Emma Brand YA Author ✍️ 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈📚

Thank you so much Neha 🙂🙂

Thank you Shanice 🙂🙂

I’m thrilled to announce I am now represented by Natalie Barracliffe @sheilland.bsky.social ✍️📖🎉 - I’m so excited to work with Natalie on bringing my queer stories to life ❤️ and cannot thank you all enough for your support 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️ #agented #writingcommunity #literaryagent #writers

Aww thank you Jax 🙂🙂 doughnuts 🍩 are the best!

Oh my goodness thank you so much 🥹🥹🥹

9 images, 3 in each row, all in a greenish shade, containing either a female figure or an eerie, mystical vibe containing nature of some kind. bottom right is an image of a mansion.

MARTYR! x THE SHAPE OF WATER

🧜 an artist's coming of age
🧜 complex mother-daughter relationships
🧜 a hostile small town
🧜 majority queer female cast
🧜 battles w/ self-esteem
🧜 water powers reflecting emotional states & past trauma

#BluePit📖 #BluePit #W #Q #A #OV #LGBT #WF #POC

In this lush and moody historical fantasy, a young daemon guided by the ghostly voice of his progenitor knows nothing outside of a life of endless slaughter - until he is captured by a mysterious secret society of immortals who offer him a chance at redemption.
#BluePit 📖 #P #A #LGBT #DIS #ND #F

A reality dating show gives Cera hope to escape soulmateless extermination in 2 yrs until another contestant is killed by the robot host, forcing her to work alongside the irritatingly attractive Ryde for her happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

#bluepit📖 #bluepit #A #R #SF #H #W #Revising

In the centre is the logo for 'Accursed Moon Soul', the pictures surrounding the logo from left to right - a ship wheel, someone falling into water, a woman holding a glowing orb, a ship sailing through fog, a woman in a row boat, a manta ray, the same woman from the third image bloodied and holding a sword, a hand touching their reflection, and the silhouette of a woman with red eyes

The text reads: 'Evelyn Farrow is an infamous ex-pirate whose past is a dark and hellish secret. When she wanted no part in her captain’s dealings with a devil, a strange mark was branded onto her as punishment for her betrayal. The aftermath of that ritual led to her killing her crew in an inhumane fit of revenge. She is now the sole survivor, left to bury their legacy of conquest over the oceans.  Nine months have passed, and Evelyn has lied her way into a new crew of faithful and upbeat treasure hunters. She’s determined to leave her pirate days behind her, but the unending nightmares of that fateful massacre serve as a reminder of what she’s running from. Whilst chasing a rumour of a hidden artefact, the mark finally awakens, and an otherworldly voice makes home in her mind. An alteration in the strings of fate has bound them together, and in order for this mysterious entity to reawaken and reignite a centuries-long grudge with the gods, needs Evelyn to obtain this artefact by any means necessary. With her lies beginning to unravel, she must find the courage to face the past in order to save herself, or risk losing the friends that would sail to the end of the world to save her. '

Graphic to display comp titles and tropes, the three include The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, and Baldurs Gate 3 by Larian Studios. The text reads from left to right: Dark pasts, pirate/sailor fmc, psychological horror, found family, 'own voices' mental health rep, queer cast, alter-ego, high stakes treasure hunt, battling internal monsters, 'bantering misfits' group dynamic

On top of a dark underwater background, the text reads: 'Waves crashed against the lone pier as the sea waited to drown me. I had no recollection of how I got there, teetering like I was on the edge of a great precipice. The dense fog and heavy stench of brine disorientated what little of myself I still had some control over. I stared out into the nothingness. The nothingness stared back. This was how the Manta Ray and her terrible legacy would finally come to an end. I’d had one tattooed across my back, in commemoration of the title. Its white markings were intentionally skeletal, with a wingspan that wrapped around my shoulder blades. Now, the ink prickled, wanting to remove itself as much as I was desperate for it to. The name had meant something once, before it became an ironic joke. The creature’s alternative name of devilfish was a dull ringing in my ears. Every waking moment, the reason why haunted me. I’d had enough. - Chapter 1'

Introducing: ACCURSED MOON SOUL 🏴‍☠️😈🗡️

An ex-pirate with a hellish past searches for a cure to a strange mark left by the crew she betrayed. But her past has a way of catching up and consuming her mind and soul, no matter how far she runs. ⛵

#BluePit #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #F #D #OV #LGBT

An injured university QB and his classmate with endometriosis set out on a mission to find joy despite their body’s limitations:

✅️ List of hobbies they are interested in
✅️Try video games
✅️ Realize they are both awful at video games
✅️Do something else
🚫Stay as friends…
#bluepit #A #R #OV #W 📖

A literary scavenger hunt left behind by her estranged father leads 32 yo Lexus Autumn into a library of family secrets. As she uncovers stories close to her heart, she welcomes a sapphic awakening, while once again learning to believe in magic & storytelling.

#BluePit📖 #WF #LGBT #ND #A #Q #bluepit

Two Comp titles are displayed over a blurry blue background. The Dragon Prince (Netflix) X Celestial Monsters (by Aiden Thomas) The "witty banter character dynamic" and "found family" of The Dragon Prince, meets the "fantastical creatures" and "queer cast" of Celestial Monsters, making for a "magical adventure".

A boy with a woolly hat shrouded in the shadow of two lit full moons and an aurora borealis, with purple and blue flames hovering over his outstretched hands. It's snowing, and a magical blue owl is displayed, wings spread wide with those same flames inside its eyes. Art by @bauxxi.bsky.social

AN OWLBOUND SPARK. 🦉🔥❄️

The world is ravaged by a never-ending winter and the magic that can end it is dead, until Tyrus and Lyra embark on a fantastical journey of self-discovery to thaw the seasons with the help of an owl of legend. ✨

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F #LGBT

This 90s horror about a haunted mannequin in small town America is sure to possess Grady Hendrix fans, however 18 yo closeted lesbian Roxy, who finds herself face to face with that evil pair of glass eyes, may seem less enthused.

#BluePit📖 #A #Q #H #LGBT #BluePit

Yay everyone is welcome 🤗

A moodboard for my WIP. 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.

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

🏰 Camelot but it's a cult
🥀 Flowers grow from flesh

#BluePit 📖 #A #F #LGBT #OV #Q

Girl with red robes and sword in background. In front of it, text reads “This all feels too familiar. The gravity of his stare. The intensity of his attention. I haven’t felt this full of adrenaline, this alive since he killed me.”

DARKER BY FOUR x CRUEL PRINCE

She’s a fallen war general.

He’s the enemy who killed her.

When the king of Hell mistakes them for star-crossed lovers, they must convince him that they’re desperately besotted… or burn for all eternity.

#BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC

The image shows a woman hugging a man. To the side, the title How to Heal A Broken Heart is to the side, with the genre contemporary romance underneath.

Kira Larson is newly single and hating it. For the past 2 years, her identity has been wrapped up in being one half of a pair. Lost, confused, and still in love with her ex, she's willing to do whatever it takes to get over him. Xavier Herrera has no time for relationships. He's determined to make fire captain in the next five years, and he can't afford any distractions. Let alone one that will force him to reevaluate what he's willing to sacrifice to save others. But neither of them can deny the insane chemistry between them. Desperate to forget about her ex, Kira suggests a solution for their problems: free reign to explore their physical connection with no expectations. After all, the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else... Right? The image shows a blonde woman, smiling softly at the viewer.

Comp titles: Business Casual by BK Borison Funny Story by Emily Henry Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young Tropes: Dual POV Idiots in love Initial attraction Friends with benefits to lovers

A bead of sweat trails down my forehead as I walk towards the door. What in the world could be so urgent at four pm on a Monday? I have half a mind to chew out whoever’s on the other side of that door. Probably more missionaries trying to convince me to join their church or some salesman peddling insurance I have no need for. I throw the door open with a bag, my protest already on my lips. “No, I have no interest in accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and– Kira?” The sight of her makes me freeze. She looks so put together that I’m suddenly embarrassed to be greeting her in sweats and a tank top. Her blonde waves are pulled up in a well-styled bun, held together by a carefully positioned clip. I have the irrational urge to get rid of that stupid clip and wrap her hair around my fist instead. God, what the hell is it about this girl? Okay, it definitely doesn’t hurt that her short pumps and navy pencil skirt are making her legs look fantastic, but I completely forget how to function around her. She offers me a hesitant smile. “I was considering converting to Satanism myself.” “And you need me to do what? Be a willing sacrifice?” Kira’s blue eyes roam my body as I invite her into the apartment. “That wouldn’t work, they usually want virgins.” The image shows a man with long dark hair, casually seated against the corner of the frame.

Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're very attracted to each other.

Naturally, they become friends with benefits.

All too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.

#bluepit 📖 #q #a #r

An Agents' Guide to ONE THOUSAND AND ONE VOYAGES by Ayishah Hasni

Pitch: In a YA retelling of the Arabian Nights tale of SINBAD THE SAILOR, a snarky pirate must accompany a happy-go-lucky princess on a journey across the monster-filled Indian Ocean to rescue her fiance from a mysteriously moving island.

Comp titles: THE STARDUST THIEF, SPICE ROAD, FABLE and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

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What if the oceanic adventure of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN was set on the 17th-century Indian Ocean and included the Islamic mythological monsters of Maiya Ibrahim's SPICE ROAD? #BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F #POC #OV

🕌muslim mc's
⚔️pirate x princess
🔥enemies to lovers
🎇interest from 2 big 5 editors

Moodboard of a grimy, whalepunk fantasy heist novel called Wavewaker.

Wavewaker Tropes & Themes: - Underdog MC - Socioeconomic disillusionment - Morally grey characters - Found family - Star-crossed lovers - Grounded magic system - Undercover heist

Excerpt from Wavewaker, from the character Alean: Al remembered scampering to his first shift, lost in the sea of day-dresses and overcoats. He’d been nine, his parents bedridden with rattling coughs and burning fevers. Stage one of the Rot, common in their line of work. They had been whalers—still were, presumably—and time ashore without work was brutal. Time sick was even worse. They had cut the heating to keep food on the table. To protect him. They had thought Al hadn’t understood what was happening, but he had. The factory foreman had made him crawl under the roaring boiler to stick his hand between the cogs and clear up jamming. He’d had to exhale fully to fit under the tightest spots, bumping his head when he turned. It had only been for a month, but he’d had nightmares of being buried alive ever since. That was part of why he’d eventually gone to the public church schools, studying for the University’s Apprentice exam, learning reading, reasoning, rhetoric. He had been nothing back then. Just another idiot with a dream, barely seventeen and flush with pride. He had told his parents he wouldn’t go on that last whaling tour, had shown them his acceptance letter. The proudest day of his life. The most shameful day of theirs. “Don’t think you’re better than us,” mother had said. “We fed you, clothed you, and put a roof over your head, and you piss your life away on pride?” Al picked up his pace.

SIX OF CROWS x DISHONORED x LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA

Magical whale oil, exploitative capitalists -- and one legendary thief who decides to rob the safest oil vault in the city.

But he can't do it alone.

🐳 Victorian whalepunk
🐳 Fantasy heist
🐳 Star-crossed lovers
🐳 Found family

#Bluepit 📖 #A #F #Q

Character aesthetic with pirate ships, pirate flag, ocean, and seashells.

In a SINBAD THE SAILOR retelling, a snarky pirate must accompany a happy-go-lucky princess on a journey across the monster-filled Indian Ocean to rescue her fiance from a mysteriously moving island. He may yet live through the treacherous voyage, but will his heart survive unscathed? #BluePit 📖 #Q

Various AQHA foals, AQHA Reining class buckskin horse, AQHA Cutting class blue roan horse, 1 championship belt buckles, a 2-story red barn, & a soaring eagle

YELLOWSTONE X PAS DE DEUX
Grieving a stolen filly and cornered by family scheming, a champion equestrian/radio host bolts, but she must decide where her heart belongs when her fresh start spins from elation to heartbreak. #BluePit 📖 #A #Western #R #LGBT #Q #sapphic

A teacher trades post-divorce shame for a trip to Ireland. Cue family reconnection, trad music sessions & a fling w a barman. When tragedy calls her back to Philly, she can maintain blood ties or break free from lifelong expectations. THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO x THE WEDDING PEOPLE #BluePit 📖 #Q #A#WF

RESERVATIONS OF THE HEART x MISTAKES WERE MADE
Discovering she's a late-bloomer lesbian while rebuilding her post-divorce life, a secretary must choose between the love she's found w/another woman & the lifelong approval she craves from her disdainful family.
#BluePit 📖 #A #WF #LGBT #Q #sapphic

Final project of my main three WIPs.

Project.Marcella: The perfect daughter finds herself slowly unraveling when the loud, rebellious and openly lesbian girl moves into her small, catholic town. Set in an All-Girls catholic school. Slow burn.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #R #W #LGBT

Joy is just what’s needed right now 🙂🙂❤️❤️

Come join the party 🎉

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 ✨🍩🌊

A collage: Row 1: Snowy red covered bridge surrounded by bare winter trees and icy branches; close-up of a person removing a gold wedding ring from their finger; vintage map of Northern Vermont showing towns like St. Johnsbury and Walden in pastel tones; text in white serif font on a dark green background: “This Ends Now,” accented with a red and orange autumn leaf graphic. Row 2: a woman kneeling on a windowsill, peering out a rain-flecked window next to 2 lit candles, with city lights glowing outside and icicles hanging from the window frame; a vase of pink carnations on a desk beside a stack of hardcover journals and scattered trinkets including a journal with pressed flowers. Row 3: A man and a woman embracing on a couch in low lighting, with the woman kissing his forehead while she sits on his lap; a dimly lit, narrow library aisle lined with tall shelves, dissolving into a well-lit vanishing point, an image from Yale’s Sterling Library stacks; a woman reading a typed document marked with red handwritten editorial notes; a hand holding a lit match in darkness with the flame casting a warm glow.

ALL FOURS x WRECK

THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But Lainey won't stop bolting until she takes down the cunning ex who convinced her she was never enough—and won't let her go without the fight of her life. #A #UP #Q #WF #BluePit 📖

WEAPONS x WOLF HALL x ALIEN 🛖⚔️😈

As people vanish in the night, a jaded peasant and a disabled noblewoman must unite their ignorant village against a demonic threat that no one believes exists.

- Multi POV
- Grounded medieval setting
- Genre-bending horror

#bluepit #A #H #HS #F #Q #amquerying