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GET IN BUD WE’RE WRITING A FANTASY NOVEL
🗣️ YIELD - #amquerying
✍🏼 WIP 2 - 5k/100k; WIP 3 - 20k/???
📍 Atlanta, GA
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Catie Stroud ✨ @ladystroud.bsky.social · Aug 6
A reluctant, messy princess must navigate a twisted portal realm—complete w/ time-bending complications, cryptic riddles, & one maddeningly distracting stranger—to right her wrongs.

Dark, adult Narnia meets Prime’s MLJ in this romantic fantasy full of twists, humor, & heart 🧪

#questpit #A #RF #F
Yield is for fans of books with queer main characters, slow burn(s), found family, the one horse trope, fantasy with spicy romantic subplots, and women’s wrongs. Comps include elevator pitch of NARNIA x My Lady Jane, book comps include Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s Encylcopaedia of Faeries, One Dark Window, Nettle & Bone, and the Folk of the Air series Vibe/mood board including songs like Hot to Go by Chappell Roan, Fickle Game by Amber Run, and Vertigo by Alice Merton
ladystroud.bsky.social
you know what I am the queen of intrusive thoughts put that on my tombstone 🤣
shrimpandcrits.com Shrimp and Crits @shrimpandcrits.com · Aug 13
Happy Birthday to the brilliant and talented @ladystroud.bsky.social !

Go and wish the queen of intrusive thoughts and oddball characters a good day! 🎂🎉
August 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ladystroud.bsky.social
One of my favs!!!
quinnmajeski.bsky.social Quinn Majeski @quinnmajeski.bsky.social · Aug 7
If you like:

🥀 Exploring the forbidden wilds of the public park
🏡 Working with your neighbors to bring down the HOA hive mind
🤺 Dueling faceless bureaucrats with red tape sabres
🧌 Outwitting the concern troll living under the Bridge to Nowhere

Absurdia is the game for you
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August 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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goodwords.bsky.social
Sharing my #AgentGuide for any #LitAgents seeking a cozy romantic fantasy 🌱💚

14 requests so far!

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ Familiars
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine
☕ Cozy Vibes

Perfect for anyone who loathes big pharma 💊

#amquerying
Potions Unincorporated is written on a brown leather novel with wildflowers and "A Cozy Romantic Fantasy Novel" is written below. Tropes on the right side say "Grumpy X Sunshine" "Found Family" "Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company" "Plant Magic" "Chronic Illness Rep" "Cozy Vibes" A Garden of Comps is written in the top corner. Covers of novels are surrounded by wildflower pictures with words underneath. They are: Legends & Lattes: Cozy Fantasy Seeds, Under the Whispering Door: Humor Sprouts, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: Romance Blooms, Howl's Moving Castle: Growing Self-Acceptance, The Spellshop: Weeding Out Social Injustice Pitch is written at the top. Underneath says, "A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." Wildflowers sprout beneath the pitch Snippet is at the top and an open book with wildflowers is at the bottom. The body text says, " “Hmph. Really, Linatta? I chose you for your good sense, and only a ridiculous witch would believe that hats are harmless. Everyone who wears them is untrustworthy.” Despite Linatta’s best efforts to lock away the name, it slipped from her mouth, “Charly never wore hats. That didn’t make her trustworthy.” Toad leapt onto Linatta’s lap and placed a paw over her heart. In his sincerest voice, he said, “Charly was different. She probably wore hats in secret.”
July 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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nessamoulay.bsky.social
CITY OF BRASS x the Scorpion & the Night Blossom

A girl with dormant magic infiltrates a gilded empire to save her best friend—only to uncover a court built on ancient blood oaths, the boy she once mourned, and a lost heiress no one wants found.

#YA #F #wip #questpit
August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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sophiemlpink.bsky.social
DAISY JONES x MCR x GIDEON 9TH

4 bands arrive in New Orleans for an artistic retreat:

💅A girl punk band
❤️‍🔥An undead goth rock duo
💀a necromancer & their ghosts
🎪an ex-circus troupe

They don’t know they’ve been lured as ritual sacrifice & the house might just eat them alive… #QuestPit #A #H #Q
August 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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diamondf.bsky.social
ATLA x WICKED

Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies.

Villain FMC
Hero MMC
Hate at first sight
Destroy the world, dont save it

#questpit #Q #YA #F
Collage of images, zodiac wheel, solar system planets in a straight line, scorpio constellation, virgo constellation, text saying the villain and text saying the hero
August 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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lnmbeck.bsky.social
The death of the God of Knowledge comes on silently, a whisper of old parchments crumbling to dust in the ever-so quiet Library of Yashay.

📚 Dark Academia
📚 Found Family
📚 Twisty Plot
📚 Eerie
📚 Sacred Artefacts
📚 Gods & Curses

#questpit #Q #A #F
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ladystroud.bsky.social
I’m working today so can’t interact or boost as many #QuestPit posts as I would like but I am rooting for everyone and can’t wait to look at everyone’s pitches tonight!!!
August 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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izzygraceauthor.bsky.social
An agent's guide to RUNELIGHT BURNING for #QuestPit

SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME x THE CITY OF BRASS

🔥Norse-inspired rune magic that burns you from inside
🔥She's the selfish anti-hero, he's the moral compass
🔥Subverted chosen-one trope
🔥Forced proximity + slow burn
🔥Rich worldbuilding

#Q #A #RF
Runelight Burning. New adult fantasy romance. Izzy Grace. @izzygraceauthor. Pitch: Her power could spark a war. But will she let it burn? Callous half-breed criminal, Aelia, is forced to go on the run with an unfathomably moral pure-blood mercenary, after she reveals a powerful Runelight that turns her into a hunted weapon for a war between realms. Tropes: Norse-inspired rune magic that burns you from inside, reluctant allies to lovers, slow burn and yearning, political intrigue and quest-like journey, she's the selfish anti-hero and he's the moral compass, forced proximity, rich worldbuilding, subverted chosen-one trope Comps: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole, The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
August 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
ladystroud.bsky.social
A reluctant, messy princess must navigate a twisted portal realm—complete w/ time-bending complications, cryptic riddles, & one maddeningly distracting stranger—to right her wrongs.

Dark, adult Narnia meets Prime’s MLJ in this romantic fantasy full of twists, humor, & heart 🧪

#questpit #A #RF #F
Yield is for fans of books with queer main characters, slow burn(s), found family, the one horse trope, fantasy with spicy romantic subplots, and women’s wrongs. Comps include elevator pitch of NARNIA x My Lady Jane, book comps include Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s Encylcopaedia of Faeries, One Dark Window, Nettle & Bone, and the Folk of the Air series Vibe/mood board including songs like Hot to Go by Chappell Roan, Fickle Game by Amber Run, and Vertigo by Alice Merton
August 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ladystroud.bsky.social
Thanks everyone for a great time yesterday! It was a successful #questpit and I loved reading everyone’s pitches. Not to be that guy but I think these events are more about the writer friends we make along the way 🥲🤣
May 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
Slow Horses x Dark Matter

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

#A #S #T #QuestPit #Q
Background image is two sets of railway tracks running into the distance. Above them is a distorted clock face showing the numbers from eleven to one. There are three images arranged side by side below clock face. From left to right they are: The silhouette of a man on his knees in a dark alley, with his hands behind his head A paper target with nine bullet holes in it, eight in the inner circles, one in the outers Illustration of a man in profile, wearing a suit, looking pensive, and holding a revolver Text below the images reads: Out of Time Time Travel / Espionage / Thriller
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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noodlesandnovels.bsky.social
Prophecies don’t have age limits.

Now the fate of the Kingdom rests on the bad hip of a retired librarian.

Will curmudgeonly Dorris answer her calling, or ignore impending doom for a good cup of tea?

#questpit #F #A #Q #LGBTQIAbooks #amquerying #writingcommunity #fantasywriters #booksky #writesky
A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the slide reads: THE UNLIKELY MALARKEY OF DORRIS AND BERYL - Pitch - Prophecies don’t have age limits. It’s a fact 82-year-old Dorris learns when an uppity gnome arrives on her doorstep and declares she’s the Chosen One… sixty years late. Now Dorris must exchange her books, cottage, and weekly visits with her best friend Beryl for a noble quest. If she refuses, the kingdom of Grit (and Dorris’ beloved home library) will burn to ashes. Will the octogenarians break the sixty-year curse as prophesied? Or will Beryl’s shady past with dark magic reappear and doom them all? A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the top of the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - Fantasy Comps. Below the text are three book covers with text beneath them. Left to right they are: The House in the Cerulean Sea (queernormative found family), Nettle and Bone (flipped fairytale quest with bite) and Howl’s Moving Castle (elderly MC, self-aware humour). The two lines of text at the bottom of the slide read: quirky, comedic, cosy. LGBTQIA+ and chronic illness rep. A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - character comps. Below the text are four film stills. Left to right, top to bottom, the film stills are: Sophie Hatter, a frowning old woman in a blue dress and straw hat; Pascal, a green chameleon blowing a raspberry; Mercutio, a drag queen in a diamanté top and white wig; Valerie and Max, an old couple in drab brown clothing waving at someone off-camera A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the top of the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - Opening Lines. Beneath the title is a white text box. The text inside reads: Dorris’ destiny came rapping at her door on a Tuesday afternoon. Rat-a-tap-a-rap, went the door. Dorris froze. She wasn’t expecting company. Company always called ahead. She let her eyes swivel from her book to the window. The front door wasn’t visible from this angle. Her shoulders relaxed a little – whoever was causing the ruckus probably couldn’t see her, either. She continued reading. Rat-a-tap-RAP, the door insisted. Dorris’ armchair was warm and deep. Her favourite stripy mug was steaming at her side. There was a major plot twist coming. She wasn’t getting up for anybody. “I can SEE you!” a voice hollered from outside. Confound it.
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social
Barely a week into his first adventure with his mage best friend(/crush), luckless Mick finds himself stuck in the body of a dragon with a god in his head. Now he and mage Eleanor must navigate what it means to be the dragons' chosen—before his existence triggers a divine war.
#QuestPit #W #NA #RF
Three-panel moodboard consisting of three pieces by Alphonse Mucha. Left: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies. Center: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand. This image is noticeably lower in quality than its neighboring panels. Right: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer. A golden filigree lines the bottom and frames the sides, partially covering the left and right panels.
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
ladystroud.bsky.social
*TIME IS RUNNING OUT by Muse plays softly in the bg*

YIELD, if you like:
one horse but it’s not a 🐎
a rly hot faerie w/ rly hot magic 🔥
burn the world for you, if you don’t burn it 1st w/ ur dumb choices 🥴
a cryptic prophecy that could DOOM THEM ALL??? 🔮
he’s got ✨horns✨

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF
ladystroud.bsky.social Catie Stroud ✨ @ladystroud.bsky.social · May 7
✨ dark NARNIA x MY LADY JANE ⚔️

A missing faerie. A forbidden elixir. A whole lot of missteps.

One reluctant princess’s quest to right her wrongs.

She craved freedom. What she found could cost her everything.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF
1-paragraph pitch for YIELD, a 100k adult romantic fantasy debut novel. Book comps for YIELD include Assistant to the Villain, Emily Wilde’s, One Dark Window, Nettle and Bone, the Cruel Prince. Media comps are My Lady Jane meets a dark, adult Narnia. YIELD will appeal to fans of: queer characters, a golden retriever MMC (with teeth), one “horse,” cozy AND dark, women’s wrongs, romantic subplot (but still spicy), found family, knife to throat, slow burn(s), and reluctant allies to lovers. A snippet from YIELD in which Thea, the main character and POV, threatens Brynn, her reluctant guide, with a knife to the throat.
May 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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goodwords.bsky.social
THE SPELLSHOP x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company.

#QuestPit #A #RF #F #agentsguide #disabilityrep #chronicillnessrep #cozyromanticfantasy
A slide with green leaves and green watercolor stains says "The Pitch: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." A black cat looks over it's shoulder at the text in the bottom right corner. Tropes and Highlights include: found family, one bed at the inn, witches and familiars, cozy vibes, grumpy + sunshine, bi-for-bi romance, chronic illness rep, and foraging dates. Think, The Spellshop X Howl's Moving Castle. This text is on top of a green slide with green watercolor splotches and leaves. The book covers for The Spellshop and Howl's Moving Castle are in the center of the image. Comps is written in the corner. Four book covers are shown in a row. Under the Whispering Door + Legends & Lattes + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches = Potions Unincorporated. The words The Humor, The Cozy Fantasy Vibes, and The Romance make up the formula for the not yet published book on the far right. The slide is green with green water color splotches. A green vine is on the top right and the outline of a leaf and two mushrooms is on the bottom right. First Lines is written at the top of the slide. The Text in the middle is on a tan, worn looking page background which says: Potions Unincorporated. Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses---thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid.
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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sabrinamars.bsky.social
INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON x DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

✨College lacrosse player turned fated magical girl (portal fantasy)
✨Reluctant hero
✨Forbidden magic + even more forbidden romance
✨Found family
✨Sexy sparring
✨D&D wild magic

#questpit #w #f #r #ya

#writingcommunity
A collage featuring lanterns, roses, a ballroom, flowers, a red book, a crystal, a young woman with blonde hair carrying a bouquet of flowers
May 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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amcknightwrites.bsky.social
FOR THE WOLF x SORROWLAND

Might I present my #agentguide for THESE TIDES THAT BIND, standalone adult horror fantasy featuring a Siren POV, a love triangle, body horror, and themes of selfishness as self preservation?

#questpit #q #f
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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angie3tomatoes.bsky.social
An #agentsguide for AON
When Tayah sees the Obsidian Hart, her fate unravels. Now she must uncover Ravensford’s forgotten history—before she’s the next to disappear
🖤Gothic Fantasy + Feminism
🏠Sentient House
❤️‍🔥Slow-burn Romance
✨Art as Magic

#QuestPit #AF #R
May 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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kiddyjoy.bsky.social
UPROOTED x NAUSICAÄ

🪲 A naïve natural historian in desperate need of a guide through the cursed forest.

🌌 A non-binary rogue who will do anything to rescue their family.

👀 A plot to trap the rogue brings them together.

❤️ Their hearts will draw them closer.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT
A collage of images, going from top left clockwise: a bouquet of colorful berries, swooping white towers with spiral balconies, a shiny purple beetle, a colorful shop full of knick-knacks, a blooming crocus in a dark forest, a drawing of a woman reaching out to the night sky as if to pluck a star, a crumbling castle on a moor, and mushrooms growing on a tree. In the center is a quote by Virginia Woolf: “I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists, the reality of everything.”
February 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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cjtruwriter.bsky.social
Aster would do anything to be the best writer the world has seen—even if it means spilling her blood to commune with the greats that came before her.

• power v obsession
• what’s real v what’s not
• LGBTQ & mental health rep
• dark academia vibes

#NA #H #Q #QuestPit
May 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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gracebelnap.bsky.social
JACK THE RIPPER x AGATHA CHRISTIE

London, 1891. A viscountess and an inspector team up to catch the playing card-obsessed killer who (probably) murdered her husband...and try not to fall in love in the process 😉

♥️♠️🃏♣️♦️

#questpit #Q #A #MY #HR
May 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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carisadunn.bsky.social
an #agentsguide to THE BONE ARCHIVE

Break the silence, or let the world rot.

🗝️ dystopian x romantic fantasy
🗝️ gothic academy
🗝️ reapers that hunt by sound
🗝️ slow burn-enemies-to-lovers
🗝️ found family
🗝️ orpheus and eurydice

#QuestPit #RF #W #F #Romantasy #GothicFantasy #Dystopian
May 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything…

🌊 Multi-POV
🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’
🌊 Horror elements
🌊 Orcadian folklore
🌊 Atmospheric setting
🌊 Twisty plot
🌊 Editor interest

#questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide
Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner. The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue. Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’ ​ Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears. ​ Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’
May 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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kaylawhittle.bsky.social
STARLING HOUSE x WAYWARD CHILDREN

Historian Vivian meets Elodie, a memory keeper who can free the past from plants, to investigate a century-old disappearance. They find more than expected: a monstrous memory, and an inescapable connection.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT
May 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM