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Top pics: A WW2 nurse in a grey dress, medical arm band, white apron & headscarf looking away at a building with the title in curly grey font Healing Silver, and a woman & soldier in the middle of war hiding each other with a quote: “Behind every strong soldier, there is an even stronger woman who stands behind him, supports him, & loves him with all her heart." Middle pics: A picture of the hospital tent from MASH with a quote: “Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop.” H.L. Mencken, & A picture of Nurse Margaret and Radar when he was sick in MASH, with a quote: “Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty & ugliness.” - Rick Riordan Bottom pics: A picture of an attacked Diagon Alley in HP with a quote: “His kiss was a poison that my body craved. I was an addict, diving headfirst into the drug I knew would destroy me.” - J.M. Leigh, and a picture of witches doing a spell, quote "All is fair in love & war." Edward Smedley

Top pics: a girl standing in an airport looking at the destination board with the title: Our Bridge of Stars & a man with his feet on his suitcase sitting in an airport watching a plane take off with a quote, “One day the plane ticket will be one way.” 2nd row pics: 2 Swedish flags flying in the wind with a quote, “Distance means so little, when someone means so much.” – Tom McNeal & 9 American flags flying with the Statie of Liberty in the background. 3rd row pics: of a man typing on a laptop & a couple uniting in an airport and the girl lifted off the ground with a quote, “I fell in love with his soul before I could even touch his skin. If that isn’t true love, then please tell me what is.” Bottom pics: a girl hold a coffee and texting with a quote, ““I hate days like this: Where I can literally feel every single mile between me and him.” & a couple holding hands "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

A light yellow Background. Top left pic is a garden leading up to a castle. Top right pic is hot pic flowers, maybe roses growing in a garden. Middle left pic is a king in a suit facing away. In the middle is the title in hot pink fancy font Beauty of the Gardens. Middle right pic is a bride in a long flowy wedding dress standing in a stone archway with climbing ivy. Bottom left pic is a girl in a white and pink flower dress from above reading a book with a white sheet on the grass, a basket of flowers, a straw round hat, and a pie. Bottom right is another garden with an extravagant cathedral in the background.

Top left pic is an old art piece of a steamboat traveling down the Missouri River by the old town of Hermann. Top right pic is an art piece of Hermann not long after it began. The title is there A Home in Hermann. 2nd row left pic is of a couple kissing in the town of Hermann in the winter, the pic is made to look older. 2nd row right pic is a pic from the movie A Christmas Vintage which was set in Hermann, it is the main characters kissing in a gazebo in front of a Christmas tree. 3rd row left pic is of people enjoying Oktoberfest in Hermann (it is known as little Germany in Missouri). 3rd row right pic is of the gates of the Hermannhof Inn decorated with two gold deer on the columns and wreaths on the gates. Bottom left pic is a picture of Hermann, Missouri today during the winter. There is a quote on it “No matter how far we may roam, there will always be a place to call home.” Bottom right pic is a picture of Hermann, Missouri today during the spring.

Here is my list for #Cupit

1. Healing Silver #W #A #RF

2. Our Bridge of Stars #W #A #CR

3. Beauty in the Gardens #W #NA #RR

4. A Home in Hermann #W #A #HR #CR

19th century train car; Victoria ear ball with people dancing; old English street; gas lamp; woman in a ball gown; old clocks; god statue; apothecary shelf; 19th century seaside resort

Cursed to move backward through time, Joric has fewer memories of Fion each time they meet. If she can’t find a way to change his past before their final encounter, she’ll become a stranger to a man driven only by his memories of the terrible act that cursed him. #Cupit #RoFa #TTR

Kamen Rider X Twilight
The Tragedy of Lancelot: A teenager finds herself protected from a shadowy organization by a mysterious cyborg with connections to her estranged mother. Who is Lancelot and why is he sworn to protect Gwen?
-Mysterious protector
-teenager with anxiety
#YA #Q #R #Cupit

This my favorite scene from my #GraphicNovel
#CUPIT

Lore Olympus x TV show LOKI x High School Musical
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 #Sapphic #Romance
📖Greek #Mythology
🌧️ #GrumpySunshine☀️
🧂 #Fantasy (light)
🎒H-School Crush
#RF #SFR #YA #HA #LGBT

#authorilustrator #litagents #kidlit #agentguide #amquerying #querying #pitching

BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD x LIGHTS OUT X BRIDE

👵 A missing grandmother
🐺A wolf shifter crime boss
🐈‍⬛ A black cat homicide DA
🤌 An offer she can't refuse

She's the only one he's ever wanted. He's the one thing she can't resist.

And it's her job to put him in prison.

#cupit #pr #dr #MfR #BnR #A #RoFa

There is Rustrock and Lava Town, and there is nothing and no one else. Not for many miles, unless you consider the countless ruins and the deadly and diseased creatures that infest them, or the occasional peddler coming to deliver tales of distant civilizations. But here and now, there is only Rustrock and Lava Town. It would be best if they got along. They do not. The Queen, the active volcano that Lava Town takes its nickname from, looks out over all of them. The seasons are harsh. Cass may not have been born in Rustrock, but her loyalty to it is absolute. If she can prove herself by helping the struggling town survive, perhaps she can even earn the reputation that the rumors of her origin give her. But Lava Town's flock of flying marauders seem to be there to thwart Rustrock at every turn, and her secret connection to their leader only complicates things. When mysterious strangers from the north turn up, however, it may be a grand opportunity or an omen of worse things to come.

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#CuPit #WriteSky #fantasy #apocalyptic #books #BookSky #reading

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Serena is an innocent catholic schoolgirl, locked in the gilded cage of her bedroom by her strict parents. Trevor is the damaged, addict boy she dates in secret. how long can they sneak around behind her parents' backs before they get caught? #cupit #A #LF #U #Q

Fear Street x The Secret History

While Jess is walking home from her audition for the school play she finds a dead body. When her friends begin turning up dead she wonders which of the ten-thousand students at Longview is turning members of the student body into corpses?

#Cupit #Q #A #T #H #MY

Side by side photos of a woman with curly hair and a male firefighter. Text: THE SLOW BURN: A small-town holiday romance

Now Querying!

THE LOVE HATERS X LOVELIGHT FARMS

🎄an event planner with a promotion on the line
🚒 a firefighter who works for her dad
🎄 planning a gala together, but "let's keep it casual"
🚒 their chemistry threatens her career, family relationships, and the gala itself

#cupit #cr #rc #q #a

If you like Heated Rivalry, you'll love Love and Lust a Legionary Romance. Castra Vetera's top doc Galenus falls for Marcus, a disgraced engineer plagued with survivor's PTSD. In a May/Dec romantic thriller they find love while facing bloody barbarians, ghosts, plague & Caesar. #Cupit #HR #MR #Q

A Roman soldier stares across a wild vista, while a Roman woman walks away. We see the Legionary fortress gate and an armed barbarian on the other side. A heart knits them together.

#Cupit #A #HR #Q Beyond the Gate - Forced to join the legions or lose the farm,Titus must divorce Marcella as only officer's can be wed. Unwilling to wait his 20-yr deployment, Marcella lives beyond the fortress gate w/the other 'barbarian wives' when an officer disappears. Who killed Quintus & why?

DRAG YOU DOWN is THE SIREN x NETTLE AND BONE

Cursed to live as one of the very sirens she used to hunt, Cordelia wants to keep her past a secret. But when her family finds her, they give her a choice: come home or watch them kill the woman she loves.

#cupit #lgbt #f #h #r #a #amquerying

Rylee Dane’s social media post of a bouquet of pink, orange, and yellow flowers with the caption: Just when I thought Sam and I were on better terms, he does this. What did I do to deserve such hostility? A comment section then follows reading: Sam I already apologized!!! Naomi To anyone else, this would be a perfectly normal Valentine’s Day gift. Rylee Dane Those poor innocent flowers :( Fiona Please tell me this isn’t gonna slow down the collaboration AGAIN. We can’t wait much longer! Sam I’m going to try to plant new flowers from them. Rylee will forgive me eventually. Rylee Dane Maybe.

If my book had a Valentine’s Day scene...
#Cupit #A #RC #CR #Amquerying

When the supposedly God-like royals of the Golden Kingdom die, Talia takes it upon herself to mold Matthias, last surviving royal and a man she hates, into a competent ruler.

She forgets that competent doesn't mean cruel.

This is how a kingdom falls. This is DIVINE BLOOD.
#cupit #amquerying #f #r

Time for #CUPIT Here is my pitch for my #GraphicNovel

Lore Olympus x TV show LOKI x High School Musical
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 #Sapphic #Romance
📖Greek #Mythology
🌧️ #GrumpySunshine☀️
🧂 #Fantasy (light)
🎒H-School Crush
#RF #SFR #YA #HA #LGBT

#authorilustrator #litagents #kidlit #agentguide #amquerying #GraphicNovelArt

Querying Now 🖤

The Whispering Dark x Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

🥀 Forbidden love
🩸Feminine Rage
💀 Gothic Horror
🌘Ritual Sacrifice
🔥 Sisterhood

#Cupit #Q #HOR #ROFA #NA

NIGHTBIRDS x THE HURRICANE WARS

🌈Queer + poly rep
🧠MH grief, trauma, & anxiety rep
❤️‍🔥 Slow burn romance
💪Found Family
✨Unique magic
🔥He falls first
🖤Lovers-Friends-Lovers
❤️‍🩹Second chance

#Cupit #A #RF #LGBT #amquerying

Photo collage: Spiderman mask; Batman comics ; girl with pumpkins; friends hug; boy reading comics; cookies and latte; skeletons “I don’t need infinite stretch to put my foot into my mouth.”

YA COSPLAY CYRANO
After his two best friends break up, 17yo comic nerd Zach gets stuck in the middle–just like with his divorced parents. So he dresses up as a superhero to patch their relationship incognito. His plan was foolproof.
Though catching feelings wasn’t part of the plan.
#RC #YA #Cupit

Meet Finn & Theo from my 84k word queer omegaverse romantasy 🌿HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS🌿 now querying!

Art by oliv_pit on X!

#Cupit #A #RF #LGBT #amquerying

Moodboard. Centre image is a pressure cooker with "CHEMPORTAL" written across it. Outer images clockwise from top left: - fancy drinks and food on a table set for 2 - typed text on a page of a book. "Chemistry" is highly visible - a white woman with brown hair working on a car engine - the Toronto skyline - a colourful stack of books - a bright light shining through a partially open door, obscuring the world beyond - a bat hanging from a branch - a stack of latkes

What happens when a chemistry professor writes a romance?

If that prof is me, you get CHEMPORTAL, in which two awkward scientists battle cults, corporations, and unwanted feelings as they try to invent fertilizer.

Plus, feminist takes on science history. And maybe aliens.

#CuPit #Q #A #SF #R

Four pictures of a small town, a young woman covered in flowers, a tattooed handsome man, and a colourful temple. The middle says "Bride of the Mountain King"

BRIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN KING
Forbidden romance 😈
A cursed village😈
A revenge plot lifetimes in the making 😈
Novella length fantasy, mystery, and forbidden romance 😈
#Cupit #A #RF

A collage of Viking and medieval themed images including a goblet, warriors, and nuns, French lavender, a castle and Nunnery a random chicken and a very cold you woman wrapped in a grey blanket.

VIKINGS + MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS = VIKING, NUN, MURDER, CHICKEN

Mystery! Murder! Romance! All set at a snowed in Nunnery in a remote location during the Viking invasion of England.
#Cupit #A #RS #RM

I will always read #CuPit as "copper pit." (In case anyone needed proof I'm a chemist.)

Copper is, in fact, mentioned in ChemPortal. Electrochemistry AND romantic chemistry in one book! The combo you never knew you were missing...

#Q #R #SF #A

5 dates 4 getting meddling family and friends off their backs. 3 weeks to find a wedding date and show up her ex. 2 heartbroken souls trying to heal. 1 deal. But what if The One was right there all along? Life is nothing like swoon-worthy K-dramas…or is it?

#Cupit #CR #RC #POC #A

LADY JANE GREY MEETS A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES 🦋⚔️✨🖤

KINGDOM COLLEGE is a 104K mental health and feminist forward romantic fantasy that weaves together a fated enemies-to-lovers triangle and an ill-tempered princess whose chaotic Captain Jack Sparrow energy fuels the pages.

#RF #RoFa #Cupit