Helena is querying and drafting

"Carob syrup, sweetened with figs, clean mallow—not to eat but to infuse in steam—and a roasted orange before bed. In the cramped space of my humble hut, I prepared all three ingredients for my last client of the day." —Fates Wrought in Mist #F #NA #Q #1stLinePit

"The library rumbles in the aftermath of an explosion; it’s the third one this week. I know better than to worry about another student struggling to learn that the incantation leuk may set something alight instead of producing a light." —Bleeding Stars #RF #A #Q #1stLinePit

Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🧪Unique magic & world 🐉Scandinavian fairytale creatures ❤️‍🔥Steamy forbidden love 🛡️"Who did this?" 🗡️"Touch him & die" #1stLinePit #Romantasy #NA #AgentsGuide

"I’m never making it to seventeen. That’s the thought that keeps drilling into my head as I sit in the Afterlife Terminal, squeezed between two Peace Corps." #1stLinePit #WIP #YA #SF

Mexican Gothic x Belladonna X ODW “Inadequacy is a quiet thing. A shadow curling beneath the ribs, a whisper woven into the fabric of a life. Tayah Wellworth wore it well, had worn it for so long it felt like a second skin.” #amquerying soon #1stlinepit #rf #a #na #c

New querying pain unlocked: getting a pitch like from an agent that has already passed on your query package 🥲

It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.

Two agent likes during #PopUpPit! Thank you everyone for all your support. Due to timezone differences I couldn't be around for more than 5 hours but I got to see and repost so many incredible books 🫶

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit I'm an unlucky girl trapped in Grandfather's cliffhouse, caretaker of his magic box with 3 human hearts I must feed blood. They die? I die. Handsome Duke Lugo offers a blood bargain, but he's hungry to expose the secrets of Casa del Demonio...and me. #PopUpPitE #YA #Gothic #H

Between Two Kingdoms x When Life Gives You Pears Diagnosed with a rare cancer at 27, Rachel faces more than just health complications on her journey to become cancer free. ✝️crisis of faith 🏢discrimination 👩‍🦯becoming disabled 🔍finding a new purpose ❤️‍🔥 love 💪7x survivor #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #Q #M

THE SHADOW OF LIGHT YA paranormal fantasy standalone at 98K words 💫 Found family 💫 Friends-to-lovers slowburn romance (w/ complications and yearning) 💫 Grump x Sunshine 💫 International setting 💫 FMC can manipulate soundwaves 💫 Upbeat with serious themes #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #F #YA

SIX OF CROWS X ARCANE How to fight a Chaos storm caused by the overuse of magic? Sanjiin’s fists won’t help. Neither will Rayna’s Chaos. But together, Prof. Tinley believes science can be the glue to bind enemies and magical forces to save the last Haven city from itself. #A #F #LuckyPit #PopUpPit

You know I hate to do this (just kidding it's my favorite) but I have made a list of upcoming and anticipated Folk Horror books for myself, that I am not sharing with you. Go feral! Full list in the alt ✔️ @manylittlewords.bsky.social @shortwavebooks.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social

NONE OF THIS IS TRUE x WHAT LIES BENEATH When Sophie is brutally dumped, she can’t help but wonder: Is she possessed or just pissed? 🥀1950s flashbacks 🌊a coastal town with secrets 🔪female rage & revenge 🌊second-chance love 🥀a twist that will 👀 #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit

WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS x THE MUMMY x INDIANA JONES When Elaine accidentally uses an ancient artifact that brings an Egyptian king to life, they disrupt the balance between life & death & enter into a war between Egyptian gods. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA

In BLEEDING STARS (Adult Romantasy) Adara is a scholarly mage who must survive the deadly trials of the Culling, navigate a perilous romance with her fiercest rival, and unravel the dark secrets of the King's Cadre to secure her family's future. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

A NA standalone fantasy novel for all the yearners. Gothic, whimsical, haunted, and romantic. FATES WROUGHT IN MIST follows a witch in a manor in 16th-century northern Spain struggling to break a deadly curse that haunts the man she's falling for. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit

BLEEDING STARS is an 84k words adult romantasy with 📖dark academia 🖤rivals to lovers 😶‍🌫️unreliable narrator ⚖️the reality of class disparity ☠️deadly trials 🩸murder mystery ✨magic system based on Proto-Indo-European #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X WHEN THE MOON HATCHED "Tell me, child, what do you know of the gods?" NA Fantasy retelling of SEA folklore ⚔️ Badass FMC ⚔️ Rich World Building ⚔️ Found Family ⚔️ Forbidden Love ⚔️ An Unforgettable Relic Quest ⚔️ So. Much. Yearning. #RF #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #NA #R #F

CRIMSON PEAK X THE FAMILIAR A man cursed for life. A witch doomed to die. FATES WROUGHT IN MIST is a NA standalone fantasy novel deeply rooted in Spanish folklore. It blends gothic elements with classic fantasy romance in a haunted mountain manor. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit

Would you choose immortality? Of course you would. But let me tell you: It’s a lie. A cruel, promise. Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse. House of Valentine - 98k words a gothic fantasy w/ a b-plot romance. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #G #R #booksky #LuckyPit

My #agentsguide to CARELESS WHISPERS, a romantic suspense set on a Greek island. REBECCA x RIVIERA x THE PERFECT COUPLE The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive... Secrets, Slow❤️‍🔥, Unrequited love, Betrayal, Murder Longlisted for Joffe Books Prize 2024 #LuckyPit 🍀 #PopUpPitA

After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too. 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic

Practical Magic x The Honey Witch Two sisters develop the ability to sense love and are able to determine a person’s true love… for everyone except themselves #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #F #R #A

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN 🧑‍🎓A cut-throat postgrad academia w/ ⚛️engineer magic 🤌obsessive yearning 🚨unreliable narrator 📻corrupted magic tech 🩺medical ethics & consent 🩻body horror 🏆dangerous magic duels 🛠️blacksmith biceps 🌿strange plants 👤& the strange man who ❤️s 'em #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F

(re)introducing HOW TO COME HOME: ⛓️ PEAKY BLINDERS x CAT SEBASTIAN 🏳️‍🌈 upmarket queer historical romance 🛤️ an ex-con w/a head for numbers 🎼 a former musical prodigy dealing w/disability 📚 small-town troubles & big-city ghosts #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

KINGDOM AWAKENING ✨️Adult romantasy exploring themes of love, betrayal, & sacrifice ✨️The rich emotional contour of Jennifer L. Armentrout's FROM BLOOD AND ASH meets the toe-curling tension of Ali Hazelwood’s BRIDE ✨️Standalone with series potential complete at 112k #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

TANGLED x SPINNING SILVER Most think Raizel’s a witch with her bushy dark hair & twisted back. But in this YA romantasy Rapunzel retelling (50k), the heroic princess *is* this Jewish girl with scoliosis escaping her tower with her blonde witch’s new hired hand, Asher. #PopUpPitA #popuppit #luckypit

COVET x FAIRYTALE x ACOWAR REIGN OF NIGHTMARES- dark romantic fantasy A headstrong young woman and her sister must harness newly awakened magic to defeat a depraved god hunting them to consume their rare power. 🖤🫀❤️‍🔥 #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit 🍀 #popuppit

New name because after removing 67k words, it's basically a new book! ROMEO & JULIET meets THE HUNGER GAMES when a fiery rebel and shy aristocrat find forbidden love amid a brutal uprising, hidden magic, and deadly monsters that could destroy them both. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #NA #FR #Q

Grim Portents HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE A man is murdered by a demon on his wedding day. With the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of #luckypit #popuppit #popuppita #A #F #Hu #H

CAMP DAMASCUS x NETTLE & BONE Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH. 🤷‍♀️Character driven ❤️Slow-burn romance 👻Monster menagerie 🫂Found family #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #H #A

TREASURE PLANET×THE EXPANSE A bookworm dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #M

Heart of the Tiers: An heir to a desert dynasty uses untapped magick to uncover treasonous betrayals and save his elder brother while navigating love and gender roles in a realm embattled by wyverns. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit🍀 #PopUpPit #LGBTQ / IA+ #BIPOC reps #Trans rep #Disabled rep #ChronicIllness

THIS IS REAL, ISABEL BENES ready for #PopUpPit! (+Big 5 editor interest!) 💗Two gifted kids, now adults, falling apart… and in love? 🏠 Forced proximity 🔥 Rivals to Lovers & Slowburn 🌞 Small-town charm & summer vibes 🌸 OwnVoices Latinx, anxiety, vitiligo, & celiac disease #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #A

My #amquerying NA fantasy standalone novel FATES WROUGHT IN MIST is complete at 86,000 words 🫶 black cat x golden retriever 🪄 inspired on historical Spanish covens ❤️‍🩹 tackles grief and forgiveness 👻 healthy dose of spooky #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit

Sharing my adult romantasy BLEEDING STARS #agentsguide about nerdy mages, deadly trials, and lots of secrets 📖 false meritocracy in academia 🖤 rivals to lovers 😶‍🌫️ unreliable narrator ✨ unique linguistic magic system #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

I just want a genuinely dangerous woman who gives no fucks and has a loose screw and the equally unhinged man that will gawk at the destruction she leaves in her wake.

First post here! My #agentsguide for FATES WROUGHT IN MIST #amquerying. It's witchy, it's gothic, it's a haunted manor full of ghosts, and a heartwarming story about love, family, grief, and forgiveness. Also trying to connect with the #WritingCommunity Please interact so I can find you!