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Sophie Cass (is agented)

@scasswriting.bsky.social

(She/her) 🏳️‍🌈✨ Fantasy author represented by Ciara Finan @ Curtis Brown Literary Agency authorsophiecass.com

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wildly pleased with the traction on my first Substack post—it clearly hit a nerve. Follow-up is scheduled for Tuesday, April 28: YOU DON'T NEED MORE CHEERLEADERS. It’s a reflective look at how to actually cultivate a support system that improves your craft, rather than just inflating your ego.

The Thing Nobody In Your Discord Will Say To Your Face

On why most querying writers stay stuck—and the moment I realized I almost was one of them

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Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Updated #editors guide to my soon-to-be #onsub dual pov eco-fantasy novel SALTSTONE 🌿 ✨ OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER x PAN'S LABYRINTH When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she accompanies a grumpy mercenary into the Wilds to find her. Rep: Ciara Finan

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

✨ The tropes & themes you know vs the ones you don't ✨ OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER x PAN'S LABYRINTH When Olive’s daughter goes missing, she reluctantly accompanies a grumpy half-beast mercenary in a journey through the Wilds to find her. ON SUB SEPT/OCT! Rep: Ciara Finan @ Curtis Brown

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER Join Olive as she journeys to find her daughter through the realms of earth, air, fire, water... and death. 🌿 Dual POV mum/daughter 🌿 Reluctant allies to lovers 🌿 Coming-of-age queer romance 🌿 Everyone's morally grey #queerpit #df #a

austin (🛤️ is querying 🛤️)@austinsgrace.bsky.social · last yr.

HOW TO COME HOME: #queerpit edition An ex-Prohibition fixer and a small-town general store owner must overcome holding their pasts too present in order to build a future together in 1930s America. #amquerying #HF #HR #A

HOW TO COME HOME
Romantic historical fiction, 107k words

Now querying!

Contents:
Queerness w/o a “coming out” narrative
Complicated sibling relationships
Disability =/= disabling
Small-town vibes, big-city secrets
30+-year-old protagonists
Historical queer parenthood

Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · last yr.

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a shapeshifting fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #QueerPit #A #FR #F

Book cover with title "The Heart Devourer's Song" and author name "L. Liu" over illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · last yr.

Brooke isn't just searching for her missing secret girlfriend, Leah. She's searching for the pastor's daughter in a cult-like church that seems determined to deny her very existence. She's fighting for her love. And her sanity. #QueerPit #lesbian #ya #thriller #querying

Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x SO THIRSTY 22yo Casey thought death by vampire bite was a fitting end, until she doesn’t actually die and the vamp uses his sweet talk to woo her into submission. Surviving isn’t enough anymore, now she has to fight to reclaim her agency. #QueerPit #A #H

Background picture of withering plants; google search stating book title "These Mortal Woes" with the results stating:
vampire x human
breaking cycles
cabin in the woods
reluctant alliance
don’t trust the supernatural
preying on the desperate
my new addiction

Andrea Mariana 🏳️‍🌈@andreamariana89.bsky.social · last yr.

EDITORS - London, 1755: Theodora, a destitute young shopkeeper, partners with a company of "mollies" - queer s*x workers - to build a thriving "coffeehouse" ☕️👀 But where hot drinks - and hot love - are for sale, danger is just around the corner...#QueerPit #HF #A #ACE #OWN

Top from left: Copper coins, man in pink 18th C. clothing, purple flowers
Middle from left: close up of 18th C. painting, chess piece, pink 18th C dress
Bottom from left: lavender plants, pink fan, close up of 18th C. stockings and skirt

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

For anyone curious, here's what my dual pov mother/daughter, eco-horror fantasy novel SALTSTONE is all about... (on sub ✨ soon ✨ #editors) #writingcommunity

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

For anyone curious, here's what my dual pov mother/daughter, eco-horror fantasy novel SALTSTONE is all about... (on sub ✨ soon ✨ #editors) #writingcommunity

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Wives Under the Sea x The Witcher When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she reluctantly accompanies a grumpy half-beast mercenary in a journey through the Wilds to find her. ✨ On sub soon ✨ #questpit #a #f #ag #amediting #wip #editors

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

FOR LOVERS OF BRIDE & ANA HUANG When Isadora struggles to keep her aunt’s magic shop open, she marries grumpy demon, Gio, in order to secure his inheritance. If she can make it a year, he’ll give her the funds needed to get the shop out of debt. #questpit #AG #W #PR #R

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

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.

Norees @noreeswrites.bsky.social · last yr.

THE ARCANE ARCHIVES (Spring 2027) 🖤 Book magic 🖤 Yearning slowburn 🖤 Found fam The day her brother vanishes Astra saves an intriguing man tied to his disappearance, together w/ a demon cat & banshee they embark on a quest to find him before it's too late #questpit #P #F #A

Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · last yr.

Presenting to the #questpit & #writingcommunity crew… Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ Kingdom of the Wicked x Crescent City ♥︎Led by a sassy, 'shadow mommy' FMC 🫶🏼Fresh take on Romantasy 🪞#MiddleEasternRep 🚨Fills that Xaden-shaped hole in your life #agentsguide #RF #Q #NA #writersky

ELECTRIC SEXUAL TENSION.
Excerpt reads: There's a possessiveness in how he touches me and I wish I hated it.
"How would you punish me?" I breathe out, unable to control my impulses.
Fingers touch my zip as he slowly slips it down, millimetre by millimetre. My body is completely in his thrall, unable to decipher the beat of my heart from the thump of the speaker's bass.
Cloudy background with one half of a lightning bolt

MORALLY-GREY IS THE COLOUR OF CHOICE...
Two moodboards with information about the two main characters

INCLUDES TOP TIER TROPES...
Four book comparisons: Crescent City, Kingdom of the Wicked, Book of Azrael, Quicksilver with tropes attached
The other half of a lightning bolt with a cloudy background

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · last yr.

⚡️Rave reviews for To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ 🫦“Axel is gonna fill a Xaden shaped hole in my life” 🖤“Lyla is that FMC who kicks ass. Honestly, she’s one of my favourite FMCs!” 😨“The plot twists? ESPECIALLY THAT ENDING? MAN, YOU’RE KILLING ME NOW!” #PosterPitq #RF #Q #NA #posterpit #writersky

Alt text: a pretend movie poster with the title, To Ruin the Sky, a novel by Emma Al-munshi. The K in Sky is the shape of a lightning bolt.
Across the top includes book tropes all rated 5 stars. Tropes are: brokered deal, Middle Eastern rep, good vs evil, enemies and lovers, morally grey book bf and spice (with 3 chilli rating)
The tag line sits above the title reading: will she give into the undeniable chemistry with Axel or risk finding out just how closely her fate is tied to the end of the world?
Background is the sky with the silhouette of a curly haired woman.
Down the left side of the poster reads: now available to all NA/Romantasy seeking lit agents.

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she reluctantly accompanies a grumpy half-beast mercenary in a journey through the Wilds to find her. 🍃 Adult eco-horror fantasy 🍃 Dual POV mother/daughter 🍃 Elemental secondary world #posterpit #agented #f

Chase Grayson is Agented🌙@adropofmagick.bsky.social · last yr.

The rain made it easier to rob his grave. ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

A Memory of Moonkissed Malice
Villain Era Protag
Frenemies to Lovers
Queendoms
Found Family
Fantasy Dark Academia
Vampires
Feminine Rage
Corrupted Moon Magic

The Pitch
18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

Chapter One
The rain made it easier to rob his grave.
My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us.
Us.
As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

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Kelly Beck @kellylbeck.bsky.social · last yr.

“𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘-𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ. 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑑-ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑. I’ve been called a lot of names in my life, but only one stuck: flight risk. I can’t deny running from Rodney, Mississippi." 🛶MEET ME AT THE LAKE x WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING🐊 #1stLinePit #OS #editors

Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · last yr.

"Heat beats me down to a sweaty pulp, the sun ablaze and unforgiving like it’s trying to set the world on fire." - To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ #1stLinePit #q #RF #NA #UF #OwnVoices

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. “𝘈𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵.” 🍃 Adult eco-horror fantasy 🍃 Dual POV mother/daughter 🍃 Elemental second world #1stLinePit #F #Agented #Editors - on submission soon!

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA x THE WITCHER 🌿 Dual POV mother/daughter 🌿 Reluctant allies to lovers 🌿 Coming-of-age queer romance 🌿 Instalove vs slow-burn lust 🌿 Everyone is morally grey 🌿 Eco-horror fantasy 🌿 Elemental secondary world #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE #LuckyPit #A #F

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

Apparently meta dumps are back so here's one for Saltstone, my mother-daughter dual POV, eco-horror fantasy novel 🖤✨ #writingcommunity

Sophie Cass (is agented)@scasswriting.bsky.social · last yr.

Apparently meta dumps are back so here's one for Saltstone, my mother-daughter dual POV, eco-horror fantasy novel 🖤✨ #writingcommunity