S. E. Berkeley

Anyways, here’s mine 🧥

Promoting your book feel much like wearing a trench coat and hissing to strangers “hey, buddy, I’ve got a spicy romantasy for ya here. Not too long. Fresh off the press too.”

New favorite author moment unlocked: watching my PR Box in unboxing videos. TAG ME. I BEG.

Three images: a boy in water, a book burning, and lighting with the words “she was as real as paper” written across.

When fairytale creatures escape into reality, an orphan w/ trust issues must rely on 2 ppl who know the original story: his privileged ex-bf & a girl who bleeds ink.

If they can’t get ahead of the plot, they’ll be trapped forever in a world of monsters. #QueerPit #YA #NA #DF

A mood board of deep forests, burning books, and people lost in them with the quote: “dreams aren’t nothing. Desires aren’t pointless. choice is what makes us human and alive.”

Selwyn rarely accepts help. The orphan knows people are undependable, but as soul-eating creatures attack his town & time freezes, he must lean upon the mayor's son (his ex) & a paper-made girl who bleeds ink in order to save all he loves & himself. #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

THE TWISTS IN THIS ONE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

📣THRILLER AGENTS - SNATCH THIS ONE UPPPPPP

I had the honor of beta reading this and it has my FULL STAMP OF APPROVAL.

📣AGENTS— snatch it up!

THE SCREAM I SCREAMED. How freaking cute is this?!?! AMAZING.

STOP. The stepping on the feet is TOO CUTE. 😍

THIS POSTER?! Holy crap. The VIBES on this!

YES YES YES PLEASE!!! The goat?! Perfection!

MY BABIES 😍😍😍

I LOVE a good bi-flag color scheme. 😍 this whole thing is *chef kiss*

SO OBSESSED!!! Love it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

✨PUBLISHING NEWS✨
I am THRILLED to announce that I’m now represented by Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management! Her excitement and passion for The Corruption of Astoria Rose blew me away. I could not have found a better business partner to navigate this industry with!
#agentedauthor #romantasy

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✨THING✨ signed. It’s actually happening. 🥹

Announcement tomorrow.

A pitch card for Maybe Today, Satan

ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN x A WITCH'S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING A DEMON

☀️Sunshine & Cinnamon Roll
💞Love at first sight
🥰Cozy comedic romantasy
🤝Dual POV
🔥Set in Hell (and Heaven)
🐐12 Goats, 2 Alpacas, 1 Three-Headed dog

#luckypit #popuppit #amquerying #MaybeTodaySatan

A photo collage and themes and tropes

Imagine you're Satan and hate your job. Wouldn't you too prefer to enjoy eternity with the cute pet zoo keeper that accidentally landed in your lap? Even if it means going up against God? Or teaming up with your sweetheart's evil twin? #PopUpPit #luckypit

a simple mood board with the title "a bird in hand" in the center on top of a prairie background. On the left is a photo of a blond man in a suit labeled "ex-beau, gambler, cowboy, and...?" On the right is a photo of a young woman brandishing a pistol labeled "wanted outlaw, eldest daughter, blessed or cursed?"

OUTLAWED x Anastasia

Notorious outlaw Roberta “The Raven” Eastmont teams up with her immortal ex-lover to rob a train and avenge her mother.

(still a WIP, but it felt weird to exclude it)

a simple mood board with a background of desert mountains in a storm. The title "Morning rises" is in the middle. To the left is a photo of a woman with her head down, face covered by a cowboy hat. It's labeled with "lady sheriff, hard of hearing, chaotic bisexual." To the right is a photo of a man hunched over a book. It's labeled with "former cult member, dysfunctional sibling, scholarly & soft."

Supernatural x American Primeval

Rescued from a job gone wrong, Morn finds herself falling for her savior only to encounter the violent supernatural cult he’s running from.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE

Poppy wouldn't have expected to accidentally end up in Hell & date Satan, yet, here she was. Thankfully her new beau is willing to do anything to get her back when she is ordered to Heaven - even team up with her evil sister & go up against God.
#luckypit #popuppit #amquerying

A collage of images including a bloody fingerprint, a red carpet, a girl in a bathtub; an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a living room, a starlet on the red carpet.

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE

A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon's untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces.

Agent Guide on profile ❤️

#popuppita #luckypit

S. E. Berkeley | Author | Substack S.E.Berkeley resides in California with her loving partner, feral children, & psychic cat. When she's not fetching snacks for small children, she enjoys hiking through her beloved state's wilderness &...

I finally put my substack together after [checks notes] nearly 9 months of thinking about it. Please clap.

substack.com/@seberkeleya...
#authorgoals #didthething #romantasy #newsletter

PSA for all my querying friends: the London Book Fair is next week. If you’re querying UK agents, know that they are slammed with this massive event.

If you get an offer and you’ve got your eye on an UK agent, consider asking for 3 weeks instead of the standard 2 weeks.

*clears throat* ATTENTION PLEASE 📣 I HAVE SUBMITTED MY COPY EDITS TO MY PUBLISHER.

PLEASE CLAP.

A collage of images including a bloody fingerprint, a red carpet, a girl in a bathtub; an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a living room, a starlet on the red carpet.

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE

A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon’s untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces.

Agent Guide on my profile ❤️

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #T #LGBT #Dis

A fake #aita post

#AITA #ISTA (Is Satan The Asshole?)

#wspit #wspitq #MaybeTodaySatan #romantasy
#romcom

A moodboard with potions, a Victorian shop, a crow, a kissing couple and a man and woman.

Gabriel is a witch. Summer isn't. Sure he's suspicious when the cute con-artist opens up a witch shop next to his apothecary. But when she's accused of murder through love potion, he reluctantly comes to her aid. How to catch a killer, when magic is in the air?
#wspit #wspitw #rc #conwitchwip

Agent's Guide to The Jinxborough Vampires, YA Paranormal Romance, 95,000 words. (Image description: character art of a witch girl and vampire boy, embracing and smiling at one another)

PITCH: Eighteen-year-old Laurie Loveday is having a rough night—apparently, she’s a witch, vampires are real, and they’re in Jinxborough. Oh, and their bites freakin’ hurt. Trying to connect with locals doesn’t mean having someone’s teeth at her neck. Unable to sass her way out of the predicament, she breaks free with her latent magic but is pushed to the ground. Right before she becomes human à la mode, Vincent, her coworker from the bookstore, appears and kills the attacker.   Vincent Fraley hates being a newbie vampire, but he’s grateful his sharp instincts saved Laurie. The transition from rebellious mortal to upstanding bloodsucker has been difficult. What’s more challenging is hiding the murder—and shielding Laurie from his obtrusive, anti-witch mother. Falling for his natural enemy is a big blunder, but Laurie makes Vincent feel human again.   They can’t get too distracted by their mutual attraction, since the slain foe’s family, House Greaves, will seek vengeance if the murder comes to light. Just when they think they’re in the clear, a ne'er-do-well vampire comes forth with photographic evidence of their transgression. Juggling their growing connection and a dwindling deadline, they must steal and destroy the images before they’re forcibly initiated into the blackmailer’s unruly clan—and a surprise guest from House Greaves has a front row seat to the “party.” Workplace love / friends to lovers / against the odds

COMPS & VIBES: In Nightfall by Suzanne Young (suspense & action, evil vampire gang), Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch (eccentric setting in MA, heartwarming romance, generational family secrets), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (teen angst & sass, antics & mischief, early 00s nostalgia), Practical Magic (murder cover-up, magical mishaps)

MOODBOARD: image collage of a cobblestone Salem sidewalk with fall foliage, fanged mouth dripping blood, ouija planchette, sheet ghost chilling with sunglasses and a cat, white rose splattered with blood, a couple kissing on a dark snowy night, blue and green spellbooks, a blue neon bookstore sign, and a bedazzled flip phone next to a tube of lip gloss Bsky & Insta @maisiebannion / maisiebannion.com

IN NIGHTFALL x SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS x BUFFY

💜 friends to lovers
💼 workplace romance
💀 bookstore / oddities shop
🌙 witches vs vampires
🔮 salem vibes
👫 short king mmc + tall fmc
📟 00s nostalgia
🩸 got blood?

#WSPitQ #YA #P #R #agentsguide