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B. van Bodegom ๐Ÿ“ƒis querying & writing

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Emerging author of horror, sci-fi and more. Seeking representation. #Dis father of four. Gamer. ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Forever DM. Querying DAD BODIES (4 fulls/1 partial out, Big 5 interest) Writing MARK OF THE JESTER. Born in the 80's.

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04.12.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

Updated graphic!

Potley is on the run.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror

04.12.2025 09:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both, the gods created groups of creatures that evolved into the various races. A forest of evolution model, if you will. Attached evolutionary charts are a WIP.
#DecemberWorldbuilders #WhiteCliff

04.12.2025 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Laurelview Academy - (Chapter 4) Foretelling - part 1 [Updates first Monday each month] - Only 1 in 200 people have 'unique abilities' from mutations and/or magic. - When the Goldsmiths adopted their youngest son, Kage, they never imagined he'd someday...

Due to changes in life circumstances, I recently decided to switch the art on my web comic to all digital. The first episode of this new era is out now.
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01.12.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An agentโ€™s guide to "Dissonance"
An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy

An agentโ€™s guide to "Dissonance" An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy

Comps Include:

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
- Protective sister dynamic
- Prior trauma/haunted by the past
- Paranoia

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- Domestic thriller
- Complicated family dynamics
- Family secrets dragged into the open

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Imperfect victims
- FMC who isnโ€™t believed by men

An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women:
- Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women

Comps Include: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Protective sister dynamic - Prior trauma/haunted by the past - Paranoia Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Domestic thriller - Complicated family dynamics - Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Imperfect victims - FMC who isnโ€™t believed by men An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women: - Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women

The Pitch

Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyleโ€™s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before itโ€™s too late.

The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyleโ€™s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before itโ€™s too late.

Tropes:

Unreliable narrator
Unhinged women
Small Town/Insulated community
Secrets dragged to the surface
Past haunts the present

Tropes: Unreliable narrator Unhinged women Small Town/Insulated community Secrets dragged to the surface Past haunts the present

PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#MiseryPit #A #WFT #WIP

01.12.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If not the worst posting in the FSB, watching the neighbourhood where Russia sticks deposed dictators to whom it gives sanctuary is the last stop before career freefall.
When one bastardโ€™s death might be blamed on them, covering it up is, if not the smart move, the only move.

#MiseryPit #A #CT

01.12.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Q AND THEN THERE WERE NONE x ANASTASIA

Artinaโ€™s desperate to grow her magic & uncover Marsโ€™ secrets. When a curse traps Artinaโ€™s new sibling heirs in the palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truthโ€”before she loses her new family & love

#YA #MF #RM #H #OWN #ND #MiseryPit

01.12.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Q THE INHERITANCE PROTOCOL

Succession x Severance on a remote Arctic island: four estranged siblings must enter an experimental inheritance procedure controlled by their dead fatherโ€™s uploaded mind. It quickly stops feeling like a competition and starts feeling like a trap.

#A #CT #MiseryPit

01.12.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Q ACE OF SPADES x GLEE xDO REVENGEโ€”Dual POV

When Adelinaโ€™s bestie Jo vanishes from a showcase after scary stalker texts, she teams up with rival Adam to investigateโ€”only to discover Jo never existed

Just who are they trying to save & whyโ€™s Adelina the next target?

#MiseryPit #YA #CM #CT #ND #POC

01.12.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Volunteering in a remote village can be rewarding but when a body is found, it's up to Martie to work out #whodunnit before the murderer strikes again. Can the group survive in the middle of nowhere or is something from legend out hunting them? And what do the villagers know? #MiseryPit #YA #SFFM #Q

01.12.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. 

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

CABIN IN THE WOODS ร— JUMANJI ร— #D&D

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experienceโ€”and punsโ€”to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#MiseryPit #A #H #M #Q

01.12.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER.

As a court jester, Potley must appeal to the tyrant king to keep his own head, but he still tries to redirect the evil man's intentions to get as few innocent people killed as possible.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror

30.11.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's an awesome graphic ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

26.11.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER.

Potley has experience as the subject of his analogy.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #horror #darkfantasy

26.11.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You did it! This sounds great ๐Ÿ˜„

23.11.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mock cover of MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy by the author of Dad Bodies: B. van Bodegom

Mock cover of MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy by the author of Dad Bodies: B. van Bodegom

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA ร— BEST SERVED COLD ร— THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and kills the tyrant king, he must joke and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos while his sanity frays, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels.

#WIPPIT #A #F #H

23.11.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Moodboard for a dark fantasy novel featuring a jester, regicide and a kingdom in chaos.

Moodboard for a dark fantasy novel featuring a jester, regicide and a kingdom in chaos.

THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA ร— BEST SERVED COLD ร— THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and kills the tyrant king, he must joke and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos while his sanity frays, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels:

MARK OF THE JESTER

#WIPPIT #A #F #H

23.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text - The Fall of Ebonwald

Image - Image of three friends prepared for battle, a mage with a glowing hand, a vampire noble with a dagger, and a knight half armor wielding a sword. 

Text - A mad vampire lord, a kidnapped sorcerer, an ancient feud, and a group of friends. . .

Text - The Fall of Ebonwald Image - Image of three friends prepared for battle, a mage with a glowing hand, a vampire noble with a dagger, and a knight half armor wielding a sword. Text - A mad vampire lord, a kidnapped sorcerer, an ancient feud, and a group of friends. . .

White Cliff and Ebonwald have been neighboring cities for over 200 years, but they have never been friendly. Tensions are on the rise as White Cliff's Summer Starlight Festival approaches. Will one kidnapping incident lead to all out war?
#WIPPIT #NA #F #LGBT #WIP #Fantasy

23.11.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A moodboard for my WIP. Black and white images of Elaine of Astolat looking at Sir Lancelot's shield, a cluster of skulls, a woman in a forest, a segment of the Round Table which shows Sir Lancelot's name, a narrowboat in a lake, bloody hands, a lily, the silhouette of a woman with a sword, and an engraving of Lavaine and Torre mourning Elaine as she lies dead in her boat.

A moodboard for my WIP. Black and white images of Elaine of Astolat looking at Sir Lancelot's shield, a cluster of skulls, a woman in a forest, a segment of the Round Table which shows Sir Lancelot's name, a narrowboat in a lake, bloody hands, a lily, the silhouette of a woman with a sword, and an engraving of Lavaine and Torre mourning Elaine as she lies dead in her boat.

THE YEAR OF THE WITCHING x SPEAR

All Elaine of Astolat ever wanted was to love and serve Sir Lancelot forever. But when she wakes upon her funeral barge with lilies blooming from between her lips, she must pose as her missing twin brother to find who tried to kill her.

#WIPPit #amquerying #F #LGBT

23.11.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dynamic between my two MC's:

โ€œIโ€™m gonna drop,โ€ I warned.

โ€œIโ€™ll catch you.โ€

Not my point. Really he just needed to get out of my way, but blood from the cuts on my hand was already making my grip tenuous. I didnโ€™t want to hold on any longer just to argue the point.

#WIPPit #YA #SFF #amdrafting

23.11.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Moodboard collage. Top left- orange sky sunset over a city. Top right- a tarot card-like art depicting Death/Grim reaper. Middle- a blurry black and white photo of a skull with white text overlayed โ€œall power demands sacrifice and pain.โ€ To the right - a photo of a hand on a glowing white magic circle. Bottom left- the front of a white official looking building with tall pillars. Bottom right- white background black text โ€œfear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could.โ€

Moodboard collage. Top left- orange sky sunset over a city. Top right- a tarot card-like art depicting Death/Grim reaper. Middle- a blurry black and white photo of a skull with white text overlayed โ€œall power demands sacrifice and pain.โ€ To the right - a photo of a hand on a glowing white magic circle. Bottom left- the front of a white official looking building with tall pillars. Bottom right- white background black text โ€œfear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could.โ€

The Magicians X Howlโ€™s Moving Castle
Magic comes from pain.
Raph, the strongest magician, lives under threat for studying alternatives. Frida just wants to keep him alive. As Jenni grows closer to Raph, he finds only they might be able to ensure Magicโ€™s futureโ€ฆ at a price. #WIPPIT #F #A #lgbt

23.11.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPPit #NA #con

"SUN DOWN"

๐Ÿฅ‡ Health Anxiety Representaton
๐Ÿฅˆ College life
๐Ÿฅ‰ Two (platonic) opposites attract
(Charismatic club leader x scared first-year student)

A story of hope, friendship and moving on ๐Ÿ”›

23.11.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A blue, black, and white movie poster for my work in progress, working title "Cargo 2", inspired by Saul Bass's famous vintage posters for Vertigo and The Man With the Golden Hand: "No Poverty, no crime. Taiโ€™s homeworld iS The perfect
Place to hidE their Human Partner from the criminals
who want her dead. Too bad someone in Tai's rich,
politically-connected family has other ideas."

Cargo 2:

Three grandparents, six parents, eleven siblings, one human.

The credits section is as follows: 
CATHERINE WINTERS AND COREWARD BAKER PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENT A CATHERINE WINTERS NOVEL

โ€˜CARGOโ€™ STARRING TAI OF MICAPA
THYLLIS CHAUMEDEROT
TALATAGARI QUIRIN
TALATAGARI ANENTO
FRANK THE CAT
JEREL BESKROS
CHOST MOL RAZIK
FEATURING COOL MOSS ABOVE STILL WATER
AND INTRODUCING CLARKE

SHIPS BY SETEBO-URANQ AND CONSTANT VERIDITY INTERSTELLAR
COSTUMES BY UPPER CORE ATELIER
โ€œHUMANโ€ CREATURE EFFECTS BY 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION

CASTING BY THE TRADE AUTHORITY   
WRITTEN BY CATHERINE WINTERS
DIRECTED BY CATHERINE WINTERS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CATHERINE WINTERS
WITH APOLOGIES TO SAUL BASS

Catherine Winters dot Com

A blue, black, and white movie poster for my work in progress, working title "Cargo 2", inspired by Saul Bass's famous vintage posters for Vertigo and The Man With the Golden Hand: "No Poverty, no crime. Taiโ€™s homeworld iS The perfect Place to hidE their Human Partner from the criminals who want her dead. Too bad someone in Tai's rich, politically-connected family has other ideas." Cargo 2: Three grandparents, six parents, eleven siblings, one human. The credits section is as follows: CATHERINE WINTERS AND COREWARD BAKER PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENT A CATHERINE WINTERS NOVEL โ€˜CARGOโ€™ STARRING TAI OF MICAPA THYLLIS CHAUMEDEROT TALATAGARI QUIRIN TALATAGARI ANENTO FRANK THE CAT JEREL BESKROS CHOST MOL RAZIK FEATURING COOL MOSS ABOVE STILL WATER AND INTRODUCING CLARKE SHIPS BY SETEBO-URANQ AND CONSTANT VERIDITY INTERSTELLAR COSTUMES BY UPPER CORE ATELIER โ€œHUMANโ€ CREATURE EFFECTS BY 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION CASTING BY THE TRADE AUTHORITY WRITTEN BY CATHERINE WINTERS DIRECTED BY CATHERINE WINTERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CATHERINE WINTERS WITH APOLOGIES TO SAUL BASS Catherine Winters dot Com

Taiโ€™s in trouble. The ship has a 1-star rating, the crew arenโ€™t speaking, and the criminals who want them dead are hot on their trail. If they want to keep everyone safe, Tai will have to introduce their human partner to their old-money family. It's going to be a hard decision. #WIPPit #SF #LGBT

23.11.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A year ago, Nix made a deal with a fugitive for selfish reasonsโ€”and now he's come to collect. In his mountain lair, she meets a living mythโ€”a dragonchangerโ€”who upends everything she thought she knew. Now, she must train to be the mage they've been waiting forโ€ฆor doom them all.

#WIPPIT #LGBT #YA #F

23.11.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WIPPIT #LF #FBW
Based on a true story, 'Seeing Emily' explores the struggle of a child with invisible disabilities, as her family navigates a maze of red tape, ignorance, and personal doubt to get her the education she deserves in a system that is failing children like Emily.
#TrueLife #FamilyDrama

23.11.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City X Bad Boysโ€ฆ

This is ALL THINGS RICOCHET

๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธsapphic enemies to lovers
๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธzombie uprising
๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธgovโ€™t conspiracy
๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธsecret agents
๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธโ€if you save everyone, who saves youโ€
#WIPPIT #SF #LGBT

23.11.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Aesthetic board: fairy tale inspired. Spiralling vortex, old book, spotted mushroom, women in gowns, the fairy godmother from Shrek 2, a clockwork pocket watch, and a work desk.

Aesthetic board: fairy tale inspired. Spiralling vortex, old book, spotted mushroom, women in gowns, the fairy godmother from Shrek 2, a clockwork pocket watch, and a work desk.

Aesop is a fairy godfather who has never once thought about his own happy ending. When a glitch in the fairytale generator produces Jessie, a wilfully unprogrammed character, heโ€™s forced to consider what it means to be โ€˜realโ€™.

WESTWORLD X SHREK 2

#wippit #f #a

23.11.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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