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rihdara klay 📖 @rihdaraklay.bsky.social · Oct 27
LET THEM *BE* CAKE 🍰
Under a fascist empire led by a queen whose touch can turn bodies into sugar, a grieving royal translator finds solace in outlawed books. But when caught, she must escape and lead the revolution inspired by her defiance, or face being turned into royal dessert.
#roundtablementor
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mmwilliams24.bsky.social
SUPERNATURAL x FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

After a starved+beaten girl runs through the donut shop where he's working alone, Grayson has to convince his teammates she's in danger & hiding in the woods

The only problem? She's a famous influencer & her accounts are posting as usual

#QuestPit #YA #W #MY #PR
Over an olive-green background, there are three images. In the upper left corner is an image of a blue football helmet sitting on a football field at night. In the lower right is an image of coniferous trees cloaked in fog. In the center is a snippet from my book which reads: "The very moment her mom drives away, I blurt, “She’s gone. You can come out.” Willow worms her way out from under the counter, looks me in the eye, and then starts running out without saying anything. “Wait!” I exclaim. She pauses, watching me warily, as I fumble for something to say. Something smart, firm, and reasonable that can get me answers about what's thing is happening right now. About whether she’s safe. Or whether she’s dangerous. Instead, I ask, “Maple bar?” She grabs one from the display case and bolts out the door, and the donut shop is quiet again. Like nothing ever happened, except for some dirt on the tile and a trash can out of place."
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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dallasrosebooks.bsky.social
Now #amquerying: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER

When budget cuts threaten her district, new teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her dream job—and avoid falling for him.

#QuestPit #A #R
Agent pitch guide title slide: LEARNING FOR YOU, Adult Contemporary Romance Pitch blurb: Due to impending budget cuts, high school teacher Jules Clark's dream job is already in jeopardy before it's even started. With each department set to get rid of one new hire, Jules must compete with the annoying(ly handsome) former lawyer, Adrian Pierce, to keep her place. Where she finds herself in over her head, he seems to breeze through it all. He also pops up everywhere, from heated encounters in the copy room to a tension-filled work karaoke league, culminating in an assignment to collaborate on a joint teaching unit. As they spend more time together, Jules finds she and Adrian have a lot in common...including a simmering attraction that becomes impossible to ignore. With one job and two of them, Jules worries their growing chemistry can only lead to resentment. Though she lets Adrian in, old fears of not being good enough consume her as the deadline looms closer. If she lets selt-doubt take over, Jules could lose everything-not only her career, but also the love that's right in front of her. Tropes and Vibes: Golden retriever love interest Workplace rivals to lovers Karaoke league shenanigans Complicated family dynamics Forced proximity/collaboration Strong female friendship With the academic setting and workplace rivalry seen in YOU BETWEEN THE LINES, ONE ON ONE, and THE MAKEUP TEST Hazy yellow moodboard with images of teaching, karaoke, books, and rumpled bedsheets 😏
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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authortaylorleigh.bsky.social
Locke Lamora X ODW

To save her sick sister, visually-impaired thief Nefeli agrees to a treasure hunt for a lost relic. As her sight declines with each use of magic, she must outwit dragons, powerful magic, and—worst of all—politicians before her world goes dark for good.

#questpit #Q #A #F
Black and white background of desert sand dunes with white script "The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Agent Guide" Background of black and white desert sand dunes The Pitch Nefeli's gift of sensing magical relics has made her a world-class thief, but tapping into her power comes with a cost: her vision. With every use of her magic, her degenerative eye disorder worsens. A few more heists and Nefeli fears she'll be left with vague shadows in the dark—something she's avoiding at all costs. What use is a thief who can't see what she's trying to steal? But when her sister Sadiya's fragile health crumbles, Nefeli must choose: her sight or her sister. Against Sadiya's wishes, Nefeli agrees to a dangerous job posing as a noble at a political summit. If Nefeli can hunt down a long-hidden relic for a secretive influential family, she'll earn enough for her sister's treatment. The catch? The summit is crawling with dragons, scheming politicians, powerful magic users…and worst of all, Kadir, a former fling who knows Nefeli's not who she claims to be. Nefeli only has a fortnight to find the missing relic before access to the palace closes for another century. If she's going to succeed, she must rely on Kadir's help, despite the risk of him blowing her cover at any moment. And with her vision tunneling in, completing the job will force Nefeli to confront her biggest fear: without her sight, who is she? The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Background of black and white desert sand dunes The Snippet "I'm scared," she whispered. "I'm scared of the day I open my eyes and there's nothing left to see. It doesn't matter that there are aids or that so many people thrive without sight. I know that one day, my memories of what things look like will fade—and they will. Even now, I forget constellations that I used to be able to see. Like those constellations, all other images will fade into the darkness until I don't remember the details of a sunset, or the flash of Sadiya's smile. I will be trapped inside my head, smothered by the knowledge of just how much I've forgotten." The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh Black and white background of desert sand dunes The Comps Two lines of photos, top includes the covers of A Dance of Lies, Godkiller, and One Dark Window Botton line includes The Stardust Thief and The Foxglove King The City of Dragon Glass by Taylor Leigh
January 31, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
An Agent's Guide to CALL OF THE ELDER.

🐉 Jewish Fantasy
🐉 Agent interest
🐉🐉 DRAGONS 🐉🐉

When a dragon elder summons Eila, the last priestess of her people, she must travel across hostile lands to find him before insanity sets in and she fails her family.

#QuestPit #A #Q #F #agentsguide
Cover slide for an agent's guide to the high fantasy novel, "Call of the Elder." It has the tagline, "She must answer his call or face a fate worse than death. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. Pitch for Call of the Elder. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. The Pitch Reads: Fifteen years after violent raids stole her people’s magic, Eila lives a lie. Hiding her forbidden magic, she does everything she can to keep her disabled father warm and fed. The tattoo on her back marks her as dangerous–the ones on her wrists hide her as safe. When, one night, a dragon elder summons her, Eila has no choice but to travel across hostile lands to find him. On the way, she is joined by a king’s soldier from her hometown and a bounty hunter from the east, both of whom want to help her, though their motives are their own. The three of them must work together to get Eila to the vast mountains, find the elder, and deliver an omen to all of the world before the call of the elder breaks her. For Fans Of: with five book covers: The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Jasmine Thrown by Tasha Suri, and An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. Underneath is a list of book features: Epic fantasy stories, dragons, female power, slow burn romance, compelling characters, jewish stories, intricate world building, inherent queerness, and religious critique. Between each feature is a little golden dragon. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. First Line: "Based in the light of a cracked oil lamp, Eila struggled to breathe." The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. There is a mood board in the center with varying pictures depicting elements of the story, such a dragons, romance, a pistol, prayer, fire, and a woman in a dress. In the center is the phrase: But the gods heard them, the gods pitied them, the gods intervened. On each side is a list of story attributes: Multi POV, Adult Second World Fantasy, First in a Series, Political in Nature on one side; 1800's Aesthetic, Non-Western Cultures, Has made every beta yell at me, Queer MC and LI on the other.
January 31, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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kikumi67.bsky.social
26 yo, unemployed, Iris wakes in her mother’s body months before the wedding she knows is destined to end in divorce. Stuck in a loop of the best and worst times of her mother’s life, Iris will rewrite history for the person she loves most even if it means ceasing to exist.

#questpit #A #W #U #S
Hand holding bouquet of sunflowers with the titles Till Death Do Us Part in the middle, along with mention of this being a Speculative WIP Conjoined wedding bands, and email notification and butterflies on notebook paper, along with a pitch and comp titles: Freaky Friday x Margot’s Got Money Troubles. A sticky note with a list of concepts and themes
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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carolinekwriting.bsky.social
SINNERS x INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE x BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL

❤️Vampire marriage bonds
🖤Dark secrets Femmine rage
🖕🏾Black/African rage Ancestral Magic
💔Narrative that spans 200 years 🖤🖤Forgotten memories
❤️Ride or die love
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #R
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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athenakane.bsky.social
TAMSYN MUIR x HUNGER GAMES x BACHELORETTE

Pretending to be a man, Dorian enters a deadly tournament to kill the priestess whose magic is draining the planet & pursue her interests: swords & women. But in the labyrinth, the cameras aren't the only thing she must evade.

#A #SF #F #LGBT #W #QuestPit
Top Left - Angel in mist with wings spreading over praying worshippers Top Middle - a skyline of a city in ruin Top Right - A woman with black hair whose neck is held by a shadowy mist Middle Left - a white drone against greenery, looking like a butterfly Middle - a woman with a painted face a black gothic veil and crown, holding a bouquet of yellow flowers Middle right - an abandoned ferris wheel Bottom left - woman pressing a knife to someone's chin Bottom middle - a broken sarcophagus Bottom right - bloodied fists
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
rihdaraklay.bsky.social
WE HARVEST THE CARNAGE
a fantasy horror about a college freshman who joins a club of pre-meds to harvest the organs of the elite with body magic
🫀dark academia x body horror x STEM
🫀south asian rep x bi4bi
🫀vengeance, moral ambiguity, & guts galore
#questpit #W #A #F #H
medical illustrations of a skull and a spine in the top left corner; a bronze statue of Lady Justice in the top right corner; a picture of a red brick house and a tree mid-autumn with red and orange leaves hanging on its branches in the bottom left corner; and a close-up of michaelangelo’s david in the bottom right corner.
January 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
rihdaraklay.bsky.social
#amquerying just a reminder that im querying an adult dystopian fantasy based on the french revolution and featuring a found family, a love triangle (of sorts 👀), and a hint of cannibalism 🫀🧁🍰 heheh pitch is pinned!!! 🎂 #writers
January 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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smossman.bsky.social
SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN x PIRANESI

A cat is murdered by her owner. Reborn as a human-shaped godling, she competes against 99 others to ascend to godhood for revenge—until she meets a godling who knows things about her that she isn't supposed to. #BluePit 📖 #A #F #H #DF #W #DIS #POC
A moodboard for the adult dark fantasy, GODCAT, featuring liminal spaces of a closed grocery store, an indoor pool, and abandoned house, an illustration from Dante's Inferno, a silhouette smiling in a red background, and a cat with a knife.
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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kingmanwrites.bsky.social
Facing foreclosure on her family farm, Laney summons a demon to cast a spell of autumn over the desert. As shadows deepen and visitors begin to die, she realizes a far greater danger exists beyond the train tracks: a desert siren and her blood bound caravan. #ya #un #roundtablementor
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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lamaritiwrites.bsky.social
High school freshman Izzy navigates familial tensions, the status quo and the quest to be her authentic self, with

🧡 messy aroace coming of age
💛an even messier family
🤍 chaotic queer found family
🩵 FASHION AS SELF EXPRESSION
💙creating your place in the world

#roundtablementor #YA #Con #UN
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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hhoshino-writes.bsky.social
Nisha J. Tuli’s NOT SAFE FOR WORK x SUITS

⚖️ law school rivals to lovers
🤌 forced proximity
💼 workplace romance
❤️‍🔥 slow burn
🌶️ banter as foreplay

#roundtablementor #A#R #UN
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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sonjajkaye.bsky.social
Natalie pretends to be a good girl at the country’s most elite boarding school but secretly craves to hurt(kill?) people. Wouldn't that be more fun?

When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.

Until someone dies

#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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rachaelallysa.bsky.social
BIANCA TORRExLAMAR GILES

When town sweetheart goes missing, Etta can’t pass up the chance to fix her financial issues and debunk the town swamp monster. But when fact blurs with fiction, it leaves her overwhelmed questioning who—or what—she can trust
#roundtablementor #YA #M #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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eshuberty.bsky.social
20 years ago, Sloane’s best friend vanished in Widow’s Woods. It’s only one of the forest's strange tales, and when Sloane’s daughter Noah discovers an altar, she's led to the truth about her family’s role in a cult that once satisfied the forest’s bloody demands. #A #H #AG #roundtablementor #horror
A book cover-style graphic for "The Girls of Widow's Woods," a novel by E.S. Huberty on submission, with the descriptors, "Adult folk horror, Yellowjackets meets The Blair Witch Project, mother-daughter POVs, cults and generational trauma, and coming-of-age, coming-of-rage."
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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shayalinsusan.bsky.social
Max thinks the tradwife cult her sister joins is weird but harmless…till the bake-offs turn into human sacrifices.

🏠Tradwife influencers
👹Hungry ancient evil
🪓Sacrifice disobedient women
🏳️‍🌈Sapphic Horrormance
🎂Baking battle
🎃Halloween gone wrong

#roundtablementor #YA #H #UN
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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tleungabbott.bsky.social
A CITY FULL OF SANTAS X FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS, FOREVER

Novice baker Bonnie wants to gift her neighbor some holiday sweets. But after a series of kitchen catastrophes, she’s ready to give up until she learns a piece of home is a gift from the heart in DUMPLINGS FOR CHRISTMAS.

#RoundTableMentor #PB
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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janeallisonperry.bsky.social
CIRCE X MIDSOMMAR

In an isolated commune formed by one immortal woman and her hundreds of magically-inclined daughters, a firstborn son must find a way to lock himself into a perpetual state of boyhood or else risk exile into the terrifying world of the Man-Beasts. #RoundTableMentor #A #F #H
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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perlazul.bsky.social
Yaretzi, born with hooves and horns, fell in love with a human girl. After being defeated by the hero, Yaretzi is haunted by Lelor’s ghost, trapping them both in madness.

The Sound of Marigolds is a story of grief, regret, forgiveness, and love.

#roundtablementor #F #NA #UN
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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cjorwrites.bsky.social
#Roundtablementor #A #F #R #UN A maiden stripped of magic must seduce her people’s greatest sea-faring enemy – then use him to break her curse and regain her family’s long lost honour. THE FOXGLOVE KING’s scheming protagonist meets A FATE INKED IN BLOOD's swooning romance inspired by Irish myth.
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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emblaauw.bsky.social
AMARI x MEGAMIND

When a magical villain school recruits (aka kidnaps) 12y/o Carsen, she must win her freedom by becoming the best villain in her grade, or else the school will use Carsen’s strange magic to return her supervillain aunt to power. #MG #F #UN #roundtablementor
A mood board with the title "The Villainous Institute for Better Education" in the center, surrounded by graphics of dark towers, kids fighting with magic, and robotic creatures and dragons. Beneath the title it says "a middle grade novel".
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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jameshgemmill.bsky.social
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE x COME CLOSER x WE USED TO LIVE HERE

A closeted, disgraced investigative reporter follows the lure of a paranormal entity tied to her family to uncover the truth behind a decades-old tragedy haunting the small town her mother ran away from. #roundtablementor #UN #A #H #M
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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jamiesuwrites.bsky.social
Introducing my agent’s guide to THE ART OF COMMUNICATION, an adult rom-com! ☕️📸

FUNNY STORY x LUNAR LOVE x THE LOVE WAGER

Featuring:
💐 Friends to lovers
🥵 Slow burn
❤️‍🩹 Healing after heartbreak
🤝🏻 A strategic alliance
🫰🏻 K-drama vibes
💒 Need a date to a wedding

#agentsguide #roundtablementor #A #R #UN
An Agent’s Guide to The Art of Communication. Adult Rom-com. 91,000 words. Selected for the 2025 Round Table Mentor Program. Pitch: In need of a date to face her recently engaged ex, a shy, aspiring web designer strikes a deal with a charming freelance photographer to help each other score dates this summer—there’s just one catch: he’s also her ex’s wedding photographer. Comps & Tropes: The Love Wager by Lynn Painter, Funny Story by Emily Henry, the K-drama Business Proposal, Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen, and The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest. Featuring friends to lovers, slow burn, healing after heartbreak, a strategic alliance, K-drama vibes, and need a date to a wedding. Mood Board: A collage with five images. Image 1: A man and a woman lying affectionately on the couch together, next to a coffee table with a camera and scattered photographs. In one hand, the man is holding an open book and caressing the woman’s head with his other hand. Image 2: A man in a striped shirt looking at the camera he’s holding. Image 3: A smiling woman in a white floral dress. Image 4: An album cover of the song blue - with MINNIE by yung kai and MINNIE. Image 5: An album cover of the song Daylight by Taylor Swift.
October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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chelseahwrites.bsky.social
BRIDGE KINGDOM x CRESCENT CITY

Monster hunter August Finch is hardly thrilled to work with the most feared monster of all to catch her mom’s killer. But as they close in on answers, she realizes there’s more to the murder—and to the monster she’s falling for.

#RoundTableMentor #A #F #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM