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susan @sshwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Meet the newest members of MIT’s incoming class! Featuring Miranda Wang, brother of biology whizkid Daniel Wang, Elliot Chen, former piano child prodigy, and Lexie Ma, aspiring astronomer. #questpit #Q #YA #R

Instagram post with an image of a girl in a snowy forest, with the caption:
Hiii my name is Miranda but you can call me Mira! I’m from Washington and currently thinking about majoring in biology, but I’m not sure yet. I love boba/matcha, cute cafes, and watching kdramas! Super excited to meet you all :D

Instagram with boy looking out into distance, with caption:
Hey guys, I’m Elliot! I’m from New York and am going to be a computer science and music double major. I play piano and cello, and I love reading, eating, and listening to classical music (any other Chopin fans here?). Nice to meet everyone!

Instagram post with girl in the middle of a field, with caption:
hey! i’m lexie and i’m from california. i’m obsessed with the stars and anything outer space tbh. currently planning on majoring in course 6 (cs lol) w a minor in astronomy! i also play tennis so lmk if you’re down to hit sometime :) excited to be here!

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susan @sshwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

meet my YA Contemporary Romance, THE SELLOUT, featuring: 🙈 a love triangle intertwined with ambition 👩‍🔬 women in STEM! 📚 college students figuring their lives out 😵‍💫 drunk confession(s) ⭐️ separating passion from external expectation #questpit #Q #YA #R

An Agent's Guide to THE SELLOUT
- college setting
- women in STEM
- queer, Asian-American MC
- messy love triangle
- music & identity
90k Word YA Contemporary Romance

Pitch:
When impressionable freshman Mira Wang arrives at MIT, her only solace from her struggles to escape her brother’s shadow is her friendship with Elliot, the piano prodigy she’s idolized since childhood, and Lexie, her charismatic classmate with an eye for the stars—but when the lines between the trio begin to blur into something more, she must find a way to not lose either of them in the process of finding herself.

Comps
- TRUE LOVE AND OTHER IMPOSSIBLE ODDS
- WHEN HARU WAS HERE
- MIDNIGHTS WITH YOU
- I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN
- OPHELIA AFTER ALL

First Chapter:

"There's something about her that refuses to leave the back of my consciousness, in the same way that a song gets stuck in your head. I see, again and again, the flutter of her skirt as she lunges forward, the crack of her racket against the ball ringing in my ears like an echo. The fluid motion of her lithe form, the brilliance of the sky."

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