Leaving for Miami for the day job in a few days🌴, signing books at the Bucks County Book Festival on May 2nd in Doylestown, PA, and flying to see one of my author besties @mariahstillbrook.bsky.social at the end of May in Colorado to have our own writers retreat. Busy but so many fun things!
I'm querying a sapphic YA mystery, THE FINAL CHAPTER, set at indie book store. Think queer Nancy Drew. I'm finishing an adult sapphic rom com set on a cruise gone wrong, coming to inboxes soon!
Hi, I'm Diane, a pan/demi author with two published books and I'm querying another. My debut, DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN?, is a YA sapphic awakening book with opposites attract and falling for the new girl. SUPERFICIAL is a YA superhero story; Marvel meets National Treasure. 🧵1/2
Big shoutout to @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social for hosting us authors and vendors that were affected by our event at HACC being canceled last minute. I had the best time and met some great readers, authors, and vendors! My cousin even came to keep me company!
@dianebillas.bsky.social, bravo to @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social for picking things up today! I would have been there to support You and Them if not for an author event in Elizabethtown and a book discussion at the library. I’m glad it worked out for you!
Thank you so much! @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social is the best!! Hope your event went well!
There might be an 11 book sapphic giveaway on my IG profile…💜🥳 check out dianebillaswrites for more deets!
Had so much fun at the Romance, Mystery & Magic Book Fair on Saturday! Loved meeting readers and authors and the weather was great! 💕Thanks to everyone that stopped by and said hello! My next event is Neighbors & Novels, April 11, 11-4 at HACC in Harrisburg, PA!
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Bookish friends in Pennsylvania! This Saturday there is a FREE bookish event with 30+ authors called the Romance, Mystery & Magic Book Fair!
🌟March 21, 10-3 pm at Sly Fox Taphouse, Wyomissing, PA!
I'm participating in the @transrightsreadathon again this year. It runs from March 17-31 and I can't wait to dive into the books I've got lined up!
🌟Ship Happens by Mason Deaver (ARC), adult romance
🌟Dreadnought by April Daniels, YA superhero
Introducing FULL STEAM AHEAD. It's an adult sapphic rom com about a cruise gone wrong, set in a dual perspective.
🌈Pan4Pan
🌈Forced proximity
🌈Characters in their late 30s
🌈Single mother w/ a 2 yr old
🌈Cruise to Canada, but one MC packed for Bermuda
🌈Steam
I finished the draft and am about to edit!
Thanks!!
I wrote over 5,000 words yesterday (my personal best ever) and FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT of my book! I'm so excited. I'm going to put it away for a bit and then get into editing.
Reached 60k on my adult sapphic rom com WIP about a cruise gone wrong! Almost finished!!!
An agent guide to THE FINAL CHAPTER
Four Full Requests so far!
QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom's book event. She needs to clear her name and not get killed.
💖 Sapphic crush
🔎 Amateur investigation
📚Indie bookstore
😺Store cat
🌈Queer Cast
#querying
@nikkigetsliterary.bsky.social thank you for the like! I tried to DM you for your link but it won’t let me. Thanks!
Ahhh thank you!!
Thanks!!
Queer Scooby Doo
AITA for yelling at my mom's biggest fan? Now she's dead and people are blaming, but I swear, I didn't do it! I'm also starting to think my sapphic crush's mom might be the one responsible...how is this my life?💀
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #M #LGBTQ #OWN
QUEER NANCY DREW
Welcome to the Halloween party you'll never forget where your archenemy dies at the bookshop you work at and you are accused of killing her. Did your sapphic crush, your boss, or your ex do it? You better find out before you are next.
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #M #LGBT #OWN
The 2nd annual Sapphic Shelf Explosion, hosted by Year of Queer Lit, is happening today only, Feb 26th! 200+ sapphic books for .99 or free including my own YA romance Does Love Always Win? and books by @mariahstillbrook.bsky.social, @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social, and @kristinawkelly.bsky.social! 👇
I have a lot of upcoming events this winter/spring in Pennsylvania! The first one is the Reads Local Author Showcase, February 28, 2-4, Horsham Township Library, PA, 30+ authors, free!
Current querying stats for my YA sapphic murder mystery THE FINAL CHAPTER:
⭐️17 pending initial queries
⭐️2 pending fulls
⭐️55 initial query rejections
⭐️2 partial rejections
⭐️1 full rejection
I also have completely re-worked the book since many of those rejections so...🤞
It’s romance reads season and I always forget because I don’t celebrate it. It’s also funny to me that my first book is a romance because I’m one of the least romantic people ever. 🫠 But hi, I have a pretty pink YA sapphic awakening romance called DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN? 💖
Thank you!!😊
Someone told me that the are re-reading my sapphic book DOES LOVE AWAYS WIN? and the way my heart felt. 💕🥹
Murder Mystery Party, Everyone's a suspect, is it your sapphic crush, your boss, or your ex? October 31, 2025, The Final Chapter Bookstore, Green Barrow, PA. All the candy you could ever want but be careful of the chili...RSVP to Diane Billas by requesting her manuscript.
QUEER NANCY DREW
This bookstore Halloween party has all the candy you’d ever want but you’re too busy trying to figure out who killed your archenemy to clear your name. Did your sapphic crush, your boss, or your ex do it? Oh, and beware of the poisoned chili…
#Foodpit #Q #YA #MY #LGBT
Mrs. Becker shrugs off my mom’s arm and takes a huge breath in. “I can’t do this.” That’s when I smell the distinct odor of something that’s been on the stove too long. It must reach Mrs. Becker’s nose at the same time because she gasps and flips over a pancake and exclaims, “And on top of everything, I burnt the pancakes. I burnt the freaking pancakes.
QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom's book event. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process.
🥞Pancakes
💖 Sapphic crush
🕵️ Amateur investigation
🎃 Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🐈 Store cat
🌈 Queer cast
#Foodpit #Q #YA #MY #LGBT
