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🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette
charyoung.bsky.social
wow. i'm completely blown away by the love that was shown for all the devils during #questpit yesterday. to everyone who liked, reposted or commented on one of my pitches—THANK YOU. it means more than you could ever know!! 🥹🫶🏼
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
charyoung.bsky.social
an agent’s guide to my adult literary mystery w/ crossover potential—𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋𝐒 😈

“seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you.”

#litagents ❤️ or DM if interested!!

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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thatchazza.bsky.social
A BRUSH WITH LOVE x DO YOUR WORST

🩺An anxious med student with a teleportation curse
🗞️The sunshiney journalist who saw him vanish
🎆Fake dating in the Highlands for NYE
💕Unspoken feelings
🤙🏻Chaotic flatmates
🧠OCD rep
🏳️‍🌈Bi disasters
🥃Quite a lot of whisky

What could go wrong?

#QuestPit #A #R #W
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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lawilding.bsky.social
EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAERIES X DIVINE RIVALS X THE SECRET GARDEN

📖 Cozy, light academia
🌿 Soft FMC studying nature-based magic
🌸 Hidden garden steeped in secrets
🏛️ Academic rivals-to-lovers
💌 Slow-burn romance
🍃 Legacy, ambition, and belonging

#QuestPit #YA #FantasyRomance
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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myleejmiller.bsky.social
🌿UNDERNEATH THE FOREST FORSAKEN🌿

🌿#Ownvoices ND Rep
🌿A Sentient Maze
🌿Magical Artifacts
🌿A Gothic, Cursed Village
🌿Individual, Consequential Magic System

#QuestPit #NA #YA #DF #agented

#editors, contact me or my agent, Rachel Estep at D4EO, for more information!
The first page of Mylee's manuscript guide for UNERNEATH THE FOREST FORSAKEN, showcasing the title, genres, and word count. The second page of Mylee's manuscript guide for UNERNEATH THE FOREST FORSAKEN, showcasing the pitch and the tagline. The third page of Mylee's manuscript guide for UNERNEATH THE FOREST FORSAKEN, showcasing the comps and themes. The fourth and final page of Mylee's manuscript guide for UNERNEATH THE FOREST FORSAKEN, showcasing snippets from the book.
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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hadiyahsama.bsky.social
Kindred x Life on Mars
A Muslim young man must grapple with generational trauma and the very real danger of racism and discrimination when he is thrown back in time to 1970s Britain from 2024.

🌙muslim mcs
🗡️murder mystery
🗣️1970s british racism deepdive

#questpit #Q #YA #S #HF
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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aventurinedebby.bsky.social
ONE DARK WINDOW X NOSFERATU 🩸

When symptoms of a deadly disease w/ vampiric origins manifest on Ligeia Mortem’s 21st birthday, she joins BLOOD & DEATH, a secret society searching for the key to immortality—except to defy death, one must first pay with blood
#questpit #na #f #ag
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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sherlynsvault.bsky.social
an agent's guide for DON'T FORGET ME🕰️☕️🖋️

if you like:
- dark academia
- second chance
- dual POV
- dual timeline
- hispanic rep
- themes of trauma (DV)
#questpit #R #Q #NA #amquerying #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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yaldacollection.bsky.social
THE MAID X FINLAY DONOVAN

10 coworkers.
1 dead manager.

A trio of coworkers must find their office manager's killer, before their scathing resignation emails are discovered, making them the prime suspects. #questpit #editorsguide #AG

🏃‍♀️Escape room whodunit
💘 Office romance
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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notonlyicarus.bsky.social
celebrating #questpit with a new #agentguide !!
Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive.
🐊 RevPit 25 winner
🐊 big 5 editor interest
#Q #MG #H
green tree grove in the background. At the top, Green on black, it says KNOWING THE TWINS with an agent’s guide right underneath. lower left black paint swipe with green writing says: Upper MG Horror, multiple POVs, 1920s setting. lower right black paint swipe with green writing says: #RevPit 2025 winner, big 5 editor interest. dark green background, title says THE PITCH. on the left are two green moodboards. the top one has weeping willows reaching water, a hand reaching from a tree trunk, a lake surrounded by trees, hands reaching for each other, a house surrounded by trees and a lake, someone running out of sight in a maze, a lake surrounded by trees, candlesticks on tree branches, and a pier jutting out into water. The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads. on the left, over a white drawing of a crocodile: Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive. How do you survive a puppet master when you’re his marionette? light green background, title at the bottom centre says THE COMPS with tree drawings on either side. at the top centre are three pictures of three book covers. THE WRONG WAY HOME by Kate O’Shaughnessy has an arrow saying “internally-driven conflict & revelatory abuse”. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding has an arrow saying “adult-free environment & emergency hierarchy”. NOT QUITE A GHOST by Anne Ursu has an arrow saying “psychological stakes”. dark green background. title in the top centre is THE THEMES. underneath is a list: abandonment, sibling opposites, parentification, reclaiming girlhood, dangers of a saviour complex, wanting to be closer to the monster, how to survive abuse, the ways fear transforms you, puberty a loss of freedom. behind the list is a drawing of a weeping willow. on the right is a drawing of a Manor House. on the left are drawings of an old 1920s phone, some berries and fire.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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leonahwrites.bsky.social
Editors!!!

When a vampire cult comes out of hiding to hunt down an escapee, a journalist and the mysterious late-night coffee shop owner team up to take them down for good.

🍒comedic found family
🦇slow burn sapphic romance
📓stolen faces & vampire horror
#questpit #PR #A #OS
a 9 picture moodboard for tvocs with a black text box and white writing that reads “I can’t sleep alone anymore. I need her near me, close to me. There’s something so comforting about the beat of her heart.” top row, left to right: 1. a person holding an older (film) camera 2. lots of drawings of overlapping vampire teeth on a red background 3. a black and white photo of a computer, tablet, and notepad with a pen and phone on top middle row (left to right): 1. a red moon and black background 2. a black background with a red neon sign reading “bite me” 3. the silhouette of a bat hanging from a branch with a red background bottom row (left to right): 1. a picture of three stacks of news papers 2. a picture of a woman’s mouth with dark red glossy lips 3. a press badge on a white background
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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kotegentarri.bsky.social
THOROUGHFARE ₊ ⊹ ˑ 𓂃

a religious apostle & western outlaw must work together to stop an eldritch horror spreading across the desert

- novella (26k)
- a sunshine MMC and grumpy FMC
- eldritch monsters but the true horror is humanity

#questpit #Q #A #H #S #West
A writing pitch in the UI of Netflix with the title Thoroughfare, a description of the "work", and similar recommendations as the form of comparables: Vampries of El Norte, Blood Meridian, What Moves the Dead, and Red Dead Redemption 2. The background is a blue artwork of a western city and a gothic chapel with strange smoke coming from the belltower.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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emmaalmunshi.bsky.social
A KINGDOM TO DROWN ME

6 Keys 🔑
5 Centuries of magical politics ✨
4 Djinn on a mission ⚔️
3 Threats Mona Al’Maii must navigate 💀
2 Hot-headed, kindred souls 🖤
1 Secret that could ruin it all 🧭

The Knight and the Moth x Heavenly Bodies

#Questpit #Q #RF #agentsguide #NA #agentguide
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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austinsgrace.bsky.social
HOW TO COME HOME for #questpit!
After betraying his family’s crime syndicate and spending 10 years in prison, an ex-Prohibition fixer’s plans to atone for his past sins are upended when he meets a handsome disabled shopkeeper.
🛤️ 🛤️ 🛤️
#Q #A #HF #R #HR
Title slide of an agent’s guide for HOW TO COME HOME, a romantic historical novel complete at 107k words. All slides have a background of the painting “Clouds” by Thomas Cole and gold border decorations in the top left and bottom right corners. A portrait of Nathan is in the bottom left corner. He is a white man with short, curly dark hair and dark eyes, wearing a dark green turtleneck sweater. A portrait of Lawrence is in the top right corner. He is a pale white man with neat blond hair, round gold glasses, and light eyes with cortical cataracts. He is wearing a brown coat jacket and tie with a light gray shirt and dark blue sweater vest. Art by luneillusoire Slide 2: PITCH After serving a ten-year sentence for informing on his family’s Prohibition crime syndicate, all Nathan Gilliard wants is to spend his new freedom penitent and alone. Taking a job with handsome disabled shopkeeper Lawrence Freburg seems like the perfect stopgap between life behind bars and his solitary future—but their instant connection is as undeniable as it is unexpected, and business soon turns to intimacy. A life with Lawrence is everything Nathan thought he could never have—partnership, understanding, forgiveness. When his old life and older secrets return in the form of the very people he damned a decade ago, he must face the reasons for his long-suffering betrayal and the dangers of long-held vengeance—and whether holding his past too present will destroy any chance of a having a future. Slide 3: COMPS & CONTENTS Comps: Hozier by Hozier, Laurel Hell by Mitski, Babel by Mumford & Sons, The Companion by EE Ottoman, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Inland by Téa Obreht, The Shawshank Redemption, We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian, and Peaky Blinders. Contents: * Queerness without a “coming out” narrative * Siblings who would kill (for) each other * Small-town atmosphere, big-city secrets * Protagonists over 30 * Queer parenting in a historical setting * Disability =/= disabling * The sweeping love story of romance + the hefty plot of historical fiction Slide 4: FIRST LINES Nathan Gilliard digs his own grave as the moon sets and the first streaks of purple lighten the night sky. The half-rusted shovel works only marginally better than his hands at digging into the earth, but the repetitive motion numbed his limbs long ago. Sweat pools into pockets of ice collecting on his scalp and back, trickling down his arms in freezing rivulets, but he doesn’t pause. Half a mile away, the car he stole from his brothers cools down, engine ticking in relief at finally being able to rest after three days of nonstop driving. Christ, he hopes no one’s tailing him—the money waits like obedient dogs at his side, a haphazard group, the solemn image of the mighty Gilliard legacy tossed roughly to the dirt. Two generations of hard-fought profit, stolen in a night. Nathan thinks of the roar his brothers will let out when they realize what he’s done, and digs faster.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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alpaolucci.bsky.social
Fourth Wing x Priory of the Orange Tree

After a healer is chosen by a dragon, she has no choice but to give up her medicinal crafting and become the desirable dragon prodigy's mentee...as well as the target of a murderous student seeking revenge

#QuestPit #Q #NA #Romantasy
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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ameliagthorn.bsky.social
❝There is only one religion in war, believe me when I tell you it is a godless faith.❞

#questpit #q #agentsguide
Background: A dark volcanic landscape glows with rivers of molten lava under a storm-grey sky. Text in neon red and white: “An Agent’s Guide to THE DYING RELIGION — Adult Epic Fantasy 108k — Amelia Thorn.” Background: A burning orange night sky with smoke and sparks rising through the dark. Left section, bold white-red text labeled “Pitch” reads: “No one expected orphans to survive the war to end magic, let alone win it. But triumph saw a god bleed out on the altar of their peace. Now, as mortals race to slaughter the five who remain, the children raised for holy war must decide if the divine deserve saving.” Right section, red gradient text labeled “Comps” lists: “Bury Our Bones / In the Midnight Soil / Godkiller / The Starving Saints / Kaos / The Witcher.” Background: Forest fires glowing through dense smoke; embers drift through orange haze. Main text in glowing red labeled “Excerpt”: “It was hope, painted bloody, raw, bare. Gods help them, Emmett curses the old habit in that thought, but the revulsion doesn’t silence the echo. Hope like that rarely dies quiet.” Lower text in red-orange gradient labeled “Tropes”: “Magic Comes at a Cost / Hero × Villain / Found Family / Gods Pay Their Dues / OwnVoices LGBTQIA+ Rep / Heist into Hell.” Background: Black volcanic rock threaded with glowing magma. Text in red and white glow presents key story beats: • First Line: “Magic untended festers. Magic forgotten rots.” • First Dialogue: “He’s late.” • First Heartbreak: “Your first mistake was thinking that people like you and I were ever born to do anything but burn.” • First Action: “Blood, light and rot seep out, like a wound failing to clot over, too late to stop the loss.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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adropofmagick.bsky.social
ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. With the (reluctant) help of her ex, her ex bff, & a devious half-vampire, she'll use memory magic to uncover the truth behind the murder that destroyed her life.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #F #R
A MEMORY OF MOONKISSED MALICE Fantasy Dark Academia Feminine Rage Vampires Corrupted Moon Magic Villain Era Protag Queendoms Enemies to Lovers Found Family THE PITCH 18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school's guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most. CHAPTER ONE The rain made it easier to rob his grave. My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night's whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us. Us. As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth. FOR FANS OF... The lush, gothic prose of... A fantasy academia setting similar to... A supernatural mystery like...
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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dianebillas.bsky.social
QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mother’s book event. She needs to get her life back before she's the next victim.
🕵️Amateur investigation
🎃Halloween
📚Indie bookstore
🐱Store Cat
🏡Small Town
💘Sapphic crush
#questpit #YA #Q #MY #LGBT
Mood board for the book The Final Chapter: Halloween candy, black and white cat, girl with a pumpkin wearing flannel, crime scene tape, murder board, girl dress up as Harley Quinn, police car, a light hanging down at a bookstore.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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meljrey.bsky.social
Here’s my adult epic fantasy #AgentGuide for #QuestPit

Ingredients:
🥷 1 stabby shifter
⚔️ 1 brooding smuggler
❤️‍🔥 2 for 1 on slow burn romances
✨ 3 kinds of forbidden magic
🚩 everybody lies
🐉 more twists than twisted dragon horns!

#A #F #OWN
A photo of a dark haired woman in the jungle. Title: An Agent/Reader Guide to The Breath of SIlence - A fantasy novel by M J Reynard A photo of a rainforest with the Title "Comps": A Feather so Black - magical FMC in a non-magical world The Last Vigilant - A broken MMC with a life debt The Jasad Heir - Forbidden magic The Raven Scholar - Intrigue & deadly agendas One Dark Window - slow burn sub plots A rainforest photo with the following text: The Pitch In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a broken soldier form a fragile alliance to smuggle a relic, but as betrayal leads to murder, they must stop a vengeful sorceress or lose all magic – forever! The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard Illustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair. The following quotes: "He's a liar!" "She's hiding something." City in the sky!
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 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
charyoung.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
charyoung.bsky.social
a treat or two from the querying trenches really wouldn't go amiss this halloween. let's manifest some positive spooky vibes 🎃✨
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
charyoung.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#DVpit #A #LF #Mys #ND #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
charyoung.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡

when a renowned rock star is found dead in his flat by the thames, the spotlight shifts elsewhere to his inner circle—the seven suspected of his murder who finally find themselves with the chance to share their side of the story

#DVpit #A #LF #Mys #ND #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
charyoung.bsky.social
🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡

seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

ft:
😈 an extremely doomed narrative
😈 a diverse cast of interconnected characters
😈 an exploration of celebrity and fame
😈 a twisty whodunnit

#DVpit #A #LF #Mys #ND #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM