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Q’Zion T. Gipson is ✨ON SUB! ✨
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God’s Daughter 🩷 |SFF writer 🗡️ | Mass Comm Student ✨ | #RevPit #10Queries shortlist ‘25 | Rep’d by Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary
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For my second and final post for this #QuestPit, get to know the main characters of THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my lush #onsub YA climate fantasy (all character art by me). 💜🌿🩵

#Editors, if you’d like to see more, please interact with this post!

#YA #F #CF #AG #OS #onsubmission
On a black, glittery background with light brown and white flowers on the top and the bottom. In the center reads the text: Meet the Main Characters from THE ROOTS OF DESTINY by Q'Zion T. Gipson. A purple, glittery background with white flowers outlined in black on the bottom. On the left side is an original illustration of a Black girl with long, flowing braids, a purple, long-sleeved shirt and a jean skirt. Vee Arrowood: A sheltered, teenage girl with a calling to the abandoned forest beside her family’s land, Vee discovers an equally forbidden magic blooming inside of her--and a budding romance with an infuriatingly charming gentleman. A screenshot from the official document of The Roots of Destiny with text that reads: And the scent makes me feel six years old, again. Sitting in Gran’s lap, almost too big to fit, while she reads me a story of a girl whose garden was made of magic. Who lived when the world was right, before plants were poisonous and oxygen was synthetic. All my life I wished I could live like her. Surrounded by woods, with the sweet scent of blooms filling my lungs. A blue, glittery background with white flowers outlined in black on the bottom. On the left side is an original illustration of a tall, pale-skinned boy with tousled brown hair, elf ears, a light-blue t-shirt and jeans wearing a teal, gold-embroidered cloak with flowers and leaves on the front. Jean Davies: The heir of the Everlife, a secret society of the protectors of Evergreen, and an infuriatingly charming genuine who is as fierce as a fighter as he is a defender. All he wants is what’s best for Evergreen. But he must choose between following in his father’s footsteps and blooming into himself to make that happen. A screenshot from the official document of the Roots of Destiny with text that reads: “You were right.” He takes my chin, lifting it upwards. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted.” “That’s because you never got to choose.” “No. I was just afraid that if I did, I’d choose the wrong thing. A dark green, glittery background with white flowers outlined in black on the bottom. On the left side is an original illustration of a tanned-skinned girl with pointy ears and long brown hair and a dark green pleated dress with a belt made of thorns, a vine around her right arm, and a vine shooting out of one of her fingertips on her left hand. Gen Hawthorne: Born of a sophisticated family--and the daughter of the new Headmistress of Bloomdale, the School of Botany and the Magic Arts--Gen is constantly pressured to live up to the Hawthorne name. But with a less than perfect side profile and mischievous vine magic, that’s easier said than done. A screenshot from the official document of The Roots of Destiny with text that reads: “My Dad never took me stargazing.” Her face looks amused, but not in agreement. “At least you can remember your father’s voice. I only remember mine’s favorite star.”
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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A new #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my lush YA climate fantasy featuring original character art, which is #onsub to #editors!

🌿 plant magic
🪷 enchanted garden
☁️ Black girl MC
🦋 Botany boarding school
💜flower devouring monsters

#QuestPit #YA #F #AG #OS
Text: An Editor's Guide to THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, A YA Climate Fantasy by Q'Zion T. Gipson. On a black glittery background, white flowers outlined in black. In the front on the right side is an original illustration of a Black girl with long, flowing breads, a purple, long-sleeved shirt and a jean skirt. On the right side is another original illustration of a tall, pale-skinned boy with tousled brown hair, elf ears, a light-blue t-shirt and jeans wearing a teal, gold-embroidered cloak with flowers and leaves on the front. In the top left corner is a purple butterfly, while a smaller teal butterfly is in the top right corner. Text: Pitch - After a manic scientist’s attempt to immortalize plants goes awry, all toxic blooms were burned for the sake of humanity. In 2091, a sheltered teen from the now flowerless Earth discovers Evergreen, an alternate enchanted garden universe with roots to her ancestry, she must embrace the forbidden plant magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and The Human World fall to an eternal darkness. On a black glittery background with white flowers outlined in black on the top right and bottom left corner. In the top left corner is a hot pink butterfly, while a smaller gold butterfly is in the bottom right corner. Text: COMP TITLES The following book covers are displayed from left to right: HOUSE OF MARIONNE by J. Elle LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL by A.B. Poranek DARK RISE by C.S. Pacat A CURSE SO DARK AND LONELY by Brigid Kemmerer On a black glittery background with white flowers outlined in black on the top right and bottom left corner. In the top right corner is a royal blue butterfly, while a smaller cream orange butterfly is in the bottom left corner. Text: OPENING LINES - ‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom. Wrapped in darkness, breathing in the manufactured oxygen that rafts through the world. I cradle it close, its white limbs glowing beneath the moon that parts the leaves above me. This bloom is the Moonflower: what Gran described as the rarest plant of the century. And, just like every other flower, one that seemingly doesn’t exist. Yet, in my palm, it reaches for the white sun, glowing with a similar light. No friends to bloom beside it. ' On a black glittery background with white and light green flowers outlined in black on the top right and left corners. In the bottom right corner is an emerald green butterfly is in the bottom left corner. On the left side is an original illustration of a tanned-skinned girl with pointy ears and long brown hair and a dark green pleated dress with a belt made of thorns, a vine around her right arm, and a vine shooting out of one of her fingertips on her left hand.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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From a futuristic, flowerless Earth, Vee discovers Evergreen, an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry. She must embrace forbidden plant magic and slay flower-devouring shadow monsters before they consume everything she's grown to love.
#GhostPit #YA #F #OS #AG
A moodboard with nine square images in three columns and three rows In the center there is a Black girl with plant magic in dark woods with a pure white dress in a magical forest of a green butterfly, glowing white blooms, fireflies, and a crescent moon.
October 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is an enchantingly lush YA climate sci-fantasy featuring:

🩵flowerless Earth

🌿plant magic system

☁️ enchanted garden AU

🌿 plant scientists

🩵Botany boarding school

#Editors, reach out to Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary for a flower-filled adventure!

#SFPit #YA #AG #OS
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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An #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my YA climate fantasy about a futuristic flower-less Earth and an alternate enchanted garden universe.
🌺 Black girl MC
✨ plant magic
🌸enchanted forest
✨ botany boarding school
#Editors, contact Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary for more!
#DVpit #YA #F #OS #AG
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A moonlit bloom opens the portal to Evergreen: an enchanted garden lurking with blooms equally mysterious and whimsical. Some things you wouldn't expect are hiding within its leafy walls. #Editors, contact Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary to enter--if you dare!

#UnhingedPit #AG #OS #YA #F #SF
A forest green background with flower silhouettes with a heading in black in white that asks 'DO YOU DARE TO ENTER EVERGREEN?' Bordered by fine-lined flowers lie silhouettes of different things you'll find in the enchanted garden: - A flower: blooms that speak to you...even when they're dead - Dark, looming trees: 'A forest that never ends. Unless...' - Swirly shadows: 'Shadows come alive, killing blooms in their wake.' - A woman: 'A mysterious masked woman whose voice you've heard before.' - Vines shooting out of a fingertip: 'Vines that shoot through your fingertips.' - A boy's side profile beside a butterfly: 'An infuriatingly charming boy who makes you feel butterflies in your stomach.' A black, starry night background with forest trees on either side of the caption "THE ROOTS OF DESTINY" fine lined in forest green. The following describes the book of said name: 'A YA climate fantasy novel by Q'ZION T. GIPSON. Featuring LEGENDBORN’s Black girl magic and secret society operated in a botany boarding school and WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL’s enchanted forest--plus speaking flowers. Represented by Najla Mamou' A black, starry night background with forest trees and a portal surrounded by blooms fine lined in forest green. The caption on the left says "ENTER EVERGREEN," while the left adds "THE BLOOMS ARE WAITING."
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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A pitch card for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY: my #onsub YA climate fantasy about a Black girl who must embrace forbidden plant magic that blooms in her veins after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry. #Editors, for inquiries please 🩷 this post and/or contact my agent
@BookishNajla
!
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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‘Even flowers can bloom in the darkness.’
#Editors, if you love Black girl magic, nature as a character, and botany boarding schools, you'll fall in love with THE ROOTS OF DESTINY! Please contact Najla Mamou for an enchanting climate fantasy adventure!

#PosterPit #AG #YA #F
August 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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There's always a price to pay for love-especially when you're buying your freedom. But is trusting each other while wrongfully accused of murder a risk worth taking? For a sweeping ETL romance a la Powerless x COBAB, look out for THE ESSENCE THEY STOLE!

#PosterPit #AG #YA #RF #W
August 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA near-future climate fantasy about a teen who discovers her own plant magic in an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry, is officially #onsub!

#Editors, to join in on the fun, please contact my amazing agent
@BookishNajla
.

#PosterPit #YA #F #AG
August 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Her: “For a boy who speaks faster than he thinks, you always have an answer.”
Him: “And if your words weren’t always altered art, perhaps you would, too.”

#Editors, watch out for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, featuring a human x fae romance with flirty banter!

#QuestPit #YA #F #SF #AG
A moodboard of Vee, the Black girl protagonist of Q'Zion T. Gipson's YA near-future sci-fantasy novel, The Roots of Destiny, surrounded by images of an enchanted garden filled with white and pink blooms, ducks, butterflies, and birds on top of a whimsical, floral background. A moodboard of Jean, the love interest of Q'Zion T. Gipson's YA near-future sci-fantasy novel, The Roots of Destiny, surrounded by images of an enchanted garden filled with blue booms blooms and birds on top of a whimsical, floral background that match the shade of his striking eyes and the brightness of his blonde, tousled locks.
August 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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#Editors, if you're looking for near-future YA sci-fantasy featuring:
🩵 nature as a character
🌸Black girl magic
🍃plant magic system
🩵 found family
🌸 Botany boarding school
🍃 shadow monsters
🩵 secret society

-- you'll love THE ROOTS OF DESTINY!

#QuestPit #YA #AG #F #SF
A photograph of purple flowers on a blue background. An editor's guide to The Roots of Destiny, a near future sci-fantasy novel by Q'Zion T. Gipson. Pitch: After a failed experiment to make plants live forever, humans burned all toxic vegetation for the sake of humanity, leaving Earth as an artificial shell of its former light. In 2091, sixteen-year-old Vee Arrowood is sheltered from the dark world Earth has become, with only the shadows in a forgotten forest keeping her grounded. But when the shadows come alive, her escape leads her to Evergreen: a land of elves with plants as their lifeline. Vee discovers the plant magic blooming in her veins before she’s enlisted by the Everlife–the group of outlandish individuals who protect the enchanted gardens–to help them solve the mystery of a deadly virus spreading within. While Vee aids the Everlife, she opens the petals of her own budding magic, her mother’s legacy, and feelings for a fellow member. And as the shadows follow her trail, Vee must learn how to bloom in the darkness before it consumes herself, The Human World and Evergreen forever. COMPS & TROPES -Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek: enchanted forest, nature as a character -House of Marionne by J. Elle: magic boarding school -Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: Black girl magic, monster hunting -Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat: found family, human vs. fae -A Curse So Dark And Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer: secret society, romantic subplot, rival worlds First Lines ' ‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom. Wrapped in darkness, breathing in the manufactured oxygen that rafts through the world. I cradle it close, its white limbs glowing beneath the moon that parts the leaves above me. This bloom is the Moonflower: what Gran described as the rarest plant of the century. And, just like every other flower, one that seemingly doesn’t exist. Yet, in my palm, it reaches for the white sun, glowing with a similar light. No friends to bloom beside it. It reminds me of myself. Bright. Alone. All the words Gran would use to describe something beautiful. And it grew just past the trees I’ve never dared to cross since she was buried between them. Until I found this bloom—the very one we searched for—right beside her grave.’ Represented by Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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In an enchanted forest, Vee finds out she has plant magic (which she can’t control), her mother was an extremist, and she’s catching feelings for a charming gentleman and a brooding loner with dark secrets and a father complex. What could go wrong?

#UnhingedPit #F #YA #AG
July 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The Roots of Destiny, my YA near-future sci-fantasy about a Black girl with plant magic in an enchanted forest, is so close to making it's #onsub debut! Learn more with my pitch map!

#Editors, if you're intrigued, contact my agent, Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary!
. 🌿🌸

#UnhingedPit #YA #F #SF #AG
July 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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An #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA near-future sci-fantasy about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry.

#Editors, if you're interested, please contact me and/or my agent
Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary!
June 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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After a long, exciting few weeks, I am thrilled to announce that I am now represented by
@BookishNajla
at Savvy Literary!

Najla’s confidence and enthusiasm with THE ROOTS OF DESTINY blew me away, and I can’t wait to knock submission out of the park!

#WritingCommunity
June 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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POWERLESS X CHILDREN
OF BLOOD AND BONE

To return her village's stolen
Essence—and avenge her mother, its former keeper—Zora must fall in love and win The Courting Games.
However, she must learn the dance of deception before she's added to the death list.

#WIPPit #YA #RF #F
May 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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With 17 requests and an offer of publication, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is a YA science fantasy novel about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry.

#LitAgents 🩵 or DM me for a query/submission!
May 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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With 16 requests and an offer of publication, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is a YA science fantasy novel about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry.

#LitAgents 🩵 or DM me for a query/submission!
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my 97,000 word near-future YA science fantasy, combines the hauntingly beautiful atmosphere of WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL with the strong, Black FMC in LEGENDBORN with 14 requests!

#LitAgents, ‘🩵’ for a query or submission.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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When Vee finds Evergreen, an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry, she must harness the forbidden magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and the Human World fall to an eternal darkness.

#LitAgents, 🩵 this post or DM for a query/submission.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF
May 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🍃 WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL X LEGENDBORN ✨ = THE ROOTS OF DESTINY 🌷

W/ 14 agent and indie press requests, it features

🌷 enchanted forest
✨ BIPOC rep
🍃 plant magic system
🌷 shadow monsters
🍃 found family
🌷 botany boarding school
✨dark secrets

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF
A mood board consisting of 9 square photographs with a green, blue, and, pink, yellow and white color scheme. In the center, there is a teenage Black girl in an enchanted garden, with the photos surrounding her illustrating the beauty within it: a feeding hummingbird, a calm lake, baby ducklings, a resting butterfly, and magical white and pink blooms.
May 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#LitAgents, check out my new #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA science fantasy novel with 14 requests and indie publisher interest. It features:

🦋 an enchanted garden
🌺 BIPOC rep
🩵plant magic
🌺secret society
🦋Botany boarding school
April 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#LitAgents, check out my new #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA science fantasy novel with 14 requests and indie publisher interest. It features:

🦋 an enchanted garden
🌺 BIPOC rep
🩵plant magic
🌺secret society
🦋Botany boarding school
April 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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As I’ve updated my pitch and sample pages, here is the new and improved #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, which has earned:

- 12 full requests
- 7 agent query requests
- indie press interest

#LitAgents #WritingCommunity
April 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM