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jcsang.bsky.social
Presenting the #agentsguide for my blended #medicalthriller and #psychologicalsuspense. BOUND IN SILENCE is complete at 85k words & inspired by true events. It will appeal to readers who enjoy the adrenaline-fueled medical action & clinical authenticity of #ThePitt #amquerying
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
sharihernandez.bsky.social
For my first post, I'd like to introduce a story close to my heart: THE SOUND OF A FALLEN LEAF, a speculative YA historical fantasy.

WOLF BY WOLF x LUCK OF THE TITANIC

🖤Based on true events during WWII
🖤Eldest daughter MC
🖤Nail-biting tension
🖤Slow burn romance subplot

#agentsguide #YA #querying
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
bithipaulauthor.bsky.social
#agentsguide
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
cyborgmermaid7.bsky.social
FAEBOUND X LEGENDBORN

🌙Multi POV
🌙Swords, sorcery, and subways
🌙Hidden identities
🌙Diverse folklore
🌙Secret societies

#agentsguide #questpit #A #F
An agent’s guide to Stargazer by Natasha DeHere. An Adult Urban Fantasy Stand Alone with Series Potential In the midst of a centuries-long war, elven Princess Ellery is stripped of her crown and sent on a rite of passage to earn it back within one year and one day. This is the perfect opportunity for her to see the human world. With her former crownguard and a book on human behavior as her guide, Ellery sets off. The only thing she didn't account for was the chaos that is the New York City subway system. Ellery’s situation goes from bad to worse when she discovers someone has sealed the portals. All of them. Sick of living hidden on Earth under constant threat from human discovery, The Cult of the Sevenstar seek to collapse the barrier that separates the two worlds permanently. Lost in an unfamiliar world, Ellery must put her trust in an alluring vampire and the ghost of a unicorn to help find her way back home. Themes: The Corrupting Influence of Power, Ancestral Grief, Fate vs. Free Will, Self-Discovery, Identity and Trauma, The Futility of War, Human Hubris vs. Nature’s Power, Sacrifice and Breaking Cycles Snippet: I raise this rally cry for all fellow non-humans around the world. It is time those of Gaean blood stopped passively allowing our human oppressors to defile our heritage. For too long we have lived in fear. We must not allow our magic to atrophy further. We shall bring back true magic to Terra. We will use force if necessary. Look for the signs. Await further instructions.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
courtneycorlew.bsky.social
MATE X DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

THE POTION DILEMMA is a standalone fantasy romance where a witch accidentally gives a love potion to a shifter assassin. It binds them and she has to learn how to reverse it.

Ready to query soon! 👀

#A #RF #F #questpit #agentsguide
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
milosometimes.bsky.social
⚓FROM THE SEA FRET⚓

An #agentsguide to a cosmic/psychological/body horror from a queer/trans perspective.

#QuestPit #A #H #Q #LGBT
Two fishing boats sail on a grey ocean, with seagulls in the overcast sky. White text overlaps the grey sky. It reads: A guide to 'From the Sea Fret' a 74k adult queer horror Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Pitch and Comps Text is outlined: Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He's hoping that the small fishing town will give him what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension. 5 posters for books and shows have arrows and notes coming out of them. Dredge by Black Salt Games has the notes: Capitalism despite the horrors. Something's wrong with the fish. Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner has the notes: Queer and trans identity. People are monsters too. The Fisherman by John Langan has the notes: Lovecraftian. Ocean madness. The Lighthouse by Robert Eggers has the notes: Ocean madness. Obsession with answers. Blood in the Bayou by Just Roll With It has the notes: Who can you trust? Small town cosmic terror. Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Themes A moodboard of 9 images sits in the middle. A hand reaching out into dark water. Thick seaweed-covered chains being pulled from the ocean. A foggy wharf at night. A group of sharks in dark water. A pencil drawing of a compass on white paper. Close-up of a hazel eye with the pupil completely white. A pile of fish. A porthole looking out onto a grey ocean. The inside of a fishing shack. Text surrounds the images. It reads: Paranoia turns revenge. Struggles with identity. Trans and queer rep. Grief over what could have been. Desperation to fit in. Cosmic/psychological/body horror. Content warnings: emotional abuse, attempted sexual assault, manipulation, transphobia, internalised transphobia, misogyny, cosmic horror, psychological horror, religious trauma, drug/alcohol use, gore, death, blood, paranoia, body horror Grey ocean, with a white-capped wave, serves as the background. The title reads: Excerpt Text is outlined: I scanned the horizon. It was just me on the water. There wasn’t anyone out sailing, or anyone swimming. I was completely alone. But… was I? Beneath me were leagues of ocean. Unlike in the forest, where you can hear the wildlife around you, there were creatures that could pass by in the sea and I would never know. The water concealed their movement, cloaking them from my view. It was getting harder to breathe. The vastness of the ocean was too open, and my skin felt too tight around my chest. I knew, deep in my bones, that something was beneath me and it was watching. On the port side, the water rippled. Though it was only a few steps, the length of the deck felt miles long. I was compelled to look below, and my body moved on its own accord. Though I was terrified of what I would see, I peered over.
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
courtneycorlew.bsky.social
This is my first ever #agentsguide. 🥹
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
danielsheen.bsky.social
#questpit
All the best stories have a few things in common. They don't please everyone, not everyone survives, and everyone leaves changed.
danielsheen.net/agentsguide
The story of two teenage runaways
- 1990s
- Appalachia
- Be Gay Do Crime
- Small Town
- Coming of age
#YA #Queer #Q #R #DR
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
authorajparker.bsky.social
An #AgentsGuide to WAYS TO FOOL ME:

⚔️ total-opposite twins
⚔️ arranged marriages
⚔️ blood magic
⚔️ grumpy x sunshine
⚔️ lovers to enemies

#Q #YA #F #RF #Questpit
text: This 74,000-word YA fantasy novel with romantic elements subverts the classic princess-stuck-in-a-tower trope. It will appeal to those who enjoyed the complicated relationships in Gwen & Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher and the sinister magic in One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, as well as the class dynamics in The Gilded Age. text: On the verge of their respective engagements, 17-year-old royal twins Lark and Clarión Blaivetramis both have their reservations against their fathers' political ploys. When their father unexpectedly switches Lark’s betrothal, she must embark to a foreign country with a mysterious prince, leaving Clar to contend with his inability to love his wife-to-be. Befriending a curious servant boy is a welcome relief, but a risk Clar isn’t sure he can take. Meanwhile, as Lark’s brazen charm and her betrothed’s hesitancy clash, Lark struggles to know if she’s falling in love with the prince or just pretending to fall in love. The farther she gets from Kaiselle, the more she unlocks about her deceased mother’s history, and the darkness Lark has inherited in her blood, a truth her father meant to keep hidden. Lark and Clar must reconcile their personal desires with their required duties before they lose their freedom, or their lives, to forces beyond their control forever.
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
bvbodegom.bsky.social
An #Agentsguide to DAD BODIES! For the #litagents and #editors during #Questpit.

Big 5 interest! Two editors at publishing houses requested and have received the full manuscript. Complete at 74,000 words.

#A #H #M
Agent's Guide for literary agents and editors for the book DAD BODIES.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ak-writes.bsky.social
The Jasmine Throne x The Phoenix King
An #agentsguide to EMBROIDERED, a South Asian Adult Fantasy [97k], now arriving at inboxes near you 😊

#QuestPit #Q #F #A

✨title page character sketched by Jazz and colored by me✨
A woman (sketched by Jazz, colored by me) holds a veena in front of a palace (public domain Canva image). The title says "Embroidered" The pitch: In an 1800's India-inspired world, a court musician plays pretty melodies at night, and by day, plots deadly revenge on the governor to reclaim her inheritance. But when a runaway princess with a devastating smile arrives in her city, the civil unrest that ensues might kill them both first Four different comp titles: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir, The Phoenix King by Aparna Verma, and The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh. The descriptors include: themes of colonialism and cultural erasure, heroines that grow into themselves and lean into rebellion, South Asian mythology and folklore + female rage, and revenge plots derailed by unexpected love. One section holds the opening lines: “There were traditions that existed for the sake of continuity— careful connections to our roots and ancestors— and then there were those we could do without. Amma’s daily performance, I thought, fell into the latter.” One section has an excerpt: “I just nodded, shifting my gaze back to the idol. Her golden cheeks glistened and I was desperate to change the subject. “They say when your plea to the goddess truly moves her, she cries sea-water tears.” “I’ve heard of that,” Roshni said, brightening. “If you catch them, I think they grant wishes?” “Do they?” “Myths.” The kumari shrugged. “Things for me to believe in and for you to analyze skeptically.” I had to grin at that, leaning towards her. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m the more faithful out of the pair of us.” She rolled her eyes, tilting up her chin even as her lips stretched wide. “I do love your nath,” she admitted. Her fingers came up to press against the gold hoop at my nose. And suddenly it was too much contact. Too little contact. Every sensible thought I’d ever had left my head.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
jcolawrites.bsky.social
#Questpit #Agentsguide to WHAT LIES IN THE SEA. In the early stages of querying.

Clara Christian has spent years escaping her family until her grandmother’s death sends her down a path to discovering what really happened eight years ago. Oh, and there’s lots of family secrets ✨🌊
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
notonlyicarus.bsky.social
presenting the #agentsguide for my adult queer gothic horror romance wip featuring:

🥀 angel summoning cult
🥀 corruption arc(s)
🥀 extremely unreliable narrator
🥀 it’s all a metaphor for ocd

the problem with angels is, sometimes, they talk back.

✨ready for betas in December 👀
#QuestPit #W #A #H
red wallpaper background, to the right is art by @nelsnote of a man looking up holding a bloody book, the light on him is coming from an angel wing and there are eyes in the dark behind him. he has an awestruck expression. to the left is, in gothic print, adult queer gothic horror romance, underneath that says ready for betas December 31, then under that the title forbidden fruits, with a honey drip underneath. to the left a red and black-themed moodboard: around the top border and right border: someone falling through red-tinged clouds; someone in white embracing a dark shadow with a halo behind them; someone standing at the top of some stairs, surrounded by giant red bulging eyes; a faded black and white photo style picture of a dark smudge shadow and the shape of someone hooking their head over the shadow’s shoulder, crying dark tears; red-toned painting of an angel with three eyes. The left space is occupied by a text image, gothic white on red, that reads ‘the problem with angels is sometimes they talk back’ over and over again. on top of that picture, picture of a painting of an eye with a large gold star growing in it. to the right, pitch written in gothic print. the pitch: why do you need an angel? according to the codex his teacher wrote, that’s the most important question to ask when summoning them. simon knows his answer: there’s someone he worships—the teacher he built a cult around—and he won’t stop until he has him. dark red wallpaper background. top left says comps, underneath are pictures of the covers for THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE by Caitlin Starling and EVOCATION by S.T. Gibson. under that is a cream coloured drawing of a wolf. top right says elements in gothic print. elements: angel summoning as dark magic, corruption arc, epistolary dual timeline, violent longing has consequences, Victorian secret societies, he’s not dead until I say so. to the left is an angel statue. dark red wallpaper background. top left says feedback so far in gothic print. feedback is snippets from discord, saying: 1. THE KIND OF LOVE THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT might be in the apocrypha BUT STILL. and arguably, arguably, God so loving the world he gave his one and only son IS HONESTLY THE KIND OF OBSESSION WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE I GET YOU. 2. I feel like I was completely ignorant of what horniness even is before I met Simon and his whole deal. like, Jesus Christ, that dude. 3. I need to eat the fruits they are too tempting and beautiful. In the centre is a statue of lucifer. on the right is snippet in gothic print. the snippet: “I miss you desperately. I toy with effigies and cannot make myself reshape you in wax or clay. it’s you I want”
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
aninkwellofnectar.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to ECHO CHAMBER

A feminist essayist confronts the leftist heartthrob who built his platform off the back of her talking points. When their confrontation goes viral, their feud becomes public spectacle—and something darker, obsessive, and way too sexy to ignore.

#questpit #W #A #LF
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
sallybromley.bsky.social
Presenting my #agentsguide for
'Beauty is a Brittle Glass'
BLUE SISTERS X THE PUSH X THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.
🪞 Adult 82k
🪞 Dual POV
🪞 Speculative Elements
🪞 Beauty & Fashion
🪞 LGBTQ
🪞 Friends to Lovers
🪞 Disability Rep
#questpit #A #Q
Green background. Images of a woman's face in a gold picture frame. Splashes of gold. A woman with long dark hair turning sideways, hair blowing in the wind, eyes closed. Splashes of gold paint. A gold handprint. Background is the close up of a woman's face, splashed with gold paint. Three bookcovers. Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors, a young woman's sad face, The Push by Ashley Audrain and The Picture of Dorian Gray and a young handsome man with a partially diseased face. Green background splashed with gold paint. Images of a model on a Catwalk, a woman having injections in her face, a group of spooky trees, a photographer and an evil hand reaching out for a pale woman's hand.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
When Gio’s BFF Sky falls down a sinkhole into another world, Gio follows to save her, but after becoming stuck herself, Gio must rely on her wit and D&D knowledge to rescue Sky, save their friendship, and get home. #QuestPit #YA #Q portal #F #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
kacieqwrites.bsky.social
COVER STORY x THE UNHONEYMOONERS x EMILY IN PARIS

#agentsguide

📷 Small town photographer
💛 Promising romance
🏔️ SW Montana
🍾Champagne-fueled wedding chaos
💍Diabolical planner and editor-in-chief

SMALL TOWN FAMOUS now querying

#questpit #WF #R #Q #WritingCommunity
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
mynameisjoyous.bsky.social
THE NEAR BIBLICAL ADVENTURES OF DIAMOND DAHLIA
#agentsguide #questpit #NA #F #Q

A Southern liberal arts campus hides a holy war.
A girl discovers her bloodline is both miracle and curse.
The Garden of Eden is real—
and someone plans to weaponize it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
hannita939.bsky.social
I present an #agentsguide for my standalone adult horror

Featuring:
💄Reluctant opportunist
🐦‍⬛Southern gothic vibes & murders
🔪Dysfunctional family à la Hill House
🫀Unhinged romance

There’s something out there…

#Editors & #litagents, 🩵 or DM if interested!

#amrevising #questpit
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
rybryd.bsky.social
#agentsguide to 🩸OATHS OF THE DAMNED 🩸

Cursed knight.
Possessed girl.
Dying god.

Is.
Was.
Will.

All must end.
🦇magic as a plague
🐶sanctimonious animal companion
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒multiple POV

#questpit #Q #DF #F
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social
Sharing my #agentsguide for CONDUCT OF MAGES, an #A #F for fans of JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing Gemma teams up with fellow mage, Ren, to uncover a plot to eradicate mages…one that involves the emergence of a mysterious stone that mimics their powers.

#questpit #Q #querying
cover page that says CONDUCT OF MAGES, an adult fantasy complete at 102K words on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns text reads THE VIBES and lists: energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slooow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting. placed on a moody dark background showing a brown building and orange and yellow paper lanterns text reads FOR FANS OF and then six book covers are displayed, from top left to bottom right: JADE CITY, JASAD HEIR, MISTBORN, HEARTLESS HUNTER, BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, and SIX OF CROWS text reads EXCERPTS. the first is labeled FIRST LINE, and reads “Gemna was sorting through a basket of sparrowberries when she found out that her existence had been outlawed.” the second text bid is labeled CHAPTER 4 and reads: “In all fairness, Yala had never specified just how flammable elderfire was. The heat was instantaneous and overwhelming. Gemna felt it scorch the edges of her sleeves before she pulled in the energy from the flames and, when she was nearly bursting with it, diverted it towards the two Hands at the front of the shop. The fire died harmlessly at her feet before it could eat its way into the hidden cellar below.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
meloniewithano.bsky.social
Peep my #agentsguide folks.
All of this AND
🎶music magic
👯‍♀️complex friendships
🐶puppy love and betrayal
⛪️soft cult vibes
🤦‍♀️coming-of-age
💕good mother-daughter relationship
📸unwanted fame
🫥anxiety/depersonalization
🎧a killer playlist
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
Purple background with wisteria, stage lights, and a tuning fork. Text: An Agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy. Same background. Pitch. Being the gods' lackey isn't new to 15 year old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF is derailed by a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out. Same background. Comps. Image of Percy Jackson The Lost Hero. Aged up Riordan. Quest with BFF. Image of Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria. Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep. Image of The Truman Show. Crumbling worldview. Is my life real? Same background. Snippet. My eyes rove upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods are above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles dance, sparkling like glitter in the blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
gracehertenstein.bsky.social
The Undesirables explores the raw chaos of the 70s Hollywood punk scene through 14YO Pip, delving into themes of identity, rebellion and belonging. It captures the struggle of navigating loss while being swept up in the allure of subculture.

#questpit #YA #NA #Q #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
eggqueenwera.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to LET HER INHERIT RUIN 🐊👑
Bound by a soulmate bond they never wanted, a disgraced crocodile lord and a vengeful immortal princess must overcome their past to restore lost magic and expose the truth behind the king’s murder—before their people are annihilated.
#questpit #Q #RF #A
Guide to Let Her Inherit Ruin, a 98k adult romantasy inspired by Thai mythology and the magical girl genre. Comparative titles: Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan, The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon, Sailor Moon, and KPOP Demon Hunters. Opening lines to Let Her Inherit Ruin Moodboard for Let Her Inherit Ruin
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
shaqwrites.bsky.social
Saved from death by a fae merging with him, a college freshman decides to help her stop other species from her world from possessing other students on campus, eventually crossing goals with an intrepid sophomore.
#YA #RF #PR #S #QuestPit #Q #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM