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Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era
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Weaver of stories & souls • librarian • Round Table mentee 2025 • she/her

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weavinguptales.bsky.social
I want more fictional men falling in love with women monsters. I want women drawn to women monsters, their woeful souls calling for each other, finding home at last in each other
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
Women monsters, you are so loved 🖤
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
No thoughts. Head full of Bob Gray/Pennywise’s arms. “Pennywise-mania” oh for sure 👀😏
February 2, 2026 at 4:41 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
Pennywise wins the #GRAMMY  awards for Best Song of the Year, Best Cosmic Sound, Best New Old Artist, Best Live Devouring Performance, Best Whimsical Song, Infinite Achievement Award, Best Captivating Visual and Audio Performance, Best Life-Altering Music Experience
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
The concept of vampires being unable to say the name God and variations of it in other languages will always fascinate me. More so when the vampires think they’re monsters or are religious. Oh that must be torturous. It’s a different type of yearning
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
It happened to me twice this year already. Looking forward to my brain conjuring more new wips 😂
February 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
“You block people over politics?” I even block people for telling me that writing a book is easy

I did not sweat and cry and spiral for them to say that 🙂
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
“You block people over politics?” girl I’ve blocked people for saying Bill Skarsgård was ugly and couldn’t act
February 1, 2026 at 11:14 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
Did I recycle the same moodboards and pitches with slight changes for another pitch event? Why yes I did
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
Thank you everyone for giving my #questpit pitches all the love. I didn’t expect a lot and I didn’t get agent likes, but I think I did okay. What’s important is that the community came together to support each other’s amazing stories 🥹 Wishing you all the best journeys 🫶🏼
February 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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kyoungwrites.bsky.social
OUABH x Studio Ghibli

A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside the God of Time’s Apprentice to save her dying sister

🧡 YA romantic fantasy
🕰️ identity & self-acceptance
🌠 sister-story
🌥️ gods based on human psyche
💌 whimsy island in the sky

#questpit #YA #RF #F #AG #OS soon
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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crbarenza.bsky.social
An Agent's guide to: THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE!

✌️dual pov/dual timeline
🌶️ open door slow burn
🎶 moody and lyrical
❤️ he falls first
🫂 touch starved
LGBTQ friendly
BIPOC & minority voices

#questpit #Q #A #R #U
January 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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authoryolandatang.bsky.social
TWISTED HATE x NOT IN LOVE

A scandalous night stitches two lifelong rival fashion heirs. She’s fighting for control of her empire. He’s chasing the truth about his legacy. A no-strings collaboration threatens to unravel when emotions get involved.

#QuestPit #W #RF
a light grey silk background with a drawing of Chinese woman wearing a black dress with her hair pinned up and a Chinese-Italian man wearing a black suit, with white text that reads "Fashionable Love", "An Agent's Guide to An Adult Contemporary Romance by Yolanda Tang #W" a light grey silk background with a drawing of Chinese-Italian man wearing white on the left, and a drawing of a Chinese woman wearing grey on the right, with white text that reads "Pitch", "Blythe Shen is fighting to keep her place as heiress and the next Chair of the board. Elias De Luca wants answers about his legacy. But when a scandalous photograph of two lifelong fashion heir rivals surfaces after a reckless night, Blythe seizes the opportunity and does the unthinkable: proposes a collaboration between their rival houses. What begins as a strategic partnership quickly turns into a no strings attached arrangement meant to keep emotions off the runway. But as trust is stitched into their collaboration and competition begins to fray, they must decide whether to keep their pride and inheritance neatly tailored, or unravel for the one person they were never meant to love." a light grey silk background with white text that reads "Comps and Tropes" book covers and tropes listed below. books: Twisted Hate, Not in Love, Not in My Book, The Heart Principle. tropes: Childhood Rivals to Lovers, No Strings Attached Arrangement, Asian Romance, Forced Proximity, Slow-Burn Trust A 3×3 mood board collage. Includes two fashion-style character illustrations, two fashion sketches, text reading “I want to ki__ you (answers may vary)” and “Are you flirting or starting a fight?”, two black-and-white and softly lit photos of couples leaning in close, and drawings of a stylish man and woman facing each other at night.
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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kayleighfan.bsky.social
MATCHA DO ABOUT NOTHING

💘Loose Shakespeare inspiration
🍵Family-owned matcha shop
🇸🇬Mixed Asian American rep
📚Academic rivals to…?
🌉Bay Area setting
🫂Family drama

Coming soon to the query trenches!

#QUESTPIT #YA #W #R
The book title "Matcha Do About Nothing" in bold letters above a collage that consists of two Asian American high-schoolers, a shot of San Francisco Chinatown, and a close-up photo of vibrant green matcha.
January 31, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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castlemantra.bsky.social
Like everyone⬇️the Divide, I'm ugly & sick. Unlovable. Especially to my BF, Rem. The raffle for HealthCorp’s miracle💊could heal me & make me beautiful, but I’d have better odds stealing them from the CEO’s playboy son. A⬆️risk of being caught. And 0 chance of losing my❤️to him. #questpit #Q #A #SF #R
January 31, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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adropofmagick.bsky.social
ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Nocturne Collegiate is celebrated as a sanctuary from warring Queendoms and brutal vampires, but Alyss knows better—its guardian murdered her sister, and now she's come for revenge.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #YA #F
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. YA Gothic Fantasy 93,000 Words 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...
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
WICKED X LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS X ROMEO & JULIET
#questpit #w #ya #f #lgbt
An autistic, trans garden witch with a brown thumb works with a rival music witch to care for an ancient flower. When a meltdown turns the flower sentient, she must regulate her emotions to turn it back before the festival.
Flowers garden harp collage blonde and curl haired girl
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 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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saraduran.bsky.social
Coming soon to agent inboxes!

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ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit
BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled “isolated research station” and “philosophical alien threat.” The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled “queer, visceral horror” and “love as a consuming force.” The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled “psychological unraveling” and “fracture under mission pressure.” PITCH “On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.” TASTE “Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH
Journals of a Familiar
Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape.
#questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #YA #A #F #RF
#OS #DIS #EditorsGuide #Editors
Editor's Guide To MARK OF A MAGPIE Crossover Romantic Fantasy 118k Words Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. Blurb One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief who has a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d be a fool to take up, but with her family scattered across the sea after the draft, a fool is what she’ll need to be to find them. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set on his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. Once whispers of the past begin to resurface and nobles begin dying around them, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The castle is under lockdown, and all bets for the crown are placed on their capture. Seven for a Secret, Never to Be Told. Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. Tropes and Themes - Thief x Assassin - Mental Health Rep - Identity vs Duty - Class Difference - Forced Proximity - Secret Code - Morally Gray - Women's Wrongs - Unlikely Allies to Lovers Comps: Throne of Glass's castle-setting murder mystery and theme of "who you are versus what you have to do" meets the banter-heavy dialogue, strong female protagonist, and nautical setting of Daughter of the Pirate King. Text is on a piece of parchment. Beside the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Picture seven shows a bottle of alcohol. Picture eight has a medieval alleyway. And picture eight shows a ship's crew enjoying a sunset. There is text below the collage that says: ON SUBMISSION NOW! Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media, contact information available on my website! Behind the parchment, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.
January 31, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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authort-lee.bsky.social
DAVID COPPERFIELD × THE NAMES ×
MARTYR! with East Asian inspo

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.
#QuestPit #A #Lit #LF #HF #F #agentguide
This visual is text over character art of the MC’s past and present selves reaching out for each other through a reflective pool. One is in modern clothes with female silhouettes behind him. One is in ancient robes. Red ribbons reminiscent of strings of fate flutter in the air around them. The text reads: YEARS OF RED TEARS 100,000 mord literary historical fantasy David Copperfield meets Asian timeslip dramas and slice-of-life isekai. MAX spontaneously dies and is reborn as a noble in an alternate ancient East Asia. Loveless and accomplishment-deprived in his first life, he now seeks true love and comfort despite familial obligations and supposedly being cursed to harm those he treasures. THEMES & TROPES - mixed-Asian character and LGBTQIA+ rep - East Asian history and fairytales inspo - sentient nature - family trauma leading to self-doubts - modern day man vs. traditional values - loser then vs. overly popular now - love vs. obligation - undying trust vs. expected betrayal - chance meetings and destined partings - timeless societal and familial pressures - pen pals and soulmates - sentimental and indecisive man surrounded by women who know what they want EXCEPTS (1) Nana shook her head. "You can't live only for me." "But you're my Hana. That's Eastern Tongue for flower, you know. My flower. I want to go where you go, stay where you stay. There's nowhere else, no one else." "You too, Young Master, only like the flowers in full bloom and dispose of them when they shrink with age." "Then I won't let them wilt. I'll find you a bookmark of pressed flowers," he combated in haste. "You haven't seen one yet, have you? Flowers are immortal in the right hands." (2) Only the celibate priesthood and those in mourning wear pure white outer robes," she lectured. "Don't let others think you're unfortunate like the priest said. They still go around calling you a cursed foreigner." He bit his lips, chewing on the loose skin salted by his tears. Wind, if it existed, had dropped him here and nowhere else. Perhaps it thought it was doing him a favor. What were his book learnings and drama binges worth here though? There was nowhere and no one who could claim him, minus [redacted]. "Do you believe so?" he asked to be clothed in reassurance. Comps Martyr! - self-destructive MC - the shadow of parents - legacy of violence & neglect - mythologization of death David Copperfield - turbulent coming of age - overreliance on love & marriage - search for home and found family - the corruption of status and wealth The Names - contemplation of choices not taken - a life cut short - fear of becoming one's parent - the weight of a name/title
January 31, 2026 at 5:19 AM
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milliesun.bsky.social
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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thelialao.bsky.social
hi #questpit, almost done revising my sapphic sf crazy rich asians novel, so here's the agent's guide! :))

[BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN

#A #SF #LGBT
slide that reads "an agent's guide to FACELESS". line under reads "adult speculative fiction / 80,000 words @thelialao) background is a blurry photo of an asian woman with a blue tint Text: PITCH [BREAKING NEWS]: BROKE PHD STUDENT FAKES DEATH AND STEALS IDENTITY OF BILLIONAIRE TECH HEIRESS. TOO BAD HER GENIUS RIVAL IS ONTO HER & IS OBSESSED WITH EXPOSING HER NEW SKIN the opulence of CRAZY RICH ASIANS x the otherworldly, futuristic atmosphere of LOCAL HEAVENS x the socio-satirical tone of THE IMMORTAL KING RAO set in a floating city inspired by tech havens in Silicon Valley and East/Southeast Asia Background: an Asian City with a blue filter TEXT: FIRST PAGE It’s a beautiful night to die. The lights of Chang’E City shine over the water, glinting like shattered glass. From her position on the watchtower, Fay Soon can see everything. Her eyes turn, trying to stay cool as they scan the sprawling streets, the steel towers, the crystalline lights that weave through the metropolis like veins. It’s almost commendable how hard she’s trying to maintain her composure. As if this is still an equation that can be solved, rudimentary as the mathematical problems she learnt in elementary school: if 4x = 16, find x. But if things were so simple she wouldn’t be standing here, body tautened like a coiled wire. Her heart wouldn’t be beating hard enough to fracture her ribs. And on her right, wouldn’t lie the endless, insurmountable drop of the edge. @thelialao Background: A silhouette of a woman looking at a wall of holograms
January 31, 2026 at 6:27 AM
weavinguptales.bsky.social
Sapphic BEAUTY & THE BEAST x SEA fairytales

🥀 MC with a beast-morphing curse that needs to be broken
😈 If monster, then why friend-lover-shaped?
🎪 haunted circus
✨🤝🏽✨A dark pact with a wrathful but messy eldritch goddess
🍂 The horror of being forgotten
#questpit #YA #F #W
A moodboard of 9 images: a white rabbit running down a staircase, a gold mask on a creamy cloth, a group of people in masquerade masks facing profile, a rush of river water, a red book of Indonesian tales with a teacup and teapot, a starry sky with a full moon and dark clouds, a red-gold Indonesian dress with a pink cape, a hand emitting a gold flame and smoke, and an Asian woman in a white fancy dress with white hair and a crown
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 AM