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@ashiswriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

An agents’ guide to MAYBE NOW, MAYBE FOREVER: 📍Pineville, Massachusetts Nora is back for Thanksgiving after 20 years, and she would like to eat pie, hang out with her sister and her kids, and fly home on Monday. She does NOT want to see Jack, the man she left behind. 🤭 70K #CR #questpitch #q

Title: maybe now maybe forever On a whimsical background Nora's Playlist *stupid song Olivia Rodrigo * mirrorball Taylor Swift it What If It's Right? Gracie Abrams *'tis the damn season Taylor Swift * November Azure Ray * Full Machine Gracie Abrams *t You're On Your Own, Kid Taylor Swift on your porch the format Jack's Playlist + One Year, Six Months Yellowcard *Hear You Me Jimmy Eat World Rollercoaster Bleachers * Maroon Taylor Swift *Older Lizzy McAlpine +I Know It's Over The Smiths Orange Juice Noah Kahan iron your porch the formatComps: promise me sunshine by Cara Bastone Every summer after by Carley fortune How to end a love story by Yukon kulang Folklore by Taylor swift Dawson’s creek Excerpt Two days later, it turned out that the universe had a sense of humor, because the man who once stood held my whole heart in his hands was standing just a few yards from me. Jack Benson. Same dark hair, just with some salt and pepper streaks mixed in. Same dark eyes. He was probably wearing the same worn jacket, too. He looked up just as I paused, and the air around us was static. "Nora," Jack said, and his voice sounded strange, like a song echoing through a I shifted my weight. "Hey Jack." Twenty years had passed since the day I drove west and never looked back, and my heart was still doing somersaults at the sight of him. Pathetic, really.
@amberjollyauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Jack Frost (1998) x Sweet Home Alabama YULE ALWAYS FIND ME is a holiday paranormal romance with: 🤍second chance romance 💀murd.er 🤍fake dating ❄️frosty magic 👯‍♀️sister bonds 🐶a cute pet sidekick 🎄Christmas festivities 🔼love triangle Would you read it? Art by @mknzgmbn #questpit #wip #P #R #A

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MechaniChris@chrisakins.bsky.social · 3w ago

THE EARTHLINGS! BODY SNATCHERS x THE RUNAWAYS When a 2nd generation alien sleeper cell is ordered to abduct her human friend, she saves her and goes rogue. Now her fellow operatives must track her down, but should they help her to sabotage the coming invasion instead? 📖 #Bluepit #W #YA #SF

The Earthlings! Cover 4 teens look up in horror as a ufo activates its tractor beam, all over a giant silver alien headA group of second generation aliens sleeper cells have spent their entire lives assimilating to human culture and gathering intelligence for the home world. To them, the eventual overthrow of Earth has always been a distant goal meant for future generations. Now, when ordered to abduct and replace a human girl they have befriended, one of the alien operatives realizes that they have grown to care more for their found home and family than they do for their own people. She sabotages the abduction and goes on the run with the human girl. Her friends are ordered to track her down, but now questioning their own mission, they find themselves wondering if the entire invasion is a mistake and if they have more in common with these Earthlings than they ever thought...
Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · 3w ago

A THOUSAND THREADS #BluePit #📖 #F #A #W “Princess & the Pea” retelling—but what if she’s not a princess? What if she’s a fugitive in disguise just trying to clear her name & get back to her plants? And there’s pirates. 💚 ND FMC 🇸🇪 Swedish folklore 📜 1790s vibe ⚔️ Reluctant allies 🌱 Plant-based magic

A collage of photos set on a dark teal and black background. There are photos of a red castle, a late 18th century male royal outfit, a small old-fashioned ship, an 18th century aristocratic woman with a fan, a fancy bed, and a cliff overlooking the ocean. There is also a white rose, scattered dandelions, torn book pages, and a spool of gold thread. In the corner is the title, “A Thousand Threads.” In the center there is a parchment scrap with the text “a twisted retelling of The Princess and the Pea.”
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 3w ago

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 😡forced proximity ❤️hate to love 🐈‍⬛two black cats 🙊unreliable narrators 🗡️murder mystery 🏰academy setting ☠️dystopian fantasy world #bluepit #Q #NA #A #F #R #M #DIS

An arched ceiling with the words, "Agent Guide, Dark Academia, Romantasy, 99k, NA/Adult, Unstitched, by Ally Boyd"The Pitch, A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.The Comps: Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani FrancisAn Excerpt with a snake: What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge. I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain. The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here. He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.
PJ (he/him) is querying...@pjwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE EVERWINTER KING Desperate to find his missing sun god, a former holy king returns home to compete in trials meant to bring his god back and stop the onslaught of an endless winter. 🏳️‍🌈 Queer norm world ☀️ Light-based magic 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans love interest 👑 Hidden royalty #QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Queer normative world. MM romance subplot. 99,000 words." THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch. PITCH A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home. Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes in the midst of a decade-long winter, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the home he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement. After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple, where he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good and damning the world to a worsening everwinter.An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING. Next to the excerpt is character art of the main character. He has light bright skin, dark brown hair, facial hair, and a simple jerkin over white shirt. His eye is glowing like the sun. EXCERPT STARTS BELOW “My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink. “They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.” Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing. “I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.” “Aye.” “It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.” He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.” “Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.” For once, he did just that.A page listing comp titles. Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, and "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan. Similarities include: godly shenanigans, political trials, queer-norm worlds, queer male leads, messy homecomings, and a second chance subplot. Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2.
Jules@julesanew.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
L.K. Chopin@lkchopin.bsky.social · 2w ago

HEARTLESS HUNTER X NEVER EVER AFTER 🏰YA sleeping beauty reimagining 🤟deaf MMC + ASL 👑quest to kill an evil queen 💀everyone she knows is dead 🐀ride-or-die rat companion 🎶he's immune to her song magic 🪢captor falls for his captive 🌳deadly enchanted forest now querying #questpit #rf #q #ya #f #df #r

sarah@sarahlynnwriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE UNDERSTUDY In the glamorous opera world, Serafina and Antonina are bound together by rivalry and a long list of secrets, including their own affair. Serafina’s devotion forces her to confront how far she is willing to go for Antonina and what she is willing to lose. #Questpit #Q #A #LF #LGBT

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L.K. Chopin@lkchopin.bsky.social · 2w ago

A love-hating mischief sprite sets out to sabotage her infuriating rival's matchmaking scheme, but after accidentally orchestrating the perfect meet cute, she discovers (to her horror) that she's better at creating love stories than ruining them, including her own.🧚❤️🌃😈 #questpit #a #f #w #rf #pr #r

"A Manhattan Summer Night's Dream" written in white against a photo of Manhattan at nightPhillipa Crane, or Pip, as she prefers to be called, is a mischief sprite, content to spend her days playing tricks on the unsuspecting finance bros of Manhattan and her nights DMing for her girl squad, the Pixie Chicks. That is until Leo Lovehard (yes, that's his actual name), a love sprite, decides to match up Daisy, the only girl in New York Pip has deemed too-cool-to-fuck-with, with Chase, Pip's favorite corporate Zillennial to bother. Pip refuses to let Daisy trade her hip 1970s-inspired vintage clothing shop for a happily-ever-after with a man who considers a trip to Costco to be a "fun night out." She does everything in her power to thwart Leo's matchmaking, but with every attempted sabotage, she somehow brings Daisy and Chase closer. When she begins to catch feelings for her overly romantic and painfully optimistic nemesis, she must decide if admitting she was wrong about love is worth her own shot at the feeling she's spent a lifetime avoiding.
Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · 2w ago

When the groundskeeper’s daughter is framed for a royal assassination attempt, she escapes & returns disguised as a princess suitor to clear her name. But she needs the help of the devious pirate who framed her in the first place. 💚 ND FMC 🇸🇪 Swedish folklore 📖 Standalone #questpit #W #A #F #RF #HF

A split watercolor background of a castle and the ocean with a boat. There is text in the center featuring the title, “A Thousand Threads.” Below this is a picture frame showing a peasant who transforms into a princess. To the right is a pirate and to the left is a prince. At the bottom it reads, “Princess and the Pea Twisted Retelling”
@ashiswriting.bsky.social · 2w ago

Nora just wants to enjoy Thanksgiving and avoid the boy she love and left behind 20 years ago. Life has different plans. MAYBE NOW, MAYBE FOREVER | 70K #contemporaryromance PROMISE ME SUNSHINE x DAWSON’S CREEK, w/ the ache of folklore 🎶 #questpit #q Small town, second chances, and spaghetti

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