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NYC writer | strategist | mph she/they 🧡🤍🩷 #amwriting VOW

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mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“If you’re such a people pleaser, name one person who’s happy with you right now.” …Story of Sadie’s life. After agreeing to fake a marriage to her best friend, Sadie’s life gets a lot more complicated when her unrequited childhood crush is the one who starts planning it. #QuestPit #W #RF #LGBTQ

Tate-Madison Bell @tatewrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🌈 If Becky Albertalli wrote The Kissing Booth 🌈 When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process 🌈 Perfect for fans of Heartstopper #Q #YA #questpit

Willow Hawkin's Lessons in Bearding
Clipart rainbow image
YA LGBTQ+ Contemporary 79k words
When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process.

Comps
Book cover image of Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan, non-actor theater kid portrayal
Book cover image of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston, theme of having a complicated relationship with the place you call home
Book cover image of Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas, celebration of platonic love

Tropes and other fun things
High school musical GIF of Troy putting necklace on Gabriella and she asks, "T as in Troy?"
Fake dating
Romance between theater kid and athlete (the sapphic remix of High School Musical you never knew you needed?)
Save the school theater program from budget cuts
MC wants to be an entomologist and has two pet ferrets
Small town in Washington state

elle is 🎊 spiraling 🎊@elleodyssey.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#agentsguide to How to Be the Girl Who Stays! HBGWS is about a grieving teen working through her best friend's posthumous list of dares the summer after HS graduation. 🏔️ Set in Western NC 🌷 Lesbian MC ☀️ Summer-y 🌌 Complex Friendships/Relationships #questpit #Q#YA

Sam Cavalcanti (they/them)@500sams.bsky.social · 6mo ago

MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES meets THE ANIMATORS in this #Upmarket #LGBTQ #A #LF novel about a failed actor, her successful girlfriend, an estranged family, and a life-changing audition. #Q #POC #questpit

A 9 by 9 grid of pictures including a Los Angeles skyline with a plane over it, a multiracial lesbian couple, a meteor shower over Joshua Tree, a star on the Walk of Fame, and a faded polaroid of a married straight couple.

Crystal Lorons @crystallorons.bsky.social · 6mo ago

When 12 y/o Bryn & her bestie Alex fall down, they never expected to face their future selves once they're back on their feet. Now, Bryn & Alex are on the clock as they race to solve their past problems before they’re stuck in the future forever in BRYN & ALEX RACE THE CLOCK #QuestPit #MG #S #SF #W

🍃sage owen🍃@sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Finn’s life is a mess off the rugby pitch. Then a hookup he ghosted arrives at training camp with the clout to wreck his career, so it’s a mess everywhere, actually. Heated Rivary x Ted Lasso 🌈 bi/demi rep 🥺 messy feelings 🎤 mm athlete x journalist 🏉 your crush? At WORK? #QuestPit #lgbt #A #R #W

Moodboard for Sage Owen’s rugby romance novel WIP (tentatively titled The Re-Try). It features 7 images including anonymous men playing rugby, a tidy blond man in a collared dress shirt, Belfast at sunset, two cocktails on a moodily lit bar, and two men’s hands entwined on white hotel sheets.

Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

First year university. Add in: -A not-so-secret crush -Housing that's never quiet, empty or drama-free -BFF’s toxic ex that hates her -A drunken confession she can’t take back -Her first sapphic date/dating disaster. All on an anxiety overloaded brain. Lucy’s fine. Stop asking. #questpit #W #YA

Words ‘Fine means stop asking’ overlaid on top of various photos showing a young woman anxious, studying, with friends, and smiling while holding a rainbow-coloured heart. Further text reads: “Fine sounds less accurate every time you say it”, “soulmates can be platonic” and “It’s pansexual, actually”.

mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In the wake of her estranged mother’s death, Camille’s carefully constructed walls continue to crumble when she’s tasked with planning her childhood best friend’s (staged) wedding VOW 💒 featuring…💫 🏠 Queer found family 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rep 💖 Friends to lovers 💍 Fake Marriage #QuestPit #W #LF #RF #LGBTQ

Kathy Ravyn // Drafting @kathyravyn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🕯️Meet Project.Marcella, a coming-of-age sapphic romance! ~ Themes of religion, perfectionism, and sexuality ~ Slow burn romance (because of course) ~ Part of a trilogy ~ Status? Brainstorming/Plotting #QuestPit #R #W #LGBT #Writing #Writesky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

A moodboard featuring nine photos in a 3x3 grid shape. From left to right, top to bottom:
1. Two girls holding hands walk across a cobbled floor. A large building with arches is seen ahead of them.
2. A worn, tattered book with the text, “HOLY BIBLE” printed on the front.
3. Three girls in school uniforms walking together. Their heads aren’t visible.
4. Lots and lots of candles lit up in what appears to be some sort of church or holy building.
5. Text that reads, “I WANTED HIM TO KISS ME”, except the “HIM” is crossed out and replaced with a scribbled, “HER.”
6. Three girls in school uniforms relaxing. One is sitting down.
7. A girl sitting by herself, looking out of a large arched window with various shapes.
8. A large castle-like building.
9. A hand holding out Christian prayer beads.

Blurred image of many candles with text on top of it:

Project.Marcella Playlist:
1. One (Birdtalker)
2. Mary On A Cross (Covered by Jenaine)
3. Little Miss Perfect (Write Out Loud)
4. good luck, babe (but from the other girl’s pov) (Brielle Anderson)
5. Picture You (Chappell Roan)
6. Monster (Covered by Ahyeon)
7. Butcheress (Rabbitology)
8. Sofia (Covered by Reinaeiry)

Short Pitch:

Marcella Lynch is the definition of perfect — almost annoyingly so. Straight-As, always listens to the rules, extremely faithful, has a sweet catholic boyfriend… even her parents can’t stop telling her how proud they are.

Nothing could possibly go wrong for her, right?

Every part of Marcy’s perfect life threatens to fall apart when the loud, rebellious, and openly lesbian girl moves into her small, catholic town and starts attending the same All-Girls Catholic school Marcy does.

She finds herself weirdly drawn to the girl, and somehow befriends her, causing a catalyst of unwanted and deeply buried feelings to reemerge.

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

💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀 To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits. #YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

Sample page for Feed Me Your Heart - a YA fantasy book with elements of horror and romance

mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔮mood board for the soul-crushing experience of helping your childhood best friend plan her (fake) wedding to someone else 😀 VOW 💍💒 #Questpit #W #LF #RF #LGBTQ

Thomas Macolino @badauthor.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I am seeking rep for CORSAIR THREADS, a queer YA romantic fantasy featuring: 🧵A genderfluid silk thief with murky motivations. 🪡A timid embroiderer with arcane ambitions. 🏴‍☠️A found family pirate crew. 🪡An embroidery-based magic system. #Questpit #RF #YA #Q

GinaDobsonBAB @ginadobson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In 1998, I was arrested for murder after a miscarriage. A plea bargain was my only way out. A world where women can be punished for what goes on with their bodies is a very scary place. It only gets worse. #Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN

Newspaper headlines read: Sederwall pleads guilty to concealing death

Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 6mo ago

MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖 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 #YA #A #F #RF #OS #DIS #EditorsGuide #Editors

Editor's Guide To MARK OF A MAGPIE
Crossover Romantic Fantasy
118k Words

Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas 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 who has 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 be a fool to take up, but with her family scattered across the sea after the draft, a fool is what she’ll need to be to find them.

Five for Silver, Six for Gold…

Seven is set on his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. Once whispers of the past begin to resurface and nobles begin dying around them, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The castle is under lockdown, and all bets for the crown are placed on their capture.

Seven for a Secret, Never to Be Told.

Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines.

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. Picture seven shows a bottle of alcohol. Picture eight has a medieval alleyway. And picture eight shows a ship's crew enjoying a sunset.

There is text below the collage that says: ON SUBMISSION NOW!
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media, contact information available on my website!

Behind the parchment, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

Darya is querying @aryazare.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A DEVOTION SO RUINOUS is a 90K adult fantasy following Soraya, a young woman tormented by a jinn, a dictator, and her first love, as she fights for freedom 🏳️‍🌈 LGBT characters 🧠 Mental Health Rep 🌍 Middle Eastern Setting ✨ Gods Based Magic System ❤️ Lovers To Enemies #️⃣ Own Voices #QuestPit #Q #F #A

Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 6mo ago

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!”
The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death.
“Magic should never return.”
After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended.
Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. LGBTQIA+. Multi POV.

RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈@authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH Journals of a Familiar Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape. #questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT

mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

VOW✨ the canon sapphic event of having a crush on your best friend… and having to help plan her wedding a decade later. find yourself & speak your mind before the church bells ring 💒 🏠 Queer found family 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rep 💖 Friends to lovers 💍 Fake Marriage (with a twist!) #QuestPit #W #LF #RF #LGBTQ

Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

WHEN DEVILS SING X FEAR STREET "Four pieces reunited by sinner's hand may finally break the Curse." Looks like Chava Rose is sinning. 💞 Women's autonomy ✡️ Jewish mythology ❤️‍🩹 Star-crossed lovers who never give up 🌈 Diverse ensemble ⚖️ Strong themes of equality #YA #H #Q #OWN #Jewish #questpit

A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to FROM ONE MIFLETZET TO ANOTHER - Katie Collan - young adult horror 95,000 words" over the outside of a synagogue.

Comparative titles with arrows pointing to relevant descriptions. Titles include: HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER by Justine Pucella Winans, WHEN DEVILS SING by Xan Kaur, Netflix's FEAR STREET 1994.

Captions:

HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER: "Ride-or-die female friendship", "Scream-esque meta humor"

WHEN DEVILS SING: "Deal with the devil"

WHEN DEVILS SING, FEAR STREET: "Small town curse"

FEAR STREET: "Star-crossed lovers", "Women's autonomy"

All three: "Diverse ensemble cast", "Themes of equality", "Exploration of identity"

Pitch: "When a Jewish girl accidentally reawakens an ancient curse over her town, she must fight through mythological nightmares and break the curse before she's torn apart like the demon who started it all."

A mood board featuring a collage of seventeen pictures, with the title "FROM ONE MIFLETZET TO ANOTHER" in the center and the sentence "FOUR PIECES REUNITED BY SINNER'S HAND MAY FINALLY BREAK THE CURSE" overlaying the collage in fragments. From left to right, top to bottom: the Jewish star hanging from a tree branch; a hatchet lying beside a digital camera; a red snake; a hand holding a lighter; a menorah perched beside Hebrew scripture; a Torah scroll; a depiction of Lilith, the mother of demons; a depiction of a powerful demon's silhouette; the entrance to a synagogue; an oak tree in the middle of a grassy field; a Torah scroll; a shadow-covered skull; the wall of a synagogue; a fire-breathing serpent rising above the sea; a luscious, green forest; thick roots of an old tree; a forest that leads into darkness.

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 #DF #Q #QuestPit

questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ In solidarity with the general strike happening this Friday, we’re postponing this week’s event by ONE day. The event will now take place January 31st on Saturday. This strike is important to the both of us and we would appreciate you joining us.

Beck Sroczynski @beck-is-here.bsky.social · 9mo ago

❤️Found family 🧡Coming-of-age 💛Jewish diaspora 💚Queer history 🩵WLW romance 💜Butch MC w/ chutzpah #questpit #Q #A #HF

mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 9mo ago

VOW 💍 Chronic people pleaser Sadie believes her self-sacrificing mindset to be her best asset. Right until she finds herself locked into a fake engagement to her college roommate and her unrequited childhood crush brought on to help plan the wedding. #Questpit #W #LF #RF #LGBTQ

mak @makaroniart.bsky.social · 9mo ago

VOW 💒 In the wake of her estranged mother’s passing, Camille finds herself facing her greatest career challenge yet: running her ex-best friends staged wedding. With her world upended, she must decide between outrunning her past or forging a home from splintered wood. #questpit #w #lf #rf #lgbt

Kelton Davis is ON SUB! 🦇⚰️🤠@keltondavis.bsky.social · 9mo ago

SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky. Corado's about to break all three. 🤠 Vampire Cowboys 🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes 🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities Querying soon! #A #F #W #QuestPit

Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible.
Text:
A Novel By Kelton Davis
Blood Red Sand
109000 Words
Adult Gothic Western Fantasy
Querying Soon

Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark

Title: Comparable Titles
Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian.
Text drawn with an arrow from each image:
Found family (from the Devils)
Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller)
Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit)
Unlikely travel companions (from all).
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Title: Pitch
Text: Corado is just trying to survive the night—every night. Being a nightrunner, one of the few brave or foolish enough to defy humanity's vampire masters to traffic himself and others across barony lines, doesn't make it any easier though. With vampire posses stalking the desert during the day and their ravenous Horde filling the sky each night, it's a miracle he's survived as long as he has. Some of it he chalks up to skill, some to instinct, but he knows that when the dawn comes, the main thing seeing him through the night is good old-fashioned luck.

Nothing lasts forever though, and Corado's lucky streak soon comes to a quick and bloody end. After nighttime attack from the Horde leaves him stranded in the desert with a newly-orphaned boy named Hectar, he finds keeping the rest of the world at bay may not be as easy as he thought. Newfound companion in tow, he sets out to find what remains of the boy's family and finally put the whole thing behind him.

But as he knows by now, no job is ever so simple. As he tries to escort Hectar to safety, whispers of rebellion start drifting on the wind. With a world free of the Horde beginning to look like a real possibility, Corado must face vampires, twisted monstrosities, and the darkness lurking in men's hearts before he decides whether the world he's cut himself out of is one worth fighting for after all.

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