Re-opening the documents a million times just to make sure. Re-reading things so many times because you're sure there must be some awful mistake hiding in there. I know that feeling

Congrata!! I think a lot of the presses waited until the last minute to make decisions

I wound up with two #SmallPitch requests in the end, which is so exciting!! I think people are hungry for queer space operas ❤️

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

#Booksky Welcome back! We were on strike yesterday, but we’re back today and we have 2 Pride tables and a local book festival table to pay for. In short, it’s a great day to buy a terrific queer read from a a small press in Minneapolis! queenofswordspress.com

Very exciting!!

Thats a wonderful sequence of events (minus the rejection 😂) Overall those sound like a good few hours

Got a #SmallPitch request!! Very exciting

Title: Northern Flicker Comps: WINTER'S ORBIT x SOME DESPERATE GLORY Tagline: a ship only lives as long as its heart A crisis leaves ex-pirate Sol without a ship, so he steals and bonds with one to keep his crew together. This puts him on a collision course with Ambrose, a reluctant soldier who discovers the theft as his home is invaded. Pressed into service by invaders, they struggle to survive as their feelings for each other grow Tags: Novel, science fiction, LGBTQIA+ Writers

My submission is in for #smallpitch. We'll see where this goes! Of course, I'm only now realizing that I probably should have tagged it LGBT+ Fiction as well as science fiction 😂
#amquerying #writingcommunity

431 pitches are in... can we reach 500 by the 24 hour mark? 👀 #SmallPitch

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#SmallPitch starts tomorrow. It’s a form pitch contest for small pubs. Only marginalized authors this event. Up to 3 mss, 1 pitch ea, 400 characters

You can see which publishers are involved (research!), find guidelines, & use a practice form on their website:

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#editors, A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE is a 97K cozy, adult fantasy novel mixing whimsy with the macabre, soft fairytale elements, and found family. Perfect for lovers of the strange, magical, enchanting, & gothic!
#bluepit📖 #F #A #OS #LGBT

A tiny spacesuited figure drifts near an enormous dark structure. (Collage of images by Ben Kim and Markus Spiske via Unsplash.com)

Commander Revera must recover valuable intel from a wrecked enemy warship found drifting in space. But her mission is sabotaged, and the dead ship’s secrets will force her to decide if fulfilling it is worth losing her honor or restarting a horrific war. #BluePit📖 #A #SF #Q #BluepitHype #amquerying

WICKED x DwtS

When dancer Gio & Aubrey—the talentless noble he's coaching to win the princess (or else)—kiss, he thinks it's his only chance at love.

Now Aubrey will do anything to save him. Even if it means marrying a woman he doesn't love… who is also in love with Gio.

#BluePit📖 #A #F #R #LGBT

A dark background of fire with white text, dialogue from a fantasy novel

CANTICLE (Adult Epic Fantasy)

🔥 Ideologically opposed sister bards
🎶 Artistic expression-based magic
💜 Sapphic romance subplot
👑 Female driven cast
💫Culturally diverse worldbuilding
🩸 Mortal-Divine blood feud

#bluepit📖 #F #A #Q #LGBT #POC

When a space shuttle mishap leaves a disgraced scientist stranded on treasonous moonbase Aldrin, he must repair both the ties with Earth and his reputation before suspicious residents make good on their threat to open the airlock.

The Martian × Red Mars

#BluePit 📖 #SF #R #SP #Q #NA #LGBT

DISCOVERY OF WITCHES X RESIDENT EVIL

A genetically mutated witch needs to find her recently abducted friends before they become victims of spine-chilling experiments, all while she stays hidden from the mega-corporation behind her creation.

#BluePit #bluepit📖 #A #F #R #Q #writingcommunity

A universe where ships only live as long as their human heart

An ex-pirate who steals a ship to keep his crew together, pressed into service by invaders who don't see ship's hearts as human

The reluctant soldier he falls in love with, as they work together to survive

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #LGBT #SF

#Bluepit

Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space

6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy?

#Q #SF #SFF

Graphic of cork board with 9 images tacked to it with post-it notes shown that have hand written messages on them. 1st row: From left to right, the images are a magical old book in turquoise and yellows, a vibrantly colored (blue, purple, pink, red) landscape with trees and the setting sun, a meadow filled with colorful flowers with a setting sun. In the top left corner the notes says "Breathe", then "Choose calm", then "Do it scared". 2nd row: image of a colorful meadow in the foreground with a foggy building behind it, then a stone building with a tall central turret on a bright green field and a setting sun over water behind the building, then a purple, blue, and pink cloudy sunset. The notes say "what if it all works out?" And then "make it a great day" and "don't let anything get in your way." 3rd (bottom) row: a fire with rainbow flames, then a river in a green meadow with a tree and sunset in tht back with bright pink clouds in the sky, then a green hilly meadow with mountains in the background. All of the images have an ethereal feel somewhere between photography and art.

10yo Jack’s anxiety is so bad that he can’t even make it through gym class without puking. So when the very existence of mythological creatures depends on him, he has to learn that bravery is not about being fearless; it’s about being scared and doing it anyway. #BluePit 📖 #MG #F #Q #OV #DIS #ND

GOOD OMENS x OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

Andrew is a bad demon. He has absolutely failed at the job the Devil gave him. He is instead stuck possessing a 12 year old psychic on the ghostly coasts of Cornwall and trying to stop her from being eaten by ghosts or fairies.

#Bluepit📖 #A #Q #F #LGBTQ #ND

Colorful picture book illustrations of a girl in overalls as a spot illustration next to a full page of a cow tied to a red balloon that is floating over a city as hands hold up phones that are recording video BrianKirbyStudio.com

#BluePit 📖 #pb After Melody spots a COW ON A BALLOON, the Internet explodes with wild speculation. As the world loses its mind, Melody keeps hers, proving that in a frenzy of clicks, clout and chaos, creative problem solving can save the day (and keep a cow grounded). #OS BrianKirbyStudio.com

A collage of images featuring a silhouetted gun, an art gallery, a fashion runway in red velvet, a man holding a gun, two men embracing, a photographer taking spy photos, a catwalk exit the London skyline and shattered glass.

THE AUGUSTINE AFFAIR

Strap in for a globetrotting, high-octane spy thriller/gay romance.

Fashion mogul (and undercover MI6 agent) Felix finds himself teamed up with assassin Kai to unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the fashion world.

Think Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but gay
#A #r #t #LGBTQ #BluePit📖 #q

THE SECRET COURT
Bridgerton x Red, White & Royal Blue

Morgan, the second-born son of a prominent family, ventures to court to find a bride. He's aided by Liam, a charming rake who may not be what he seems.

A Wattpad Original: www.wattpad.com/story/390156...

#p #A #R #HF #LGBTQ #BluePit📖 #bluepit

Earth didn’t want Emily, but saving it was the only way to fight back against the aliens colonizing the galaxy. If she survived her transphobic family and greedy billionaires, her crew _might_ have a chance against the giant killer robot hiding in the moon 👀🌑

#BluePit 📖 #Q #SF #A #TR #OV

a group of people are walking down a street with the words let 's go lesbians ALT: a group of people are walking down a street with the words let 's go lesbians

#BluePit📖 #YA #R #LGBT #Q #OV #DIS #ND Erin & Liv Are Not (Not) Together 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - lesbians, therapy cat, queer care home, exes, fake dating, friendship love, yearning, ghost tour walks, doughnuts, LEGO, found family, foster rep, mental health rep, healing from toxic relationship, queer JOY and CHAOS ✨🍩🌊

Digital art of a large, white-ish tentacle creature a bit like a cuttlefish or a squid. Over the art are the words “Unintended Designs” in all white caps expect for the second “i” which is lower case and blue over the creature. There’s also the smaller words “Theodore Snapdragon” and “@transcendragons”. The creature swims mostly underwater with a little bit of its back peeking above the water. It’s surrounded by fish and lily pads, and distantly under the water are impressions of more plants.

ALIEN X WHAT MOVES THE DEAD
An isolated space station. A mysterious scientist. A trio of government inspectors. A “false” distress signal. An omnipresent AI. A zoo of animal test subjects. What could go wrong?

UNINTENDED DESIGNS is a sci-fi horror full of dark secrets.
#BluePit #Q #SF #H #LGBT #OV

Book cover for RELEASE showing two silhouetted figures back-to-back against a starry night sky. One reaches for a star, lightning crackles around the other. The glowing title spans over them before deep blue cosmic clouds.

My third-ever pitch: One seeks stars. One summons storms. Both learn the strongest magic is what we choose to let go.

Between the stars and storms, one character kneels before another and whispers, “It’ll hurt less if we kiss.”

#bluepit 💥 #Q #A #OV #LGBT #F