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Julie Moss @julieanneslibrary.bsky.social · 6mo ago

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X AND NOW, BACK TO YOU #Questpit, welcome to BREAKING THE BLUEPRINT, an 84k word contemporary romance. Rival Architects on the verge of burnout exploit a company policy to work remotely across the country together, putting their rocky foundation to the test. #Q #R #A

This picture is a mood board for the romance book, “Breaking the Blueprint.” The general vibe is enemies to lovers with elements of the NYC architecture industry culture and shifts to the small town feel of Colorado mountains. The main character is a redhead woman with freckles and brown eyes and the main love interest is a brunette man with blue eyes. The images show them getting close through dancing in the kitchen at night, playing in the snow together, and nights out on the town.

ziqing @ziqingpan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hi #questpit! Introducing WORK IN PROGRESS, a contemporary romance with women’s fiction crossover 💌 Nemeses-to-lovers 🧧 Asian-setting (Taiwan!) 🥴 Complicated family dynamics 🎨 Quarter-life crisis ❣️ 10 Things I Hate About You meets Crazy Rich Asians #W #R #A #ownvoices

ONE-LINE PITCH
A struggling ex-artist must plan an exhibition with her infuriating childhood nemesis, all while hiding the truth about her failed art career.

FULL PITCH
After calling it quits on her art career, Iris Tsai takes on a new job at an up-and-coming hotel gallery back in Taiwan...only to find out the hotel is owned by her infuriating childhood nemesis Luke Yang. With no Plan B to fall back on, Iris must work with Luke to plan an exhibition, even if it means putting up with his patronizing attitude and absurd standards.

Despite their rocky beginning, an undeniable spark forms between the two. But Luke is under the impression that Iris is living out her lifelong dream of being an artist, and Iris can't bear to tell him the truth. As they blur the line between nemeses and lovers, Iris has to make a choice: conceal her shameful past and never be truly known, or shatter the illusion she’s created and lose Luke’s trust before having a chance at love.

Comps: Yin Yang Love Song (cultural richness and complicated family dynamics) You, with a View (nemesis-to-lovers tension and theme of self-discovery), and The Comeback (witty banter)

Tropes: nemeses-to-lovers, forced proximity, opposites attract, he falls first

Themes: quarter-life crisis and self-discovery, self-doubt and fear, change vs. traditions, and unconditional love

Pictures in mood board: woman painting by the window, a couple kissing, painting set-up, a man writing notes, and a picture of a couple with flowers

Laura Walker | Author @lauraiswriting.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BEACH READ x GIRL ABROAD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Study abroad romance 📚 Academic rivals-to-lovers 💅🏼 International found family 💁🏼‍♀️ Coming-of-age 👥 Forced proximity 🔥 Slow burn Now querying AMERICAN PARTY GIRL. #Questpit #NA #R #WF #Q

Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the vibes of Saddle Up, my contemporary romance with: 🤠cowgirls and cowboys galore 🛏️ only one bed (a lot) 🚗 roadtrip across the American West 🐴 rodeo 💔 grief and losing a grandparent #questpit #A #W #R

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ahhhh! I love how much Finn loves Scottie!!!!!!!

Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meet Scottie and Finn (and their horses) from SADDLE UP, a contemporary romance novel complete at 76k words. Scottie is spunky, she does flips off of horses for a living. She’s not afraid of anything… except maybe the idea of falling in love with her former best friend Finn. #questpit #W #R #A

notebook page, picture of a girl with a cowboy hat on a horse, another picture of a horse “my horse sugar written on top” text: “Hi! I’m Scottie trick rider from Antelope Spring” and underneath that is a sketch of a butterfly. text: 27, horse girl, Grandma Sylvie is my hero, Finn’s pretty cool I guess, love a matcha, exactly like other girls.

man on a horse through the mountains. text: Finn Tate, 25 y.o., ranch hand, is obsessed with scottie elwood, just got into college but is afraid to tell anyone, his horse grey, huge nerd

Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Agent’s guide for SADDLE UP, a cowgirl/cowboy romance novel complete at 76k words. Roadtrips, rodeos, and SO much yearning. #questpit #W #A #R

man and woman holding hands staring at a mountain range in the distance. text: an agent’s guide to SADDLE UP a contemporary romance complete at 76k words

background image: rodeo arena with a crowd, woman standing on a horse with her food in the air. text: THE PITCH “When trick rider Scottie Elwood tries to turn down the tour of a lifetime after learning her grandmother is sick, her family recruits her former best friend and current ranch hand Finn Tate to escort her on the road — but when secrets, old wounds, and new feelings get in the way, Scottie has to decide if it’s worth leaving home to chase her dreams. “

text: Comps: You with a View by Jessica Joyce, Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage, Powerless by Elsie Silver, and Homebound by Meredith Trapp. Tropes: friends to lovers, rodeo and roadtrip settings, only one bed (a lot), found family, chasing dreams, grief and losing a family member.

Rebeccah Sheridan @rsheridan92.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Currently querying THE SLOW BURN! LOVELIGHT FARMS X THE LOVE HATERS, perfect for agents who love Emily Henry's banter and Abby Jimenez's exploration of complicated family dynamics. #questpit #q #a #r

A photo collage including an image of a couple and an image of dinnerware. The Slow Burn, an 80k word romcom. An Agent's Guide.

A photo collage, with the text "THE BLURB" followed by a 2 paragraph blurb about the novel.

A photo collage, overlaid with the images of two comparable books including The Love Haters by Katherine Center and Lovelight Farms by BK Borison

A photo collage with an overlay including the tropes of the story

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 6mo ago

the vibes of THE CELESTIAL RING, my #YA dystopian #SFF To defy the memory-devouring machine god who wants to claim her as sacrifice, Vega must: ⚔️Find her lost brother 💔Ally w/ her first heartbreak 🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget #questpit #Q #F #D #amquerying

A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column:
1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky
2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights
3. Two hands reaching towards one another
4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar
5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up
6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky
7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog
8. A hand covered in glitter
9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance
10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile
11. A black woman screaming
12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds
13. An eye turned to show only the whites
14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air
15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle

None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest

Alexis ✍🏾@authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My new editors guide for SWALLOWED SINS #questpit For people who are hungry for: -an insatiable appetite for love 🖤 -dark romance 🥀 -obsessive protagonist 👀 - traumatic therapy sessions 📝 #OS #DR #A #LF #U #AG

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What my witchy NYC-based book would look like as a movie poster! 16-yr-old Haley has the stigmatized death magic, but when she receives warnings from dead witches about a coming threat, she’ll have to use that very magic to save all the witches in NYC. NINTH HOUSE x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch if it was a movie poster

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What my NYC teen witches are googling as they prepare to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop a nefarious long-dead witch from coming back to life. Percy Jackson-but-with-witches! #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch - Haley’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - Alanna’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - August’s Google searches

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-year-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch comps: Percy Jackson, Legendborn, Little Thieves

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meet my NYC witches! 16-yr-old witch Haley Thorne teams up with former-frenemy Alanna and cute new guy August to travel to a monster infested realm to stop a nefarious dead witch from resurrecting. PERCY JACKSON x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch - meet my nyc witches!

Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ró always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress. Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀 #YA #F #Q #W #QuestPit

Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

IF FEED ME YOUR HEART HAD A MOVIE POSTER! 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH Agent’s guide pinned to profile. WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #DF #H #Q #W #QuestPit

A film poster for Feed Me Your Heart, a YA fantasy/romance/horror novel about a girl addicted to magical hearts who has to hunt a water spirit

Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Real Scandinavian items used by Ró as she joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #Q #W #QuestPit

Image showing an item the FMC uses in Feed Me Your Heart. Image shows a Troll Cross pendant.

Image showing an item the FMC uses in Feed Me Your Heart. Image shows a traditional Scandinavian folk dress.

Image showing an item the FMC uses in Feed Me Your Heart. Title page with pitch line.

Image showing an item the FMC uses in Feed Me Your Heart. Image shows a piece of traditional Scandinavian ribbon.

Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #R #H #Q #W #QuestPit

Feed Me Your Heart intro page colored red with a black and white image of a young woman

Themes for Feed Me Your Heart i.e. norse mythology and deadly personality tests

Comps for Feed Me Your Heart ranging from folklore fantasy to cultish horror

Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Convincing you to read COTD using my MC's top 5 nightmare scenarios! When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers. #Q #A #RF #F #questpit

This photo is an enumerated list of what Sebastian's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmares would be. They are as follows:
1. Forgetting his journal at home
2. Commitment
3. Blondes with sharp tongues and even sharper swords
4. Enemy kingdoms
5. Eternity

The graphic is text laid over a dark background. In the foreground, there is a muscular, shirtless man with dark hair.

This photo depicts a list of what main character Lia's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmares would be. There is a photo of a woman with curly blonde hair holding a sword in front of a dark background. There is also an enumerated list of her top 5 horror movie situations, which are:

1. Her cousin Maks playing the harp
2. Being the literal chosen one
3. Falling in love with her bff
4. Sebastian Armetta
5. Riddles

This photo depicts a list of what main character Tristan's "Top 5 horror movies" or nightmare scenarios would be. There is a photo of a man with curly light brown/dity blonde hair in front of a dark background.

There is also an enumerated list of his top 5 horror movie situations, which are:
1. Responsibility
2. Being set up on a date by his mother
3. Handsome bartenders from art class
4. A game of cards
5. Picking an outfit for the pub

Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Covenant of the Damned (119k rom. fantasy) in microtropes! When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers. #Q #RF #F #A #QuestPit

Cover slide to introduce the microtropes that you can expect to see in "Covenant of the Damned," a 119k romantic fantasy that is now querying. The background is an ethereal oil painting

the microtropes listed are: reluctant allies, only one horse, he's been thirty for the last 230 years, elemental-based magic systems, lady knights, she's the chosen one, and he tends to her wounds. There's an icon of a computer cursor hovering over a box that says "select all," to indicate that all microtropes are present in "Covenant of the Damned"

On this slide there is a painted hand holding a sword and a repetition of the pitch. The image also states that this book is perfect for fans of [Lady] Knights of the Round Table retellings and every Gilmore Girls stan who was rooting for Rory to end up with Jess Mariano.

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If the main characters from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery novel, had access to the Notes app. #QuestPit #W #A #RF

An imagining of the Notes app for Fallon Mercer, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. Her most recent five notes would be:

Lies I’ve told recently (where to even begin)
Things I hate about Reynor (no additional text)
What to wear to coronation (pink dress? Lace?)
Spell ideas (bridge to sneak across to R…)
Doom prophecy (oh gods no one can know a…)

An imagining of the Notes app for Reynor Ambrose, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. His most recent five notes would be:

New morning routine (cold shower)
Reasons not to trust my wife (smells too good)
Murder suspects (1. Fallon)
Fallon’s favorite things (hot coffee, grapes, books)
Questions to ask Fallon (what are your hopes and dr…)

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

An introduction to the main characters from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery with: 🌱 plant-based magic 🔮 witch prophecy 🖤 morally grey FMC ❤️‍🩹 angsty MMC who yearns 🕵️ flirting by finding murder clues ☕️ magical excellence as a love language #QuestPit #W #A #RF

A mood board for the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in fall 2026. The tone is moody but elegant, with images of a forest canopy, a book, pink fabric, a wildcat, a blonde woman, a crown, a forest fire, a wine glass with fruit beside it, and a woman shushing her lips

A mood board for the MMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in fall 2026. The tone is angsty and mysterious, with images of a man’s shadowed eyes, a frozen crystal ball, a garden doorway, two knight chess pieces, a man’s hands holding a smoking cigarette, a raven, a dark forest, a dried flower, and breaking glass

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

An #agentsguide to Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery 🌱 plant-based magic 🔮 witch prophecy 🖤 morally grey FMC 🕵️ flirting by finding murder clues ☕️ magical excellence as a love language #QuestPit #W #A #RF

An agent’s guide with an image of a girl in a pink dress running into a forest. The guide is for Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, an adult, dual-POV, romantasy murder mystery novel, drafted at 92k words. It is querying in fall 2026.

A green forest background with pink text that is titled “The Pitch”:

To escape her cruel father, Fallon Mercer manipulates a prophecy to be chosen as the wife of a witch prince.

But when a spree of murders threatens her new crown, Fallon must find a killer, hide her con from her annoyingly attractive husband, and cheat Fate once more....or watch everything she’s worked for unravel

A green forest background with pink text titled “For Fans Of” with comps for the novel.

- One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig for its lush, moody world and unique magic system
- Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett for its unapologetically ambitious FMC
- the Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley for its wit and banter
- the TV series Bones for its romantically charged investigation

A green forest background with pink text titled “The First Lines”.

Hers: Fallon stares at the slab, attempting, for what is hopefully the last time, not to scowl at a corpse.

His: Prince Reynor Ambrose has not a care in the world. After all, when one has no agency over one’s future, why bother?

Alexis ✍🏾@authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lucky only needs these things to survive her parents neglect and her growing hunger for love👀 -bread for the ducks -chapstick (lip biter) -tissues for therapy -empty lunchbox (her parents forgot to pack…again) -favorite photos -cookies from her crush! #questpit #A #DR #OS #AG #LF #U SWALLOWED SINS

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To escape her cruel father, Fallon Mercer manipulates a prophecy to marry a witch prince. When a spree of murders results from her con, Fallon must find a killer, hide her hoax from her husband, and cheat Fate once more — or watch everything she’s worked for unravel. #PosterPit #W #F #R #NA #A

A poster of a girl in a pink dress running into a lush forest for Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, a fantasy novel with a yearning romance and murder mystery. Princess Fallon Ambrose cheated fate to earn her crown. What will she do to keep it?

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To save NYC's witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE #PosterPit #Q #YA #F

In the Shadow of a Witch poster for PosterPit: YA Fantasy - She has to save NYC’s witches, even if it means traveling to a monster infested realm

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To escape her cruel father, Fallon Mercer manipulates a prophecy to marry a witch prince. When a spree of murders results from her con, Fallon must find a killer, hide her hoax from her husband, and cheat Fate once more — or watch everything she’s worked for unravel. #PosterPit #W #F #R #NA #A

A poster of a large, striped tulip field for Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, a fantasy novel with a yearning romance and murder mystery about Fallon Mercer, a girl who cheats a prophecy to become a witch princess. A five-star review states that "Fallon really could become the overlord of the universe if she put her mind to it."

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To save NYC's witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE #PosterPit #Q #YA #F

In the Shadow of a Witch poster for PosterPit: YA fantasy - She has the magic no one wants. But now it might just save them all.

Sofia Trepp @sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #R #H #Q #PosterPit

A film poster, depicting a woman with a dramatic red veil covered in Nordic runes, for Feed Me Your Heart, a YA fantasy/romance/horror novel about a girl addicted to magical hearts who has to hunt a water spirit to restore her shattered reputation

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

To escape her cruel father, Fallon Mercer manipulates a prophecy to marry a witch prince. When a spree of murders results from her con, Fallon must find a killer, hide her hoax from her husband, and cheat Fate once more — or watch everything she’s worked for unravel. #PosterPit #W #F #R #NA #A

A poster of a white flower with a dark background for Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, a fantasy novel with a yearning romance and murder mystery about Fallon Mercer, a girl who cheats a prophecy to become a witch princess. A tagline states: to catch a killer, they must survive each other.