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Your enthusiasm has me kicking my feet! 😝

Why thank you 🥹

ONE DARK WINDOW x ANATHEMA

The creatures stalking the mists feast on souls but one wants Sanna's heart too.

🖤Scottish moor vibes
🖤redemption v damnation
🖤emotion & repression-based magic system
🖤stabby FMC
🖤Corruption v Light

Rep: Rachel Estep at D4EO Literary Agency
#questpit #AG #NA #DF #R #WIP

ONE DARK WINDOW x ANATHEMA

The creatures stalking the mists feast on souls but one wants Sanna's heart too.

🖤Scottish moor vibes
🖤redemption v damnation
🖤emotion & repression-based magic system
🖤stabby FMC
🖤Corruption v Light

Rep: Rachel Estep at D4EO Literary Agency
#questpit #AG #NA #DF #R #WIP

SERPENT & DOVE meets THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS

🥀Star-Crossed Lovers
🥀Messy Families
🥀Firecracker FMC x Reclusive Billionare MMC
🥀Hidden Cost-Based Magic
🥀Love v Betrayal
🥀Survival v Morality
🥀Monsters in the Forests

Rep: Rachel Estep at D4EO Literary Agency

#QuestPit #AG #NA #F #R

Adore the agent guide 🎉🎉🎉

An Agent's Guide To: SIRENSONG Taylor Coffman 114k - SF Romance New Adult

PITCH + COMPS IRON WIDOW meets ARCANE as a traumatized rookie superhero takes her accidental powers on a quest for vengeance. But to find the golden-eyed puppeteer that tore her family apart, she'll have to navigate the crime and corruption of Emerald City's bloody underbelly, her fracturing relationship with her twin brother, her own shifting morality, and her growing feelings for the murderous-yet-handsome vigilante who's agreed to lend her a hand. IRON WIDOW by Xiran Jay Zhao Broken System Feminine Rage ARCANE (Netflix) Dysfunctional Families Soft Sci-Fi DISPATCH (Video Game) Messy Superheroes Found Family

TROPES Art of a brunette young woman with short hair, wearing a leather jacket and jeans, and a blonde, muscular man in intricate black armor. Around them, text reading: Kill the Rich Morally Grey Characters He Falls First Vengeance Classism Mind Control Superhero x Assassin Complicated Families Love vs. Duty Disabled Queer Rep Power & Corruption Secret-Identi

OPENING LINE The last day of life as I knew it began with a thunderstorm. The rain slammed the pavement in sheets, creating a dark, slick look that reminded me of spilled oil. It drummed against the windows, a fuzzy background static that blended well with the sickly gray tint of the sky. It was mid-day but it looked like dusk, and on the one hand I was never happier to be in a dry, warm car. On the other hand, I had never hated my job more as I stared through the rain at the skyscraper looming ahead.

Fifteen years ago, her family was torn apart by powers no one understood. Now, she's taking her own accidental powers on a quest for revenge-but that means managing her fracturing family, shifting morality, and unexpected feelings for the dangerous vigilante training her.

#questpit #SF #NA #R #Q

Thank you lovely!

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I wrote a short story inspired by Taylor Swift’s The Prophecy.
AND IT’S GETTING PUBLISHED!!! 🎉🎉🎉
For the first time, I’ll have words published in a book, and I can finally scream about it!
The Glass Ghost will be available in the Dreams Divine anthology by Flame Tree Press in June!
#writingcommunity

Thanks ❤️

You crack me up 😂😂😂

Because this book is a recipe for disaster, here's one cursed recipe that, once eaten, will leave you wanting more.
#UnhingedPit #NA #F #R #AG

The songs of SIRENSONG 116k words NA - sci-fi/romance Taylor Coffman IG: @taylorccreates, @taycoffman.bsky.social The text is depicted in pale yellow, centered around a vintage boombox and yellow sparkles and music notes.

The album cover for Dust Bowl Dance by Mumford and Sons, with a quote: "If I wanted to change anything, I would have to do something about it myself. Even if I have to stay dead, if I have to carry out my mission in secret, I can protect them. I can fix this city."

The album cover for Voices by Hidden Citizens, with a quote: "The puppeteer--Paragon--had been laughing, his voice coming from everywhere and nowhere all at once. 'I know you don't know how to use the power we have, little Siren. You'd be able to put up an actual fight if you did.'"

The album cover for Can't Help Falling in Love by Perfume Genius with a quote: "'I've had worse,' he told me as I smoothed the first band-aid over his cheekbone, valiantly ignoring how my stomach was doing flips as I felt his jaw tense. 'I know,' I said, 'but that doesn't mean you have to be in pain without any good reason.'"

Starting #UnhingedPit off with Sirensong (my 116k #NA #SF #R novel) as told in ✨SONG✨!

When Ellie, a struggling rookie superhero on a quest for vengeance, meets the Shadow, a dark & mysterious vigilante 💀ing the rich, it's bound to be loud--but is it music, or just noise?

#Q #LGBT #OwnVoices #Dis

Which character from FIRE AND DEATH would get raptured? (Coming Oct. '26) #UnhingedPit #F #YA

Confidently, I can say none of these lot are getting raptured today.
"They're a 10 but..." SNOWDROPS & STONES Edition
Featuring:
🥀Star-Crossed Lovers
🥀Messy Families
🥀Lovers to Enemies
🥀Class Divide
🥀Monsters & Horror Vibes
🥀Dystopian Fantasy
#UnhingedPit #NA #F #R #AG

Thank you!

Thank you so much!!!

Thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Rachel Estep at D4EO literary agency!

A huge thank you to her for all the love she’s shown my world and characters. I can’t wait to go on this rollercoaster with her!

That’s cool. I’m stuck to the ceiling.

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with the words status behind him . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with the words status behind him .

Holy mother of Swift, the email I’m staring at right now.
#WritingCommunity

I swear, the only reason I get anything written is because of Lorelai Bean.
#FocusFriend #WritingCommunity

Un-👀 (again)
If you need me, I’ll be icing my neck from the whiplash.
#WritingCommunity

It’s been 4 years without the woman who shaped everything I am. I never told her I was writing a book, or that her resilience would carry me through 100+ rejections, all the way to 10 literary agent requests and 2 publishing offers.
Love you, Mam. I miss you.
#WritingCommunity

poster pit pitch for the mothblood queen, querying fantasy novel by tyler stasi; photo of a woman turned away from the viewer with moths climbing up her shoulder, neck, and hair

#PosterPit #F #Q

Amidst twisted magic and waxen leaves, a new moth queen rises...

But does she have what it takes to rule?

a 91,000 word adult fantasy featuring a tragic romance subplot, a lush treescape setting, and shapeshifting moth royalty

👑🪲🌿💫🌋

This is beautiful.

I love this so much man.

Formatted like a Netflix suggestion. A picture of a brunette young woman with a black-and-white stripe over her eyes. From Definitely Not Netflix - Sirensong 116K Words - Science Fiction - Romance In a city teetering on the edge of the future, Ellie Montgomery takes her accidental superpowers on a quest for vengeance, entering a world of crime and corruption alongside a murderous vigilante in the midst of a tangled web of unexpected feelings and shifting morality. Buttons labeled "Play" and "More Info" Under "You May Also Like", there is a poster for Netflix's Arcane, Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson, Red White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston, and Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao.

IRON WIDOW x RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE x ARCANE in a 116k novel that asks: "what if superheroes used their powers to hunt the corrupt elite and their father's true killer in a city full of secrets, lies, and greed?"

And also, "what if everyone was queer?"

#QueerPit #SF #SH #R #NA

Pretend movie poster for #Posterpit featuring the silhouette of a crying ballerina beside an open doorway. Ice is creeping in from all sides, and purple swirls of magic go across her back and the doorway. Words at the top read, “A wildly reimagined Beauty and the Beast retelling,” “A Curse So Dark and Lonely," "Slow burn," "Found family," "The Inheritance Games." The top center reads, "26 Full Requests, 4 Previous Offers of Publication" beneath five stars with a badge next to it reading, "Killer Nashville Claymore Finalist." Center reads,”Mental health rep, Grounded fantasy,” “Deep emotions, romance,” “Reimagined tropes, mystery,” “Character-driven, humor,” “Diverse voice, underrepresented perspective.” Bottom reads, "YA Contemporary Fantasy, WAKE, By Jessica DeLand, Querying Now."

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X
BEAUTY & THE BEAST

1 kidnapped ballerina

4 fantasy fugitives desperate to recover their leader’s magic stuck inside her

She spies to facilitate rescue, but then bonds w/ them & must choose:
them or freedom & her ballet dreams

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F #M #R #FT

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing. #posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing.

#posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep