SkyPitch

#BluePit A STORYTELLING HYPE/PITCH EVENT What is it? An event designed to uplift and encourage members of the writing, game development, TTRPG, and comic communities. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage they are in (e.g. Work In Progress, Querying, On Submission, or Published in any form) When: Jan 13, 2025 12-12 EST Rules -Limit 3 posts per work; multiple works allowed. -Use appropriate tags (see below). -Be sure to include the correct emoji for your post to end up in the proper feed. -All images/moodboards must include alt text. Use of AI images is prohibited. -Likes, reposts, and comments are encouraged. -This is a Bluesky-only event; no cross-posting -Pin the #BLUEPIT feeds to easily find and support others. -Agents, editors, and publishers are welcome to participate. Emojis: Comics 💥 Game Dev 🎮 TTRPGS 🎲 Writers 📖 Additional info: BLUEPIT.CARRD.CO @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL (BlueSky) @BLUEPIT (Twitter/x) Hosts: @voicesofvalhoon (writer) @ZProspero (writer) @jadeblack21 (gamedev) @feyearth (TTRPG) Status of work #W (WIP) #Q (QUERYING) #OS (ON SUB) #P (PUBLISHED) Audience #PB (Picture Book) #MG (Middle Grade) #YA (Young Adult) #A (Adult) Genre/System/Representation #F (Fantasy) #H (Horror) #M (Mystery) #T (Thriller) #R (Romance) #Hs (Historical) #P (Paranormal) #D (Dark) #SF (SciFi) #NF (Non-Fic) #Me (Memoir) #C (Crime) #Po (Poetry) #LGBT (LGBTQ+) #WF (Women’s Fiction) #Dis (disabled creators) #OV (Own Voices) #Hu (Humor/comedy) #d20 (d20 based system) #d6 (d6 based system) #d100 (d100 based system) #Dun (Dungeon Crawl) #N (Narrative based system) #I (Indie) #Tr (Traditionally published/developed)

Exciting news, #BluePit is opening up to the wider storytelling community! Creators in the #gamedev, #ttrpg, and #comic communities are now welcome to pitch their projects during our first pitch event. With this announcement comes two new cohosts @jadeblack21.bsky.social and @feyearth.bsky.social🧵

Planning on June!

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If you don’t have a copy of THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK handy, there are a few read-along videos out there! #pbchat #kidlit youtu.be/PJZRAvSo8Gw?...

We had a picture book pitch event in October as a litmus test and had over 700 pitches. Agents did show up, although not at the volume of past Twitter events. But it was a good trial run. #skypitch

As you busily make Tuesday plans, a reminder that we will be here having #kidlitchat at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific… and YOU are invited! (This happens every Tuesday, btw.) Looking forward to seeing you there! Err… here!

If you used TweetDeck at the Other Place, you'll find deck.blue very easy to navigate, and probably the best way to follow #kidlitchat in real time. However you choose to follow, we hope to see you tonight at 9 pm Eastern!

We have a #kidlit pitch party event here on Bluesky.

Our one complaint was the volume of non-agent likes. Even with the rules posted prominently, it was rampant.

We held #skypitch last month as a proof of concept to see if a pitch event is viable here! It had a huge response, and a few agents participated. Interested to see how agencies respond to the influx this week.

One thing that I’m brainstorming a solution for is the volume of non-agent/editor likes pitches got in our trial event. Hoping to reduce that number in future. #skypitch

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Plans are for events in October and June.

We had in the ballpark of 700 pitches, and a small handful of agent likes. There were an awful lot of non-agent likes that made it hard to get a good count. It exceeded my expectation for the number of participants, I believe people loved connecting and sharing their work!

Well, we only had a handful of Agents, but it was cathartic for everyone and the turnout for pitches was great. And it connected a lot of creatives. It definitely worked as a proof of concept!

Making my way through #SkyPitch pitches to follow new to me creatives!

NOTHING BUT BLUESKY THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES A chat with CHARLENE CHUA Oct. 26th 1:00 PM ET SCBWI Canada East THE INS AND OUTS OF BLUESKY SOCIAL To register for this free event, visit https://scbwi.org/events/bluesky

This will be a fabulous, FREE way to learn more about BLUESKY. If you're interested in getting more out of your account here, please register! A recording will be available for a month to all registered participants - no need to worry if you can't attend live! #scbwi www.scbwi.org/events/bluesky

I really do believe this is the best thing about Bluesky in its current incarnation. Everywhere else feels like you're wearing a sandwich board trying to get people to talk to you, but those people are wearing their own sandwich boards. I'm actually having conversations with people here!

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The collapse of pitch parties on X left a hole, and feedback over the year made me realize many people working alone in the query trenches needed to interact and get feedback. Agent/editor likes isn’t the only reason to do this. Bluesky excels at letting you mingle with other creatives! ❤️

(If I didn’t 💙 your pitch I’m sure your book is also great — sorry! If you read my wishlist and bio and familiarize yourself with my list, and you think your work would be a fit based on all of that, then you can just query me as well — but please DO follow the instructions on the website!)

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Hi! I should have posted this yesterday, whoops 😬 😂 — if I 💙’ed your pitch during #SkyPitch, you can query me by following the directions at andreabrownlit.com - use “children’s” as the category, and please put “SkyPitch request” or similar in the referral line! I look forward to reading!

If you are new to Bluesky and trying to connect to the #kidlit conversations here, make sure you follow and get yourself onto the KIDLIT MEGA FEED. @debbieohi.com, @charlenechua.bsky.social and @boringstorybook.com are the administrators.

More info: boringstorybook.com/the-kidlit-m...

Thanks for participating! 🩵

In the meantime, I'm hoping to keep an eye on skypitch. If I ❤️ your pitch, you can find my submission info at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/to... (and note that I'm an editor who accepts unagented & agented work, not an agent myself!)

I saw a couple of agents and one assistant editor from Holiday House. I didn't get any likes but I did meet and connect with lots of #kidlit folks so it was a win! Thanks, @boringstorybook.com for hosting this!

#skyfeed was planned as a proof of concept to gauge community response / gather metrics we can all use to show that Bluesky is a worthwhile social media platform to adopt.

And a cathartic release for creators who are working and querying in a vacuum to get feedback & connect with other creators.👍

We’re not clock watching for time zones, this was a great experiment to gauge how the Bluesky community would respond! It went great! Wednesday wherever you are counts 😉

Thank you for participating! 🩵

If I liked your query today in #skypitch, I hope you will query me! Please send via my QueryManager link and mention #skypitch in your query letter. 💕💕

a man in a black jacket with his mouth open Alt: Burgess Meredith as Mickey in Rocky cheering you on

The volume and caliber of pitches to #skypitch today proves Bluesky has the talent and logistics to keep holding events like this. Every pitch has helped prove a concept and helps make a strong argument for more industry people adopting the platform. 🩵

You are all awesome!

Hilarious!