iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

so SO proud of all of us who did #questpit yesterday! seeing all these WIPs and writers in different stages really made me smile. we're doing it! following our dreams and putting ourselves out there. I can't wait till all of your books are on my shelves ᥫ᭡. #writers #authors #dreambig

080

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agent’s guide for SADDLE UP, a cowgirl/cowboy romance novel complete at 76k words. Roadtrips, rodeos, and SO much yearning. #questpit #W #A #R

man and woman holding hands staring at a mountain range in the distance. text: an agent’s guide to SADDLE UP a contemporary romance complete at 76k words

background image: rodeo arena with a crowd, woman standing on a horse with her food in the air. text: THE PITCH “When trick rider Scottie Elwood tries to turn down the tour of a lifetime after learning her grandmother is sick, her family recruits her former best friend and current ranch hand Finn Tate to escort her on the road — but when secrets, old wounds, and new feelings get in the way, Scottie has to decide if it’s worth leaving home to chase her dreams. “

text: Comps: You with a View by Jessica Joyce, Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage, Powerless by Elsie Silver, and Homebound by Meredith Trapp. Tropes: friends to lovers, rodeo and roadtrip settings, only one bed (a lot), found family, chasing dreams, grief and losing a family member.

43715

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

HK Smith | Writer @thehksmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

the vibes of THE CELESTIAL RING, my #YA dystopian #SFF To defy the memory-devouring machine god who wants to claim her as sacrifice, Vega must: ⚔️Find her lost brother 💔Ally w/ her first heartbreak 🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget #questpit #Q #F #D #amquerying

A dark space fantasy aesthetic mood board with a collage of photos. Vertically down, from the first column:
1. A violet, light-tinged hole framing a violet sky
2. A faint silhouette of a woman beneath colors like the northern lights
3. Two hands reaching towards one another
4. A sci-fi inspired, dark uniform with a high collar
5. A grand stairwell, perhaps a futuristic religious site, with a single silhouette looking up
6. Two romantic silhouettes against a starry night sky
7. A lone figure with a backpack, standing amongst a shroud of sand-colored fog
8. A hand covered in glitter
9. A silhouette standing in front of a blue-lit circular tunnel entrance
10. A black woman with glitter coating her shoulder, just the bottom half of her face is visible, lips tilted slightly up in a smile
11. A black woman screaming
12. A stream of light breaking through dark clouds
13. An eye turned to show only the whites
14. Figures in robes seemingly suspended in mid-air
15. A figure on a black, sleek futuristic looking motorcycle

None of the images are my own. They are all sourced from Pinterest

68729

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Lucky only needs these things to survive her parents neglect and her growing hunger for love👀 -bread for the ducks -chapstick (lip biter) -tissues for therapy -empty lunchbox (her parents forgot to pack…again) -favorite photos -cookies from her crush! #questpit #A #DR #OS #AG #LF #U SWALLOWED SINS

5328

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

Clara Benson is ✨querying✨ @clarabenson.org · 29/04/2026

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus strikes and brings a wealthy New Yorker intent on marrying the hardworking inn maid. To keep a promise to her sister, she accepts, despite warnings from a medical student who threatens her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

cover photo for Finding Echinacea's Agent's Guide, a couple kissing in a field and the words "a literary historical romance by Clara Benson

Get to know the book!
Enemies to lovers
Medical history of typhus
The tension between duty and desire
Historical Fiction set in 1847
Reconciliation in the wake of broken promises
Complex family dynamics
Money can’t buy happiness
Small village isolated setting
Class tension and social mobility

a mood board for Finding Echinacea; a maid, echinaceas, a pocket watch, church steeple, romantic couples and medical textbook pages

Comps
Titanic for the love triangle, class disparity and overbearing fiance
Rebecca for the hasty proposal from a wealthy man with a secretive past
Dr. Quinn for the small town setting and medical tension

86323

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

Hanna Patrick is Querying @hannapatrick.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Covenant of the Damned (119k rom. fantasy) in microtropes! When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers. #Q #RF #F #A #QuestPit

Cover slide to introduce the microtropes that you can expect to see in "Covenant of the Damned," a 119k romantic fantasy that is now querying. The background is an ethereal oil painting

the microtropes listed are: reluctant allies, only one horse, he's been thirty for the last 230 years, elemental-based magic systems, lady knights, she's the chosen one, and he tends to her wounds. There's an icon of a computer cursor hovering over a box that says "select all," to indicate that all microtropes are present in "Covenant of the Damned"

On this slide there is a painted hand holding a sword and a repetition of the pitch. The image also states that this book is perfect for fans of [Lady] Knights of the Round Table retellings and every Gilmore Girls stan who was rooting for Rory to end up with Jess Mariano.

127633

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

Sam Zoeller | Writer @samzoellerwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If the main characters from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, my adult romantasy murder mystery novel, had access to the Notes app. #QuestPit #W #A #RF

An imagining of the Notes app for Fallon Mercer, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. Her most recent five notes would be:

Lies I’ve told recently (where to even begin)
Things I hate about Reynor (no additional text)
What to wear to coronation (pink dress? Lace?)
Spell ideas (bridge to sneak across to R…)
Doom prophecy (oh gods no one can know a…)

An imagining of the Notes app for Reynor Ambrose, the FMC from Prophecy Fraud & Other Crimes, which is querying in Fall 2026. His most recent five notes would be:

New morning routine (cold shower)
Reasons not to trust my wife (smells too good)
Murder suspects (1. Fallon)
Fallon’s favorite things (hot coffee, grapes, books)
Questions to ask Fallon (what are your hopes and dr…)

63213

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LAMB x MATILDA #questpit When Lucky’s parents starve her of both food and love, it turns Lucky’s hunger into something that yearns for more than she can suppress, which forces her to become dangerously ravenous. 🍽️ 🥀 SWALLOWED SINS #OS #DR #LF #U #A #AG

43414

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

trang ☆ writer @trangnguyenwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SIX OF CROWS x JADE CITY When her mentor goes missing Gemna joins forces w/ fellow mage Ren to unravel the connection b/w the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages aren’t just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #QuestPit #AG #F art by nathcreare

a blue and yellow toned sketch of a woman and a man standing back to back. she is looking towards the front and he’s gazing off to the side. the characters have Asian features and look serious / unsmiling. over the images is the text CONDUCT OF MAGES, Adult Fantasy, Complete at 99K, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “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.”

the words THE PITCH, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, a navy blue rectangle contains the text “energy magic, heists & scheming, found family, research subplot, slow burn, female role models, SE Asian setting”

the words THE VIBES, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

on a pale yellow / blue swirl backdrop, six book covers are shown: Blood Over Bright Haven, Jade City, Six of Crows, Jasad Heir, Foundryside, an Heartless Hunter

the words THE COMPA, represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary Management are at the bottom of the slide

at the top of the slide, a search bar graphic says “CONDUCT OF MAGES”

158242

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My new editors guide for SWALLOWED SINS #questpit For people who are hungry for: -an insatiable appetite for love 🖤 -dark romance 🥀 -obsessive protagonist 👀 - traumatic therapy sessions 📝 #OS #DR #A #LF #U #AG

107930

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

#questpit eve! making sure my bows are tied around my posts and everything is nicely wrapped for these editors tomorrow. will be cheering everyone on! good luck 🫶

080

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Working on my #questpit posts on a Monday feels like a fab way to start the week! Who’s participating?

2160

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Cracked this bad boy open to get ready for #questpit ! Can’t wait to get editors eyes on my work and to support fellow authors. Let’s repost each others work ✨

0160

Reposted by Alexis ✍🏾

questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Less than a month until the spring season #questpit event!! We’re so excited to see all your works. Will you be pitching something new?

8469

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Remember when we could read a book in one sitting? Yeah…bring that attention span back #writer

000

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Being a writer is constantly hearing my characters voice in my head and then wondering if I’m super creative or mentally ill #writer #writinghumor #author

020

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

why can’t technology take what I think and just print it for me instead of me writing it all down manually? So much for being in the future 😭 #writer #morningthoughts #writerproblems

000

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Can anyone survive Lucky’s bottomless hunger that her parents could never suppress? Or is she willing to devour everyone who she loves so they never leave her again? Strangers by Ethel Cain x You #DVPit #A #LF

000

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

What’s on the menu for Lucky: Appetizer of parental neglect 🏠 Main course of codependent friendships 👯‍♀️ Side dish includes obsessive romance 🥀 And for dessert? Abandonment 😭 Hope you’re hungry! BONES AND ALL x YELLOWJACKETS #DVPit #A #LF

010

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Lucky didn‘t know being hungry for more than food was possible. At 10 years old she hungers for her parent’s love. At 16, she hungers for her best friend’s codependent attention. And an appetite for romance lingers below. But sometimes gluttony is more dangerous than we realize. #DVPit #A #LF

000

Alexis ✍🏾 @authoredbyalexis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

What happens when your workaholic parents only love and feed you on Sundays? Lucky craves closeness more than anything, but that craving sabotages her relationships. Her parents starve her of affection, creating an endless hunger for more. YELLOWJACKETS x BONES AND ALL #LF #DVPit #A

200