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lucy is querying HYACINTHUS RETELLING
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she/her || law student + author of HYACINTHUS 🪻
writer of historical fiction/fantasy

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lucy is querying HYACINTHUS RETELLING @lucyhalley.bsky.social · Feb 14
An #AgentsGuide to HYACINTHUS, a 110k historical fantasy 🪻

Caught in the crossfire of a deadly rivalry between gods, Hyacinthus must find a way to ensure both his safety and eternal fame, or risk his name and everlasting love for Apollo being scorched from memory by the blazing sun.

#cupit #Q #HR
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hannahbashir.bsky.social
Pallas & Athena from my #amquerying novel

OF WISDOM
an Athena origin tale 🦉

🌊touch her and you die
🌊lost love
🌊grumpy x sunshine
🌊sapphic yearning
🌊the ultimate greek tragedy

#CuPit #HF #A #BookSky #AgentsGuide
February 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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guendalina.bsky.social
ALADDIN X GREEK MYTH
Peleas wants to salvage his ailing father's dying business and woo Thetis, the woman of his dreams. When she hates his villa-turned-hotel plans, he must find a solution to make everyone happy before losing both
#Cupit #CR #A
February 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
#Agentguide for CROWN OF AMETHYSTS

SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR x SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME

🌗 Secondary world where the stars are dead & the gods have abandoned the mortals

✨️ Unique magic & political system

💖 Slow-burn, high-tension & steamy romance

❤️ Found family

🗡 Betrayal

#Cupit #RoFa #NA #Q #RF
A guide to Crown of Amethysts New Adult Romantic fantasy 99,000 words Crown of Amethysts New Adult Romantic Fantasy 99,000 words Shadow and Bone x A Court of Thorns and Roses x Spark of the Everflame Pitch: When Keira's sister is taken by a shapeshifter, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land and sea, and her own dark powers to save her. But the enemy could be anyone, and his price for her sister will have her question the cost of love and duty. Comp titles: a fate inked in blood and spark of the everflame with slow burn romance, gods and mortals, magic systems, and fiesty fmc's Tropes and themes: love vs duty, found family, vengeance and betrayal, Forbidden and slow-burn romance, forced proximity, dark secrets and hidden truths, half the Gods are dead, and gods. Goddesses, mortals, and more. 3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; silhouette of a couple kissing; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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words-of-a-nerd.bsky.social
Eat, Pray, Lve x Pmpkin Spce

After a breakup, Gina discovers a letter from her recently deceased mother. She is to travel to the land of her heritage and spread her mother's ashes. Once in Ireland, she sets on a journey of self-discovery, self-purpose and mending a shattered heart.

#cupit #CR #A
Lighthouse, castle, rocky cliff over ocean, sheep, man and woman kissing in sunset. Eat, pray love movie cover, a year in Province book, The Irish Cottage book
February 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
EVERY SUMMER AFTER x HAPPY PLACE

Two exes reunite for a wedding at the lake chalet where they fell out years ago after a tragic accident changed everything.

She broke his heart. She wants him back. He doesn't trust her. Maybe she shouldn't trust him either.

#cupit #cr #fbw
An Agent’s Guide to None of This Was Real Adult Contemporary Romance The Pitch Jasper's life in NYC is falling apart. Returning to the Quebec Laurentians for her sister's wedding, she is reunited with her favorite ex, Brett. She broke his heart. She wants him back. He doesn't trust her. Maybe she shouldn't trust him either. Comps: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Seven Summers by Paige Toon What to expect Set in Quebec, Canada Second chance romance Two timelines Family Drama 2010s Nostalgia Flawed characters who learn from their mistakes
February 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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alpaolucci.bsky.social
💜FOURTH WING X PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE💜

After a dragon bonds with a healer, the only way she’ll survive military training is with help from the dragon prodigy, a man she absolutely hates…

…until she finds out what’s beneath his tough-as-scales exterior 🐉

#Cupit #RF #NA #Agented #OS (soon!)
February 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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sojourner-hughes-d.bsky.social
(New) Working Title: ACES FALL HARDER

A dual-POV romance between two ace characters. Each is trying to resist love in different ways. Will they be able to get it together and open themselves to what’s in front of them?

💞Friends to Lovers
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn

#Cupit #A #CR #LGBT #DIS #FBW #W
Mood board of people and paintings and hearts.
February 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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maddieblock.bsky.social
My #MEM AM I THE PROBLEM explores my relationship with love in all its forms, and includes:

💔 A disastrous Valentine's Day
❤️‍🩹 Domestic abuse recovery
💕 Female friendships
🫶 Taylor Swift references
💜 BTS references
💌 Dating app DMs
❤️‍🔥 Situationship hell
💘 Finding love unexpectedly

#Cupit #Q #FBW
A mood board with lots of red: wine, leaves, roses, a record player
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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faerywhimsy.bsky.social
When Zeus + Aphrodite compete in a game of, 'Who's your worst patron deity?', Helen must follow and marry a man far from her homeland of Sparta

Her single goal becomes to break free from their divine influence and return to her true husband, and beloved king, Menelaus.

#CuPit #Q #A #HF
Original art by stranded-ziggy.tumblr.com of Helen holding a rose up to her nose Comps for Helen: Circe, Clytemnestra and Morgan is My Name Original art by stranded-ziggy.tumblr.com of the remainder of Helen's bust The first three paragraphs of Helen
February 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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bookbabewriting.bsky.social
Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot
It's going to be a killer summer.
😍 Sapphic Pining
❤️ Friends to Lovers
👀 Cannibalism as metaphor for love
💖 Monstrous romance
🎀 Bubblegum horror vibes
🌽 Cult town in Canadian Prairies
🎡 Ferris wheel confessions
💋 Querying after SmoochPit
#Cupit #YA #HOR #INR #LGBT
creepy hazy moodboard with pinkish red overtones. Old town bar with neon sign, Ferris wheel at night, silhouette of woman in front of red stain glass window, shadow of two people embracingbed with white curtains around it, cowboy hat, old church with red sunset, girl with match between teeth, a spilt BFF necklace, a heart, and a sign that says Yes I do bite. Flames line the edges.
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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qziontgipson.bsky.social
I #amquerying a YA science romantic fantasy, featuring
🩵 fae x human romance
🌿 enchanted forest
🩵 found family
🌿 environmental magic system
🩵 Black FMC

#LitAgents, 🩵 this post if you’re interested!

#CuPit #YA #RF #Q
February 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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lucyhalley.bsky.social
An #AgentsGuide to HYACINTHUS, a 110k historical fantasy 🪻

Caught in the crossfire of a deadly rivalry between gods, Hyacinthus must find a way to ensure both his safety and eternal fame, or risk his name and everlasting love for Apollo being scorched from memory by the blazing sun.

#cupit #Q #HR
February 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
lucyhalley.bsky.social
An #AgentsGuide to HYACINTHUS, a 110k historical fantasy 🪻

Caught in the crossfire of a deadly rivalry between gods, Hyacinthus must find a way to ensure both his safety and eternal fame, or risk his name and everlasting love for Apollo being scorched from memory by the blazing sun.

#cupit #Q #HR
February 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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writerceci.bsky.social
📖It’s Only Me
❤️YA contemporary romance
⌨️ 70k words
Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules.
#Cupit #CR #RC #poc #YA #FBW #Q #writingcommunity #amquerying
Moodboard Comp titles: Lynn Painter’s Better Than The Movies; Ann Liang’s This Time It’s Real; Tashy Bhuiyan’s Counting Down With You; Laura Taylor Namey’s A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow; Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Maggie Wang lives by her tiger mom’s rules—even her crush ticks all the right boxes. But when she finally works up the courage to confess to the perfect guy, he’s too oblivious to look beyond their friendship. Desperate to turn his head, Maggie hatches a plan: snag a fake date to his hockey team’s skate party and make him jealous, as long as she can survive her clumsy self on the ice. Enter Nathan Myers—the team grump. Once he agrees to be her stand-in, everything seems simple enough: he’ll teach her how to skate, and she’ll put up with his attitude. Only the more time they spend together, the more Maggie discovers a gentle teddy bear hidden beneath Nathan’s gruff exterior. For the first time, she wonders if it’s okay to let go of certain expectations—being herself might actually be enough. But Nathan’s a wild card with no college plans. He doesn’t fit in the future Maggie’s mom has mapped out for her. Trapped between the family expectations and her growing feelings, she must decide whether breaking the rules is worth it with the boy who’s becoming more than just a fake date. #tropes and elements #FakeDating #GrumpySunshine #YAHockeyRomance #HeFallsFirst #ComingOfAge #FamilyDynamic #SiblingDynamic #FriendshipBreakUp #POCOwnVoice #OppositeAttracts
February 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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tahliajneely.bsky.social
Hello book people of Bluesky, I’m happy to present my brand new #agentsguide for Montgomery, my modern gothic lit fic novel! I plan to start querying after the holidays.

#writingcommunity #litagents
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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tahliajneely.bsky.social
With nothing left except the desire to win back his first love, a young man encounters an uncanny stranger who, under the guise of mentorship, sends him down a surreal path of pseudo-self discovery plagued by ghosts, drownings, and existential nightmare.

#P2Pit #UW #Q #A #LF #H
January 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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tahliajneely.bsky.social
WUTHERING HEIGHTS x SHARP OBJECTS

🐦‍⬛ lovelorn protagonist
🌧️ haunted PNW town
🕰️ speculative elements
🌊 complex female relationships
⚓️ local history & legend
🚬 social commentary
🖤 all things dark, dreary, & chilling

#questpit #Q #F #A
February 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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tahliajneely.bsky.social
An agent’s guide to MONTGOMERY 🐦‍⬛

With no passion left except for the desire to win back his first love, Wallace encounters an uncanny stranger who sends him down a surreal path of self discovery plagued by ghosts, drownings, and existential nightmare.

#questpit #Q #F #A
February 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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lucyhalley.bsky.social
An #agentsguide for my historical romantic fantasy HYACINTHUS 🪻🏹

If you love Madeline Miller’s beautiful prose, Costanza Casati’s immersive world building, and the queer romance of IWTV (AMC), this book might be for you!!

HYACINTHUS has editor and agent interest 💜
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
lucyhalley.bsky.social
An #agentsguide for my historical romantic fantasy HYACINTHUS 🪻🏹

If you love Madeline Miller’s beautiful prose, Costanza Casati’s immersive world building, and the queer romance of IWTV (AMC), this book might be for you!!

HYACINTHUS has editor and agent interest 💜
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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sallybromley.bsky.social

In WWI Sussex, when a petty criminal is gutted like a fish & his cousin accused of the murder, tales of forbidden love, the infamous Fowler Gang & the suffragettes, bleed together, staining the River Arun red. #2025Pit #Q #A #HF
Images of Peaky Blinders, a dead fish, man&woman kissing, two women kissing and a WWI soldier.
January 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
lucyhalley.bsky.social
had an indie editor like! so can I now say that my manuscript has editor interest…? ☺️
January 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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lucyhalley.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to HYACINTHUS 🪻🏹

The fates do not let men soar too close to the sun without being scorched, and when Hyacinthus' love for Apollo forces him into a deadly rivalry between the gods, the prince can all but feel the wax start to drip...

#2025pit #A #Q #HF #R #H
January 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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lucyhalley.bsky.social
HYACINTHUS - a 110k historical fantasy 🪻🏹

Caught in the crossfire of a deadly rivalry between gods, Hyacinthus must find a way to ensure both his safety and eternal fame, or risk his name being scorched from memory.

#2025pit #Q #A #HF #R #H
January 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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crissthecreative.bsky.social
A Greek God Got Me Pregnant is PERCY JACKSON x TWLIGHT but for adults because immortals dating teens is actually kind of weird when you think about it…

Think Sally Jackson’s story but with Apollo and a happy ending!

#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #lgbtia #ace

More comps below ⬇️
January 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM