VBorde

Miami || Age 26 || INTJ || plastic water bottle connoisseur and still obsessed with ancient egypt

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

Thought I'd post my #agentsguide for my first ever project, The Eighth Gate! It's a South Asian epic reimagining :) DM/Like/Repost if interested 😊 #amquerying #WritingCommunity #litagents #MSWL #manifesting

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

KALKI follows a chronically ill law student who wakes up on another planet, in someone else’s body

The good news? Nothing hurts.
The bad news? Everyone thinks she’s their savior. #questpit #SFF

🪐false messiah
🪐cosmic horror
🪐the dangerous desire to make suffering meaningful

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

Chronically ill law student, Lucy, wakes in the body of another planet’s savior

The upside: nothing hurts
The downside: if the savior's devotees learn Lucy is an impostor, they’ll kill her before she can find a way back home #questpit #F #A

🪐 cosmic horror & Vedic philosophy

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

BABEL X Mahabharat

THE EIGHTH GATE follows a sheltered noblewoman who must decide whether she should stand by the people she loves, even if they stand for everything she hates #questpit #F #A

🪷anti-colonialist themes
🪷romantic subplot
🪷a villain you might root for or against

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

the people demanded a fantasy rooted in non-Western culture, had a romantic subplot made of 90% pining, and morally grey characters.

So Nara Smith decided it was time to make that from scratch....only took 2 years 😅

#unhingedpit #F #A #Q

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

Idk what's more unhinged than pitching a retelling of a forbidden south asian epic (with a twist of anti-imperialism themes and romantic subplot) through love island confessionals....

#unhingedpit #F #A #Q

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

At the end of the board, even a pawn can become a queen... #questpit #Q

THE EIGHTH GATE is an #A #F based off an infamous South Asian epic, feat.

🪷Divine powers reawakening in feuding bloodlines
🪷complex moral dilemmas & relationships
🪷lost civilizations & Indian folklore

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

#Questpit #F #A

A powerless heir vows to stand up for her people, even if it means turning her back on her closest friends & family...

THE EIGHTH GATE is a political fantasy for those who loved the anti-colonialism narrative in Babel & the complex characters in City of Brass

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

"When the people you love stand for everything you hate..."

THE EIGHTH GATE is based off a forbidden South Asian epic, featuring dynastic rivalries and moral awakenings. #F #A #Q #questpit

🪷Anti-colonialism
🪷Loyalty triangles
🪷Non-Western Mythology
🪷Romantic SUBPLOT

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

if my characters had twitter (they'd all abuse it)
Mahabharata (south asian epic) x British Empire !!
#unhingedpit #F #NA #Q

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

I wasn't going to participate in #unhingedpit but tbh I change my mind a lot. like my villain...

#Q #F #NA

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@annlittler LOL

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@MAGHwrites hiii I checked your MSWL and what if I have a south Asian political/anti-colonialism fantasy (Mahabharata x British empire) that checks all your boxes BUT it does contain fantasy trials as a minor subplot 😭 no worries if you're not looking for that but wanted to ask first sorry!

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@_ashleedani omg so exciting!! I will add you to my list for my South Asian fantasy project :) so glad people want to read about folklore from different cultures 🥺

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

I don't make the beta reading rules but:

1st/2nd draft is for complete strangers + best friends
3rd/4th draft is for family / close friends
5th+ draft is for complete strangers

#WritingCommunity #writerslife #betaread #fantasynovel

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

Just submitted my first MS (a south Asian epic reimagining) for #SmallPitch ahhh

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@BrotonL12233 The question is would it make you more productive 🤣 I took a day off for a writing retreat and I got less written than I usually write before/after a workday

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@vickyweberbooks Where’s your husband now?” Zephyr's eyes flicked back to the lake like he expected another serpent to lunge out of the water.

“Once I found out he deceived me…” Kaliya's lips curled to reveal unnaturally sharp teeth. "I ate him."

Zephyr stared at her. “So, you’re single?”

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

A sheltered noblewoman discovers her fate is not to serve the crown... but to decide who wears it #wippit

The Eighth Gate:
🪷 South-Asian Epic Re-imagining
🪷 Royal Boarding School
🪷 Soft FMC
🪷 Gods, Rakshasas, prophetic caves
🪷 Slowburn romance subplot

#NA #F #A

[VBorde @vbordewriting]

@gracedemyan A Sansa stark type FMC taking down her (evil) empire from within? South-Asian fantasy 👀