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Meet the Writers of #Revpit

We're not quite in #revpitwaiting yet, but if you feel like it give a brief intro, it can be nonsense or serious, up to you. AKA:

I write YA/MG SFF and Horror and have been writing for 3 years.

VS

20% sarcasm, 10% derailing jokes, 50% laser focused, 20% chaos, 5% Xtra

good rooibos is so hard to find! not sure I’ve ever had a really good one :,)

all the teas 😂 I go through seasons. just finished my chai season, into black tea season, summer I go for greens, and oolong in fall. this probably sounds weird 😂 but I drink everything from western style tea to traditional Chinese tea the ceremony way, when I feel like putting the work in.

hellooo #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

I’m a fantasy writer, and this year I subbed a dark fantasy/academia. Across my writing you’re likely to find the strangest worlds & magic you’ve never imagined, stressful sibling relationships, and ace characters.

I am comprised of 80% tea and 20% orange cat hair.

Hi #RevPit!

Do you have an agent’s guide or an aesthetic? I’d love to see it 👀

Aris waited until the groundskeeper turned around the bend of the carriage way to break the window. Beneath this quote, is a grid of images featuring: trees, a river and old houses, a shelf of curiosities including animal skulls, a button down shirt and vest, an animal skull, a table full of cups and cigarettes, and a notebook with a human skeleton diagram.

I reeeaaallly need to make a new one, but this is the moodboard I have! I’ve been chipping away at an agents guide but it isn’t ready yet.

@madelynknecht.bsky.social 👀 I’m worried mine leans too dark for your fantasy mswl (unfortunately not much comedy or wimsy!)

are you open to a (queer) dark academia with horror elements?

yayyy thank you!! @jenichappelle.bsky.social I really appreciate all the time you donate to revpit things!!

hi @aealexander.bsky.social ! I’m super late but trying to narrow down my editor choices. how do you feel about mixed structures like epistolary? and are you interested in (adult fantasy) dark academia?

I should really make a new moodboard 😅 #RevPit

will of the many x nausicaa

🪦 ghosts & secrets
🦴 bone magic
🌲 encroaching evil forest
✨ magical college
🖋️ epistolary
📝 thesis research gone REALLY wrong

I have yet to pick my editors 😭

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🌈 Get ready to bid in the Lit for Queer Liberation Virtual Auction — opening on Sunday, March 8th!

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okay here goes:

A struggling students thinks he’s unlocked the secrets of bone magic when he accidentally conjures the ghost of its inventor—but doesn’t know he’s put himself at risk from those who want to keep the truth of magic’s origins buried.

Essentials for Writers: Loglines In 2022, we started asking for loglines as part of the submission process for the RevPit Annual Contest. Because this was new to the contest and a lot of the authors in our community weren’t …

Hey #RevPit, have logline questions or want some feedback on your logline? Reply here, and I’ll get to as many as I can.

Logline explanation: www.jenichappelleeditorial.com/post/essenti...

Another explanation: www.threads.com/@reginablack...

Hi Carly! Are you open to adult fantasy with higher word counts (118k)? And how do you feel about mixed structures like epistolary?

Fun one: what’s your favorite SFF book you read last year?

Hi Madelyn! If we submit to you in RevPit, can we still query you afterwards?

Also, how do you feel about mixed structures like epistolary and adult fantasy with a higher word count (118k)?

Hi Raquel! How do you feel about a) mixed structures like epistolary and b) higher word counts (118k adult fantasy)? thank you for answering questions today!

I’m super late but how do you feel about mixed structures, like epistolary (mixed with prose chapters still)?

considering my book includes an encroaching human-eating forest…there’s a lot of special trees. and cacti. and beetles.

probably DPR Ian’s LIMBO but my playlist for the book is 11 hours, sooo… there’s a lot of options

Okay, #RevPit, let's talk prep for the annual contest 🧵

When you enter, you'll need separate files for:
👉 Complete ms
👉 First 5 pages + Query letter
👉 Synopsis

In general, it's better to have a ms that you've revised some and isn't a first/zero draft.

1/6

I’m thrilled to share that I’m now represented by @laneheymont.bsky.social at The Tobias Literary Agency for my gothic horror novel, THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH, and future written works. I was blown away by Lane’s enthusiasm and vision for BANSHEE and for my career, and can’t wait for what’s next!

so crazy to think that this time last year I was joining revpit for the first time. it gave me a community of writers that changed my writing (and industry knowledge) for the better.

so excited to submit to it this year too! #RevPit

Can I respectfully clarify that the MSWL hastag is for agents/editors to let writers know what they're seeking. It's not intended for writers to pitch their works. With #MSWLDay imminent, it's vital this hashtag stays clean. Thanks.

#writingcommunity #writersky #amwriting #authors #writers

RevPit: Participating Editor Announcements Coming Friday! Are you ready for our 10th Annual Contest? www.reviseresub.com

This Friday! Who's ready to meet our annual contest #RevPit editors? In the coming weeks, each will host an #AskEditor session where you'll be able to ask about their wishlist, editing process, and more!

Mood board for Anti-Charter Campaign agent's guide. Pictures of an elementary school, money, butterscotch, cheersing beers, ants, a map of PA, D&D dice and character sheets, kids in a school, a magic book, an apple for the teacher, and a man with a nametag that says "Evil Corp"

Speculative Fiction ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN is Jumanji X Abbott Elementary. Librarian Britt and her teacher colleagues must make the right rolls in a magical RPG to save their school from a charter takeover. 92K Words, Querying Now

Comps: Roll for Romance, The Grimoire Grammar School PTA, A Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, The Lost Bookshop, Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes, The Faculty Lounge, Up the Down Staircase

Excerpt: “Yes, it is. Would you like to hold it?” “Why would you do that, Angelo?” Suze shook her head. “Classic NPC inciting move. He’s going to run away with it now.” Britt picked up the thread as soon as Suze quieted, making her voice high like a child’s. “‘Yes, I would.’ The boy snatches the emblem from your hand and runs toward the back of the tavern.” “Oh well,” Angelo declared in his Martin affectation, tossing his head as if he had fluffy curls instead of a close-cropped buzz. “Maybe now all the exiled princes and damsels in distress will stop asking me for help and I can just sit back and enjoy a tankard of ale.” “Since when have damsels of any kind approached you, Martin?” Suze retorted, at least seeming to be in character. Though Catherine wasn’t certain if a paladin would make such a snide comment. The party had been together for eight or nine adventures. She supposed that bred a certain familiarity they could play into.  “But you need that, Martin. You know they’ve been asking people for their badges lately.” Catherine scanned over her character sheet. She’d prepared spells for what she thought Sprintze would be doing in the off season.

My speculative fiction ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN is complete, and I made my first ever agent's guide.

#AmQuerying

THE UNFORTUNATE GARDEN WITCH'S GUIDE TO KISSING GIRLS OR THE NOVEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS AHARMONY OFWITCHS BY VICTORIA JAYNE YA SAPPHIC COZY ROMANTASY IN REVISIONS AS A WRITEHIVE MENTEE

Adagio WITH A PITCH LIKE AN AUTISTIC, TRANSFEMME, PLANT-KILLING GARDEN WITCH WORKS WITH A RIVAL MUSIC WITCH TO CARE FOR AN ANCIENT FLOWER. WIEN A MELTDOWN TURNS THE FLOWER SENTIENT, SHE MUST LEARN TO REGULATE HER EMOTIONS TO TURN IT BACK BEFORE THE FESTIVAL, TRYING NOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HER RIVAL ON THE WAY.

WITH COMPS LIKE WICKED VIBES EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS Magic TRANS WITCH MC A LOVE STORY TO RAISÉ THE DEAD WITCHCORE EMMA HINDS -BRIDGET MORRISSEY BARISTA'S GUIDE tr LOVE&. LARCENT BREWED WITH LOVE CAROLINE BONIN MC STRUGGLING WITH ABILITIES * SHELLY PAGE * SAPPHIC GIRLS WORKING TOGETHER

WITH TROPES LIKE TRANS TEEN MC MC STRUGGLING WITH MAGIC FEMME X FEMME CHILDHOOD FRIENDS TO LOVERS WITTY, AUTISTIC HUMOR SUPPORTIVE GAY OLDER BROTHER HILARIOUS MIDPOINT PLOT TWIST WITH PROSE LIKE I GIVE HER A FEW SECONDS. THE HALF-MOON IN THE SKY BEAMS DOWN THROUGH THE CLEAR WINDOWS, CASTING A GENTLE GLOW ON THE PAIR OF US. I LOOK AT THE BRIGHT LIGHT OF MY PHONE, WHICH SHOWS A NOTIFICATION FROM THIRTY MINUTES AGO. A TEXT FROM MELODY SAYING, "WADDUP I'M BOREDDD." I SNICKER. THEN, YOUR FAMILY CAME LOOKING FOR YOU." "IS THAT SO?" SHE ASKS, TURNING HER HEAD TO FACE MINE AGAIN. THERE'S SOMETHING UNREADABLE ON HER FACE, AND THAT SCARES ME. MELODY IS AN OPEN-BOOK. SHE'S SITTING HERE IN A SAILOR MOON COSPLAY FOR MAGRATHAM'S SAKE. SHE'S NOT ONE TO HIDE OR CONCEAL. IT'S WHY THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS TAILOR-MADE TO TORTURE ME. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE NOT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MELODY SHARPE. SHE'S THE ABSOLUTE WORST PERSON TO HAVE ON A STEALTH MISSION. YET, AS I'M GAZING INTO THOSE EMERALD EYES, I FIND MYSELF FLOODED WITH PURE CONFUSION. 'IS THAT SO?' WHAT A STRANGE RESPONSE.

Here’s an updated #AgentsGuide to my YA Cozy Romantasy pitched as WICKED meets LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

-20 agent requests
-2 big five editor full requests
-winner of two mentorships (Writehive and RT)
-in revisions now!

#writingcommunity

It's Time to Get Loud About the Books You Love - Reactor Some ideas to help keep literature and the book community alive.

In a time of book bannings, AI, and decreased library funding, the best thing you can do to support books is be very, very loud about them. @mollytempleton.com on how we can help the authors we love:

A collage of ocean, coastal academic images with droplets of fantasy and mystery.

BENEATH THE WHISPERING COVE is a gothic coastal fantasy about a young woman’s quest to uncover a missing book of folktales and secure her research funding.

The misty water-logged mystery of A STUDY IN DROWNING with the folkloric richness of A DARK AND DROWNING TIDE

#questpit #YA #F