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Alex Mish is Querying (+writing) @alexandramish.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I told my 5-year old son that an agent didn’t want to read my book (i.e. passed), and he said, “I want to read your book, and I think it will be great.” 😭 Kids - they drive you crazy and then they say the sweetest stuff like this. 🥰 #publishing #query #author #writer #writingcommunity

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Alex Mish is Querying (+writing) @alexandramish.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The rollercoaster of querying is brutal! Just when I’m feeling optimistic again, another pass comes in. What do you all do to stay positive?

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Alex Mish is Querying (+writing) @alexandramish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

As a designer watches her Paris Fashion Week debut, each outfit recalls a trial or tribulation that brought her to this moment. THE DESIGN OF HER LIFE is a WIP full of love, loss, and luxury fashion. 💅 Fashion 🥖 Paris & Parisian men 💘 Romance and heartbreak 🪡 Haute couture #questpit #w #a #r

A beige- and pink-toned mood board of Design of Her Life, a romance novel set in Paris. A picture of sewing haute couture, fashion shows, baguettes, and the Eiffel Tower.

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Stella B James @stellabjames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

#questpit #Q #YA #F 99K YA Crossover blending the voice of Six of Crows with the dynamic romantic tension of The Mummy ✨grounded fantasy ⏱️time travel as a unique magic system ❤️‍🔥 slow burn romance 📚dark academia vibes 🗡️high stakes

Moodboard with pictures of a girl reading, a couple in front of a clock, an investigation board, hung Polaroids, a young man with dark hair and dark clothes, a confident looking young woman with blonde hair, a couple sneaking a kiss, a couple reading together

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"If you can't be kind, be quiet."

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Andrea Homoya is revising as a ✨2026 #RevPit Winner!✨ @andreahomoya.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🍺 She makes cider 🍺 💰 He makes money 💰 💦 Things are about to get juicy💦 CIDER SEASON | An upmarket contemporary rom-com. Currently revising as a 2026 #revpit winner. Re-entering the query trenches with a sub-ready manuscript in 6 weeks. #questpit #q #a #r #u

Background: A close up of a glass of cider with foam and carbnation bubbles.

An agent's guide to CIDER SEASON
2026 RevPit Winner
A 75K word upmarket contemporary rom-com

Background: A lake in the mountains.
Pitch and Plot
Two years after a devastating breakup left her jobless, homeless, and heartbroken, Phoebe Skiles has made a name for herself crafting high-end, European-style cider at Appelle. When Elise, Phoebe's best friend and CEO, hires a consulting firm to keep Appelle from shuttering its doors for good, Phoebe finds herself living her worst-case scenario: putting her professional life in the hands of Miles Newport, a finance bro with a toddler's palate. Miles is convinced the only thing that can save Appelle is ‘pivoting’ to a ‘consumer product’ with ‘mass-market commercial appeal’.

Phoebe sets out to save Appelle and discovers that there’s a lot more to Miles than cashmere sweaters and Stylus pens. He's working overtime to bring on a high dollar client to repay his estranged father’s investment and support his best friend's working-class parents. With so much already on the line, what are Phoebe and Miles willing to risk for love?

Background: Apple blossoms
COMPS: Emily Henry's Funny Story, BK Borison's Lovelight Farms, Linda Holmes' Back After This, Sarah Chamberlain's The Slowest Burn
TROPES: Slow burn; found family; rivals-to-lovers; workplace romance; unique setting; small business; big stakes; disastrous meet-cute; witty banter; emtional depth.

Background: A bunch of people reaching forward to cheers with their glasses.
OPENING LINES: Phoebe Skiles sat back on her heels and blew a sweaty curl out of her eye. No matter what she used—elbow grease, power washers, EPA-regulated caustic—the concrete floors never gleamed like she wanted them to.
If she could ask her 17-year-old self to predict where she’d be in ten years, on her knees scrubbing yeast sludge off the floors wouldn’t have cracked the top hundred. Teenaged Phoebe would have chosen something more professional: a custom power suit, a corner office overlooking downtown Seattle, a Brazilian Blowout.
Like most teenagers, Teenage Phoebe was an idiot.
After years of striving to rise above her circumstances, she was much happier in a warehouse than she’d ever been in a cubicle. But every job has its downsides, and the weekly deep clean of the cidery floors was definitely a downside.
A drop of sweat fell from her forehead into the puddled suds between her hands.
Okay. Sometimes she missed the cubicle.

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Rebeccah Sheridan @rsheridan92.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Currently querying THE SLOW BURN! LOVELIGHT FARMS X THE LOVE HATERS, perfect for agents who love Emily Henry's banter and Abby Jimenez's exploration of complicated family dynamics. #questpit #q #a #r

A photo collage including an image of a couple and an image of dinnerware. The Slow Burn, an 80k word romcom. An Agent's Guide.

A photo collage, with the text "THE BLURB" followed by a 2 paragraph blurb about the novel.

A photo collage, overlaid with the images of two comparable books including The Love Haters by Katherine Center and Lovelight Farms by BK Borison

A photo collage with an overlay including the tropes of the story

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Alex Mish is Querying (+writing) @alexandramish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A LINEAGE OF LIGHT 🌟 A YA portal fantasy / coming-of age adventure featuring: 🔑 a secret society ⛩️ portal to a higher dimension 🗺️ global adventure 💃 strong female lead ❤️‍🩹 healing generational trauma 💰 anti-patriarchy vibes 🌟 Higher Selves 🌍 A new Earth #queatpit #ya #f #q

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Alex Mish is Querying (+writing) @alexandramish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A LINEAGE OF LIGHT 🌟 a YA fantasy adventure. 🌟 A secret society sworn to protect Earth’s hidden parallel world 🌟 An evil organization hellbent on destroying it 🌟 A young woman who must decide if she will embrace a new identity or risk losing everything she loves forever #questpit #ya #fantasy

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Ethan Nichtern @ethannichtern.com · 02/02/2025

This all gets very interesting at the point that Blue State residents stop paying federal taxes, and Blue State governments start working out their own trade agreements with other countries. At this pace, this might be happening by the end of the week.

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