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bettebergeron.bsky.social

@bettebergeron.bsky.social

I'm loving the creative posters for today's #QuestPit!

Sharing my #agentsguide for THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS, an adult upmarket novel w/ elements of suspense.

🌲Maine Setting
👨‍👧Found Family
🏫Academic Couple
🔏Generational Secrets
😦Family Obsessions

#amquerying #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky

Poster for the adult upmarket fiction novel, THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS

Themes & Tropes: Remote Island, Found Family, Amateur Sleuths, Academic Couple, Twainian Wisdom, Generational Secrets, Obsessions

Summary: Deposited in a mail slot and raised by a moose—that’s how Esidora describes her unorthodox childhood growing up on Maine’s rugged coastline. Now a perpetual astrophysics doctoral student living in Chicago with her fiancé Tremblay (a Twain scholar), returning to Maine is the last thing on her mind… until she’s notified of her Aunt Beverly’s unexpected death back on Baribeau Island and the stunning news she’s a co-heir to her aunt’s estate. But as she returns to the remote island to probe for answers and confront her own secrets of the past, peculiar things begin to happen that put her own safety in jeopardy. When Tremblay unexpectedly arrives, the couple borrows from Tom Sawyer’s unique perspective as a fictional detective to unravel the startling family secret behind Beverly’s death.

January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

THE HUNGER GAMES x DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything.

🏳️‍🌈Asexual MC
🌦️Devious sunshine x softhearted grump

#questpit #A #F #OWN #Asian #LGBT

Book cover with title "The Heart Devourer's Song" over illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

🌈Asexual spec MC
🦊Heart-devouring fox demon bard x demon hunter
🌦️Devious sunshine x softhearted grump
🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology
🌖Morally gray yet kind MC
❤️Slow burn romance
🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic
#questpit #A #F #OWN #Asian #LGBT

Illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

January 31, 2026 at 4:45 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

A fox demon bard seeking to become human so she no longer has to devour hearts joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain but falls for a soft-hearted grump demon hunter—and with only one wish at the mountain’s peak, love is a weakness she can’t afford.

#questpit #Q #A #F

Illustration of a scared bard with a fox hovering threateningly over her shoulder, teeth open and about to devour her, next to a stern hunter.

January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM

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Anna Hirsch

@annahirsch.bsky.social

HAMNET x NOSFERATU

🖤 The black sheep of a powerful 14th-century Irish family falls in love with the banshee who’s haunted his household for generations—but as the bubonic plague closes in, he must choose between the living and the dead.

💌 SmoochPit 2025 Mentee

#QuestPit #Q #A #H #HFic

Gothic text treatment with a red skeletal graphic overlay with a spooky, dark forest photograph background. Text reads "An Agent's Guide to the Banshee of Clan Murtagh, a gothic love story, 82,000 words, adult horror, by Anna Hirsch."

Tropes & comps: Irish folklore, she's the monster, generational trauma, only one grave. The yearning in the time of plague found in Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, Catholicism vs the Supernatural in The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the medieval horror of Between Two fires by Christopher Buehlman, the death-crossed lovers of Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers.

The pitch: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. Yet, his family doesn’t believe his warnings, and why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee, he didn’t tell a soul until after his younger cousin tragically died under his watch. He’s been the family pariah ever since.
Desperate for redemption, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, decades ago—a woman named Deirdre.
In hopes of learning whose death she foretold, Ciarán tenuously agrees to help Deirdre remember who she was. They begin meeting by moonlight, and with every clandestine encounter, his macabre desire for Deirdre grows. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer. But fate demands more than death, and Deirdre is no longer the only ghost cursed to haunt Clan Murtagh forever.

The first line: I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I'd heard her for years.

January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything.

#questpit #A #F #Q #amquerying

An agent's guide to THE HEART DEVOURER'S SONG, an adult asian-inspired romantic fantasy. Selected for the 2025 SmoochPit mentorship program.

Devious sunshine fox demon bard x Soft-hearted grump demon hunter. 🌈Asexual spec MC
🌦️reluctant alliance
🌱Found Family
❤️Slow burn romance
🪕Inspired by Chinese music and mythology
🌖Morally gray yet kind MC
🏔️Chinese demons, immortals, and magic

Pitch: THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a fox demon bard seeking to become human so she no longer has to devour hearts joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain but falls for a soft-hearted grump demon hunter—and with only one wish at the mountain’s peak, love is a weakness she can’t afford.

COMPS: Immortal, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM

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Julianne

@authorjulianne.bsky.social

In honour of #QuestPit and the upcoming #SmoochPit showcase, here's an updated #agentsguide for THE BOG PRINCE, my upper #YA #RF about a necromancer who reanimates the bog body of her kingdom's long-lost prince. 💀👑

Maybe some secrets are better left buried... 🖤 #agentguide #Q

"An agent's guide to THE BOG PRINCE by Julianne M, a 99k word YA fantasy romance."

The pitch...

Eighteen-year-old Everin Lockett’s dreams of returning home from ruthless Wyverith College are shattered when she manifests a forbidden necromancy magic that reanimates the bog body of her kingdom’s lost prince. If the college discovers the truth about her abilities, she will be conscripted into their brutal army,
doomed never to see her family again.

Desperate to guard her secret, Everin strikes a deal with the long-lost Prince Byrnan: if he helps keep her power hidden, she will help him solve his centuries-old murder. But when Byrnan’s quest for justice could be the very thing that endangers her last hope of going home, Everin will need to confront the true cost of
falling for a lost prince with nothing left to lose—and a kingdom to reclaim.

Pictures of book and album covers in ornate antique frames. The text reads:

For fans of...

Yearning and bog bodies (Hozier's debut album)
Dark academia and lyrical prose (A Study in Drowning and Curious Tides)
Haunting gothic atmosphere (One Dark Window and Florence + the Machine's Lungs album)
Slow-burn romance (Divine Rivals)

Snippet...

A fork of lightning split the rain-soaked sky in two, and the ground trembled with a deafening clap of thunder. But even after the rumbling faded, the bog still shuddered beneath me, swelling and quaking like a pair of lungs drawing their dying breath. I lurched away, my heart jolting against my throat as I scrambled back through the mud.
Another crack of lightning.
And in its wake, silhouetted against the flash of violet light—

A single grasping hand,
clawing its way out of the earth towards me.

January 31, 2026 at 12:54 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Hi everyone! I’m going an art commission giveaway on instagram if you want to join. Enter to win a free drawing of your characters! Deadline is Jan 31.

#artgiveaway #artcomission #writingcommunity #writersky #bookart

www.instagram.com/p/DTNhlfGDXo...

Lucy L. on Instagram: "To celebrate the new year, I’m doing an art commission giveaway! PRIZE: - free half body illustration of one or two characters with simple background (for personal use) - Will...

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January 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM

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Kris Arden

@karden.bsky.social

Sapphic HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA
☁️In a floating land founded on kindness
🐦‍⬛that prays to birds
🚲an ex-con bike mechanic
👗collides with an outrageously femme amnesiac
👑running from nobles who want her divine magic
⛓️and learns their kind kingdom is a lie
📖 #BluePit #W #LGBT #A #F #R

A large drawing of colourful birds, surrounded by (top right corners) heart-shaped lockets, (bottom right corners) chains over forest, (top and bottom) a vintage yellow bicycle, (sides) a spinning wheel.

January 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM

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Tien Lee (she/her)

@authort-lee.bsky.social

David Copperfield x timeslip fantasy x slice-of-life isekai

Max wanted to die loved, NOT have others die because of his affection. But the Wind who reincarnated him will not let him live an effortless life of luxury without inflicting him with new trauma.
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #A #Lit #LF #HF

January 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM

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owe-writes.bsky.social

@owe-writes.bsky.social

Due to a prenup that forbids songs about her cheating ex, a singer-songwriter plans to fake a romance and subsequent split with a washed-up actor as cover for her heartbreak songs—but falling for the man she must leave threatens both her carefully guarded heart and her solo debut.
#bluepit #A #R #W

January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM

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Clover Callahan

@clovercallahan.bsky.social

BRIDGERTON X PARKS AND REC
...but make it Canadian during Confederation

A MOST POLITICAL PROPOSAL
A Liberal politician fakes an engagement with his Conservative rival's daughter to expand voting rights but to convince her to make it real might cost him his political career.
#bluepit📖 #R #HS #A #Q

January 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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trang ☆ writer

@trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social

JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

#Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F

moody, foggy mountain backdrop with a person in martial arts type clothing visible on a stone platform. text reads CONDUCT OF MAGES, adult fantasy, complete at 100K, now represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary

THE PITCH on a moody green mountain backdrop:

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

THE VIBES on a moody green mountain backdrop:

energy magic
heists & scheming
found family
research subplot
sloooow burn
female role models
SE Asian setting

THE COMPS on a moody green mountain backdrop:

Blood Over Bright Haven
Jade City
Heartless Hunter

January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM

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Anna Hirsch

@annahirsch.bsky.social

HAMNET x NOSFERATU

The black sheep of a powerful 14th-century Irish family pursues a forbidden romance with the eternally young banshee who’s haunted his estate for generations, but as the bubonic plague closes in he must choose between the living and the dead.

#BluePit 📖 #A #Q #H #HS #D #Gothic

Gothic mood board for a fiction novel featuring a skull, medieval Irish imagery, catholic symbolism, and gothic horror romance vibes. Text in the center reads "The Banshee of Clan Murtagh, 80,000 word gothic horror, SmoochPit 2025"

The Pitch:

When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s eternally young banshee, he hunts her down to learn who in his family is fated to die. In the struggle, his touch triggers memories of the banshee’s previous life as a servant of his household—and she demands to know more.

They meet by moonlight searching for answers in the banshee’s memories, and Ciarán’s growing attraction sets him on a path of macabre desire. But as the devastating bubonic plague closes in, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his dying family or succumb to the seduction of the death-bringer.

January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything.

#BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #amquerying

January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM

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산호 the crowpuff

@sanhocrwpff.bsky.social

🪤✨Valentine's and a 1k Followers Celebration Raffle✨💛

Thank you for 1k followers!! A little belated so I'm combining it with mah fav upcoming holiday: Valentine's Day!!!💗

To enter:
- Follow (New followers welcome!) & Like + Repost
- No giveaway accounts/bots plz

Ends on: January 31st

Promotional graphic of Sanho the Crowpuff's Valentine's Day/ a belated 1k+ followers celebration raffle

Rules:
- Follow + Like + Repost this post
- Winner receives a rendered illustration like the shown example on the right. (a rendered illustration of two figures holding their faces close)
- Can be romantic, platonic, or single

Ends on: January 31st

Extra text: Yes, I will draw your ocs, yumes, or characters from nonlive-action media K-I-S-S-I-N-G! (This is highly encouraged even)

January 12, 2026 at 7:30 AM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Joined a #dtiys from mynqzo on insta! It was a struggle but I hope it turned out ok.
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#illustration #digitalart #procreate

Digital painting of a girl flipping a page of a book.

January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Stayed up too late drawing this but here’s a new illustration of Su and Kai from my Asian-inspired romantic fantasy! Su is the devious sunshine fox demon bard and Kai is the soft-hearted grump demon hunter.
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#bookart #illustration #grumpxsunshine #originalcharacters #books

Girl in long cloak poking a man’s nose, standing in a snowy forest.

January 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM

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zilla

@zillawrites.bsky.social

They say the final act is the hardest to survive. After a lot of blood, sweat, and eleventh-hour decisions, I’m beyond thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social at Mad Woman Literary Agency!

I can't wait to work on making Hotel Adair even more deadly.

December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

My ARC of THE LEGEND OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX arrived!! Thank you @netgalley.bsky.social and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social ! So excited to read.

#arc #fantasy #reader #romantasy #book

Book cover of LEGEND OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX by Katrina Kwan.

December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Drew some clothing designs for a new character.

Eight clothing designs for a blonde woman with long white or red dresses and pale veils.

December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

An #agentsguide to THE HEART DEVOURER’S SONG, an adult, Asian-inspired romantic fantasy that was selected for the 2025 #smoochpit mentorship program.

All the art used in my agent's guide was illustrated by me.
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#querying #fantasy #grumpysunshine #queryingwriter #romanticfantasy #amquerying

November 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

WriterPit is tomorrow on instagram! Hope to see more writers there.

#WriterPit @writerpit.bsky.social · Sep 15

Why should you participate in a pitch event on Instagram?

#WriterPit #WritingCommunity

Why Instagram?
#WriterPit is an Instagram-only event, and the focus is NOT to get likes from agents or editors.

So why should you participate?

Sooner or later, most writers come to a point in their writing journey when they realize they need to reach the people who will actually read their book.

And readers generally aren’t on X or Bsky — but a lot of them are on Instagram.

Growing an Instagram account from nothing can be tricky — but that’s where the writing community shines!

During pitch events, writers follow, support, and engage with each other, so it’s a great opportunity to grow your following and create hype for a post about your book — on a platform where where it really matters!

November 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM

Lucy is querying

@lliuwrite.bsky.social

Finally finished a new illustration! These are two characters from my novel: Shen Su, a heart devouring fox demon disguised as a human bard, and Kai, a demon hunter. She’s helping him wrap his wounds, but might be distracted…
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#digitalart #illustration #writing #characterart #bookart

A watercolor style illustration of a girl in pink robes with a hand on an injured man's chest.

November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM

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