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authorlauraditieri.bsky.social @authorlauraditieri.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Falling in love was never part of the plan. But magic has a way of complicating even the simplest ingredients, and the heart rarely follows a recipe. ☀️He falls first 🍂Small-town romance ❤️‍🔥Slow burn 💕Found family 👥Light dual POV 🌤️Light grumpy/sunshine 🥧Dough-lightfully punny #questpit #Q #A #R #S

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Nicole Ward @authornicoleward.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

TWO CAN PLAY X TILL SUMMER DO US PART 🥊 rivals to lovers ⏳ slow burn 🔥 wicked hot banter 🛌 only one bed 💕 he falls first (and harder) 🙈 hidden identity 🌶️ open door spice 🤓 SLGs GAME OVER 💜🎮😈 is an 82K word contemporary romance set in collegiate esports #questpit #Q #A #R #querying #agentsguide

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Krithika and Maheshwari Rajesh (are querying 🥰) @rajeshtwins.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER but make it South Asian and queer. Twin warrior princesses. One best friend with kidnapping tendencies. Now they all have to master their elemental powers before their kingdom kills them for it and starts a war. #QuestPit #F #YA #Asian #Q (Image credit: Pinterest)

Desi inspired place, women dancing, and nature scene

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WightCrow @wightcrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HUNGER GAMES+FOREST RUNNERS+THE PRINCESS BRIDE It started as a simple love story: 1 spy, 1 gal, & 1 govt mind-control chip designed to wipe memories. Add out-of-control agents & a secret rebellion—plus betrayal & ptsd—and this meet just got a whole lot less cute. #QuestPit #Q #NA

A tracking board, like one used by officials who are hunting down fugitives, features a collage of pictures on top of a map of New England. Headshots of a nonbinary pilot and a woman are on the top of the board, with another picture of them kissing on the bottom right. The board also shows a golden, old-fashioned plane that they used to escape. There is a picture of a microchip off to one side that shows the woman fighting a government agent, and a picture on the other side that is marked "top secret." In the center of the board is a gif of the woman holding a gun and pointing it at the viewer. She smirks and says “it’s good to see you, too.” The following message is scrawled across a scrap of paper at the top of the board: “in a game of mind-control, love and choice are always a memory apart.”

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Julie Cassidy @juliecassidy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Two costars secretly marry on impulse when a joke goes too far, then let their studio sell them as a fake couple for the film’s press tour—until their real marriage leaks, turning Hollywood’s perfect love story into a scandal that threatens both their careers. #QuestPit #A #R #Q

A moodboard with nine photos. Top Row:
1. A close-up of a white woman with red hair in a black slip dress, her hand brushing her collarbone.
2. A dim, candlelit dinner scene with a couple seated close together; the man’s arm wraps around the woman’s waist as she leans into him.
3. A man in a dark suit sliding a ring onto a woman’s finger, their hands framed softly against a blurred background.

Middle Row
4. The Hollywood sign at golden hour, partially silhouetted against a hazy sky and green hillside.
5. A couple kissing, their faces close, lit by sunlight. She’s a white woman with red hair; he’s a white man with brown hair and stubble.
6. A cluster of paparazzi snapping photos, bright flashes bursting.

Bottom Row
7. A glamorous couple on a red carpet, photographed from behind as they stand arm-in-arm beneath spotlights and across from a bunch of paparazzi.
8. A white man in a black tuxedo walking down a red carpet, his hands adjusting his jacket.
9. A close, intimate shot of a white woman with red hair in a sparkly black dress wrapping her arms around a white man’s neck, their bodies pressed close.

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M. Leigh Author ✨NOW QUERYING✨ @mleighauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A small-town Texas widower falls for his mysterious roommate, featuring... 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ queer joy 👀 roommates-to-lovers 💖 aching slowburn 🌙 chaotic chosen family ✨ quirky small-town vibes ❤️‍🩹 grief is a process + mental health rep SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN (73K, adult LGBTQ+ fiction) #QuestPit #Q #R #A #LGBT

An agent's guide to Sounds Like A Plan, an adult LGBTQ+ novel complete at 73k set in rural small-town Texas and featuring a slow-burn queer romance

The vibes for and characters of Sounds Like A Plan

The comps and a peek at Sounds Like A Plan

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Whispering Muse X GOTHIC Bridgerton A bookish beauty dons a new identity to flee an unwanted engagement and discovers an unexpected attraction to her new employer, but her sadistic fiancé and his potentially homicidal cousin threaten to snuff out their romance. #QuestPit #Q #A #Gothic #HR #R

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Millie Kensen @milliekensenauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

PALADIN’S GRACE x THE UNDERTAKING OF HART AND MERCY 🦿 Disabled MMC 🎭 Scrappy FMC 🦄 Animal companion 🌊 War-torn river delta 🥰 Wit + warmth 🩷 Slow burn #QuestPit #F #R #A #W #WriteSky Querying Late 2026

A dark sage green graphic with a gold-beige border of ferns and leaves. Text reads: The Courier & The Chamberhand. Adult Fantasy, 90k Words. Millie Kensen.

A dark sage green graphic headed THE PITCH, bordered by a gold-beige fern in the top left corner, a tied scroll bottom left corner, and a shield crest with reeds in bottom right corner. Text reads: He's a courier who took an oath to never get involved. She's an imposter who is about to make that impossible.

A dark sage green graphic headed THE ELEMENTS, bordered by a gold-beige fern in the top left corner, river graphic with reeds on the right, and a pair of theater masks in the bottom left. List reads: dual POV, grounded fantasy, cinnamon roll MMC, forced-proximity travel adventure, hidden identity, slow burn, too many mosquitoes.

A dark sage green graphic headed THE COMPS, with a gold-beige fern in the top left corner and a beige feather in the bottom right corner. Left: the cover of Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher. Right: the cover of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen. Text lists shared elements: wit and warmth, vulnerability and emotional intimacy, character-driven fantasy, ordinary people, dry humor.

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

FLEABAG X MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES A librarian moonlights as a camgirl, but when someone from her past finds her and threatens to expose her, she’s at risk of more than being known; she could be labeled like the banned books kept from the shelves. Disclaimer: slut. #QuestPit #Q #A #LF #R

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Ruchi @ruchi-writes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💖 SHE’S THE MAN x ICEBREAKER, BUT MAKE IT E-SPORTS 🎮 To join her dream esports team, Cam let everyone assume she's a guy. Now all she has to do is survive the captain, who's sure she's the weak link — without falling for him first. #Q #R #A #questpit #agentsguide #amquerying

Last Pick by Ruchi Dave is an e-sports romance novel, complete at 75k words.

Cameron Day has always felt like a loser—except in the video game League of Champions, where she dominates. So when an esports team mistakes her for a guy and recruits her, she doesn’t correct them.

But to Jacob—their ruthless (and distractingly hot) captain who’s already seen one ex-teammate implode under pressure—she’s a risk they can’t afford. If she cracks, they all go down with her.

The only way forward is to prove she’s not a liability, but the key to pulling them out of freefall.

Contact the author at **@ruchi-writes on x or @ruchi-writes.bsky.social**

Moodboard for Last Pick. Professional esports gamer vibes.

Snippet for Last Pick

“The others got over it much sooner than you did.”

“I didn’t want to complicate things.”

“Why would I complicate things?”

“You know why.” He tucked a stray hair behind my ear, and my skin felt electric where his fingers brushed against me. I leaned into him as his hand slid to the nape of my neck, tilting my head toward his.

“What happened to keeping things professional?”

“This is professional,” he murmured. “Kevin and I do this all the time.”

Comps and Tropes

- **enemies-to-lovers**
- **woman in a male dominated field**
- **Chaos GOBLIN HEROINE**
- **forced proximity**
- **underdog story**
- **impostor syndrome**
- **good intentions, bad decisions**

She’s the Man - **WOMAN PRETENDING TO BE A MAN IN A MALE DOMINATED SPORT (E-Sports)**

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace - **team captain/mentor who is convinced she’s a liability**

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - **fake-it-till-you-make-it energy**

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A STUDY IN DROWNING X GILMORE GIRLS Atticus moved to Havenvale so he could attend the most prestigious knighthood academy in the kingdom, but there's a rose-scented ghost haunting his manor, & he's learning it's hard to focus while falling in love...👻🖤 #AG #YA #F #RF #QuestPit

A HAUNTING TO HOLD
Ghost Romance
𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever
Cozy Fantasy Town
Magical Lantern Festival
Star-Spinning Magic
Gothic Manor
Griffin Riding
Knighthood Academy

THE PITCH
COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS

After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever.

CHAPTER ONE
My ghost never hides in the shadows.
When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light.
“She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!”
But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor.
Not like mine do.

FOR FANS OF...
The sweeping, magical romance of…
A cozy fantasy town inspired by…
The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…

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Nicole Ward @authornicoleward.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thank you @questpit.bsky.social for organizing this event and bringing so many wonderful authors together. Hoping the very best for every author participating today, and I hope this event leaves everyone feeling encouraged and proud of the work they're doing #questpit #agentsguide #Q #A #R #romance

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authorlauraditieri.bsky.social @authorlauraditieri.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

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