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Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey #QuestPit I thought it would be fun to introduce my characters in a more "non-conventional" manner so I present: The Meme Guide to characters from A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS. This adult epic romantic fantasy will be querying soon so I hope this piqued your interest! #Q #RF #A

Dark purple background with text:
Top left: "117k words | Adult Romantic Epic Fantasy | Multi-POV"
Top middle: "The Characters of A Girl of Two Shadows As Memes"
Top right: "Series potential | Cross-over Potential | 1st Person POV"

The graphic is split in three. "2nd FMC" on left", "FMC" in the middle and "MMC" on the right.

Each column has three images of memes that describe the respective character.
On the left the text on the memes say: "Me thinking I need something sweet after I just finished eating", "Teaching my friend magic. Making my other friend (who doesn't like her) do it. Me", and "Stealth mode Level: Master"
In the middle the text on the memes say: "That moment when you disarm your opponent", "Me: I love backing for others. Also me:", and "When they are trying to teach you magic but you have no idea what you're doing"
On the right the text on the memes say: "When she acts like she is 'human'", "When she can't even cast basic magic", and "Your trust can't be broken if you trust no one"

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Agent's Guide to A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS. An adult romantic epic fantasy with a slow-burn romance and perilous journey like Melissa Blair's A BROKEN BLADE and the character-driven story and rich world-building of Andrea Stewart's THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER. Querying soon. #QuestPit #Q #RF #A

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Agent's Guide to A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS. An adult romantic epic fantasy with a slow-burn romance and perilous journey like Melissa Blair's A BROKEN BLADE and the character-driven story and rich world-building of Andrea Stewart's THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER. Querying soon. #QuestPit #Q #RF #A

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey #QuestPit! Here are some snippets as well as some of the reader comments from my adult romantic epic fantasy A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS to whet your appetite! ❤️‍🔥Slow-burn ✨Magic 📖Prophecy 🧝‍♀️Elves 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Unwilling allies to lovers 🙍‍♀️Adult cast 🎥Multi-POV Hungry for more? I'll be querying soon! #RF #A #Q

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey #QuestPit! Here are some snippets as well as some of the reader comments from my adult romantic epic fantasy A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS to whet your appetite! ❤️‍🔥Slow-burn ✨Magic 📖Prophecy 🧝‍♀️Elves 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨Unwilling allies to lovers 🙍‍♀️Adult cast 🎥Multi-POV Hungry for more? I'll be querying soon! #RF #A #Q

@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

Sarai Hernandez @saraihernandez.bsky.social · 2w ago

MEASURED BY TIME AND FRECKLES The hook: The ring’s wrong, the spark’s gone, and her fiance’s more interested in Slack than her, but when Yulissa discovers a deeply passionate poem by her best friend, she questions everything. #questpit #Q #A #R #OV

MEASURED BY TIME AND FRECKLES
Querying
Images of palm tree leaves and shells

Latine/Multicultural
Friends to lovers
Coastal setting
Yearning
Mental health

The hook:
The ring’s wrong, the spark’s gone, and her fiance’s more interested in Slack than her, but when Yulissa discovers a deeply passionate poem by her best friend, she questions everything.

J.Q. Crawford @jqcrawford.bsky.social · 2w ago

#QuestPit Waltz of the Jaded is a dark urban fantasy set in a futuristic Tokyo focused on psychological tension and an all-consuming relationship, where power has a physical cost, and intimacy is both dangerous and inevitable. Would you read this? #DF #F #A #W

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

For my first post for #QuestPit I present you with my adult epic romantic fantasy A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS, complete at 117k words. Think the romance and quest of Melissa Blair’s A Broken Blade combined with the character-driven epic fantasy of Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter. #Q #RF #A

Sarai Hernandez @saraihernandez.bsky.social · 2w ago

Project: LA ISLA After a gargoyle attack, a modern weapons engineer is summoned to the Southern Front military base to deliver designs for a device that can win the war against a colonizing power, but she has to work with her ex who she hasn’t seen in over a century. #questpit #W #FR 🌶️🌶️

Drafting

Contemporary Romantasy

Project: LA ISLA

Latine inspired
Second chance
Marriage of convenience
Animal companion
Shifters

After a gargoyle attack, a modern weapons engineer is summoned to the Southern Front military base to deliver designs for a device that can win the war against a colonizing power, but she has to work with her ex—a bird shifter—who she hasn’t seen in over a century.

Images:
Waterfall
Hellhound

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hey #QuestPit I thought it would be fun to introduce my characters in a more "non-conventional" manner so I present: The Meme Guide to characters from A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS. This adult epic romantic fantasy will be querying soon so I hope this piqued your interest! #Q #RF #A

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE DEVOURING An adult cosmic horror thriller novel about the monsters we choose. For fans of Lovecraftian mythos, John Wick-style action, and married villain protagonists. Read a free sample at amshilling.com/books/the-de... and get your copy today! #QuestPit #P #A #H #T

[The background is a city at night. Red blood splatters decorate the upper right and lower left corners. In the center is the book's cover: a black inkblot in the shape of a skull against a red background.]

A Reader's Guide to THE DEVOURING

PITCH
Jason and Ayana are happily married in an arrangement that keeps their lives parallel but separate. In the wake of his brother's murder and her discovery of an impossible illness, however, they must work together to learn the truth behind these mysterious events. Along the way, they uncover an occult conspiracy at the heart of their city—and the malevolent god lurking beyond its veil.

Told from the perspectives of the story's villains, The Devouring is an adult cosmic horror and thriller novel about the monsters we choose.

TROPES
- married main characters
- villain protagonists
- dangerous criminal underworld
- mysterious cults
- terrifying body horror
- an incomprehensible eldritch god

COMPS
- THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE by H. P. Lovecraft
- JOHN WICK

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2w ago

WHAT THE IRON GAVE US After a fateful accident puts her father into a coma, a young noblewoman and her lowborn bodyguard must navigate a dangerous game of corporate espionage and city politics, or else lose everything they hold dear ... including each other. #QuestPit #W #A #SFF #R

[The background is an aerial image of a city at twilight with multiple skyscrapers in the center.]

A Reader's Guide to WHAT THE IRON GAVE US

TROPES
- dual POV
- bodyguard romance
- sweet FMC x bad boy MMC
- near-future, alternative Earth setting
- fantasy house politics
- magic inspired by Dune and Star Wars
- found family and the importance of male friendships

PITCH
After a fateful accident puts her father into a coma, a young noblewoman and her lowborn bodyguard must navigate a dangerous game of corporate espionage and city politics, or else lose everything they hold dear ... including each other.

COMPS
- DUNE by Frank Herbert
- JADE CITY by Fonda Lee
- the Shadowrun TTRPG

Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 2w 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

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

THE HURRICANE WARS X QUICKSILVER A long-dead demon slayer must work with the Goddess of Death's bodyguard to save a merit-based afterlife. spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5 rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

Tereza Maze @terezamazura.bsky.social · 2w ago

📁 CASE FILE: GAMA // QUERYING 📌 Location: Post-apocalyptic Switzerland 👉🏼 When her brain chip starts failing, Anna must return to the scientific collective she fled, where trusting the mysterious stranger she saved may cost her the only thing she has left. Her sanity ☠️ #QuestPit #Q #A #RS #SFF

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE HEART IS A WEAPON Ten years after her death and disappearance, a vampire must choose between the tender past she left behind and the seductive promises of the future. Both have her heart. Which one will she betray? #QuestPit #W #A #H #DR

[The background is an image of three pomegranates, one of which is cut in half, showing seeds. The image is tinted a dark pink fading into black.]

A Reader's Guide to THE HEART IS A WEAPON

TROPES
- toxic vampire lovers
- age gap romance
- found family (sort of)
- siblings on opposing sides
- unreliable narrator
- predator/prey imagery
- humanity vs. monstrosity
- conflicting identity
- love as a choice

PITCH
Ten years after her death and disappearance, a vampire must choose between the tender past she left behind and the seductive promises of the future. Both have her heart. Which one will she betray?

COMPS
- MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- HANNIBAL
- INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
- THE LESSER DEAD by Christopher Buehlman

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

For my first post for #QuestPit I present you with my adult epic romantic fantasy A GIRL OF TWO SHADOWS, complete at 117k words. Think the romance and quest of Melissa Blair’s A Broken Blade combined with the character-driven epic fantasy of Andrea Stewart’s The Bone Shard Daughter. #Q #RF #A

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 2w ago

Getting ready for QuestPit... gotta make my posts today 😅

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

Can't believe I got to 1k followers on Instagram...

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Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wondering if I will make it to 25k words in Book 2 by the end of the week... 🤔

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

About 20k words into Book 2 while waiting for all my beta reader feedback to come in for A Girl of Two Shadows. So far the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive... now I am more excited than ever to start querying my epic romantic fantasy series soon! #writingcommunity #querying #fantasybooks

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Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

First participation in #BluePit was amazing! Loved seeing all the works and seeing people interact with mine as well 😁 Here is a recap of my three posts if you missed them: bsky.app/profile/auth... bsky.app/profile/auth... bsky.app/profile/auth... #writerscommunity #queryingsoon

Suzanne || Fantasy Author@author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hello #BluePit! Do you want a story filled with magic, a long dangerous journey, a world-altering prophecy, sword fighting, slow burn romance and elves? Good news! A Girl of Two Shadows, the first book in my epic fantasy series will be going to query soon, so follow along! #📖 #W #A #F #R

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 3w ago

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

@amberjollyauthor.bsky.social · 3w ago

❄️Project Winter-a holiday, paranormal romance With Jack Frost magic and a Christmas deadline, a murder.ed social worker must leverage her ex, the only man she’s ever loved, to solve her unfinished business. Second chance romance Sisters Fake dating ❄️❄️ magic #bluepit #A #R #PN #W art by mknzgmbn

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

Because I couldn't resist giving a little sneak-peek 😁... Here is the Prologue of A Girl of Two Shadows, Book 1 of The Mithralyn Prophecies, my Epic Romantic Fantasy series I plan to query within the coming months. #BluePit #📖 #A #W #F #R

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Prologue

“Please don’t go there!” I plead. “If you do, you will die.”
The two travellers ignore me.
I step closer as they break camp, as if approaching will make them listen. “You don’t understand what’s out there—”One of them shivers slightly before going back to tightening a saddle strap. The other doesn’t even look at me. “I’m begging you,” I say, quieter now. “Turn back before it’s too late…”
They mount up and ride away.
I stand there, long after their silhouettes have vanished beyond the horizon. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. It will take them a few days to get to that forsaken place. I can only pray they change their minds before they make it there.
Four days later, I allow my consciousness to drift, soaring across the barren land under the pale moonlight, searching. Dread pools in my stomach the closer I get. I hear it.
Screams. Accompanied by the inhuman guttural howling which has become all too familiar. The sounds of bones cracking and flesh being ripped apart fills my ears. I pull my consciousness back with a jerk.
I failed. Again.

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 3w ago

HANNIBAL x MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER Ten years after her death and disappearance, a vampire must choose between the tender past she left behind and the seductive promises of the future. Both have her heart. Which one will she betray? #BluePit #📖 #W #A #H #R

The lower half of a woman's face, neck, and collarbone; she has long black hair and red lips. Red spider lilies. Skulls. Red pomegranates, one split in half. The definition of the word 'vampire'. Streetlights tinted red. The shadows of two girls, taking a photo and holding up peace signs. Red candles snuffed out. A man kisses a woman's neck from behind, his hand around her throat.

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 3w ago

DUNE x SHADOWRUN x JADE CITY After a fateful accident puts her father into a coma, a young noblewoman and her lowborn bodyguard must navigate a dangerous game of corporate espionage and city politics, or else lose everything they hold dear... including each other. #BluePit #📖 #W #A #SF #F #R

A dark skyscraper against a pale sky. Three glasses full of champagne, being toasted. A security camera beneath the edge of a building. A bearded man and a woman kissing, their upper faces obscured. Black stone. The legs of a man in black pants and sneakers and a woman in red pants and flat shoes, standing together. An empty hospital hallway. Armored police with guns and shields. A gloved hand removes a test tube of blood from a rack.

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 3w ago

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE For readers who like: 🩸 married main characters 🩸 villain protagonists 🩸 unreliable narrators 🩸 criminal underworlds 🩸 occult conspiracies 🩸 terrifying body horror 🩸 the threat of an eldritch god Buy today: amshilling.com/books #BluePit #📖 #P #A #H

A black ink blot in the shape of a skull against a red background. White text says:

WHAT DOESN'T KILL THEM BETTER RUN.
THE DEVOURING
A. M. SHILLING

Suzanne || Fantasy Author @author-suzanne.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here is a more detailed #BluePit pitch for A Girl of Two Shadows, book 1 of my epic romantic fantasy series The Mithralyn Prophecies! If my story piqued your interest please reach out or follow along as I share more about it while I am on this journey to getting it published! #📖 #W #A #F #R