Lindsay Allison

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Who's ready?! Or... Almost ready?? Kinda ready?

Still flailing?

#revpit

Ah i couldn't find @lumadamasc.bsky.social on my tiny mobile app this morning, but she's also a Damselfly and the best cheerleader! :)

There are a ton of other betas and CPs and friend cheerleaders I could name as well — you know who you are. THANK YOU for encouraging me in this journey! 🩵🩷💚💛🧡

And editors @natashahanova.bsky.social @leahrambadt.bsky.social @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social and @mariatureaud.bsky.social all my sure my query materials were in top shape (or taught me things to ensure future versions were 🤣)

@jademasonwrites.bsky.social @adamreisinger.com @maggiesbooks.bsky.social @carlybishop.bsky.social @gabriela-stluke.bsky.social @authorkatecooper.bsky.social @katieknightley.bsky.social @annlittler.bsky.social @michelleogilvy.bsky.social @kimcayley.bsky.social @amyhigg.bsky.social

I have so many people to thank for getting me this far, but I’ll highlight @reviseresub.bsky.social because submissions open soon, and so much of my writing community came from this program and #camprevpit! I never would have survived the trenches without my #damselfliescabin.

Natalie found me in her slush pile and we bonded over both being VIOLISTS! 🎻💥

I’m so excited to work with her and see where our combined violist powers can take us. 😘

Thrilled to share today that I’ve signed with Natalie Sun at HG Literary to represent me and HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND!

Do it.

I literally was just about to message you!!!!

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It's been so fun participating in #bluepit! Here are my posts for HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND!

Images: apple in classroom, elementary school, man in tie with "evil corp" as nametag, hand holding money, basket of butterscotch, four friends cheersing beers, happy kids with backpacks in hallway, magic book, dice on D&D character sheets, map of PA, ants

ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN: Speculative Fiction
A group of elementary teachers fight a charter takeover by playing a D&D game with real-life corollaries
For fans of The Grimoire Grammar School PTA, D20, and Roll for Romance
Vibes and scenes in this mood board
Querying Soon
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #W

Title Page (cartoon legs in the air, wearing pale blue roller skates with pink wheels) Agent's Guide to: Love Hits Big by Dana Ripley Adult/Contemporary Rom-Com

Janey Pfeiffer, better known as Daisy Chainsaw, cares about two things in life—roller derby and running the Little Paws animal rescue. After meeting the straight-laced Alan Monroe at a Fireball-fueled roller derby after party, she invites him for a one-night stand. Their encounter turns into a full-blown situationship, and Janey falls harder for Alan than from a brutal hip check on the derby track. When Alan’s determination to save his family business puts him on a collision course with the struggling Little Paws, Janey must decide whether to sacrifice her heart as she races to save the animals she loves.

Tropes/Vibes Banging into love Bisexual FMC MMC falls first (and fast) Opposites attract (Dive Bar vibes vs Country Club vibes) Friends-with-benefits with a splash of fake dating Fighting to save what they love Chosen family

Mood board for Love Hits Big Clockwise, starting with upper left: Roller derby bout; roller derby jammer's booty while skating; large white dog; couple killing; Bojangles logo; couple in bed, clasping hands; wild party

WHIP IT x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION

A wild child roller derby skater crashes into a situationship with a man whose determination to save his family business puts him on a collision course with her beloved animal shelter. Will she risk her heart to save what she loves?

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #R

QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom's book event. She needs to get her life back and not get killed in the process.
💖 Sapphic crush
🕵️ Amateur investigation
🎃 Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🐈 Store cat
🌈Queer cast
#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #M #LGBT #OV

EXPIRATION DATES x BEACH READ

What if there was a memory study that identified when you met your soulmate?

💘 grounded speculative romance
📝 writing group chaos
📚 he reads her favorite book
❤️‍🩹 estranged family&mental health rep

SmoochPit 2025 mentee!

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #R #SP #Q #amquerying

When a dead woman resurfaces with the magic of Jack Frost, she’ll have to decide if revenge is worth the process of losing love and ultimately herself.
🤍❄️🥶🩸💀

-Dual timeline
-Witty banter
-Revenge
-Love triangle with suspected killers

#BluePit📖 #W #R #PN #SP #A

READY OR NOT X VARIATION
Struggling with unplanned motherhood, ballerina Theodora won’t waste her chance as the lead of a new production. But juggling a baby, unforgiving rehearsals and the cute lawyer crashing into her life risk crushing her way before opening night
#bluepit 📖 #R #A #W

OUTLANDER x KPOP DEMON HUNTERS

When asthmatic PT Briella’s brother vanishes, she’ll risk her last breath to find him—only to find he’s trapped in a world of sinister Chinese spirits.

Her only lead? A dangerously alluring yaoguai assassin whose help can cost her life.

#BluePit📖 #F #A #R #OV #POC

A reality dating show gives Cera hope to escape soulmateless extermination in 2 yrs until another contestant is killed by the robot host, forcing her to work alongside the irritatingly attractive Ryde for her happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #A #R #SF #H #W #Revising

Work-in-progress cover for the cozy dystopian romance Sunflowers at the End of the World by Katie L. Carroll. The cover depicts a large sunflower in a painted style with a green background. The text of the title goes in a circle in the sunflower's petals.

Cozy dystopian romance

Mel may be the last person on earth, but she's got her crows and chickens, her garden, and her trips to the library. When a stranger suddenly shows up at her mountain cabin, it turns her lonely world upside-down.

SUNFLOWERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
#BluePit 📖 #A #R

none of this was real summer and winter moodboard

EVERY SUMMER AFTER X HAPPY PLACE

When her ex shows up at her sister's wedding, a heartbroken woman faces the tragedy that broke them up 10 years ago at the cottage, is pulled into a spiral of distrust that brings out her worst and an HEA may not even be worth it. #bluepit📖 #bluepit #q #a #r

Images: young woman, old car on a Prague street, records in a store, a young man, Prague spires, a couple embracing in the snow, a tape cassette with text: The Best Kisser in Prague: Come for the beer, stay for the collision, by Jessica Fisher Riches

The Best Kisser in Prague

🇨🇿 Expats in Prague
🇨🇿 Early-90s nostalgia
🇨🇿 A crossroads in history

They're trying so hard to lose themselves; can they find each other?

#BluePit📖 #W #A #R #WF

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: An agent's guide to Overcoming An 89,000 word adult contemporary romance by Kate Cooper

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Pitch Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airline's secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowan's parents. Just as they give in to the attraction they've tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.

Excerpt Angela releases him, and I get my first look at the photojournalist every woman swoons over. His tan skin contrasts with the light blue of his button-up, the sleeves of which are rolled up to his elbows. His curly black hair and dark stubble give him a rugged look that would make me a little weak in the knees if I wasn’t already sitting. “I’m so pleased you agreed to join us for this story! This is your partner, Rowan Adams.” “Pleasure to meet you.” I stand and hold out my hand, forgetting it’s wet from the condensation on the iced latte I set on Angela’s desk. “Likewise." he gives me the shortest handshake known to man before pulling back and glaring down at his wet palm. “Sorry! I promise it’s nothing gross. Just water.” I grab my coffee and hold it up to show that I’m not a liar, but it slips out of my hand. Time slows as the cup tips through the air and the lid pops off. The liquid douses his bag and my favorite flats, and I clap a hand over my mouth, horrified. His expression is less than amused.

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Comps and tropes Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, second chance at love, fear of loving again, mental health representation Book covers at bottom of image (from left to right): Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry The Right Move by Liz Tomforde Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

✨Updated Agent Guide✨

She’s afraid of flying, he’s afraid of falling. When they discover a hitman for hire scheme posing as an airline, they must face their fears together.

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #R

Like the Movies - First row First image A blonde boy with pierced ears, looking down. He is sunlit. Wearing a white shirt. In his mouth is a cigarette. Second image is a boy wearing stripped pajamas sitting on a bench. He has dark curly hair and a cigarette in his mouth. Second row first image a chain link fence, the background behind it is black and says Come As You Are. Second image is two joints, light and illuminated by moonlight. Third row first image is two hands held up, flipping the bird. Second image is a pair of converse with stars scribbled on the toe.

Pale blue background, with a combination of lime green hollow triangles and solid hot pink triangles, each green triangle has a slanted yellow line accenting one side. In the center there is the outline of a rectangle in pink, with quotation marks on either side. Top center is the word Snippet in lime green. In the center of the pink rectangle is a solid orange rectangle with text. The text reads 'Travis's eyes were intense as he inspected each ring. "You always wear this one," He brushed is thumb over Dustin's, before he moved to linger over a large turquoise stone. "This one is new." It didn't matter that the room smelled like burnt pizza rolls. It didn't matter that Dustin had a butter stain on his shirt, all he could focus on was this connection. He just nodded caressing a finger across the callused palm of the other boy as each ring was examined in agonizing slowness. -Like the Movies author tag writerofrowan.bsky.social

Dark blue background. There are swathes of color on both sides, a mixture of teal, dark purple and dark pink. In the top center purple letters read The Pitch. Under those letters are words in lime green John Hughes x Say Anything x Heartstopper. The next line states in yellow letters Content Warning: This Pitch has not been approved by the FDA. This book contains alt boys, queer awakenings, quirky side characters, and too much 90's nostalgia. Under the content warning are words in white which read: When new relationships risk exposing his secret a small town punk must make an impossible decision -- does he keep the golden boy or risk both their lives being destroyed?

John Hughes X Say Anything X Heartstopper

Like the Movies is a 90s style queer love story. It has all your favorites:
The New Kid
The Town Punk
High School Bullies
Friendly Pot Dealers
An old lady obsessed with John Travolta
& Many More

#bluepit📖 #YA #R #W #LGBTQIA #ND

FRANKLY IN LOVE x CHRISTMAS CLASH

🥡 a restaurant kid who can only date Asians
⚔️ the boy whose family's trying destroy her parents‘ noodle shop
🧁 a cinnamon roll who bakes
🎬 fake dating
❤️‍🩹 complicated immigrant parent-child relationships
🌪️ a chaotic AAPI found family

#Bluepit📖 #POC #DIS #R #YA