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romance author, cryptid barbie, neil josten’s girlfriend.

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hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

this texas heat has turned me into a monstrous, nasty, beastly, horrid, deeply unpleasant creature to be around

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

would you believe this isn’t even a fraction of them? #writer #writing #romancewriter

GinaDobsonBAB @ginadobson.bsky.social · last mo.

MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE: MEMOIR OF A TOSS-AWAY WOMAN I was arrested for murder 5 yrs after a miscarriage& locked up. My memoir is an intimate look at domestic violence, reproductive criminalization, women behind bars, coerced guilty pleas. #Questpit #Q #NF #M

Newspaper headlines: Sederwall pleads guilty to concealing death.

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

THE WALL OF WINNIPEG & ME x YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY 🏳️‍🌈 bi4bi + plus size rep 🏈 birdwatching, chess playing, history obsessed nerd mmc 🩷 confident, smartmouthed fmc ✨ she hates him (he’s secretly obsessed with her) 🌶️ subverted dom/sub undertones #questpit #Q #A #R

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

THIS BOOK 😍😍😍😍

jules is QUERYING@jccrews.bsky.social · last mo.

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X THE SONG OF ACHILLES an #agentsguide to THE FALL OF THE SUNKEEPER, a mythical high fantasy/romance inspired by ancient rome. ✨ forbidden love ☀️ celestial death magic ⭐️ adventure ✨ chronically ill fmc!! ☀️ sexual tension ⭐️ there’s def only one bed #questpit #Q #A #F #RF

jules is QUERYING @jccrews.bsky.social · last mo.

Tamara ⛱️🎇🕶️🌊☀️@tamaratoday.bsky.social · last mo.

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Multiple POVs 🎲 A Bisexual Love Triangle 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

Florrie Auclair - Querying and Drafting @florrienne.bsky.social · last mo.

ARRIVAL X PARKS & REC A burnt-out lawyer escapes Earth expecting to build humanity's future, only to discover first contact is just another office job—with stranger coworkers, messier politics, and exponentially more paperwork ✨ Monet Inspired Planet ✨ Flirty Bi Alien ML #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R

An Agent’s Guide to MEETING OF HONESTY by Florrie Auclair

A 100K romantic science-fiction novel

Title slide shows two characters in a romantic dip: an angry human woman in modern clothes and an alien man with flowing, iridescent hair against a soft pink gradient

Pitch Slide:
First contact has more paperwork than Gloria ever imagined.

When aliens arrive on the same planet Gloria's crew intend to colonize, of course they want the same land: the Sunny Spot, the only area with enough light to grow crops with a unique biome. But their territory dispute is moot if a toxic moss ravages it first. Gloria must now facilitate first contact and work with Emeric, the charming alien leader, to manage their shared collaboration.

From alien strangers to bickering rivals, Gloria finds herself developing feelings for Emeric. Until secrets shatter their growing bond. Now she must weaponize bureaucratic red tape and enlist the help of her crew to negotiate—but it means coming clean about her own secrets. At the risk of losing the only people she cares about (including the alien causing her problems), Gloria must be honest with them—and herself—to ensure humanity has a home and its autonomy.

Comp Slide:
The Left Hand of Darkness
Arrival
Parks & Recreation
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Translation State
Overruled

With the text: diverse cast, examination of cultural values, alien diplomacy & communication, bureaucratic satire, lush colony planet, legal conflicts, workplace rivals-to-lovers, and prickly FMC

Excerpt Slide

Image of Gloria, a human woman wearing business clothes with a clipboard obscuring the bottom half of her face

Text:
His other hand pointed to their adjoined palms. Beginning at their pinkie fingers, he bounced to the next digit and enunciated a new, unintelligible word. Each finger anointed until reaching her thumb. This was the oddest difference between their hands; his was longer with an extra joint. Clarity crashed into her. Her inhale sharpened.

Five fingers.

Across the universe, she met a new lifeform and they both had five fingers on each hand.

"Oh my god," Gloria breathed. Ironically, it was their shared features that overwhelmed her. Comfort should accompany commonality, but instead, it made this fever dream of an experience harder to deny. It was tangible that she was standing here with a bipedal humanoid with five fingers, even if his skin was blue and he had rainbow hair and feathery moth antennae. Either she was going to start laughing hysterically or throw up.

Warble, the alien agreed (she had no idea if that was an affirmative).

Trinity🪞is querying🪞@trinitywrites.bsky.social · last mo.

An #agentsguide to DON'T LOOK TOO HARD, a 76k YA speculative thriller. #questpit #Q #YA #S #T #MY

a guide to "Don't Look Too Hard," a YA speculative thriller | 76k words. Background image of a young woman staring into a mirror, covering her eyes with one hand.

Pitch: 16-year-old Jess, who sees people's future corpses in their reflections, must race to change fate when her visions reveal that her only friend is about to be murdered.
Comps:
"The Darkness Rises" by Stacy Stokes and "When the Bones Sing" by Ginny Myers Sain.

tropes & themes:
PNW setting
guilt
facing unpleasant truths
addiction
loss & trauma
everyone's got a secret

excerpt:
Mel's reflection, illuminated by the glow of a yellowed bulb, proved oh-so-easy to catch. The sight ripped the air out of my lungs. All of it: the whine of a distant ambulance, Mel's shouting, the frantic steps of other people running before the police arrived, everything except the pool faded. Ripples distorted Mel's image, but it didn't matter.

It was impossible to miss the giant knife sticking out of her back.

Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · last mo.

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

Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · last mo.

FLEABAG X MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES A librarian moonlights as a camgirl, but when someone from her past finds her and threatens to expose her, she’s at risk of more than being known; she could be labeled like the banned books kept from the shelves. Disclaimer: slut. #QuestPit #Q #A #LF #R

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

collecting hoards and hoards of pitches that compare their love interest to anthony bridgerton and shoving them in my pockets to munch on later

Chantal Danieli — is querying in 2 days! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · last mo.

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 — coming to agent inboxes September 2026 🍂 #questpit #W #A #NA #R

My Sweet Unbecoming
A forbidden gothic romance
Coming to agent inboxes September 2026

Comps & Pitch
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre
Bridgerton — The Viscount Who Loved Me

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 before. It could ruin her reputation, once and for all.

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

Ruchi @ruchi-writes.bsky.social · last mo.

💖 SHE’S THE MAN x ICEBREAKER, BUT MAKE IT E-SPORTS 🎮 To join her dream esports team, Cam let everyone assume she's a guy. Now all she has to do is survive the captain, who's sure she's the weak link — without falling for him first. #Q #R #A #questpit #agentsguide #amquerying

Last Pick by Ruchi Dave is an e-sports romance novel, complete at 75k words.

Cameron Day has always felt like a loser—except in the video game League of Champions, where she dominates. So when an esports team mistakes her for a guy and recruits her, she doesn’t correct them.

But to Jacob—their ruthless (and distractingly hot) captain who’s already seen one ex-teammate implode under pressure—she’s a risk they can’t afford. If she cracks, they all go down with her.

The only way forward is to prove she’s not a liability, but the key to pulling them out of freefall.

Contact the author at **@ruchi-writes on x or @ruchi-writes.bsky.social**

Moodboard for Last Pick. Professional esports gamer vibes.

Snippet for Last Pick

“The others got over it much sooner than you did.”

“I didn’t want to complicate things.”

“Why would I complicate things?”

“You know why.” He tucked a stray hair behind my ear, and my skin felt electric where his fingers brushed against me. I leaned into him as his hand slid to the nape of my neck, tilting my head toward his.

“What happened to keeping things professional?”

“This is professional,” he murmured. “Kevin and I do this all the time.”

Comps and Tropes

- **enemies-to-lovers**
- **woman in a male dominated field**
- **Chaos GOBLIN HEROINE**
- **forced proximity**
- **underdog story**
- **impostor syndrome**
- **good intentions, bad decisions**

She’s the Man - **WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE A MAN IN A MALE DOMINATED SPORT (E-Sports)**

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace - **team captain/mentor who is convinced she’s a liability**

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - **fake-it-till-you-make-it energy**

Noor is ✨️Querying & Drafting✨️@n-a-writes.bsky.social · last mo.

💥CULLING Agent's guide💥 They pretended her homeworld destruction was an accident, not knowing that the entire galaxy is next on the chopping block. 🌌Queernorm world 🌌Chaos Crew 🌌A secret older than the galaxy 🌌And an impossible enemy #QuestPit #A #SF #Q

brittney is querying🔮✨@brittneyjoan.bsky.social · last mo.

THE LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE x CHARMED 🔮 A selfish psychic is challenged by her spirit guides to finally see the otherworldly connection with her (very platonic) best friend or risk losing her gifts — forever 🪄 #QuestPit #Q #A #R #PN #S

Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold at the top. Small golden page break, with the book title in ombre yellow/orange DEATH TO THE LOVERS AND THE FOOL over top of clouds in the middle. Text under the title: 84k Speculative Romcom by Brittney Joan, Agent's Guide. Two deep plum tarot cards in the bottom left, one with a sun and one with an eye.

Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold along the sides. THE PITCH . Pitch in a sans-serif font: Jade Lockwood is the Midwest’s most in-demand tarot reader, with a months-long waitlist and a reputation for channeling both the cards and the dead. She’s built a thriving metaphysical shop, but she’s also emotionally checked out, allergic to commitment, and hiding her feelings for her (very platonic) best friend, Elliot. When she blows off an unscheduled, desperate client for margaritas, a woman shows up the next day and refuses to leave until Jade reads for her—only to reveal herself as Jade’s spirit guide. Her ultimatum: complete a series of increasingly personal tarot-based tasks or suffer dire consequences. As the lessons force Jade to confront the feelings she’s avoided for years, she’s faced with an impossible choice—her connection to the spirit realm or the person she loves. And her inability to decide might just magically drive Elliot into another woman's arms...

Purple/pink ombre zodiac background with gold along the sides. THE VIBES at the top of the page in ombre yellow/orange text. Two polaroid images of the TV shows “Charmed” and “Sabrina the Teenaged Witch” as comparative media at the top. Golden page break. Four crystal balls in the middle with star circles pointing to a specific comparative book title with the image. The first, Friends to Lovers, pointing to “This Spells Love” by Kate Robb. The second, Meddling Spirit Guides, pointing to “The Love of My Afterlife” by Kirsty Greenwood. The third, Raw Look at Grief, pointing to “The Seven Year Slip” by Ashley Poston. The fourth, Plus-Size FMC, pointing to “Zom Rom Com” by Olivia Dade.

Same background as others. OPENING PAGE at the top. Writing sample: the page in ombre yellow/orange text. Two deep plum tarot cards in the top corners, one with a sun and one with an eye. Golden page break. Then, the following text in Times New Roman inside of a white-colored, rounded-corner box: Death is staring at me.
Rather, the Death card is staring at me for the third time this reading. I can’t possibly hide it from my regular client, Frannie, again. She’s been on a journey of rebirth for a while and is at the precipice. The precipice of a mental breakdown or a breakthrough is yet to be determined.
I arrange the cards, taking in Death, The Tower, and Eight of Pentacles in reverse. When I shift the spread, the navy celestial tablecloth snags on my nail, toppling over a labradorite curvy goddess carving. Biting my cheek, I flip another. Five of Swords. Shit.
“What? What’s wrong? Why are you making that face? That’s never a good face.” Frannie’s round, hazel eyes are filled with what I’ve come to know as anticipatory terror.
Poor thing is an anxious wreck. I’m trying to guide her, not send her into a doom spiral about her life. “You know these cards aren’t omens or premonitions. They’re pillars of guidance, leading you along your path. This one…” I sigh, cracking my knuckles, rings scraping against my dry skin. I have got to restock my lotion. Eleven minutes left on the timer and twenty to my last client. Maybe I’ll stop by Sephora before dinner.
“Jade?”
Oh, right. The reading. I shake my head. “The Death ca—”
“Death? Please, no. Anything but Death.”
“The Death card,” I repeat, “means your cycle is ready to renew. Paired with The Tower? Well, it’s time. Your spirit guides aren’t waiting for you to feel ready—they’re pushing you over the edge. This is rock bottom. Know what’s on the other side is a brighter version of you.”
We’ve hit rock bottom over our last three readings, but maybe this time will stick. [cont]

Rebecca I.O @rebeccaio.bsky.social · last mo.

HANDMAID’S TALE MEETS NORSE MYTHOLOGY? And a pushover with anger issues that has been bred to save them all from extinction? Say no more. 🥀FMC bred to lead 🥀Diminishing magic 🥀Found family 🥀Female rage #Q #A #RF #DF #QuestPit

Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · last mo.

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

Josianne Haag @jhaag.bsky.social · last mo.

Excited to pitch HIDDEN MONSTERS, my 99k psychological thriller about a desperate actress trapped aboard a billionaire's staged submarine adventure where every act of violence could be part of the script... or terrifyingly real 🌊🤿 #agentguide #amquerying #QuestPit #Q #T #RF #A

My agent's guide for HIDDEN MONSTERS, a 99k psychological thriller; title page with waves as the background

The comp titles are One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware and Deadline by Steph McGovern

Photo collage of the themes of HIDDEN MONSTERS which include a lot of ocean imagery, as well as theater and romance.

Adelaide Cabernet (is Querying✨️)@addiecabwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

BEND OVER BACKWARDS (Heated Rivalry x Star Shipped) After Vincent’s acro partner is banned from their theater, he must create an entirely new act with his biggest rival or face unemployment. 🎪 Rivals to Lovers 🤸 Found Family 🍿 Only One Bed #questpit #q #r #a #amquerying #agentsguide

Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝@danielleippaso.bsky.social · last mo.

BOOK OF AZRAEL x CROWN ME DEAD A Dark Fantasy Romance 🤝🏼 a ten-year soul bargain 💥immortal hierarchy w/ warring factions 🖤a dark & cunning MMC 🥊a fighter FMC with a rare ability 🖤dangerous attraction & loyalties tested 👁️hidden motives ⚜️New Orleans gothic vibes #QuestPit #W #A #F #H #R #AmWriting

Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

SILVER ELITE x TELL ME AN ENDING MEMORY DEVOURS HER 96k Adult Romantic Dystopian SF 🚫 Emotion as error 👾 The haunting is digital 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action 🖤 Love from complicit guilt RevPit Shortlist PosterPitAward 2nd #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #SFF #S #AgentsGuide

An Agent's Guide to
MEMORY
DEVOURS
HER
By Cassie Wallin
Adult Dystopian Sci-Fi + Central Love Story

The Pitch
She erased memories, until memory remembered her.
Nova excels at removing from citizens' memories what she hides in herself: excess feeling. Ordered to erase her mentor's whole mind, Nova's grief unleashes a phantom remembering all she's erased.
Haunted by its past and hunted by a devoted enforcer sent to bury it, Nova must forget for a shot to belong or remember and spark the fire that could burn her world down.
MEMORY DEVOURS HER

Hard-Won
LOve
Memory
Grief
COMPS
Corporate
Ritual
Menace
A TURA VINES BES
SILVER ELITE
DANI FRANCIS
Dystopian
Mission
Propulsion
TELL ME
AN
ENDING
JO HARKIN
tv+
Severance
Horror of Forgotten
Complicity -
Wounds
MEMORY DEVOURS HER
tv+
SILO
Lost
History

Moodboard for book, dark gritty dystopian

J. K. Lambo @jklambo.bsky.social · last mo.

🍰 She's a prickly pastry chef 🧁 He's a charismatic baker w/ his heart on his sleeve ❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies turn to bitter truths, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for go up in flames? #questpit #R #A #W

Project Sugar and Spice moodboard

Top row: Black woman in yellow sweater listening to music while studying; an asortment of desserts in a display case in a cafe or bakery; black man wearing glasses in red sweater writing notes in a book

Middle row: peanut butter cookies with a spoon of peanut butter laying beside it; quote that says, "This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster. Just like me."; cheesecake with caramel drizzle beside a dollop of whipped cream on a white plate

Bottom row: peanut butter brownies on brown crinkled paper; black couple sharing a moment; interior look of kitchen

cassiopeia (cath) ☀️@lagunabayfables.bsky.social · last mo.

Harrow the Ninth x A Dowry of Blood In the shadows of Gilded Age Manila, an artist’s muse wakes up from death and must solve her own murder feat. 🫀 anticolonial revenge narratives ✨monstrous men & divine abominations 🫀 tropical gothic ✨ doomed siblings #QuestPit #Q #HF #H

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

When Farrah is approached with the promotion to senior reporter on a silver platter, she’ll do anything to secure it—which includes writing the coveted tell-all feature article on Jack Winters, America’s star quarterback and the sharpest thorn in Farrah’s side. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Adelaide Cabernet (is Querying✨️)@addiecabwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

MATE X TENTACLES & TRIATHLONS After Noah, a hard of hearing thief, moves in with siren Jasper, their accidental, corrupted mating bond must be severed before it kills them. 🧜‍♂️ Siren x The Surfer Immune to His Song 🌊 Fantasy Set in San Diego 🏄‍♂️ Standalone w/ Series Potential #QuestPit #Q #A #PR

A man on a surfboard turns away from the camera to look at a siren who is perched on rocks. Text reads: “The Deaf Man’s Guide to Seducing A Siren” and “An adult paranormal romance complete at 72k words”

The siren is back with a text block that reads: Determined to stay in affluent Sunset Cliffs, hard of hearing surfer Noah strikes a sugar agreement with standoffish siren Jasper,

The surfer returns with a text block that reads: “Tropes:billionaire/thief, Fast heat, slow burn, grumpy/sunshine, Reformed playboy, monster fucking, Touch him and die, He wears his sweater

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · last mo.

ETERNALLY DEAD explores how an injured musician gets a second shot at stardom--only it's by joining an all-vampire rock band in the dangerous Vampire Realm. When blood shortages hit the Realm, she's forced to confront if living out her rockstar dream is worth dying for🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q

Background of concert audience with giant vampire fangs floating above alongside the words "An agent's guide to: Eternally Dead, Adult Paranormal Romantic Fantasy, 103k words, by @katgoestoshows." A one sentence pitch is featured on bottom that reads: An injured musician gets a second shot at stardom -- only its by joining an all-vampire rock band in the blood-thirsty vampire realm. A red splatter of blood is splashed is corner.

K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · last mo.

#Q #A #F #Questpit ASHMARKED: Feminine rage, social commentary, dangerous power... "They made obedience feel holy and used it as permission." Querying now!

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · last mo.

an #agentsguide to THE LOVE INTERCEPTION, an adult sports romcom for fans of ali hazelwood and cat sebastian 🩷 🏈 quarterback x sports reporter 🏳️‍🌈 BI4BI ✨ plus size FMC 🔥 forced proximity 💋 witty banter 🫨 …blackmail? #questpit #Q #A #R

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · 2y ago

should be hearing back by the end of the work day if i got into the paid library internship position EVERYONE PLEASE MANIFEST