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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I received a Like by a legit agent at yesterday’s #DVPit event and I’m still busting with joy! Commence nonstop tweaking to pitch materials.

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This sounds so refreshingly unique! I’d read it.

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That’s so kind of you to say - thank you!

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

JUST FOR THE SUMMER x I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED A daughter with chronic illness fights to keep her troublesome mother in assisted living or risk becoming her dreaded full-time caregiver. And being distracted by her mom’s handsome and witty nurse isn’t a luxury she can afford. #DVPit #WF #R #A #CI

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

JUST FOR THE SUMMER x I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED 💊 Chronically ill daughter always last on her to-do list 🍸 Fights to keep her party girl mom in assisted living ⚠️ Or become her dreaded full-time caregiver 🩺 Keeps colliding with the facility's handsome nurse 💘 A distraction she can't afford #DVPit #WF #R

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks! Absolutely some wild characters who have their memorable moments.

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

78k word upmarket w/ a punch of romance 💊 Chronically ill daughter always last on her to-do list 🍸 Fighting to keep her party girl mom in assisted living ⚠️ Or become her dreaded full-time caregiver 🩺 Keeps colliding with the facility's handsome nurse 💘 A distraction she can't afford #DVPit #CI #A

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It certainly fills the pages 😆

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A daughter with chronic illness fights to keep her party girl mom in assisted living, because failure means full-time caregiving for a parent who never truly cared for her. And the witty, handsome nurse who keeps showing up at the worst times is a distraction she can't afford. #DVPit #A #WF #R #CI

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thank you! I created a fictional lake town that’s all locals in the winter and full of tourists in the summer.

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Meet the wildly different characters of my debut novel. It takes place in a hoppin’ assisted living community in small town Minnesota. #DVParty

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh, none taken! I meant my characters…some are shady, some are sparkly ☺️

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pixar’s Up = immediate 😭 (and I’m a sucker for 😭)

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some throw shade…some throw sparkles. 😉Thank you!

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Moodboard for my upmarket romantic fiction. #DVParty A daughter with chronic illness fights to keep her troublesome mom in assisted living or risk becoming her dreaded full-time caregiver. 👵 Unforgettable characters ❤️‍🩹 Learning love isn’t contingent on self-sacrifice 😭 Laughter through tears

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aww, thank you so much. Means a lot.

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love the idea of a gangster with a savior complex!

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oh my goodness, thank you so much! 😊

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

JUST FOR THE SUMMER x I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED 💊 Chronically ill daughter always last on her to-do list 🍸 Fighting to keep her party girl mom in assisted living ⚠️ Or become her dreaded full-time caregiver 🩺 Keeps colliding with the facility's handsome nurse 💘 A distraction she can't afford #preDV #CR

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An eldest daughter with chronic illness fights to keep her party girl mom in assisted living, because failure means full-time caregiving for a parent who never truly cared for her. And the handsome nurse who keeps showing up at the worst times is a distraction she can't afford. #preDV #CR

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We appreciate you organizing such a wonderful pitch event!

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I almost gave up on my book two months ago. I was suffering from self-doubt and completely overwhelmed with how to move forward. I’m now halfway through developmental edits with a professional and feel more confident. The excitement is back! Your reminder to push through the uncomfortable parts!

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

That means the world to me - thank you!

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K.M. Carlson @wanderingbutton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Faith would SACRIFICE her, the zealots would WORSHIP her, the apostates would WEAPONIZE her, and the Darkness would REMAKE her in his own image. #A #DF #F #Q #Questpit #QueryingSoon

An Agent's Guide to Ashmarked
A novel by K.M. Carlson
The first lie was calling it faith.
Hand outstretched with smoke curling around it.

The pitch: When darkness incarnate breaks free from her fire-worshiping faith, a young woman discovers it's bound to her bloodline, making her the key to re-caging it. Now hunted, she must sever the tether before it consumes her.

Picture of a mannequin on fire.

The Tropes: Antagonist as Victim, Found Family, Comedic Best Friend, Forbidden Magic, Dangerous Bond with a Dark Power, Corrupt Religious Institution, Holy Lies, Weaponized Devotion, Subverted Chosen One

photo of painted white hands raising upward

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Nadine Flint @nadineflintbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Ok hear me out: AMERICA’s GOT TALENT x PEAKY BLINDERS but with magic (and OCD) Star-crossed lovers—an anxious illusionist and a claustrophobic escape artist—enter a stage magicians competition to win their freedom from their rival crime families. #Q #A #F #RF #QuestPit #revpit ‘25 winner

A 1920s inspired moodboard, with images inside a theatre as well as black and white portraits. The text reads: Myth, Muse, Magician

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Kate Khavari @authorkkhavari.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

PEAKY BLINDERS X DIVINE RIVALS ✨Reluctant & relentless FMC ✨Inconveniently attractive MMC (& the demon possessing him) ✨ Alternative 1920’s Boston ✨Militarized magic ✨Witchy girl gang ✨Dysfunctional siblings ✨Dark academia #questpit #Q #A #F #HF #RF

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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 #AgentsGuide

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.

The Comps: Revolve, The Favorite, Off Campus.

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Danielle Ippaso is📝Querying📝 @danielleippaso.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC MEXICAN GOTHIC x STARLING HOUSE Dark Southern Gothic w/ Horror elements. 🕯️An orphan seeking security ⌛An immortal man bound by a curse 📰A marriage notice that is a trap Nellie must choose: her heart or her survival #QuestPit #Q #A #HR #H #DR

A dark teal and black patterned card for THE UNYIELDING MONSIEUR DE BLANC. The background has vintage deep shades of pink and purple roses on the top of the frame. Centered is a small hourglass made with bones and a skull symbolizing the immortal + horror elements of the story. There is a note on there that the story is 70,000 words and a Dark Southern Gothic with Horror Elements.

A pitch slide with a deep teal background and black magnolia patterns. A skull with purple and pink roses and more deep pink and purple roses act as decorations. The pitch reads: "The Unyielding Monsieur de Blanc follows Nellie Moore in 1872, lured to a New Orleans estate by a marriage notice promising security. There, she encounters a man as captivating as he is complex, a man bound by a curse that has kept him alive for over a century.
As an impossible attraction sparks, Nellie’s search for the truth reveals that some secrets are meant to stay buried, and some doors, once opened, can never be closed again."

Two book covers adorn the card with deep teal and black magnolia patterns, pink and purple roses framing the bottom.
MEXICAN GOTHIC - The atmostpheric dread and family legacy.
STARLING HOUSE - A cursed, burdened hero

Teal and black magnolia patterns in the background along with a pink and purple rose decoration in the top right corner. Other images include, a candlestick with a burning flame, a pocket watch, a burned newspaper with a woman dressed in 19th century attire. The card includes a snippet of the book as below:

Nellie cleared her throat, and he turned slowly. His broad shoulders squared as he measured her with gray, unflinching eyes.

“I do not care for shadows in my doorway. Step forward.”

Nellie could not speak for a moment. Such a man naturally commanded her. He seemed powerful, severe, and entirely too confident. “I—I beg your pardon, sir,” she stuttered, her voice small in the vast room. “I am Nellie Moore.”

A brief unreadable softness touched his features before he stiffened, his expression once again a mask of stone. “I am Monsieur de Blanc, or Mr. De Blanc, as you Americans prefer.”

His thick French accent was like bourbon; it was smooth, but with a burn that unsettled her. Nellie stared, stunned. This was him, the man she was to marry. She had expected someone older, not this gentleman in his late twenties with a face so...strikingly symmetrical.

“Do find your breath, Mademoiselle. I have enough to manage today without adding a fainting spell to the afternoon’s agenda. I’ve never had much patience for delicate women.”

The insult was a splash of frigid water, bringing her back to herself. The orphan inside of her who spent her days scrubbing floors and managing unruly children suddenly bubbled to the surface. She adjusted the lace on her shoulders and met his gaze with a leveled stare that mirrored his own coldness.

“You needn’t worry, sir,” she said, her voice surprisingly crisp. “I am merely trying to reconcile the man in front of me with the one I was promised in the letters.”

A flicker of mild interest passed over his face. “Is that so?” he murmured, arms folded tightly. “Fortune favors you, then. I am not the man from your letters.”

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Martha Cecilia Ovadia (Magdalena Onfire) @magdalenaonfire.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE × BEFORE SUNRISE Two almost-strangers on a first date get trapped in her family’s preserved 1980s basement while emergency radios fade and the world above goes quiet. They pass the days surviving on VHS tapes, board games, and mapping each other’s lives. #QuestPit #A #R #Spec

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Aniela Barlamas @abarlamas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE SHAME OF BEING ME 🔷Women’s fiction 🔷Currently querying #questpit #WF #Q

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Liza Hanna @writtenbylizahanna.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Meet Scottie and Finn (and their horses) from SADDLE UP, a contemporary romance novel complete at 76k words. Scottie is spunky, she does flips off of horses for a living. She’s not afraid of anything… except maybe the idea of falling in love with her former best friend Finn. #questpit #W #R #A

notebook page, picture of a girl with a cowboy hat on a horse, another picture of a horse “my horse sugar written on top” text: “Hi! I’m Scottie trick rider from Antelope Spring” and underneath that is a sketch of a butterfly. text: 27, horse girl, Grandma Sylvie is my hero, Finn’s pretty cool I guess, love a matcha, exactly like other girls.

man on a horse through the mountains. text: Finn Tate, 25 y.o., ranch hand, is obsessed with scottie elwood, just got into college but is afraid to tell anyone, his horse grey, huge nerd

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Laura Walker | Author @lauraiswriting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

BEACH READ x GIRL ABROAD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Study abroad romance 📚 Academic rivals-to-lovers 💅🏼 International found family 💁🏼‍♀️ Coming-of-age 👥 Forced proximity 🔥 Slow burn Now querying AMERICAN PARTY GIRL. #Questpit #NA #R #WF #Q

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Georgia Patterson is querying! @georgiapatterson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When Adelaide’s husband is drafted into the Vietnam war, her sleep paralysis visions start bleeding into her real life. When she finds out her husband never showed up for the draft, she decides to confront the demon that’s been haunting her. #questpit #T #Q #A

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Maddie is querying! @maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

IN THE NAME OF YOU 🏕️ Saved! meets Ali Hazelwood 🛶 89k YA Contemporary Romance 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🛶 Dual POV “I’ve never thought about sex more than at church camp, and it’s all thanks to Sloane Miller.” #questpit #Q #YA #R #C #amquerying

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Sarah Berke @sarahjberke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

YOU HAVE TO HANG ON 💪🏼 vigilante justice ⚖️ moral complexity 👫 cathartic end 🤣 hard topics with warmth and humor 🧠 ND MC ❤️ mental health 🌎 pro-immigrant 👧🏽 precocious preschooler 🤝 found family 💔 grief 🤫 past secrets 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit #QuestPit #Q #A #T #WF #U #AgentGuide bsky.app/profile/sara...

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Beth Holly @bethholly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Actively querying my debut novel SHE CAME BY IT HONESTLY, a multi-generational story of mothers and daughters and the corrosive power of family secrets. #questpit #Q #U #WF

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Author Tess Foster @tessfoster.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Thank you for organizing a great event!

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Kourtney Howell is querying 👻 @kourtneyrhowell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An agent’s guide to my newest project—To Save a Wilting Rose (WIP)!!! Adult paranormal romance at 91,000 words. #questpit #w #pr #a

The text says, “Agent guide for to save a wilting rose, adult paranormal romance, 91,000 words WIP.”

The text says, “ The pitch. A PHD student who’s returned home to her family’s resort island for the summer expects to spend time with her ill sister, but when a group of vampires from a medical research organization checks in, it’s not just the heir that changes her plans. It’s the life-changing cure they discovered together.”

The text says, “The Comps. Finding joy in an immortal life and serious topics with lighter tones like in Aubrey Wants to Die by Pip Knight. Simmering chemistry and the medical urgency like in Ali Hazelwood’s Mate.”

The text says, “The characters. Lettie Nightingale is a 24 year-old in grad school, has a twin brother, hates to be sweaty, grew up at the Eldham Island Resort, has dedicated her life to saving her younger sister. August Olsen is a vampire, and only child, loves to run, especially on the beach, expected to replace his father as president of The Vital Approach Foundation, and his favorite book is The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab.”

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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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