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Brodie Smith

@brodiesmith.bsky.social

Writer by day, writer by night. Reader of fantasy, mystery, and National Geographic History. Australian. some time word go other time word stop

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Never underestimate the motivational power of reading a book you think is not good. "I can do better than that" has some serious writer oomph.

13.07.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can't believe I finally got to watch @criticalrole.bsky.social on a Thursday night ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ

Thank you for coming to Sydney!! I hope we turned out for you as much as you turned out for us.

My fave pics from the night. No spoilers I hope!!

20.06.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vigorously lol

29.04.2025 04:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got a D*tton leaflet in the mail yesterday and I saw the words "follow Tr*mp's leadership" on it and immediately held it within two fingers like it was toxic to put it in the outdoor garbage bin. no other major party leaflet yet though ๐Ÿ™ƒ

28.04.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, I've been so busy with real life work and real life anxiety that I totally missed questpit coming up! I am so not in a good mental place to participate but I'm gonna go on a liking spree ๐Ÿฅฐ

12.02.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've devised an "Ultimate Pitch" from the most used words in #SmallPitch pitches:

[Protagonist] meets father; two must save world in time and find way home. Life story, family secret, new friend, past love, and magic help.

Tell me yours!!

06.02.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly I'm intrigued by the concept though

05.02.2025 04:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got a #SmallPitch request!! ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿซฃ๐Ÿซฃ

31.01.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Already cut 1500 words... ๐Ÿซฃ

30.01.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anyone else who submitted to #SmallPitch suddenly having a weird paranoia that their manuscript isn't finished *enough*, polished *enough*, and doing one more manic round of edits?

Just me, then?

29.01.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
6 over-the-top frightened man along the bottom and side edges on a black background, blood spatter between them with the title DAD BODIES in white on top of that.

6 over-the-top frightened man along the bottom and side edges on a black background, blood spatter between them with the title DAD BODIES in white on top of that.

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experienceโ€”and punsโ€”to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game.
#2025Pit #A #H #HA #M

27.01.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An industrial space station hallway, with the title of the book and the undertitle. JAK STERZAND: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT

An industrial space station hallway, with the title of the book and the undertitle. JAK STERZAND: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT

TREASURE PLANET X STARFIELD

When Jak finds an ancient wrist computer with his new friend Erisโ€”a tech prodigyโ€”he couldn't have guessed it would tear him from his home on a pirate space station to an interstellar quest for answers about his dad's legacy, old mysteries & himself.
#2025Pit #YA #SF #M

27.01.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 109    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Images of Peaky Blinders, a dead fish, man&woman kissing, two women kissing and a WWI soldier.

Images of Peaky Blinders, a dead fish, man&woman kissing, two women kissing and a WWI soldier.


In WWI Sussex, when a petty criminal is gutted like a fish & his cousin accused of the murder, tales of forbidden love, the infamous Fowler Gang & the suffragettes, bleed together, staining the River Arun red. #2025Pit #Q #A #HF

27.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Photo collage of six photos surrounding the name Em Robbins. 

Top right: Sheet music sitting on a brown lattice table. 
Top center: food spread including cheese board, tomatoes, salad, olives, and potatoes. 
Top right: Violin in case.
Bottom left: pale blonde woman wearing a black shirt, holding a violin. 
Bottom center: foaming beer in a glass. 
Bottom right: docks overlooking the horizon.

Photo collage of six photos surrounding the name Em Robbins. Top right: Sheet music sitting on a brown lattice table. Top center: food spread including cheese board, tomatoes, salad, olives, and potatoes. Top right: Violin in case. Bottom left: pale blonde woman wearing a black shirt, holding a violin. Bottom center: foaming beer in a glass. Bottom right: docks overlooking the horizon.

Photo collage of six photos surrounding the name Lelia Daniels in the center. 

Top left: blurry twinkle lights
Top Center: reddish tea in glass mug
Top right: brunette woman wearing brown cardigan playing violin
Bottom left: violin
Bottom middle: red potion in a bottle
Bottom right: Stacked sheet music

Photo collage of six photos surrounding the name Lelia Daniels in the center. Top left: blurry twinkle lights Top Center: reddish tea in glass mug Top right: brunette woman wearing brown cardigan playing violin Bottom left: violin Bottom middle: red potion in a bottle Bottom right: Stacked sheet music

๐ŸŽถEm is a thief-turned-violinist who unfortunately must go back to thieving for *one last job*
๐Ÿ”ฅLelia is a disabled woman who quits the enginemage job that was killing her in favor of a life on stage...but she's running out of savings
๐ŸŽปTime to steal a legendary violin
โœจFun!
#2025pit #A #F #LGBT

27.01.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Aaaa exciting!!

27.01.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I bet your dream cast for this one is amazinggggg

27.01.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Golden Girls x Jaw Breaker

Rebecca is on a wine cruise in France as a substitute for her deceased mother.

When bodies pile up, and blood flows like wine, she realizes her mother's Boomer mean girl squad has a secret past they'll kill to keep buried.
#2025Pit #A #M #U #R

27.01.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautifully sad! very "Don't Let the Forest In"

27.01.2025 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Upper left: young man in hoodie walking into the woods
Text upper center: all things beautiful died with you
Upper right: dirty hands hovering over dirty legs
Center middle: skull in the dirt
Lower left: sysiphus pushing boulder, broken clock
Lower center: hand lying in the dirt
Lower right: person standing in the woods

Upper left: young man in hoodie walking into the woods Text upper center: all things beautiful died with you Upper right: dirty hands hovering over dirty legs Center middle: skull in the dirt Lower left: sysiphus pushing boulder, broken clock Lower center: hand lying in the dirt Lower right: person standing in the woods

TRIANGLE X TIMECRIMES

A dead lover + a deal with something not human to bring him back = a very unhappy ending

โ˜ ๏ธ trans mc desperate for love
โ˜ ๏ธ only person who loved him dies
โ˜ ๏ธ eldritch entity in a forest
โ˜ ๏ธ time loop where everything goes wrong
โ˜ ๏ธ a lot of people die

#YA #H #Q #ShortStory #2025pit

27.01.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Three by three grid of pictures: a white feather, a silhouette of a woman; a silhouette of a couple, a silhouette of a person with wings before a sunset; a silhouette of a woman wrapped in lights; a silhouette of a woman at sunset; a silhouette of a woman at sunrise; a couple kissing in the sun; a hand reaching out towards a window with sunlight.

Three by three grid of pictures: a white feather, a silhouette of a woman; a silhouette of a couple, a silhouette of a person with wings before a sunset; a silhouette of a woman wrapped in lights; a silhouette of a woman at sunset; a silhouette of a woman at sunrise; a couple kissing in the sun; a hand reaching out towards a window with sunlight.

SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR

When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F

27.01.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Hell yeah we support women's rights and women's wrongs ๐Ÿ™Œ

27.01.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohhh I didn't even see before that you had Dresden Files as a comp! Fantastic!!

27.01.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tourism style poster showing several bright and cheerful images of sandy beaches and people playing in the water. The bottom image is a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes. Over the collage are the words "Welcome to Bludeye Beach", and over that text a graffiti style phrase "something is wrong in bludeye beach"

A tourism style poster showing several bright and cheerful images of sandy beaches and people playing in the water. The bottom image is a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes. Over the collage are the words "Welcome to Bludeye Beach", and over that text a graffiti style phrase "something is wrong in bludeye beach"

DRESDEN FILES X GRAVITY FALLS

Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in Bludeye Beach.

๐Ÿ‘งCharacter driven
๐Ÿซ‚Found family
๐Ÿ’•Slow burn romance
๐Ÿ‘ปMonster menagerie

#2025pit #A #Q #H #F

27.01.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Ooh beautiful synopsis and moodboard!

ps don't forget to pin this to your profile so it's at the top of your activity and people can find it ๐Ÿฅฐ

27.01.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OF WISDOM
an Athena origin tale ๐Ÿฆ‰

Athena has been abandoned, cast aside on earth by a prophecy foretelling her rise to power and Zeusโ€™ downfall.

Determined to prove she isnโ€™t a threat, Athena embarks on a journey back to Olympus, unaware every step she takes is unravelling her fate #2025Pit #HF

27.01.2025 13:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

start the war start the war start the war /chanting

27.01.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a โ˜ ๏ธ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard.

#2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ

27.01.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

yesss I'm very here for PJO for adults!!

27.01.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When Larkin discovers sheโ€™s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child.

#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace

27.01.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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