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Just bought my copy of @tayloradamsbooks.bsky.social’s debut novella! Can’t wait to dive into this cosmic horror masterpiece 🥰 It’s release day, and there’s still plenty of time to snag your own copy at the link below! #debutauthor #novella #cosmichorror a.co/d/aRZxX7I

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Happy #Juneteenth! 🤎🙏🏾✊🏾

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If you're trans I love you, and if you're looking for any glimmer of a sign from the universe to stay with us let it be this

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I didn't have it in myself to go with grace and so the battleships will sink beneath the waves you had to kill me, but it killed you just the same cursing my name, wishing I stayed you turned into your worst fears #SwiftiePitch #YA #F #LGBT #AmQuerying

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On a positive note, I received some of the kindest feedback ever from a friend who normally hates the genre I write in

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#JoyPit brought this project up to 10 #litagent likes and 2 #publisher likes ❤️ Hoping to find this special story a home very soon! #amquerying #YA #fantasy #LGBT

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When ghost pirate Captain Amir’s violent plan to break her curse threatens 2 queer teens, she must choose: escape her fate or protect the 1st crew she’s ever loved. But curse-breaking means more than survival—it means accepting she might deserve love, too. #JoyPit #YA #F #LGBT

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Halloween G-rated version of CAN’T HARDLY WAIT Packer’s on a one-night adventure featuring: 🍕 ”phude” his health food mom won’t let him eat 🎃 trick-or-treating with his crush 🔍 more than one mystery 🚲 a crashed bike 🏎️ the costume contest prize: a ride in the mayor’s Ferrari #JoyPit #MG #HA #COM

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FAIRY OAK x THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON A fantasy and lyrical story featuring: 🌟 A girl searching for her memories found a family instead 🪺 A good witch protecting a magical valley 🐺 A dark force lurking in the forest, waiting to trap the girl and steal her light #joypit #MG

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Is watching tons of old mysteries on TV enough to make you a detective? A trio of octogenarians think so. “Gone Geezers” – a Silver Sleuths of Seaside Mystery 😉Geezer flirting 👮Inept cops 🤣Unexpected humor 🍆Prostate problems! 📚 💙 #joypit #A #M #cozy #WIP #Beta

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A joyful ode to the graceful dance of Autumn leaves juxtaposed with a cheerful ballet class of tiny tots of diff races, shapes, sizes, genders, and abilities. They tumble and twirl like the leaves, fall down, help each other in this lyrical, rhyming, nature-themed poem PB. #Joypit #PB #POC #SEL

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Book math equation for YOURS TO KEEP: Five roommates + two former couples + one new girl + infinite drama = One unforgettable summer. #joypit #na #r #q

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The Rental Rear Window X A Simple Plan They've always invented stories about what transpired in the rental house across the street - now they're in one! Their mundane, middle-class, Midwestern lives are long behind them. But are they prepared for the fallout? #A #CON #S #Joypit #amquerying

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#JoyPit #Editorsguide #Humor Regency England: A 29-year-old spinster must marry off her pretty younger sister after a botched season in Bath—but when she tries to snag a rich neighbor's guest of honor, she accidentally catches his eye herself and unleashes the kraken of drama in her small town.

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The two halves of Tilly’s multi-ethnic family are finally meeting, but she worries what will happen. Does she have to choose between her Chinese and American sides? When their guest of honor arrives, Tilly learns that BOTH sides together is what makes her family whole. #JoyPit #PB #OWN #POC #C

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When a widow shares the juicy details of her first love with her granddaughter, kismet bestows another chance for two fairytale endings, if they can survive a headstrong grandma and a vengeful ex. 🥼doctor 👴👵 family 🐈 cat butler 💍 fake 🫶 reunion ☀️summer #joypit #amwriting #amquerying #agentguide

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A high-society witch discovers the joy of living for personal fulfillment rather than social clout, thanks to her sweet-as-sugar pastry chef tenant and the judgemental phoenix nesting in his bakery’s oven. I #AmQuerying THE BOOKERY, a 93k-word cozy romantic fantasy. #JoyPit #A #F #FR

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For #JoyPit

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When she borrows a pair of heels to impress a celeb fashion influencer, she loses a heel in the state of emergency and the guy who has it is on a mission to find her. She must return the heels before her boss finds out they’re missing. #R #NA #JoyPit

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Out with tea parties, in with chai parties! Join Zoya as she introduces her neighbor Margo to the South Asian tradition of drinking chai. Complete with sparkly sarees & savory samosas, “Zoya & Margo’s Chai Party” is sure to delight #PB! #joypit

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A baking mouse loves her job but hates Christmas until a nativity play and unplanned sermon change her heart. To live out the true meaning of the season every day of the year, she will need help from her friends and her worst enemy.#CF #CB #HA #AC #JoyPit #kidlit #faith

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check out my pitch for #joypit ! a story of first love where i promise, all the pain was worth the joy. #amquerying

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Your next favorite summer beach read ❤️ A burnt-out middle school teacher flees to her family’s house at the Jersey Shore, where she reconnects with her first love, re-evaluates her career, and finds a second family in the quirky townies! 🏖️☀️🌊 #JoyPit #R

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#joypit Practical Magic x Go Hex yourself HEARTS & HEXES Witchy Cozy RomCom #NA #F #MR #RC #UF ❤️ Mentor/Mentee 🧹 Witches are real 🥰 Overcoming grief/building trust 🌟heart wrenching secrets 🧙‍♀️ Granny knows 😍 slow burn 🤣 rom-com 🌶️ sweet 🏠 Sentient house ❤️ HE @joypit.bsky.social

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To Do: 1.Change name 2.Avoid Godmothers & Princesses 3.Find portal home 4.DO NOT GET MARRIED Making an unwise wish 16yo Prince Charming wakes in a magical realm. His guide is a frog, his horse might be a spy & there is a global shortage of princes. #JoyPit #YA #FTA #HA

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Inspired by Katy Perry's Not Like the Movies: After the death of her dad and biggest fan, Fiona fills the void with an increasingly discordant relationship until a chance meeting with Paul, a painter and fellow hockey fan, rekindles her love for the game she and her dad shared. #Joypit #A #R #CR

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#JoyPit #YA #F #Q Clueless X Practical Magic: teenage witches, magic gone wrong, and the balance between friendship and secrecy.

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STRIKE THE ZITHER X NINE TAILED A nine-tailed fox and a god’s forbidden love defy tragedy and time, as their mortal reincarnations must reunite, reclaim their destinies, and stop an ancient rivalry from dooming Earth to an eternal winter. #JoyPit #A #F #R

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An accident on Christmas Day leaves Granny’s precious china teapot in pieces. Distraught, she saves every last sliver. When little Jen returns to visit at Easter, the teapot has begun a new life on the windowsill, but can brokenness still be beautiful? #NF #PB #CF #JoyPit #ER

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Because parents don’t get a day off, even when they’re sick. I have been sick FOUR times as I’ve written and revised this, and I wished each time I could read this to my kids so they’d let me rest. 😴 Apparently, they don’t remember things unless they learn it from a book. 😆 #JoyPit #PB #amquerying

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When an owner of a posh thrift clothing store buys a gown deemed unlucky, she doesn’t believe it until the next customer returns it, so when her ex shows up unexpectedly, she thinks he’s there to apologize for their past, and she puts the dress to the test. #JoyPit #R #A

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An overthinking 11-year-old sneaks out to investigate how the only other kid in town not at the annual Halloween party can win the costume contest; then must go home before he gets punched in the face (too late), murdered (maybe), or most terrifyingly, caught by his mom. #JoyPit #MG #HA #CON

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Lucy just wants to get through life as unscathed & uncursed as possible, but when an enchanted shoe reveals her as the one true love of a prince, she's whisked away to find the truth about why fairies meddle in human life & how some fairies would do anything to prevent a HEA #JoyPit #A #F #FTA #R

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For #JoyPit Did I mention the banter? Or that he’s her best friend’s boss’s boss? I might have forgotten to mention sisterhood too? And that he’s an older brother with all the older brother vibes? Glad we’re all caught up 🤗

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE x TENET England, 1807. A socialite-turned-cryptographer and a disabled spy must time travel to reverse their ruined pasts. 🕰️ time travel 👩 feminist social commentary ✉️ love letters 🌹 regency era 🕵️ codes, ciphers, spies #JoyPit #YA #F #HR #TT

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TOMORROW & TOMORROW & TOMORROW but casting a televised mission to Mars Connected storylines from around the world like SENSE 8 but no woo woo Competent people making the best of shitty situations like THE MARTIAN except no one makes it off Earth #A #LF #UP #HA #ND #POC #JoyPit

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A beautiful gift book of prayerful meditations on colour as a tool for contemplative prayer. Key words, objects and scriptures serve as guides alongside original lyrical poetic prose pieces and joyful artwork by the author. #NF #ART #INSP #A #JoyPit #Christian #amquerying #CF

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An 11-year-old girl science prodigy and a slug-like alien accidentally swap places in a teleporter mishap and will team up to stop a smuggler from stealing the only part in the universe that can repair the teleporter, or be permanently stranded in each other’s world. #JoyPit #MG #HA #SF

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Under the bridge Lives a troll With music in his heart And a bass guitar in his hands. The goats crossing his bridge Form a famous rock group. They need a bass. Troll needs a band. Troll must believe in himself and The music to claim his spot. #JoyPit #PB

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