Four moments from WHEN SHE NEEDED ME, 82k upmarket/book club fiction.

*Some discoveries change your life, some make you see life differently*

Seeking literary representation.

#Bookclub #Upmarket #BookQuotes #LiteraryAgent

What a week for the #upmarket book I #amquerying, This Ends Now:

✔️ 1 agent like on DVPit

✔️ 1 partial request

✔️ 2 full requests (!)

And in under three hours I find out if it won the Colorado Gold Rush Literary Award for literary fiction! I'm feeling humble but it's about goddamn time!!

The Night Tiger x Murakami

After an earthquake leaves her homeless and saddled with a ghost’s dying wishes, Philippa joins the Ladder House, a circus of thieves, as an elephant rider 🐘 ...and finds herself torn between the house she inherited and the one she’s found.

#DVpit #A #Upmarket #Asian

WRECK x THE WEDDING PEOPLE

THIS ENDS NOW: 2 husbands, 3 hometowns, 1 wedding planner ready to stop staging messy exits from her own marriages. But there's no breaking the cycle until Lainey confronts her clever, cunning first love, who's still dying to put her in her place. #DVPit #A #Upmarket

ALL FOURS x WRECK

THIS ENDS NOW: Why has Lainey Pike fled another perfect marriage? At an Instagram-ready women's retreat, she recognizes the beast she must slay to break free: her brilliant, dangerous first love—who'd burn everything down before letting her go. #DVPit #A #Upmarket

Ry, a grieving, financially strapped aspiring novelist, has heard the stories: The dead appear when they have urgent business to settle. When two ghosts show up, she must uncover what connects them to her before their unfinished lives threaten her attempts to rebuild her own. #DVPit #A #WF #Upmarket

RyAnna, a grieving, financially strapped, aspiring novelist has heard the stories: The dead appear when they have urgent business to settle. And when two ghosts show up, she must uncover what connects them to her before their pasts threaten her future. #DVPit #A #WF #Upmarket

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x ALL FOURS

THIS ENDS NOW: Matrimonial escape artist Lainey is ready to stop running from good men. But first she must disarm the slippery ex who programmed her to bolt from love—and whose poisonous ghost still sabotages her every chance at happiness. #DVPit #A #Upmarket

#DVpit

The Night Tiger x Murakami

😶‍🌫️ A moaning ghost
🛵 A stolen scooter with a mind of its own
🎪 A circus troupe
🧹A well-meaning but witchy grandmother

...are the last things Philippa needs when she's on a quest to rebuild her ancestral house lost in a devastating earthquake

#A #Asian #Upmarket

Financially strapped RyAnna, a 32yo Black woman and aspiring novelist, is grieving her mom’s death and a bad breakup. When two ghosts start appearing, she’s forced to uncover what connects them to her before their unfinished lives threaten her attempts to rebuild her own. #DVPit #A #WF #Upmarket

🏚️ An earthquake destroys her ancestral home.
👻 A ghost offers to rebuild it...for a price
🛵 He wants his stolen scooter back
👧 ... and to look after his mysterious eight-year-old niece
🐘 And somehow, Philippa ends up riding an elephant for a circus of elegant thieves.

#DVpit #A #Asian #Upmarket

WRECK x ALL FOURS

THIS ENDS NOW: Serial husband-ditcher Lainey hasn't met a functional relationship she didn't want to escape—until now. But she can't stop bolting until she takes down the charismatic man who wrote the toxic love playbook she's ready to toss out. #DVPit #A #Upmarket

Ry, a 32yo Black woman facing financial ruin & grieving her mom & a bad breakup, has heard the stories: The dead appear when they have urgent business to settle. And when two ghosts show up, she must uncover what connects them to her before their pasts threaten her future. #DVPit #A #WF #Upmarket

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x WRECK

THIS ENDS NOW: When her second marriage crumbles, a Gen X wedding planner spots a pattern: she always dissolves into the men she loves. To break free, she must confront her first love—the man who taught her she was too much and never, ever enough. #DVPit #A #Upmarket

#DVpit

The Night Tiger x Murakami

😶‍🌫️ A moaning ghost
🛵 A stolen scooter with a mind of its own
🎪 A circus troupe
🧹A well-meaning but witchy grandmother

...are the last things Philippa needs when she's on a quest to rebuild her ancestral house lost in a devastating earthquake

#A #Asian #Upmarket

This work is #A #Upmarket #SpeculativeFiction with #MR elements, and is written by a debut author who is also #WomeninLiterature #LGBT #ND #CI & #DIS 😊

Financially strapped RyAnna, a 32yo Black woman and aspiring novelist, is grieving her mom’s death and a bad breakup. When two ghosts start appearing, she’s forced to uncover what connects them to her before their unfinished lives threaten her attempts to rebuild her own. #DVPit #A #WF #Upmarket

I’ve loved reading about everyone’s projects. Thanks for sharing, and good luck tomorrow!

A little taste of the novel I’ll be pitching: Two ghosts with unfinished business + a woman trying to rebuild her life while the dead complicate it. #DVParty #A #WF #Upmarket

ALMOST FAMOUS x SHE’S THE MAN
🎸 Found Family
👯 Sibling bonds
❤️‍🔥Addiction storyline
❤️‍🔥coming of age

There’s a link in my bio if this #upmarket 1980s twin-switch is your vibe #writingcommunity

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