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@melanielocke.bsky.social

SFF Writer. Queer. #actuallyautistic . Vegan. '24 RTM mentee. She/they

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hi guys I know I haven't been very active lately, and I don't talk about where I'm from often, but the government made some really scary announcements today so I thought I'd share to let everyone know what's happening. here are some posts from twt for context

17.02.2026 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1188    ๐Ÿ” 1130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

And lastly, the WIP that will probably enter the trenches sometime this year and is now debuting its agent guide: a Jayvik inspired tragic romantic science fantasy

bsky.app/profile/did:...

31.01.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second, the WIP I'm currently drafting, a dark fantasy with gods, demons, and a rebellion against a demon hating empire:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

31.01.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Putting all my #questpit pitches together in one post

First of all, my querying project with a fake Chosen One:

31.01.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tragic love across lifetimes? ๐Ÿ‘€

31.01.2026 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a setting I don't think I've ever seen before! And I like the concept of being stuck between death

31.01.2026 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh immediately getting Six of Crows vibes, especially from the way you describe each character

31.01.2026 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! It was a lot of fun working out the same world in two very different time periods

31.01.2026 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh that is a really interesting perspective

31.01.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

31.01.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh this concept is great!

31.01.2026 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The agent's guide is gorgeous!

31.01.2026 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You had me with those cops, but the pitch also sounds really intriguing

31.01.2026 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mixing the fashion world with spies sounds interesting

31.01.2026 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the vibe of the moodboard! Curious what you're doing with hero worship

31.01.2026 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love the idea of this invite

31.01.2026 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love your art!

31.01.2026 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This sounds like a unique story, and I'm curious about the blend with horror and romance here

31.01.2026 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿง™ The Era of Mages, where magic slowly kills its wielders and a mage and his partner seek to end this

๐Ÿ”ฌ The Era of Science, where magic researchers must end a Blight ravaging all that lives

Tragedy connects these eras, and only untangling its roots can save the world

#Questpit #A #F #LGBT #ND #W

31.01.2026 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This is such a unique concept

31.01.2026 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really creative way of using pictures

31.01.2026 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh love a prophet/seer MC

31.01.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both these storylines sound so intriguing! And I always love it when books/writers have both m/m and f/f relationships

31.01.2026 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That video looks really cool! Really unique piece to add to a pitch

31.01.2026 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love the sound of this, and that sounds like a really interesting blend of genres!

31.01.2026 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring

Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring

Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise.

Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise.

Snippet. Same background as previous picture, with messy paper on top. Text: โ€œHow did it feel?โ€ she asked, voice soft. Careful. 
For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. โ€œBad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesnโ€™t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You canโ€™t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didnโ€™t even work.โ€
Esti didnโ€™t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. Heโ€™d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didnโ€™t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldnโ€™t forget heโ€™d murdered a man in cold blood. 
โ€œI didnโ€™t ask for this, you know.โ€ Bitterness spilled out like a basiliskโ€™s venom. โ€œBeing the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.โ€

Snippet. Same background as previous picture, with messy paper on top. Text: โ€œHow did it feel?โ€ she asked, voice soft. Careful. For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. โ€œBad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesnโ€™t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You canโ€™t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didnโ€™t even work.โ€ Esti didnโ€™t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. Heโ€™d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didnโ€™t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldnโ€™t forget heโ€™d murdered a man in cold blood. โ€œI didnโ€™t ask for this, you know.โ€ Bitterness spilled out like a basiliskโ€™s venom. โ€œBeing the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.โ€

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x THE RAVEN SCHOLAR

๐Ÿ‘๏ธ a gay seer burdened with saving the world
๐Ÿš’ a butch lesbian firefighter he convinces she's the Chosen One
๐Ÿ˜ฑ a Fear based apocalypse set to end everything

Without a real Chosen One, what could possibly go wrong?

#Questpit #A #F #LGBT #ND #Q

31.01.2026 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Your guide looks so pretty!

31.01.2026 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooh I love the concept of it, and that sounds like such a difficult position for the MC to be in

31.01.2026 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh this sounds epic

31.01.2026 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Guide is looking really good!

31.01.2026 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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