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(She/Her) Shaytoon. Pisces. In the name of the god of rainbows. Writer of chaotic, creepy, and fun things.

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The Girl Who Rang Bells by J. Mildanoff Wooden teeth, a painted snarl, fur around the crown. A mask meant to terrify winter itself into retreat. Meant to keep the things that lurk in the shadows at bay.

Read The Girl Who Rang Bells in the bittersweet but wonderful last issue of @innerworlds.bsky.social πŸ’œ

inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-10-the...

09.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

The World of No: A little bit of Dark Matter and a soupcon of The Midnight Library, complete at 97k words.
It features:
🟒 coming of age (even for adults)
⚫️ second chance love
🟒 twisted realities
⚫️ Life is messy; jump the hell in already. #QuestPit #A #SPEC #Querying

31.01.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Collage of 6 images in black and white. Top left is a mountain, right a cracked desert floor. Middle left a knife on a tree stump. Right two children with pigtails walking away from the camera hand in hand. Bottom left a dying tree, right a stone staircase to the sky.

Collage of 6 images in black and white. Top left is a mountain, right a cracked desert floor. Middle left a knife on a tree stump. Right two children with pigtails walking away from the camera hand in hand. Bottom left a dying tree, right a stone staircase to the sky.

Silo x Squid Game x Climate of Chaos
In a climate-ravaged future, two sisters take very different paths when they’re sent to prison for murder.

#YA #Dystopian #Questpit

31.01.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A moody, romantic collage of nine photos: 
1. a woman sitting outdoors in a chic black top and cardigan, 
2. a film director’s clapperboard, 
3. a young man in a suit holding a notebook, 
4. an old typewriter with paper, 
5. a close-up of a couple about to kiss, 
6. a candlelit desk with a computer screen, 
7. an intimate shot of a man and woman in bed with artistic doodles, 
8. an open handwritten journal with a dried flower, and 
9. a beach scene with two people sitting close together, one resting their hand on the other.

A moody, romantic collage of nine photos: 1. a woman sitting outdoors in a chic black top and cardigan, 2. a film director’s clapperboard, 3. a young man in a suit holding a notebook, 4. an old typewriter with paper, 5. a close-up of a couple about to kiss, 6. a candlelit desk with a computer screen, 7. an intimate shot of a man and woman in bed with artistic doodles, 8. an open handwritten journal with a dried flower, and 9. a beach scene with two people sitting close together, one resting their hand on the other.

#DVparty

Hi everyone. Welcome to day 1 of the DVParty.
Sharing my mood board:

02.10.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
#DVparty
Day 1 October 2, 2025):
Post a moodboard or art for your project!
Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag.
Open all day!
Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed.
Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit!
More info at dvpit.carrd.co
Follow us at dvpit.bsky social for more updates!

#DVparty Day 1 October 2, 2025): Post a moodboard or art for your project! Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag. Open all day! Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed. Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit! More info at dvpit.carrd.co Follow us at dvpit.bsky social for more updates!

Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky

02.10.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 34

#DVParty is trending! Keep sharing your amazing moodboards & stay tuned all week for more prompts to talk up your work leading up to #DVPit on October 8th!

#writersky #booksky #artistsky

02.10.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One Word, Six Letters NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

fun fact my new YA is a Read Now on netgalley for the next 48 hours if that sort of thing is your jam

02.10.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
#PreDV
September 29, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET
Practice your #DVpit pitches using #preDV!
Give fellow #DVpit hopefuls feedback on their pitches.
Got o dvpit.carrd.co for more info

#PreDV September 29, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET Practice your #DVpit pitches using #preDV! Give fellow #DVpit hopefuls feedback on their pitches. Got o dvpit.carrd.co for more info

Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET

Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!

Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!

more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky

29.09.2025 12:01 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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Desi Howl's Moving Castle x One dark window

Sacrificed to an Elder God of the Winter woods, Jules bargains for her life: one fable each night. But every fable reveals a truth about the ritual, the man & the monster. Now she must uncover his secret before her own story meets its end
#preDV #DVpit #A

29.09.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

CJ I NEED ALL OF THIS LIKE RIGHT NOW

29.09.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

:( let me know when you visit next

08.07.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I need you to at least spoil yourself a little! Also if you lived near me I would drag you out for a celebration lol

08.07.2025 19:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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3 (and a half) strategies I use for outlining a book Presented in increasing order of how unhinged I get

New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!

(Post available in both text and audio formats!)

open.substack.com/pub/briannah...

15.06.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Gravity of Hope by Ivy Bard (@ivybeewrites‬) Adult Science Fiction

The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25

The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.

reviseresub.com/showcase/the...

10.06.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

So proud of you!!

10.06.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh hey what's that oh just the cover for my next YA book! With incredible design by Samira Iravani!! And you can preorder now if you want!! It comes out March 17, 2026!! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
(I've never posted a video before so I hope it works okay lol)

05.06.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
RevPit Class β€˜25
Pitch your book!
In a contest for a job on the next coloniser to humanity’s last hope, a dying engineer and his military space pilot ex are sent back from Titan to the dead planet, Earth.

When the competition turns deadly, they must set aside past grievances and team up to get back to Titan alive.

RevPit Class β€˜25 Pitch your book! In a contest for a job on the next coloniser to humanity’s last hope, a dying engineer and his military space pilot ex are sent back from Titan to the dead planet, Earth. When the competition turns deadly, they must set aside past grievances and team up to get back to Titan alive.

The Winners of RevPit 2025 would like to share a little about our project and experience
June 2 - Pitch your book
June 3 - Share an aesthetic or playlist
June 4 - Share a snippet
June 6 - What you learned from RevPit
June 7 - Show us your writing space
June 8 - Say thank you to your editor
June 9 - Showcase

The Winners of RevPit 2025 would like to share a little about our project and experience June 2 - Pitch your book June 3 - Share an aesthetic or playlist June 4 - Share a snippet June 6 - What you learned from RevPit June 7 - Show us your writing space June 8 - Say thank you to your editor June 9 - Showcase

During this last week’s countdown, the winners of RevPit β€˜25 would like to share a little bit about our project and experience.
Here is my pitch of The Gravity of Hope!
#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit

02.06.2025 08:35 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow this seems like a dream come true! Congratulations!

21.05.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🌟UPCOMING AUCTION 🌟
The auction will start tomorrow, May 9.
Stay tuned for the link πŸ“· and please boost and share.
In the meantime, more teasers of what is being offered:

09.05.2025 03:13 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Go support a good cause!

07.05.2025 02:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to my wonderful and talented friend

06.05.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

boosting. @rukman.bsky.social really knows their shit and will get your story into query ready shape!

28.04.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, B&N is having a preorder sale at the same time as Amazon is having a sale, and both are targeting Independent Bookstore Day, which is one of the biggest in-store shopping days of the year.

It feels shitty as an indie bookstore to be targeted by billionaire and venture-backed corporations

23.04.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 296 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 11

absolutely gorgeous!

20.04.2025 03:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dark and reddish poster of a Chinese girl hidden in shadows, looking over her shoulder with a sinister expression.

On top are the comp titles:
A Song to Drown Rivers
The Cruel Prince
Fourth Wing
Crowns of Nyaxia 

In the middle is the book title in white, bloody font:
θ‘€θŽ²

Underneath is written:
"If I die, we'll die together."

NA DARK ROMANTASY | 86k

TROPES: ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS | SOULMATES I LOVE TRIANGLE I FAKE ENGAGEMENT I FORBIDDEN LOVE I C-DRAMA HIGH HEAT I SLOW BURN I VAMPIRE-LIKE DEMONS I FIGHT FOR THRONE I COURT INTRIGUE I CLASS DISPARITY

Written by Melody Thio

AVAILABLE NOW IN THE TRENCHES

Dark and reddish poster of a Chinese girl hidden in shadows, looking over her shoulder with a sinister expression. On top are the comp titles: A Song to Drown Rivers The Cruel Prince Fourth Wing Crowns of Nyaxia In the middle is the book title in white, bloody font: θ‘€θŽ² Underneath is written: "If I die, we'll die together." NA DARK ROMANTASY | 86k TROPES: ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS | SOULMATES I LOVE TRIANGLE I FAKE ENGAGEMENT I FORBIDDEN LOVE I C-DRAMA HIGH HEAT I SLOW BURN I VAMPIRE-LIKE DEMONS I FIGHT FOR THRONE I COURT INTRIGUE I CLASS DISPARITY Written by Melody Thio AVAILABLE NOW IN THE TRENCHES

SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x CRUEL PRINCE x 4TH WING

❀️Soulmates
πŸ—‘οΈEnemies-to-lovers
πŸ‘‘Assassin x Crown Prince
πŸ”₯Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons (but not vampires)
πŸ’₯REVENGE
πŸͺ·C-drama vibe

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #NA #R #F

20.04.2025 01:22 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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On a cruise ship, two women pursue romance, but their connection turns deadly when pranksters, fueled by their online audience's sadistic demands, start exploiting passengers for the sake of entertainment. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #R #H #T

19.04.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Movie poster mock-up of Hollow Whispers of the Wind, a historical fiction written by Florence Chien. Poster depicts a sensual biracial couple of a Chinese woman and a Caucasian man, set against an old and torn up photograph of The Bund, Shanghai, in the 1930's.

Movie poster mock-up of Hollow Whispers of the Wind, a historical fiction written by Florence Chien. Poster depicts a sensual biracial couple of a Chinese woman and a Caucasian man, set against an old and torn up photograph of The Bund, Shanghai, in the 1930's.

1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country.

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF

19.04.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
A poster where two men hold hands, half-transparent, with a barren landscape under a starry sky in the background.
The title reads: The Gravity of Hope
Top of the poster:
A genius Engineer fighting for his life
A snarky pilot burnt by betrayal
One deadly competition.
Underneath:
Ivybee presents A Dystopian sci-fi adventure featuring second-chance romance, A survival competition, and a race through space 
perfect for fans of The Ocean’s Echo and FOR ALL MANKIND
A novel written by Ivy Bard. Querying Soon.

A poster where two men hold hands, half-transparent, with a barren landscape under a starry sky in the background. The title reads: The Gravity of Hope Top of the poster: A genius Engineer fighting for his life A snarky pilot burnt by betrayal One deadly competition. Underneath: Ivybee presents A Dystopian sci-fi adventure featuring second-chance romance, A survival competition, and a race through space perfect for fans of The Ocean’s Echo and FOR ALL MANKIND A novel written by Ivy Bard. Querying Soon.

To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win a survival competition:
🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth
πŸš€ build a spaceship from scraps
πŸ’« fly it back to Titan
πŸ’” team up with his ex
πŸ—‘οΈ get rid of him before landing
πŸ–€ DO NOT fall for him again
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #SF #A #LGBT

19.04.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks so legit!

19.04.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0