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ALT They’re a piece of me now. I can’t erase how I used them.
ALT The first page of a pitch deck. A neon pink art deco border pulls words out of a romantic starry space background. This border and background repeat over the following images. The title page reads in art deco gold and neon pink: An editor's guide to -- Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel -- A Sci-fi Romance by Ellie Rhymer. Representation Christi Cardenas.
ALT Romantic pink and sci-fi neon and stars: Pitch. Good heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry. Anora is the quick-thinking manager of an illegal casino, fleeing the assassination of her gang's boss with the hyperspace treasure maps thrust into her hands as he died. Jayro is a mouthy interstellar smuggler from the wrong side of the hyperspace lane with the only ship that can get Anora off Hecate IV before the emperor's relic-hunting space witches close a net around the planet. The two bad-at-feelings bisexuals try to tamp down simmering, inconvenient attraction as they are forced to work together with the scrappy, tight-knit crew of the Helle Wanderer to survive in the criminal underworld and discover the secret at the end of the dangerous maps. Their love story is a heist and they're stealing more than each other's hearts. Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer
![Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen. “Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?” Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!” “Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.” “Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator. “Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded. “The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her. “What on-boards are your pre-sets accounting for?” she asked [...]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HWUFqPHXgAA2TId.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Excerpt. “Those are pre-set…” Jayro warned as Anora toggled a series of switches at the nav computer and began actively moving data streams around the screen. “Pre-set for scans for //stationary objects//. You pick out your nav programs like you pick out your paint schemes?” Jayro felt annoyance rising up in him again. The cockpit was his domain. Never mind that he agreed with her about the deco. “It took Fish weeks to get those programs running!” “Look, unless you want to meet an asteroid face to face, shut the hells up and let me work.” Anora frowned as she watched some data return from the program. “Call engineering.” “Gladly.” Jayro opened the channel on his wrist communicator. “Yeah?” Fish’s voice responded. “The new navigator is having trouble with her—” Jayro broke off as Anora grabbed his forearm and yanked his wrist in front of her own face, causing his chair to whirl towards her. “What on-boards are your pre-sets accounting for?” she asked [...]
ALT Gothic mood board with pictures of willow, spell book, shadow man, fingers touching, hands bound together dripping blood, blood on old weathered paper, man kissing hand, man and women hugging
ALT Entering Salem, witch trails, hand with puppet, man laying on woman’s chest, ghost in mirror, graveyard, ghosts haunting woman, old letters, Salem Halloween festival
ALT A raven marks when it begins. An unkindness sent to cleanse your sins. It’s just a bedtime story, curses aren’t real. But the whispers are.
ALT Slide 1: Agent's guide to Twists of Woe by S.V. Riesling. Adult Dark Fantasy with Romantic Subplot. Complete at 112k words. Standalone with series potential.
ALT Slide 2: The pitch: When a court witch discovers a plot to take her life, she has no choice but to work with an outcast prince to survive and fight back. Hunted by the Empire's deadly magekillers, the two must reach a wondrous, hidden mage enclave to find allies, and failing means more than their demise: it spells a new era of slaughter for anyone with magic coursing through their veins.
ALT Slide 3: Tropes and themes: magic is a burden, religious persecution, court intrigue & conspiracies, imperialism, political stakes, unfriendly dragons, slow burn, reluctant allies, no chosen ones, portals & hidden realms, High Medieval aesthetic.
ALT Slide 4: For fans of: The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (omniscient narrator, character-driven, persecution); The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (forbidden magic, court intrigue, espionage); Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (reluctant allies, systemic discrimination, romance is not centre-stage); The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart (forced proximity, gods & cults, rebellion). Featuring: old-timey fantasy, omniscient POV, sweeping worldbuilding, slow burn romantic subplot.
ALT Julian Butcher, Cappacale, cinematographer
ALT Londyn Bridges, Cappacale, dancer, chronically tired.
ALT What do the readers say? This is so accurate of the world we live in. Girl what the fuck. It's one of those reads that leaves upi questionging things and stays with you. Boy the shift from desperate to hyper priveledged is jarring. I really love Clover's voice. She's hilarious. You're so good at the gruesome scenes, you should be a horror writer. I want you to know that you are going to kill it as a romance author. I want this tension injected straight into my fucking veins. Natural Neon
ALT Book cover for WAKE: Maelstrom Book 1 by Jessica DeLand. Against a swirling purple, star-speckled background, a red-haired ballerina in a black leotard and pink pointe shoes curls inside an intricate gold geometric teardrop symbol, her wrists bound behind her. A sweeping blue-and-rust feather curves along the left side. The title WAKE Maelstrom Book 1 appears in white lettering across the top with Jessica DeLand in white at the bottom.
ALT The cover image features two genus of orchids of greenish white color on a solid black background. The text on the image reads: an agent & editor's guide to... FEED ME YOUR ORGANIC HEART, an adult upmarket psychological horror, 85,000 words.
ALT With the same background as the 1st image, on a piece of paper, titled PITCH, in black text, it reads: In this deadly cat and mouse queerplatonic horror reimagining of Beauty & the Beast, told through a modern lens, a doomed codependency festers between a genderfluid, heart-eating monster desperate to become human, and the vision-tormented hunter obsessed with murdering it.
ALT With the same background, the title of the slide reads, COMPS. Connected with small white arrows, are the titles of 5 movies and books, The Eyes are the Best Part, You Weren't Meant to Be Human, Hannibal, The Summer Hikaru Died, and The Vegetarian.
ALT With the same background, the slide is titled, Themes. It consists of listed themes with a red arrow pointing at each one. They are as follows: botanical body horror (allegory for twisted adoration), true descent into MADNESS, nightmarish surrealism, social commentary/ gender roles/ body image, cultural dysphoria + genderfluid rep, quiet, forested town setting.
ALT One summer To learn German To fall for Berlin To fall in love Only one summer A disciplined French college student falls for leafy, laid-back post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a former athlete reeling from a wrecked career and a failed marriage. The devastating catch? She can’t stay.
ALT Warning! If you like… - emotionally grounded, sensually charged love stories - a vivid European setting that doubles as character - romance that has all the tropes but doesn’t feel tropey - a big scoop of personal reinvention and a sprinkle of wry humor Then you’re at high risk… ... of loving Only One Summer in Berlin slow burn · friends-to-lovers · forced proximity · green flag · competent heroine · single dad · he falls first
ALT If you also like… - Yearning (Every Summer After, Carley Fortune) - Emotional realism (Normal People, Sally Rooney) - Spice, small town vibes (It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey; Heartless, Elsie Silver) - Single dad (Heartless, Elsie Silver) - Ticking clock (Heartless, Elsie Silver; Before Sunrise) - Deep connection (Before Sunrise) - Set in '90s Europe / Immersive setting (One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle; Before Sunrise) - Right person, wrong life (The Idea of You, Robinne Lee) - Humor x depth (The Wedding People, Alison Espach)
ALT What readers are saying 4* I laughed, I cried, and I loved every moment 5* The yearning and chemistry were perfection 4* Brings Berlin to life so vividly 5* It felt like I was stepping back in time 5* Too good to put down
