leona has an agent✨🦋

thank you!!

a nine picture ocean moodboard row 1, 3 pics: a black and white foggy picture of a pirate ship, two people fully clothed laying on the sand as the waves wash up to their heads, a black and white foggy picture of a man in ship sails row 2, 3 pics: a girl swimming in the ocean at night, a woman holding a lantern looking out at the sea, a boy sitting on the beach at sunrise row 3, 3 pics: waves crashing up against dark rock stairs, sparkly dark blue waves washing up at night, a dark picture of a kelp field

five (somewhat) prodigies enter into their final year of academy

only this year is destined to be different than the last

🌊ex friends & ex lovers
🌬️island town & gossip
🌑a scholarship project goes awry
🌬️unlocking ocean magic
🌊dark coming of age

#questpit #YA #F #W #AG

“CRIMSON WIP FASHION” a collage of fashion (extravagant long gowns with insect and sun imagery) surrounding a 9 picture mood board for Into the Barracks. row 1, 3 pictures: 1. a black and white photo of a gothic castle, 2. a picture of a soldier in golden armor holding a golden helmet, 3. rough ocean waves and a cloudy sky row 2, 3 pictures: 1. a golden hue picture of wine from a golden pitcher being poured into a golden goblet, 2. a black and white picture of a woman holding a sword looking toward a castle, 3. a golden hue picture of someone tracing the tops of old perfume bottles row 3, 3 pictures: 1. a pile of silver coins, 2. an intricate room with a golden chandelier in the foreground and a golden wall and painting in the background, 3. a black and white picture of an intricate palace staircase with many lit chandeliers

IMMORTAL LONGINGS x THE PRISON HEALER

⚔️mangroves, mysterious islands, & flesh eating crabs
📰becoming the thing you hate most
🥀toxicity, cannibalism, & fancy clothes
📰1890s science & politics
⚔️a deadly tournament to become the king’s highest advisor
#questpit #A #F #W #AG

thank you!!

a red background with an ombré of black bats flying left to right. over top is a semi transparent black box that includes a white map of a path from house to where the x marks the spot. it’s a real trope map with tropes in white text reading: “small town murders and a late night coffee shop, suspect-to-lovers, holiday episodes, the cusp of horroromance, vampire cult hunting and escapee, and 300 year old vampire x local crime reporter” “TVOCS trope map” and a doodle of andrea (tall white woman with thick hair wearing a bottom down) in the bottom left corner, and dalia (a vampire hanging like a bat) in the top right corner

🦇80k words of cozy romance and vampire horror…🍒

A small town news reporter suspects a late night coffee shop owner of a series of brutal murders, but the two end up teaming together to take down the vampiric cult terrorizing their town.

#questpit #A #PR #AG

a nine picture meme moodboard row 1, 3 pics: a pink jester holding a gun that says “can’t a whimsical girl crash out in peace,” a picture of green lily pads, a man screaming labeled *confused screaming* row 2, 3 pics: a deer skull sitting on moss, a floating wizard meme that says “on a quest rn, talk later,” another deer skull in a field of ferns row 3, 3 pics: a little boy holding a sign meme where the sign says “i don’t know what to say next srry i’m bad at talking,” a dark lake with green lily pads, a plague doctor with the raven mask and a pink cloak and lantern with text that says “my plague is bubonic but my lore is iconic”

Forced to live her life competing for a title she might not want at all, Olena is faced with the choice of concealing her true self forever or using her powers to save her family from a deadly plague.

🕷️bone magic, slavic folklore, lots of teenage banter🕷️
#questpit #YA #F #AG

vague ... mutiple [redacted] of [redacted] already ... 👀 ... what?

Seriously though, I'm so grateful for all the [redacted] who love this book of my heart as much as I do. I thank each of you for believing in my book and my writing career!

moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

a black and white background of a girl turned away from the camera with a black text box and white text reading “The Bone Collector” “At the peak of the tallest mountain in Novpresh, Olena Thunderchild feels most at home, though she suspects this is because she’s not allowed anywhere else.” “Leona H. Lach”

my first line for my ya adventure fantasyyyyy #writingcommunity

Canton gothic, editors interest, shortlisted PNWA finalist, love or pheromone, violent yearning, Chinese lesbians, Chinese women, Chinese moon moths, dagger, clandestine rendezvous, Chinese fan, Chinese building

IMPERIAL ASIA story about pheromone powers
#BluePit #BluePit📖
FRANKENSTEIN but in a Cantonese matriarchy

🪭Canton gothic
⚔️cocky swordswomen & kungfu
🪭love or pheromone?
⚔️maggots & mad scientists
🪭violent yearning
⚔️generational trauma
🪭locusts
#Q #A #R #H #F
moodboard by @leonahwrites.bsky.social

i really am so disappointed by 28 years later i wrote a substack so long it’s an estimated 16 minute read

art by @/shizunpilled on twt!

white text reading “an Editor’s guide to The Bone Collector rep: morgan hughes and arianna siddiqui at fineprint lit” over top of olena: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.

if you cry every time you listen to marjorie by taylor swift just like me then this is the book for you

if you ever need to get out of a writers block or come up with a plot point: go on a drive. the best medicine ever

trying to be more active on social media is like picking at my finger nails and hoping they’ll grow faster

i’ve announced this elsewhere, but wanted to say i’m so happy my literary team has expanded to include @morganchughes.bsky.social at Fineprint! i’m so excited to have her on my team! #editors watch out for my YA adventure fantasy!

constantly in the state of “what wip should i work on” to the point i’m not working

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.

He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.

The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.

This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

love this!!

thank you!

a 9 picture moodboard with brown, gold, and black accents row 1, 3 pictures: the silhouette of a man and woman in front of a fire almost kissing but fighting, a golden stone wrapped in thread in the sand, and many knives and guns on a wooden table in a map row 2, 3 pics: black and white photo of tentacles, a woman sitting in front of a fire and her back turn toward the camera, a black and white photo of a stack of skulls row 3, 3 pics: a brown hued photo of a woman in assassins gear, a golden sunset on a ship at sea, a silhouette of a couple one is laying in bed while the others hand is on their forehead

Anya has worked her whole life to save her family, but now she’s fighting for her life in a deadly tournament to become the king’s highest advisor.

⚔️rivals to lovers to worse
📰1890s florida x russia
🥀love, lust, & moral corruption
⚓️cannibalism maybe
#questpit #AG #A #F #W

thank you!

a black, white, & gold 9 picture moodboard. there’s a black text box over top w/ text that reads ““You don’t need to say anything else. You are radiant perfection,” he said as he kissed the inside of her left palm. He grabbed her hand, studying her scarred fingers. Beginning with her fingertips, he kissed down her hand to her wrist, then her forearm, all the way up to her shoulder. “Radiant, holy, benevolent, magnificent,” he whispered along her collarbone.” row 1, 3 pics: a black & white picture of a dragon in fog, a blonde woman in a white nightgown sitting on a bed, & the silhouette of a man & woman with their foreheads together about to kiss row 2, 3 pics: a woman in the bath looking over to the left worried, a black & white photo of a couple sitting at a lake with willow trees, & the profile of a man pinching the bridge of his nose row 3, 3 pics: the silhouette of a man & a woman dancing, a shirtless man resting against the wall smiling, & a black & white dragon flying over a keep

Oleksandra has seen her own death, & Ronan has unknowingly volunteered to lead her to it.

✨love, madness, & dragons
🪞slavic folklore inspired world
🕯️seeing the future, but she’s unable to change it
🪞healing scars kiss by kiss
✨rivals to lovers to …
#A #F #AG #W #questpit

love this guide!

A composite graphic featuring a grid of nine oversaturated images (three rows of three) that evoke the mood of YA thriller novel GENERATION ZOMBIE. From top left: a pile of newspapers with the word “classified” visible on one; a disembodied hand on a pane of glass; a young woman holding a phone; a young man staring at a phone with one hand on his cheek; an aerial shot of the Empire State Building with a red sky; a crowd of people; a phone screen showing a grid of social media app icons; a dark silhouette with an arm raised; and a large stack of newspapers.

BLACK MIRROR x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US

When a seventeen-year-old aspiring reporter discovers a mysterious social media app turning young people into zombies, she must expose the truth or lose her generation forever.

GENERATION ZOMBIE is an 86K YA thriller/horror.

#QuestPit #W #YA #T #H

oooo this is so cool

this guide is amazing almost as amazing as the writing

these comps?! omgggg

a white background with a light green banner with white writing that reads “THE BONE COLLECTOR An editor’s guide to a lush, folklore YA fantasy by Leona H. Lach Repped by Arianna Siddiqui at Fineprint Literary”

light green background with white flowers and a spine in three of the corners, a group of 3 in a neutral tone color palette is in one of the corners. from left to right: Fawn is on the left. she is a black girl with long locs that are decorated in little gold pieces. Olena is in the middle. She’s a white girl with dark hair & a scarf around her hair. Arwyn is on the right. He has tanned skin, shaggy hair that falls to his shoulders, & hunting gear on. Text is in the middle and reads: PITCH Three magic users a rare Bone Breaker and two spy Animal Weavers- journey into the dark woods to find a potential cure for the sickness ravaging the Bone Breaker's home. Risking their lives against ancient beasts, the three adventure to the highest mountain to find the medicine they're searching for. In a clash of Slavic myths and dark consequential magic, this YA fantasy explores the strength of the natural world while highlighting the struggle to fit in as a young girl.

a light green background with white text that reads COMPS AND TROPES. book covers and their tropes are listed below. Eragon cover: 15 y/o MC swept into an unknown adventure. The Last Unicorn cover: a misfit, magic found family. Counterpart cover a royal pawn. Daughter of the Bone Forest cover: magic influenced by death. Where the Dark Stands Still cover: lush world inspired by slavic folklore. white flowers and a spine border the corners.

white text over a light green background: SNIPPET But the entire world stops turning, letting Olena live in the few seconds before her end. "A wish?" a chirping voice calls from somewhere inside Olena's skull. It bats around, banging on every corner of her brain, the flap of wings echoing in her ears. "A wish for you." The voice is almost too fast for Olena to comprehend, but she makes her wish. Flight. Wings. The strength to save us, she pleads. in three of the four corners is white flowers and a spine, in the bottom right is olena: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.

ERAGON X THE LAST UNICORN

🌿bone magic & speaking with spirits
🕷️slavic myths in the woods
🪻band of misfits nearly dying a lot
🌞missing someone you never knew
🪻unique magic system
🕷️dragons, dead women, & forest men
🌿coming of age in a fantastical way

#questpit #AG #F #YA

anya: she lives on the beach so swimming, sunbathing, body surfing all the works
olena: she wishes she could go outside and pick flowers and prance around town
olek: you will not see this girl in the sun, though she loves walking in the gardens

ok so
crimson wip: either a boiling summer or icy cold winter no in between
seer wip: a lush spring, all kinds of greens and pinks and pale blues
bone collector: a deep rich spring nearing summer with dark greens and sunflowers and a bit too hot