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Daniella is querying
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Fantasy writer. Milk before cereal apologist. Reality TV connoisseur. 🪷🪬🍉 Querying my Crossover Fantasy: ROOTED IN DUST
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Daniella is querying @dse-writes.bsky.social · Mar 17
INDIAN🪷 SHADOW & BONE X THIS WOVEN KINGDOM

Penniless, anxiety-ridden Sarahi must keep her 12 magics hidden from the golden prince💖who has her heart and his brother who wants her dead🔪to become a royal informant and save her family from ruin.✨

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #F #RF
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katcrino.bsky.social
THRONE OF GLASS x THE ARTFUL DODGER

When the king’s Shadow-wielder deserts her post to rescue her brother, she reluctantly allies with a charming con-artist to escape the city and save him.

⚠️Warning: Sarcastic, slow-burn banter below

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q
January 31, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social
SADDLE UP, a contemporary romance

Scottie’s family ranch is struggling and her grandmother is sick, but a life-changing rodeo tour with her former best friend and ranch hand means she has to confront her fears, her grief, and her guilt in order to chase her dreams.

#questpit #W #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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lindamaleh.bsky.social
PERCY JACKSON but with witches!

16-y/o Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to stop a nefarious witch from coming back to life and bringing a horde of monsters and malicious spirits with her into NYC.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
In the Shadow of a Witch mood board
January 31, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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catierobinson.bsky.social
THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, an adult contemporary romcom with a sapphic romance

Meet Mina and Cam, the dancers working together to save Mariner Beach Ballet. Will a last-ditch performance at a casino raise the money they need, and bring them together along the way?

#questpit #R #A #W #LGBT
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀

To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits.

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
Sample page for Feed Me Your Heart - a YA fantasy book with elements of horror and romance
January 31, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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catierobinson.bsky.social
HEATED RIVALRY- level yearning, in the dance studio

Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom!

#questpit #R #A #LGBT
The Nutcracker Gamble, agents guide. A contemporary sapphic romcom. Two dancers in tutus sit on a stage, leaning towards each other The pitch, with a dancer from The Nutcracker’s snow scene in the background and a light purple text box Two dancers backstage with a purple text box A dancer laying on the stage doing snow angels, with comp titles in a purple text box
January 31, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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katcrino.bsky.social
THE HOUSE OF HANDS, a YA fantasy

Meet Katerina and Azrin, the brutal assassin and the silver-tongued con-artist

☀️Sunshine/black cat
🔥Slow Burn
⚔️Reluctant Allies
🫣 He falls first

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social
Two childhood friends embarking on a roadtrip through the Wild West while Scottie chases her dreams navigating guilt and grief and Finn figures out how to chase his and still get the girl.

Here’s my agent’s guide to SADDLE UP my cowgirl/cowboy romance 🤠

#questpit #W #A #R
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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lindamaleh.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES

16-y/o witch Haley Thorne teams up with her new friends to go on a quest through a monster-infested realm before:
💀 A nefarious witch comes back to life
🐉 Monsters overrun NYC
💥 Malicious spirits hunt and possess the city’s witches

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
Meet the nyc witches in In the Shadow of a Witch Haley Thorne - FMC Alanna Kim - best friend August Finnley - love interest
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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sofiatrepp.bsky.social
Ró always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress.
Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀
#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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sofiatrepp.bsky.social
Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back.

🫀 Cultish magic
💀 Deadly personality tests
🧌 Scandinavian folklore
🖤 Romance á la OUABH

WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES

#YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit
Feed Me Your Heart - Intro Page Themes for Feed Me Your Heart Comps for Feed Me Your Heart Pitch for Feed Me Your Heart
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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katcrino.bsky.social
If the king of Adarlan had raised Aelin Galathynius

Katerina's shadow magic has thrust her into the heart of a war, where she must decide between absolute power at a nation's expense or destroying the king who made her.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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lindamaleh.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all.

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA
In the Shadow of a Witch agents guide, cover page. YA fantasy. 83k words. In the Shadow of a Witch elevator pitch In the shadow of a witch comps In the shadow of a witch excerpts
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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stefannymonga.bsky.social Stefanny Monga Author @stefannymonga.bsky.social · Oct 8
POWERLESS X WEDNESDAY

Ascendants are being hunted for their mental abilities. When Riza develops an unknown chaotic elemental power capable of decimating anything in its wake, she allies with dangerous Eli to find the hidden monsters and a plan that could destroy her entire home. #SF #F #YA #DvPit
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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thehksmith.bsky.social HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · Oct 8
“To survive, you must forget.”

On a brutal planet, people feed memories to an AI God.

Cursed for sacrifice, Vega cheats death with forbidden magic. But the curse doesn’t break, it hunts.

To save her vanished brother, she must uncover what the world erased.

LEGENDBORN x DUNE in #YA #SFF #F #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · Oct 8
Southeast #Asian MISTBORN x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

#A #F #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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jlingaas.bsky.social
SIX OF CROWS x DISHONORED

Industry, magical whale-oil, and exploitative capitalists -- and one disillusioned thief decides to raid the most secure oil vault there is.

But he can't do it alone.

🐳 Victorian whalepunk
🐳 Fantasy heist
🐳 Class rage
🐳 Found family

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #F #A
Moodboard of a grimy, whalepunk fantasy heist novel called Wavewaker. Wavewaker Tropes & Themes: - Underdog MC - Socioeconomic disillusionment - Morally grey characters - Found family - Star-crossed lovers - Grounded magic system - Undercover heist Excerpt: A row of crimson whale-oil lanterns shepherded guests through the gated courtyard and towards the main entrance of Nocturne Hall, like buoys guiding ships through the dark. The ethereally pale structure stood silent, its roof curved and packed with servants’ windows, more patriotic red spilling out through crimson stained-glass windows and drenching white balconies wide enough to be boulevards. This red-eyed monolith belonged to Sovereign Ylva Torn, chairwoman of the Echelon, and was the subject of the yearly masquerade. A perfect place for the rich to carve up the world a little finer between themselves, with spiked iron fences to keep out undesirables. Aside from those they invited in, of course.
March 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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christianaasberg.bsky.social
Where the Tides Tremble.

🌊 A boy bound by a strange magic.
🔥 A runaway princess with blood on her hands.
❤️ A slow-burn romance.
🌩️ Tides changing, and with them, the fate of the world.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA
#amquerying #F
March 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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katexmachina.bsky.social
PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE is book club-ready speculative fiction with two scoops of romance. It's all about a widow navigating fame, art, and searching, above all, for the feeling of being alive.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #AmQuerying #Adult #PopUpPit
Against a background of an oil painting of a bouquet, the Agent's Guide for PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE, a 90K word book club-ready work of speculative fiction. By Katherine Spada, @katexmachina on Bluesky and @kat_ex_machina on Twitter. A two-paragraph pitch that should be high contrast enough for a screen reader. Images representing comp titles: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, Akira Kurosawa's film Dreams, the Playbill for Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, a photo of Lucy Dacus performing Ankles on a late-night show. The Mood Board including a picture of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Frida Kahlo's Self Portrait with Monkey, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, Kylie Minogue at Michael Hutchence's funeral, Bisa Butler's The Safety Patrol, a still of Amélie and Nino riding a moped around Montmartre.
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
If you love someone, let them go. Avoid them for ten years until you're invited to the same wedding. Don't ruin everything again. Unless they do it first.
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
An Agent’s Guide to None of This Was Real Adult Contemporary Romance 82,000 words The pitch: When reunited with her ex after a fatal accident tore them apart ten years ago, Jasper must decide if she should just let go of teenage lust or let herself fall back in love with the one that got away, who maybe she shouldn't trust so easily. every summer after, seven summers, normal people, happy place, how to hide in plain sight Excerpt: “Oh, and you come to my house to just hang out?” he said. “Yeah?” I said. “Where else am I going to go? Ask my mom if I can borrow the car so I can avoid the family overstimulating me?” “I’m your only option?” “No, there’s always your mom,” I said. He rolled his eyes. “I’m busy,” he said. “Doing what?” “I have shit to do for work,” he said. “And the cat sitter keeps calling me about things that are not an emergency. And you show up and you just want to hang out. I don’t have any new trauma to dump on you today.” “So, you want me to leave?” I said. “Please, Jasper, get out of my room before I do something without thinking it through,” he said. “We’ll both get hurt.” “Oh, so you want to f*** me, don’t you?” I said. “I don’t know if I can do this again,” he said. “I gave you everything and you threw me away.”
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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jalwrites.bsky.social
Here We Go Again x It's a Sin

Whilst honouring his uncle's dying wish to reunite six drag queen activists, a young gay man hears the truth about his adoptive mother. With her past about to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
On the left, the title THE DRAGNIFICENT SEVEN is written, with the text angled vertically. To the right is a 9 square moodboard. In the four corners are images of drag queens. Top middle is an image of an LGBTQ+ rights protest in black and white. Bottom middle is a picture of a piece of colourful modern art. Middle left is a road map with a magnifying glass and set of car keys resting on top. Middle right is an image of a young man with medium length hair walking through a city at night. In the centre is a pile of newspaper cuttings with the words 'are the dragnificent seven back?" written over the top in a fake headline style. On the right hand side and acting as a background image, is a drag queen waiting in the wings. If you use a screen reader or rely on alt text, I always aim to make picture posts as inclusive as possible. If I can improve in any way to make my posts more accessible to you, please do reach out and I will take your feedback on board for future posts.
March 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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kiddyjoy.bsky.social
NAUSICAÄ x EMILY WILDE

Heidi has a plan: scorn her suitor, keep his money, and start her research. It’s perfect - if she can survive long enough in the cursed forest to finish her thesis.

🪲 Cozy-yet-unsettling Fantasy
🏳️‍🌈 Queernormative world
📚 Academia

#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F #LGBT
A collage of images, starting from top left and going clockwise to center: Elinor Dashwood from Sense & Sensibility, tea being poured into a teacup, a journal with a diagram of a flower, a pink with black spots truffle pig, a partially shadowed hand writing on a chalkboard, a clump of light pink blooming flowers in a forest, a brontosaurus skeleton in a museum, a desk with flowers and journals, and in the center a diagram of ancient plants.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

House of Valentine - 98k words a gothic fantasy w/ a b-plot romance. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #G #R #booksky #LuckyPit
'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, overlaid with watercolor illustrations of a skull roses, daisies, and pine trees. The title 'HOUSE OF VALENTINE' is prominently displayed in large, elegant white letters. Below the title, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' and 'AGENT & EDITOR GUIDE' in smaller white font. The overall aesthetic is moody and romantic, with a gothic fantasy vibe. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'EXCERPT' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a poetic passage: 'If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? Wouldn't you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? Of course you would. That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence. But let me tell you: it’s a lie. A cruel promise. Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality. Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, embellished with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'BLURB' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by the blurb: 'When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn b-plot romance that will leave you breathless.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple. 'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee, focusing on tropes, themes, and comps. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The text 'TROPES & THEMES & COMPS' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a list of tropes and themes: 'ROMEO & JULIET, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALLIES TO LOVERS, MORALLY GRAY CHARACTERS, VAMPIRE SOCIETY, SLOW BURN.' The image includes three book cover comps: 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice, 'The Beautiful' by Renée Ahdieh, and 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness, each framed with a pink border. The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.
March 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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mlbaskerville.bsky.social
In here you will find…🌼🫖

🎭Broadway Vibes
💕Adoption and Found Family
🫖A Gentle Monster who LOVES Tea
🤑A Greedy Warlock
😈A Rogue Fae
👹A Murderous Abomination
🤒 Chronic Illness
💀Death and Grief
🦷A Deadly Curse
🍱 Magic Food

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #amquerying #agentguide #agentsguide #litagents #PopUpPitA
March 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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cjvickwrites.bsky.social
SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB'S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES x SUBURBAN HELL

💋feminist rage
💅1980s setting
💋the darkest of deals
💅satanic panic
💋found family
💅generational heartache to healing

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #H #A #PopUpPit
March 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM