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A computational linguistics researcher writing about a morally compromised dragonfly woman. Lived in: 🇫🇷🇯🇵

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ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm thinking of writing a horror-comedy next. I'm used to writing fantasy in a dark comedic voice w/horror undertones, but horror as the prominent genre will be new for me. I already acquired a copy of Save the Cat Writes Horror. Any suggestions on other craft books I should read? #WritingCommunity

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Fun fact, I was at a digital humanities conference the day the entire field was basically defunded by the cuts. I told multiple profs I was interested in pursuing a PhD and they were just sad because there was no funding to offer. www.cbsnews.com/news/neh-gra...

Federal judge finds DOGE's elimination of humanities grants "unlawful"

Three of the nation's major scholarly groups challenged the Trump administration's cuts to humanities grants.

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ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What era is my new book set in? Early enlightenment/late renaissance. What music do I listen to while writing it? The backstreet boys.

Chantal Danieli — is editing! 🕯️@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.
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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

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 4mo ago

When The Museum of Irrational Creatures taxidermies a dragonfly-shifting linguistics professor's parents, she vows to ruin it—by abducting a Homo sapiens to prove the primates speak & thus think. But the one she captures doesn't just talk. He *flirts*. #RF #F #A #Q #questpit

Rory | Author *₊˚☕୧ @rabauthor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy #QuestPit day! Here's my #agentsguide to THISTLE & BRIAR, a 93k adult romantasy 🦋 “Have you ever accidentally botched a spell that bound you to a fae man who hates your guts? Asking for a friend.” #Q #A #F #R #RF

An agent's guide to Thistle & Briar by R. A. Betzer. "Have you ever accidentally botched a spell that bound you to a fae man who hates your guts? Asking for a friend." 93k words. Editor interest and RevPit shortlist. Adult romantasy.

The Pitch. A dream for freedom, a spell gone wrong, one year to fix it, and the only one who can help her is a hot fae she was accidentally bound to. The problem is he can't stand her. Themes & Tropes. Slow burn. Cranky fae x wild swamp girl. He bites, she wants him to. Wild, cruel faeries. One bed and one elk. Spell gone wrong (they have to do it or she'll die in a year).

Comp Titles: The Knight & the Moth by Rachel Gillig. Aching devotion. The Princess Bride. Playful adventure romance. Swordheart by T. Kingfisher. Banter-driven slow burn. In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy. Lyircal angst.

The Blurb. Dusky Poddock would do anything to be kidnapped by faeries. Unfortunately, the faeries would do anything to send her back. Facing an arranged marriage to a widower twice her age, Dusky attempts (and botches) a spell fueled by the scraps of magic her late mother left behind. Instead of escape, she binds herself to Percy—a surly faery noble determined to expose a traitor, secure his claim as the heir, and protect his younger brother from the brutal politics of faery court. If Dusky cannot win Percy’s favor within a year, the spell will kill her. Eager to stay and eager to survive, Dusky employs herself as Percy’s faithful servant, determined to help his mission succeed. Little does she know, the spell requires her to fulfill Percy’s deepest desire at the time the magic was set in motion: creating an heir of his own. When Dusky learns the truth, she’s far less daunted than she should be at the prospect of sharing a bed with a gorgeous (if infuriatingly surly) faery. Percy, however, wants nothing less. As threats close in and Percy's carefully guarded heart begins to crack, Dusky uncovers corruption woven deep into the faery realm and learns that magic alone may not be enough to undo her mistake. With time running out and dangerous faeries offering false hope, it all comes down to Dusky, Percy, and the spell that binds their clashing hearts.

Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚@galenbunting.bsky.social · 4mo ago

After a young trans man cursed with healing powers flees his mother's cult, he picks up a hitchhiker who caught a meteorite in his bare hand- but he'll have to outpace the cult as it pursues him to reclaim their runaway Chosen One. 👽🕯️🛣️ #QuestPit #questpit #Q #U #YA #S

Agent Guide For Spring 2026: Galen David Bunting
A Southwestern Gothic Coming of Rage
New Adult Young Adult Speculative Fiction 95k words now querying Banner with cacti, arch, dark red background, stars surround the arch

Agent Guide For Spring 2026: Promisedland, with an image of a road-runner
The Tropes
Online haters to lovers, southern gothic, on the road, coming of age, monstrosity, aliens, cults
Banner with cacti, arch, dark red background, stars surround the arch

Agent Guide For Spring 2026: Banner with sparkling stars at the top, red background: image of two men helping each other up a cliff, green candles, sign saying Red Rock Canyon, Promisedland, pitch reads: When a trans healer steals his mother's car and flees her cult, he picks up a hitchhiker who caught a meteorite. Together, they roadtrip to a UFO festival. But they'll have to get there before his mother catches up, the cult reclaims its healer, and his freedom is lost.

Agent Guide For Spring 2026: Banner with sparkling stars at the top, red background: image of two men standing looking out at audience, green cacti with pink flowers, sign saying truck stop diner, Promisedland, Quotes say: First lines: "Christophe is in the closet at the back of the auditorium...
He should be preparing for the faith healing, the laying-on of hands, when his mother will call him to the front."
"One of these stars loves him. It skims off from the rest and follows him."

Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Apple TV’s SEVERANCE meets SILO 🚫 Emotion as system error 👾 The haunting is digital 📋Corporate ritual menace 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #S #SFF #U

The pitch nova feels too much much and in this future it could get her mind wiped clean

Comps: severance, silo, the dram hotel, chaingang all stars

The characters. Nova the stranger and Kade

Kristen Renee @kristenrenee.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Two sisters discover their family legacy of magic & develop the ability to sense love, which complicates their own love lives in return✨ With Big 5 Editor interest 💕 #QuestPit #Q #A #YA #F #R

N.Leblanc is....🪶querying @writernleblanc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

You'll Fall For Everything is like the whimsical world of the cruel prince, mets the truth seeking toll of Legendborn, with the call to adventure of the legends of Vox machina. #Questpit #YA #Q #F 👥️Dual POV 🪄Magic with a cost 🌄Adventure quest narrative 🧡 found family 🩵Childhood friends to

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 4mo ago

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An #AgentsGuide to ASHMARKED for #QuestPit The first lie was calling it faith... "You were the light in my lifetime of darkness..." #A #F #DF #Q

An Agent's Guide to Ashmarked
A novel by K.M. Carlson
Netflix's Midnight Mass meets Shadow and Bone for corrupt faith breeding sanctioned violence and bound to dangerous power others seek.
The details: 107k words, Adult, Dark Fantasy, Standalone with series potential

The Comps- Blood over Bright Haven for Unwelcome bond with a dangerous power, and Godkiller for Exploration of faith-turned-weapon.

The Tropes: Antagonist as Victim, Found Family, Comedic Best Friend, Forbidden Magic, Dangerous Bond with a Dark Power, Corrupt Religious Institution, Holy Lies, Weaponized Devotion, Subverted Chosen One

Hand with swirling black smoke around it

The pitch: When darkness incarnate breaks free from her fire-worshiping faith, a young woman discovers it's bound to her bloodline, making her the key to re-caging it. Now hunted, she must sever the tether before it consumes her.

Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Mulan x Avatar: The Last Airbender x Fourth Wing A woman rejected by the gods steals her brother’s place in war and manifests forbidden divine power while falling for her lethal commanding officer. SONG OF THE SICKLE Adult romantasy, 118k words #Questpit #Q #A #RF

An Agent's Guide to Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 118k words, First in a planned series. Background picture of wheat field. Big picture of amber ring and smaller picture of incense burning.

The Pitch, with small pictures of a military training camp and an old watchtower covered in moss. What if Mulan had magic, and instead of being rejected as a bride, she was rejected by the gods?

Comp titles include The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem for hidden identity and forbidden magic, Blood and Steel by Helen Scheuerer for training ground romance, and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig for weaponized faith system.

the opening lines of the book, beside a picture of a sickle with wheat. Tomorrow the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn't exist. I swung the scythe, blade slicing through wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts at bay.

Ayishah Hasni is ✨AGENTED✨@ayishahhasni.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Devoshri is descended from a long line of jewel keepers to the Maharaja. When she's sent to the Tower of London to watch over the Kohinoor Diamond in 1849, she must unleash the prophecy of the ravens to steal it back... and enlist the help of their master. #questpit #W #A #HF

Indian FMC aesthetic with Kohinoor Diamond, Indian Palace, Victorian London, Crown Jewels, and quote: “The jewel and I had so much in common. We’d both been stolen by the deft hands of pale-fingered thieves. We’d both been sent on mighty galleons across foamy seas, all the way up the River Thames and eventually to here, the city of London.”

The Ravenmaster character aesthetic with ravens, dungeons, letters, books, and quote: “The Tower of London is like a moment fixed in time—a medieval fortress that never changes no matter how much the city does. But I assure you, the magic is very much here, despite it being hidden in plain sight.”

R V Ellis | Querying writer @rvelliswriter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

She lives now. He lives then. RESONANCE is about a woman who can step into the past through objects—and the man she meets there who isn’t bound by time. For lovers of literary, atmospheric, slow-burn fiction where tension is emotional, not physical. #QuestPit #Q #A #S

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🦟THE SYNTAX OF DRAGONFLIES🦟 ✨Grumpy prof FMC x Sunshine sculptor MMC 🦟Abducting the MMC for *science* ✨A Museum of Irrational Creatures 🦟Who defines language & why? ✨Hot research-stealing alligator ex 🦟Insp by an infamous linguistics debate #questpit #RF #A #F #Q

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 4mo ago

EMILY WILDE X BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN To ruin a museum that calls Homo sapiens irrational, a dragonfly-shifting linguistics professor vows to abduct one to prove the magicless primates speak & thus think. Annoyingly, her target flirts over her syntax trees & makes her laugh. #questpit #Q #A #RF #F

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Scheduling my #questpit posts! Excited to introduce my newest work tomorrow :D

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to introduce my agent's guide to THE EIGHTH PLEIAD, my Pleiades-inspired adult fantasy with romance, ft: 💖second-chance romance ☠️a murder cult 7⃣ numerology 🪻medicinal/toxic plants 📔an Emily Wilde–style MC trained in assassin-thwarting 🌷a flora-pharmacist MMC #amquerying #agentsguide

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Rewriting an old book in first person, and it's way better. I usually prefer reading third, but am finding my writing is better in first. Anyone else like this? #writingcommunity

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

No good news in the query trenches today, but I DID get an interview offer for a new job, so I will (hopefully)not be a starving artist 😁

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Working on programming my bird call game to distract from the stress of querying. It grades your ability to mimic calls, and also will tell u what birds you sound most like. Anyone a bird nerd and wanna gimme suggestions for fun calls to add? #amquerying

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

GAH A PARTIAL REQUEST. Now I have a partial AND a full ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🎉🎉🎉 (brb, sprinting off to hug my favorite pine tree) #amquerying

ari is falling into plot holes@authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

⛺️🥾Excited to introduce my #agentsguide to my 72k-word adult literary fiction GUIDING IN GLACIER, inspired by my summer working at #glaciernationalpark. Ft. a narrator who is objectively awful at identifying plants and animals. Enjoy! 🥾⛺️ #writesky #writingcommunity

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Reading Huck Finn this week then James next week! #booksky

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Actually excited to edit my synopsis, is that healthy?! #writesky #writingcommunity

The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · last yr.

Remy the Harvard cat is ignoring all the nonsense in the news, as he should.

ari is falling into plot holes @authorarielles.bsky.social · last yr.

Author Alexis Veenendaal @alexisveenendaal.bsky.social · last yr.

An optimistic, ADHD-driven necromancer has to stop a bookish demigod from trying to enact her Goddess-mother's apocalypse on the world. #WIPPit #F #RF #A

Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · last yr.

Slow Horses x Life on Mars When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #A #T #Spec #WipPit #agentguide #litagents

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An agent's guide to:
Out of Time
By Gert Ramm
Espionage/ Time Travel / Thriller

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1972 is a rough year for intelligence officer Eddie Fletcher, and it’s only January.

First he discovers the Cold War is really about time travel, then he’s framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster.

Sealing a lethal time rift is the only way to clear his name - much easier said than done when he’s being hunted by the government.

Then there's a Russian spy on a nefarious mission, and he’s come from 1997 to complete it.

Pitch:

Slow Horses X Time Travel

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Comps:
Slough House Series (Mick Herron)
Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Gillian McAllister)
Four Minutes (Brian Andrews/Jeff Wilson)
Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)

TV Comps:
The Ipress File
Day of the Jackal
Life on Mars
Callan