Iris Andersi | Author

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Repped by Mara Hollander @azantian šŸ“š Bi šŸŒˆ & Chronically ill šŸ’š #RevPit Winner 2025 Living with dysautonomia, chronic fatigue, and 3rd degree heart block. Writing romance and fantasy āœļø No AI Irisandersi.com

Potions Unincorporated by Iris Andersi Publisher's Marketplace deal report: Imprint Alcove Press Pitch Text: Iris Andersi's POTIONS UNINCORPORATED, a cozy fantasy debut with a grumpy-sunshine romance following a chronically ill witch who sells her excess pain management potions to a greedy corporation, but when the company pushes her too far, she'll have to team up with a disgruntled customer to stand up to the manipulative potion monopoly, to Thaisheemarie Fantauzzi Perez at Alcove Press, for publication in spring 2027, by Mara Hollander at Azantian Literary Agency (NA). The background of the slide is navy blue
#CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 12 (5/1): Say thanks! Who are you grateful to have met while on your writing journey? Who are the wise wizards in your life? Who are the compassionate familiars who go out of their way to encourage you?
Loch ness monster silhouette on a blue lake #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 11 (4/30): Wild card! What prompt were you hoping to see? Share anything you'd like to about your process, your novel, or your writing journey. Alternative: If you really wanted to see a specific prompt, please describe one of your side characters!
#CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 10 (4/29): Resources! Do you have any tips or tricks you want to share with your fellow cabin mates? Are there any podcasts, books, or online resources you recommend?
Loch ness monster graphic on a blue lake #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 9 (4/28): What are your writing goals? If you could see your book on a shelf, what books/authors would you like to see it next to?
Graphic is a lake with foggy mountains and the silhouette of a loch ness monster. Text: #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 8 (4/27): What are your favorite cryptids, creatures, critters, and fantastical beings? Are there any non-human species in your book?
A picture of a lake with foggy mountains has a loch ness monster silhouette graphic on front with the following text: #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 7 (4/26): What's your self-care routine to prevent writer's block or burnout?
A lake with foggy mountains has a loch ness monster graphic up front and a mystical pink and blue portal on the right side. Text: #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 6 (4/25): If your characters were pulled into a portal that sent them to the world of a different fantasy novel (or any alternative reality!), where would you send them and why?
Background: An aqua blue lake with foggy mountains in the background. A black silhouette of a loch ness monster is in the front, and several text boxes are on the screen. Text: #CRPnessie #CampRevPit Prompt Day 5 (4/24): What are your favorite parts of the world you created? How do you approach worldbuilding? Do you plot it out or figure it out as you go?
Blue lake with foggy mountains and a graphic of a loch ness monster in the front. Text: #CRPnessie, #CampRevPit Prompt Day 4 4/23: Create a moodboard for your book! Make sure to use alt. text and credit photos (no AI images please!). Alternatively: Share your writing playlist or sources of inspo!
Blue lake with mountains and loch ness monster graphic. Text: #CRPnessie, #CampRevPit Prompt Day 3 4/22: Describe your MC! Are they more of an indoors or an outdoors person? Do they have any special skills?
A background picture of a lake, woods, and mountains. A black graphic of a loch ness monster is in the front and a s'more graphic is on the side. The text says: #CRPnessie, #CampRevPit, Prompt Day 2 (4/21): Describe your antagonist! Would they eat a s'more if your MC offered on to them?
A lake with trees and foggy mountains has a loch ness monster graphic in black on the front. The text says: #CRPnessie, #CampRevPit. Next line: Make sure to follow your fellow cabin mates and pin the #CRPnessie feed. Next line: Prompt Day 1 (4/20):. Next line: Introduce yourself and share the fantasy books you'd be most likely to take with you on a camping trip!
From Twilight, the movie series, a four screen snip of the movie dialogue between Jacob and Bella. Screen one, upper left: Jacob says, "Because it was her." Screen two, upper right: Jacob says, "From the beginning. It was Nessie who wanted me there." Screen three, bottom left: Bella says, "Nessie?" Screen four, bottom right: Bella looks very angry and is clenching her teeth and narrowing her eyebrows. She says, "You nicknamed my daughter after the loch ness monster!?"
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Flare Up: Spring Newsletter is written in the top corner in white text. The image is of myself, Iris Andersi, reading a book behind a reading lamp. In the bottom left corner is the signup address: irisandersi.substack.com
A green slide with a photo of Iris looking away from the camera. Text: Name: Iris Andersi Editor: Carly Hayward Genre: Cozy Fantasy Title: POTIONS UNINCORPORATED Working with Carly helped me improve my character dynamics and pacing! RevPit also connected me with an amazing community of fellow writers. One year after the contest, Iā€™m thrilled to be an agented author preparing to submit my novel to publishers.
A light blue slide with a photo of Marena. Text: Marena Galluccio Editor: Caroline M. Tell Genre: YA Fantasy/Mystery Title: THE SHADOWS OF TIME When I had submitted my MS (2/3s of it in script format), I never thought Iā€™d get picked! Since then, Iā€™ve been working with Caroline to smooth over plot points to make them stronger, without the fear of overwriting. Once Iā€™m finished, I canā€™t wait to query!
A pink and blue text box over a brown slide with a headshot of Nadine. Editor: Jeni Chappelle Genre: Adult Fantasy Title: MYTH, MUSE, MAGICIAN Text: Jeni and I broke my story down using a reverse outline, articulated the prominent subplots, and replotted the fantasy and romance beatsā€”all while embracing my brain. After working through these developmental changes at the outline level, and with copious amounts of encouragement from Jeni and the RevPit community, I completely rewrote the manuscript. Jeni provided me with skills to tackle revisions in a targeted, meaningful, and efficient way and I am forever thankful for her approach to find what supports my process best, for this manuscript and all the ones that come after. A year later, Iā€™ve just completed my third draft and after one more pass, will be sending MYTH, MUSE, MAGICIAN to agents later this month.
A purple slide with light purple gradient text boxes and a headshot of Wera. Text: Wera Niyom Editor: Tiffany Grimes Genre: Adult Fantasy Title: LET HER INHERIT RUIN Being chosen to work with Tiffany was such an enlightening experience! She helped me learn how to balance description & dialogue, maintain character agency, incorporate emotional subtext, and learn to accept answers don't come immediately. Since RevPit, I've been querying, editing another Thai-inspired romantasy, and planning a LitRPG Romance.
A blue background with a photo of Rakan has light blue text blocks. Name: Rakan Khashman Editor: Raquel Brown Genre: Adult Fantasy Raquel elevated my manuscript to industry-standards! RevPit showed me that not quitting and working does result in good things when it comes to writing. One year after the contest, I have an agent, I have submitted my book to publishers, and now I am working on my next book.
A slide with a wooded background and a forest path has green text bubbles and a headshot photo of Ree. Text: I learned so much from Ash P who gave me a full developmental edit. She kept my story grounded and youthful. Her understanding of world building and character development are very extensive. RevPit was fun and informative. Just loved it. My story is now out on submission with an agent.
A yellow slide shares M @notonlyicarus reflection of RevPit. Editor: Hannah Kate Kelley. Genre: MG Horror. Title: KNOWING THE TWINS. Text: My strange little book got infinitely wilder and stranger thanks to Hannahā€™s thorough, clear feedback!! I was able to distill my stakes and make the story feel much sharper, which for an atmospheric horror story (and a MG!) is so important. Hannahā€™s help has also shaped how Iā€™m writing my next novel. Iā€™ve been able to query with confidence and have felt really lucky to get the feedback Iā€™ve gotten in the trenches so far, including a 20% full request rate!
A water lily on a pond is centered around its reflection. The text above it says: Reflections one year after winning #RevPit 2025: Below the water lily, the names "M" "Iris" "Marena" "Rakan" "Ree" "Nadine" and "Wera" float
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Iris Andersi, Agented Author. A green background with a photo of a woman at a library.
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Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes
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Text: I visit her bones on Tuesdays. In seven seconds, my lungs will scream for air. Seven seconds to mourn a body that nourishes an ungrateful seabed. Cracks divide her sternum into four parts. Temptation whispers, begging me to take take take. But sheā€™s no longer mine to keep. Memories crawl forwardā€”unwanted parasites no different than the bone-eating worms sucking on her vertebrae.Ā  My lungs burn, raging at my lack of time management. But I linger, thinking about her touch. Her heart. Her morbid sense of humor. She was afraid of sharks, but men are so much scarier. (The background image is of waves with a faded blue image filter. The text is white).
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Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes
The book, "Fire Keeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley rests on the edge of a bench in front of a grassy hillside by the water. The cover is of two people staring into each other's eyes and stylized to look like a butterfly.
A colorful pie chart displays the proportion of books Iā€™ve read with different ā€œmoods.ā€ From most to least, they are: adventurous, tense, emotional, dark, reflective, inspiring, mysterious, lighthearted, informative, hopeful, and funny
A glittery purple background has text laid over top that says: Before working with Carly, I kept staring at my novel and thought I'd done everything I could possibly do to make it shine. But I knew it was missing polish. There were pacing issues, and the characters weren't jumping off of the page like they do in my mind. Carly changed that. Moving one chapter from the 3/4 mark to the first half got the ball rolling, and then we talked through characterization improvements, pacing, tension, and everything else in between. I am so proud of the final product. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. My novel is so much shinier because of you
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Through #RevPit, I learned about the power of the writing community. I made so many friends from around the globe through this competition. We're all out here struggling through the query trenches and on a roller coaster of imposter syndrome lows and creativity highs. I've adored getting to hear about all of the incredible projects that touch every single genre (and subgenre) that I can imagine. I am beyond proud to be part of such an amazing cohort! No matter what happens, I feel so blessed that this experience gave me a supportive group of friends who understand the writing life
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The image displays a movie screen shot from Howlā€™s Moving Castle with the song title Merry Go Round of Life by Joe Hitashi. The image is of an elderly witch and a dog hiking a hilly countryside.
A four-panel cartoon shares a grumpy (but cute) frog going about their day. They look in a mirror, work at a computer, and paint. They are trying their best.