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she/her 🏳️🌈🩷💜💙 | adult #romantasy author seeking representation ❤️🔥🖋️✨ | A GAME OF FALLEN STARS (publishing Feb 2025) 🌌
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I'm having the strong urge to share my query stats for A Game of Fallen Stars for some hope.
Agent Queried: 130
Agent Requests: ✨4✨ (and 2 were partials)
Agent Offers: 0
Small Press Queries: 5
Fulls: 4
Went to Acquisitions: 2
Offers: ✨1✨
And now it's coming out Feb 2025🧵
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I'm thrilled to announce that I've accepted a publishing offer to bring my adult contemporary romantasy to life.
A HUGE WORSHIPING SHOUTOUT TO
@C_H_Armstrong
who graciously held my hand through contract negotiations! Forever grateful for her generosity 💖🏆🥹
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Illegal magic book dealer is thriving after cursing her Mage Order to ruin, but when she's threatened by a deadly book, she’ll team up with her bestie and mage ex to steal an amulet to subdue it before the cost of dark magic consumes her.
#questpit
#A
#F
#R
#amquerying
(soon)
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Guys— It’s publishers marketplace official.
Don’t mind me over here screaming, crying and throwing up. 😭😭😭
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I made an author website and now I need a nap. Please clap.
(like below)
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What celebrity death will I genuinely never get over?
Heath Ledger (tho Steve Irwin was a tie because 😭). No words.
What celebrity death will I genuinely never get over?
Steve Irwin. The frickin' Crocodile Hunter King of the Animal Conservationists. 😭 The world did not deserve him.
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Last minute decided to participate in
#questpit
(the fomo got me).
Let me know if anyone would like to swap support!
Happy pitching tomorrow 🎉
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If any agents/pubs are stalking my profile…
My 🌶spicy adult romantasy set to the theme songs 🎼Little Girl Gone x🎼Devil I Know is in the query trenches!
⚔️Fae vs Witches
🏰Easy to digest fantasy
🗝️Forced proximity
❤️🩹Second chance romance
❤️🔥Touch her and die
#amquerying
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Um I just got a full request for the MS I temp shelved??? NEVER self reject, friends! Sometimes agents just need some extra time to get to you.
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I am blown AWAY by the talent and love that showed up for
#questpit
! Amazing job everyone!
Let me know in the comments if anyone would like an EOD boost! ❤️
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2 full requests in a row after a sea of form rejections and long response times is exactly what I needed to get moral back up.
This average 90-95% rejection rate is brutal! Stay strong, y’all.
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🎼Rewrite the Stars x 🎼Summertime Sadness
Post WWII teacher stumbles into a life changing love, but he's trapped in a traveling circus that's far from ordinary.
🎪Magic Circus
🌞Summer Love
🥰Cozy Romantasy
🦄Fairtale Creatures
👩❤️👨Small Town Cute
#questpit
#amdrafting
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Ok so twitter is broken and I can't view my likes and one like is disappearing and reappearing, BUT I GOT TWO AGENT LIKES!
Thanks you for everyone who supported my pitches! Let me know if anyone is still needing a boost in the comments that I missed.
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I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure pitdark broke twitter
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My inbox is so quiet.
*rejection arrives*
😐 *deletes*
AHEM. I said, my inbox is SO quiet! 👀
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Illegal magic book dealer is thriving after cursing her Mage Order to ruin, but when she's threatened by a deadly book, she’ll team up with her magician bestie and mage ex to steal an amulet to subdue it before the cost of dark magic consumes her.
#LCSLitPitch24
#A
#Romantasy
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Query poetry
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I wish Twitter let you see who bookmarked your tweets. Five people bookmarked my pitch and I know one is me, but who are the other four? Why bookmark? Was it the moodboard? I’m so curious. (Also it doesn’t bother me. Bookmark away if that’s what you want)
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I'm going to have a nice glass of wine and go to bed early.
*Gets a full request*
I'm going to chug this coffee and stay up all night rereading my entire MS 🤩
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Twitter, please say hi to my new writing manager and head of HR Slinky. 🖤🐈⬛🐾
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For those who query in batches, how big are your batches? 🤔 how often do you send those batches out?
I usually query based on vibes and chaos, so I’m curious how the other half lives.
#amquerying
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Me drafting: I’m going to write cozy romantasy set in a magical bookshop full of WHIMSY!
Finished MS: lol.
🔮 Dark Fantasy Romance
❤️🩹 Dark past with even darker ex
❤️🔥 Himbo best friend
⚠️ Wait, is this a love triangle or a love V?
🌶️ Careful- she spicy!
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I’ve been blown away by the responses my publishing news received! Thank you so much for all the kindness and excitement. It means to world to me. ❤️😭
I'm thrilled to announce that I've accepted a publishing offer to bring my adult contemporary romantasy to life.
A HUGE WORSHIPING SHOUTOUT TO
@C_H_Armstrong
who graciously held my hand through contract negotiations! Forever grateful for her generosity 💖🏆🥹
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It's 719 words.
Please clap. 😭
Currently trying to squeeze my high fantasy plot into a 750 word synopsis and dying inside.
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Happy to boost any
#pitchaccent
tweets today! Let me know in the comments or by liking. Good luck everyone!
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Happy
#PreQueerPit
Let's Get Graphic Day! Can't wait to pitch my current
#A
#FR
#amquerying
project Aug 1st. 🤩
✨Friends to lovers
🌙Grumpy/sunshine
✨Forced proximity
🌙Original monsters (nature, you scary)
✨Slow burn that sizzles
🌙Lost memories
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I'm just a girl standing in the rain asking for an agent to love me
what if agent offers were done like cringy promposals. like if an agent sent a pizza to ur door with “will you sign with me” written in pepperonis
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I'm so excited to start building my ✨list✨ for
#QueerPit
! 🤩
Anyone who wants swap support and be added on my list, please comment below!
RTs appreciated ❤️
#writertwt
#amquerying
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
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I’ve gotten two personalized rejections two days in a row and they definitely hit different than a form. The kindness on both is breathtaking. They also happen to be the last responses for that project. Shelving her feels right.
She did her best. Now it’s her sister’s turn.
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Pissed off mage with daddy issues avoids the consequences of fucking up her brother with dark magic by going on a heist with her bestie and ex.
#chaospit
#A
#Romantasy
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I've decided to step out of pitdark this time, but I'll support as much moots as possible.
Friends who are participating, let me know in the comments and I'll look for you 👀
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Hi
#PreQueerPit
friends! I write romantasy and this is my first large pitch event (I’ve done one small agency one before and supported others). Already so glad I decided to do this. It’s been so fun and we’ve just started!
Nice to meet you all and can’t wait for Tuesday! 🥳
Welcome to Day 1 of
#PreQueerPit
Party! 🥳🪩🎉
Today's prompt is: Introduce Yourself! Make sure you use
#PreQueerPit
in your replies.
Tell us about yourself - your genre(s), what inspires you, how did you start writing, what are your writing goals? We can't wait to meet you! 🥰
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If I get a lit agent or publishing deal, I'm going to treat myself to the FANCIEST character art.
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Is anyone is stalking around
#stalkerpit
…
If any agents/pubs are stalking my profile…
My 🌶spicy adult romantasy set to the theme songs 🎼Little Girl Gone x🎼Devil I Know is in the query trenches!
⚔️Fae vs Witches
🏰Easy to digest fantasy
🗝️Forced proximity
❤️🩹Second chance romance
❤️🔥Touch her and die
#amquerying
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Now that I’ve committed to pitch events… I have to…
*make* pitches🥺
Anyone participating in
#pitdark
and
#moodpitch
, I’d love to swap support!
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Dealing with the consequences of using dark magic? ❌
Finding out that the two men she wants are catching feels? ✅
#chaospit
#A
#Romantasy
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Okay, pitdark friends! SO EXCITED for tomorrow! I'm in a different time zone but I'll start RT and commenting like crazy the moment my alarm goes off! GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!
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Evil Mage+Daddy Issues=FMC🥰
Whatever FMC Wants+Thirst Trappin=The Bestie🤩
Chaotic Sexy+Up to No Good=The Ex🥵
If she wants to keep the curse she cast a secret, then she's going to need her bestie & ex to stop fighting long enough to catch a snitch.
#questpit
#amediting
#A
#FR
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I'm just a girl sitting here wishing agents would adopt the RevPit model of MSWL. The bios alone with how they work and what you can expect from them are pure gold!
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Finally got my shit together and made a 📸 profile. I tried my best to find everyone over there, but if I missed you come find me! Same name (SEBerkeley) 🤩
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I'm excited for Aug 1st, but I think I'm MOST excited for tomorrow's
#PreQueerPit
Let's Get Graphic Day!
YES moodboards!
YES character art!
YES mock covers!
Gimme all the visuals 😍
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Querying question for my querying friends out there:
If you got interest from publishers or editors during a pitch event, do you include it in your query letter?
And if so, how and where? 🤔
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Being an adult with adult money, I realize that I have the luxury to commission the art I want to promote my books without fear of accidentally using AI.
So keep an eye out. Something really amazing is being created. 👀
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Update: I’m having an honor roll student level of enjoyment marking this thing up with different colored pens for different characters 🤩
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Currently trying to squeeze my high fantasy plot into a 750 word synopsis and dying inside.
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I found a potential perfect comp title!
But it doesn’t come out until Spring 2024. 🫠
This is fine.
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Yesterday was the anniversary of my first query sent (thank you QM for reminding me).
Got a lot of weird feels about it, but I’m trying to focus on the positive. I’ve learned so much in a year. Revising. Outlining. Querying. WORD COUNTS. 🤦♀️
Here’s to another year of growing.
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Becoming a ruthless chopper to your manuscript is one of the most valuable skills you can master as an author. It’s how you’re going to gain a competitive 99k word count. It’s how you’ll fix your pacing. It’s how you’ll gain room to expand on the important scenes. It’s worth it.
It’s time for another 🧵 As someone who worked for a Top 5 publisher and now supports authors and publishers in their editing journey, let’s talk about the advice I give the most:
#writingcommunity
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When you’re trying to get that word count down but ran out of options 😂
Contractions with 3 words:
-she'd've
-wouldn't've
Contractions with more than 3 words:
-y'all'll've
-they'dn't've
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HONESTLY THO. Every. Time.
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Happy Manifesting Monday! May all your inboxes be full of good things. 🕯️🔮✨
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My publisher’s marketplace announcement is posting soon! What should I print the announcement on?
I got a few pure gold suggestions on the other places, so come Twitter. Give me your best 🤩
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I’m still adding to my pitdark and moodpitch lists if anyone wants to swap!
Now that I’ve committed to pitch events… I have to…
*make* pitches🥺
Anyone participating in
#pitdark
and
#moodpitch
, I’d love to swap support!
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PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE. What I've learned querying 4 books, is that it's all luck and the competition is INSANE right now.
There will always be query unicorns, and we love to read the excitement, but please remember those lucky people are unicorns, not the norm. ❤️
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In case plotters were wondering what it feels like to be a pantser
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Playlist on, thematic bottle of wine poured, heatless curlers in (essential).
I am READY to dive back into this draft! 🤩🎪💞
🎼Rewrite the Stars x 🎼Summertime Sadness
Post WWII teacher stumbles into a life changing love, but he's trapped in a traveling circus that's far from ordinary.
🎪Magic Circus
🌞Summer Love
🥰Cozy Romantasy
🦄Fairtale Creatures
👩❤️👨Small Town Cute
#questpit
#amdrafting
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SO CLOSE TO 900 🤩 Never thought I'd be able to grow so big when I set out on my querying adventure.
Thank you to everyone in the writing community for following and following back! And to pitch events who connected me to so many amazing people.
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I've never had more fun at a pitch event than I did at chaospit. Praying it becomes an annual event!
Pissed off mage with daddy issues avoids the consequences of fucking up her brother with dark magic by going on a heist with her bestie and ex.
#chaospit
#A
#Romantasy
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I've read a lot of queries, and the unicorn queries? They're not the best queries (no shade). But their book is good. And so is yours.
Stay strong, my friends. My DMs are open and I'm happy to chat with anyone or read a query blurb if you wish. ❤️
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@heymelissagrace
Pay for query manager account so you can see actual response and wait times and query the fast responders/the ones whose assistants give feedback 1st and adjust accordingly. Have your whole query package ready with query letter, synopsis, manuscript docs. GL!
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Wait... That's almost 1500! What do I do? Do I thank the bots for getting me here?
Maybe I should offer something if I break 1500? Maybe query letter feedback? 🤔 I'm open to suggestions.
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A witch specializing in magical research must overcome coven politics, meddling government agents, and an inconveniently sexy cursed vampire god to uncover the secrets of lost magic, all while keeping the use of her own forbidden magic a secret.
#FBARomFan
#A
#EnemiestoLovers
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Would any
#joypit
mutuals like a boost in the form of an encouraging gif? Let me know in the comments 🤩
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Did you know twitter had message requests that is separate from your actual DMs? Me neither. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK IT. Something nice might be rotting away in there. 🫠
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Me: I have too many ARCs. I need to focus on getting through the ones I have.
Also Me:
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Who is your favorite character from space that isn’t in Star Wars or Star Trek?
Who is your favorite character from space that isn’t in Star Wars or Star Trek?
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Using only a GIF, which actor plays your MC?
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fyi an agent who give you push back on a 2 week minimum is a red flag 🚩
Been getting a lot of notifications of offers with 1-3 day turnaround requested. This does not serve the author. I can read and respond but the time limit only hurts the author.
1. You have no time to evaluate multiple agencies/agents
2. You decrease the amount of offers
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Me: okay I'm going to work on my WIP!
Twitter: TROPE BOARD TREND!
Me: *spends 30 minutes scrolling though posts* ... how tf do you make a trope board? 🤔
But seriously, how? They're all so good!
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Omg THE SCREAM I SCREAMED when I got approved for the Mistress of Lies and The Phoenix Keeper ARCS!!!
Once again I suffer from too many ARCs and not enough time! If you need me, I’ll be reading all weekend.
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I’m sad today so I made my first TikTok. Seemed like a good idea 😅
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I honestly love my WIP. I think it’s my best work yet. I haven’t had so much fantasy in my romantasy in a long time and it feels so good to create.
If my current querying MS gets picked up, then that agent is going to have such a treat waiting for them. 🤩
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I wasn't going to do
#CampNaNoWriMo
but then everyone's posts really inspired me! So off to camp I go. 🏕️
She left her coven in flames and never looked back. Then he found her.❤️🔥
Current word count: 25k
Goal: 70k (1.5k/day)
#writercare
#campnano
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Last call for list swaps!
#prequeerpit
And that’s my advice. Get on lists. The bond of swapping commenting, RT, and liking has been really amazing.
My follow up advice is honor the exchange of support. If someone takes the time to support you, give back what you get. (1/2)
I'm so excited to start building my ✨list✨ for
#QueerPit
! 🤩
Anyone who wants swap support and be added on my list, please comment below!
RTs appreciated ❤️
#writertwt
#amquerying
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
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Oh, and
#stalkerpit
… did I mention that this adult romantasy is complete at 99k? And a stand-alone?
🫦
If any agents/pubs are stalking my profile…
My 🌶spicy adult romantasy set to the theme songs 🎼Little Girl Gone x🎼Devil I Know is in the query trenches!
⚔️Fae vs Witches
🏰Easy to digest fantasy
🗝️Forced proximity
❤️🩹Second chance romance
❤️🔥Touch her and die
#amquerying
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For FMC, it's a fidget spinner. She saw it at a tourist trap & MMC got it for her as a gift. It's a small silly thing, but she loves it. Unfortunately, my MMC regrets buying it b/c the shing shing sound of it drives him crazy (but he'll never tell her that).
#PreQueerPit
Alrighty
#PreQueerPit
, let's talk about what matters most to your MC!
Question 2: What item or object is most important to your main character in your story? A book, a piece of jewelry, a weapon, something else? Let us know! 👀
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What movie scene traumatized you as a child?
What movie scene traumatized you as a child?
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Loving that my posts on Slinky are getting more traction than my publishing deal on 📷IG and ⏰TT.
I mean, LOOK AT HIM! He’s a tiny, fluffy pirate. 😭
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@estywrites
@AmyNielsen06
@cgossagent
When I was first prepping my query for you, autocorrect changed your name to Etsy multiple times. The paranoid panic it created 😂
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Today I whipped out one of my ✨fancy✨ notebooks and prepared to use all the note taking skills I was trained to use in school (but never did) on a new writing craft book and I’ve never been more more excited.
Audiobook queued up, book cracked open, let’s go! 🤩
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@StorySorcery
I’m so sorry all this happened. What a horrific situation! Thank you for taking the time to educate the masses.
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Don’t mind me…
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In 2023, a couple of amazing people had the pitch contests dates tweeted out into lists. Has anyone done this for 2024 yet? Missing the rush of pitching. 👀
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Rebel witch is claimed as war trophy by her former lover and General of her enemy’s army. Now she must discover if his isolated estate is her new prison or safe haven from the evils of the Fae King’s court.
#PitchBookouture
#A
#F
#FR
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Ahem.
📢
#amquerying
this bi-disaster romantasy.
Pitch pinned, friends. 👀
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@watt_writes
I’ve definitely started my query with a “thank you for considering the full manuscript of my previous project XYZ. I appreciate the time and consideration you put into it.” And then jump in to the query.
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