(heated rivalry is pretty cool too)

"born in the wrong decade" but it's because if I had to be unemployed during a recession, why couldn't it be 2008 during the YA publishing boom?

(Kidding but only because I could never send a SASE)

perfect kismet that I was looking at the Context Lit site just a few minutes ago!! 🥰 Does the agency have a policy on when to assume no-response-means-no and it's OK to query another agent? TY!

Yesss shtetl love triangle!!

Our Flag Means Death x The City Beautiful

COME for the:
🏳️‍🌈19 y/o girl trudging towards her future
🏴‍☠️enigmatic pirate fleeing from their past

STAY for the:
🩳"What's in your pants?" "brass knuckles"
🐕 himbo BFF
👺...Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition)
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED
Captured by pirates, 19 y/o Isobel shirks her responsibilities to find freedom at the side of the enigmatic Captain Nunca the Dauntless.
But together, they face a spurned fiancé, a vengeful Inquisitor & the end of the Golden Age of Piracy itself...
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED

In which:
🏳️‍🌈 a girl trudging towards her future falls in love with
🏴‍☠️ a pirate fleeing from their past

But first they have to face:
💍 a spurned fiancé &
💂‍the British monarchy &
👺...the Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

Our Flag Means Death x The City Beautiful
with a strong dose of
☠️ "are you a boy or a girl?" "I'm a pirate"
🐕 grumpy/sunshine friendship
🦷 a villain named Goldtooth???
🏳️‍🌈 no but actually this book is 70% vibes and the vibes are QUEER and BUCCANEER
🌞 the remaining 30% is angst
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

Our Flag Means Death x The City Beautiful

COME for the:
🏳️‍🌈19 y/o girl trudging towards her future
🏴‍☠️enigmatic pirate fleeing from their past

STAY for the:
🩳"What's in your pants?" "brass knuckles"
🐕 himbo BFF
👺...Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition)
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED
Captured by pirates, 19 y/o Isobel shirks her responsibilities to find freedom at the side of the enigmatic Captain Nunca the Dauntless.
But together, they face a spurned fiancé, a vengeful Inquisitor & the end of the Golden Age of Piracy itself...
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED

In which:
🏳️‍🌈 a girl trudging towards her future falls in love with
🏴‍☠️ a pirate fleeing from their past

But first they have to face:
💍 a spurned fiancé &
💂‍the British monarchy &
👺...the Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #DVPit

These vibes are so good! Any NA book with King on the playlist is a banger (I say as someone whose NA book has King on the playlist 😜)

I am SEATED for this omg!!

oohhh these vibes are 💯

top tier vibes

a woman in a red dress is standing next to a man in a suit . Alt: scene from Monty Python in which three characters dressed in red jump out and cry "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"

And a bonus gif for #DVParty day 4...

#YA #NA #JV #HF #LGBT

screenshot from tumblr user stvrmbrekkers found family trope: [five star emojis] found family trope but they're misfits, outcasts, and criminals: [approximately 40 star emojis]

#DVParty Day 4: Your story as a meme/gif
(I've been saving memes on Instagram for months now!)

THE DAUNTLESS AND THE DAMNED

"Isobel took it all in: the crass and blood-thirsty pirates around her, the mysterious captain at their lead. A ship of
the dauntless and the damned."

#YA #NA #JV #HF #LGBT

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED
Come for the:
🏳️‍🌈19 y/o girl trudging towards her future
🏴‍☠️enigmatic pirate fleeing from their past

Stay for the:
🩳"What's in your pants?" "brass knuckles"
⛅grumpy/sunshine friendship
👺...Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!)
#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #PreDV

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED

In which:
🏳️‍🌈 a girl trudging towards her future falls in love with
🏴‍☠️ a pirate fleeing from their past
But first they have to face:
💍 a spurned fiance &
💂‍♂️ the British monarchy &
👺...the Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #PreDV

I actually realize this needs one little change so I'm going to drop it in reply

this format is actually so fun omg

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED

In which:
🏳️‍🌈 a girl trudging towards her future falls in love with
🏴‍☠️ a pirate fleeing from their past
But first they have to face:
💍 a jilted lover &
💂‍♂️ the British monarchy &
👺... the Spanish Inquisition? (NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!)

#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #PreDV

THE DAUNTLESS & THE DAMNED
Captured by pirates, 19 y/o Isobel rejects her future to find freedom at the side of the enigmatic Captain Nunca the Dauntless
But tides turn and soon they're faced with a spurned fiancé, a vengeful Inquisitor & the end of the Golden Age of Piracy

#JV #HF #NA #LGBT #PreDV

I've been struggling to add some "oomph" to this pitch and these Qs are great!! Thanks! (And I don't know if that was a random guess or you picked up on "intended" but yesss evil fiance👀)

Just read through your pitches, this and the emoji one are my faveees. I hope this gets swooped up because I *need* to read it.

Ooh I looove a dance competition. I'm a little confused by that middle sentence though? Could maybe use some sharpening.💃

I need this novel in my hands TODAY, please! 🤩

This is such a fun premise! I'm curious what the "title" is? Can you be more specific - the prize money, trophy, etc. I'm sooo intrigued about letter! And the last line is 🔥

This is sooo sharp and such a fun pitch! I'm wondering -- is he quoting her or (mis)quoting her?

Ooh I love the voice!! :))