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🕯️ in the query trenches with a epic romantasy based on Turkic folklore and the Ottoman Empire 🧿
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AK @authoraak.bsky.social · May 7
Garden of Gods 🩸🌹

THE HURRICANE WARS x THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

(I like to think of it as Attack on Titan set in the Ottoman Empire with more magic and more romance)

#questpit #q #a #f #r
authoraak.bsky.social
THE HURRICANE WARS X THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER x Turkic Mythology

When pen becomes weapon, a historian must decide whether she will unravel the truth in pursuit of humanity's freedom from the tyrannical sultanate, or bury them to stay alive.

#PosterPitQ #A #F #amquerying
August 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
authoraak.bsky.social
My adult romantasy Garden of Gods has
🫀angsty banter
🥀animated beasts & body horror
🫀diverse cast & disability rep
🥀starts of rebellion

The manuscript has seen some agent and indie publisher interest but I’m still in the query trenches!

#questpit #q #a #f #r
authoraak.bsky.social AK @authoraak.bsky.social · May 7
Garden of Gods 🩸🌹

THE HURRICANE WARS x THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

(I like to think of it as Attack on Titan set in the Ottoman Empire with more magic and more romance)

#questpit #q #a #f #r
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
authoraak.bsky.social
Garden of Gods 🩸🌹

THE HURRICANE WARS x THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

(I like to think of it as Attack on Titan set in the Ottoman Empire with more magic and more romance)

#questpit #q #a #f #r
May 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
authoraak.bsky.social
Sharing my #agentguide here now that I #amquerying for my adult romantasy GARDEN OF GODS

My comps are below but I like to think of the story as attack on titan, with a lot more magic and romance.

#romantasy #queryinglitagents
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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lia-ash.bsky.social
Apollo and Hyacinthus, but with an Indian spin to it..

In ancient India gods walk among men. Yashit, the Lotus Dancer is set to become a Nrityadeva, the elite dancers of heaven. But what's supposed to happen when Yashit falls for the Sun God himself? Bad idea.

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #F #R #YA
Two men in the image. Dark/Prussian blue background. First man blends into the background while the other man is in the foreground. Man in the background has long flowing black hair, with blue undertones in the skin, seems to be blessing the man in the front. Man in the front has silver-ish hair, golden skin and is crying
April 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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lexlambwrites.bsky.social
"Revenge is the only thing I seek."

Mmm sure girl tell yourself that. Mari can lie to herself all she wants but the reader knows the truth😉

#PosterPitQ #PosterPit
April 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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philipavdey.bsky.social
An alcoholic wizard, a sleazy cowboy, a hapless farmboy, a shadowy assassin, and a disgraced elven warrior decide to steal the king's precious pet dragon.

But how do you deal with the creature after you've stolen it?

#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #F #YA
April 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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j-c-wood.bsky.social
Ash is worried about careers. It's a big decision for anyone but with juggling a band and raising money in the school's fundraiser, it's easy to become overwhelmed. Add in younger brother Benjy starting at the same school and things can slip through the gaps… #MG #C #PosterPit #PosterPitQ
Movie poster-style graphics: a pair of abandoned child-sized shoes next to a sea or lake, with an overlay of blood-red text PENGUINS DON'T EAT WHALES Middle grade/Family/Friendship/School stories
April 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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sanchezmm.bsky.social
MEXICAN GOTHIC + EDGAR ALLAN POE + PUERTO RICO

ONE box of human hearts hungry for blood
TWO men eager to steal Cora's heart
THREE dead bodies found missing their hearts

Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom.

ON SUB SOON!

#posterpit #posterpitos #editors #ya #gothic #horror
April 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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appleseed-amy.bsky.social
They played the game. Now the game is playing them.
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD X FEAR STREET 1994 X ONE OF US IS LYING
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #H
A poster for a novel called Eff Marry Kill with a melting pink cherry.
April 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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rstraylor.bsky.social
🔥 WHEN YOUR HERO FALLS 🔥

COMPS: Into the Spider-Verse, Blood at the Root, Legendborn

#PosterPit #PosterPitOs #YA #F #editors
FROM WRITER RAVEN TRAYLOR AND AGENT RAMONA PINA OF BOOKENDS LITERARY AGENCY "A FIERY, POWER-FULL COMING OF AGE " "A TWIST ON: AFRICAN-AMERICAN FOLKLORE" IN NEAR FUTURE ATLANTA, NAS AND HIS FRIENDS DISCOVER THEIR GENERATIONAL POWERS AND ACCEPT THEIR CALLING TO TAKE DOWN THE BILLIONAIRE WHO SEEKS TO USE HIS STOLEN POWERS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH NAS' FATHER IS IMPRISONED BY, TO CAUSE CHAOS AND CIVIL WAR. WHEN YOUR HERO FALLS: ON SUB Now ART BY @JOLEANART
April 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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meljrey.bsky.social
POLDARK X WHEEL OF TIME
A lovelorn warrior & a smuggler seeking revenge have to trust each other, to stop a vengeful sorceress coming to power. The fate of magic is at stake.
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #F
Dream Cast Mash-up 🥹
A movie poster for 'The Breath of Silence'. The title is printed over the top of a stormy sky, featuring the following actors: Eva Green as Penny Dreadful top and centre, Aidan Quinn as Poldark front left, and Amita Suman as Inej Ghafa. Also starring Alfred Enoch, Max Irons, Charithra Chandan, Priyanka Bose, and Hayley Atwell. At the top it says: "There's a reason magic was silenced", followed by two billing lines saying 'A secretive warrior' and 'a damaged smuggler'. There are then two laurel brackets with "Shortlisted Future Worlds Prize 2023" and "Shortlisted RevPit 2025". The tropes are listed like supporting cast: Found family Repressed magic Tigers & dragons Slow burn Sorcerors & shapeshifters Enemies to friends There is a subtitle saying "An Epic Fantasy" The final line says "Coming to an inbox soon."
April 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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florencechien.com
1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country.

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
Movie poster mock-up of Hollow Whispers of the Wind, a historical fiction written by Florence Chien. Poster depicts a sensual biracial couple of a Chinese woman and a Caucasian man, set against an old and torn up photograph of The Bund, Shanghai, in the 1930's.
April 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
EVERY SUMMER AFTER X NORMAL PEOPLE

What if your sister was getting married and didn't tell you that your ex from 10 years ago was coming and now you are going to be next door to him for a whole week in the middle of nowhere?

#a #c #r #posterpit #posterpitq #amquerying
movie poster for a book with a couple embracing in a lake second chance romance two timelines set in canada 3/5 heat level None of this was Real a summer to remember, a summer to forget, and a reunion where everything could fall apart again... Coming soon to a query inbox near you
April 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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marinspencermadden.bsky.social
Poster for "Of All the Stories in All the World"!! 🪦🌼

What if Will Shakespeare got a second chance with the man he buried in an unmarked grave, Kit Marlowe?

#A #HF #F #H #R
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit
Murder Mystery | Star-Crossed Lovers | Haunted World A Speculative Historical Romance by Marin/Spencer Madden Of All the Stories in All the World What if Will Shakespeare got a second chance with the man he buried in an unmarked grave, Kit Marlowe? OUT FOR QUERY A foggy forest in autmn with red and orange leaves. On the side of the path lie two gravestones covered in vines, leaning on each other. Torn paper lines all sides of the poster.
April 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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authoraak.bsky.social
When pen becomes weapon, a historian must decide whether she will unravel the truth in pursuit of humanity's freedom from the tyrannical sultanate, or bury them for their safety.

THE HURRICANE WARS X THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER x Turkic Mythology

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #F #R #A
Movie poster for #posterpit featuring a woman in a golden dress hiding her face. Swirls of golden light spin around her. The background is a painting of the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Turkey. The top of the poster reads "Complete at 98,000 words," a quote from the novel that says, "The Sultanate doesn't care for their women- and that is one of the greatest strengths we have," and "in the query trenches." Further down, in the top centre we have the title of the story "Garden of Gods," followed by "A novel by AK." The bottom centre of the poster reads, "epic romantasy," "diverse cast," "slowburn romance," and "turkish forklore." Beneath that there is the comp titles including "The Hurricane Wars and The Bone Shard Daughter."
April 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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jpackersamms.bsky.social
THE SECRET OF NIMH X WARRIORS

A magical cat is swept into a hidden world of secret agents, underground cities, and strange allies, only to realize she must reclaim her power or watch her ruthless mentor destroy everything she loves.
✨🐈✨
#PosterPitQ #Posterpit #MG #F
#amquerying #writingcommunity
A movie poster with the silhouette of a cat in front of a window. Text reads: What makes us different may be the only thing that can save us. The Cat with Silver Eyes. Magic Cats, Found Family, Secret World, Race for Redemption. #MG #F #Q
April 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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taylorrenee.bsky.social
When Hazel Adler arrives in a secluded Alpine village, she expects folklore—not vampires, a deadly festival, & a love that could cost her everything. In a world where humans are prey, her only protector is the monster sworn to stay away. But he might just lose himself. #PosterPitQ #Fantasy
A V with red on the bottom An upmarket gothic fantasy thriller with a little slowburn romance Trust & Betrayal High Stakes Vampires Secluded Village House of Valentine Querying Now
April 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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taelyngray.bsky.social
SHADOW AND BONE x THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Featuring: a medieval/Renaissance-inspired world, magical creatures in hiding, a witty (but deadly) MMC, and a stubborn FMC who will give her life before she allows any of her people to be harmed.

#posterpitq #posterpit #YA #F
A movie poster based on my book, THESE GILDED BALLADS, featuring a man and woman reaching out for each other's touch across a sky (with a tiny dragon up in the clouds). There is text calling out a treacherous quest, elemental magic, an ensemble cast, a grumpy x sunshine dynamic, the word count of 72k, a SHADOW AND BONE x THE PRINCESS BRIDE pitch, the genre of upper YA/crossover fantasy, and a hook saying, "If she wants to save her sister, Elora must survive: exposing her light magic to the mortal king, joining forces with a traitorous thief harboring a deadly secret, and battling a fallen dark ruler."
April 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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professoremily.bsky.social
THE GODS OF ATLANTIS

When Mireia is chosen as the new incarnation of the sea goddess, her simple life is upended. Now she & her alleged true love, the boy chosen as the sun god, must navigate a storm of politics & religion that threatens to destroy the land itself.
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #YA #F
A film-lime poster for THE GODS OF ATLANTIS. In the center is a collage of characters (L-R, Top-Bottom): Mireia, a teenage girl with long dark hair; Kena, a teenage boy with dark curly hair; a woman with a wolf tattoo on her face; another teenage girl who looks intense, a little sinister & a little sad; a young woman with curly hair; a smirking woman in a white hooded robe; and handsome muscly man with a sword; and a red phoenix trailing golden light. The background features an artistic depiction of several Mayan-like buildings in a city with a river running through it, which fades to a blue underwater picture at the top. Above all the characters' heads, a hand holds up a crystal which is sparking with magic power. The bottom of the poster reads THE GODS OF ATLANTIS in large golden text. Below that where the names of actors would be, it lists tropes: FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS, COMING-OF-AGE, FATE VS FREE WILL, FANTASY POLITICS, SLOW-BURN ROMANCE. At the top of the poster it reads FOR FANS OF AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER AND FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. Below that beside Mireia's head it says DEFY YOUR FATE... and beside Kena's head, ...OR EMBRACE IT?
April 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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gizellemoney.bsky.social
She’s the key to awakening the goddesses.
He was built to end them.
Their souls have met in every life—
and ended in ruin.
In this one, they dare to fall in love.

#PosterPit #F #A #PosterPitQ
A surreal fantasy-inspired poster for The Scarred Vein. The artwork features a close-up of a woman’s eye with a vivid blue iris and a glowing green scar beneath it. The arch of a mountain seamlessly emerges from the top of her eye, symbolizing her burden and the realm she must protect. Above the mountain, faintly visible through the mist, is a second eye—violet and watchful—hinting at the presence of a hidden adversary or forbidden love. The image radiates myth, destiny, and emotional conflict.
April 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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skylaranthony.bsky.social
(Self Pubbing Soon??)
Terrorists blackmail Taylor into stealing illegal magical tech. A hot elvish spy offers her protection if she helps can track the tech back down, but she'll have to face a tortured past and risk her heart and newly found family to do it.
#PosterPit #A #SF #F
April 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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ashintheashes.bsky.social
12yo mythology nerd Sophie KNOWS magical creatures are real. She just has to prove it. So when she finds "werewolf" tracks, all she has to do is grab her bff Lizzie, follow the tracks, and BOOM! Werewolf proof
The only problem?
Lizzie's the werewolf
Coming on sub soon!
#PosterPitA #MG #F #DIS #OWN
A fake movie poster with a picture of two people walking on a path (in the distance) in a foggy forest. The title reads "Sophie's Guide to Werewolves and Pancakes" A tag line across the top reads "That's...that's a big puppy." and beneath the title it reads in font like how posters put the actors' names "Ride or Die friendship," "MG Cozy paranormal" and "#ownvoices disability rep." a "review" under that has 5 gold stars and reads "this was cute! -my mom" At the bottom it reads "A novel by Ashley N. Y. Sheesley Coming soon to a sub box near you. Repped by Kaitlyn Katsoupis at Belcastro Agency"
April 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM