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So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities. 🏠 The door is open. 🫖 The kettle is on. ✨ Come on in. Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #103876: Never worry about whether what you write "matters." It matters because you do. And one day, someone else may read it and understand that they matter, too. This is how we build a world, one connection at a time.

These cats don’t like each other, but, look, the curtain was open a second ago, and they were behind mom’s back, so they’ll tolerate, not just being close, but *touching*

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

Watching Paradise, and in the credits I recognized the name of an actor, but I didn’t remember seeing him. I look up his IMDB, but it doesn’t list Paradise as a credit. So I search his name + Paradise. It was his son! (Percy Daggs IV, not Percy Daggs III from Veronica Mars)

Ready to dive into the #AskEditor posts now that I’m home. #Revpitwaiting

Aw, I had a half hour left in #luckypit & took a break to try a pitch unlike any I've done b4 (though I see others do this sort of pitch). But a coworker interrupted, & when she left, not only had I lost the cute post-in-progress, but I only had 3 mins left. So I posted something I made last night

Running an intergalactic show's a tough gig for a teen who's scared of the stars--the ones in space, not the celebrity kind. But Hale will have to deal w/ his celebrity BFF's wild plans & face his star phobia if he wants to save the show #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #Luckypit #YA #SF #LGBTQIA

Candy has been hiding her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she’s hunted for the one thing she can't hide, her skin color. 🥵 climate fiction 🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers 🫂 found family 🧬 her DNA will save us all #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #writingcommunity

THE PRINCESS THIEF - A mind-reading thief unravels the Realm’s deepest secret—she’s the lost crown princess. Caught between two brothers, the Ruler of the Underground and the Royal Captain, Nova must choose where her loyalty lies as a tyrant king threatens her sister’s life. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

🃏 Read these words twice. Sign your name once. Evermore isn’t a school. It’s a deadly game. Every move is counted. Every mistake recorded. The only way out is to win. And losing means meeting a fate far worse than death. ATLAS SIX x Caraval, YA #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #litagent #amquerying

For those on BlueSky who follow querying authors, I recommend having an OnlyPosts feed (I think I selected that special) to be able to see your feed minus the reposts on pitch days. It can be overwhelming, especially amidst all those moodboard pitches

After a long few months, I'm now officially back open to queries! I've slightly updated my MSWL here: www.headwaterliterary.com/agents I'm open to adult SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Literary Speculative Fiction, & some select historical and contemporary fiction. And all YA!

I love seeing so much ace rep in these pitches today!

THE MOON BLEEDS SILVER has all your favorites 🐺wolf shifters 👭queer characters 🫂found family 😡teen angst 👩‍🦽and chronically ill rep by someone who's living through it! #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X WAYFARERS An alien crew (+1 human) stumbles from a pirate attack to the gaping maw of a giant space squid to having to outwit a crime lord as they try to hit it rich. ☄️Found Family 🔥Snark 💰Sci-Fi Heist Blame the Human - 75K #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #SF

YOUNG LARA CROFT When 11yo Mallory learns a family secret on her birthday, she sets off with her dad on a wild adventure into the ruins of Machu Picchu in search of a long lost treasure! #MG adventure full of history & magical realism, perfect for kids who have outgrown Magic Tree House #popuppita

Squid Game x Fable for the End of the World in this YA genre-blending novel in which a girl living in a small, heavily-surveillanced community, lies her way into being cast on a televised survival show to find last year’s disappeared winner– her best friend. #luckypit #popuppita #ya #f #dystopian #h

THE SOUND OF STARS x WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL 18yo Hale & his celebrity BFF have 1 week to film a blockbuster episode to woo investors for their futuristic-TikTok musical, but planetary power outages & weather-system glitches thwart their ability to deliver #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #luckypit #PopUpPit

❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy Nutcracker retelling for people who love the "-ber" months. #YA #F ✔️ Winter Solstice/Yule ✔️ Coming of Age ✔️ Cozy Mystery ✔️ Folklore ✔️ True YA ✔️ Magical woodland creatures (otters and frogs carry notes between witches through a creek, sooo...) #LuckyPit #popuppitA #popuppit

P.A.R.S.L.E.Y. LEGENDS AND LATTES x THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES 88k ✨ Cozy fantasy ❤️ Dash of romance 🥔 3 (THREE) potato recipes 👫Nonmagical community vs. magical world 🏠 Small town vs. greedy corporation #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

TJ Klune x Seanan McGuire: Bright kid turned clueless adult just wants to matter to someone IRL. When her 'not-so-imaginary' imaginary friend offers her a better world, it's hard to say no when the only cost is....her self. #A #SPEC #PopUpPit @luckypit

P&P x Heartless Hunter x The Sky on Fire Grand Duchess Elsebeth never wanted to marry, but now her accession depends on her wedding a noble. She wants the throne for the benefit of her people, but she’s already in love with a peasant--and he doesn't even know she's royal. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray battles brooding Jack Frost to inherit her powers. W/ Jack's frozen heart melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to give up the contest to save the boy he loves #YA #F #LGBTQIA #popuppita #luckypit

SONG OF ACHILLES meets THE IRON GIANT in a 95k YA fantasy where a 17-yr old inventor’s apprentice must destroy a weapon of mass destruction with the face and body of a handsome young man, preferably before he falls in love with him. 🏳️‍🌈 Asexual protagonist #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit

THE SECRET OF NIMH X WARRIORS A magical cat is swept into a hidden world of secret agents, underground cities, and strange allies, only to realize she must reclaim her power or watch her ruthless mentor destroy everything she loves. ✨🐈✨ #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #MG #F #writingcommunity

Tangleroot x A House of Roots and Ruin x Legendborn x near future science fantasy = THE ROOTS OF DESTINY 🦋 enchanted forest 🩵 BIPOC rep. 🍃 plant magic system 🦋 plants = fae lifeline 🩵 found family 🍃 botany boarding school #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #F #SF #SFF #Q

72 hours. 3 trials. 1 chance to find her bff. 🌲🔪⌛🩸✨ Tate enters a reality tv show knowing viewers crave blood, but if she can’t outplay their expectations—or her ruthless handler—she’ll lose more than just her life, she’ll bring everyone down w/her. #luckypit #popuppita #ya #sff #genreblend

Good morning, #RevPit! I'm in that weird ADHD headspace where I can't start anything because I have something to do at a specific time and since I am first up today, I figure I'll just start my #AskEditor If you have a writing/publishing Q, drop it in the replies, even if didn't enter RevPit

Good morning! In times like these, every word, every sentence, every paragraph is a victory And you deserve to celebrate your wins, however small they may be

Good thing I finished betaing (notes written on a paper copy) before the time changed. My morning writing time is so dark now!

🥵 climate fiction 🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers 🫂 found family 🧬 her DNA sample will save us all Candy has managed to hide her unique biological sex her whole life, too bad she can’t hide her skin color too. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #writingcommunity #YA #SF

TELL ME AN ENDING x John Marrs #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit Hungry for clout & money, four idiots in their thirties join a paid memory study. When the implant starts messing with their head & the scientists behind it vanish, the four must find a way to remove it—or deal with fake memories forever