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Pat Jacobson

@patjacobson101.bsky.social

The Cookie Lady by day; YA Writer by night; Wife; Mother, etc etc... ✨Cheshire #prize_novel Short-listee 2025

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Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🩸🎸🧛‍♂️ETERNALLY DEAD🧛‍♂️🎸🩸 An injured musician discovers a secret world inhabited by vampires after failing to photograph the bassist of an all-vampire rock band. But when blood shortages hit the Vampire Realm, she wonders 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, 107k 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. Red and black background with red text at the top that reads "the blurb." The text below reads: Celia Sharpe's life-long dream of being a rockstar guitarist ended the day an accident wrecked her hand. Now a New York City concert photographer, she strictly focuses on making deadlines. But when Celia spots a mysterious stranger at a concert she can’t capture on camera, she abandons her job to follow him down an alley—only to be accidentally transported to the Vampire Realm. Stranded and vulnerable in a world of dangerous monsters, Celia has one goal: return home ASAP. But the stranger she followed reveals that he's the bassist of all-vampire rock band Mortuus Aeternum (Eternally Dead), and he offers her a seductive opportunity: if Celia stays, the band's flirty guitarist Caliban will temporarily heal her hand so she can join Mortuus Aeternum. However, she must perform for audiences of blood-thirsty vampires, of course. Trapped in the Vampire Realm with no way out, Celia is conflicted: she might be willing to sacrifice her freedom for Caliban's healing magic and a second chance at living her rockstar dreams, but she risks death if she doesn't find a way home. Especially when blood shortages are announced across the Vampire Realm. How will she survive?Red and black background with a bright red title that reads THE COMPS. Below are four book covers and one movie poster that include brief descriptions beside them. The first is Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London and it's described as an urban fantasy in a vampire setting. Next is Bride by Ali Hazelwood, described as having a steamy romance and political intrigue. Next is The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent, described as having a human fighting to survive in a vampire world. Next is a movie poster for Almost Famous, described as music journalist + rock band = forced proximity. Last is the cover of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, described as having a rock band with secrets and love triangles. The tropes and vibes section includes the following text: grounded fantasy, found family, diverse characters, plot twists, chronic illness rep, slow burn yearning, and twist on fated mates.Red and black background with large red title that reads THE BAND. Beneath the title are six photos with character names and descriptions beside them. First is Celia, described with bullet points reading guitarist, human, chronically I'll, always late, fiesty. Her photo features a white woman with shoulder length black hair wearing a leather jacket. Next is caliban, described as guitarist, healing powers, super speed, super flirty, hiding something? His photo features a latino man in a white shirt with brown hair and some facial hair. Next is Leo, described as drummer, mind reader, angry and broody, quiet yearning, big trouble? His photo is of a Mediterranean looking man with a beard in a leather jacket. Next is Baz, described as a bass player, shape-shifter, golden retriever, mated to Amina, and too sweet. His photo is of a blonde white man with long hair. Next is Amina, described as band supporter, emotion channels, gets sh*t done, mated to Baz, tired of these men. Her photo is of a black woman with long dark braids. Lastly is Dorian, described as a singer, killer voice, big ego but funny, queer af, and might eat Celia?
@karimecc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EVEN GODS DIE. Even Gods bleed. Anuki learns it the hard way. She can't save her brother's life or stop the war. She's been exiled to another realm, and the war goddess Sekhmet wants Anuki to free her. If she accepts, she could save her father... or burn out #QuestPit #YA #Q #F

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫@kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS set in Paxos, Greece 𝑑𝑢 𝑀𝑎𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑅𝐸𝐵𝐸𝐶𝐶𝐴 x 𝑁𝑒𝑡𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑥'𝑠 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝐹𝐸𝐶𝑇 𝐶𝑂𝑈𝑃𝐿𝐸 A PR exec risks her moral compass to help the people she loves when murder is suspected and they all have motive. Esp. the dead woman's husband. The man she's in love with. #Questpit #Q #A #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, 97k Bookclub 'She knew secrets. Now she's dead. Everyone has a motive. PITCH - They're like family to her, but when murder is suspected a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect them. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved.Opening Lines - As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon. 'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.' 'I have plenty to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.' Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.' Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.' 'I want to. Tell me what happened.'TROPES & THEMES - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Slow-burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder COMPS - The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave, The Liars by Katherine Fleet, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
EvelynHail, PhD@evelynhail.bsky.social · 3mo ago

HEARTLESS HUNTER X SLAVIC FOURTH WING 🎭 She, a humble servant posing as Duchess, is his executioner-to-be. 🐉 He, the arrogant Dragon Prince, must save a kingdom from the encroaching Ever-Dark. 🖤 Neither anticipated falling for the one destined to be their undoing. #questpit #NA #R #F #DF #Q

A gothic-style book cover titled "Root and Ruin." Centered is a glowing, cyan-blue dragon coiled into a circle, its scales etched with faint, runic symbols. Golden, gnarled roots extend downward from the dragon like branching veins against the pitch-black background. Text at the top reads "Enemies to Lovers," "Fated Mates," and "Fake Identity," with "An Agent’s Guide" in the top right. Subtitle reads "80k • NA Slavic Romantasy," and the bottom logline says, "She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation."A graphic titled "The Comps" in golden lettering. It displays four book covers arranged in a grid: "Heartless Hunter" by Kristen Ciccarelli, "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros, "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo, and "The Witcher: The Last Wish" by Andrzej Sapkowski.A self-made fantasy illustration showing a halfway transformed, dark-haired man, Prince Konstantin Veliki, with a silver crown and dragon wings. He is carrying a woman, a humble servant Iva, masquerading as a Duchess Zora, in a long, flowing cream-colored gown as they fly through the air. She is his guest but unbeknownst to him, she is plotting to poison him. In the background, a sprawling forest surrounds a magic academy, Kolegium with colorful, traditional Slavic-style onion domes—gold, silver, bronze and green. Each of the domes represents air, water, fire and earth magic respectively. Snippet text at the bottom reads: "Do you always sequester your guests and take flight with them?"A self-made illustration set in the catacombs under the magic academy, Kolegium, featuring classical-style statues on the walls. Iva, in dark armor, rides a bright, light blue-scaled dragon; it is Prince Konstantin Veliki in his dragon form. They face off against a monstrous, ethereal shadow dragon composed of wispy, black smoke and glowing eyes — this is Konstantin’s fallen father Tibor Veliki. A brilliant golden sphere of light, relic of the Slavic god of light, Belobog, called Spark of Creation, floats on a pedestal between them. Text at the bottom of the snippet reads: "Let us dance, little one," the Shadow Dragon hisses in a dry whisper of the fallen. "A worthy foe," Konstantin responds. We take to the air to meet the darkness. Two gargantuan winged silhouettes hover in the abyss, suspended in a precarious balance. They mirror one another; two sides of the same coin, champions of Belobog and Chernobog.
Safah@safahamjad.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Once a famous musician, Abbas Faridi lives a quiet life in Calais, until the death of a migrant boy shatters his fragile anonymity. When a string of similar deaths follow, Abbas is drawn into a reluctant partnership with Dr. Aiysha Obeid in a dangerous search for justice. #questpit #W #A #T #LF

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