Holly E. O’Neill

The annoying thing about writing a Formula 1 book is that I can’t edit without getting distracted by the race sequences

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GIRL AGANIST THE UNIVESRE X MORE THAN MAYBE

Heartbeats on Air!

Derek wants to go to Cambridge but he needs top grades. For him to get his music grade up, he has to do a radio show with the aloof Penny Jones

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🧠mental health rep
💛 First Love
📻 A radio show

07.05.2025 20:41 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

An Agent's guide to Heartbeats on Air with headphones and a playlist button

An image of two characters at a radio show with a pitch for heartbeats on air

Comp titles: Girl Against The Universe and More Than Maybe

Extract from my pitch

Here's my #agentsguide to my YA romance Heartbeats On Air!

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07.05.2025 17:41 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

An agent’s guide to Formation Lap. By Holly E. O’Neill [race track with two formula 1 cars on it]

Stats: word count 99k, genre and age adult contemporary, comps, Carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid, cross the line by simone soltani and F1. [a race track]

Blurb: Natasha James signs with successful Formula 1 team Valvedere Scope Fl for her rookie year. She is both young and inexperienced but eager to become the next world champion. Her teammate, two time world champion Mateo Ramos, is still fighting for wins despite being at the end of his career. He is the put together, mature racer she is trying to become, but her performance pales in comparison to his. Then there's the other rookie, Joel Alanko, an old rival who infuriates Natasha. The pressure on her becomes too much and her mistakes start to pile up. Her old life is rapidly fading and it threatens to take with it her dreams of being world champion. Joel seems to revel in her failures and provoke her further. If she can't push their turbulent relationship aside, and prove to the world that she deserves to be in Formula 1, she will lose her chance forever. [two f1 cars]

Quote I thought Formula 1 drivers were supposed to be egomaniacs,' Martin says, dripping with sarcasm. My laugh punctures the silence. 'Only some of us. 'Present company included,’ Henry adds, nudging me with his elbow.

And here is my Formula 1 novel, Formation Lap’s Agent Guide 💛

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Formation Lap: Joel Alanko. [a man wearing race overalls]

Formation Lap: Mateo Ramos. [A man wearing race overalls]

Natasha James joins the F1 grid, along with an old rival - Joel Alanko. Her teammate, Mateo Ramos, is a multi-time world champion. Both are her enemy on the track, one is who she hopes to be, and the other…is a little more complicated

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Formation Lap: Natasha James. [a picture of a woman wearing racing overalls]

Natasha James joins the top team in Formula 1 for her rookie year. The sport is glamorous but bruising, and her sour relationship with the press and a ferocious old rival leave her wondering…Am I good enough?

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Cover image for the agent's guide of my 70K sapphic horrormance with magical realism elements titled The Colour of Blood.

Tropes, themes, and comps for The Colour of Blood: 🔥 Coming-of-rage 🇱🇻 Latvian mythology and folklore 🎨 art-based magic system 🌲 Sentient baltic forest ⚔️ Rivals-to-lovers 🛌 Only one room 💕 LGBTQIA+ rep Comps are Blood Over Bright Haven for misogyny, feminine rage, and colonialism; Mexican Gothic for sexism, exploitation, and generational trauma; and Juniper & Thorn for Eastern European Setting, creepy mansion, and gothic horror.

Blurb for The Colour of Blood: In 1900s Latvia, women wield blood magic that, when combined with paint, creates art capable of shaping reality. Stasi, an ambitious artist, is overjoyed when she's selected to compete for a coveted year-long residency at the Von Nachtraben estate, home to Europe’s most powerful paint magnate, but she soon learns the competition is far from idyllic. When a talented competitor dies during the first trial, Stasi suspects the competition’s purpose is not recruitment but the elimination of the world’s strongest magical women, making women easier to control. Stasi's fears deepen when she discovers the Von Nachtrabens have developed a toxic green pigment to weaken women like her. As a forbidden romance kindles between Stasi and her rival, and more girls vanish, Stasi must navigate an increasingly dangerous maze of deception, power, and control to stop the wealthy elite that would have her kind silenced forever.

Excerpt from The Colour of Blood: I press the heels of my palms into my eyes until sparks bloom, white light piercing darkness like the moon trailing a path across the night sky. During my childhood summers in Tiraine, I was taught the story of Mēness, the moon god who traverses the sky atop a white horse. Mēness was married to Saule, the sun goddess. When he was unfaithful, the goddess sliced him into pieces, creating moon phases. Like the sun, I too will carve into pieces those who tried to break me.

In 1900s Latvia, Stasi imbues paint with blood magic to create art that becomes reality, but when she discovers a plot to eradicate blood-magic women after entering a prestigious art competition, she rises against those who threaten her kind.

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Formation Lap. Failure and rivals on track…champagne and tears off track. [two hands holding glasses of cocktails over a track with two formula one cars on it.]

CARRIE SOTO IS BACK x F1

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