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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of the most redic things I have ever read is that you need to write every day to be an author. WAT? Writing and creativity just does not work that way! What matters the most is that you keep coming back to work on your manuscript. What does your writing routine actually look like?

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

THE EVERWINTER KING Adult Fantasy Standalone 💛 Grumpy/Sunshine, platonic 💕 Second Chance MM romance ☀️ Light-based magic 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans love interest 🏅 Tournaments & Trials 💙 Mental health rep 👑 Hidden royalty 🏳️‍🌈 Queer normative world 🍋 Mediterranean inspired setting #QueerPit #A #F #amquerying

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The reason why I write RomComs is secretly because I miss those 2000's era stupid cheesy Romantic Comedies like Sweet Home Alabama, 10 Things I Hate About You (almost 2000 so it kinda counts), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Love Actually and The Holiday.

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Sooooo. 1 month and 4 days after entering the query trenches I can now say I have accepted an offer or representation! 48 queries sent 6 full requests 3 offers I will need 2 to 5 business days to let it sink in!!!! #writingcommunity #querying #author #amquerying

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Michael Scott: Oh My God, It's Happening!

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hi my name is Marie and this is Jackass. Well, not really... More like the query trenches. But still, there's going to be a lot of pain, some good laughs and it will all be self inflicted. So basically same same, right? i'm officially querying! #amquerying #writing

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The Office: Michael Scott - This Is Gonna Hurt

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I do craft breakdowns now! I did a whole video about what makes the first chapter of The Flatshare work so well on a craft level and what we can learn from it. #writingcommunity youtu.be/eNnqFcre5vY

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Why The Flatshare Has a Perfect First Chapter | Craft Breakdown #writingtips

YouTube video by Marie Writes a RomCom

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

daaaamn london

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

In my latest writing vlog, I'm sharing my final prep before sending my romance manuscript to beta readers and getting ready for the querying process! Check it out here: youtu.be/8JFGWpqxx5s #authortube #writingvlog #romanceauthor #betareaders #querying

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Am I ready to query? | Writing vlog #authortube

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

My book is now with betas who seem to love it so I'll be querying soon. I'm now stuck in the 'what if I can't get an agent' spiral. What do I do then? The only thing I can come up with is: write an even better book. So that's what I'll be focussing on now. #writingcommunity

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a man in a black shirt is talking to another man in a room with #schittscreek written on the bottom

ALT: a man in a black shirt is talking to another man in a room with #schittscreek written on the bottom

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I really enjoyed my first #questpit very much. It was so much fun making new friends from all over the world and throughout genres. I will start querying very soon (hopefully around my birthday next month) and I will keep you all updated. Hope you had a good one too!

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B. R. Fontenot is querying 📚☀️🌷🦊 @brfontenotwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE TREES HAVE TEETH "Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her." APPALACHIAN FOLKHORROR 🌲 Nature and rot 💀 Death as an entity 🍄‍🟫 Botanical Horror ⛰️ Set in the mountains 🐇 Eerie folklore 🍂 Isolated setting Currently drafting! #QuestPit #H #A #W

A moodboard featuring photos from Appalachia including a creepy house, fog, the woods, and a shadow rabbit

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K.A. Hela ✨ Finally Querying✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO Chris is plagued with seeing shadow people, but an encounter with a powerful Eldritch being known as The Hatman, leaves him possessed and desperate to exorcise the entity attached to him before he loses control and becomes a demon himself. #QuestPit #Q #H

'Hat' - 84K, Cosmic Horror Querying Soon.
Pitch: Chris is obsessed with light and nature's patterns after a Shadow Person nearly killed him as a child. He tries to focus on important things, like finding a way to get his goth girl crush Mel to share a joint or two. Until the Hatman. He imbues Chris with his essence, bonding them. If Chris was haunted by Shadows before, now he is possessed.
Tropes: 2000's set
Spooky New ENgland
Amature Witchcraft
Nature
moon stuff
Stoner Goths
nu-Metal Playlist
Comps - The Possession of Alba Diaz. Slewfoot. 13 Months Haunted

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Harriet Ward @harrietward.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

FATHOMFOLK x NETTLE AND BONE A mermaid hunter is forced to choose between her family and the girl she loves after a curse turns her into a flesh-eating siren. 🐬 Sapphic Grumpy x Sunshine 🐬 Secret Identity 🐬 Complex Family Dynamics 🐬 Nautical Horror Elements #QuestPit #F #R #WIP #agentsguide #A

"Drag You Down
92k adult nautical fantasy
querying soon"
Set over art of a blonde siren with a deep purple tail. She's smiling, but her teeth are sharp.

Nautical Horror Elements
Secret Identity
Complex Family Dynamics
Sapphic Romance
Grumpy x Sunshine
Gray Morality
Protagonist, Love Interest, and Villain PoVs

* Cordelia is a mermaid hunter who is cursed to come back to life as a flesh-eating siren after she dies at sea.
* She falls in love with a kind siren named Selene and keeps her identity a secret.
* When her family tries to kill Selene, Cordelia reveals herself to beg for mercy.
* Her adoptive brother gives her an ultimatum: return to the family fold and he'll leave Selene alone, or refuse and watch him slaughter everyone she's come to love.

"It was a child.
She shouldn’t have recognized it as such. The fish were a threat to society no matter their age. Creatures so vicious could hardly even be called animals, let alone people. Yet when she saw those eyes, all she could think was child. The same age she had been when her world nearly ended. The petrified whimper that drifted over the waves sounded the same as hers. In that moment, time stopped, and the difference that stood out to her wasn’t the sleek silver tail, but this: when Cordelia was scared, the people she loved had stepped in to make sure she knew she wasn’t alone.
The tiny mer had no one to stand in between it and the crossbow bolt pointed between its eyes. There was only the tremble of Cordelia’s own treacherous hands, and the fleeting, impossible thought that crossed her mind.
Am I a murderer?"

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✨ Joy Shaw | Author ✨ @joyshaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

JESSICA JONES × ARCANE A vigilante w/a sentient flame machete. A city that feeds on grief. A system that codes trauma into skin. An heir to an underground rebellion. A war to save trafficked girls. A love that waits. A prophecy that could mutate her into the predator she hunts.🔥 #QuestPit #Q #A #DF

Collage-style moodboard featuring glowing infinity symbols on two hands reaching, a small rat, a red eye, armed soldiers, a futuristic flying drone, a tunnel with train tracks, a city in ruins, and a lush cave with a waterfall where two figures stand beneath the light.

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

Top left: distressed title “DAD BODIES” with a dagger through the letters and red blood splatter on a black background.
Top right: blurb text describing five dads solving their detective friend’s murder during a gaming retreat using TTRPG experience and humor; includes “74K words,” “20+ requests,” and “Big 5 interest.”
Bottom left: thematic keywords in red and white—“dad friends,” “irreverent humor,” “dark & stormy night,” “cosmic horror,” and “final dad”—above silhouettes of figures with X-shaped eyes.
Bottom right: comparison panel referencing “John Dies at the End,” “Cabin in the Woods,” and “Jumanji,” with small images/posters and red splatter accents.

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

HEARTLESS HUNTER X NEVER EVER AFTER 🏰dark YA sleeping beauty reimagining 🤟deaf MMC + ASL 👑quest to kill an evil queen 💀everyone she knows is dead 🐀ride-or-die rat companion 🎶he's immune to her song magic 🪢captor falls for his captive 🌳deadly enchanted forest ~querying soon~ #questpit #rf #w #ya

"The Blood of Zellandine Agent's Guide" written in cream against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"The Pitch After waking from a century-long sleep, Zella sets out to overthrow the queen who cursed her, but her quest is interrupted when she is captured by a deaf soldier who is immune to her entrancing song magic." written in navy on a cream background against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"The Details a YA sleeping beauty reimagining 98000 words grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, goblins, monsters, and fae, deaf MCC + ASL, animal companion, Tangled-coded, themes of self-forgiveness and autonomy, horror elements" written in navy on a cream background against a starry sky surrounded by treetops

"Comps" written in cream against a starry sky surrounded by treetops with the covers of Heartless Hunter, Never Ever After, and For the Wolf with arrows pointing from the words dual-pov romance, forced proximity, magical creatures, fairytale reimagining, enchanted forest

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Zoe is ✨querying✨ @zgauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SIX OF 🐦‍⬛x OUR 🏳️ MEANS ☠️ 🏴‍☠️ A murder mystery—everyone is suspicious 🪶 Neurodivergent MC/disabled LI 🌊 Sirens, dragons, deadly seas 🕯️Cold ex-pirate & charismatic pirate captain work together to survive 🌈 Sapphic “you’re a means to an end” to lovers #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF #MY #OWN #LGBT

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✨ Joy Shaw | Author ✨ @joyshaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Excerpt from SCARella 🔥 Where she starts to fracture… #QuestPit #A #DF #MythTech #WritingCommunity

$Graphic titled “Heart of SCARella” with a lyrical excerpt about a character’s internal conflict, wanting connection but feeling trapped by fear, trauma, and the risk of fracturing into something unrecognizable.$

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Celine Kos - amQuerying 🩷💜💙 @cl-kos.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Do you like ⛰️ quests, ⚔️ battles,💜 found family, & 🌌 multiverses? Features #F tropes turned on their heads, including: 🚶excessive amounts of walking 🏛️a fraught council meeting 🧝token elves and dwarves (hobbits not included) How about a sci-fi POV thrown into the mix? #QuestPit #Q #A

A book cover with a purple eye, zoomed in so it looks more like a planet than an eye. In the Center, the MS title: Distant Realm, by C. L. Kos. At the top is the tagline: "Querying Now"

A dark violet back cover of a book that reads:

Roksa Morthir took everything from Letyf—his sight, his magic, and his future.

Now, Letyf must defy his father, his people, and his endless self-doubt to stop Roksa from turning Crelan into a battleground.

To Letyf, Crelan is home.

To Lia, it’s just one more, backwoods fantasy world.

A world-hopping demon, Lia has served heroes and villains hundreds of times before. If Roksa wants her to conquer his home-world, she’ll just have to do it—after all, why would a world like this be worth saving?

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InkandEmbers @inkandembers.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

12-year-old Ryder can walk in dreams. His grandmother twists them into nightmares she can steal—and he can’t escape her stories. #QuestPit #MG #DF #Q

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hello firefly✨ Welcome to An Artistic Deception🏰✨🪄 Complete at 108k words, a new adult romantasy six of crows x a deadly education 😘 Welcome to our #LiteraryAgentGuide for #QuestPit All design is by @aeipathea & character art by @h4mm.iee #Q #R #F #A #QuestPit2026

hello firefly a photo of a the author literary agent guide

When the six kingdoms prestigious magic school announces a formidable trial promising freedom and noble status, Tehtte’s most notorious assassin Agni enters an uneasy alliance with her second worst nightmare: her childhood bane and the city’s Lionheart Knight—Fala.

Now, surviving her penultimate year is the least of her worries. Agni is still drowning in her failure of an ancient prophecy, running from the monsters her people became, and trying to hide from a king hell bent on finding her. As the realms brace for the perilous trials, Agni is confronted with a haunting question: is her prophecy’s fulfillment still yet to come, and is her heart truly hers to lose?

agni ain’t no war like the class war

fala women want me fish fear me showing character art

romantasy - arcana academy
ensemble cast - six of crows
deadly magic school - a deadly education
visual world inspiration - witch hat atelier
right person wrong time - frown
reimagined fantasy races - dungeon meshi

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Anindo Zelle @anindozelle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

As the Stone King's reign crumbles, alliances form in unexpected places. But can they withstand the chaos that follows? 🎭 MultiPOV 👑 Court intrigue 🐉 Mythical beasts 🪄 Magic 🙏 Sinister faith 👁️ gods are real 🇰🇪 Kenyan mythology 💔 Love vs duty #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Black graphic with stylized red line art of a castle labeled “The Liitokho (The Lady Eshiala’s Seat).” White text reads “Shortlisted by 3 editors RevPit 2026.” Title: “An Agent’s Guide to Stonebound,” with “Stonebound” in large yellow letters. Subtitle: “an Adult Folkloric High Fantasy Novel by Anindo Zelle,” ~120K words. Tags: African Fantasy, Kenyan Folklore, Mythological Retelling, and “Star-Crossed Lovers Subplot.” Decorative stars, a ringed planet, and dotted footsteps accent the design.

Black infographic-style graphic outlining a fantasy plot. Teal portrait of Sadaka wa Wafula labeled “Eshiala’s ‘token’ leader,” who leads her people under Winam’s occupation and keeps secrets. A note reads “Winam’s ancient Stone King dies,” beside a crowned skull labeled “Not immortal after all.” Red illustration of a fortress labeled “The Odrodh (The Stone King’s Palace).” Text states “Eshiala’s survival demands the unthinkable—marriage to the enemy,” shown with a contract icon. Yellow portrait of Sidhokano wud Mirimalit, “Winam’s youngest Stone Prince,” described as having a “grumpy inner beast.” Dotted paths connect elements with phrases like “The fragile peace shatters” and “The two have history.”

Black infographic-style graphic continuing a fantasy plot. A cloaked figure labeled “Has a covert mission.” Text explains Sadaka searches the Odrodh for a key to Eshiala’s liberation. A couple icon notes “He falls first (but she’s not too far behind)” and that he’s “not the monster she expected.” A key icon marks her discovering how to destroy his kind, though her goals shift. Red text: “Meanwhile… a sinister faith hunts wielders” and “The gods are determined to tear Sadaka & Sidhokano apart,” shown with a temple illustration. Final line: she must choose between betraying him for her people or protecting him and risking both nations.

Black infographic titled “COMPS” and “SNIPPET” in white chalk-style font. Four comp titles with covers and themes: Masquerade (court intrigue, myth retelling), The Final Strife (politics, African mythology), The House of Rust (Kenyan-inspired), and The Broken Earth Trilogy (geologic magic, survival). A teal box shows a Chapter 1 excerpt: “SADAKA. When it came to any body of water larger than her bathing pool at the Liitokho in Mumia, Sadaka wa Wafula tried to follow one rule. Don’t go in. Especially not when facing unknown depths.” Teal stars, a location pin, and dotted footprints decorate the layout.

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Kyla Whitelock is querying ✨ @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Agent's Guide for MOLDED BY MALICE Druids go through the Inflection, where an element will bless them with power 🍃💨💧 Industrialists are subjected to the Test of Attunement, where crystals can enhance their speed, strength, or senses 🔮💪🏼😈 But what if you aren't chosen? #questpit #A #F #Q

On the left side is an industrial city with smoke stacks that turn the air black. On the right side is a green forest with sunlight coming through the trees. It is divided by black cracks.

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Celine Kos - amQuerying 🩷💜💙 @cl-kos.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MAGICIANS x DND When her master commands her to conquer his homeworld, Lia knows she's up against a rag-tag team of heroes—her least favorite kind. Letyf has never spent this much time with non-elves. The quest is one thing—making friends is another problem entirely! #Questpit #A #F #SFF

Tier Ranking meme, reading: Why Are these Distant Realms Characters in the Royal Dungeon?

Violated Geneva Convention: Creepy looking elf named Roksa; strange human-like creature named Voice
Aggravated Menacing: a demonic woman named Lia; a dark-haired elf named Vana
Violated Restraining order: a creepy bald man named Mulligan; an angry blonde elf named Lerovan
Punched an Officer: An angry bald wizard named Vere; a curly haired elf named Ilyana; a sassy blonde dwarf named Named
Accidentally confessed to a crime they didn't even commit: A naive elf named Letyf; a cheerful elf-child named Misha, a young woman named Clariss
Public Defender, visiting Clients: A fierce woman in armor named Maven; a mischievous elderly elf named Edmund; a darkhaired Elf King named Mallon
Bailing everyone else out: a wise elderly elf named Paul; a serious-looking redhead named Dalibor

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Cassie Wallin Author @cassiewallinwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SEVERANCE x SILO On Apple TV+ #LiteraryAgents this is THE UNMAKING 🧠 A woman erasing emotionally volatile memories for the government 👾 The phantom unleashed by her grief, remembering everything 🔪 The devoted state enforcer sent to drag her back in line #QuestPit #Q #A #S #SF #SFF #U

Moodboard for the unmaking. Glitching man, blurred city, woods, supply shed, woman, man, fire, burned city

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bea’s convinced she’s bad, and hides her sexuality in the pixelated boxes of TemptressB—it’s how she survived what came before. Until a suspicious subscriber, censorship-happy board member, and stupidly principled (utterly devastating) boss force her to be fully seen. #QuestPit #Q #A #WF #U #LF #R

Image: faded background of library metal bookcases. A pink filter is atop growing from the bottom left corner. A blue pen is across the right part of the screen poised beside a scribbled heart.

Text: Shamelessly Wanting. By Frankie Joy. An Agents Guide. Upmarket fiction with romantic arc (80k). Querying.

Text banner at top: messy fmc, buttoned-up mmc, late stage dual pov, open-door, book banning b-plot

Image: light pink background with a pink distortion in the corners. Scribbled blue loops separate two halves of the slide. Yellow highlighter is beneath the headers. Four book covers are on the right-hand side.

Pitch:

Beatrice Dorsey shelves books at the Meadow Park Library-and runs a spicy content site under the name Temptress. But that's none of her coworkers' business. Or her family's. Especially not Miles Noor, her steady and irritatingly attractive boss. The man who brought her burgers on the library floor and walked away from their almost-kiss with two words: "Not yet." A new subscriber surfaces, reminding her of what she's always known: "You were always bad;)" Someone from before has Found her. Within weeks, Bea's cousin has the photos, her best friend tires of her avoidance, and a board member is targeting "indecent" books. The exposure she's spent years hiding from is coming due.
Bea arms herself with humor, lipgloss, and sour gummy bears. It works. Mostly. Until she's lying on the floor wondering who she is when she stops performing.

Comps:

The Wedding People
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Funny, guarded heroine learning to let people in —and making mistakes along the way.

Idea of You
Centering of female desire.

Fleabag
Exploration of shame without moralizing.

Image: light pink background with a pink distortion in the corners. Scribbled asterisks are in the right upper corner. Yellow highlighter is beneath the headers. Gummy bears are beside Bea and jalebi beside Miles.

Bea Dorsey
Gummy bear-fueled, anxious-avoidant, narrating her life in lipgloss. If she gets too close to others they might see the parts of her she shamefully hides. You'll want her happy ending anyway.
"I hid truths from my own brain. Reality is what I say it is."

Miles Noor
Patient, principled, and permanently undone by the woman he’d sign disclosure paperwork for. He never forgets he's her boss-but the buttoned-up exterior becomes too suffocating to maintain.
"I’m just here to unbutton your buttons, Miles.”

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

MATRIX x DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST Father Matthias meets a liminal spirit in his parish. And fails to find them evil. Instead, Ruin comes with plums, honey, a pulse, and a name he’s never known: Mattie. Does the God he serve have mercy for all he becomes? #QuestPit #W #A #HF #HR #R #LGBT #S

Image: background is parchment paper with shadow of leaves, borders are sketched maple leaves. A plum is in the corner but filled as stained glass. A golden cross replaces the “t” in the word “Fruit”.

Text: Agents Guide to Fruit of Ruin. He who opens wide his lips. Literary historical romance / speculative. 65k words / querying July 2026. Queer. Open-door. Shapeshifting LI. @frankiejoywrites

Image: background is parchment paper with shadow of leaves, borders are sketched maple leaves. In the top right corner is a sketch of a coiled snake.

Book covers: three book covers are at the bottom of the page.

Text: THE PITCH. Father Matthias, an 18th century Bavarian priest, has served six months at St. Florian’s parish. He speaks Mass, prays the Divine Office, and swings a scythe for the wheat harvest. Then a being called Ruin appears beside a stream. They come with plums, a pulse, and a name he’s never known: Mattie.

Over a summer, Matthias falls into a love his theology says should destroy him. It doesn’t. Each day he rises again, un-smote, with a faith expanded beyond the Church’s borders. He blesses with tenderness, teaches his acolyte to throw a punch, and finally grieves his mother with Ruin holding him up. Yet Ruin’s gifts come at a cost, a system of balance with debts known too late to change. When the bishop visits for the exaltation of the cross, Matthias must decide if the God he serves has mercy for all he’s become—carnal, sold under sin.

LAUREN GROFF
MATRIX
sensual reimagining of religious devotion

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
CLAIRE KEEGAN
moral crisis and
institutionalized silence

THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST
GEORGES BERNANO
deep interior of a rural priest

Image: background is parchment paper with shadow of leaves, borders are sketched maple leaves. Top right corner is a sketch of a bird on a branch. Eight photos are on the page below text and will be described after the text.

Text: THE CHARACTERS
Father Matthias. Forty years of age, born in the year of the Lord 1709. Priest came second, first he was a farmer's son.
Photos: missal on a stand, wheat, chicken, church doors with cross.

Ruin. Twilight and dawn-the in-betweens of life. Both, and. Neither, nor. Scented of honeysuckle and partial to plums and breezes.
Photos: plums on a branch, someone’s eye that is brown/gold, honeysuckle flower, purple twilight sky.

Text at the bottom: To Thee to you. To Ruin, I've longed. Flesh and heart and lips and mind, taste of honey, grace and sin. I commend my spirit- and fall to what lies beneath it.

Image: background is parchment paper with shadow of leaves, borders are sketched maple leaves.

Text dominates the image.

EXCERPT
God created a world of balance. To each their opposite. Yet, I do not know what opposes you." It was this that nagged him most. Not how Ruin came to be, nor what they fully were, but how they fit in the Lord's careful line of creation. For man, there was women. The night, its day. Fish below, and birds above.

Ruin bent at the waist to peek from the foliage, searching the sky. Elbowing his side, they encouraged him to do the same. He obeyed, but with a grumble. He had to duck far lower than they.

Ruin pointed. "Look, Mattie, do you see it there?"

Thin puffs of clouds, a bird —he squinted—sun. "I do not-"

"The moon —there, held beside the sun."

And it was. As it was on other days and at other times, like a white shadow against the blue sky. He straightened them both, sighing as he rested again. “Both can exist at once: sun and moon. They still oppose.”

Ruin huffed and pinched his arm. He grunted as they pushed off his chest, springing upward. A wide smile crinkled their eyes. "At what time do you speak Vespers?"

"Twilight. Always."

"Yes!" They tapped their collarbone. "That's me, Mattie."

He pulled them back against him. "Twilight has an opposite-dawn."

Another pinch. "I'm that, too, Mattie. Twilight and dawn. The thresholds. Neither day, nor night."

"Nor less than angels."

Ruin pressed their lips to his palm. "No, neither that."

Neither, nor. Both, and. The dayspring and the twilight. The in-betweens of his life. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.
Surely that had considered it all. Chickens didn't fly-Patience rarely laid an egg—a bird it still was.

He spoke softly, "You are not what I thought you were."

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Eddie Fletcher thinks he’s on the wrong end of a wind up, though MI5 isn’t prone to practical jokes, but it doesn’t take him long to realise a rift in time is no laughing matter - especially when the government thinks he's responsible and wants him dead. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Mission Brief 13/01/1972 TOP SECRET 🕑 Infiltrate time travel seminar 🕵‍♂️ Take out Soviet spies 🔫 Use a gun ❌️ Don't laugh at the agenda 📃 It’s all theoretical 😕 Apart from *that* demo ✅️ Full government endorsement 👍 Nothing can go wrong 🇷🇺 💣 💥 ⬛️ Redacted #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Cold War X Time Travel When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

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Laura Bee, Trench Wench @writerlaurabee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

1984: Beset by rising hype over the anniversary of a rockstar’s disappearance, his former muse reconsiders her life choices after finding old diaries that prove he was neither the legend everyone says he was nor the lyricist who loved her. And may still, if she's not too late. #QuestPit #W #A #HF #R

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

👑🩸The Blood of Zellandine🩸👑 dark YA sleeping beauty reimagining After a century-long sleep, Zella sets out to overthrow the queen who cursed her, but her quest is interrupted when she is captured by a deaf soldier who is immune to her entrancing song magic. ~querying in June~ #questpit #w #rf #ya

A dark, moody photo collage in a 3x3 grid. From top left to bottom right: a castle door, a campfire by the sea, a rat on an old book, a medieval helmet with a leather journal and sword, a woman's hand are bound with rope, twinkling lights in a dark forest, a fairy with pointed ears and green hair, a stag set before a black backdrop, a woodland cottage.

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Celine Kos - amQuerying 🩷💜💙 @cl-kos.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

SHANNARA x MAGICIANS With no magic and crippling anxiety, Letyf has no place on a world-saving quest. As foes close in, he must confront his traumatic past. Lia is once again serving the villain, and slaughtering her master's foes is her last chance to avoid demotion—or worse. #A #F #Q #Questpit

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Marie Montague @mariemontague.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🌱 When a disgraced food influencer lands a SE London allotment as a last shot at rebuilding her life, she has to share it with the grumpy French chef whose career she accidentally destroyed. 🥕 A PATCH OF TROUBLE is a dual POV #r with enemies to lovers and grumpy sunshine #questpit #q #a

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AMaskley @amaskley.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

NATURAL NEON / speculative noir / ALTERED CARBON x STATION ELEVEN: 🌺 Cyberpunk + Reincarnation 🔪 Morally f*cked up characters 🦾 Androids & Swamp cults ⌛️ Nonlinear timelines 📚 Literary leaning 90k words. Agent Guide📌 #QuestPit #A #Q #S

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

After her viral review sparks a public feud with a celebrity chef, a food writer is forced to partner with him in a live cooking competition to save their reputations—only to fall for the man she nearly ruined. 69k romantic comedy set in luscious Hawaiʻi 🌴 🌺 #Questpit #Q #R

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Author Aislin Spurgeon @aislinspurgeon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When Milo gets dumped minutes before a couples pottery class, he does the only logical thing: shows up alone. Unfortunately for Briar, the overworked studio owner who swore off dating, their chemistry is hotter than a kiln. #questpit #q #a #r #agentguide

Dark, moody graphic featuring hands shaping clay on a pottery wheel. White text reads: “An Agent’s Guide to Glazed & Confused, a 78,000-word adult rom-com.” At the bottom: “sometimes love is messy.”

Dark pottery wheel background with white text titled “The Pitch: fresh from the kiln.” Text overlays the image with the following pitch:

When Milo Hawthorne gets dumped via text—mere minutes before a couples pottery class—he does the only logical thing: shows up solo. But with his heart in shards and Valentine’s Day looming, every glittery red heart and smug little cupid is a reminder of everything he doesn’t have.

Briar Maxton is the overworked owner of the pottery studio cheekily named “The Local Bakery.” She’s poured everything into her business, and dating is the last thing on her to-do list. But since Milo paid for two spots in class and only brought one broken heart, Briar offers a set of private bonus lessons to offset the cost.

When Milo unexpectedly becomes the roommate of Briar’s cantankerous Papaw Melvin, their worlds collide outside the studio too. Milo shows Briar there’s life beyond work, while Briar reminds Milo he’s worth more than the relationship he lost.

But as Briar’s business grows faster than she can manage, her inability to step back threatens the studio she sacrificed everything to build. And when that same studio becomes an ever-growing third wheel, they may lose their chance at something real.

Dark pottery wheel background titled “The Comps: dipped in glaze.” Displays book covers for Passion Project, Practice Makes Perfect, and Hello Stranger, with descriptors beneath each. Lower section references Jessica Day and Nick Miller’s first kiss with an image of a kissing couple.

Dark pottery wheel background titled “The Tropes: what’s on the wheel.” White floral pottery illustration surrounds a list including emotional healing, forced proximity, he falls first, found family, grumpy grandpa, cinnamon roll MMC, work-obsessed FMC, opposites attract, Midwest setting, and pottery studio.

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Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Unsung Ballad of Blume THE CRIMSON MOTH X THE SOUND OF MUSIC A traitor bard hiding in a convent is forced to accept a position as the governess for a widower and his seven children. Only to discover the father is the Captain hunting her for treason. #W #A #RF #questpit #WIP

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Kasy Long @kasylongauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

One road trip changes EVERYTHING! While on a road trip, Jesse and Faye uncover a plot twist about their mom’s past. Their lives will never be the same! Who *was* their mom? Wouldn’t *you* like to know… 🚗 Road trip adventure 👫 Twins! 💔 Family drama 🤫 Big secret #QuestPit #questpit #P #YA #MY #LF

A collage of photos looking like the 1990s with women, a mother and children, and road trip imagery. “Mama? What happened to you?” appears in script on the image.

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Gracie M. Lee || Writer @gracemawrtina.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When a shared injury reluctantly brings a champion figure skater and NHL-bound hockey player together, they must decide if their love for the ice outweighs their resentment for each other. Welcome to SIX MINUTES 🏒⛸️❤️‍🔥 #QuestPit #R #A #Q

An Agents Guide To SIX MINUTES (photo of figure skater and hockey puck).

The Pitch: When a shared injury reluctantly brings a champion figure skater and NHL-bound hockey player together, they must decide if their love for the ice outweighs their resentment for each other.

The Comp Titles: Revolve, The Favorites, and Off Campus (2026). Tropes include: Dual POV, deal trope, rivals-to-lovers, found family, forced proximity, and “take off that jersey.”

The Blurb: Parker Knight and Barret Keats share two things—their love for the ice and an injury that’s jeopardized both of their futures. Determined to compete in her senior year before leaving her grueling coach and hometown forever, Parker strikes up a deal that could make or break both their careers: he helps her get back on the ice, and she pulls strings to give him one last shot at the NHL. Consumed by the idea of making it pro, Barret finds himself not only fixated on HOCKEY, but the girl that holds his future in her hands. As the season begins, Parker must decide if her passion for the ice, and her feelings for Barret, outweighs her need to leave it all behind.

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Christian Oxford @christianoxford.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE LESSER SOUL 💰A Heist Gone Awry 🗣️Witty Banter 🧠Two Souls Sharing One Body ⏰A Protagonist Running Out of Time #QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

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Kevin Coopersmith @kcoopersmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Here's my new #agentsguide to my cozy Middle Grade animal fantasy, THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD, featuring: 🐾Cute creatures overcoming impossible odds 🌲A wilderness on the brink of destruction 🍪LOTS of campfire snacks ✨A neurodiverse, determined hero! #MG #F #Q #questpit

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Mike Mizov @mikemizov.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

He killed a prince to save the kingdom. Now a fallen inquisitor, he’s been hired to find a missing ambassador, and the deeper he digs, the more it looks like saving the kingdom was a mistake. INQUISITOR FOR HIRE - multi-POV, 89k words #QuestPit #A #F #DF #Q

Inquisitor for Hire Comps. For fans of The Tainted Cup’s genre-bending fantasy mystery, and the political darkness of Grave Empire, with the strange, decaying world of Mordew.

Tropes for Inquisitor for Hire: He saved the kingdom. He might have been wrong.

Fallen hero / disgraced legend
Chasing a vanishing truth
A secret the city was built to hide
Justice isn’t clean
Reluctant family forged under pressure
A power that takes more than it gives
Corruption at the highest level

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Luna 💫 @lunacwriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure. They bargain to save each other. But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too... #questpit #F #R #Q #OWN

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