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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚

@ellieyellu.bsky.social

A guide to Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel, a queer, heisty, spicy, sci-fi romance manuscript.

Good Heists. Bad Decisions. Great Chemistry.

Are you its reader?

😍🌈🥵🌌🚀❤️

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.

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

Romantic neon pink and a starry background: 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 into the communicator without a glance at him.
“The hyrdobeacon,” crackled Fish’s reply, “the fore and aft isotrope routers…and the gravitic drive buffer, I think.”
Jayro was frozen as Anora swiped at the nav one-handed. He could feel her warm breath on his palm as she spoke with Fish through his communicator, her hand gripping his forearm almost burning him through his flight jacket. She was close enough to smell the blaster emissions wafting off her, the sharp, citrus scent of the steam bath clinging to her skin. His fingertips were millimeters from her cheek and he wanted to cup her face in his hand and drag her around to look at him with those bright eyes. He wanted to play with the flyaway bit of hair that had missed her ponytail and brush his thumb over her lips until they parted.
What was wrong with him?
Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer

Romantic neon pink and a starry background. For fans of: Uncharted Hearts book series by Constance Fay (image of a three book series). Scum and Villainy (TTRPG) (An image of a book cover with a spaceship flying towards a jumpgate). Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorne. A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. #AnnoyanceToLovers #FoundFamily #QueerStories #DisasterBisexuals #ForcedProximity #Scoundrel4Scoundrel #NeverTellMeTheOdds #DualPOV. Always Get In a Spaceship With a Scoundrel by Ellie Rhymer.

April 24, 2026 at 9:21 AM

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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻

@sageowenwrites.bsky.social

Lark is at rock bottom. Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves, and running into town’s top bachelor. Literally.

Sweet, optimistic loverboy vs miserable, worst time of her life skeptic

😒 meet uncute
🤫 secrets
🏘 small town, big rumor mill
🌶🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry

#BluePit #w #a #R

Mood board for Song and Dance, Sage Owen’s small town romance novel WIP. Includes a dark haired woman, a man in a cowboy hat, small town countryside scenes, a piano and acoustic guitar, a woman cuddling a golden retriever, and a close up of a man and a woman’s hands loosely entwined.

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is a stock illustration of a microphone, and the user’s account name is “no comment, @burnermicrophone26”

Post reads: My (26f) boyfriend (27m) discovered my biggest secret and sold it to a tabloid, and now I’m unemployed, getting sued, dragged on the internet, and hiding from it all in my childhood bedroom in my small hometown

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is an anonymous photo of a man in a black Stetson cowboy hat, and the user’s account name is “Billy @runmercerrun”

Post reads: I (23m) have a comfortable, quiet life in my smal hometown. I work hard, love reading, and go dancing with friends.

2 years ago I got my heart broken by my childhood crush (worth it). Now I’m ready to fall in love for real, and I can’t find the right woman. Am I just unlucky in love?

Excerpt from Song and Dance, a sage owen romance novel WIP. Text as follows:
A screech of metal on metal. Lark stomped instinctively on the brakes. "Fuck!" she hissed, correcting the wheel, and jammed her ancient Toyota into park to get out and see what she'd done.
The pickup was old but other than the nasty streak of brick red paint she'd left on its chrome fender it appeared to be in good condition.
How had she been so clumsy? Oh right. A Carrie Wrangler hit had come on the radio and she'd been distracted trying to turn it off. She just couldn't escape her ruined life, and now she'd caused a car accident in a fucking parking lot.
The slam of a heavy door. A big man came around the truck. "You alright?" He didn't even pause to assess the damage. As he closed in, he nudged back his hood and knuckled up the brim of a baseball cap.
Lark bolstered herself for confrontation. "I'm so sorry, jesus I took
the turn too tight and—"
"Hey now." He soothed, smiling. He was looking her over. His brown
eyes were soft with concern. "But you're alright? Not injured?"
God was he serious? She frowned. "No, I'm fine."
"Well alright." He said, relieved.
"Again, I'm sorry-"
"It's just a little paint. Nothing worth crying over." He made an
offhand gesture, dismissing it.

July 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM

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alan anarchy

@alananarchy.bsky.social

Trevor survived a suicide attempt and is medicating his depression with drugs and alcohol.
Serena is a sheltered girl who has been locked in the gilded cage of her bedroom by her overprotective parents.
How long can they sneak around for before they get caught? #BluePit #na #R #LF

July 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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Maddie is querying!

@maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social

TOP SHELF - #R #NA #W #BluePit

When college junior Cam sees her secret boyfriend hooking up with another woman, she enlists the star hockey player as her fake boyfriend to make him jealous, but she soon finds that the taste of Tate's kisses is even sweeter than her revenge.

Off Campus x Blind Side

July 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM

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Rhys Ackhurst

@rhysackhurst.bsky.social

Veil Of Starlight! Fantasy romance centered around Lu, the unclaimed son of a Queen and Sorrel, son of the court doctor. Reunited, they confront their past together.

💕2nd Chance Romance
⚧🏳️‍🌈LGBT+ Leads
💀🖤Dark Themes
💔PTSD
♿🩼Disabled Chars

#BluePit #📖 #W #A #LGBT #OV #F #R #D #TR #VeilOfStarlight

Mood board for Lu and Sorrel

Top row is two men from the shoulders down playfully embracing. Beside it is a photo of an old water mill made of stone. Text reading "Lu & Sorrel" is above a photo of a man embracing another from behind with his arms over the other man's shoulders.

The next row is an old stone castle, a shot of pine trees at sunset with pink and purple wispy clouds in the background. The next photo is a man and woman from the side holding hands, the woman is in a white dress and the man is in a suit.

The top half of the background is of soft flowers, the bottom half of the background is a starry night sky.

July 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM

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Dani Brooks ✨is Querying✨~ Author of Closed Door Sports Romance

@danibrooksbooks.bsky.social

DEVIL WEARS PRADA x SWEET HOME ALABAMA on ICE
Her hockey ⭐️ ex ghosted her.
She rage built an empire to forget.

Now he’s back & their Jumbotron spark went viral. Can she fake date him & style his team to win her dream job in fashion? Or will her 🩷 betray her for a 2nd chance? #Bluepit #A #R #Q #📖

A six-panel mood board collage set against a blurred, golden background.
Top row, left to right:
A silhouette of a person ice skating and playing hockey on a frozen lake against a sunset sky.
A blonde woman viewed from behind, standing in a field of tall, dry grass wearing a patterned sweater and jeans.
The lower half of a person walking across a crosswalk, wearing a tan overcoat, a leopard print dress, black tights, and black knee-high heeled boots.
Bottom row, left to right:
A close-up of a person's torso and hands, wearing a dark blue pinstripe suit, a gold bracelet, and a silver smartwatch with a white band.
An ice hockey player in a black, orange, and white uniform skating with a hockey stick on an indoor rink.
A woman with long reddish-brown hair sitting on a clear stool, wearing a blue denim jacket, a grey top, wide-leg denim jeans, and black pointed-toe heels.

July 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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Kat is querying!

@katgoestoshows.bsky.social

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm.

When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸

#bluepit #q #a #f #p #r

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text that reads "the pitch." The text below reads:
After a concert photographer is whisked away to the mysterious Vampire Realm by the bassist of an all-vampire rock band, she must choose between living out her once-forgone rockstar dreams or her own survival.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads:
Celia Sharpe's dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines.
But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she follows him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.
Stranded in a world of monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP.
But the stranger she followed reveals he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum, and he offers her a seductive opportunity: the band's flirty guitarist Caliban
will temporarily heal her hand and chronic illness, then help her home. . .
only if she joins Mortuus Aeternum for one performance with a full vampire audience.
Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks being trapped in the Vampire Realm for one year if she doesn't return home in 3 days. To make matters worse, a ruthless vampire lord has announced blood shortages across the Realm—making Celia the new primary food source.

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

July 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM

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Veronica

@littlecornerreads.bsky.social

THIS TIME IT'S REAL x A PHO LOVE STORY
When her all-American crush asks her out, a restaurant kid fake dates the son of her family's rivals to get her immigrant parents to rescind their "only date Asians" rule. But she’s not just fraternizing with the enemy, she’s falling for him.
#BluePit #📖 #YA #R

Mood board with school supplies, a blond boy writing on a blackboard, a Chinese takeout container, an Asian boy and girl, macarons, a bowl of spicy instant ramen, and text boxes that read *covers up real feelings with aggressive sarcasm* and a text exchange: you're annoying/but you love me/doesn't make you less annoying

July 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM

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J.N. Howell

@jnhowell.bsky.social

Hey #BluePit! My F/F second chance romance Waxing & Waning is coming out in Dec. with @mythicroads.bsky.social

It's for you if you like:
💋 Middle aged women smooching
🚐 (Forcibly) found family on road trips
✨ Hidden magical society that wants OUT
🇨🇦 Supporting Canadian authors

#A #R #LGBT #OV #📖

Moodboard that gives a magical, summery road trip vibe with an Ontario Canada map in the middle

July 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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Kengo Nelson

@kengonelson.bsky.social

SEASON'S CHANGE meets SHOOT YOUR SHOT

HUGGING THE POST features:

- friends to lovers
- slow burn romance
- adopted child/found family
- weirdo goalie with an anxiety disorder
- a little bit of spice
- a whole lot of hockey

#BluePit #📖 #A #NA #R #Q #LGBT #POC

Kengo Nelson @kengonelson.bsky.social · Jul 13

Craig wanted to be a hockey goalie his whole life, and in his rookie season, he's proving himself to be a winner. When new defenseman Luke joins the team, Craig has to grapple with new feelings and his fears over past failures if they want to win the cup.

#BluePit #📖 #A #NA #R #Q #LGBT #POC

Four-image moodboard for a gay ice hockey romance novel. The top left image shows a hockey goaltender, representing Craig, the love interest. The top right corner features a defenseman, representing Luke, the focal character. The bottom left image is of a husky, representing Craig's dog Balto, and the bottom right image is of a hockey player lifting the Stanley Cup.

July 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM

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jessicatanwrites

@jessicatanwrites.bsky.social

CRUEL PRINCE x PETER PAN x WINGS OF STARLIGHT

Ailyna, faerie warrior, is desperate to earn her wings and prove her worth by appeasing her queen, but reluctantly teams up with the enemy who shows her the truth of her corrupt leader.

#bluepit #q #ya #f

A nine grid with aesthetic photos regarding a project. One grid contains a quote (I always thought trouble found me but maybe I created it), one grid includes the title, and another grid has metadata (words 119k, genre high fantasy, status querying, audience upper ya).

July 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM

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Catherine Winters

@catherinewinters.com

When she picks the wrong pocket, Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #BluePit #YA #F #LGBT #W #BluePit📖

A mood board of eight tiles and a centre square with lockpicking tools and ancient writing:
1. Always have an escape plan.
2. A swindler never lets herself feel like a fraud.
3. Don't look for the easy grab, look for the easy mark.
4. Never get involved with golems.

The pictures depict, clockwise from upper right:
A) A city of canals and towering footbridges. There are minarets and steeples and red-tiled roofs.
B) A market selling elaborate lanterns, all aglow.
C) A porcelain and gold hand, reaching upwards.
D) Two figures leaping across rooftops against the coming dawn.
E) A pocketwatch--or is it? Constellations and continents cover the front, the body of the watch engraved with runes. It's sitting on ancient parchment.
F) A wax stamp with removable chits that function as coins in a card game.
G) The lords of the city overlooking grand canals and issuing edicts. They are dressed in fine red robes and silks.
H) Assorted bones and shells used for divination and more.

July 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM

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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚

@ellieyellu.bsky.social

Heists, spice, and space!

What do you do when:
🏳️‍🌈 You're a disaster bisexual
😱 Space witches want your illegal hyperspace treasure maps
💫 You must get off Hecate IV before you're caught

You ALWAYS GET IN A SPACESHIP WITH A SCOUNDREL 🥵🚀
#BluePit #SF #R #A #📖
(Manuscript is #OS looking for an editor)

July 13, 2026 at 5:45 AM

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Gert Ramm 🦋

@rammwriter.bsky.social

The UK government frames intelligence agent Eddie Fletcher for its role in a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift - or a Russian spy will use it to start a war that destroys the future.

#BluePit #Q #A #SF #📖

July 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM

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L Herman

@gohermanator.bsky.social

At its heart, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OFFSEASON is a character driven MMSports Romance about two lost people finding their home in each other's hearts. It is a stand alone romance with series potential.
#LGBTQ #Q #R #A #BLUEPIT #AmQuerying

🏈 MM Sports Romance
🏒 NFL / NHL
🏈 Meet Cute

This image is photo collage of a beach, candy, hockey and football players, a chihuahua and the words: WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OFFSEASON a 71,000 word character driven LGBTQ+ romance with Heated Rivalry vibes and the layered vulnerability of Tal Bauer's Gravity.

July 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author

@meganasaraceno.bsky.social

Mulan x Avatar: The Last Airbender but make it an adult romantasy

A woman rejected by the gods steals her brother’s place in war and manifests forbidden elemental power while falling for her lethal commanding officer.

#BluePit #Q #A #F #R #📖

July 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM

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TN McCauley, Indie Writer

@tnmccauley.bsky.social

#Bluepit #F #M
My third book in The Mysteries of Life, Death, and Monsters series.
Plagued by mysterious visions, Gemini tries to figure out who’s killing the Zodiacs before she becomes a victim herself…

Book cover that says “Gemini Will Fall” with 2 red heads falling and the Zodiac symbols above her in a v shape with Gemini prominently featured.

July 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM

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Elara Price

@author-elaraprice.bsky.social

Beauty And The Broken God | Historical Fantasy Romance | 93k
🥵 Forced proximity
💔 Second chance romance
🦝 A gods best friend is a raccoon
🪄 Underrepresented Greek mythology retelling
🔥Broken restraint
🎊 1930s NOLA setting
#BluePit #Q #A #F #R #H

July 13, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Ana Cristina Garcia

@whenindoubtbooks.bsky.social

When in Doubt, Press Play | Contemporary Romance (Upmarket) | 89 k
Reverse Age Gap
Unresolved Grief
Slow Burn mutually beneficial deal
Set on South Florida with Latina representation.
#Bluepit #Q #A #R #upmarketromance

July 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM

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Elara Price

@author-elaraprice.bsky.social

He has a raccoon and unresolved trauma.
She has divine beauty and zero boundaries.

Together, they have:
🤌history (literally - it takes place in 1930s NOLA)
💢tension
🔥and a very real chance of burning Olympus to the ground
#A #F #R #Q #HR #HF #UnhingedPit #urbanfantasyromance #histoicalfantasy

June 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author

@meganasaraceno.bsky.social

Mulan meets Avatar: the Last Airbender

But make it an adult romantasy where Mulan has forbidden magic and her commanding officer is giving serious Zuko vibes

(If you've seen her search history you already know this ends badly)

#unhingedpit #a #f #r

Search history: can all nine gods reject someone; how to forge a divine seal; consequences of impersonating a soldier during wartime; can elemental magic manifest without divine blessing; signs your commanding officer knows you're lying; why does my magic react when he's close

June 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author

@meganasaraceno.bsky.social

Mulan x Avatar: the Last Airbender x Fourth Wing x Shadow and Bone x Divergent x K-Pop Demon Hunters x An Ember in the Ashes x (please stop me)

I was rejected by all nine gods, so I stole my brother’s identity and made it everyone’s problem

#unhingedpit #a #f #r #q

Drake meme: she was rejected by the gods; So she committed identity theft, unlocked forbidden magic, and caught feelings for her commanding officer

June 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM

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Megan A. Saraceno | Author

@meganasaraceno.bsky.social

If Mulan had magic and committed identity theft after being ghosted by the gods...

And brought a sickle to a sword fight 🌾⚔️✨

#unhingedpit #a #f #r #q

AITA for committing identity theft after being ghosted by the gods?

I (20F) was publicly rejected by every god in existence during a mandatory religious ceremony. Everyone else got a divine seal proving a god had claimed them. I got sentenced to a life of prayer.

Anyways, shortly after that, my brother was drafted into a divine war, so I stole his paperwork, forged a divine seal, and joined the army in his place. In my defense, it worked.

Unfortunately, I accidentally developed unblessed elemental magic. Now my commanding officer keeps looking at me like he knows I'm lying, and recruits keep disappearing. Also, I may be developing feelings for home even though he could have me executed for treason. AITA?

June 25, 2026 at 12:19 PM

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Despina Karras

@despinakarras.com

The hottest unpublished romcom is LOVE YOU LIKE A HURRICANE. You'll find:

Rivals to lovers
Disability (SMA) rep in a lead role
Broadcast meteorologists
A major hurricane hitting a tiny town
Forced proximity
A cat named Drizzle

#UnhingedPit #A #R #OWN #AG #Disability #RomCom

Stefan from SNL with the caption "This Book Has Everything."

June 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM

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