse she is wrongly accused of casting, Alice must team up with a crew of untrained magic wielders and sail treacherous seas, battling folktales and cryptids. A map of riddles guides their way, but the family secrets it reveals may be the most deadly barrier of all. #wspit #q #f #nd #ya

The wheel spins. The wheel assigns chores. Pod knows what happens if he rebels – he’s seen the scars. But he doesn’t want to clear sewers or farm fields, like thousands of others: he wants purpose, and love. When a boy appears who somehow knows his name, and his best friend disappears on a mad mission to fix a breach, Pod stops following and starts leading. What’s really going on? Searching for his friend with the mysterious boy, Pod uncovers secrets as big as the wheel – and truths that reshape his life.

First time I see the guy who gonna tumble my life, he kicking dirt near the lock to the grey flat dome of Peba academy. He a redskin like me, or a brownskin mix. Under a thick hand shading the sunstrip, his dark big eyes scan the levels of the new block crowding tall next the dome. It like he counting rooms, or like he ent never seen a block before. Reckoned for nother dull day of same same. Nother day of sunstrip ticking across, of lux sliding round the wheel sector sector sector, glowing the grass and the towns and the lakes as stars spin. Nother day of me and the other dumb rando assholes with academy chores yawning through Systems shit til lunch. Nope.

📖 Title not yet announced
📚 First book in a duology: both books drafted
⚔️ Comps to come
🏳️‍🌈 Queer YA, enby rep
💬 Entirely in dialect

🔘 Generation ship, long into its journey
🤐 Secrets and lies
❓ They don't know what they don't know

See images for pitch & start

#WSPit #W #YA #SF #T #Hu #R #LGBT #In

Text on a desert background: Gods of Sky and Dust Shannon Rampe An amnesiac robot A psychic scoundrel A scholar out to change her world

GODS of SKY and DUST
Now on submission!

A jaded treasure-hunter is offered a chance at personal redemption when he and a scholar-friend discover an ancient, sentient robot that may be key to unlocking the secrets of an ancient civilization.

#WSPit #OS #A #SF #F

Learn more: www.shannonrampe.com

This spread has the title, "The Witch of Eden Hollow | A Trans and Queer Fantasy Romance by G.T. Anthony," on the top, character headshots with traits beside them, and a general trope list. All is set against a background close-up photo of conifers on an autumn day. In the center of the image is the story's pitch: Inquisitor T. Sterling is hired by the pious town of Eden Hollow to hunt down the witch that commands an ancient forest called The Elder Grove. Reclusive, guarded, and untrusting, Elias finds with dread that the only way he can save his forest (and himself) from an untimely demise is to work with the hunter that was hired to kill him. Within Eden Hollow, Avery Miller struggles with the town's restrictive Puritan values, forced to hide his love for another man and a sudden magical ability that manifests within him. As their lives intertwine and tensions rise, secrets that were desperately locked away seep through the cracks, and what they find very well may destroy them.

This spread has the title, "The Witch of Eden Hollow | A Trans and Queer Fantasy Romance by G.T. Anthony," on the top, character headshots with traits beside them, and a general trope list. All is set against a background close-up photo of conifers on an autumn day. Characters (on the left): Inquisitor Sterling Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a heavyset white man with brown eyes and brown hair on his head and beard. Traits: Middle Aged Trans Man; Widowed Character; Vengeful Witch Hunter; Survivor's Guilt Elias Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a thin white man with pointed ears, long black hair, and gray eyes. He has green flecks on his forehead, cheeks, and shoulders. Traits: Demisexual Trans Man; Ancient Forest Guardian; If the Forest Dies, He Dies; Suppressing Old Grief Avery Miller Character art from a picrew by crowesn picturing a thin white man with long black hair tied back in a ponytail, freckles, and gray eyes. Traits: Closeted Gay, Repressed MC; Chronic Illnesses, Awakened Magical Abilities, Religious Trauma List of Tropes (on the right): - "T4T" - Old Man Yaoi - Enemies-to-Lovers - WitchXHunter - Finding Love After Loss/Heartbreak - "Ugly Grief Feelings" - Old, Buried Secrets - Religious Cult Disguised as a Small Town" - Closeted Gay to Unapologetically Queer Pipeline - Plant Magic

This spread has the title, "The Witch of Eden Hollow | Comparisons," on the top, character headshots with traits beside them, and a general trope list. All is set against a background close-up photo of conifers on an autumn day. In the center of the image are 6 comparisons to books and movies in order from first to last: 1. "Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery," by Brom Similarities: "Embracing who they claim you are; Puritanical religious similarities" 2. "Strange Magic" (film) Similarities: "Sworn off love for good, only to find it in the most unlikely of places" 3. "The Witch" (film) Similarities: "Would'st thou like to live deliciously?" but make it queer 4. "The Wickerman" (1973 film) Similarities: "Something's not right about this town; Who are the real monsters?" 5. Disney Pixar's "Up" (film) Similarities: "A bereaved old soul finding hope and joy in mentorship and family." 6. "The Priory of the Orange Tree" by Samantha Shannon Similarities: "Effective Propaganda; It was all built on a lie. No, it gets worse!; A twist that will make you sick."

This spread has the title, "The Witch of Eden Hollow | A Trans and Queer Fantasy Romance by G.T. Anthony," on the top, character headshots with traits beside them, and a general trope list. All is set against a background close-up photo of conifers on an autumn day. Within the image are 4 snippets: 1. Elias glared. “There are people out there that need someone that knows how it feels to be othered and told that their way of life is sin. They need to know that their existence doesn’t have to be one lived in solitude and shame. They need to be protected from people like you.” “And what if living that way is the only option?” Sterling asked. “What if no one was there for him when he wanted them, therefore he no longer needed them? Even if he did have a community, where would he go? What if there was such a person like that?” “If such a person existed, then I understand why he became hateful. But that doesn’t give him the right to deny others a community just because he was isolated by his own.” 2. “Reach for the ledge. Once your hand touches it, I will grab it and pull you up.” “You won’t,” Elias snapped. “How am I supposed to trust you?” Sterling tensed as the ground rumbled again. There was not much time. “Do you want to live, or not?” He stared, tears in his eyes. “Yes.” 3. "May we all see a day where we no longer need to live in fear.” As Avery tried to imagine such a day, all he could think about were flowers. 4. Avery looked away, shook his head. He was unclean. He ruined Tristan’s life. “They’ll burn you for this. Please forgive me, Tristan. I’m so sorry.” “I’m not. I couldn’t have asked for a better lover. Avery, you are the most wonderful man I have ever met. You’re the best part of my life, and I’m forever grateful to you. Today, you have made me the happiest man in all of Eden Hollow.” “Why? How can you say that?” Tristan was still reverent. He kept the embrace gentle and leaned close to kiss his brow. “It’s because I love you.”

Wouldst thou like:
🏳️‍⚧️Sexy trans grandpas?
🌿OP displays of nature magic?
🏳️‍🌈A sweet established young gay couple?
💀Messy grief feelings?
⛪Religious Trauma?
🌶️Open Door + Sexual Liberation?
😰SOUL-bending twists?

Then thou shalt enjoy The Witch of Eden Hollow, a 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 fantasy romance
#WSPit #W #A #F #R #LGBT

Cover for FELONS IN THE EYES OF GOD - a (rather clunky) starship zooming into the bottom right of the panel on a column of white light.

OK, let's go: #WSPit

First up, FELONS IN THE EYES OF GOD - #P #Dis #SF #LGBT

Two ambassadors clash with each other and the baffling AI governing a planet, while a starship captain approaches, carrying a cargo which might mean the end of everything.

Diverse cast, high concepts, 'orrible monsters.

Thanks for hosting! #WSPit
#agentguide

Outcast Tallitha, unknowingly awakens ancient power within herself, in a failing land where Witchkind are outlawed.
Betrayed and hunted she must reach safety whilst navigating wild magic, sparking passions & her own demons.

#A #NA #F #DIS #ND #OWN

A reader's guide to OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN

The plot of OSAS

The plot part two

OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN moodboard

OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN
⚔️🦭
After years of captivity, a selkie enters a marriage of convenience with a swordsman to reclaim her stolen sealskin

✨️dual pov romantasy
✨selkie bride
✨️mysterious swordsman
✨️marriage of convenience
✨️magic
✨️bachelor trials
✨️touch her/him and 💀
✨️HEA

#WSPit #W #A #R #F #BIPOC