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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 1d

They've probably sat on their shelf unread for years too

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

it's giving Wayward!! Sounds so good

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

F IS FOR FALLING
YA sapphic romance (55k words)
💔 ex-best friends to lovers
🏫 teenage self-discovery
🪩 prom night confessions
💬 snappy banter
#questpit #Q #YA #R #witingcommunity #amquerying

Title slide featuring a blurry school background. Text reads: F is For Falling YA Contemporary Romance, 55k words. Ft. Enemies to lovers, sapphic romance, snappy dialogue, and coming of age tropes.

Pitch: When a struggling artist and her overachieving rival are forced to work together for a high school art project, their cut-throat remarks ease as past feelings resurface and they realize they may have more in common than not.

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

DROWNING IN FLAMES - YA Mystery (85k words)
💜sapphic romance
📚secret society at girls boarding school
👠feral girls
💔friends to lovers to enemies
🧩passageways
#questpit #Q #YA #M

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Blair read the letter for the third time, her eyes darting left and right, a horrid knowing look in her eyes.

She faced me. "We can't go to the Headmistress with this," she said.

"Why not?" I asked.

"My name is on here. Expelled member or not, this letter reveals that !
broke school conduct. Curfews, prohibited gatherings..."

"But you could explain that you were forced into the society," I said.
"Just like I would."

"But the difference would be you didn't do anything past breaking curfew. I got a teacher fired, Emmaline. If the society goes down, then so would I. So would we." She glanced at the letter again, fire in her eyes. "And Sylvia knows it."

Three young women are highlighted, each labeled with roles: Emmaline (MC) as "New girl," Blair as "Outcast," and Sylvia as "Class president." Background shows school setting. Text hints at mystery involving hidden treasure on campus. Emmaline is tied to a crime mystery, Blair and Sylvia have conflicting interests. Tone is tense and mysterious.

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

these graphics are so good!

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

DROWNING IN FLAMES - YA Mystery (85k words).
Accused of attempted murder on her first day at her late mother’s prestigious alma mater, Hawthorne Academy, Emmaline Berry teams up with outcast Blair to expose a secret society someone will kill to keep hidden.
#QuestPit #Q #YA #M

A three-panel aesthetic collage featuring moody, emotional scenes paired with text excerpts.

Left panel: A person with long hair sits at a desk lit by a computer screen, their head bowed over papers. Text reads: “And it was then that I decided: If finding out who poisoned her was what I had to do to stay, then I would do whatever it took. I would work harder than I ever had before. Maybe this time it would be worth it.”

Middle panel: Two people sit across from each other on a window ledge at night, talking closely. Text reads: “Her kisses drowned and ignited me all at once, like a flame dancing in the water that should extinguish it but only made it burn brighter.”

Right panel: A person with long hair sits by a calm lake surrounded by trees. Text reads: “‘If she was getting better, then how…?’ It wasn’t a complete question, but the implication was clear. I let the words tumble out before I could change my mind. ‘I killed my mother.’”

Comps slide featuring: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee, The World Cannot Give, Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven, and Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson.

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · 2d

F IS FOR FALLING
When a struggling artist and her overachieving rival are forced to work together for a high school art project, their cut-throat remarks ease as past feelings resurface and they realize they may have more in common than not. #questpit #Q #YA #R #writingcommunity

A pastel pink and teal background of school lockers with a photo of two girls standing close together, one holding notebooks against her chest and the other’s hand visible near hers. Text over the image reads: “YA Contemporary-Romance — 55K words. Enemies to lovers. Snarky banter. Sapphic romance. Coming of age. Second chances. Dual POV. F Is For Falling. Out in the query trenches!” Small doodles of hearts and circles highlight the phrases.

Comps include Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth, Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler, and She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen.

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Oct 3

this is so real honestly

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Sep 30

Thank you!!

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Sep 30

I am so late to the train, but HI #writingcommunity of Bluesky! Making the switch.🦋

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Sep 30

An #agentsguide to:
DROWNING IN FLAMES
(YA Mystery, 88k words)

Messy girls, buried secrets, and the lengths they go to keep them.

💜sapphic romance
📚dark academia
🏫girls boarding school
💔friends to lovers to enemies
🧩secret passageways

#amquerying #WritingCommunity

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samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Sep 30

Comps slide that got cut:

samantha ✨ is querying ✨ @sothisisam.bsky.social · Sep 30

In honor of finishing edits, here's my #agentsguide for my new #YA sapphic contemporary-romance.

For fans of Dahlia Adler and Kelly Quindlen, F IS FOR FALLING is to remind queer teens that, although it feels like it at the time, high school is temporary. #amquerying #writingcommunity #lgbt #wlw

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