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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.

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Taryn Christeen @tarynchristeen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS X ONE DARK WINDOW An #agentsguide for my completed 90,000 word NA/A, dark, gothic fantasy, PARALYSIS🥀🖤 #questpit #Q #A #F #DF

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Your first glimpse into WEEKEND LOVERS 🛵🧡🍇🇮🇹🍷 LOVE, ROSIE x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION ▫️If the song Purple Rain was a romance novel ▫️Situationship final boss ▫️Second chance romance ▫️Dual timeline ▫️Mamma Mia minus the baby ▫️Heartbreaking secrets #QuestPit #AG #W #R #WF

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Your first exclusive look at HIGHER POWER 🔮⚔️🪦🪡⚡️ IMMORTAL CONSEQUENCES meets Squid Game 🩸fatal tournament ♟️reincarnation with a twist 🩸multi pov ♟️historical trials 🩸star-crossed romance ♟️what defines power? #DF #QuestPit #AG #W

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Madeline Warthan | Scarlett Ash @maddieisbooked.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN, but on antidepressants... An ND woman must navigate purgatory’s corporate ladder to return to her life. If only her sexy but annoying demon mentor doesn’t get in the way... 🔥EDITORS, interact if interested!🔥 #Questpit #PR #R #A #AG #W #S

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My newly-updated #editorsguide of BAND CAMP: a musical romcom full of nostalgia, angst, messy love, and a friend group you’ll give anything to be part of. 🎷 Editors, interact with this post if you’re interested! 🎸 #QuestPit #OS #AG #R

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

If “Dancing with the Fans” became a real show, it’d look a little something like this…✨ 💜Grumpy x Sunshine 🪩Slow burn romance 💜Mutual healing + grief journey 🪩Single dad x Nanny 💜Dancing as foreplay 🪩Reality TV romcom Editors, interact with this post if you’re interested! #QuestPit #OS #AG #R

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#questpit friends: how are y'all using your four allotted posts? all on one project, different projects at different stages, finished/shelved projects? I'm curious! 🥰

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

please join me in manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 #QuestPit 🕯 editor interest 🕯️ *please* 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Any fellow #onsub authors out there want to be mutuals before #questpit next week? 👀✨

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Here’s the official #editorsguide for my 89,000-word adult romcom, THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL💜🪩🩰💫 If you’re intrigued and want to learn more, be sure to reach out to my agent @brookeshelf.bsky.social 💌

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an adult gothic romance with: 🕯️Forbidden Romance 🕯️High Society matchmaking 🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening 🕯️Obsessive yearning 🕯️European setting 🕯️Secret lake meetings #W #A #R #questpit

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The perfect pick-me-up for women in their 20's who are driving the struggle bus and in need of a getaway! 🌺ALMOST PARADISE🌺 🌴 found family 🛳️ vacation fling/situationship 🌴 conversations about shame 🛳️ vacation hijinks 🌴 self identity beyond a relationship #AG #R #WF #W #questpit

title reveal and meta data for ALMOST PARADISE

comp titles include the four engagement rings of sybil rain, people we meet on vacation, s*x and the city, and the shippers

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Dancing With The Stars meets Elsie Silver's HEARTLESS in... 💜THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL🪩 Superfan Taly gets cast in her favorite dance competition show, but as she and her jaded pro partner fake a showmance for votes, the lines between real love and reality tv start to blur. #AG #R #questpit

art of a redheaded woman and a russian/middle eastern man dancing a waltz

tropes description for THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

collage for a dancing with the stars single dad book

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

"This one time at band camp..." 🤭 Feeling nostalgic? BAND CAMP is perfect for fans of 🎸 Second chance romance 🎷 Emma Lord + Lynn Painter 🎸 DCOMs 🎷 Coming of age stories in your 20's 🎸 Found family Editors, interact if you're interested! 💌 #OS #AG #R #questpit

pitch collage with similar books and movies

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#QuestPit , meet CARNAVOYEUR🩸🪦🔪 After mistaking a death trap for one of her boss’ latest brainteasers, criminologist assistant Tigerlily must fight her way through a sadistic fortress run by an elusive master in order to save them both from certain doom. #AG #H #TH #W

dark collage of gothic horror elements, many of which allude to death

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The perfect romcom escape for fans of Lynn Painter and DCOMs like Camp Rock and Lemonade Mouth! 💚Summer band camp for adults 🩵Second chance romance 💚Found family 🩵Mental health rep 💚Secret summer fling 🩵Coming of age in your 20’s 🎸 EDITORS interact if you're interested ✨ #QuestPit #AG #A #R #OS

collage muted green of a friend group spending their summer together in the mountains, playing cards, etc

scrapbook collage of book vibes including comparison titles, music artists with similar vibes, musical instruments, and movies

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Them: Omg I wish there was a Dancing with the Stars romcom. Me: Hold my beer THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ✨ 💜Showmance 🪩Sunshine female competitor x Grumpy male pro 💜Nanny x Single dad 🪩Ballroom, studio, and country dancing 💜Mutual Pining 🪩Dual POV #QuestPit #A #R #AG #W

digital art commission of a couple dancing a waltz under a silver spotlight

tropes list for a dancing with the stars inspired romcom

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Dancing With The Stars meets THE ROM-COMMERS by Katherine Center and Elsie Silver's HEARTLESS Live-in nanny Taly thought she was pretending to fall in love for TV ratings until her jaded pro partner—and his secret preteen daughter—start making things feel a little too real. #QuestPit #W #AG #A #R

collage of single parenthood, competition dance rehearsals, and dancing with the stars photo aesthetics

A tropes list designed around a mock book cover placeholder

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

status update: I signed with an agent and am officially on sub with my nerdy new adult romcom BAND CAMP!! crazy how wild life gets in only 3 months 🥹

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Too many book ideas, not enough hours in the day (said in the vocal style of the old space bags infomercial “too much stuff, not enough space”)

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The federal minimum wage is still $7.25/hour. Think about what eggs cost. Think about what parking at a parking garage costs. Now how can you think that $7.25 is an adequate wage for an hour of someone’s labor. It’s not.

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

rewatching mamma mia and I'm chomping at the bit for a romance book with a scene as teasing and squeal-worthy as the "lay all your love on me" number!!!

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

FINALLY revamped my author website (myself🥹). If you need a brain break...maybe click the link, scroll through, and tell me that it doesn't suck? 🤭 Cheers to balling on a budget! www.sydneyapplegate.com

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If I ever become a full time author and get to quit my day job, the FIRST thing I’m going to do is dye my hair whatever color I want! It’s 2025, what do you mean I can’t have purple streaks in my hair as a grown adult with adult money? I work in digital marketing 😭

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

My husband may not have gotten me anything for Valentine's (*that I know of*), but the Dallas Morning News sure did! 🏹💘🗞️

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

BAND CAMP - 88k - NA/A Romcom After her therapist-recommended summer music program is crashed by her ex-boyfriend, Haven must prove to him, her new friends, and herself that she's been doing just fine since he left—all while avoiding her lingering feelings 💚🏔️🥁🤓🎷🫶🏻 #questpit #R #A #Q #amquerying

Collage of friend group summer camp memories

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

DWTS🪩 meets THE ROM-COMMERS💜 and HEARTLESS💋 After being slated for a popular dance competition show, Taly and her jaded pro partner form a showmance to amass more audience votes, only the lines between real love and reality tv start to blur the further they advance #QuestPit #A #R #W

Collage of dancers, life at home, family time, and ballroom and ballet elements

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

If anyone for MSWL Day is looking for laugh out loud romcoms with emotional depth and a fresh twist on band geeks or Dancing with the Stars, I’M YOUR GIRL 💜🫶🏻 #mswlday

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

When someone asks me for book recommendations (I literally write books)

Kendrick Lamar facing the camera mid performance

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hey so, that Microsoft Word subscription price hike email you just got? That refers to an AI-heavy version of MS which you can absolutely opt out of and maintain your current, “classic” subscription at a lower price. Thanks @lzats.bsky.social for the tip!

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Born to write romcoms, forced to work in marketing for a male industry (I'm just a girl!!!)

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

add in my “thinking cap” and I’m ready to roll post lunch break

Girl wearing a cardigan and Valentine’s antennae

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Wore my lover cardigan to work today and I'll tell you what, something about donning taylor swift merch to the office makes me feel 1000x more productive 🩷

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

There's a lot of pitch events here at the start of the year, so it's pretty hard to keep track. Here's a list of the ones we know of and when they're happening! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #AmWriting

BlueSky PitchEvents

1.24 #YouDeservePit
1.27 #2025Pit
2.1 #MiseryPit
2.12 #MSWL Day
2.12 #QuestPit
2.14 #CuPit
2.17 #SludgePit
2.26 #WIPSnipsPit
3.17 #PopUpPit (date hinted at)

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

After her therapist-recommended summer music program is crashed by her ex-boyfriend, Haven must prove to him, her new friends, and herself that she's been doing just fine since he left...even if it means denying feelings that never truly went away. 💚🏔️🥁🤓🎷🫶🏻 #YouDeservepIt #A #R #Q #amquerying #romcom

Collage of summer camp memories, friends and lovers, music, card games, swimming in the lake

Comp titles for BAND CAMP: Happy Place, Nothing Like the Movies, Jana Goes Wild, Again But Better, Pitch Perfect, and Begin Again

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

#P2Ppit and #litagents, here's a glimpse into my current romantasy thriller wip, CARNAVOYEUR 🩸 🔪 Fatal tasks ❤️‍🔥 Cunning FMC ⛓️ Reluctant alliance 👀 Voyeuristic, unseen villain 🔍 Mortal girl in a dark fantasy realm ‼️ Rescue mission 🫀 Mind games 🖤 Doomed romance #A #W #RF #T

comparative titles, bloody and eerie collage

Pitch for CARNAVOYEUR following Tigerlily's journey

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Hey #P2Ppit pals and #litagents! Here's a glimpse into my nerdy new adult romcom BAND CAMP that I #amquerying and is complete at 88,000 words 🫶🏻 HAPPY PLACE + NOTHING LIKE THE MOVIES Perfect for ages 17-27, music lovers, and fans of Ali Hazelwood and Christine Riccio #Q #C #R

collage of my friends hanging out over the summer, swimming, local shops, etc

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Tigerlily must cross through a mansion’s series of sadistic mouse traps before sunrise, or die trying. But more precarious than her dwindling odds of survival is the voyeuristic game master’s growing fascination with her… Let the bloodlust begin🩸☠️ #P2Ppit #W #RF #T #H #UW

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

One of the reasons David Lynch's work meant so much to me is that he promised that no matter how ordinary-seeming the space you occupy, you contain an unmeasurable quantity of weirdness that deserves expression. I am promising myself that from here on out, I will try to write even weirder.

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚 @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Your story won’t resonate with everyone, and that’s okay. It only needs to resonate with the right ones.

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

You mean I have to make it through the rest of January before we get it to this? *Sigh* the horrors persist, but so do I 🥲 This is so exciting!

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Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I promise you, once you free yourself from the notion that other writers are your competition and start viewing them as your fellow weirdos who share similar special interests as you, your life in publishing will become so much easier.

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The Tobias Literary Agency @thetobiasagency.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The Latest Episode of The Literary Lens is OUT NOW 🎧 Listen if... ✨You want to query in 2025 ✨You THINK you're ready to query now ✨You're researching agents to send to ✨Your book is 100,000 words or more ✨You're working on your query letter

Getting ready to query? Be Brave, Be Ruthless

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Sydney is 🦋ON SUB🦋 @booksbysydney.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My poor feeds is going to be the same mood boards over and over for different pitch contests lol. I’d like to apologize to my followers now 🥲

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