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Kelly Crescenzo

@kcresc12.bsky.social

English teacher, romantasy writer, toddler mama, bougie coffee-drinker, can athleisure be the dress code, please? https://kcrescenzo.my.canva.site/romantasy-author

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Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Someone started writing a new novel today…

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Irony: A romantasy writer whose husband shatters her world in one conversation. #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

A partial request! Only hours after sending! This kind of thing just doesn’t happen to me, but no one pinch me, I’m too happy. ☺️

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

Celebrating 1 year in the trenches means wine and pizza. #amquerying

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

New Agent’s Guide for THE QUEEN IS RISING #amquerying #romantasy

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

Summer means new haircut!

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

Show me your love confessions that don’t say, “I love you.” From my #amquerying romantasy, THE QUEEN IS RISING

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

As a reader, a book hooks me when the love interest comes into play. As a writer, I now realize I obsessively write my manuscripts when the same thing happens. My sick and twisted brain.

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

Reading the Introduction to The House on Mango, and Sandra Cisneros has me in all my feelings: “Diamonds may do for a girl, but an agent is a woman writer’s best friend.”

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

Seeking some beta-readers as I work on my urban romantasy, BLEEDING HEART. Happy to swap in return. DM me if interested. Comps: THE WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY and SHADOWED MOONLIGHT

Kelly Crescenzo @kcresc12.bsky.social · last yr.

THE WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY x SHADOWED MOONLIGHT Al Capone’s legacy, the empath/shifter war, courses through Alessandra’s Italian blood. When both sides of the knife come to claim her, she risks endangering her town to indulge her heart. BLEEDING HEART #questpit #W #A #RF

Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️@tylerstasi.bsky.social · last yr.

#QuestPit #W #F #agentguide #agentsguide HURRICANE WARS x SWORD CATCHER 👀my dark whimsical jeweled-insect fantasy, feat: 👑morally gray FMC 🪲shapeshifting bug royalty 🌿twisted political intrigue 💫cunning female villain 🌋unique volcano/nature magic

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · last yr.

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R #RF #agentsguide #amquerying

An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie”
YA Romantic Fantasy
119k Words

Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines.

Blurb:

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy…
Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes.
Five for Silver, Six for Gold…
Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them.
Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told.

The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it.

The Atmosphere:
There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand.

Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

amarie is ✨ON SUB✨@amariewrites.bsky.social · last yr.

FOR LOVERS OF ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE x TALIA HIBBERT x DANIELLE ALLEN When Amara struggles to find a contractor to renovate her plus-size boutique, she enlists the help of her ex-childhood best friend (& first love), Theo, who she hasn’t spoken to in 8 years. #questpit #OS #R #AG

Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · last yr.

NAUSICAA X FF7 A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world. #A #F #W #QuestPit

A foggy street. A vintage dress. A gas mask. Legs on rocky ground. A silhouette of a man and woman. Flowers in sunlight.

Alyssa 🌊 is QUERYING!@amcknightwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

FOR THE WOLF x SORROWLAND Might I present my #agentguide for THESE TIDES THAT BIND, standalone adult horror fantasy featuring a Siren POV, a love triangle, body horror, and themes of selfishness as self preservation? #questpit #q #f

Ash - An Aspiring Fantasy Writer @booked4adventures.bsky.social · last yr.

Coming this Fall Uncover wicked magic, vengeful heroines, & darkness beneath the surface of enchanted worlds in an #anthology of crooked #fairytales Be warned, this is✨Not Your Ever After✨ Read about each story & get the newsletter here notyoureverafter.carrd.co 💙📚 #QuestPit #W #A #F #SF #SFF 🧵

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

#questpit A wizard who mentors Chosen Ones wants to retire, but has to complete one last quest first. 🧙‍♂️Retirement-Age Hero 🌞Grumpy/Sunshine 🍻Quirky Humour 🐀Animal Companion 🫖Cozy 🧓Cross-Generational Friendships ⚔️Misfits #OS #AG #A #F #CZ #Humor

Lily Wzy is drafting a mysterious new wip @lilywzy.bsky.social · last yr.

An #agentsguide to my adult imperial-Asia epic fantasy with tattoo magic, WHEN INK SWALLOWS THE SUN, featuring: 🪭An eldritch craving familial love 🏹A failing chosen one 🪭A saboteur of her own rebellion 🏹An heir w/ perfect life until the facade rips #questpit #agentguide #F #W

Illegitimate child Ning Liyue must navigate the palace to chase clues about her long lost mothers foreign origins. When her quest collides with a failing chosen one trying to revive his tribe’s tattoo magic, they must uncover ugly truths and survive a budding rebellion to achieve their goals—and choose their loyalties in a crumbling empire

🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · last yr.

THE GODS OF ATLANTIS ATLA x The Selection When Mireia is chosen as the new avatar of the sea goddess, her simple life is upended. Now she & her alleged true love, the boy chosen as the sun god, must face a storm of politics & religion that threatens to destroy the land itself. #Questpit #YA #F

Atlantis Moodboard featuring:
Ancient board games, temples with waterfalls pouring into pools, neat ancient fantasy cities, forehead kisses, frolicking in canals amid a palace, beautiful island coastlines, more ancient cities, and cool statues of strange gods.
Center Quote: “From the day you left this village, you became more than merely yourself. You are the Sea Mother. This is the role fate has placed upon you. I told you when you left that I believed this path has opened up to you for a reason. I still believe that. You’ve been given a chance that few others ever have—the chance to change the world for the better. I’d even dare say it’s your duty to do so, now that you have the means.”

L. K. Carter @lkcarterauthor.bsky.social · last yr.

Four witches open a cozy bakery, but the detective next door would do anything to expose them for who they really are. If he succeeds they could be burned at the stake or worse...he could ruin their love lives! #QuestPit #Q #A #F #magicrealism #cozy #witch #romance #RF

Moodboard for a cozy, witchy story including a warmly lit library, a greenhouse bursting with plants, coffee and herbs, a fresh baked cinnamon roll, ivy climbing a brick wall, green marijuana leaves, a sparkling clear crystal, and a woman's hand performing a spell above a worn spellbook

el🦋 | drafting🌿@thatfunkylilfey.bsky.social · last yr.

for fans of ; — SIX OF CROWS + BG3 A shapeshifter driven by revenge. A mercenary captain seeking answers to his missing memories. 🦋 NB MC x Trans Man LI 🦋 they fell first; he fell harder 🦋 what doesn’t kill you better start running 🦋 the fates of two, entwined [ #questpit ; #W ; #A ; #F ]

3x3 grid with the text "MOTHLIGHT by @thatfunkylilfey" laid overtop

row one: a serpent baring its fangs ; a person lying down with a streak of golden light going across their neck ; spider webs

row two: monarch butterflies and a silhouette of a hand to make it seem like a butterfly has landed on it ; text that reads "every face wears a mask" ; a person pressing a hand to their bare chest, where the hand touches there is a glowing light

row three: a skull atop moss ; a person turned away from the viewer with long wavy bond hair ; jaws of a crocodile where only the teeth are wholly visible, the rest is in darkness

kalinka 🦇🖤@cothillion.bsky.social · last yr.

𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 🦇vampires, demons, lycans 🕯️ gothic romance 🥀 corruption arc 🪞 slowly spiraling into madness 🩸 memories rewritten ⛓️ toxic marriage of convenience 🖤 all queer cast minus that one guy ✨ spicy #questpit #q #a #df #hf #dr

Charlotte Hayward ✨@thatchazza.bsky.social · last yr.

DO YOUR WORST x BUSINESS OR PLEASURE Max's to-do list: 💥Suppress his errant teleportation curse 🩺Survive 5th year of med school 🧠Go back to therapy for his OCD NOT on his list: 📰Meet a cute (& nosy) journalist 🎆Fake date her for New Year's Eve 💛Fall hopelessly in love #QuestPit #A #R #F #W

K.D. Lohr @kdlohr.bsky.social · last yr.

A new #agentsguide to FEAR OF THE WEAVER ✨ Enter cursed sands and holy dreams in my 90k YA high fantasy 🏹 returning to the #amquerying trenches after extensive revisions! #questpit #Q #YA #F #agentguide

Emi Lou Lockett @emiloulockett.bsky.social · last yr.

When the Moon Hatched X Curious Tides 🌙 Moon-based magic 💜 Chronic pain rep 🗡️ Enemies-to-lovers 🌊 Stormy vibes ⚡️ Lithuanian Mythology She can read any mind but his. He can control anyone but her. It would have been nice-- if they weren't in enemy triads. #questpit #F #A #R #Q

M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · last yr.

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE ASH HOUSE 1920. the Manor House waits. soon, 8 children will arrive, and the 14-year-old master of the house will begin his games. how do you survive a puppet master when you’re his marionette? 🐊 revising through RevPit ‘25 🐊 #QuestPit #MG #H

green-themed moodboard. From left to right and up to down: a hand reaching through tree bark and foliage; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp some berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a green-lit tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse below a chandelier; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; stylised painting of many crows on a colourful branch; hands reaching through lily pads in pond water.

Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.academics.blue · last yr.

WITCHER x CRIMSON PEAK Survive the winter. Survive the girl. 💉Medical horror 🚨Unreliable narrator 🦥Slow-burn romance 🖤Addiction/chronic illness rep 🩸Blood, so much blood 🗡️Pseudo-period piece 🍎What's with the apples 🪖His father's soldier, not his son #questpit #A #H #W #gothic

a moodboard for a gothic romantic horror in tones of red and black. Images from top left to bottom right are silhouettes of a man with a sword and a woman at night from behind, in front of a large window and candelabra; a close up on an apple with beads of moisture on it; an old manor at dusk or dawn, surrounded by snow and trees; old medical or chemical bottles behind a clothbound journal; a painting of a man playing violin; a wooden writing desk with an open book atop it; a prosthetic ring finger made of metal; a stained glass window featuring roses; old metal syringes; a man wearing a red eyeglass over his right eye; snowy woods with a trodden bloody trail winding through them; an apple tree at night with many apples on the ground; an anatomical drawing of the interior of a man's ribcage, his organs removed and only the ends of the vessels remaining

Background photo of a misty apple orchard. Textbox reads "PITCH:
Recovering from a grievous wound, Sol, a soldier in a secretive unit, is assigned to protect a northern countess’ estate through the long winter.

Convinced at first that he’s being sidelined due to his injury, Sol quickly learns that the threats to the estate are very real & very hungry; only a member of his company could keep the ailing Countess and her shy country doctor Mari alive to see spring.

But when doing his duty could require his death, Sol must choose between breaking his oath & breathing his last, with Mari’s fingers on both the scales and his pulse." Title images for The Witcher, Broadchurch, and Crimson Peak in lower left, title AN ORCHARD OF MOSS by Gwendolyn Vines in lower right.