Yavanna Brouwer ✨ Writing Age of Sail Romantasy

@dimension20.bsky.social Is it weird if my friend and I travel to the other side of the world to be at the Seattle Quangle Quest? Also: can we stay on your couch?

OERNAUDT'S FIRING HIS LASAHS #wipsnips #writingcommunity #adventure #fantasy

Over an illustrated pattern of curling green leaves and vines, there are two figures cut out of classical paintings. One is a medieval man wearing wide, black robes and carrying a large leatherbound book. The other is a medieval lady wearing a green dress and a white cape, both trimmed in gold. The images are cropped so both figures' faces are obscured. Over the image, yellow text in a medieval style font reads: "You ruined my life, motherf**ker. Teach. Me. Magic."

THE GREAT X LE MORT D'ARTHUR

Her father was killed, her mother was taken, and she was sent to a nunnery. Now, the wizard responsible is her only hope for security in the court of King Arthur. It's too bad they have so much in common.

#WSPit #WSPitW #A #Hi #F

#WSPit #F #H #NA #Q

ELPHABA X ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES X DON'T LET THE FOREST IN = TEARS OF A BANSHEE

🖤Sibling rivalry
🖤Themes of grief, jealousy & revenge
🖤Good FMC turns bad
🖤Morally grey, angry & imperfect characters
🖤Challenging the system
🖤Dark fantasy & horror genre blend

mood board: snowy woods, woods, ghost, snowy cabin, blood, footprints in snow, eerie moon

GLASS ONION but w/ ❄️+👻
When Abby attends a party in a snowy cabin in the mountains, she doesn't expect to:
⭐ face her sister during a year-long feud
⭐ run into her ex-boyfriend
⭐ get murdered at the party, become a ghost, & solve her own murder before other guests die.
#WSPit #WSPitW #T #A #M

A book, a library, a cover for ‘The Archivist’s All-knowing Almanac and a bath … with a rubber duck. Because a bath without a rubber duck is, well, still a bath, but it loses something.

DISCWORLD X HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY X CARRY ON MOVIES

When a mysterious book suddenly appears, bringing chaos in its wake, it falls to a terrifyingly polite witch, an almost potty-mouthed druid and a ninety-year old teenaged mage to stop some vaguely apocalyptic … thing.

#WSPit #F #Hu

Mood board for "The Jinxed Pirate," the second novel of the fantasy series GRAYLANDS TOP ROW: - a large, fantasy city under dim, hazy, brown-orange skies - a sinister and evil looking black gauntlet MIDDLE ROW: - the hand of a buried alive person reaches from the ground - cover for "The Jinxed Pirate," depicting a black-bladed sword covered in blood and stuck in the ground. Around the sword, a medieval city is on fire - an old town in the desert BOTTOM ROW: - an arena where gladiators fight - a medieval city burns - an evil carnival under ugly, dark skies

Banner for M. Walsh's fantasy novel "The Jinxed Pirate" with the tagline, "Being dead inside isn't for everyone..." Also shows cover blurb: "Graylands is where people go when they don’t want to be found. "Within this unsettled country of drifters and outlaws is a city where the worst of the worst gather. A place of thieves, brigands, and murderers known as Seba. In Seba, law is an illusion and order is kept through cruelty and bloodshed. "On the run from Sentry Elite and bounty hunters, supposed pirate Krutch Leeroy finds himself in this bloody city where his infamous reputation garners him the attention of Seba’s various feuding powers. Despite his efforts to lay low, Krutch is soon caught in the center of backstabbing schemes and deadly plots. "Meanwhile, after the disaster on the Blind Cliffs, fallen princess Katrina Lamont finds herself nearing rock bottom. Her drinking and temper worse than ever, she sets out on a desperate quest to find what remains of her people. Her journey will also lead her to Seba, where she will tread the line between salvation and damnation. "Amidst this are the Synclaires—a family just moved to Graylands in the hope of a fresh start. However, chance of fate and rash decisions will draw the family into a sinister plot that threatens to bring tragedy and doom to their door. "As Krutch, Katrina, and the Synclaires face threats from all sides, they will each unwittingly find themselves caught in a battle that may destroy the delicate balance keeping Seba from consuming itself in chaos." The book cover and background image depicts a black-bladed sword covered in blood and stuck in the ground. Around the sword, a medieval city is on fire. Art by Anthony Jensen

"...a hellish fusion of Tolkien and HBO's Deadwood." - Kirkus Review
The 2nd chapter in the GRAYLANDS saga....

~~THE JINXED PIRATE~~
⚔️ fantasy adventure
🃏 bungling outlaw
🥃 fallen princess
🏺 lost artifact
🌆 corrupt city
🏟️ gladiator pit
👿 reluctant demon
🎪 evil carnival
🔥 riot

#WSPitP #A #F #WSPit

A collage of a magical world with glowing beetles, exploding cakes, a magical tearoom, and a gramophone that won't stop.

🪲Glowing beetles 🌱🧪Natural magic 🍵A magical tearoom 🐛🐞Entomology Club 🪦🎡Graveyard Carnival 🧙‍♀️🗡Witches and Hunters (the game) 🥤❤️‍🩹Healing Soda 👻Paranormal Tour 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ 🔍🔮And more!

THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG x WITCHLINGS

Juniper is used to insects following him until he moves to Aunt Tabitha’s strange, bugless apartment where the only pest is his cousin, Olive—and he finds a way to get rid of her. But his plan backfires and now he’s fading away.
#WSPit #WSPitQ #MG #Own #LGBT

The duality and spectrum of womanhood demonstrated by an anatomical heart with relentless yearning written below then a punching fist with unbridled rage written below to showcase the themes in my novel Nacent

NASCENT ❤️‍🔥 A cult of strong women with dark secrets

For fans of:

❤️‍🔥 Sapphic yearning
❤️‍🔥 Gender nonconformity
❤️‍🔥 Women’s wrongs
❤️‍🔥 Female rage
❤️‍🔥 Tearing down systems of power

THE WATER CURE x I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN

(98k, speculative lit fic)

#WSPitQ #LGBTQ #A #writingcommunity #WSPit #amquerying

An aesthetic. It is nine squares, the outer ones all with pictures, while the middle one just says “The Dragoneer” in a white cursive font on black. The pictures are, clockwise from the top left: a burning cigarette on a black background; a close up of brown scales, such as from a snake or lizard; an image of the sky near sunset, with light blue on top and gold and pink below, filled with gentle clouds; a black-and-white image of the close up of the trigger on an old-fashioned rifle; the metal head of a cane, with a leaf-like pattern pressed into the handle, on a black background; a close up of some gears; a large building, like a barn or hanger, on fire at night; a black-and-white image of a deserted scrubland.

TEMERAIRE x THE GUNS ABOVE
For 20 years Keire fought wars from the backs of steampunk-cyborg dragons. When injury threatens her career and all she's lived for she jumps at the chance to prove herself on a suicide mission against the enemy’s most dangerous dragon.
#WSPitQ #A #F #WSPit

A moodboard with potions, a Victorian shop, a crow, a kissing couple and a man and woman.

Gabriel is a witch. Summer isn't. Sure he's suspicious when the cute con-artist opens up a witch shop next to his apothecary. But when she's accused of murder through love potion, he reluctantly comes to her aid. How to catch a killer, when magic is in the air?
#wspit #wspitw #rc #conwitchwip

A collage of images, going from top left clockwise: a bouquet of colorful berries, swooping white towers with spiral balconies, a shiny purple beetle, a colorful shop full of knick-knacks, a blooming crocus in a dark forest, a drawing of a woman reaching out to the night sky as if to pluck a star, a crumbling castle on a moor, and mushrooms growing on a tree. In the center is a quote by Virginia Woolf: “I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists, the reality of everything.”

UPROOTED x NAUSICAÄ

🪲 A naïve natural historian in desperate need of a guide through the cursed forest.

🌌 A non-binary rogue who will do anything to rescue their family.

👀 A plot to trap the rogue brings them together.

❤️ Their hearts will draw them closer.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT

A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo that reads: Crowned In Light A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query! This one has it all! - Magical Realism - Slow Burn - Found Family - Gods and Goddesses - Music Heavy - Soul Mates / Past Lives - Strong Female Friendships - Disability/BIPOC representation - DAVID BOWIE?!?!

A photo that reads: The Pitch! It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions. When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

A photo that reads: For Fans of: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Maggie Stiefvater Richelle Mead Laurell K Hamilton Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality. Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way. Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory. Playlist: Have I Found My Home by Paden What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin Breathe Me by Sia Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes Silence by Marshmello & Khalid The World We Made by Ruelle Like That by JP Saxe Safe Place by RuthAnne Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt Somebody Loved by The Weepies For You by Angus & Julia Stone Past Life by Morgan St Jean Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫

NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES

🌹Romance/Romantasy
👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family
⚖️Gods & Goddesses
🎵Music!
♿Diversity
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+
💖Soul Mates
✨Magical Realism
Agent's guide included 📖

#WSPit #WSPitQ #WSPitS #A #F #R #bipoc #spec #magicalrealism

Ophelia's unite! 💪

“You too. He is my brother, after all.” Michael beamed. “Now, here’s the recipe. If anyone asks, you picked my pocket. Okay?” “You’re going to lie?” “No. You are.” Michael’s smile did not seem any less warm as it titled with his head. “You work for Hell, after all. My brother made lies. Isn’t telling them a kind of worship? And you do worship him, don’t you?” The tips of Virgil’s ears felt like they had been scalded. “I don’t understand what you mean.” “I’m not gullible, Virgil. Tell him that I miss him.” Michael summoned the escalator once more. He waited until he was about halfway up to shout. “And give him a kiss for me!” “What?” Virgil shouted back, his face was red as an imp.

HELL IS WORK

Since this is #WIPSnips pitch event, how about a snippet?

Virgil Mora, Hell’s human Consultant, gets a little help from Michael, Angel of Mercy, and brother to Lucifer, General Manager of Hell, Virgil’s boss, and the angel he’s fallen for.

#WSpitW #F #Satire

DITCH

Rosie returns to the place it all started. She scrubs blood from walls and rinses her hands of it in the bayou. And sometimes, she sees Helen.

🌱 young woman returns home after her father’s suicide
🌱 latent grief, learning to let go
🌱 parental abuse
🌱 sapphic/LGBT

#WSPitW #WSPit #L #A

#WSPit #WSPitW #A #F #M #Hu #R #blackbooksky

THE WOLF AMONG US ❦ ONCE UPON A TIME

📖set in the late 90s-early 00s
📖red riding hood x big bad wolf
📖black mc who is struggling to write her next book
📖morally grey sheriff "protecting" the city
📖realm hopping to solve mysteries and save fairy tales

Blood on the Snow (Argentum in Aqua #1) - Finn McLellan Queer gothic gaslamp fantasy mlm/wlw solidarity via murder Trans guys can have little a thief/assassin rep as a treat Culturally Significant Knives Vampires and werewolves and magic, oh my Fog-shrouded snowbound streets Yharnam, but with more people and fewer squid from outer space

A book aesthetic post in red, black, and white. The title Argentum in Aqua is displayed in a black bar between two rows of photos. The top row shows a red full moon, a view of a Victorian-era building from below, hands cupped around a candle, and a mountain veiled with clouds. The bottom row shows a path through deep snow, hands covered in blood, a Victorian lamppost against a clouded sky, and a snow-filled alleyway lit by an old-fashioned lantern.

JS & MN x SIX OF CROWS

In the snowbound, fog-shrouded city of Sacaan (home to vampires, werewolves, several secret societies, and a very great number of magicians both practical and theoretical), an invitation to a Midwinter Ball sparks a whole host of problems

#WSPitW / #WSPitP #A #F #LGBT #Dis

NPC The Bard of Aztaeron a novel by Mike DC Current 108k words

Pitch Twenty-eight-year-old Josh Keller is an undiagnosed autistic and, despite trying his best, can’t seem to connect with anyone. He is a stranger to friendship and love. He views people as NPCs, or “non-player characters." One day, he is transported to a video game world, where he and three of his barista co-workers must stop an all- powerful dragon if they are ever to get out of the video game world. Josh thinks he needs to become a prophesied Hero to save his friends, but can he even save himself

Target Audience Fans of video games, pop culture geeks, millennials who grew up watching MTV, fans of romantasy and romcoms, fans of punk and emo music, Warped Tour veterans, fans of unique speculative fiction, and neurodiverse adults. Comparisons Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Princess Bride by William Goldman, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Soul Music by Terry Pratchett, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldtree, Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames, Don't Kiss the Frog by Fiona Waters, This Will Be Fun by E.B. Asher

Tropes Found family Dysfunctional relationships Friends to Lovers Neurodiversity Love at first sight Wise female mentor More 90s and 2000s music references than an MTV documentary Nerd culture references Fantasy taverns Subverted/refuted chosen one Heroic last stand

Sometimes when a dragon stands between you and the one you love...

The dragon's going to win.

That won't stop punk rock poet Josh Keller from trying.

NPC: THE BARD OF AZTAERON 🎸 is DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL x PRINCESS BRIDE x HIGH FIDELITY and agent guide 👇
#WSPit #WSPitQ #SFF #R #NA #F #BookSky 📚

Moodboard with seven images and text with arrows pointing to some of them overlayed on a picture of the dark ballroom of a castle. The title “Howl” in the lower left corner. 1st image: attractive man sitting barefoot, white shirt unbuttoned revealing his bare chest. Arrow pointing to it reads “Vampire with Werewolf fetish” 2nd image: a heart shaped lock and key 3rd: attractive muscular man naked his lower body covered by red satin. Arrow pointing to it reads “sexually frustrated werewolf” 4th image: a woman sits reading, as two men lay in bed together next to her. Arrow pointing to it reads “Bisexual friends with benefits FM/M” 5th image, center: A man, head thrown back struggling to resist an orgasm, word over top say “good boys don’t howl” 6th image: A spinning wheel with feathers attached next to a pair of red leather thigh high boots. Arrow pointing to it says “Sex machines” 7th image: a woman in a red spotlight, back turned, wearing strappy black lingerie. Arrow pointing to it says “AroAce Domme”

Since becoming a werewolf Wulf’s bi-panic inducing roommates’ “training” is driving him mad.

It’s not the moon, but orgasms that make a werewolf transform.

So, much to Wulf’s frustration, “good boys don’t howl.”

Not a great time to also meet a sexy vampire with a S&M club.

#WSPitW #E #LGBT

The mood board features several images: fall foliage (top left), brain scans (bottom left), hourglass (top middle), young couple embracing (center), glitching face (bottom middle), playing guitar (top right), and fortunate teller cards (bottom right)

Theo only exists for one hour a day. The rest belongs to "Theodore." But when he learns his condition isn’t neurological—he’s hosting a lost human consciousness—he must fight for his right to exist… before he’s erased for good. #YA #SF #WSPitW #WSPit

A Text From Last Night Screen Shot: A 913 area code: You three are like the Bermuda Triangle for Morals Sawyer: A pretty man with long red hair, fair skin and glowing eyes, wears a black shirt and white bandana. Above him lists: Fucks anybody who consents, flirts with everybody, disposes of a body with no questions asked. Mabel: A pretty woman with dark brown skin a short black afro, blue eyes and several face piercings wears a black shirt. Above her lists: Jumps to murder a little too quickly as the solution to every problem. Lachlan: A pretty man with layered black hair, tan skin, blue eyes, wears a blue bandana, blue ascot and black shirt. Above him reads: Pirates, disobeys commands, smuggled a noble away from her wedding, kills a common thief to protect secrets.

Captive of the Pirate King x This Wretched Valley Lachlan smuggles Clara out of port to avoid her wedding. They fall in love and have their lives upended by eldritch entities at the behest of Clara’s jilted fiancé. His Hunk I Kiss Your Hand Indifferent Beauty Innocent Blue Eyes Love at First Sight Pragmatic Hero Red Oni, Blue Oni She Cleans Up Nicely Sugar and Ice Personality Hers Caught the Heart on his Sleeve Crossdresser Distracted by the Sexy Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Kicking Ass in All of Her Finery Morality Pet Proper Lady Rapunzel Hair Runaway Bride In the corner is a depiction of Lachlan and Clara hugging. He has shaggy dark hair, tan skin, blue eyes and several tattoos. He wears a bandana and short-sleeved shirt. She has on a mage circlet and an amethyst amulet. She wears a red dress with black cuffs. Her eyes are dark brown, her hair blond and down to her waist, and her skin is fair.

#WSPit

Lachlan smuggles Clara out of port to avoid her wedding. They fall in love and have their lives upended by eldritch entities at the behest of Clara’s jilted fiancé.

Is a 🐙Lovecraftian 🏴‍☠️pirate ❤️🪄romantasy.

#Q #A #R #H #F #Dis
Captive of the Pirate King x This Wretched Valley

A collage in a 3 x 3 grid format depicts dark and spooky images. Centered is the quote “that’s the problem with getting good at dying. You get worse at staying alive.”

Cheating death is a dangerous business, but it's the only work Marian thinks she deserves. All she wants is to pay off her debt and be left alone, but Hell and its demons have other plans for the girl who got away.

#WSPitA #A #UF #R

THE FORK IN THE ROAD:
Thin Veils are meeting places between our world and one of folklore. The Fork in the Road is such a place - and a bar/coffee shop. It may also be the only Thin Veil remaining on the East Coast, as the rest are quickly being eradicated...#questpit #W #F #A

A moodboard for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor. It shows a spooky staircase, a decayed living room, a girl climbing out of a well, a book on fire, a lovely Victorian garden party, and a gothic dinner. There is the phrase "Breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul"

The comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor The House at Watch Hill with its dark inheritance and family secrets The Hacienda with its unresolved grief, psychological unraveling, an supernatural dread Crimson Peak with its decaying grandeur, gothic vibes, and betrayed love

The pitch for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor: This 96,000-word story set in 1919 blends the psychological unraveling and creeping dread of THE HACIENDA with the sentient, menacing estate of STARLING HOUSE. Perfect for readers who love haunted legacies, doomed romance, and houses that refuse to let go. A dying estate. A bankrupt legacy. A suitor offering salvation or a love that could destroy her. A mother’s death shrouded in mystery. A father she can’t trust. A blood curse feeding the manor’s hunger. Lottie Bradbury must face it all. Summoned home after a decade at boarding school, Lottie is given an ultimatum: marry the man her father has chosen or face ruin. But when the gardener is found dead on the manor steps, she is drawn into a web of long-buried secrets. His son, Arthur, insists the estate itself is to blame—and that her mother’s sudden death was no accident. Guided by her mother’s chilling diary, Lottie and Arthur uncover an ancient curse that doomed generations of Bradbury patriarchs to die after the birth of their heir. All except her father. The deeper they dig, the more the curse retaliates, twisting reality, conjuring the dead, and unraveling Lottie’s sanity. But Arthur has secrets of his own. The closer Lottie gets to him, the stronger the curse’s grip tightens. Because Arthur isn’t just tied to Bradbury Manor. He’s bound to it. Breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul.

🖤 Manor With a Mind
📖 Cryptic Diary
💀 Generational Blood Curse
🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🏚 Slow-burn
🖋 Arranged? Lovers? Ghostly Trauma Bonding?
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might
🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted
⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #H #P #Hi #M

A photo collage with some vibes for Eternal Flame, first book in the Chronicles of the Realms series. First Row: Image 1: A black-and-white shot of a dandelion with its seeds being blown away. Image 2: The large sculpture of a dragon. Image 3: Statue of a demonic figure. Image 4: A text saying, "How much is your freedom worth to you?" Second Row: Image 1: A text saying, "The realms are far more dangerous than you think." Image 2: Photo of a volcano with threads of lava shooting off its mouth. Image 3: Photo of a Gothic castle with black birds flying above it. Row 3: Image 1: Photo of two Indonesian women dancing a traditional dance. Image 2: A text saying, "Once I am free, I... I will dance." Image 3: Illustration of Kuchisake-Onna, a character from Japanese folklore. Image 4: Photo of a woman with her head tilted back and black smoke coming off her mouth.

Their fight for freedom will forever change the realms!

😈🗡️ A demon warrior and her sentient, snarky sword
🦇 A vampire society
🌼 People born from flowers
👹 A princess with a demonic secret
🌈 A queer world with sapphic MCs
☠️ The hills are alive with... necromancy!
🐉 Asian-inspired

#WSPit #A #F

Six Square collage Top left: two hands reaching for each other silhoutted middle: a woman crouching with an arrow in her bow top right: a group on horseback bottom left: a foggy abandoned town bottom middle: two men lip to lip bottom right: a creepy dragon esque monster

BLOODBORNE X STRANGER THINGS X WHEEL OF TIME

- Eldritch horrors
- Portals through realities
- Matriarchal family blood magic
- Betrayal
- Fraternal twin MCs on a collision course with destiny
- Slow burn MF & MM romantic subplots
- Sweeping dystopian fantasy setting

#WSPitW #WSPit #Ag #F #A

Moodboard showing Estonian folk costume, Libahunt, and a shaman

A young man stares at a sky of blackness entire, overhead are the comp titles, princess Mononoke by Hayo Miyazaki. Mrs Fox by Sarah Hall. All that is by James salter. The death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter.

Princess Mononoke x Dunkirk

Historical, literary, 1916. The war is everywhere, in every valley of the world. On a Baltic island a defective Submariner crosses paths with an Estonian woman who believes she is a wolf, both desire freedom, both are hunted by death.

#wspit #wspitw #Hi #A

My thread of pitches for #WSPit #WSpitQ #A #F #R

A collage of laughing people, happy couples and a three-headed do

12 goats, 2 alpacas & 1 evil twin is all Poppy has when she suddenly finds herself in Hell. Lucky for her, Satan is a softie. Total cinnamon roll. Falls for her instantly.
But when God decides Poppy belongs in Heaven, the Devil comes out to get his girl back.
#wspit #wspitq #RF #RC #MaybeTodaySatan