Tessera

Currently querying my 90k contemporary romance. It’s like an adult The Summer I Turned Pretty and Sterling Point. Summer adventures, friendships, romance, and secrets 😏 #querying #querytrenches

@lindseydcord.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every Summer After meets Love and Other Words in this second chance beach town romance ☀️ ☀️ found family ☀️second chance ☀️slow burn ☀️90’s and 2000’s nostalgia ☀️a wise old man to rival Mr. Feeney #Q #A #R #questpit

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

PROMISE ME SUNSHINE x THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL Years after a tragic loss, three old friends attempt reconciliation on a summer trip to Maine. There they’ll have to relearn how to be around each other as well kept secrets threaten their fragile reconciliation. #questpit #A #R #Q

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Adult THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY x BOOK LOVERS Years after a tragic loss, three old friends attempt reconciliation on a summer trip to Maine. 💙 childhood friends to lovers 🌊 second chance 💙 exploration of friendship 🌊 forced proximity #questpit #amquerying #Q #A #R #WF

Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. But if it isn’t her destiny, then no one can save the world from poisonous dark magic, endless wars, and powerful demons. #Questpit #A #F #Q

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. 1930s vibes. Love triangle. LGBTQIA+ rep. Cynical mentor. Dying world. Found family.

Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000's setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Tropes
Forbidden Romance
High Society Match Making
European Setting
Slow Burn
Love VS Duty
Black Swan-esque Awakening
Masquerade Ball
2000’s Setting
Obsessive yearning
Secret Lake Meetings

J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My secret book project I’d like to call Project Cozy Chaos 💛 Ride-or-die friendships 😵‍💫 Navigating adulthood in your 20s 🧁 Lush dessert descriptions ✨ Messy characters for the win #questpit #WF #W

Project Cozy Chaos Moodboard

Top row: Black girl with brown hair talking to friends; pair of friends roller skating; girl doing another’s hair while one eats a lollipop

Middle row: campfire agains backdrop of the sky; “You and I are more than friends. We’re like a really small gang” quote; an array of s’more’s on brown paper

Bottom row: Group of friends walking to class in a university; canton containing a red A+ on it; pair of friends studying together

Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

LEGALLY BLONDE X WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING A first-year public defender for sorcerers must help her newest client prove his innocence without accidentally falling in love with him. rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

M.B.Taylor - Fantasy Author @mbolt89.bsky.social · 2mo ago

BRIDGERTON X PRACTICAL MAGIC with the mystery and amateur sleuth vibes of ENOLA HOLMES When witches start disappearing from the Ton, Seraphina must unravel the mystery before she looses her reputation, her magical tea parlour and her missing best friend Primrose, forever. #SFF #W #MY #A #questpit

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Adult THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY x BOOK LOVERS Years after a tragic loss, three old friends attempt reconciliation on a summer trip to Maine. 💙 childhood friends to lovers 🌊 second chance 💙 exploration of friendship 🌊 forced proximity #questpit #amquerying #Q #A #R #WF

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fifteen years after the death of her mother, Eliana goes on a trip to Maine in her honor. But when her estranged best friend Finn appears, she'll have to decide if letting him back in is worth the pain of remembering. #questpit #A #R

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Pumped to pitch ETERNALLY DEAD - my 107k paranormal romantic fantasy that explores what happens when an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm 🧛‍♂️ 🩸🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q #amquerying

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 107k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads: Celia Sharpe's life-long dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines. But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she abandons her job to follow him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm.

Stranded and vulnerable in a world of dangerous monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP. But the stranger she followed reveals that he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum (Eternally Dead), and he offers her a seductive opportunity: if Celia stays, the band's flirty guitarist Caliban will temporarily heal her hand so she can join Mortuus Aeternum. However, she must perform for audiences of blood-thirsty vampires, of course.

Trapped in the Vampire Realm with no way out, Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks death if she doesn't find a way home. Especially when blood shortages are announced across the Vampire Realm. How will she survive?

Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.

Red and black background with white text snd large red title that reds THE OPENING. Below the title is the opening of the book, which reads: Celia Sharpe slammed her palm against the closed subway doors, trying to pry open the cool metal with sweaty fingertips. The train had finally – finally – made it to the station, and she needed to get off. Now. When the doors opened at long last, she burst through them like a bat out of hell, charging towards the exit.
She couldn't miss the opening of this show, or it might be her last.

Below the opening is the word EXCERPT in large red letters, and below is text in white font. The following excerpt reads:
Caliban knelt beside her and took her hand, her breath hitching at his touch. A warm sensation transferred between his fingertips and her scar, a tingling feeling moving up her whole arm. She pulled back on instinct.
“What did you do?” she trembled, awestruck. The scar had vanished.
“It’s only temporary. Please play,” he said, his green eyes wanting.
The pain was gone. Gone. As if it had never been there at all. Her left hand curved around the guitar neck, hugging the strings. Overcome by the magic of it, Celia grinned.

Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 4mo ago

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000’s setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings #questpit #W #A #NA #R

First Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman sprawled over a man lying on a chaise. Depiction of Romeo & Juliet.

Book Title: My Sweet Unbecoming
A Forbidden Gothic Romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Second Graphic:

An Oil Painting of a woman staring deeply into a canvas. The art on the canvas is a man in uniform standing as the muse.

Comps and Pitch
Jane Eyre
The Viscount Who Loved Me
The Phantom Of The Opera

When a scandal exiles her to Lucerne, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she’s forbidden to love—Théodore Chair-Beaumont, the brooding aristocrat sworn to matrimony with another.
But beneath his restraint lies a wound that mirrors her own. And falling for him could not only repeat the tragedy that broke him once before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

Third Graphic:

Tropes.

Forbidden Romance.
High Society Match Making.
European Setting.
Slow Burn.
Love VS Duty.
Black Swan-esque Awakening.
Masquerade Ball.
2000’s Setting.
Obsessive Yearning.
Secret Lake Meetings.

Fourth Graphic:

Snippets:

His hunger transcends anything as simple as lust. A perfect replica of my own.
Our appetite goes beyond the physical. What we starve for is not the body, but the soul.
Spirits, which I'm certain, have known each other for millennia—longing and finding one another, again and again against all odds.
Nothing can come between what is immaterial.
Even less so when it is destined
A divine homecoming.
He is the vessel of my existence. The missing half that completes me. There is no him without me. And without him, there is no me.
-
And how do I tell him I'd gladly crawl beneath his armor, inside his clothes and past his skin? Fight myself through sinews and bone, every ligament and essence that makes him him, and live on solely to keep his soul free of any pain?
Caretaker of his soul for eternity.
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A touch, as soft as a feather.
The dull edges of fingernails.
Deliberate and as exquisitely slow as molasses.
I arch into these luxuries like a cat wanting for more.
Hum at the whispery strokes as they comb through my scalp, down my hair, in pursuit of my jaw and finally my décolleté.
I know it's him.
Scent him like a vampire would sweet blood.

Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨@saraduran.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a new guide 🤍 • • • 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 #AG

J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Maddie lets Justin help her w/ a customer's order, but has no idea of the emotional whirlwind it'll bring when she finds herself torn between following her dreams or her heart. 🧁 #questpit #R #YA #P

Culinary Confessions moodboard

Top row: black girl w/ curly hair in floral top and yellow jacket standing behind a flower field; silhouette of couple watching a starry sky; black guy wearing blue t-shirt and yellow beanie

Middle row: Flaky apple dessert sprinkled with powdered sugar; "just you and me... and that up against the wall, in the backseat, under the stars, lost in the moment while the rest of the world fades away, kind of kissing" quote; homemade blueberry crumble

Bottom row: anonymous person baking with flour and eggs; black couple baking together; silhouette of couple sharing a kiss

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

THE HEARTBREAK HOTEL x PROMISE ME SUNSHINE Three estranged friends go on a trip in honor of their late mothers, but old wounds and new secrets threaten their chance at reconciliation. 💌 overcoming grief 💌 forced proximity 💌 childhood friends to lovers #questpit #A #R

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

#questpit

Joanna@annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

My updated #agentsguide for THE WAY WE WERE because I #amquerying my hunnies 💕🌴☀️ Two old friends spend the summer competing in games and looking for love on a reality dating show. agents here she comes!! 💜 #litagents #agentguide #querying #WritingCommunity #editors

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

love island x one to watch x first-time caller 💗friends-strangers-friends-lovers (it’s complicated! they know!) 🌴 second chance 💗shared bed (in a communal bedroom… 😬) 🌴 dramatic & fun cast of characters #questpit #amquerying #litagents #Q #A #R

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

Ex friends Lorena and Oliver end up on the same reality dating show. The plan? Compete in games, share a bed, and fall in love with other people. But it’s harder than they imagined, especially with old feelings simmering below the surface. #questpit #amquerying #Q #A #R

clare @sadderlizards.bsky.social · last yr.

your email finds me deeply unwell. teetering on the edge really

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

What would YOU do if your ex best friend/crush ended up on the same reality dating show as you? a. pretend you don’t know them b. get partnered up night 1 c. panic d. all of the above Love Island meets One to Watch in… #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #R #litagents #amquerying

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃@charscrawls.bsky.social · last yr.

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡 the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #posterpit #a #lf #m #posterpitq

a movie poster for my novel ALL THE DEVILS. the main image on the poster is of a man with his face obscured showing only his eyes. this image is in black and white.

over the image is some text. in the left hand corner is a snippet stating the following “there would be no them from the tomorrow that had already begun. the devils were done. the dream destroyed.” on the right of the image is some information about the novel as follows: daisy jones meets knives out, a literary mystery, crossover potential.

underneath the image is more text. first we have the tagline “the song of death never sounded so sweet”. next is the novel’s tile “all the devils”. “a novel by char young” follows this and then underneath is the novel’s pitch as stated above in the post. finally at the bottom are the words “coming soon to the query trenches” and “strand studios”

Marcela Marquez is *Agented*@marcimarquez.bsky.social · last yr.

When Brisa’s mother is dragged to hell by a zany, yet wicked demon, Brisa is given four days to find her. If she fails, the demon vows to kill her mother and take Brisa’s hand in marriage to have, to hold (and to terrorize) for all eternity. #PosterPitW #A #F #H #R #Sapphic

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

What would YOU do if your ex best friend/crush ended up on the same reality dating show as you? a. pretend you don’t know them b. get partnered up night 1 c. panic d. all of the above Love Island meets One to Watch in… #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #R #litagents #amquerying

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

My updated #agentsguide for THE WAY WE WERE because I #amquerying my hunnies 💕🌴☀️ Two old friends spend the summer competing in games and looking for love on a reality dating show. agents here she comes!! 💜 #litagents #agentguide #querying #WritingCommunity #editors

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

there’s still time to apply for the upcoming season of Deserted Desire! i know TWO people who already did!!! (they know each other. they don’t know the other applied 🤫) #unhingedpit #A #R #litagents #WritingCommunity

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

Here’s my #agentsguide to THE WAY WE WERE which will hit query inboxes soon!! Two old friends spend the summer competing in games and looking for love on a reality dating show. #litagents #writingcommunity #amquerying (soon!)

Joanna @annaojibs.bsky.social · last yr.

Here’s my #agentsguide to THE WAY WE WERE which will hit query inboxes soon!! Two old friends spend the summer competing in games and looking for love on a reality dating show. #litagents #writingcommunity #amquerying (soon!)