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@naaanwrites.bsky.social

21, cs major, part-time romcom enthusiast—writing in @icelollyreview @aurorajournaI and more; reads @theflatink

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's #DVpit month! #DVpit is a bluesky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities to pitch their projects to literary agents and editors! And we've prepared a month of pre-events to help you prepare for the main event on Sept 30, 2026! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info!

B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊@brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WOLF WORM x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN THE TREES HAVE TEETH - An Appalachian Folkhorror "Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her." 🌲 Nature and rot 💀 Death as an entity 🍄 Botanical Horror ⛰️ Set in the mountains 🐇 Eerie folklore 🍂 Isolated setting #QuestPit #A #H #W

PITCH

Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her. She’s nineteen the second time. And Olive knows Death always comes in threes.

In the heart of the Appalachian mountains, something wicked lingers in the woods. Olive grew up running barefoot through the trees without fear of what might be lurking. But when the woods begin to devour anything that encroaches with ruthless hunger, and a mysterious man who claims to know both the cause and the cure appears at Olive’s door, she may have to face Death for the third (and final) time. If she doesn’t, the town and the boy she loves will be eaten whole.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

COMPS
Wolf Worm, Don't Let the Forest In, Hazelthorn, Morsel, Hollow

Botanical Horror, Appalachian Mountain Setting, Nature & Rot, Isolated Setting, Eerie Folklore

moodboard featuring mountains, eerie woods, and trees

krista is writing like a maniac ❦@kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#questpit #W #A #F #blackbooksky ACOTAR x LOTR x DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS x AVATAR: TWOW 🫐black fae, elven, and dragons 🫐all three are at war with each other 🫐half fae and half elven mc who is looking for her family 🫐gatekeeping warlocks 🫐'this society grows uglier by the day.'

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

An agent's guide to BARGAINING OUR FATES🔥🗡️aimed for the fans of The Poet Empress & These Violent Delights A convicted palmist unites with a vindictive prince, who she is assigned to kill, to revive ancient magic else his father would kill them both #questpit #YA #Q #F

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

XO KITTY x NOT HERE TO BE LIKED A viral video claims that Meenal deceives her parents for dancing. The co-captain she hates now offers to fake-date to cause a distraction & suppress the hate. It might work if Meenal buries her past with him for the future. #questpit #Q #YA #R

Q’Zion T. Gipson has a ✨ BOOK DEAL!✨@qziontgipson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Presenting a gorgeous reader's guide for my debut YA climate romantasy novel, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, which will be releasing in summer of 2027! 🌸 Stay tuned for more exciting updates! #QuestPit #YA #F #P #TBP

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

A Reader's Guide to THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA Climate Fantasy Coming Summer 2027 by Q'Zion T. Gipson

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

PITCH - After a failed experiment to make plants live forever, all toxic vegetation was burned for the sake of humanity. In 2091, when 16-year-old Vee discovers Evergreen, an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry, she must embrace the forbidden magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and The Human Realm fall to an eternal darkness.

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:
COMP TITLES
Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar: Enchanted Garden
House of Marionne by J. Elle: Botany Boarding School
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: Found Family

On an off-black background with gorgeous pink flowers and butterflies:

THE VIBES
A mood board consisting of 9 square photographs with a green, blue, and, pink, yellow and white color scheme. In the center, there is a teenage Black girl in an enchanted garden, with the photos surrounding her illustrating the beauty within it: a feeding hummingbird, a calm lake, baby ducklings, a resting butterfly, and magical white and pink blooms.

In white text, there is a list of tropes in THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, including:
Black girl MC
Plant magic system
Near future
Magical blooms
Botany boarding school
Found family
Human x fae romance
He falls first and harder
Female friendships

Florrie Auclair - Querying and Drafting @florrienne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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).

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

THIS TIME IT'S REAL x XO KITTY Minal uses lies to please the people she loves. When a viral video sabotages her reputation as the dance team’s captain, her rival offers to fake-date. This 1 lie rapidly becomes true & she can’t escape without heartbreak. #questpit #YA #R

Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️@chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

THE SUN DIAMOND PRINCESS & THE BLIND ASSASSIN #questpit #Q #A #RF 👸Bi-racial #BIPOC FMC 👨‍🦯Blind #Disabled MMC 🛌One bed at the shepherd's hut 💔Triangle between love and duty 🌲Pining, slow burn 🌶️Spice 💍HEA with a wedding

Moodboard.
Text in central square:
The Sun Diamond Princess & the Blind Assassin
106K Adult Dual POV Stand Alone Romantasy by Elise Betz

Images: Windswept tree by a grray rocky coast, character art of Myra and Arzhang standing face to face, Rocky coast of warm, eastern Mediterranean city by blue waters, Castle across a long bridge, a carriage followed by armed men on horseback, character art of Arzhang pinning the emperor down with a knife to his throat, character art of Princess Myra in a shredded white gown with a sword/cane, holding hands with Arzhang in court dress and the emperor standing behind them in formal military blue dress, character art of Princess Myra in her leather breastplate sword practice gear.

paige is querying 🌿 a raven song 🌿@thewormwoods.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For my last #QuestPit post of the day, a moment for the romance in A RAVEN SONG: 🗡️A disgraced queen and the tattooed elven soldier who strikes a bargain she can’t refuse. ❤️‍🔥A shipwright’s daughter and a rebel heiress she should keep her heart, and her veins, away from. #Q #A #F

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x SIX CRIMSON CRANES A desperate palmist who must kill the vindictive prince to save her family instead unites with him to bring back the extinguished magic in their province. If they fail, her family dies & palmistry is banished. #questpit #YA #Q #F

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE GILDED WOLVES A desperate palmist who must kill the vindictive prince to save her family instead unites with him to bring back the extinguished magic in their province. 🤍forbidden romance 🔥feminine rage ❓moral ambiguity #questpit #YA #F #Q

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

When a 17 y/o palmist is accused of treason & might lose her parents & palmistry to a tyrant, his son, who should have died as per her grandpa's prediction, offers her the crown in exchange for his life. If they fail, they die & magic never revives. #questpit #YA #Q #F

Megan A. Saraceno | Author @meganasaraceno.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Mulan x Avatar: The Last Airbender x Fourth Wing A woman rejected by the gods steals her brother’s place in war and manifests forbidden divine power while falling for her lethal commanding officer. SONG OF THE SICKLE Adult romantasy, 118k words #Questpit #Q #A #RF

An Agent's Guide to Song of the Sickle, an adult romantic fantasy, 118k words, First in a planned series. Background picture of wheat field. Big picture of amber ring and smaller picture of incense burning.

The Pitch, with small pictures of a military training camp and an old watchtower covered in moss. What if Mulan had magic, and instead of being rejected as a bride, she was rejected by the gods?

Comp titles include The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem for hidden identity and forbidden magic, Blood and Steel by Helen Scheuerer for training ground romance, and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig for weaponized faith system.

the opening lines of the book, beside a picture of a sickle with wheat. Tomorrow the gods would judge me. Tonight, I pretended they didn't exist. I swung the scythe, blade slicing through wheat. My shoulders screamed, but at least the burn was honest. Sweat carved tracks through the chaff dusting my skin, but I kept moving. One more row. One more bundle. Anything to keep my thoughts at bay.

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 5mo ago

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀folklore horror 🥀snarky ghost hunters 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater 🥀dysfunctional family dynamics #questpit #WIP #YA #S #H

A moodboard containing 12 images, including painted flowers, candles, old photographs, and a bird.

Luna 💫@lunacwriting.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure. They bargain to save each other. But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too... #questpit #F #R #Q #OWN

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

poppy war ended! lessgo for the dragon republic

Wera @eggqueenwera.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2026 Q1 #ARCreviews are up! Included: 🔹QUEEN OF STARS by Mariel Araya 🔹THE PRODIGAL TIGER by Samantha Chong 🔹THE SCALES OF LOST HARMONY by Jasmine Willis 🔹SEA BLOOMS by H. P. Lane 🔹AICHA by Soraya Bouazzaoui Read here ➡️ www.weraniyom.com/post/wera-s-... #jaderabbitreviews #booksky

Wera's 2026 Q1 Arc Reviews

Read Wera's ARC reviews for releases slated for January through March 2026!

weraniyom.com

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 7mo ago

poppy war is taking so long to finish but i am so determined to get through it because it is so good and i don't wanna give it injustice by not reading each line thoroughly😭😭😭

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 8mo ago

came on this app after a very long time

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

thanking my angels, got selected in this awesome event!!! so excited!!!! thank you #revpit for organizing such a wholesome event

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#RevPit #10Queries Winners have been drawn at random and assigned to editors (also at random), and emails went out to those whose submissions were selected. Join us Oct 24 to get tons of helpful querying advice. Anyone can benefit from this feedback, even if you weren't selected or didn't enter

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!!

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

loved #DVpit thank you to everyone who interacted, no agents like unfortunately, but enjoyed reading a lot of pitches <3 good luck to all of us

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE JASMINE THRONE Praanvi & Ahsaan are destined to fall in love, the only problem is Praanvi's a goddess aiming to rescue her convicted mother, & Ahsaan can make it past 20 if he kills the goddess & changes his status quo from a rakshasa. #YA #F #DVpit #OWN #POC

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Introducing my THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THE JASMINE THRONE #YA for #DVpit featuring— 👿fashionable demon with a deadline to die 🗡️a goddess yearning to escape responsibility ♾ forbidden romance 💌reunion of sisters + revival of magic 🌙"The moon's beautiful." "Yes." *while staring at her* #F #POC #OWN

nandini: querying💌@naaanwrites.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A dying Rakshasa. A rusticated healer. A convicted Vishkanya. A broke consultant. A desperate Rajkumari. An unskilled goddess. They must steal the crown—if they fail, their recruiter disowns them, the foes kill the goddess, and they have no home to return. #DVpit #YA #F #Asian #OWN #POC