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Taelyn Gray is querying
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Querying my cozy historical fantasy ✨🤍🌿
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Taelyn Gray is querying @taelyngray.bsky.social · 6d
NORTHANGER ABBEY x THE SPELLSHOP

I lost 2 grandfathers to complications from diabetes, and I wrote a book with a different ending that captures the impossibility of living while losing someone you love.

With romance & magical plants. 🪻

And a mystery. 👀

#questpit#Q#A #F
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Reposting for the evening crowd with info I probably should have added originally. 😂

🔥 Inspired by my own ancestors, THE WITCH OF GATLINBURG is dual POV with German & Appalachian mythology. 🔥

#questpit #Q #S #H
demri18.bsky.social Demri Redmon @demri18.bsky.social · 6d
WEYWARD x THE BEWITCHING

When two witches in different eras find themselves battling the same ancient forest spirit, they must use magic to communicate through time and find a way to save their covens from total destruction.

#questpit #H #S #Q
6 image moodboard with a rust red background Top left: monster in a forest Top right: yt girl with wavy hair & white Tshirt (representing the main FMC) Middle: a hand with flames, a girl doing a tarot pull Bottom left: 3 women dancing around a fire pit, forest scenery The Witch of Gatlinburg | Demri Redmon 6 image moodboard with a rust red background Top left: monster in forest Top right: Romani woman with thick, curly hair & patterned head scarf (representing the second FMC) Middle: hand with a flame, woman dancing in front of a large fire Bottom left: covered caravan Bottom right: forest scenery The Witch of Gatlinburg | Demri Redmon
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Thread of #questpit posts (all two of them😂)

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authorkatecooper.bsky.social Kate Cooper @authorkatecooper.bsky.social · 7d
Querying now! Agent guide pinned 📌

👩‍💻 workplace romance
😠 enemies to lovers
👫 close proximity
💚 mental health representation

#Q #A #R #questpit #writesky #authorsky
Top left: She's afraid to fly. He's afraid to fall. Together they'll face their fears and expose a shocking hitmen-for-hire scheme. Bottom left: hands holding camera Right top: woman typing on computer Right middle: plane wing viewed from inside Right bottom: hands holding camera
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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NORTHANGER ABBEY x THE SPELLSHOP

I lost 2 grandfathers to complications from diabetes, and I wrote a book with a different ending that captures the impossibility of living while losing someone you love.

With romance & magical plants. 🪻

And a mystery. 👀

#questpit#Q#A #F
January 31, 2026 at 11:32 PM
taelyngray.bsky.social
NORTHANGER ABBEY x THE SPELLSHOP

I lost 2 grandfathers to complications from diabetes, and I wrote a book with a different ending that captures the impossibility of living while losing someone you love.

With romance & magical plants. 🪻

And a mystery. 👀

#questpit#Q#A #F
January 31, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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BRIDGERTON × THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE

1813, Bath. When an herbalist's father is diagnosed with fatal diabetes, all hope seems to be lost—until she is asked to come to Dicentra Hall and heal the Viscount with plants from his oddly temperamental magical garden.
#questpit #Q#A #F
A collage of primarily green pictures including a girl at a ball, hands touching, a glasshouse, and more.
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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demri18.bsky.social
Roux’s ASYLUM x GHOST ADVENTURES

When Jade’s grieving family are invited to a ghost-hunting competition at a haunted sanatorium, paranormal investigators start disappearing & Jade fears there’s more to Waverly Hills than meets the eye.

#questpit #YA #H #P TBA
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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An #agentsguide to my contemporary romance, DEFINITELY NOT A BUCKET LIST featuring:

🚗Tension-filled road trip
💉Illness rep
🌄Coastal Canadian landscape
⛴️Boat ride in costume
📝(Not) a bucket list

#questpit #Q #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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A cunning prankster plots against her lord husband and ends up saving the empire in a fantasy romcom version of A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS
😈 unlikeable heroine
⚔️ enemies-to-power couple
💑 marriage of convenience
🔥 slow-burn & low spice
#questpit #Q #A #RF #agentsguide
Agents guide for Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem, 91K adult fantasy romcom, revised through SmoochPit 2025 mentorship Pitch - She planned to be the terror in his life. He planned to ignore her. Neither planned on saving a crumbling empire from a tyrant—or falling in love. Twenty-year-old Wen Anling would sooner commit murder than give up her home and freedom. But with no way out of her arranged marriage to Han Shiyan, the wealthy Lord of Qinglan, she devises a plan: let him be the one to beg for divorce… once she transforms herself into the nastiest wife possible. Shiyan only married Anling to honour his mother’s dying wish. Had he known his new wife would send his simple life straight to mayhem, he would have thrown honour out the nearest window. He struggles to see any good beneath Anling’s heavily powdered face, overly red lips, and shrill screams, but when she continues to get under his skin, he cannot help but grow intrigued—especially after catching his first glimpses of the real Anling beneath her prickly exterior. While Anling wrestles with her desire to escape the prison of marriage and he Comps The Darkness Within Us - cunning, unlikeble heroine, enemies-to-lovers, drives him up the wall but he can't help falling A Song to Drown Rivers - Chiense history-inspired setting, political intrigue & schemes How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - romantic comedy, slow burn, lots of banter Extract & Tropes - Multicultural w/ POC leads - Marriage of convenience - Enemies to power couple - Slow burn w/ a dose of spice The not so meet cute... Shiyan’s eyes widened for a heartbeat before he forced composure back onto his features. Her face was powdered with a thick layer of white, as if she had simply dunked it into a bowl of flour. Her bright red lip-paint smudged at the edges and… Heavens forbid women dab their cheeks with uneven blobs of pink. Even the most senile and stern of his guests held their hands to their stomachs, straining to hold back fits of laughter. He would have gladly joined them, too, if he wasn’t the one with the honour of marrying this… this… buffoon. He swallowed and recited the wise sayings of his forefathers: one should not judge a book by its cover; a woman’s beauty runs deeper than appearances; virtues are lasting while beauty is fleeting. Oh, to hell with wise sayings. An eyesore was an eyesore no matter how virtuous it might be.
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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tillyzz.bsky.social
What? You wrote a Nordic adult romantasy without vikings? ✨gasp️✨

UNFATED is instead set in a John Bauer inspired medieval Sweden, steeped in folklore, mythology and authentic Swedish culture...not a horned helmet in sight 🫢

A 92,000k standalone novel

#questpit #Q #A #RF
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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TANGLED X PRINCESS BRIDE X STARDUST

💘 He fell first (literally), she fell harder
☀️Golden Retriever MMC meets 🌑Black Cat FMC
🐦‍🔥🐉 Mythological creatures ft. Chinese/Italian beasts
🗡️ Impossible quests
✨Intertwined curses & a trickster slug

#questpit #NA #YA #F #AG
Quote from T. L. Coughlin agented work: I have 2,925 days left of my curse and I’m not going to let one fool of a knight ruin my chances. A black and white image of a girl with long hair looking down at a sliced off marble head of a man with a bloodred “tear”. Behind them is a collage. A girl sunken in water with a white dress flowing. A pearl with fire swirling around it. A boy, up in a tree, laying on a branch. A hilt of a jeweled sword, a stone bridge across a small river in a forest. A curled, pink, rosebud. A stone carving of a qilin. An open book laying upon leaves. A vial of liquid in an enchanted forest.
January 31, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. six suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star 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
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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HE HAUNTS ME NOT

DEAD ROMANTICS x WEDNESDAY

🖤Forced Proximity
🤍Human x Ghost Lovers
🖤Seances
🤍Witty Banter
🖤Gothic Elements
🤍Found Family

#Q #questpit #A #R #PR
January 31, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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An #editorsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ Canadian subarctic inspired setting
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🌎 Accessible worldbuilding

#bluepit📖 #A #F #R #FR #OS soon 👀
On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text: An Editor’s Guide To The Land of Undying Summer by Ivy T. Woods Adult Romantic Fantasy 108,000 words On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. On the left side of the picture is an ink drawn map of a continent. In white text: Pitch When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with a wandering mage to figure out why mages are dwindling among her people, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust escalates into a full-scale uprising, leaving the two loners to save the living, the dead, and each other. Though not necessarily in that order. On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text: Comps The atmosphere and vibes of: - The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon - Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Humour Of: - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees. In white text Chapter One - The End of Darkness No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaani’s trembling hands closed on the spiked rocks of the Wolf’s Fangs, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late. “Shit!” Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of El’Drek’s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her. Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldn’t put it past any of the dead—either Blessed or Barred—to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. Allak would be insufferable if she was late.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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A 📝 of my #questpit posts for THE SURGEON OF SILENCE 🩺, a 98k Speculative Thriller Fiction (currently editing).
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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THE UNMAKING — 95k Upmarket Speculative Fiction

The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars

🧠 A memory technician that makes people forget.
📺 A glitching stranger who remembers.
🧪 A system that calls emotion error.

Some things cannot be erased.
#QuestPit #A #Q #LF #S
An agents guide to the unmaking an upmarket speculative novel querying now The pitch: nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching witness who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget. The comps: with the haunting erasure of the memory police, the escalating momentum of chain-gang all-stars and the corporate ritual menace of Severance in Apple TV+ The opening: nova once wondered in the memories she’d cut out followed her around, waiting for their moment to tear out her own.
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSubmission 2026!)

Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?

#QuestPit #YA #MY #R
#AG #OS #OWN #LGBT
Editor’s Guide To: The Things We Run For YA Drama Mystery with Romance 94k Words Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media 4/13/1996 Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden. What we know: -Runaway in Hiding -Fake Identity (turned real identity) -Mental Health Rep -Genderfluid and Pan Rep -Found Family -90s Small-Town Nostalgia At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys 6/23/1996 “The Hills have Eyes” There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook. In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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THE FIFTH WAVE X GEN V

Zuriah believes a foreign nation is responsible for the first missile strike on the United States in decades, until she uncovers her family's connection to a shocking global conspiracy—and an enemy from another world.

#Questpit #Q #YA #SF
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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What happens when a vampire & an insomniac journalist start flirting? A vampiric cult begins stealing peoples faces, of course.

🦇late night coffee shop/bookstore
🍒small town murder mystery
☕️comedic found family
🍒horror rom-com
🦇halloween episode
#questpit #A #onsub #PR
red and green moodboard with a black text box and white writing reading: "I'm not in my own bed when I wake up. It's more confusing than terrifying because I swear I should be in a jail cell right about now."
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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🔎The Alchemist's Last Recipe🔎

An introverted book restorer unravels an alchemy-infused murder in a close-knit Prague courtyard community.

#QuestPit #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #W #A #MY #WF
The Alchemist's Last Recipe - A Mala Strana Courtyard Mystery; images: pretty parked bike with flowers in the basket, vials of tinctures, a wrapped book, socked feet hugging a mug of tea
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Introducing an updated #agentsguide for A KINGDOM TO DROWN ME

✨Arab folklore & exploration of the myth of djinn
💎Unique magic system & world
🪞Explores inner demons & mental health
⚖️Corruption & greed as central to conflict
🧿23 full requests

#questpit #Q #RF #agentguide
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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BRIDGERTON × THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE

1813, Bath. When an herbalist's father is diagnosed with fatal diabetes, all hope seems to be lost—until she is asked to come to Dicentra Hall and heal the Viscount with plants from his oddly temperamental magical garden.
#questpit #Q#A #F
A collage of primarily green pictures including a girl at a ball, hands touching, a glasshouse, and more.
January 31, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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To pull off a heist and save her friends (and a shy prince locked in a tower), a thief with illusion magic will have to live up to her reputation of being a great illusionist, a flawless liar, and an exceptional thief—what she considers to be all her best traits.

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #YA #F
A poster with an art deco style border has the title, “Capers, Crowns, and Thieves” and features a single photo of a young woman sitting in an antique chair against a dark green background. She holds a feathery masquerade-type mask up to her face, obscuring all of her features except her eyes. A tagline to the left of her reads, “She plans to steal the show.” Below the photo is smaller, skinnier, light brown text on a black background. It says, “Capers, Crowns, and Thieves is a manuscript written by Jacqui Culler, intended for children of YA ages but also appropriate for crossover audiences. The pitch: When the king kidnaps her friends, a thief with illusion magic must pull off an impossible heist in order to save them, but she’s in a city she was never supposed to return to and short on people she can trust. Set in a 1920s-inspired city, featuring gangsters, magic, and romance.” The text below mimics graphics found on a movie poster and read, “YA, for teen and crossover”, then “Querying Now”, and “Genre Classification System: Fantasy Heist.”
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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THE MISFIT SOLDIER X WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON

Coming to your inbox May 6, an exiled highflier must outsmart an army to return home to the boy she loves.

#posterpit #posterpitq #A #SF #amquerying
April 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Wonka x Night of the Living Dead
😬The horrors of middle school
✨A magical locket
🍄That unleashes a world of wonder
🤔Where a thought can become reality
🍭For better
🧟‍♀️Or for worse
#posterpit #MG #F
Watercolor background of field and Tres and mountains south two girls putting hands together to form a heart. Reads the Unlocked Imagination of Lacy West. Top rated story score for Ready Chapter 1. Finalist in MG Legends Contest
April 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM