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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

If any #agents and or #editors are still looking through #dvpit pitches, i'm throwing mine in the ring. With ✨BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST ✨

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ When Jesutoni finds her ex on Love Island, while participating to provide for her child, she’s overwhelmed by how much she wants revenge. Unfortunately, he wants a second chance, America wants them together, & she’s starting to fall in love? #DVpit #A #R #BVM #POC

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career & provide for her daughter, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex—her daughter's father. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real. #DVPit #A #R #BVM

A nine-image romantic moodboard:

A man lifts a smiling woman in a white dress on a beach.

A film clapperboard being snapped on set.

A man in a blazer covers his face with one hand, wearing rings.

A cozy writing desk with a lit candle and a computer screen showing text.

A silhouetted couple kissing at sunset by the ocean.

A laptop on a bed showing a word document draft.

A woman in the sea, facing a colorful sunset horizon.

A hand writing in a notebook with a pen, close-up.

A couple kissing while waves crash around them at sunset.

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND My ex (27M) & I (27F) haven’t spoken in a decade. But now we’re on our publisher's version of Love Island & we're a pair. I hate him, he’s begging for a 2nd chance. AITA if I give him the second chance despite keeping our daughter a secret? #DVpit #A #R #BVM #POC

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BEACH READ x LOVE ISLAND Jesutoni swaps her laptop with a reality show to get a better book advance & better royalties. Sounds like a good deal until she discovers her ex is participating & wants her back. Guess who’s mixing revenge and her shot at providing for her daughter? #DVpit #A #CR #WOC

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

All Jesutoni wants is to provide for her daughter & keep writing. But her writing’s all dried up & so are her royalties. When her agent offers her the chance to do both through appearing on Love Island, she’s got no choice. But can she keep her heart intact if her ex participating? #DVPit #A #R #BVM

A collage-style mood board titled “UNTITLED” with the name “Charisma Williams” at the bottom.
The images include: a couple holding hands at sunset on the beach; an open notebook and pen beside a candle and coffee cup; a laptop on a desk; a woman swimming in the ocean at sunset; a minimalist wooden bench with a pink salt lamp; a man adjusting his watch; an aerial view of tropical islands and turquoise water; a woman standing by a window with warm light; a silhouetted couple embracing at sunset; and another couple hugging in front of a mirror.

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND Jesutoni’s to-do list: 1️⃣ Enter a dating show to bolster sales 🗓️ Spend 5 weeks in 1 cabin with a stranger What’s not on her to-do list: 💔 Meeting her ex 💕 Falling in love with him on national TV But when has her heart ever followed instructions? #DVpit #A #R

A nine-image romantic moodboard:

1. A man lifts a smiling woman in a white dress on a beach.

2. A film clapperboard being snapped on set.

3. A man in a blazer covers his face with one hand, wearing rings.

4. A cozy writing desk with a lit candle and a computer screen showing text.

5. A silhouetted couple kissing at sunset by the ocean.

6. A laptop on a bed showing a word document draft.

7. A woman in the sea, facing a colorful sunset horizon.

8. A hand writing in a notebook with a pen, close-up.

9. A couple kissing while waves crash around them at sunset.

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ After pouring her last 💰 into her daughter’s school fees, Jesutoni needs a win—in the form of a book advance. Unfortunately, her only shot is going on her publisher’s Love Island, pretend to fall in love w/ her ex while she hides their child’s existence. #DVpit #A #R #BVM

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#DVParty: next WIP: It’s something special to me titled, WHEN DEATH CALLS YOU BY NAME, YOU HIDE I’ll let you decide what you think the book is about.

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

An agent’s guide to my LOVE ISLAND x BEACH READ When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real. #amquerying

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The text reads:
EST. 2025
AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE EX-POSITION BY CHARISMA WILLIAMS
WITH BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST

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THE PITCH
LOVE ISLAND X BEACH READ
When a jaded romance writer joins a dating reality show to revive her career & provide for her daughter, the last person she expects to fake-flirt with is her ex—her daughter's father. Now she’ll fake it for the cameras—until pretending feels way too real.

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THE TEXT READS:
READER COMMENTS
WITH SCREENSHOTS OF READER FEEDBACK

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THE COMPS FOR THE BOOK AND TEXT FROM THE BOOK

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#DVparty Day 2: Introduce your main characters to us: Where do I start? Jesutoni Fashola is a single mother and the writer of romance novels. She’s Nigerian. She was previously indie until her agent picked her up and she signed a big deal romance publisher (think Forever, SMP romance & the others)

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Myra Naik @myranaik.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Hi all! Here is my mood board for #DVparty! THE STRANDS OF OUR MAGIC * sparkling ballrooms and nightmarish beasts * powerful plants and magical swords * dollops of humor and bursts of raw emotion * romantic abandon hemmed in by agonizing restraint Image credits in alt-text #Asian #POC #YA #F #R

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#DVparty Hi everyone. Welcome to day 1 of the DVParty. Sharing my mood board:

A moody, romantic collage of nine photos:
1. a woman sitting outdoors in a chic black top and cardigan,
2. a film director’s clapperboard,
3. a young man in a suit holding a notebook,
4. an old typewriter with paper,
5. a close-up of a couple about to kiss,
6. a candlelit desk with a computer screen,
7. an intimate shot of a man and woman in bed with artistic doodles,
8. an open handwritten journal with a dried flower, and
9. a beach scene with two people sitting close together, one resting their hand on the other.

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Kelly Esparza Is Agented Again! @kellyesparza.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

NOT QUITE DEAD YET x GLASS ONION At her sis’s party, Abby Martinez doesn’t expect to: 😡 find out her sis is still angry over a fight 1 yr ago 💔 face her cheating ex 🔪 get murdered As a ghost, Abby must solve her own murder b4 more guests die & pass on to the afterlife. #PicantePit #A #M #P #F #R

mood board for my adult speculative/paranormal murder mystery--what's pictured: snowy woods, woods, snowy cabin, ghost, blood, tree branches, eerie moon/sky, footprints in snowy ground

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

After pouring the last cent in her account on her daughter’s school fees, Jesutoni needs a win—a book’s advance. Unfortunately, the only way to secure that is to jump on her publisher’s version of Love Island, pretend to fall 😍 with her ex all while hiding their daughter. #preDV #A #BVM #CR

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

When Jesutoni’s dwindling by royalties threatens her ability to provide for her daughter, she jumps on the opportunity to fix it through her publisher’s reality dating show. But when she meets her ex, what started off as a means for revenge slowly morphs to a second chance at love. #preDV #CR #A

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Single mother & former NYT romance author, Jesutoni needs a significant advance to afford providing for her mother & daughter. To get that, she must join other authors on their publisher’s reality TV dating show. What she didn’t count on was meeting her ex. #preDV #A #R #BVM #POC

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Les is writing @lesleyariel.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

It’s like if Tina Belcher wrote Dune. #unhingedpit Now Querying #R #Q

quick guide to Saint of Dogs
Forbidden love -
Hot religious art and hot dog eating contests
Who did this to you! - her to him
He goes feral When she's in danger
The dumbest dog
Sci-fi rom-com
The moons of Io and Ganymede are at war.

SAINT OF DOGS
A sci-fi death cult love story

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Ooops, I forgot I had a bluesky account and would love to connect with #amquerying authors or authors seeking to be traditionally published. Fun facts about me: I’m Nigerian & live in Africa. I have two types of eyelids (mono & double) I studied chem engr & work in HR I like sleep What about you?

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Lene D. Buttner @squirkyturtle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

This still feels absolutely surreal, but the announcement is out so I can officially yell about it! My debut novel Cavern F(r)iend will be published by @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social in Winter 2027! Thanks to my agent @ericshowers.bsky.social and my editor Hannah Pierdolla!💜

Publishers Marketplace annoucement for Cavern F(r)iend, reads as follows:

Lene D. Buttner's Cavern F(r)iend, pitched as Andrew Joseph White meets SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN, in which a search-and-recovery guide with a monstrous secret is enlisted to retrieve the body of his bosses' son from the cursed sinkhole/ amusement park where he works--only to find him alice and on a quest of his own, to Hannah Pierdolla at Wednesday Books, for publication in winter 2027, by Eric Showers at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency (world English).

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kj is ✨writing✨ @kjsilver.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The Guardians of Melya are happy to present... ❤️‍🔥THE HEALER WITCH❤️‍🔥 🔥 Elemental magic system 🌸Meddling Gods 💥Multi POV ✨ Magical realism ❤️The slowest flame to ever burn 🍒Spanish+Gaelic Folklore #agentsguide #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky

Agents' guide to The Healer Witch.
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The Healer Witch
A bewitched 97.5K New Adult Fantasy by K.J Silver

Agents' guide to The Healer Witch.
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Captain Onwyn Storm's life changes the moment he agrees to work for General Redwood, though he will soon learn just how much.
While trying to prove himself and fulfill the bargain he's made to be rid of his father's corrupting influence once and for all, he is forced to join forces with Lunaryn. A Healer Witch who has more secrets than he can keep track of and could very well cost him everything he has worked so hard for. Or his life, if he's not careful.

Agents' guide to The Healer Witch.
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“Tell me,” he said as he took a step back, giving her some space. “What’s the most beautiful woman in here doing alone at the bar?”
“You haven’t even seen my face.” She scoffed, rolling her eyes at him. Onwyn remained silent, with an eyebrow arched up until she answered his question. “I’ve had a long day and this ball is not helping. I’ve already had to turn down Lord Lutcher twice in the twenty minutes I’ve been here. He’s not even trying to hide who he is! He is almost two hundred years old but, I swear, he has a libido that could rival the Sex Goddess’s. I bet he’ll be in a broom closet with one of the waitresses in less than an hour.”
Her sudden rambling pulled an honest laugh out of Onwyn, who was now even more intrigued by this witch who talked so casually about one of the oldest witches in the kingdom. I think my night just got ten times better.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow! 2026debuts.com

A mock screen and phone showing the website home page, which has a blue banner reading 2026 debut books. Beneath these images text reads: A central place to find books from next year's debut authors! 2026debuts.com

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The #Showcase is open for #litagents to take a look at our stories. Just to give a lil snippet at what to expect from SECOND CHANCES #RevPit reviseresub.com/showcase/sec...

Two sand hills on a background. The text is a snippet from an unpublished book.

The resounding thump of our toy baby hitting the grass sounded light years away once his mouth landed on mine. Warm and solid I went still for a second, before my brain and body caught up to the reality of his body on mine His palm was reassuring on my jaw, then my neck, before they glided over my arms, placing them around his neck and settled on my hips.

On the picture there are little heart icons scattered around it.

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25 The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter. reviseresub.com/showcase/the...

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The Gravity of Hope

by Ivy Bard (@ivybeewrites‬) Adult Science Fiction

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'm exciting for readers to meet Jesutoni & Naeem! Find a sneak peek of the opening pages of Second Chances by Charisma here. ✨This adult, multicultural rom-com is best described as LOVE ISLAND meets BEACH READ ❤️‍🔥 www.reviseresub.com/showcase/second-chances #RevPit @charismawilliams.bsky.social

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Second Chances

by Charisma Williams (‪@charismawilliams.bsky.social‬‬‬) Adult Romance

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

#Revpit Showcase is LIVE. Please check out my fellow #RevPitClassof25 SECOND CHANCES, my adult contemporary romance is up for grabs(sounds weird to say) 🏝️ he fell first & never stopped 🏝️ romancexhorror author combo 🏝️ LOVE ISLAND 🏝️ reality chemistry 🏝️ secret child reviseresub.com/showcase/sec...

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Second Chances

by Charisma Williams (‪@charismawilliams.bsky.social‬‬‬) Adult Romance

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been working with @natashahanova.bsky.social on my manuscript. At the beginning, I was excited. Very scared but excited. But it was definitely a hard pill to swallow knowing my book still needed more work. Still Natasha was a wonderful person to work with. Even

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

If SECOND CHANCES, my second chance romance, ready to hit agents' inboxes very soon, was a Netflix Series: 🏖️author couples 🏖️reality show antics 🏖️second chance romance 🏖️he fell first...he's never stopped falling 🏖️an all black cast #questpit #Q #amquerying

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Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Presenting to the #questpit & #writingcommunity crew… Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky ⚡️ Kingdom of the Wicked x Crescent City ♥︎Led by a sassy, 'shadow mommy' FMC 🫶🏼Fresh take on Romantasy 🪞#MiddleEasternRep 🚨Fills that Xaden-shaped hole in your life #agentsguide #RF #Q #NA #writersky

ELECTRIC SEXUAL TENSION.
Excerpt reads: There's a possessiveness in how he touches me and I wish I hated it.
"How would you punish me?" I breathe out, unable to control my impulses.
Fingers touch my zip as he slowly slips it down, millimetre by millimetre. My body is completely in his thrall, unable to decipher the beat of my heart from the thump of the speaker's bass.
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MORALLY-GREY IS THE COLOUR OF CHOICE...
Two moodboards with information about the two main characters

INCLUDES TOP TIER TROPES...
Four book comparisons: Crescent City, Kingdom of the Wicked, Book of Azrael, Quicksilver with tropes attached
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James Keller-Am Querying @thekellerverse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

In the Service of Gods and Admirals Mass Effect x Treasure Planet 🎬 New Adult Scifi/fantasy 🚂 Steampunk ♀️ FMC 🚀Solar-Sail Spaceships 🔮 Crystal magic 🧠 PTSD 🦸‍♀️ Reluctant hero 🪐 Planet Hopping 👽 Many Alien species ⚖️ justice/redemption/revenge #Questpit #W #SFF #writingcommunity

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS VIRGIL MORA, The Consultant, Hell Ltd. "Why would we buy gas station in Ohio?" It sits underneath a billboard that says "Hell Is Real" "You're joking." It's also ran by a small team of vampires. "God-damned marketing demons." #QuestPit #W #A #F

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mar is querying ☁️🏜️ @margreyfield.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

An Ember in the Ashes x Fourth Wing FMC must marry into power during a martial tournament, but decides to compete & fight for her people Seducing & battling, her plans unravel when she's paired with the vexing future King, falls in love, & joins the Duke's hitlist #QuestPit #Q #RF

Pitch:
TO CAGE A SHADOW is a feminist narrative crossover romantasy featuring a protagonist operating as a spy in a hostile environment and the exploration of prejudice and power like AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir, the competition-based plot structure and political intrigue of FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros, and the hidden magical identity, forbidden romance, and a female protagonist discovering her true power of FROM BLOOD AND ASH by Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Ferne, a shadow-wielding spy, infiltrates the annual magical martial tournament to manipulate and marry one of the three powerful men. When she finds out the tournament winner receives anything they want, she enters the competition to fight for her people’s survival.
In doing so, Ferne falls in love with her loathsome, irritating tournament partner and endangers herself and everyone around her when the Duke grows suspicious of Ferne and stalks her every move.

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krys plummer is revising *again* @krysplummer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Caught between two rivals—a domineering brute and a manipulative strategist—a Black teen coveted for her power must join one in a coup or risk a deadly escape before their infamous leader returns to end her. Assuming, of course, the brute's situationship doesn't kill her first. #Q #YA #F #Questpit

The Areynian Storm, a YA Fantasy w/crossover potential, 98k words

Power Grants Choices
17-year-old Art was given a power that only the Big Bad has, so when she is captured she has two options before her inevitable return: risk a deadly escape in defiance of beings who have already mastered what she does not, or join one of the two seeking an alliance to cement a new leadership, though any such pact is sure to be temporary.
Time is only running out.

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Art took two steps to follow her.
“I have not dismissed you.”
Art paused and rocked on her heels. She felt the prickle of his gaze and tried to hide the clenching of her fists by stroking the palm of her hands with her fingers. “Dinner’s over,” she said without looking back at him.
“Stay. It is a night of celebration.” Art stood there debating if she would. Her mind buzzed. Was Myra okay? What if she really needed her—
“Your markings have grown.”
She turned then and didn’t bother to hide the irritation on her face.
Only, Galon wasn’t looking at her face. His gaze was lower, aimed at the curve of her hip.
“I prefer my woman in skirts.” His gaze lifted to her eyes. “They suit your form better.”

Two god-like rivals.
An emotional side-chick.
Death’s imminent return.

The Areynian Storm by Krys Plummer, a ya fantasy w/crossover potential 98k-words

Art’s power is feared, despised, and yet everyone wants it.

She possesses the oldest ability of the god-like beings who sought to dominate her world and will one day be able to control others and reality. So she was raised here, with us, in New York, shackled by expectations and condemned to play a pivotal role in a war she never wanted to fight.

But when she is captured and caught between two of these god-like rivals seeking an alliance to become the new HBIC, an emotional side chick, and Death’s imminent return, Art finally realizes a savage truth:
power grants choices.

Everyone expects her to save her world, but Art doesn’t have a savior complex.

She didn’t ask for this.

And we have no maids here.

Featuring: body-based magic system, strong BIPOC rep, action, romance, manipulation and twists, and a complex ensemble case who drive the plot forward.

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DH @wordhy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🔥Death Note x Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER x Gotham 🔥 “And you know how it is with those people, don’t you, Noe? They will stop at nothing until the world burns—until they themselves have been consumed by their own fire.” — #questpit #w #sff #s #t

Moodboard

Top left: a man facing upwards and screaming
Top middle: four hands bound by strings
Top right: shadows in a dim corridor
Middle left: studio with a white background and filming equipment
Middle: blue flame on a hand
Middle right: silhouette of a man facing an abandoned building
Bottom left: gloved hand, thumb and middle finger pinching
Bottom middle: hand holding a lit cigarette with smoke coming out
Bottom right: a person’s exposed nape with their blond hair tied up in a messy bun

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Laeti is ✨ querying ✨ @lnmbeck.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The God of Knowledge is dying and knowledge is withering alongside him. Lyara must uncover what happened to him and how to reverse it before all books turn to stone and her chance at finding a cure to her curse disappears with the crumbling of the Library of Yashay. #questpit #W #A #F

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.academics.blue · 07/05/2025

ARCANE x BLD OVR BRIGHT HVN x DISCO ELYSIUM 🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad STEM academia w/ 🩺corrupted magic tech/ethics 🩻body horror 🤌obsessive ace yearning 🧠neurodivergence as power 🚨unreliable narrator 🛠️blacksmith biceps 🏆dangerous duels 🌿strange plants 👤& the strange man growing them #questpit #A #F #Q

Image from a medical textbook of a man with his arm extended, skeletal structure shown in part, with the text "an agent's guide to SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines," an #agentguide #agentsguide for an #amquerying manuscript.

PITCH: (dark STEM academic science fantasy, 107,000 words)
When Institute grad student Jim invents a device that could revolutionize medicine, his intoxicating suitemate Bash warns him it could be weaponized—and stops at nothing to prove his point. Are Jim's degree & the lives he could save worth staining his conscience?

For fans of: the grounded and ugly magical academia of BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, BABEL, and THE TWO DOCTORS GORSKI; the criticism of tech venture capitalism of RIPE; the obsessive acespec yearning, body horror, and unreliable narrator of DON'T LET THE FOREST IN, and the corruption of tech and its makers of ARCANE.

Image: a silhouette walking up the stairs, head haloed by a lit chandelier.

EXCERPT from SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines/@gwenvines

This time, though, it was not Six whose face was bathed and baptized by light. It was Bash’s, his lone gold hoop gleaming amidst his curls, the spindly shadows of his lashes stretching over his dark eyes, and the sleeve of his linen robe where it draped from his arm rendered translucent by the sun’s rays. It was Bash who sat atop his regal, woody throne and passed judgment upon Jim.

Jim, his blond hair set aflame not by Kontrolle or diffuser but by the sun’s fleeting gift, stared back, waiting. Unlike Etienne, the King Reluctant, Jim had never been told he was the best. Unlike Six, the King Desirous, Jim had never needed to be the best. Unlike Bash, the King Apparent, Jim had never been the best.

Jim’s calling, his compulsion, was to be of use. That is all he had ever needed, wanted, or been. And it was Bash, now, to whom he wished to be useful.

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS in order they are: a neon rock n roll sign, london (notably big ben), a man playing the guitar, a man punching a mirror, a man staring forward into the camera with only his eye showing, someone walking down a hallway, stars falling from the sky, photos hanging from the ceiling and finally, an audience at a gig. all nine images have a red hue.

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE x LOVE ISLAND To clear her writing rut & provide for her daughter, a romance author jumps on television. But when she ends up falling on her ex, she might end up confronting a lot more than their past and hidden secrets. #questpit #A #R #OWN #amquerying

3x3 collage of nine photos on a photo of the beach at sunset.

Top row, Left to Right: a black man in white shirt, closely cropped hair staring to the right, a closeup of a black man and black woman with their cheeks pressed together smiling, a closeup of the thing producers snap when they yell action

Middle row, Left to Right: a black couple sitting in bed while the woman's legs are in focus as she propped them against the shoulder of the black man, a laptop opened to Google docs on a bed, a black couple sitting on the floor with the woman sitting on his thighs while he presses his back against the oven.

Bottom row, Left to Right: A filming shot of a camera and a diffuser, a black couple holding each others hands and smiling as their background is lit by the sun hidden behind clouds, a black woman staring into the camera with her natural hair out as she sits in the forest in a white cardigan, brown pants and black camisole.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. 🎲🥓 #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

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S.M. Levine @smlevine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Cover reveal time! I'm so thrilled to share the cover for Couples Session, Book 2 in The Well Space series. I'll be sharing trope graphics and more in the upcoming days! Pre-orders are live now at the link below, and in my bio. shorturl.at/x6Ycp

Book cover with scattered roses. Couples Session is the title. Pre-Order now. July 8,2025

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

CRIER'S WAR X CITY OF DUSK X THE FAMILIAR One is a reluctant foreign agent. The other's a vengeful border guard. Both of their lives are held in the palms of politicians and Gods, as they stand at the crossroads of war and peace. Will they save their nations, or destroy them? #QuestPit #W #A #F

A collage of six pictures with Cursed Blessings written at the top.

From top left to bottom right, the pictures are as follows:
A sunset over an ocean, framed with plants.
Two horseback riders on a beach in front of a sunset.
A black dragon in a foggy picture.
A black cat sitting on a metal fence with bare branches behind it.
A white, old-looking door that's opened to an alley with paving stones and plants along it.
The sun beaming through large trees in the woods.

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. 💙📚 #questpit #PR #Q #writing

Agent guide to I Am Chosen, an M/M paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography by Dawn Berkoski

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo is of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle.

It reads: PITCH

IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING
LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT?

Photo by Dawn Berkoski

Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story.

The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others.

The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel.

Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch.

Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #QuestPit #A #F #W #LGBT

Moodboard 3 by 3 grid of images:
A hand proffering a red apple with a snake coiling around both
A couple in the dark lit only by a match lighting a cigarette between them
A man in a business suit offering his hand
A long chain pulled taught seeming chained to the viewer
A crude pentagram drawn on asphalt with pink Disney Princess chalk and one dollar tea lights lit at each point
A businessman staring at his shadow which has horns and a tail
A man crouched in a cave weeping hiding from the light outside
A man in a white suit and a man in a black suit stand back to back and clasp hands
An hourglass rapidly running out of sand with a skull resting atop it

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🖤HAUNTED & HEXED 🖤TOUCH HIM & BURN 🖤KISS HER & DIE When the whispers of the spell become screams… Death Will Come ✔️2 Big 5 Editor Requests ✔️10 Literary Agent Full Requests *RN* ✔️Winner WriteHive Mentorship 2025 ✔️Revised & Soon to be #amquerying #AgentsGuide #EditorsGuide #QuestPit #YA #H #R #Q

Image of forbidden loves, Jadriel & Simone, from the Truth of Fear, with haunting shadows behind them.

Image of a bloody eyed ghost, the MC's murdered cousin, Nina, who is becoming a vengeful spirit.

Excerpt from my YA Feminist Horror novel w romance & revenge: The Truth of fear

Comp titles for my book, covers for Don't Let the Forest in, The Wicked Deep, and Horrid.

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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com · 07/05/2025

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ JULY '26 ✨ 🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity 🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution ⚖️ A university student turned diplomat 🩸 They want to kill each other 🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war #questpit #P #A #F #2026debuts

A quote from the book reading as follows:
"Do you hear that music?" he said in the thunder's wake.
The dissonate countermelody of Horus's determination was juxtaposed with Arletta's mystic prayers in the winding woodwinds. Lucian pulled her close.
"Abandon your thoughts. Listen."
The winding melody swelled to an explosive chorus and he launched her into a feverish dance.
From Chapter 8, The Monolith

The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien
In bookstores summer 2026

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Juniper Woodbury @juniperwoodbury.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

CIRCE 𒉽 MIDSOMMAR 𒉽 Ancient Babylon A spoiled muse strikes a deal with an innocent butcher: if he helps her take down a mysterious human cult, she'll heal his father. But when she starts falling for him—a common mortal—it's the first sign of her own indoctrination... 🌴🏺🐐🍇🪔 #questpit #Q #A #F #RF

A collage with an ancient mythological and fantasy atmosphere, featuring a circle of women, maybe witches, dancing around a fire in a cult ritual, a picture of papyrus, a picture of figs, a picture of a donkey hauling goods for the market along a babylonian street, an image of a woman - a goddess or muse - emerging from the water in a glowing silk dress, and a close-up of desert sand.

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