Robin Blackburn

Starting from top left going clockwise: starry sky man hugging woman from behind NYC skyline woman typing on laptop plane in sky old hand holding young hand AZ landscape hands holding camers Center text: You are worthy of love, and I will tell you that every single day until you believe it.

Rowan and Charlie accidentally discover a major airline acting as hitmen, but their feelings could get in the way before they can reveal the truth to the world.

😠 enemies to lovers
🔥 slow burn
👫 close proximity/workplace romance
💚 mental health representation

#JoyPit #A #Con #R

Mishaps, banter, and swoony moments ensue between impulsive Leah and grumpy Alaric as they navigate a ticking clock on their careers and hearts.

💕close proximity
👀grumpy x sunshine
📷found family
📝mentor/mentee
☕️fish out of water
🍂Oct-Dec
🏙️Houston

#JoyPit #AgentGuide #A #R #C #amquerying

a summer to remember. collage of summer pictures

a summer to forget. collage of drinking, bonfire and pine tree

will love survive the winter? corgi, christmas lake house, new years eve collage

None of This Was Real women’s fiction / romantic drama 86,000 words pine trees and sunset

After ten years of not speaking, exes (and pretentious New York transplants) Jasper and Brett return to the lake for a wedding, only to find they can't stay away from each other.

He has secrets. She gets vicious when she's hurt. Will their messy reconnection ruin the wedding?

#joypit #a #wf #cr

My #ownvoices adult coming-of-age novel (82k words) explores job struggles, grief, identity, and love while showing the quiet strength it takes to want something better. #JoyPit #amquerying #agentsguide #agentguide #WF with #R #bookclubfiction #litagents

My #ownvoices adult coming-of-age novel (82k words) explores job struggles, grief, identity, and love while showing the quiet strength it takes to want something better. #JoyPit #amquerying #agentsguide #agentguide #WF with #R #bookclubfiction

My #ownvoices adult coming-of-age novel (82k words) explores job struggles, grief, identity, and love while showing the quiet strength it takes to want something better. #JoyPit #amquerying #agentsguide #agentguide #WF with #R #bookclubfiction

My #ownvoices adult coming-of-age novel (82k words) explores job struggles, grief, identity, and love while showing the quiet strength it takes to want something better. #JoyPit #amquerying #agentsguide #agentguide #WF with #R #bookclubfiction

My #ownvoices adult coming-of-age novel (82k words) explores job struggles, grief, identity, and love while showing the quiet strength it takes to want something better.

#JoyPit #amquerying #agentsguide #agentguide #WF with #R #bookclubfiction #litagents

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words. 🌟 Self-discovery 🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles 🌱 Adult coming-of-age 💔 Loss 🔥 Slow-burn romance #SEAsianPit #agentguide #wf #bookclubfiction w/ #r

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words. 🌟 Self-discovery 🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles 🌱 Adult coming-of-age 💔 Loss 🔥 Slow-burn romance #SEAsianPit #agentguide #wf #bookclubfiction w/ #r

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words. 🌟 Self-discovery 🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles 🌱 Adult coming-of-age 💔 Loss 🔥 Slow-burn romance #SEAsianPit #agentguide #wf #bookclubfiction w/ #r

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words. 🌟 Self-discovery 🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles 🌱 Adult coming-of-age 💔 Loss 🔥 Slow-burn romance #SEAsianPit #agentguide #wf #bookclubfiction w/ #r

Excited to share my updated #agentsguide for my #WF novel with a strong romantic plot featuring a half-Filipino millennial, complete at 82k words.

🌟 Self-discovery
🌏 Cultural identity & gender roles
🌱 Adult coming-of-age
💔 Loss
🔥 Slow-burn romance

#SEAsianPit #agentguide #bookclubfiction w/ #r

Images left to right: plane flying in the sky NYC skyline laptop, notebook, and phone on a table camera equipment on a table scenic view of Scottsdale, AZ car driving on a highway in the southwest Text: I've fallen in love with you, Rowan, and I didn't think that would be possible again after Grace. But it is. I love you.

Rowan and Charlie accidentally discover a major airline acting as hitmen, but their feelings could get in the way before they can reveal the truth to the world.

😠 enemies to lovers
🔥 slow burn
👫 close proximity/workplace romance
💚 mental health representation

#wippit #con #r #a

Artwork of Chloé and Freja skating together by Nush Deko

#WIPPIT

Chloé was an elite figure skater until an injury at 2023 worlds. After two years away, she returns with Disney on Ice, where she meets show-skating vet Freja. The unlikely roommates clash, then bond. And soon, their friendship becomes something more.

#Con #WF #R #LGBT #A #Fbw

None of This Was Real Women’s Fiction / Literary Romance 86,000 words

Tropes & Themes Canadian Setting Welcome to the Quebec Laurentian mountains, where wealthy Montrealers have country homes for swimming and boating in the summer and skiing in the winter. Enjoy a poutine by the roadside Casse-Croûte and watch the fireworks for Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Coming of age This dual timeline novel takes us to what is what like being a teenage girl in the early 2010s, as well as being in the mess of your late twenties. Classic romance tropes Second chance Forced proximity He falls first, Right person (?), wrong time

Comps Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler Both novels explore a turbulent relationship with an emotional writing style. Magnolia Parks by Jessa Hastings This is a story of not being able to get over your first love, no matter how toxic the relationship may be. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune This manuscript has a similar setting and tropes. Both novels take place on a lake and explore a second chance romance told in two timelines.

Excerpt “Guess who I saw last night at a bodega?” Cassie asked me as soon as our fruity holiday drinks arrived at our table. “Who?” I said. “Logan?” “No, Brett.” I nearly spat out my drink, but I swallowed the gin burning the back of my throat. I was seventeen again and happily suffocating in my family’s lake house. Back then, I was enamored by the smell of pine trees, lake water, and cigarettes in a dive bar parking lot. Summers were like a warm pitcher of beer, a crisp can of Pepsi, and tobacco-tainted kisses. Now I was twenty-eight, in a stuffy bar and it was winter outside.

While staying at her family lake house for her sister's wedding, Jasper revisits her unhealthy teenage summer romance. Will wounds from 10 years ago finally heal, or will they reopen? Jasper's vicious when she gets hurt, and her ex's secrets just might lead to the wedding being ruined.

#wippit #wf

Images from top left going clockwise: male and female hand pinky swearing basketball court private plane people with hands up at a club black suitcase paparazzi with camera flashes Text in the middle: I'm here. I'm fighting for us because I love you. Don't run away because you're scared.

Hadley wants to prove she can take over for her father as owner of the Firebirds. Miles prefers to enjoy life with no attachments, reaping the rewards of being the star point guard of one of the best teams in the league. Falling in love wasn't on either of their to-do lists.

#wippit #con #r

Agent’s Guide to SECOND COURSES

#AmQuerying #QueryingAuthor #LiteraryAgents

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Hey there #CRPDamselflies! I don't usually spend a lot of time on this platform (although I enjoyed the past couple of weeks). I created a Google sheet where we can share a little more about us (if you want). If you want the link - just message me and I will send!

I've LOVED reading about everyone's WIP - and can't wait to read them all - but I'm tagging @swilkinsonwrites.bsky.social because: Traverse City, Winery, and Christmas - no need to say anything else!

I write women’s fiction and romance…currently querying a book and working on a second.

Seeking critique partner(s).

#CRPDamselflies #CampRevPit

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Sorry to be MIA #CRPDamselflies - but I just finished 3 days on the road from Houston to Upstate NY - and I’m exhausted! Will catch up on all of your posts tonight and tomorrow!

Yes…#2 is the lie. The vast majority of the book set in Lake George, NY.

#3

#3

#3?

I’ll say #2

#2

The lie is: she has a great group of friends

Two Truths & A Lie

1. The main character, Lyndsay, is a secret bestselling author.
2. The story is set entirely in New York City.
3. Lyndsay takes over her ex-husband’s restaurant after their divorce.

#CRPDamselflies #CampRevPit