BB Lorik (writing SFF 💀📖)

Graphic with a decorative victorian gothic border with a title that reads Don't Keen for Me: 70,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch. A mock book cover is featured in the center of the image surrounded by trope text callouts: He's human, she's immortal; byronic hero protagonist; only one grave; tragic ending; bubonic plague; Medieval Irish setting; uncovering lost memories.

Comps: the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, the catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the family trauma of Haunting of Hill House directed by Mike Flanagan.

DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST x NOSFERATU

Ciarán’s family hasn’t trusted him since his cousin died in his care. So when he hears the family banshee warning of another death, he’ll do anything to prove his truthfulness—if he doesn’t fall for the banshee first. 🥀❤️‍🔥

#QuestPit #H #R #A #W

SHATTERED LENS

#YA #SF (88,000) about superheroes in the Midwest that doesn't follow the superheroes but the anonymous photographer who's gotten famous off of them.

First in a planned series I #amquerying, feat:

🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+
🦆Minnesota
💖Side Character Spotlight💖
✨trauma✨
📸Nerdy📸

#QuestPit #Q

👀 everything about this is calling to my morbid obsessions

An agent's guide to THESE WISHLESS SOULS, YA fantasy

Moodboard + Tropes: ancestral guilt, north african monsters, flesh-eating frost, sentient lake, deadly vows, meddling gods, "her life before yours", "rebel & losing herself; obey & losing everyone else"

Pitch: When a flesh-eating frost starts killing her family one by one, 17yo Chemsa must bring her "chosen one" sister back to life to stop it—before the frost claims her next.

First lines: Chapter One: It's my mother who found it first. I deserve a lashing for referring to my aunt as *it*, but this is considering what little the curse has left of Tata Fatima.

introducing the agent’s guide to:

⤜ THESE WISHLESS SOULS ⤛

🌙 North African myths
🌊 a sentient lake
💀 soul-starved ghouls
❄️ a flesh-eating frost
⚔️ a little heresy

#YA #F #Q #questpit
#agentsguide #amquerying

A Venetian-inspired 'Mr & Mrs Smith' where a shapeshifting conwoman must outwit a ruthless bounty hunter to steal the source of magic and save her people

🔥Enemies-to-lovers
🔥Heists
🔥Everyone is morally grey
🔥Spicy slow burn

#Agentsguide #Questpit #A #F #Q

Marley has spent her life bouncing between foster homes; Si, who she can’t stand, has never had to leave his—until his father is murdered, his mother is arrested, and they end up under the same roof. If you knew him, you’d never believe what he did. #questpit #q #ya #contemporary

EFF, MARRY, KILL — A YA supernatural slasher about choices you can’t take back.

90s slasher vibes of CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD
Cursed game of TALK TO ME
Ensemble cast of ONE OF US IS LYING

Querying imminent.

#questpit #YA #H #C

A graphic which reads: An agent’s guide to RETURN THE SKY, Adult Fantasy, 112,000 words. PITCH: Assistant natural historian Heidi ventures into the cursed forest for her thesis. She expected danger. She didn’t expect to fall in love with a strange rogue who presents her with a choice - help them and start a war between the forest and her home, or betray them and keep her family safe. Comps are Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, Where the Dark Stands Still, and Uprooted. Tropes and themes include dark academia, non-binary love interest, yearning, cozy fantasy (with teeth), slow burn, forced proximity, hidden histories and secrets, eventual happy ending, queernormative world, and dark forests.

EMILY WILDE x NETTLE & BONE

Heidi’s parents think marrying her will cover a scandal.

Heidi has her own plan:
💔 Scorn the suitor
💸 Keep his money
🔬 Use her natural history research to uphold the family’s good name.

That is, if she survives long enough to finish her thesis 🌲

#QuestPit #A #F #Q

#WritingBlueSky #authorsky #authorcoaching #indieauthor #writer

Now I want to be best friends, because this was a silly animal related post that I need more of

Read from left to right through each row. 1. A woman in red dress- a celebrity- signing autograph for fans. 2. The entrance of a theatre: "Cinema" written in bold red neon lights. Below the board reads: "See you at the movies." 3. Pink backdrop of Los Angeles skyline with palm trees lining the road. 4. Text: "Hollywood Romance" 5. A man and a woman making out in the rain. 6. A food truck lined with fairy lights. 7. A black and white image of clapboard having "Hollywood" on the top. 8. Boxes of 4 colours: grey, peach, black and red. Indicating the colour scheme of the entire moodboard

Funny You Should Ask×Roommate
She's an indie darling barely scraping by. He's trying to move beyond his past. Tossed into a movie that demands intimacy they navigate awkward rehearsals & past experiences. But falling for each other? Definitely not on the script
#questpit #R #A #W

LESSONS IN ROMANCE, a romance novel about romance novels, going on submission this fall ♡

#questpit #AG #R #A

image of Black Hills, amphitheater seats that are orange, cloudy sky. On a stage there is a horde of zombies (mostly sillhouettes). One zombie is crawling amongst the stadium seats. one zombie close up along the right side of the image. Blood splatter across the whole image starting from bottom left corner. white text: THE DENTIST WILL EAT YOU NOW.

🏳️‍🌈3 bi disasters take on the end of the world

🧎‍♂️The Preacher = out for blood
🧟‍♀️The Horde = hunting for flesh
🥼The Dentist = can't stop smiling

THE Z WORD x THE WALKING DEAD

#questpit #q #lgbt #h #sf #a

A moodboard with a gray blue background, light yellow flecks, and a variety of images and scraps of paper taped to each. At the top, one scrap says “Meet the Party.” On the left, an image of a cloaked figure pulling up their hood, silhouetted by a window. Scrap of paper is labeled “Shy Ranger + Shadow Corgi” above is a profile of a woman with long white hair and her label says “Bubbly Cleric” Near the bottom, bare feet walk through flaming coals as sparks jump into the air. Her label says “Flammable Warlock” next to it is an image of a fencing foil’s guard. The note says “Dungeon Master + Fighter” directly above is a pale image with a white hand. The fingers are stained black. The note says “Yearning Sorcerer” to the right is a silhouette of person playing the violin. The note says “Grumpy Bard” A color search is in the upper left corner and a set of 5 crystals is a graphic in outlines in the lower right corner.

STRANGER THINGS x A DOOR IN THE DARK

✨underground portal fantasy
✨multiple POV
✨D&D style party
✨ragic love across lifetimes
✨rescue mission
✨meddlesome gods
✨harmful magic
✨found family
✨a wish
#QuestPit #Q #YA portal #F

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER ✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨ *Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone #questpit #a #wf #r

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER ✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨ *Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone #questpit #a #wf #r

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER ✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨ *Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone #questpit #a #wf #r

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER ✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨ *Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone #questpit #a #wf #r

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER

✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨

*Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone
#questpit #a #wf #r

Our Wives Under the Sea x Malibu Rising

In a beach town of people lost at sea & legends of sea creatures told in secret, first heartbreak isn't only transformative on the inside–
it turns women into sirens who come back to drown the exes responsible

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #S #SFF

THE DEADING x SotR x THE 100

🌿the earth is sentient & hungry for vengeance
🗡rivals to lovers who compete to outsmart each other
🔆"We're all monsters. We just get to choose what kind."

#QuestPit #OS #AG #YA #SF #SFF #S #RF

clockwise from top left: man and woman embracing, woman writing in notebook, open road through somewhere in the southwest US, hospital room, man and woman holding each other, man's hand holding camera, NYC skyline, airplane outside hangar center text: The most difficult people are often the best ones once you get to know them.

Lies, secrets, betrayal... what more could you want in a contemporary romance?

✈️ She's afraid to fly
❤️‍🩹 He's afraid to fall.
👫 Together, they face their fears when they discover hitmen for hire disguised as an airline.

📌agent guide pinned

#questpit #w #r #a

Image of Deva Cassel in her role in The Leopard, I have used Canva to put a mask over her eyes and edit the image. Text reads. Lunaryn M. Redwood "I got a bit carried away and used my fire. They kind of...um, how should I say this...combusted"

Image of Orlando Bloom, unsure in which role. Text reads: Onwyn Storm "Listen here, you little shit. I've had enough of your attitude. You will talk to her with respect, or I'll have you spending a couple of nights in jail for insubordination."

Image of a black model, unfortunately I couldn't find out who it is. Text reads: Damian Maghanty "I must look horrendous if you'd give up your virtue for me. Although, now that I think about it, it would do you good to get laid. Always working so hard and for what? You have no time for fun"

Image of Jessica Chastain in The Huntsmen. Text reads: Ignis Silver "Oh, sure. Because our friend can't be trusted but a random daimon from the biggest illegal market in Melya can be? Are you insane?"

❤️‍🔥 THE HEALER WITCH ❤️‍🔥

Some of my favourite quotes, from some of my favourite characters.
🌙Morally grey FMC
🔥Elemental magic
🌸Meddling Gods
✨Multi POV
❤️The slowest flame to ever burn
🍒Spanish+Gaelic Folklore

#questpit #Q #A #F

Yeah 🥰 I sprinkle in tons of storybook/fairytale characters

Dark ferns background An Agent's Guide To: LAST CHANCE MATCH New Adult Dystopian Romance "Find the one who's to die for."

The Pitch: Calasca’s government uses science to appoint soulmates, but the 0.6% of the population who don’t receive a match face extermination at thirty. A new reality show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change that and gives the matchless another shot at life. Downtrodden waitress, Cera accepts the invitation, but is quickly deflated when she’s paired with the cocky and entitled Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed after being eliminated, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever after—and to make it out alive.

The comps: THE KILL FACTOR by Ben Oliver Both with a killer reality show setting to win freedom SILVER ELITE by Dani Francis Both with opposing factions and biased government HEART OF THE SUN Both with second chances and dislike to lovers arc

The Tropes: Arrows pointing from a mock cover of LAST CHANCE MATCH book with ferns with the following tropes: Dystomance Touch her and die Dislike to locers Forced proximity Second chances Soulmates

Dear Citizen of Calasca,

Pack your bags! I am happy to extend an invitation for you to join us on LAST CHANCE MATCH, a new reality holovision program where LOVE ISLAND meets SQUID GAME and BLACK MIRROR. We promise you’ll find the one who’s to die for.

#W #R #SF #S #QuestPit

Mood board of dark libraries, dark magic, shadow creatures, swords, misty dark forest, portals, a group of friends and Mumbai in the rain.

ATLA x Gregor The Overlander

Three teenagers learn that a star has blessed their souls, intertwining their destines with those of both the human and the hidden magical realm. As the threat of war looms, they uncover long-hidden secrets that could destroy both realms.

#QuestPit #Q #F #MG

This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections: 1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads: "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background. 2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word. 3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says: "A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

THE GREAT ALONE x LOVE & OTHER WORDS

UNDER MY OWN MAKING, an upmarket women’s fiction with:

🌊 a scarred heiress
🌊 estranged childhood friends turned lovers
🌊 hard-earned slow-burn romance
🌊 toxic family
🌊 coastal small town
🌊 found family

#questpit #Q #A #R #WF

A 4-slide graphic titled “An Agent’s Guide to Everything I Gave Her”. Each slide features a foggy forest background with layered white text. Slide 1: Text reads: “An Agent’s Guide to Everything I Gave Her” followed by: “89k words | Upmarket Psychological Suspense by Tiffany Darling.”

Slide 2: Same foggy forest background. Text reads: Pitch “When eight-year-old Lacey Carson finds her mother dead on the kitchen floor, something inside her fractures. Uprooted to a new town with a grieving, distant father, she latches onto the first person who shows her warmth—Emily Harper, a precocious classmate with a big heart and an even bigger need to help. What begins as innocent friendship festers into decades of obsession, manipulation, and a love so warped it leaves one girl dead, and the other wondering if she even knows how to survive a life without her.”

Slide 3: Same background. Title: Comps Left side shows the cover of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, with the words: “Complex female relationships Motherhood Buried secrets Slow burn Emotional depth” Right side shows the cover of The Push by Ashley Audrain, with the words: “Unsettling Emotionally charged Navigates maternal instinct Psychological unraveling Fear”

Slide 4: Same back ground. Text that reads “Dual POV / Nonlinear timeline Character-driven psychological suspense A slow burn that simmers... then detonates.

If you’re an agent who loved the twisting depths of the true crime Scamanda podcast and want that kind of suspense in fiction, Everything I Gave Her might be for you.
The deeper you go, the more it twists.
Currently has 2 full requests.

#QuestPit #T #Q #A

THE DEADING x SotR x THE 100

🌿a sentient earth hungry for vengeance
🗡rivals to lovers who seek to uncover the truth no matter the cost
🔆found family paired with a competition for survival

#QuestPit #OS #AG #YA #SF #SFF #S #RF

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. White text reads: The Guardians of Melya present, The Healer Witch. A Bewitched 97K Adult Fantasy by K J Silver

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. The white text reads: The pitch - 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 forces to work with Lunary. 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.

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. The white text reads: Inside the healer witch - Morally grey FMC, cozy with a dash of darkness, the slowest flame to ever burn, meddling gods, found family that annoy each other to death, sentient houses and secret libraries. 3 pictures on top of it are: the cover for The Courting of Bristol Keats and The Witch Collector, as well as a poster for Avatar the Last Airbender

Purple and orange flames over a dark background. White text reads: The Prologue - And so Ylluriel had endured centuries of watching how they destroyed each other. Over land, resources, family feuds. The reason didn’t seem to matter, for they always found another excuse to turn against one another. The greed, the hopelessness. The anger and blood lust. The jealousy and despair. They had all infected the lands of Melya like a plague that no one could stop. Ylluriel had easily grown tired of staying aside. Of having the power to change things and not do anything to help the children that she loved so fiercely. Her love was so great that she was willing to go against Melya herself, the Mother of all. Her grandmother. It wasn’t the first time she had defied her, after all, and she was sure it would not be the last. Especially not when a child, so desperate to live, had found her way to her realm.

❤️‍🔥 THE HEALER WITCH ❤️‍🔥

If you thought coming back to the place you hate the most was bad, imagine getting tangled in a Healer’s dodgy business AND constantly putting your life in danger in the process.

The odds are not in their favour, but the Gods are.

#agentsguide #questpit #Q #A #F

Love your comps 😏

THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE x THE EVER KING

On a quest for a fabled treasure to propel her into the history books, a pirate captain must battle ghosts, guards, and a stowaway who might hold the key to her success, and her heart – if she doesn’t kill him first.

#Romantasy #A #QuestPit #Q

We all need a wingwoman like Iris in our corner:

#QuestPit #A #R #Q