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BETTING ON YOU x HAPPY PLACE

Meet Lysandra Guerrera, a best-selling author based in Scotland.

DONT FORGET ME is a second chance, dark academia, romance novel with themes of hispanic rep, women’s fiction, and trauma. 🖤

#CastPit #Q #R #NA #amquerying
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Start casting characters and a director for your novel if it were to be brought to the big or small screen, live actors or animation, a movie or a series?
#CastPit

Full rules at:
www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit

#writingcommunity #writerscommunity #bskywriters #amwriting #amquerying #amdrafting
Visuals: clapboard background & a light Text: One month until #Castpit November 13, 2025 X & Bsky: @castpitt4authors Full rules at https://www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit Start your character casting now!
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Hello #writerscommunity
There is a new pitch event, #CastPit, happening Nov. 13, 2025.

#amwriting #writerslife #writesky #bskywriters #writinganovel #pitching #querying #amquerying #onsub
Black background - all text. #CastPit #CastPit is an online pitching event for authors to promote their books at any stage, from published to work in progress - yes, even drafting phase. The main purpose of this pitching event is for you, the author, to give literary agents, publishers, and potential readers, a chance to see inside your mind and envision who your best pick to play your characters would be if your book was turned into a TV series or movie. For us visually oriented people, it helps us imagine your characters better. If your book would be better suited to anime/animation, you can pick an animation style/production house and voice actor for your characters. If you include a director, include a movie they directed that makes you list them. You can even include composers, cinematographers and costume designers. Anyone you feel would be essential to bring the vision of your book properly to the big or small screen. ​ This is a new event, so be creative and have fun with it. You don't have to follow the examples below, using the Agent's Guide style, but a jumping off point. You can even do mood boards with your actors, just be sure to list the actor's name and the character they would play.
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#CastPit a new pitch event open to works in all stages is happening on November 13th!

This event is focused on casting actors as your characters!

Follow @castpit4authors.bsky.social for more details!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
September 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Rules, Dates, Times, Hastags for #CastPit
REMEMBER, please use ALT for the visually impaired

#writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #litagents #pitching #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters
#CastPit Rules 1/2 Use hashtags specific to your project (listed below rules) for audience and genre, including #CastPit. Anyone can participate no matter the state of their WIP or finished manuscript. To give agents and publishers an idea of the story, include a pitch of quick summary of your story in the post or included in the graphics. You are allowed to like and repost posts. Only post within the given date, Nov. 13, 2025, 6am for 24 hours to Nov. 14, 2025, 6am Pacific Standard Time (World times on another slide) #CastPit Rules 2/2 Post up to four total times within the 24-hour time window (for the same book or for different books), please space your pitches at least one hour apart. You can post the pitch with any media you’d like. (NO AI) Please use alt text if you are using images. Interact, support and swap (repost) with one another and have fun! Agent, editor, and publisher participation is welcomed and encouraged! If you are an agent or publisher, make sure in your profile description you list that you are one, if you are a writer as well, otherwise your like may be construed as just support from another writer. You can include actors, directors names and styles you list with hashtags. (Examples posted in a follow on post) #CastPit Dates, Time & Place The date for the first ever #CastPit is Thursday, November 13, 2025, beginning at 6:00am Pacific Standard Time and ending at 6:00am PST on Friday, November 14, 2025. It will be hosted on X and Bsky: @castpit4authors X link: https://x.com/castpit4authors Bsky link: https://bsky.app/profile/castpit4authors.bsky.social 4:00am HST (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) 6:00am Pacific Standard Time (L.A/S.F, USA & Vancouver, Canada) 8:00am Central Standard Time (Chicago, USA & Mexico City, Mexico) 9:00am Eastern Standard Time (New York, USA & Toronto, Canada) 11:00am BRT (Sao Paulo Brazil) 2:00pm GMT (London, UK) 3:00pm CET (Paris, France) 4:00pm EET (Athens, Greece) ​5:00pm MSK (Moscow, Russia) 7:30pm IST (Mumbai, India) 10:00pm PHST (Manila, Philippines) 11:00pm KST (Seoul, South Korea & Tokyo, Japan) 1:00am AEDT (Sydney, Australia) Nov. 14, 2025 NOTE DATE ADVANCE FOR AUSTRALIA #CastPit Hashtags MANDATORY HASHTAGS #CastPit (everyone must use in every post) #W (for works-in-progress, includes drafting) #Q (for querying writers) #AG (for agented writers) #OS (for on-submission writers) #PUB (for published writers) AUDIENCE HASHTAGS #A (adult) #NA (new adult) #YA (young adult) #MG (middle grade) #CL (children's literature) #PB (picture books) GENRE HASHTAGS #SF (science fiction) #F (fantasy) #SFF (science fiction fantasy) #DF (dark fantasy) #FH (fantasy historical) #SPF (speculative fiction) #M (mystery) #H (horror) #T (thriller) #R (romance) #DR (dark romance) #PR (paranormal romance) #RF (romantacy) #RC (rom-com) #HR (historical romance) #C (contemporary) #CO (comedy) #FT (fairytale retelling) #HF (historical fiction) #NF (non-fiction) #P (poetry) Feel free to add in any additional hashtags of your own or you think are missing from this list
September 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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#CastPit
elisebetz.bsky.social Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · Nov 13
A Sylvan Tale
#W #RF #A
Nin, frightened of traveling beyond her village, must go on a quest to find a hoard of gold to pay a magician to remove her curse of bad luck. While on the road, she offers a ride to a stranger who helps her on her quest.
🛌#OneBed at the inn
🐴#OneHorse
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨#HEA with wedding
Background of trees leaning over a road creating a tunnel affect with a semi-transparent face staring out from the tress - quartered across all four panels. Text: #CastPit: A Sylvan Tale Starring Photo of Clare Dunn Text: Clare Dunn as Nin, jilted brew mistress who is an outsider in the village she grew up in Photo pf Calahan Skogman Text: Calahan Skogman As Darach/Cráeb, The God of the Forest Test: Supporting Cast Photo of Tricia Helfer Text: Tricia Helfer as Aunt Sadhbh, maternal figure to Nin, Brew Mistress and owner of the village tavern Photo of Conleth Hill Text: Conleth Hill as Bryn, Nin’s father and younger brother to Sadhbh Photo pf Alison Doody Text: Alison Doody as Brer, Nin’s mother, who plays favorites, Nin being treated as a burden Text: Supporting Cast Photo of Domhnall Gleeson Text: Domhnall Gleeson as Alan, Nin’s former fiance, handsome, casually cruel with a gambling habit Silhouette of a female head with questionmark. Text: Unknown actress as Willow, Nin’s little sister, character 18-20 years old, blond, beautiful, shallow and vain Photo of Caitriona Balfe Text: Caitriona Balfe as The Morrigan, Cráeb’s sister and goddess of war and fate, transforms into a raven Text: Production Crew Photo of Bear McCreary Text: Bear McCreary, Composer for Outlander, Battlestar Galactica. Photo of Jane Campion Text: Jane Campion, Director of The Piano, Bright Star Photo of Joan Bergin Text: Joan Bergin, Costume Designer for TV series The Tudors and Vikings, and The Prestige
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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NEVERMOOR X ANDOR
➥Magic+Spycraft

Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catch—the only kid at a spy academy for wizards who doesn’t know magic—must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop Acolytes from enslaving Guardian Spirits like Bigfoot and weaponizing the Minerals of Power.

#CastPit #MG #F #Q
CastPit for Catcher Kline
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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#CastPit
#writingcommunity #writerscommunity #bskywriters #amwriting #amquerying #amdrafting #litagents #publishers #publishing #onsub #pitch #pitching
Hourglass on a table. Text: 12 days until the launch of #CastPit November 13, 2025 Start casting your characters, prepping those posts, and building those swap and support lists
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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#CastPit has had its final curtain call and is now closed.

I want to thank everyone who participated in the first #CastPit event, supporting authors and their works. Many posts were very creative and beautiful.

The next #CastPit will be November 2026.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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WELCOME TO #CastPit
This is an online pitching event that will begin at 6am Pacific Standard Time, Thursday, November 13, 2025.
This is an inaugural event for #CastPit.
All stages of works welcome.

For full set of rules, please visit the host's web site:
www.elisebetzbooks.com/castpit
#CastPit | My Site 1
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September 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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#castpit #writingcommunity

Great opportunity to show off your work!
castpit4authors.bsky.social #CastPit @castpit4authors.bsky.social · Sep 5
Here is an example of how to show your casting choices for your book. You can do a mood board or a reel as well.

#CastPit #W #C #RC #A
Sucks To Be You
❤️🔺Love Triangle
🔥👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Second Chance Love
🤧😭☠️Rom-Com with Tear-Jerker Character Death

The Cooler X Penelope

#RyanGosling
(Green background) Text: Sucks To Be You, Lead Cast (Photo of Ryan Gosling) Ryan Gosling as billionaire John Craveston,early 40's, cold and heartless businessman who uses Lily’s bad luck to sabotage his business competitors, but eventually falls for Lily (Photo of Laura Morano) Laura Morano as bad-luck cursed Lily Higgins, 32 years old who keeps her heart on a shelf, plays temptress for money, still pines for mining town high school sweetheart, Jimmy (Photo of Ross Lynch) Ross Lynch as James “Jimmy” McAngus, 33 years old, Lily’s high school sweettheart who is now rich and Craventson’s latest target to bankrupt. Ultimate cinnamon roll & romantic who falls for Lily a second time (green background) Text: Supporting Cast (photo of Cathy Moriarty) Cathy Moriarty as Rita Carlton, Craveston’s Executive Assistant, in her 50's or 60's, very business savvy, sometimes plays John’s conscience when he has none, shrewd, pulls no punches (photo of Charles Melton) Charles Melton as a Robert Davis, Lily’s gay best friend. Close to Lily’s age. Acts as Lily’s stylist and informal shrink. Taught her all her tricks to seduce men as part of her job. (photo of Anya Taylor-Joy) Anya Taylor-Joy as Jimmy’s mother, when he is 17 in high school. She is known as the “town witch” and curses Lily after she breaks her son’s heart, dumping him over the fact he is a poor boy who will likely be a poor coal miner after graduating from high school (green background) Text: Supporting Cast (photo of Cailee Spaeny) Cailee Spaeny as Lily’s mother, in her mid thirties when Lily is 17, but has lead a hard life. Widowed, bitter and struggling with little work opportunities in mining town. Encourages Lily to marry for money, trying to convince her she will be happier (Photo of female silhouette with question mark) Unknown - someone who can pass for a teenage version as teenage Lily. A hopeful romantic in love with Jimmy, but equally decimated over her father’s recent death from lung cancer. Unable to bear the idea of becoming like her mother, pushes Jimmy away so she never grows to resent him, like her mother does with her father, leaving them to fend for themselves after his death (Male head with question mark) Unknown - someone who can pass for a teenage version as teenage Jimmy. He is heartbroken after Lily pushes him away, thinking it is only about money. He is driven to go to college and becomes rich one day & win Lily back. (green background) Text: Director & Storyline Two choices: Tie between (photo of Mark Palansky and one of Nancy Meyers) Mark Palansky Director of “Penelope” (2006) Nancy Meyers Director of "The Holiday" (2006) In a West Virginia coal town, Lily dumps her high school sweetheart, Jimmy - breaking his heart, afraid she will wind up a poor widow of a coal miner like her mother. Jimmy’s mother, a witch, curses Lily that any man she becomes romantically involved with will lose his money. 14 years later, heartless businessman, John Cravenston uses Lily’s curse to his financial advantage having Lily romantically ensnare business rivals so he can take over their companies and/or ruin them. Jimmy, now rich, is John’s new business target. Eventually, even John isn’t immune to Lily’s charms.
September 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Less than 24 hours until the premiere of #CastPit

#writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #publishing #litagents #pitching #pitch #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters
Projector film on a light table. Text: 1 day until #castpit #Castpit question countdown Question #4 Where would you want the premiere of your book brought to screen to be held? The city in which your book is located? Local hometown movie theater? TCL (Mann’s) Chinese in Hollywood?
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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#CastPit Soon...

##writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #publishing #litagents #pitching #pitch #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters
Projector film on a light table Text: 2 Days until #CastPit #CastPit question countdown Question #3 Script Adaptation: Would you want someone else to do it? Collaborate? Or do it yourself? If you pick someone else or collaborate, any script writers in mind that you want to bring your book to screen?
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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#CastPit premieres November 13, Thursday at 6am Pacific Standard Time

##writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #publishing #litagents #pitching #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters
Projection film on a light table Text: 3 Days until #CastPit #CastPit Question Countdown Question #2 Would your book be a TV series or a movie? If you say TV series, would you agree if it was turned into a one-shot 2-hour movie with hopes of a sequel? Or would you hold out for a TV deal? And vise versa: movie to series?
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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WISHAPON

A teen girl finds a vending machine that grants wishes. She wishes to be rich, but the thing about a gashapon is that you don’t get to choose what you get.

#CastPit #W #GN #MG #magicalrealism
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Beginning of #CastPit is less than one hour away. Good luck!
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#castpit #A #R
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I almost missed #castpit but unfortunately for you all I have Opinions
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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#CastPit is coming up soon, this Thursday, Nov. 13th.

##writerscommunity #querying #amquerying #onsub #drafting #published #Publisher #publishing #litagents #pitching #pitchevent #WritingCommmunity #agentedauthors #tradpub #amwriting #booktoscreen #writesky #bskywriters
Film negatives on a light table in background. Text: 4 days until #castpit #CastPit Question Countdown Question #1 It takes more than just a director and actors to make a movie or TV show. Any special picks for certain production roles? Cinematography, Costume Design, Composer, etc? Who, for what role, and what have they done to make you pick them?
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Not officially doing #castpit because I don’t know my actors that well but fwiw, I did get told this
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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A Reckless Rhythm: Sixteen-year-old Nadine disregards her doctor’s wishes to ‘play it safe’ and challenges the limits of her faulty heart, completes an impossible bucket list, and becomes YouTube famous in the course of one year.

Gilmore Girls X Everything, Everything
#castpit #amquerying #YA #C
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Get a Life, Chloe Brown x Body Friend

A college junior battling endometriosis and an injured quarterback playing his last season, embark on a journey to find joy by completing the “hobby hop” list.

#castpit #R #Q #A
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#agentsguide

BETTING ON YOU x HAPPY PLACE
🖤 dark academia
❤️‍🩹 second chance
🇲🇽 hispanic rep
🍂 autumnal scotland
💌 letters filled with heartache
🕰️ dual timeline
👊 themes of trauma (DV)

#castpit #R #NA #Q #amquerying
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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12 hours left for posting your book's wish cast for for the very first #CastPit event.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Five years since they broke up, Lysandra is a best-selling author, & Ezra is the producer bent on winning her back. As Lysandra feels pressured to plan her wedding with her fiancé... memories & feelings resurface the longer she works with Ezra.

#CastPit #Q #R #NA #amquerying
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM