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Dark YA Fantasy author in the trenches
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ALL’S FAIR IN WAR AND MATCHA, RIGHT?

A modern rom-com loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, following a Chinese American teen working at her family’s matcha shop and the chaos that ensues when her old childhood friend turned enemy returns to San Francisco.

#QUESTPIT #YA #W #R
A colorful collage to fit the aesthetic of the novel "Matcha Do About Nothing," including a Chinese American teen, a matcha whisk, the Golden Gate Bridge, a strawberry matcha latte, a smiski holding taiyaki, strawberry tanghulu, and xialongbao, among other items.
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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🖤Rachel Gillig ✨ meets ⚔️Carissa Broadbent 🖤
For a Thousand Lives ; 82k

⚔️She’s seeking revenge against the Queen who cursed her mother
✨With the help of a traitorous general, a dying spy and a lying prince.
🖤But is the cost of revenge worth her heart?
#Questpit #F #YA #Q #RF #agentsguide
When the Queen’s High General, Garrick, arrives at her war camp searching for the rumored Essence Weaver, he shocks Ren by sparing her life. Instead, he offers a place in the rebellion to overthrow the Queen. Ren agrees to join with intentions to kill the Queen herself. Along the way, her loyalties to Garrick are tested by an unforeseen connection: the son of her sworn enemy Prince Daeg. Despite opposing the rebellion, Prince Daeg offers Ren knowledge of her abilities, freedom from Garrick’s constricting control and a quiet understanding that begins to break down the walls around her guarded heart. But as Ren’s powers grow, so do the betrayals. Garrick’s thirst for power begins to mirror the Queen’s cruelty, especially when Ren discovers he is more than a guard to the Queen. His claim to the throne is not just ambition, but inheritance and he’s seeking to replace, not dismantle, the Queen’s legacy. However, it was never in Prince Daeg’s plans to kill his mother, even if doing so would break Ren’s curse. Now, Ren must decide which future she’s willing to fight for: revenge and Garrick’s rule, or a chance at a future with Daeg without the revenge she’s sought her whole life- all before the curse chooses for her. *YA dark fantasy with a romance subplot, FOR A THOUSAND LIVES, complete at 82,000 words* A standalone with series potential, it blends the emotional romantic twists of Divine Rivals and the dark undertones of Belladonna. FOR A THOUSAND LIVES will appeal to fans who love Carissa Broadbent and Rachel Gillig’s writing of forbidden magic, gritty characters with emotionally authentic arcs, morally complex heroines, slow burn romance, and character driven stories.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching stranger who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget.

This is THE UNMAKING

#QuestPit #Q #A #LF #S
The opening to the unmaking
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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🖤Rachel Gillig ✨ meets ⚔️Carissa Broadbent 🖤

Ren's trained her whole life to kill the Queen who cast the curse she inherited from her mother and now must choose between revenge and love when the rebellion’s leader and her enemy’s son both hold the key to her freedom
#Questpit #F #YA #DF #Q #RF
Dark Fantasy moodboard. Welcome to Kingdom Doedenmere where Essence weaving is forbidden unless in service to the Queen. For a Thousand Live. Vibes: Carissa Broadbent meets Rachel Gillig. Tropes: Forbidden Magic, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, slow burn, generational curse, morally gray FMC ( and MMC)
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Welcome to the first #questpit event of 2026! Have fun and remember to support one another!! We’re so excited to see your pitches!
winter wonderland #questpit winter 2026 jan 31st
January 31, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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The view from a few hundred yards behind my house…. A few years ago at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. #winter sub #Arctic #snow
Photo from mid afternoon, shortly before sunset.
Photo of a winter scene that includes coniferous forest, snow covered hills and a frozen lake. The sun is low in the sky, casting an amber glow over the land.
January 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
authorvhues.bsky.social
Quilty as charged....
alextomauthor.bsky.social Alexander Thomas @alextomauthor.bsky.social · 2d
I only had one job today. I was supposed to help my protagonists escape.

Instead, I made things worse. That's kind of my other job.

Cheers to all the authors out there making your characters' lives miserable. See you at #QuestPit tomorrow!

#amwriting #writesky #sff
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Super important! #QuestPit is now moved to January 31st to support the US General Strike movement on January 30th!

#AmWriting #AmQuerying #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
questpit.bsky.social questpit || next event: JAN 31st @questpit.bsky.social · 4d
‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️
In solidarity with the general strike happening this Friday, we’re postponing this week’s event by ONE day. The event will now take place January 31st on Saturday. This strike is important to the both of us and we would appreciate you joining us.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Really showing my lack of socials knowledge here... But how are people creating #moodboards and attaching them for #QuestPit .. first time bluesky poster and first time pitcher 🫣
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Another reminder of #questpit happening this Saturday rather than tomorrow!!
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 AM
authorvhues.bsky.social
I haven't been on twitter/X for at least 6 years... #questpit has inspired me to try bluesky.. fingers crossed to all my fellow #authors on the 31st! Any tips?
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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I'm glad pitch events are happening again.

Here's a graphic I made to help pitchers understand why you may not have gotten a like. And there's lots more at play than the work itself. Shares welcome if you think it's reassuring!

#amwriting #writingcommunity #questpit #P2Pit
January 29, 2026 at 6:38 PM