NEVER THOUGHT I’D END UP HERE x A CUBAN GIRL’s GUIDE TO TEA AND TOMORROW

Lola goes to Ecuador to connect with her heritage and write an essay on family history, but she ends up falling for the grumpy neighbor boy while she uncovers more about the family's big secret.

#preDV #YA #ROMCOM #LATINE

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE WALKING FORTRESS — 90,000-word post-apocalyptic SF. Centuries after his cryosleep sentence, Core awakens weak and confused, as a masked Captain expects him to learn fast enough to earn his place aboard a stolen fortress that never stops walking.
#preDV #A #SF

ETERNAL MIST 260 page mystery, Upper MG graphic novel.
Chippo lives in a world covered in the mist. As far as he knows, he might be the last living being, but something is amiss… The packages he orders online are still arriving!
#preDV #MG #GN

When fourteen-year-old Eva discovers the world of Dracula is real, her reality turns upside down. With secretive monster-hunting organisations, a mythical student and her grandfather missing, Eva must uncover her Van Helsing family’s secrets before a new threat emerges. #MG #F #SouthAsian #preDV

#PreDV

To escape the unemployed spouse’s gilded cage, Olivia Zheng needs more crime…to investigate in Bahrain 🔎

When her lies lead her to a drowned body, Olivia fights the US military culture to solve a corruption scheme that could end her life

#DVpit #Mys #Thriller #WF #Asian #WOC

So excited to join #preDV today and tomorrow! I’m looking forward to any and all insights on my pitches 🫶 Cheering for everyone participating!

ODYSSEY X LADY MACBETH
🧶 weaving time itself on her loom Penelope traps suitors in a repeating day
🩸til the loom splinters & they try to take her by force
👑but the queen is no man’s property
🐉& hellbent on making sure her daughter never is either
#genderbentTelemachus #fiercemom #preDV #DF #CI #MH

ODYSSEY X THIS IMMORTAL HEART

Penelope weaves time itself on her loom to protect her daughter, now of age, from violent suitors. But the loom breaks. She & her daughter unleash the power of the sea pulsing against their shores—& in their veins.

#genderbentTelemachus
#preDV #DF #CI #MH #gothicF

ODYSSEY X CRIMSON PEAK X PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

The Dragon Queen of Ithaca is cunning: weaving time on her loom, trapping suitors in a repeating day - & hiding scales in billowing sleeves. Until the loom splinters. Suitors ready to take her by force. But this queen bites back.

#PreDV #DF #CI #MH

#PreDV Day 1 starts now! Use today to practice your pitches before #DVPit on 9/30!

Feel free to offer advice to your fellow #DVpit hopefuls and make some connections & friends!

As always have fun and be respectful!

Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

Star wakes up to a missed alarm. She panics, needing to get her siblings ready. Until she finds out it's a snow day. When Star and her best friends arrive at their field, there are no teams, no whistles, and no grown-ups calling plays. For one day, it's theirs. #PreDV #PB #OWN #BVM

PJO if Percy had a quest with Poseidon

After a shapeshifting Jinn kidnaps his mother and baby brother, 12-year-old Adam will do anything to save them, including teaming up with telepathic Jinn—who happens to be his deadbeat father.

#predv #mg #f

Arthur Thorne is an orphan, & an apprentice wizard with anger issues. When London is threatened by a dark sorcerer, can he keep his anger in control long enough to find the evil wizard? Even if he does, will the Circle of wizards let him keep his head? #PreDV #book #pitch

More amazing #PreDV volunteers who will help critique pitches on Sept 21-22!
Thank you to:
@melodysimpson.bsky.social
@leslieadame.bsky.social
@maxinegkaplan.bsky.social
@amparoortiz.bsky.social
@ltthompsonbooks.bsky.social
@seanarcherx.bsky.social

#dvpit

That's it for this round of #AskDV!
Thank you for everyone who attended & asked questions!
Thank you to our amazing Lit Agents who graciously gave their time! #DVpit
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @allielevick.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social
Join us Sept 21 for #PreDV!

Thank you #DVpit organizers @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social
And #PreDV volunteers @patchreejones.bsky.social @shadikafi.bsky.social @stephlaubooks.com @artemiswhelan.bsky.social @lauragalanwells.bsky.social @ellenmulholland.bsky.social who will pop onto the feed to give advice!