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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻

@crystalbauthor.bsky.social

I'm just a girl who likes animals, music, reading, writing, & soon a published author who has a bookshop named Dragonfly Night Books. Currently preparing for self-publish a few books. Host of #WIPPIT and #Cupit cohost of #Ghostpit

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻@crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

Unicorn Dares to Be Unique x The Yawnicorn x Ten Minutes to Bed Baby Unicorn When a little unicorn doubts her self-worth, her older sister takes her on a nighttime journey to gather the animals' unique colors, proving that the dream rainbow wouldn't shine without every shade. #W #PB #F #QuestPit

The background is rainbow mountains and valley with a rainbow in a rainbow sky. Standing on a hill is 2 cartoonized unicorns with white fur and rainbow manes and tails and gold horns and hooves, a panda with teal eyes and feet, rainbow butterflies, a pink fox, a green snake, and a purple elephant.

At the top in ombre purple and orange with a rainbow outline is the title Moonbeam's Rainbow Valley and under that is a quote: “The rainbow wouldn't exist without you.”

Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻@crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Greyback Shifter SeriesxThe ER SanctuaryxThe Secret Patient When the women & children werebears begin dying of a strange poison the men take human women. One is Paige a medical student with big dreams, but after being taken she may find that her skills & path lay elsewhere. #W #A #RF #QuestPit

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Top 2 pics are: a doctor talking to a patient and writing notes and a momma and baby bear.

Below those is the title in white Paging Dr. Paige.

Bottom 2 pics are: a room filled with empty hospital beds and a mom taking care of her sick daughter.

Below that is a quote: “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻@crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Hobbit x Discworld x The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher When a prophecy threatens the well being of Mabel Pearl's granddaughter she refuses to stand for it and instead takes her place on an epic journey to save their world from ruin. #W #A #Cozy #F #QuestPit

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At the top in tan neon is the title Pearl's Road and a sword and yarn with knitting needles to each side.

Top 2 pics are: an old woman walking with a wolf and an old woman walking in a meadow surrounded by trees.

Middle 2 pics are: a woman rowing a small boat and a woman gathering sticks with her cat.

Bottom 2 pics are: a pile of tarot cards on a table with a small silver old key on top and a dirt path surrounded by trees.

At the bottom is a quote: “May to wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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

Dr Richard Hussey | Is Querying @richardhusseybooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #HF #MY #LGBTQ DRACULA meets A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES with a dash of OSCAR WILDE Irvine Riddell starts his studies at Cambridge University after being orphaned for a second time. There he meets the pale yet compelling Anthony Cooper, and all the problems of Anthony's vampire clan.

A mocked up cover of a book with the title "The Riddell Journals" and author "Dr Richard Hussey".

The cover shows a sepia photograph of King's College Cambridge, a gothic style building in the winter with bare trees. A blood red moon lurks in the upper left corner, and a faint tracing of handwritten text is layered over the whole image.

Darian Rudderham @darianrudderham.bsky.social · 2w ago

Not me missing the #questpit tag on this post 😭

Darian Rudderham@darianrudderham.bsky.social · 2w ago

A group of university students find themselves entangled with an experiment that demands their blood and a creature that will give them power in exchange for pieces of their humanity. #q #a #sff

A stack of books, a postage stamp, and wax seal. "An Agent's Guide to A Consideration of Death"

Aimee Brown @authoraimeeb.bsky.social · 2w ago

JUST FOR THE SUMMER × HAPPY PLACE Graham’s tried to get over her. Now she sits at another table wearing some other man’s ring. Violet has everything she thought she wanted. Right up until she comes face-to-face with the biggest "what if" of her life… #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Mood board featuring a rainy Portland street café, the Portland sign, Powell's Books, a woodworking shop, a diamond engagement ring, white daisies, bourbon, text messages, two people holding hands, and a silhouetted couple touching foreheads.

samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social @samantha-brins-lee.bsky.social · 2w ago

The corrupt King’s search for palace outsiders means even a glimpse of her face will have her fated for execution. The worlds of Bridgerton and K-dramas collide in this historical fantasy romance. #questpit #Q #A #romantasy

@kristinrights.bsky.social · 2w ago

13-year-old Sadie’s classmates love her fantasy stories—they bully her for being weird and believing magic is real. Turns out it is, and only Sadie can stop a fairy tyrant. His one weakness? She’s his great-granddaughter and looks exactly like the woman he loved and lost. #questpit #Q #MG #F

Amanda Turek💎Writing Rushak @acturek.bsky.social · 2w ago

Two brothers—one accursed, one gifted—struggle with the Power of an empathic bond unseen for centuries. As Rushak seeks to escape his curse Drisal must wield it as evil arises to threaten the world. But the prophesied power can return only once; the Shining One is … somebody else. #Questpit #F #A #W

Image: Mood board for Brother’s Keeper WIP: A block of seven images around a central one. Central image: white text on brown background that reads: “Born to be sacrificed: Drowned, shed, burnt and buried, a sin offering for his people. Had he been, all would be free. But he had not, and they weren't.
He could never forget it.
Brother’s Keeper (working title)
A.C. Turek
Surrounding images clockwise from center left: column of bonfire, running gray horse, green water, a hand holding a quartz crystal, a view looking up immense tree trunks, a waterfall, a view looking down on a vibrant green forest.

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Adult epic fantasy
150,000 - 200,000 words
Third-person limited
Multi-POV
Explores
Love and sacrifice: right or wrong reasons?
Selfishness vs altruism
Guilt vs remorse
Free will vs God's purpose
Pain and creativity
The morality of self-harm Obsession, attachment

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Featuring
Non-hero MC
Empathic magic
Gems and crystals
Sibling story
Hurt/comfort
Elvish forest culture
Bonds with horses
Misunderstood prophecy
Dysfunctional family
Life-altering trauma
Defiance of tradition
Morally gray Druid

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Snippet: On Bliss
And when the others stopped at the close of
the hymn, Rushak's little finger caught a string, a note to spark a new melody, and a broad and complex theme ignited in his soul. He shifted key and time signature, setting it loose with a whoop of abandon.
Others joined, hesitant at first, then fierce as the stars. Dancers circled in smears of color and gilt. And then—when the music crested the treetops in tongues of bright fire; when immolation brought ecstasy and
drumbeats ruled his pulse; when his letra writhed, a wanton sorceress under his fingers—he recognized it as bliss too heightened to be real.

And it ceased then to be bliss.

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Brother's Keeper
A.C. Turek

Literate Lawyer @therealsec.bsky.social · 2w ago

DEXTER x THE SECRET LIVES OF MURDERERS’ WIVES with a dash of FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY. Travel the world with a brilliant and beautiful attorney and a brilliant and handsome biomedical engineer who’s hiding a big secret. PERFECT ON PAPER #QuestPit #W #A #U #DR #MY #T

PERFECT ON PAPER Mood Board with pictures of couple in silhouette at sunset and smeared blood in center, surrounded by Atlanta skyline, London, Antibes, Tuscany, Boston, and Cape Cod lighthouse and beach.

Nicole Ward @authornicoleward.bsky.social · 2w ago

TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slowburn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ mirror scene open door spice 🤓 SLGs GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 is my debut romance novel set in collegiate esports! #questpit #Q #A #R #querying #agentsguide

This image depicts pixelated graphics associated with video gaming including a headset, a 'Start' button and computer cursor, clouds, mushrooms, and hearts indicating lives remaining. The graphic reads: "GAME OVER, 82K Contemporary Romance. Esports is the only thing Elise Davis ever truly loved. When she takes a coaching job across the country from everything she's ever known, her fresh start takes an unexpected turn when her co-coach is none other than Jayce Quinn, the college rival she never forgot." Comp titles include The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter, Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn, and Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood. The covers of these comp titles are depicted in the bottom right corner of the graphic.

Sarah Berke @sarahjberke.bsky.social · 2w ago

💪🏼 vigilante justice ⚖️ moral complexity ❤️‍🩹 cathartic end 🤣 hard topics balanced with warmth and humor 🧠 ND MC ❤️ mental health rep 🌎 pro-immigrant 👧🏽 precocious preschooler 🤝 friendship & found family 💔 grief 🧭 set in the American South #questpit #Q #A #WF #U #T #AnQuerying

Sarah Berke@sarahjberke.bsky.social · 2w ago

How do broken people become family? Neurodivergent, intimacy averse private investigator + compulsively kind paramedic + undocumented mother + precocious three-year-old 🫀 centering moral duty, friendship, and emotional reckoning #questpit #Q #A #WF #U #T

Literate Lawyer @therealsec.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE REAL THING: Dual POV upmarket second chance romance with midlife reinvention. A modern southern odyssey for fans of Kristy Woodson Harvey, WE ALL LIVE HERE and NORA GOES OFF SCRIPT. #QuestPit #Q #A #U #WF #R

Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

ADVENTURELAND x FLIPPED It’s the summer of 1998, and Corey and Lukas work at an amusement park in Holly Ridge, Indiana. They've always been friends..until everything changes. He falls first, she falls harder! ☀️ Summer love 🎢 Amusement park 🥰 Friends to lovers #QuestPit #W #R #YA

A collage of summer amusement park/theme park photos with a rollercoaster, water rides, and a couple kissing. Text: “Amusement Park Romance,” “Friends to Lovers,” “Coworkers Turned Lovers,” and “Small Town Vibes.”

Sara Skott @skottsara.bsky.social · 2w ago

If We Were Villains x In My Dreams I Hold A Knife - SKIN AS WHITE AS SNOW, 105 k, a feminist retelling of Snow White as dark academia mystery #Questpit #Q #A #MY #R #T #agents 🪞Snow White retelling 🎓Dark Academia ❤️‍🔥Reluctant allies to lovers 🏰Institutional critique 🗡️Feminine rage Querying now!

Melia's Mouth @meliasmouth.bsky.social · 2w ago

GenFury by Diana Venator (pen name) SPOILERS IN DECK As their 15th birthdays approach, Alec, Megan, and Tessa – GenFury – experience supernatural powers that, unbeknownst to them, are part of their destiny as the next generation of Furies. Now all they have to do is stay alive. #QuestPit #Q #F

A.Collie ✨@fancymuffin.bsky.social · 2w ago

OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN / Adult Romantasy ⚔️🦭 Pitch: After years of captivity, a selkie enters a marriage of convenience to reclaim her stolen sealskin — but her new husband, a famed war hero, has secrets of his own... A slow burn romance inspired by selkie folklore ✨🏰🪉 #QuestPit #W #A #F #R

Agent Guide to OF STEEL AND SEALSKIN
Romantasy
97k word target

Annora edvards is the most celebrated courtesan in the city of eleoria — and she’s harboring a dark secret: she’s a selkie trapped in her human form. Her captor, lord percival edvards, has kept her sealskin hidden for eight long years, forcing her into a life of servitude.
Now he seeks to marry her off before she outlives her worth, hosting a unique spectacle for the occasion and seeking the highest price from a promising list of suitors.
Ronan of Agerton is a famed war hero from the northern half of the kingdom — and he has plenty of secrets of his own. Secrets involving his origins, his innate ability to bond with animals and tame beasts, and his intentions in vying for Annora’s hand in marriage.
There’s no denying the attraction between them;a powerful feeling that’s steeped in forbidden magic.
But can their bond survive fate? Will ronan prove to be the liberator Annora has longed for?
Will Annora reclaim her sealskin — and her freedom?

"Memoirs of a Geisha" and "In the Veins of Drowning" meet selkies!

William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social · 2w ago

After Curtis Stringfellow discovers the existence of the fairytale world Chartam, a mysterious figure sets their sights on capturing them and their favorite storybook. To survive, Curtis needs to put the plot pieces together before everything is erased in white smoke... [ #questpit #W #MG #F ]

Threadbare's PITCH with a five grid mood board (old storybooks, a ghostly hand, a lonely castle surrounded by clouds, a candle and someone twisting thread around their fingers)

The Pitch reads:
When a young bookworm, Curtis Stringfellow (they/them), is targeted by a mysterious figure tapping on their window, who confirms the existence of fairytales, Curtis is chased into the storybook world of Chartam, which is slowly being ravaged by chaos. They must discover a way to destroy this mysterious figure before all of reality unravels.

COMP TITLES - The Whisperwicks, The Otherwoods, Sophie Quire and the Last Story Guard, and The Book of Lost Things.

TROPES/THEMES - A hidden world, Family Secrets, A Reluctant Hero, Alternative Fairytales, Healing and Growth, and Adapting to the Unexpected

Take A Peek From The Prologue

Curtis’ heart raced, panic shot through their body like electricity. The candle’s flame fought against Curtis’ uneven panting. It was now or never. Curtis breathed and placed the storybook on the dining table in front of the window. Goosebumps rose on their skin as the anticipation grew overwhelming. They grabbed the edge of the thick linen curtain and yanked it aside.

The ghostly outline of slender fingers scratched against the window glass. A rasp like voice echoed through the room. A pale sunken face stared down at Curtis.

“A-archivist…”

KC Selby @kcselbywrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sharing one last post for THE FUNERAL GUEST 🪦 📚 Campus setting 👩🏻 Eldest daughter protagonist 🔍 Amateur detective 💀 Serial killer antagonist 🎭 Protagonist with an odd job 💕 A dash of romance #Q #A #T #QuestPit

haven @hghrules.bsky.social · 2w ago

My final #questpit pitch of the day! Graham is stuck in a time loop where his former friend Abel always dies. Can Graham rekindle the relationship and garner enough trust to save him, all in the same repeated day? #W #YA #R #PR

Time to Kill is for you if you like:
Paranormal Death Curses
Time Loops
Found Family
Friends to Lovers
Friends to Strangers to Lovers
Second Chance Love
Requited Unrequited Love
Why Choose
Dysfunctional Families
Crossroads Deals
Polyamorous, Gay, and Trans Main Characters

The Pitch:

Graham hasn't talked to Abel in almost two years… but when he finds himself trapped in a time loop centered around Abel's death, it becomes pretty hard to stay away. Graham employs the help of his old friends in an effort to keep Abel alive until the next day, but it proves to be much harder than Graham could have ever anticipated when he learns he's not the only one carrying a curse on his shoulders.

With more and more things going wrong in every loop, can Graham find a way to escape the time loop without losing everything important to him?

Time to Kill is a story in 4 parts, each following one of the 4 main characters. These 4 main characters are each afflicted with a separate curse without (most) of the others knowing it.

Abel dies and resurrects the next day, over and over, and no one ever remembers.

Until Graham gets stuck in a time loop centered around Abel’s deaths.

The Grim Reaper follows Oliver, warning him when Abel is about to die...

While Abel’s best friend Tomás is afflicted with a curse that kills anyone he touches.

Snippet:

"It's not just to- I have my reasons!"

"You always 'have your reasons,'" Abel says mockingly, throwing his hands up. "Go have them somewhere else." He whirls around, walking off in the opposite direction, and Graham's worry explodes into full-blown panic.

"Nonono, please, please, please don't go," Graham begs him, his voice breaking pitifully.

Abel quickly comes to a stop, turning around with a concerned expression. He studies Graham for a moment, and Graham is so fucking scared for him, scared that he's messed this loop up already and Abel is going to walk away and die. He clenches his fists, digging his nails into the palms of his hands as he squeezes his eyes shut. Then he hears footsteps walking hesitantly towards him, and he sniffles as he opens his eyes.

"Graham," Abel says, much more gentle now. "What's going on?"

ivybelton @ivybelton.bsky.social · 2w ago

#questpit LIES BECOME HER, psychological thriller - A woman hiding behind the perfect life must decide whether the truth she’s buried will set her free—or cost her everything—while the man she’s tried to escape believes he’s finally bringing her home. #q #t

Duke @jgduke.bsky.social · 2w ago

Readers' reviews: "The prose is so perfectly imaginable; the imagery really stands out." "I love all the subtle ways it all connects!" "I haven't enjoyed fantasy the way I did this one in a long time." "Is book 2 done? Can I read it right away?" #QuestPit #Ya #F #Q

Senna Beau Lark @sennabeaulark.bsky.social · 2w ago

Inspired by the life of Korea's only Empress, "QUEEN MIN" To dethrone her misogynistic king father, a duty bound princess must marry a foreign prince & ascend to Empress amidst the half-remembered ruins of a past life that ties her to her knight - and not who she will marry. #Questpit #Q #A #F #RF

Amy Farris @amylizfs.bsky.social · 2w ago

BARTLEBY x HOW TO PEE YOUR PANTS THE RIGHT WAY GYM CLASS STINKS! Is an amusing anthem for all the UNathletic, INdoorsy, sensory sensitive kids of the world…or any adult still working through their childhood dodgeball trauma. #QuestPit #Q #PB

GYM CLASS STINKS! Story: Throw a ball? Catch a ball? Run all the way around the gym?! If these phrases have ever made your palms sweat or your throat go dry, you’ll appreciate this anti-homage to the most dreaded class of the day. Told through comedic vignettes and rich, sensory details, GYM CLASS STINKS! is an anthem for anyone who has felt awkward, all thumbs, or all-together uncoordinated.

GYM CLASS STINKS! Sales Hooks: 1) Self-acceptance and empathy for non-athletic peers--fills a gap in the growth mindset category; 2) Read-Aloud-Ability: Comedic vignettes, a rhythmic pace, and a rebellious refrain; 3) SEL Sans Sermon--Examines self-doubt, fitting in, empathy, and acceptance through a relatable setting and humorous scenarios.

GYM CLASS STINKS! Comps: Bartleby (2026), Better than a Touchdown (2026), The Humble Pie (2025), How to Pee Your Pants the Right Way (2024)

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 2w 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 #LGBT #Dis #OV

A fake case file lays open. On the left side of the folder is a sketch of a girl with a sticky note beside it that reads: “Emma Bridge is believed to have cut her hair. Police sketch artists have taken a guess at what she may look like now.” Under it is a map of all US railroads with another sticky note that reads: “Last seen in California, current whereabouts unknown. An anonymous tip reports she has made it out of the state.” Under that, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out, replaced with the name Peyton Freys.

On the right side of the folder is a clipping of newspaper that reads: “Hollywood’s Beloved Missing” with the date 4/13/1996 below it. Text on the page reads: “What we know: YA Contemporary (with mystery and romance), 82k words” “Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media” “Runaway in hiding, fake identity (turned real identity), mental health rep, genderfluid and pan rep, found family, 90s small-town nostalgia.”  
A block of text reads: “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.”

Finally, a stamp says “On sub soon”

Zoe is ✨querying✨@zgauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

🗝️ sapphic princess x thief 🗡️ impossible heist ⚔️ only one horse 🌙 found family ☀️ sunshine x gremlin 🐦‍⬛ morally gray heroine ✨ disability rep 🤫 everyone has secrets 🏹 touch her and die 🧭 ragtag crew 💀 sprinkles of horror #QuestPit #W #YA #F #R #MY #H

Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 2w ago

#Q SQUID GAMExANASTASIA When a curse traps Artina’s newfound sibling heirs of dead monarchs in a palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truth before losing her new family & her court musician crush who knows too much about curses #YA #RF #F #My #H #Ownvoices #POC #QuestPit

Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE LESSER SOUL After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻@crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago