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Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 3w ago

SHATTER ME X POWERLESS When a predator falls for her prey, she’ll have to decide between winning his heart or devouring his soul. 🖤Allegory for BP 🖤Morally Grey FMC 🖤Elemental power comes at the cost of time 🖤Succubus Lore 🖤Darkness vs Light 🖤Self Discovery 🖤Found Family #DVpit #RF #YA

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 3w ago

SHATTER ME X POWERLESS Elemental power comes at the cost of time & Onyx can steal time. By devouring a soul, she gains their power. Liam has a rare gift - he can manipulate the mind. His soul would free Onyx of the King’s control but Onyx learns time with Liam is worth more than power #YA #RF #DVpit

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 3w ago

VAMPIRE DIARIES X GREEK The Fates wanted Ryka dead, but the vampire prince wanted to know her before losing her. He turned her in secret & made a deal with the reaper. To earn her immortality, Ryka must pledge the vampire sorority. But the prince owes Death a soul: be it hers or his. #DVpit #RF #NA

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 4w ago

#DVpit #DVparty Opening lines to Vampires on Greek Row #NA #RF

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch@dvpit.bsky.social · 4w ago

#DVParty Time! It's Day 3! Tease the projects you plan to pitch during #DVpit! Day 3 (9/27/2026): Post your opening line! As always have fun and be respectful! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

#DVParty Day 3: september 27, 2026
Post your opening line

post on bluesky with #Dvparty hashtag. Open all day!
please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed.
Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit
follow at @dvpit.bsky.social or go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 4w ago

#DVparty #DVpit Opening lines to THE DEAD GENE #NA #RF

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch@dvpit.bsky.social · 4w ago

#DVParty Time! It's Day 3! Tease the projects you plan to pitch during #DVpit! Day 3 (9/27/2026): Post your opening line! As always have fun and be respectful! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · last mo.

SHATTER ME X POWERLESS Onyx doesn't want to save the world; she wants Liam's soul & if she helps him defeat the king, Liam will give it to her. With his rare ability, her mind will never be controlled again. She’ll have to decide what’s more important: his heart or his soul? #preDV #R #F #NA

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · last mo.

VAMPIRE DIARIES X GREEK The Fates wanted Ryka dead, but the vampire prince wanted to know her before losing her, so he turned her in secret & made a deal with the reaper. To earn her immortality, Ryka must now pledge the vampire sorority. But the prince owes Death a soul: hers or his. #predv #na #rf

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Morally gray FMC with anger issues (devours the souls of others) Elemental Magic backed by science (🤓) Succubus lore (reimagined) Exploration of trauma (a lot of it) Slow-burn romance (if she touches him, he’ll die) [Querying soon] #questpit #na #rf #rewrite

B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI When one of them is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—& ball-busting puns—to solve the crime before they're all butchered like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #Q

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV

Editor’s Guide To:
The Things We Run For
YA Contemporary with Romance and Mystery
82k Words
Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1996
Run. What a powerful instinct.
Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after.

The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know:
-Runaway in Hiding
-Fake Identity (turned real identity)
-Mental Health Rep
-Genderfluid and Pan Rep
-Found Family
-90s Small-Town Nostalgia
At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1996
“The Hills have Eyes”

There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook.

In the bottom right, it says ON SUB SOON

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

Lark is at rock bottom. Betrayed, career in ruins, lying to everyone she loves… and the holiday market she’s working keeps running her into a man who smiles like he’s never met a problem. 🔥 slow burn romance 🤫 secrets 😒🤠 grumpy/sunshine 🏘 small town 🌶🌶 reluctant chemistry #QuestPit #w #a #r

Mood board for Sage owen’s STILL untitled small town holiday/Christmas romance novel. Includes a dark haired woman, a man in a cowboy hat, snowy small town countryside scenes, a holiday market, a piano and acoustic guitar, a woman cuddling a golden retriever, and a close up of a man and a woman’s hands loosely entwined.

Excerpt from an opening chapter of a sage owen WIP, text as follows:

The enormity washed over her again. Lark pressed palms to her
face. "What did you do, Neil?"
"I just told a reporter friend-under condition of anonymity," he winked like that should fucking matter, "—that there was a story there!
There's no way it'll come back to you."
"It already has! I got a call from Marshall promising me legal action
for breaking my NDA!"
"But you didn't do it." He sounded smug, like he'd found a magic
loophole.
"Guess what! If my boyfriend knew it, then I obviously did break my NDA!" which was frustrating because she'd never told Neil or anyone else, but he was smart enough to realize songs he'd heard her practicing in the apartment eventually became international hits over the last year, and she'd been singing them before the album came out.
The problem wasn't that she thought he wouldn't notice. The problem was she'd thought he loved her enough to keep his mouth shut.
The problem was she'd been stupid and trusting.

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is a stock illustration of a microphone, and the user’s account name is “no comment, @burnermicrophone26”

Post reads: My (26f) boyfriend (27m) discovered my biggest secret and sold it to a tabloid, and now I’m unemployed, getting sued, dragged on the internet, and hiding from it all in my childhood bedroom in my small hometown

Screenshot of an AITA-style post. User image is an anonymous photo of a man in a black Stetson cowboy hat, and the user’s account name is “Billy @runmercerrun”

Post reads: I (23m) have a comfortable, quiet life in my smal hometown. I work hard, love reading, and go dancing with friends.

2 years ago I got my heart broken by my childhood crush (worth it). Now I’m ready to fall in love for real, and I can’t find the right woman. Am I just unlucky in love?

Linda Maleh @lindamaleh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What my NYC teen witches are googling as they prepare to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop a nefarious long-dead witch from coming back to life. Percy Jackson-but-with-witches! #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

In the Shadow of a Witch - Haley’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - Alanna’s google searches

In the Shadow of a Witch - August’s Google searches

Stella B James @stellabjames.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SIX OF CROWS x THE MUMMY A time traveling bounty hunter with a debt to pay and knack for disaster needs to steal and return a time altering relic to Fate and her Council if he has any hope of buying back his freedom and saving the immortal he loves. #questpit #Q #YA #F

Moodboard collage with pictures of a couple in front of a large clock, a store of clocks, a couple kissing, a girl reaching for the stars, rusted clocks, a couple in historical clothing, a boy consoling a girl in a room, a sign that reads “I think we met before”, and a photo of an investigation board

Sierra Janae (Farrare) | Fantasy Author @bysierrajanae.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SAINTBORN | 93k | FANTASY ROMANCE AVATAR x SHADOWHUNTERS In a world where the Saints are the source of all magic and power, a powerless thief discovers she is the heir to a Saint that shouldn't exist—and becomes the truth an empire will destroy to protect. #Q #RF #QuestPit

Dark fantasy graphic featuring a stone angel statue with wings and a halo holding a spear, layered over a textured black background with a cream paint stroke. Large gold serif text reads “SAINTBORN.”

Fantasy novel synopsis graphic with gold serif title text reading “THE PITCH” over a dark floral and marble statue background. White text reads: When magicless thief Aurenna Taerwyn steals a relic from the capital’s most secure vault, she triggers a forbidden power, and sparks a vision of a massacre. The Saints the empire worships didn’t ascend; they were murdered in an empire-sanctioned genocide. Now, as an ambitious Magistrate moves to bury the secret, Aurenna discovers she’s not just holding a truth—she’s found the genocide’s only survivor. To liberate him, Aurenna must master the chaotic magic she was never meant to have and decide if she’s willing to burn down an empire to do what's right, even if she burns with it. Highlighted phrases include “forbidden power” and “sanctioned genocide.” "Burns with it" is circled. Atmospheric dark fantasy vibe.

Fantasy book comparison graphic titled “THE COMPS” in large gold serif lettering. Two fantasy novels are displayed against a glowing cathedral-like background: The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino and Godkiller by Hannah Kaner.

Tamara 🌽👻🍁🎃🧛‍♀️@tamaratoday.bsky.social · 6mo ago

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Left to right.

Top Row: Playing cards that spell out LOVE. A martini glass with a clear drink, dice, and a floating candle inside. A Queen of Hearts card with its eyes scribbled out.

Middle Row: Stairs and an elevator with moody red lighting. “Life is a gamble.” An eerie red hallway with many doors and chandeliers.

Bottom Row: A joker card with a demon on it. A beverage being poured into a glass. Playing cards that are three 6s.

K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨@jundlife.bsky.social · 6mo ago

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

'Hat' - 84K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature
moon stuff
Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. 13 Months Haunted

EvelynHail, PhD @evelynhail.bsky.social · 6mo 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.

B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

Top left: distressed title “DAD BODIES” with a dagger through the letters and red blood splatter on a black background.
Top right: blurb text describing five dads solving their detective friend’s murder during a gaming retreat using TTRPG experience and humor; includes “74K words,” “20+ requests,” and “Big 5 interest.”
Bottom left: thematic keywords in red and white—“dad friends,” “irreverent humor,” “dark & stormy night,” “cosmic horror,” and “final dad”—above silhouettes of figures with X-shaped eyes.
Bottom right: comparison panel referencing “John Dies at the End,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Jumanji,” with small images/posters and red splatter accents.

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Onyx consumes the souls of others to survive & gains their elemental power. Liam has the rarest gift of all: the ability to control the mind. His gift can free Onyx from the King, but taking it means losing Liam and her heart might need him more than the hunger. #questpit #rf #na

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Are we predestined to be good or evil? ⚔️ Morally gray FMC with anger issues (devours the souls of others) Elemental Magic backed by science (🤓) Succubus lore (reimagined) Exploration of trauma (a lot of it) Slow-burn romance (if she touches him, he’ll die) #posterpit #na #rf

Gia @writingwithgia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It looks like it might be early May before I reopen to queries. While you wait, I've updated my Manuscript Wishlist & included tools I hope will help you as you polish off your projects for me or other agents. www.tinyurl.com/cathiesmswl

Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I absolutely would love to see more #LGBTQ+ stories in my queries next week. I like vegan characters. I'm not a fan of time travel stories or stories with circus settings. #MSWL

P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"I love romance subplots that heavily feature yearning." @alexandragrana.bsky.social #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉 This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here! You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕

The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

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Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm opening to queries on Monday and will be posting some #MSWL thoughts today. Check my website for full guidelines but I'm open to adult fantasy, adult science fiction, adult horror, adult mystery/suspense, and young adult horror. I'm not looking for MG, most YA, or romantasy at this time.

Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'll be coming up with some posts for this today myself. But remember your book doesn't have to be a perfect match to my #MSWL to send it to me. If I'm open to your genre and you think we could be a good fit, please query me! Link in my pinned post.

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

17yo Zach’s plan to help his friend Stella get back with her ex: 😈 sabotage his teammate’s new crush 🦸‍♂️ dress as his favorite superhero 📝 leave secret notes in her locker (and no trace) 🎄 kiss her at the Christmas market … well, shit! #RC #YA #Cupit

AGENT’S GUIDE:
Halloween purple background; A nerdy YA Cyrano retelling; comics; hearts; superheroes

AGENT’S GUIDE
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The pitch: He’s slow. He’s awkward. But he tries hard.

AGENT’S GUIDE
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awkward comic nerd: a boy hidden behind a comic book
Insecure fangirl: girl texting

AGENT’S GUIDE
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Comps : Convention setting (Shipped) ; Mistaken identities (Tweet Cute) ; Friends to livers (Not Here To Stay Friends)