Lucy is querying

Eight clothing designs for a blonde woman with long white or red dresses and pale veils.

Drew some clothing designs for a new character.

An agent's guide to THE HEART DEVOURER'S SONG, an adult asian-inspired romantic fantasy. Selected for the 2025 SmoochPit mentorship program.

Devious sunshine fox demon bard x Soft-hearted grump demon hunter. 🌈Asexual spec MC 🌦️reluctant alliance 🌱Found Family ❤️Slow burn romance 🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology 🌖Morally gray yet kind MC 🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic

Pitch: THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a fox demon bard seeking to become human so she no longer has to devour hearts joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain but falls for a soft-hearted grump demon hunter—and with only one wish at the mountain’s peak, love is a weakness she can’t afford.

COMPS: Immortal, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

An #agentsguide to THE HEART DEVOURER’S SONG, an adult, Asian-inspired romantic fantasy that was selected for the 2025 #smoochpit mentorship program.

All the art used in my agent's guide was illustrated by me.
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WriterPit is tomorrow on instagram! Hope to see more writers there.

A watercolor style illustration of a girl in pink robes with a hand on an injured man's chest.

Finally finished a new illustration! These are two characters from my novel: Shen Su, a heart devouring fox demon disguised as a human bard, and Kai, a demon hunter. She’s helping him wrap his wounds, but might be distracted…
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#digitalart #illustration #writing #characterart #bookart

An agent's guide to STARSENT, by azi ossman

An #agentsguide to STARSENT, my MISTBORN x HOUSE OF THE BEAST friends-to-enemies YA secondary world Fantasy, or “Friendtasy”, complete at 106k words, already with Big 5 Editor interest!

I’m now officially #amquerying so if you’d like to see this, lemme know! 💫

The front cover of the book, with the characters of Alex and Theo nearby. The text reads: Available now. Half the World Away. When Theo joins Year 9 at his local state school, he reluctantly agrees to take part in a new national pen pal project. After losing hope of a reply, an unexpected letter arrives from Alex, a confident private school boarder, sparking a connection that could change everything. www.linktree.com/jamesalyons

Reviews - “Would fully recommend. It was such an easy read, and I absolutely loved it. The flow of the writing between Alex's letters and Theo's day were really well done and made it seamless to the point that you knew exactly what was going on.” ~ ARC review “A gorgeous, heartwarming, fuzzy book. I adored this from start to finish. I would have loved to have read more books like this growing up - so much about this book was wholesome and at the same time thought provoking. I would highly recommend this book! Absolutely gorgeous” ~ ARC review “Half the World Away explores love, distance, and identity in such a heartfelt way that I found myself smiling one minute and tearing up the next. It was tender, funnny, and quietly powerful. The themes of belonging, queer identity, and self-discovery shine through with warmth and emotion.” ~ ARC review “Half the World Away is a gorgeous, heartwarming story and I know you’ll just FALL IN LOVE with it! If you liked Heartstopper, you’ll love this! Sweet, wholesome and everything you need in a book.” ~ ARC review

SEPTEMBER 1995 According to Nan, I’m four times more likely to be eaten by a shark than I am to win the National Lottery. Well, the joke is on her. I have never paddled deeper than my shins in the sea, and in front of me sits a winning lottery ticket. It may only be three matching numbers and worth a tenner, but I will take any positivity I can get. Life has been one kickback after another recently. Ten pounds won’t change that, and I often wonder if I’ll ever get a real lucky day. Today is my second ever first day of school. With the way Mum has been making a fuss, I should have an adventurous excitement flowing through my veins with each ripple from my heartbeat. The truth is my stomach is knotted as I stare down at three soggy Weetabix. They swim around my bowl, turning to mush, whilst Take That remind me from the radio to never forget where I came here from.

Heartstopper meets Boy Like Me. Theo has been home schooled for three years, but his mother’s terminal illness forces him into Year Nine at his local school. Struggling to adapt, he’s persuaded to join a national pen pal project. His letter lands on the desk of Alex—a confident, private school boarder, and aspiring county rower—everything Theo is not. Despite their differences, the two begin to secretly confide, sharing struggles with grief, loneliness, and the pressures of a society demanding conformity. As their correspondence intensifies, Theo realises he has fallen for the boy in the letters. Concerned the outside world remains unwelcoming, and with Alex set to move to France, Theo must express his true feelings before they miss their chance to meet.

Half the World Away is now yours.

HEARTSTOPPER meets BOY LIKE ME

Set in the midst of Section 28, the BBC launch an inter-school pen pal project. Theo writes. Alex replies. This is what happens next.

Thanks to those who have written such wonderful reviews.

I really hope you all love it ✉️🌎

#FiFRevPit Tomorrow is #MockPit Fall Into Fiction with RevPit. Today: prepare your pitch. Tomorrow: post your pitch. Tomorrow: respond to others!

TOMORROW! Want to practice your pitch before the next big pitch event?

Give & receive feedback in #MockPit tomorrow! Post your pitch and reply throughout the day between 8am EST-8pm EST

PS: Don't forget to give more than you get! #FiFRevPit #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersofbluesky

Fall Into Fiction with RevPit starts Monday! Have you signed up?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Fall Into Fiction starts Monday! Are you ready to write?? #FiF #writingcommunity #RevPit #writersky #writersofbluesky

Got my #10queries feedback today! Thank you @fromcarly.bsky.social :)

Fall into Fiction 2025 In November, RevPit is hosting Fall into Fiction, a minievent to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for f

Announcement!

RevPit's Fall into Fiction is back and it will all take place here on Bluesky!

We hope to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for fiction writers who are drafting, editing, or querying a novel this fall (11/3-21)

#RevPit #RevPitFiF

Congrats on 2.9k!! I love your art. This is my OC Seres Sky, a former assassin, now a paladin. Refs drawn by me :)

Three fantasy OCs, sketch-style portraits, DnD character designs, fantasy characters, sketch art style examples for art raffle

🌸2.9K FOLLOWERS ART RАFFLЕ🌸

Rules:
—Follow+like+rts
—Drop you OC references in the comments
—Tag your friends(optional but appreciated 💖)
—No giveaway accounts

Prize: Portrait in this style ✨

Ends in NOV 4, good luck everyone!

#artraffle #lottery

Thank you!! ❤️❤️

Some wonderful literary agent responses to notifying them I was selected for SmoochPit!

Made my very first substack post! If you want to read some literary agent responses and have some querying positivity, feel free to take a look. :)
open.substack.com/pub/lliuwrit...

Thank you so much!!❤️

A cheerful woman bard with a brown cloaked stern man under pink blossoms.

A blonde person wearing a transparent green veil, holding their face with red gloves and releasing a green butterfly.

A blonde man in profile reaching up to touch the face of a long brown haired man.

A girl crouched over a fallen, injured man as the sunset glows behind them.

Hi #portfolioday ! I’m more of a writer than an artist at the moment, but I draw and animate my ocs (and other people’s during artfight). Always hoping to improve. :)

Thank you!! ❤️

Thank you!!!

I am over the moon to be selected as a 2025 #smoochpit mentee!!! I still can't believe my eyes! SO excited to be working with @authortrmoore.bsky.social on my Asian-inspired romantic fantasy. 😭

Mentors Part 1: Molly McDonough Deena Helm Julie Lew Megan Bontrager Seren Kilig Natalie Kikić Deandra Davis Christie Curry Eunice Kim Carmeline Melchior Corvin A. Doupagne Rachel Kitch Samantha Chong Fatiha Rais Shepard DiStasio Thea Liu Damara Allen Karis Rogerson

Mentors Part 2: Julie Hafsa Derbal Tali Shammas Lilly Lu Cassy Klisch Camille Chong Bayley Mae Amanda Helander Libby Kennedy Taylor Pitts Shaina Cordas J.D. Myall Asia Murphy Grace Morrow Meredith Mooring Ellen Mulholland Chantel Pearson Stephanie Kim Johnson Caitlyn Averett Sabina Martin

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.

Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!

📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

So excited to be a lucky winner of #revpit #10queries !!

What I meant to say was, one of the couples in the images is not a romantic couple. Which one it is I'll leave people to guess ;)

Some of these are older, but I had fun drawing all of them. Fun fact: all of these couples have appeared in books I’ve written. 😅 1/4 is not a romantic couple.

Lucy L | Substack Writer, artist ✍️ querying an Asian-inspired romantic fantasy

I’ve made a Substack account! Not sure if I will be posting anything but I would love to follow more fellow writers, readers, or people working in publishing. Please feel free to drop your Substack in the comments and I’ll follow!

substack.com/@lliuwrite?i...

Entered my new WIP!

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a nine-tailed fox trickster goddess must infiltrate the traveling palace of an exiled inventor and steal his heart to restore her stolen laughter.

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!

Yep!! :D

Thank you so much!! ❤️

Book cover with title "The Heart Devourer's Song" and author name "L. Liu" over illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

A heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain and falls for a soft-hearted grump demon hunter who would kill her if he knew she was a demon.

With only one wish at the mountain’s peak, love is a weakness she can’t afford.

#DVpit #A #F

Yes!!! You get it