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She/her Avid reader and writer who wants to be a YA/MG author someday. Dog-lover. MFA at Simmons in Writing for Children Currently querying YA contemporary!
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High School Musical X Matilda X Today Tonight Tomorrow For Olivia Goldblatt performing in her school Seattle Prep's version of Legally Blonde, we are, in fact, not all in this together. #YA #C #Q #questpit

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #YA #Con #Q #questpit

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

An agent’s guide to my YA Tangled x Anastasia cozy fantasy, THE FORGOTTEN REALM, feat: 🪻Disability and LGBTQ rep 🧚Swiss folklore ✨Found family 🎊Whimsical festivities 🐶A really cute dog Querying in March! #litagents #YA #F #2025Pit #agentsguide

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #YA #Con #Q #2025pit

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

A Crossroad of Lilies #WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt 🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

High School Musical X Matilda X Today Tonight Tomorrow For Olivia Goldblatt performing in her school Seattle Prep's version of Legally Blonde, we are, in fact, not all in this together. #YA #C #Q #youdeservepit

submitted 35 days ago • 7 comments

Okay let’s see how videos do on Bluesky. I’m curious, and also this is one of my favorite bookish videos to share. 😊 #booksky

submitted 41 days ago • 146 comments

If you die in a dream, you die in real life, so when the tech gets made to let everyone experience them lucidly and connect everyone’s dreams to everyone else’s, Charlie Ounce becomes a detective to catch killers that try to take advantage of the opportunity. #P2Ppit #YA #Q

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Percy Jackson x Gossip Girl In a world where gods can die and mortals ascend a self-destructive teen becomes Apollo reborn. His shot at redemption? Stop vengeful Hera from reforging an ancient god-killing weapon while protecting the girl of his dreams & confronting his toxic past #P2Ppit #YA #Q

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL X MATILDA Olivia Goldblatt must grapple with a Trunchbull like high school theater director as she questions if the cruelty is worth giving up her dream of being in the spotlight. #YA #Q #C #P2Ppit

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) When 16yo Mia Pan learns her mom can't afford rent, she must win a $100k coding competition to stay in NYC—her childhood home—while navigating feelings for her autistic teammate and wondering if she's autistic herself. #YA #C #R #UW #Q #P2Ppit

submitted 42 days ago • 6 comments

It’s Only Me, a YA contemporary romance: Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #R #C #ComingOfAge #bipoc #writingcommunity #amquerying

submitted 42 days ago • 18 comments

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #YA #C #Q #p2ppit

submitted 42 days ago • 7 comments

Emmie has the best job in town, working at an indie bookstore with her crush Mads. Things sour when she fights with a patron who collapses during her mom's author event. Emmie and her friends need to solve the case before she's accused or the killer strikes again. #bluepit #W #YA #M #LGBT #OV

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

High School Musical X Matilda X Today Tonight Tomorrow For Olivia Goldblatt performing in her school Seattle Prep's version of Legally Blonde, we are, in fact, not all in this together. #YA #Q #BluePit 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

12yo Adeline is split between: ⏰ Mom in CLOCKWORK CITY 📚 Dad in STORYVILLE When Dad disappears, she must combine 📊 data + ✏️ stories to find him before more people vanish. 🔢 THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY + 📗 THE SWIFTS = THE ART & SCIENCE OF ADELINE #MG #Q #BluePit 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) When 16yo Mia Pan learns her mom can't afford rent, she must win a $100k coding competition to stay in NYC—her childhood home—while navigating feelings for her autistic teammate and wondering if she's autistic herself. Art by me! 📖 #YA #R #Q #Dis #OV #BluePit

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

Ava-Amaka wakes in a hospital with no memory of her parents’ murder. Haunted by nightmares and resurfacing fragments, she uncovers a cult, her supernatural heritage, and forbidden love with her enemy’s son. Can she navigate love, vengeance, and fate? #Bluepit #BluePit #YA #MagicalRealism #R #M

submitted 46 days ago • 19 comments

✨Introducing my YA Fantasy Horror✨ After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it. This story features: 🌊Dual POV 🌊A Deadly Deal 🌊Ravenous Monsters 🌊Secrets With Severe Consequences 🌊Exes to Allies to [redacted] #BluePit #YA #F #H 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 24 comments

Stephanie has been her mom's emotional caretaker since she was ten. Now, at 17, independence feels impossible. In the city, she discovers a new version of herself—Stevie—but breaking free from a tangled web of enmeshment might be the hardest thing she’s ever faced. #YA #OV #W #bluepit

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #YA #Q #BluePit 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

High-school first-year Emmeline Harper has 13 weeks to fulfill a bargain w/ a death goddess or lose her soul forever, all while balancing life, school, family & friends with the demands of a boyfriend who goes from charming & sexy to controlling & coercive. #BluePit 📖 #Q #F #D #YA

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

Stuck w. an abusive dad on the wrong side of town, Rarkin's escape plan: work for Monster Containment Training stirs childhood trauma &he begins to understand; his toxically masculine crutch for survival is a one-way road to self-destruction THE OUTSIDERS X FINAL FANTASY #BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F #Dis

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

NINTH HOUSE x THE ATLAS SIX Aster would do anything to be the best writer the world has seen— even if it means spilling her blood to commune with the greats that came before her and potentially lose the ones she loves the most. #Q #A #F #H #BluePit #LGBTQ #dis #darkacademia 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 21 comments

Divine Rivals x The Games Gods Play After his mom’s death drives him to self-destruction, 18yo Nate becomes Apollo’s reincarnation from a freak lightning strike. Now he must learn to heal himself while stopping a vengeful Hera from enslaving humanity and destroying the world #bluepit 📖 #ya #q #f

submitted 46 days ago • 7 comments

📚College #R 💜Aro-ace rep 💢Twin rivalry Mia & Liya have never dated, so when Liya gets her 1st gf, Mia won’t be left out, enlisting perfectionist classmate Jolene in a fake dating scheme. If Mia can’t loosen her grip on her sister, she’ll lose Liya & Jolene. #BluePit #Q #NA #YA #LGBT #CR 📖

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments