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DEMON CHEVALIER - 100k adult gothic romantasy | #amwriting ReaperWIP | advocate of healthy masculinity, hard-earned HEAs & characters in their 30s | Filipino-German from 🇨🇭| 📸: author.vaughnroe | Rep: Tianna Kelly, Neighborhood Literary
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Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 6d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
convincing you to read my gothic pnr x romantasy with the first sentence 📜👹

#WritingCommunity #editors #agented
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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storytellertalent.bsky.social
“Being a literary agent is part contracts, part reading, and a whole lot of fun! In my bio you can find the link to query me...” - Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent, Storyteller Talent Agency storytellertalent.com #indieauthor #literaryagent #authortok #publishing #bookdeal
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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jestrudel.bsky.social
If you've received my "I only read your query, not your manuscript" form response, you might feel perplexed about where you went wrong. Here are two lists to give you a little insight into my thought process of what does and does not affect my evaluation of your query. #writingcommunityً #amquerying
Query "mistakes" I don't care about: typos, using the wrong name, accidentally using the wrong pronoun or salutation, no comps provided, an amateur book blurb, or lack of personalization about why you chose me. Query mistakes I actually care about: Submitting in an audience category I don't rep, submitting in a genre I don't rep, not telling me about the plot of your story, no providing metadata, going way over or under established wordcounts, or submitting an early draft not beta read by others.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Bound by blood & soul to a dying reaper, a mercenary is tempted by treason when fate offers freedom before the curse kills him too—but when love blooms, it forges a bond worth dying for.

fem. villain romance
male lead x Asian FMC | 30+
Witcher vibes

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF #WIP
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Editors, DEMON CHEVALIER—an adult gothic pnr x romantasy—is a 100k enemies-to-lovers standalone.

yearning x swoon galore
THE KNIGHT & THE MOTH

forbidden love x soul deals
PHANTASMA

evocative prose
A DOWRY OF BLOOD

grounded 2ndary world x spice
NEON GODS

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Cursed to perish unless blood is offered in love, Yverdon—a reckless vampire king—captures the last witch alive to trick death, but when affection blooms, the price for his cure proves a sacrifice he would survive…but not his heart.

standalone

#QuestPit #agented #A #RF #WIP
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨✨Agented✨✨

Proud to share that I’m repped by Tianna Kelly at Neighborhood Literary!

I’m so happy to have found the right champion for Demon Chevalier & all my future books.

+ an acquisitions editor from a NY publisher already expressed interest 😭we’re not even on sub yet!

#agented #editorsguide
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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writingdaywksp.bsky.social
AGENT SPOTLIGHT: Victoria Harris of The Caldwell Agency!

@myreadingnook.bsky.social answers some of our most pressing questions and discusses their advice for authors hoping to make it. Learn more, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog

#amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨✨Agented✨✨

Proud to share that I’m repped by Tianna Kelly at Neighborhood Literary!

I’m so happy to have found the right champion for Demon Chevalier & all my future books.

+ an acquisitions editor from a NY publisher already expressed interest 😭we’re not even on sub yet!

#agented #editorsguide
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
DEMON CHEVALIER
1 🔥editor like🔥 & it’s from an editor who recently acquired a romantasy by a booksta/booktok-known author 🥳

#QuestPit was amaazing!! Thank you guys for supporting me 🖤🖤🖤

🫠 happy 🫠

#editorsguide #agented
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 6d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
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ANNOUNCEMENT POST
coming tomorrow - 11/07 - 11am EST

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#agented #editors #writingcommunity
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 6d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨

ANNOUNCEMENT POST
coming tomorrow - 11/07 - 11am EST

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#agented #editors #writingcommunity
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 6d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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authort-lee.bsky.social
MARTYR! x THE NAMES but isekai

Max sees no future for himself until death reshapes him into a noble in an alternate ancient East Asia. As Yoon, he has it all: status, affection, & a prediction that his love is lethal. Is life worth living if it comes at others’ suffering?
#QuestPit #Q #A #LF #HF #F
This is a flowery graphic with post-reincarnation Yoon on the left and pre-reincarnation Max on the right, but turned at an angle with their character artworks facing each other. Above fancy robe-wearing Yoon there are lines that read: In the stillness of death, he immortalized her as his ever-loving, ever-living flower. It would be an eternity of affection. Above florist-uniformed Max are the lines: It wouldn't be so bad if this were the end, he thought... In their family, inconvenient things were silently buried. Especially death.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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snlefebvre.bsky.social
BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING X CEMETERY BOYS

📝Ghostwriter to a ghost
💗Pastel paranormal
👻Vengeful spirit
🎭Haunted theater
🖤Séance-gone-awry
🌴Florida summer vibes (but spooky)
🌈F/F romance (not with the ghost!)
💕One bed

#questpit #YA #PR #LGBT #Q
A collage of images that represent the vibe of the book, including a pastel blue and pink beach, a blue and pink sky behind palm trees, a pink ouija keychain, pain roller skates, pink hair, a pink building behind palm trees, fingers typing on a laptop keyboard, a black and white photo of a woman in 1920s attire, white converse on a longboard, a glowing red theatre sign, and a red and gold theatre stage. Hearts surround a pink text box. The text reads: Sadie expects to be an amateur ghost hunter for a night at a haunted theater, not the sole witness to her favorite paranormal author’s death. Now she’ll have to team up with the author’s living sister to stop a vengeful spirit and help a ghost finish her final manuscript before someone else winds up dead.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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brittneyjoan.bsky.social
A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her ex leaves her with rent she can’t afford—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient, and in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever🐾
#QuestPit #A #R #Q
Title page for an agent's guide to KNOW YOU BETTER, adult plus-size romcom. Green background, two character stock photos, photos in polaroids to of tattooed hand holding, a corgi + golden retriever, and a Red Wings game "Know You Better" one-paragraph pitch: After her boyfriend of six years moves out and leaves her with rent she can’t afford, retail manager Sydney Bennett is barely hanging on—juggling long shifts and a side hustle dog-sitting for clients with the worst-behaved pets in Metro Detroit. When she meets Owen Sutton in the personal care aisle after a rant about two “demonic Pomeranians,” he’s instantly charmed—and in need of a sitter for his own, much better-behaved dogs. What starts as a business arrangement turns into something gentler and deeper: a slow-burning romance between two people still healing from betrayal. But as Sydney faces losing her apartment and Owen’s past betrayal comes back to haunt him, they’ll have to decide if the safety they’ve found in each other is worth risking their hearts for. On a green background with two stock images of the characters A sample of writing on the left from Know You Better, as well as 4 images of comp titles, including their book covers and information. Savor It by Tarah DeWitt for the sizzling banter & tension. You With a View by Jessica Joyce for the emotional exploration of starting over. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez for acts of service as a love language. And Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen for the plus-size confidence. Tropes of "Know You Better" and character images, stock, along with information about the characters. Sydney Sage Bennett: 30, Aquarius, Retail Ops Manager. Empathetic. Competitive. Amazing cook. Loves hockey. Sarcasm as a shield. Pilates girlie. Brunch is her love language. Poor spending habits. Younger sister. Sworn off relationships to focus on herself. Owen James Sutton: 31, Cancer, National Events Manager. Patient and loyal. Flirty. Loves hockey. Bottles everything up. Former company co-founder. Amazing dog dad. Acts of service. Takes care of his elderly neighbor. Older brother. Prone to emotional spill-overs.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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duaceren.bsky.social
On an island quietly haunted by ghosts of grieving women, a depressed chocolatier teams up with five strangers—with scars of their own—to find their killer. Of the six, only five are really alive.

Spirited Away x Shutter Island

#QuestPit #W #A #F #T #PR
“She makes death taste like chocolate.” Picture of a girl in a white dress in a dark lake with her arm over her chest and white roses over her torso. “Grave of flowers by Dua Ceren Ay” Grave of Flowers by Dua Ceren Ay Opening Lines: Every sane person knows better than to paint their walls eggshell white, but electric blue? That had to be a crime. Like whoever decided on the color scheme of this place was avoiding the topic altogether; yes, we were all crazy in here, and yes, we all knew they wanted to avoid the clichés. So, no straitjackets, no padded rooms, no dull hospital gowns, just rooms and rooms and rooms of color until we bored ourselves to sleep or knocked ourselves out from the overstimulation. We had Kelsie the high schooler folks who had become regulars around here liked to call Iron Fist—to thank for that demonstration. It was just that the windows didn't open from the bottom, everything had a soft edge or lock, and the nurses had a way of always smiling at us as if we birthed their children. It was the little things that poked me. So it was even more ridiculous that the early morning hour made the place seem... peaceful. Comps. A Flicker in The Dark by Stacy Willingham: past repeats itself, small town, investigation. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Depressed MC, Magical Realism, Healing and new beginnings. Anxious people by Fredrik Backman: dysfunctional group of friends, social isolation, hope Tropes: found family, unreliable narrator, treasure hunt/investigation, lost memories, small town. Themes: second coming-of-age, feminism, identity, overcoming trauma, friendship
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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ohreallytheatre.bsky.social
Napoleon is dead. His corpse has been stolen.

The accused? A fame-hungry AF female *gasp* grave digger.

The only one who believes she's innocent? A tomb raider cursed to speak in lies.

The ones who did it? a cult of shapeshifter crows.

8 requests from #PItchDis!

#questpit #A #H #Romantasy
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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alibarwrites.bsky.social
My Sister The Serial Killer X Such A Fun Age X Yellowface

💷Sterile wealth
💭Inner cynical monologues
🇬🇧UK vibes
🤰🏾Post maternity
🪞Identity and race

Murdering your ex-boss is hard. Murdering him in his Chelsea mansion? 75% harder🔪

#questpit #W #A #T
A black woman on poster with text Text on black background Text on black background Book covers on black background
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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dillydahly.bsky.social
Exsanguine Cryptids
She must face danger, folkloric monsters, and the government agents responsible for releasing them in order to reunite with her younger brother before the country collapses- or one of them dies.

🥰sapphic romance
Stranger>Friends>❤️‍🔥
💕slow burn
🚗 road trip
#questpit #W #YA #PR #SF
Exsanguine Cryptids Dahlya Byrne a YA supernatural sci-fi apocalypse PitchA vengeful government set on reasserting its authority through violence and misinformation disrupts the life of 19 year old Xiomara. Armed with nothing but the determination of an eldest daughter, she travels across the US facing folkloric monsters and government agents alike, to reunite with her estranged younger sibling. Along the way, she becomes the unwilling leader to Jada, an old classmate she can’t quite seem to get a grasp on (or out of her head) and Rally, an older, yet surprisingly well equipped, woman with an affinity for conspiracies and substances of all kind. Eight O'Clock in the Morning Ray Faraday Nelson *Subliminal Messages, Propaganda, Lizard People Veil Haven by Anne M. Kelley * Cryptids, Lies & Secrets, LGBTQ+, Diverse The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro *Mexican Folklore, Family Secrets, Generational Trauma I walk with my hands stretched out before me. One step. Two steps. Three steps. No wall. Four steps. No wall. Five steps. Nothing. The air feels different. Warmer. Yet, a chill runs through me, prickling from inside my skin. My neighbor had a dog I often walked, Pancho. She didn’t pay much for how bad the dog was. It pulled and pulled on its leash, if not for being the size of a shoebox, it likely would have dragged me along with it, taken off on the hot streets of New Mexico. Dragged me past the dirt roads and onto the concrete sidewalk on the way to the park. My neighbor was old, she didn’t often get to grooming the dog. It was scraggly, fat, with long long nails. Often I would close my eyes as we walked, listening to the birds, wind, and scratching of Pancho’s nails against the floor. The sound emanating from the murk of this alley was strikingly similar. A sixth step forward is not an option. But would the wall behind me still exist? The warmth ahead of me grew to a heat that roasted my skin and made each breathe an effort. Sweat dripped down my face and pooled on my upper lip. How long have I stood here?I’m reminded of the summer heat wave I spent locked outside. I often laid in the yard, too tired, too hot, too thirsty, to move even to the shade of a nearby bush. It grew flowers of a pale pink and muted red. Before that week, me and my mother often picked these flowers to make into tea. I didn’t mind that she would throw my picks to the side, as I could collect them to decorate my dresser top, enjoying the scents every morning until she scolded me for bringing garbage inside and hoisted them out. Maybe the flowers were purple, actually. Yes I remember, the flowers were a deep purple, just like the vase I threw at her head. Just like the blood that spilled out of it. The air was hot like the blood that spilled out of it. It was so hot. Like the air during the heatwave, like the blood of the vase, like the purple of my mother’s head. Like the- I hear a scream I…
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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keltondavis.bsky.social
SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA

There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky.

Corado's about to break all three.

🤠 Vampire Cowboys
🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes
🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities

Querying soon!
#A #F #W #QuestPit
Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible. Text: A Novel By Kelton Davis Blood Red Sand 109000 Words Adult Gothic Western Fantasy Querying Soon Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark Title: Comparable Titles Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian. Text drawn with an arrow from each image: Found family (from the Devils) Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller) Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit) Unlikely travel companions (from all). Background image: same as first slide. Title: Pitch Text: Corado is just trying to survive the night—every night. Being a nightrunner, one of the few brave or foolish enough to defy humanity's vampire masters to traffic himself and others across barony lines, doesn't make it any easier though. With vampire posses stalking the desert during the day and their ravenous Horde filling the sky each night, it's a miracle he's survived as long as he has. Some of it he chalks up to skill, some to instinct, but he knows that when the dawn comes, the main thing seeing him through the night is good old-fashioned luck. Nothing lasts forever though, and Corado's lucky streak soon comes to a quick and bloody end. After nighttime attack from the Horde leaves him stranded in the desert with a newly-orphaned boy named Hectar, he finds keeping the rest of the world at bay may not be as easy as he thought. Newfound companion in tow, he sets out to find what remains of the boy's family and finally put the whole thing behind him. But as he knows by now, no job is ever so simple. As he tries to escort Hectar to safety, whispers of rebellion start drifting on the wind. With a world free of the Horde beginning to look like a real possibility, Corado must face vampires, twisted monstrosities, and the darkness lurking in men's hearts before he decides whether the world he's cut himself out of is one worth fighting for after all. Background image: same as other slides
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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delandjessica.bsky.social
WAKE embodies "Free" from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS w/:

~A FMC tormented by her past that's ruining her mental health
~A LI working for the villain w/ his own troubled past
~a supportive slow burn romance built on understanding inner pain

Coming Spring 2027

#QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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adlinktauthor.bsky.social
Miguel's 1st Year at LoMA:
🔪Figure out who killed Mami
👻Awaken her sleeping opía
🌬️Attune with the stubborn elements
🤝Make friends with other mages
🌌Deal with the bully
🧛🏻Don't get bit by a vampire
💘Don't fall in love! Seriously, that's not important
#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #M
The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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thekellerverse.bsky.social
#Questpit

Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space

6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy?

#Q #SF #SFF
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM