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#amquerying a YA thriller and a YA romantasy -- check website! 📚 📝 copyeditor 🍵 tea enthusiast 🌻 shade gardener 🐕 senior doggo mom • she/her kbarcher.com

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Mood board for the YA mystery with adult crossover potential I am querying--what's pictured: mansion, pearl necklace, brush, fog, sea, magnifying glass, violin and sheet music, mask

Mood board for the YA mystery with adult crossover potential I am querying--what's pictured: mansion, pearl necklace, brush, fog, sea, magnifying glass, violin and sheet music, mask

NANCY DREW x KNIVES OUT

While at a billionaire's masquerade ball, Harper:
🩸discovers 2⃣ murders
🤫finds ALL the guests have secrets
🔪gets threats from the killer
🔍must catch the killer in 1⃣ night before other guests & her die

⭐ BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST⭐
#questpit #YA #A crossover # MY #T #Latinx #Q

12.02.2025 13:04 — 👍 65    🔁 30    💬 6    📌 0

omg YAYYYY congrats katie!!!! 💚

13.02.2025 02:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS X THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS

While threatened by a cruel husband and an assassin’s blade, Hatshepsut goes to war against foreign invaders, and spills treasonous blood into the parched sand.

#questpit #YA #HF #Q

12.02.2025 20:14 — 👍 38    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 0
A moodboard with a cozy, vintage aesthetic labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
	1.	Open books with text in a serif font, layered on each other.
	2.	A picturesque village nestled in a lush green valley surrounded by mountains.
	3.	A minimalistic green wall with a framed painting, books, and candles arranged neatly on a table.
	4.	A wooden bookshelf filled with old, worn books in dim lighting.
	5.	Close-up of antique books with leather-bound covers in shades of green and brown, with visible gold detailing on the spines.
	6.	A café setting with small wooden tables, coffee, pastries, and an open book resting on one of the tables.
	7.	Handwritten text on sepia-toned paper, evoking a sense of nostalgia.
	8.	A person wearing red knit fingerless gloves and a cream sweater, touching a tree trunk with an attached piece of text. 

The centersquare says house of valentine mood board

A moodboard with a cozy, vintage aesthetic labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections: 1. Open books with text in a serif font, layered on each other. 2. A picturesque village nestled in a lush green valley surrounded by mountains. 3. A minimalistic green wall with a framed painting, books, and candles arranged neatly on a table. 4. A wooden bookshelf filled with old, worn books in dim lighting. 5. Close-up of antique books with leather-bound covers in shades of green and brown, with visible gold detailing on the spines. 6. A café setting with small wooden tables, coffee, pastries, and an open book resting on one of the tables. 7. Handwritten text on sepia-toned paper, evoking a sense of nostalgia. 8. A person wearing red knit fingerless gloves and a cream sweater, touching a tree trunk with an attached piece of text. The centersquare says house of valentine mood board

A dark, moody moodboard labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
	1.	A hand with clawed nails dragging across wooden floorboards, leaving deep scratches.
	2.	Text on a textured background that reads, ‘When Night Comes’ in a serif font.
	3.	A close-up of a golden, cat-like eye with a vertical slit pupil, surrounded by shadowed skin.
	4.	A wide-open mouth with sharp, pointed fangs
	5.	A grand ballroom scene filled with people in elegant historical attire, dancing beneath ornate chandeliers.
	6.	A hand with long, deep red nails holding a glass of dark red wine
	7.	The word ‘Run’ written in bold serif font on a completely black background
	8.	A dagger with intricate designs on the hilt resting next to a single stemmed rose and a torn piece of paper with faded text.

A dark, moody moodboard labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections: 1. A hand with clawed nails dragging across wooden floorboards, leaving deep scratches. 2. Text on a textured background that reads, ‘When Night Comes’ in a serif font. 3. A close-up of a golden, cat-like eye with a vertical slit pupil, surrounded by shadowed skin. 4. A wide-open mouth with sharp, pointed fangs 5. A grand ballroom scene filled with people in elegant historical attire, dancing beneath ornate chandeliers. 6. A hand with long, deep red nails holding a glass of dark red wine 7. The word ‘Run’ written in bold serif font on a completely black background 8. A dagger with intricate designs on the hilt resting next to a single stemmed rose and a torn piece of paper with faded text.

"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? 
Wouldn’t you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? 
Of course you would.
That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence.
But let me tell you: 
it’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality.
Because the hunger you live with—
No, the hunger that you are—is worse."
-- Excerpt From Soren Valentine's Journal

"If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? Wouldn’t you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? Of course you would. That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence. But let me tell you: it’s a lie. A cruel, promise. Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality. Because the hunger you live with— No, the hunger that you are—is worse." -- Excerpt From Soren Valentine's Journal

When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it.

Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs.

As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything.

House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.
When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it.

Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs.

As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything.

House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.

When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless. When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.

Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

#questpit me introduce you to House of Valentine, complete at 98k words a thrilling gothic fantasy. #A #F #RM #Q
Comps⬇️ 1/2

13.02.2025 02:18 — 👍 36    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 1
Graphic says: Daughter of the Eyolas Tree By Sunny J Rowley 78,000 words Adult Fantasy
When the past is so deeply rooted, can you truly change the branches of the future?

Graphic says: Daughter of the Eyolas Tree By Sunny J Rowley 78,000 words Adult Fantasy When the past is so deeply rooted, can you truly change the branches of the future?

Graphic says: Blurb
Between attending pre-med class, diving practice, and completing course work, Alina Kavenaugh doesn't have time to decipher the meaning behind her reoccurring dream of a strange places and mysterious people.
But after she is accidentally pulled into the university diving pool. Allie finds herself in Uain — a different world where her violet eyes identify her as a Seer, a dangerous race of individuals that can see the past, present and future. And who haven't been seen for the past 200 year.
Now in the custody of the handsome young King De Von, she must search for a way home while also unraveling a mysterious threat to the crown, and the history of her own lineage.

Graphic says: Blurb Between attending pre-med class, diving practice, and completing course work, Alina Kavenaugh doesn't have time to decipher the meaning behind her reoccurring dream of a strange places and mysterious people. But after she is accidentally pulled into the university diving pool. Allie finds herself in Uain — a different world where her violet eyes identify her as a Seer, a dangerous race of individuals that can see the past, present and future. And who haven't been seen for the past 200 year. Now in the custody of the handsome young King De Von, she must search for a way home while also unraveling a mysterious threat to the crown, and the history of her own lineage.

Art of a females violet eyes and a males green eyes

Art of a females violet eyes and a males green eyes

Graphic says: Tropes & Themes
• Enemies to Friends to...
• Slow Burn
• Banter
• FMC who is over it
• "He'd be cute if he wasn't such an ass."
• Last of her kind
• "Fake dating"
• Grumpy VS Smart Ass
• Self Acceptance
• Righting wrongs of the past
• laking responsibility
• Trusting your inner power

Graphic says: Tropes & Themes • Enemies to Friends to... • Slow Burn • Banter • FMC who is over it • "He'd be cute if he wasn't such an ass." • Last of her kind • "Fake dating" • Grumpy VS Smart Ass • Self Acceptance • Righting wrongs of the past • laking responsibility • Trusting your inner power

When the past is so deeply rooted, can you truly change the branches of the future?

Daughter of the Eyolas Tree is an adult fantasy novel being queried.

Art by @lilitherie.bsky.social

#A #F #Q
#adult #fantasy #querying
#iamquerying #amquerying
#writer #author #writersky
#writercommunity

24.01.2025 19:03 — 👍 24    🔁 15    💬 4    📌 0
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THE FORK IN THE ROAD:
Thin Veils are meeting places between our world and one of folklore. The Fork in the Road is such a place - and a bar/coffee shop. It may also be the only Thin Veil remaining on the East Coast, as the rest are quickly being eradicated...#questpit #W #F #A

15.11.2024 04:29 — 👍 85    🔁 36    💬 7    📌 0
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A princess disguised as a man competes for her stolen throne to defeat a demon possessing the dynasty of kings, while fighting against monsters, societal conventions, and her own growing feelings for a competitor.
DAMSEL's feminine rage x A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN x 🌶️🌶️
#QuestPit #Q #RF #R #F

12.02.2025 17:24 — 👍 34    🔁 24    💬 1    📌 1

#W #UA #questpit #YA #H
When girls go missing and her friend turns up dead, Skater girl Star vows revenge. She and her best friend investigate but what they find isn't human at all. Now star must hunt for a different kind of killer.
#GirlPower #80sVibes #TeenageShapeshifters

12.02.2025 17:17 — 👍 21    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0
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TANGLED x ANASTASIA

In a realm where people go to forget their worst memories, an orphan with Tourette’s recruits an infuriating pickpocket to help her win her own memories back, hoping to recall her lost family.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F

12.02.2025 18:30 — 👍 100    🔁 54    💬 6    📌 5
A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to THE WINDWALKER - Katie Collan - young adult urban fantasy 105,000 words" over a person with a red cloak standing in the middle of a grassy field.

A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to THE WINDWALKER - Katie Collan - young adult urban fantasy 105,000 words" over a person with a red cloak standing in the middle of a grassy field.

Comparative titles with arrows pointing to relevant descriptions. Titles include: LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn, A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik, Nickelodeon's animated series AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.

Captions:

Legendborn: "mysterious death of a parent", "strong themes of prejudice"

ATLA: "elemental hard magic system"

ATLA, A Deadly Education: "diverse ensemble (would rather die than get along)"

All three: "magic rooted in culture"

Comparative titles with arrows pointing to relevant descriptions. Titles include: LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn, A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik, Nickelodeon's animated series AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. Captions: Legendborn: "mysterious death of a parent", "strong themes of prejudice" ATLA: "elemental hard magic system" ATLA, A Deadly Education: "diverse ensemble (would rather die than get along)" All three: "magic rooted in culture"

Pitch: "When fighters start disappearing from an underground tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament's secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate."

Pitch: "When fighters start disappearing from an underground tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament's secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate."

A mood board featuring eight panels with a corresponding color palette in the center, as well as the caption, "Believe in the wind and you'll prevail." From left to right, top to bottom: fire burning down a building; ocean water; the sky above the clouds; a cracked, rocky ground; a red-haired girl in a red cloak with glowing white eyes, holding a dagger  hilt with a transparent blade made of air; a skyline view of nighttime Manhattan; a NYC subway track; a boxing ring that depicts two people practicing punches beyond the ropes.

A mood board featuring eight panels with a corresponding color palette in the center, as well as the caption, "Believe in the wind and you'll prevail." From left to right, top to bottom: fire burning down a building; ocean water; the sky above the clouds; a cracked, rocky ground; a red-haired girl in a red cloak with glowing white eyes, holding a dagger hilt with a transparent blade made of air; a skyline view of nighttime Manhattan; a NYC subway track; a boxing ring that depicts two people practicing punches beyond the ropes.

LEGENDBORN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

Either she fulfills her family's legacy, or she dies with it.

🤸‍♀️ Badass female protagonist
💧🪨🔥🌪️ Elemental magic system
🌆 Urban fantasy in NYC
🫂 Found Family
🗡️ Magic competition
🌈 Diverse ensemble cast

#Q #YA #F #Jewish #QuestPit

12.02.2025 05:00 — 👍 160    🔁 91    💬 14    📌 0
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When a lesser goddess bargains with the God of Death, she intends to change the fate of humankind. Instead, she changes her own.

⚡️ Meddling gods
👑 Courtly intrigue
🗡️ Enemies-to-lovers
🖤 Tension and yearning
✨ Fairy tale vibes

#Q #A #F #RF #questpit

12.02.2025 16:05 — 👍 66    🔁 28    💬 4    📌 1
A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo that reads:
Crowned In Light
A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series
As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy
First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query!
This one has it all!
- Magical Realism
- Slow Burn
- Found Family
- Gods and Goddesses
- Music Heavy
- Soul Mates / Past Lives
- Strong Female Friendships
- Disability/BIPOC representation
- DAVID BOWIE?!?!

A photo that reads: Crowned In Light A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query! This one has it all! - Magical Realism - Slow Burn - Found Family - Gods and Goddesses - Music Heavy - Soul Mates / Past Lives - Strong Female Friendships - Disability/BIPOC representation - DAVID BOWIE?!?!

A photo that reads:
The Pitch!
It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions.
When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings…  How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

A photo that reads: The Pitch! It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions. When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

A photo that reads:
For Fans of: 
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Maggie Stiefvater
Richelle Mead
Laurell K Hamilton

Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality.
Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way.
Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory.

Playlist:
Have I Found My Home by Paden
What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams
Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin
Breathe Me by Sia
Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes
Silence by Marshmello & Khalid
The World We Made by Ruelle
Like That by JP Saxe
Safe Place by RuthAnne
Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt
Somebody Loved by The Weepies
For You by Angus & Julia Stone
Past Life by Morgan St Jean
Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

A photo that reads: For Fans of: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Maggie Stiefvater Richelle Mead Laurell K Hamilton Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality. Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way. Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory. Playlist: Have I Found My Home by Paden What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin Breathe Me by Sia Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes Silence by Marshmello & Khalid The World We Made by Ruelle Like That by JP Saxe Safe Place by RuthAnne Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt Somebody Loved by The Weepies For You by Angus & Julia Stone Past Life by Morgan St Jean Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫

NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES

🌹Romance/Romantasy
👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory
❤️‍🔥Slow Burn
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family
⚖️Gods & Goddesses
🎵Music!
♿Diversity
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+
💖Soul Mates
✨Magical Realism
Agent's guide included 📖

#2025Pit #Q #A #YA #R #NA #F #RF #SPEC #SPF #LGBT #OV

27.01.2025 16:12 — 👍 84    🔁 135    💬 15    📌 3

thank you so much!!! i'm sooo happy to hear that!! 💚💚

13.02.2025 01:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

😂 THANK YOUUU! i am SUPER excited about this WIP, i'm finally getting to return to it after a long while focusing on a rewrite!! i only had time to make a moodboard this time but i'm hoping to get a pitch together for a future pitch event!!

13.02.2025 00:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

give me that dark-yet-hot vigilante now please!! also YES to anything comping iron widow!!! 🔥🔥

13.02.2025 00:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

you had me at moon magic 😭🌙 i need this asap!!

13.02.2025 00:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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🏀 Catalina Corazón 🏀
Hates: Quinn
Likes: Sofie
Loves: Basketball, Xanax, & Quinn

💕 Quinn Carter 💕
Hates: Herself
Loves: Music & Catalina
Murdered: ???

🔥 FIX YOU 🔥
The story of a totally healthy Catholic high school romance.

#questpit #YA #Q

12.02.2025 14:19 — 👍 38    🔁 28    💬 3    📌 0
A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?"

A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?"

Collage of six picrew cartoon looking characters. 1) an excited girl with curly brown hair and glasses holding a book, with the name Edie in front. 2) a gloomy looking boy with the name Milo in front. 3) a grinning boy with sunglasses and wavy hair, with the name Manny in front. 4) a purple haired girl sticking out her tongue and holding up a peace sign with the name Viola in front. 5) a reserved looking girl with the name Cat in front. 6) a stern looking girl with the name Alexandra in front.

Collage of six picrew cartoon looking characters. 1) an excited girl with curly brown hair and glasses holding a book, with the name Edie in front. 2) a gloomy looking boy with the name Milo in front. 3) a grinning boy with sunglasses and wavy hair, with the name Manny in front. 4) a purple haired girl sticking out her tongue and holding up a peace sign with the name Viola in front. 5) a reserved looking girl with the name Cat in front. 6) a stern looking girl with the name Alexandra in front.

NETTLE & BONE x CAMP DAMASCUS

Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH.

🫂Found Family
👧Character driven
💕Slow burn romance
👻Monster menagerie

#QuestPit #Q #F #H #A

12.02.2025 11:50 — 👍 133    🔁 87    💬 11    📌 0
moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign.
#QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

12.02.2025 05:38 — 👍 293    🔁 165    💬 52    📌 2
On the left, text on torn paper: Sirensong, 126k words, Sci-Fi/Romance, Iron Widow Meets Steelheart. On the right, a stormy sky

On the left, text on torn paper: Sirensong, 126k words, Sci-Fi/Romance, Iron Widow Meets Steelheart. On the right, a stormy sky

A moodboard with nine images surrounded by text.
1. A silver domino mask
2. A bloody knife
3. a glowing silver eye
4. A greyscale image of a lightning strike
5. Text reading: No matter what you do, you're still my sister. 
6. A black and white tuxedo.
7. A broken compass necklace.
8. Greyscale crime scene text. 
9. A black mask with fangs. 
Surrounded by text: power and corruption, slowburn, found family, queer disabled rep, complicated twins, secret identity, love or duty?, kill the rich

A moodboard with nine images surrounded by text. 1. A silver domino mask 2. A bloody knife 3. a glowing silver eye 4. A greyscale image of a lightning strike 5. Text reading: No matter what you do, you're still my sister. 6. A black and white tuxedo. 7. A broken compass necklace. 8. Greyscale crime scene text. 9. A black mask with fangs. Surrounded by text: power and corruption, slowburn, found family, queer disabled rep, complicated twins, secret identity, love or duty?, kill the rich

Snippets: Lightning captured the clouds in a bright, sudden burst, and I flinched as unwanted memories flashed behind my eyes. Bloodstained hands wrapped around a knife. Golden, fiery eyes burned into mine. A woman screamed. A tiny hand wrapped in mine as red-and-blue lights flashed through the sky.
A line.
People like Amelia Nova and Jason Rathburn got to scam people out of insurance and perform unethical basement experiments while people like my mother got to rot in a prison cell without a second thought. Shadow was the promise that these people would see vengeance, even if justice would not come. 
A line.
A wave of vindication rose in my chest at the fear in his eyes. He was scared of the very thing he and his brother had created, scared of the consequences of his actions. He was scared of the thing he could no longer control.

Snippets: Lightning captured the clouds in a bright, sudden burst, and I flinched as unwanted memories flashed behind my eyes. Bloodstained hands wrapped around a knife. Golden, fiery eyes burned into mine. A woman screamed. A tiny hand wrapped in mine as red-and-blue lights flashed through the sky. A line. People like Amelia Nova and Jason Rathburn got to scam people out of insurance and perform unethical basement experiments while people like my mother got to rot in a prison cell without a second thought. Shadow was the promise that these people would see vengeance, even if justice would not come. A line. A wave of vindication rose in my chest at the fear in his eyes. He was scared of the very thing he and his brother had created, scared of the consequences of his actions. He was scared of the thing he could no longer control.

An updated #agentsguide:

IRON WIDOW meets STEELHEART in a 126k YA/NA sci-fi/romance where, armed with accidental powers and hunting for the puppeteer that killed her dad, Ellie wants answers- or she'll get vengeance, with the help of the dark-yet-hot vigilante killing CEOs.
#Q #SF #R #A #questpit

12.02.2025 05:15 — 👍 92    🔁 49    💬 11    📌 3
Artwork of the main character in Aaron’s SoulCast Series. In the image, a Black teen with red hair ignites his blood magic in the Underworld of Kalunga.

Artwork of the main character in Aaron’s SoulCast Series. In the image, a Black teen with red hair ignites his blood magic in the Underworld of Kalunga.

🚨TITLE REVEAL!🚨

I’m so excited to announce the title of my Central African inspired YA Fantasy book: SOULCAST

It’s about a boy with dangerous blood magic who must compete in a deadly competition to save his mother’s soul, before it’s sacrificed to the Gods of the Underworld

12.02.2025 15:13 — 👍 123    🔁 28    💬 4    📌 4

AN EMBER IN THE ASHES x TVD
He's engaged to the crown princess with secrets slithering down his spine in forbidden knowledge

She's her people's last hope at survival after the winter destroyed everything

Together, they fight for their freedom and against their growing attraction.
#questpit #Q #RF

12.02.2025 15:36 — 👍 45    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

12.02.2025 10:14 — 👍 261    🔁 123    💬 16    📌 0
Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project

Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

12.02.2025 13:11 — 👍 198    🔁 131    💬 12    📌 0
There is a graphic of red Asian lanterns hanging from a cherry blossom tree. There’s also text that says “you’re invited to support Red WIP anywhere, anytime forever and always in all universes. Querying later 2025.” In the center is a moodboard with two sides. On the left are modern things: Tampa at night with a glowing bridge, a young man in a plaid shirt leaning over a desk with a pencil in hand, and a thorny rose. On the right are ancient sights: a Japanese temple against a red sky, a woman in traditional Vietnamese clothing, and an Asian painting of a plant with red flowers.

There is a graphic of red Asian lanterns hanging from a cherry blossom tree. There’s also text that says “you’re invited to support Red WIP anywhere, anytime forever and always in all universes. Querying later 2025.” In the center is a moodboard with two sides. On the left are modern things: Tampa at night with a glowing bridge, a young man in a plaid shirt leaning over a desk with a pencil in hand, and a thorny rose. On the right are ancient sights: a Japanese temple against a red sky, a woman in traditional Vietnamese clothing, and an Asian painting of a plant with red flowers.

For Max, who lived & loved vicariously through Asian classics, being reborn into an AU East Asia should’ve been a dream come true. But the original fairytales are grim. Living idyllically & loving freely will cost others their life according to his curse
#Questpit #W #Up #A

12.02.2025 05:31 — 👍 116    🔁 66    💬 7    📌 1

Comp Board 

I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski

PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement?

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender

COMP TITLES
Interview With The Vampire 
A Blue Bloods Novel
Yakuza

Comp Board I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender COMP TITLES Interview With The Vampire A Blue Bloods Novel Yakuza

I Am Chosen
By Dawn Berkoski
77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance
Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet

Think: 
Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London)

Tropes
*  Forbidden Love
*  Fish Out of Water
*  Forced Proximity
*  Dark Secrets
*  Unequal Power Structure
*  High Action Chase Scenes
*  Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End

Quotes

"He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger."
~Jason Allard (Protagonist)

"Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!"
~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover)

"Alexander and I have unfinished business."
-Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival)

MAIN CHARACTERS
Alexander Grant	Jason Allard
CEO of M-Corp	       Bartender
Control Issues	       Anxiety/Clingy
Likes:                        Likes: 
Power + Money.       Video Games +Pizza

I Am Chosen By Dawn Berkoski 77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet Think: Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London) Tropes * Forbidden Love * Fish Out of Water * Forced Proximity * Dark Secrets * Unequal Power Structure * High Action Chase Scenes * Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End Quotes "He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger." ~Jason Allard (Protagonist) "Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!" ~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover) "Alexander and I have unfinished business." -Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival) MAIN CHARACTERS Alexander Grant Jason Allard CEO of M-Corp Bartender Control Issues Anxiety/Clingy Likes: Likes: Power + Money. Video Games +Pizza

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.

Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.

PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom~or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? #YouDeservepIt 📖 💙📚 #Q #R

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy Bartender

24.01.2025 14:10 — 👍 511    🔁 188    💬 40    📌 2
3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; silhouette of a couple kissing; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger

3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; silhouette of a couple kissing; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger

Crown of Amethysts
Na Romantic Fantasy 99,000 words
Shadow and Bone meets A Court of Thorns and Roses
Pitch: When Keira's sister is taken by a shapeshifter, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land and sea, and her own dark powers to save her. But the enemy could be anyone, and his price for her sister will have her question the cost of love and duty.
Comp titles: a fate inked in blood and spark of the everflame.
Tropes and themes: love vs duty, found family, vengeance and betrayal, Forbidden and slow-burn romance, forced proximity, dark secrets and hidden truths, half the Gods are dead, and gods. Goddesses, mortals, and more.

Crown of Amethysts Na Romantic Fantasy 99,000 words Shadow and Bone meets A Court of Thorns and Roses Pitch: When Keira's sister is taken by a shapeshifter, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land and sea, and her own dark powers to save her. But the enemy could be anyone, and his price for her sister will have her question the cost of love and duty. Comp titles: a fate inked in blood and spark of the everflame. Tropes and themes: love vs duty, found family, vengeance and betrayal, Forbidden and slow-burn romance, forced proximity, dark secrets and hidden truths, half the Gods are dead, and gods. Goddesses, mortals, and more.

When Keira's sister is taken, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land & sea, & her own dark powers to find a shapeshifter who could be anyone & whose price for her sister will have her choose b/w love & duty
✨️ #Questpit #RF #F #Q #A 🌗

12.02.2025 05:08 — 👍 307    🔁 155    💬 30    📌 1
Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand grabbing a feather coming out of a flaming book over a maze

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand grabbing a feather coming out of a flaming book over a maze

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow.
But now the monster had been given a name, an identity.
It was real."

BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK.
NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow. But now the monster had been given a name, an identity. It was real." BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK. NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS. FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

Character art of Bill and Sonny, the two leads. Bill is a dark featured man in his 30s and Sonny is a decaying corpse man wearing a cardigan

Character art of Bill and Sonny, the two leads. Bill is a dark featured man in his 30s and Sonny is a decaying corpse man wearing a cardigan

Grim Portents

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of

📖 #UW #Q #A #DF #MY #Hu #H #QuestPit

12.02.2025 16:44 — 👍 97    🔁 43    💬 2    📌 2
Preview
a red house is in the middle of a snow covered field Alt: a red house is in the middle of a snow covered field

A boy falls through a hole while ice fishing and is saved by his fourteen-year-old granddad. A stranger from the present confronts him at a county fair, but he wants to stay to have adventures with his healthy granddad, because the one at home has Alzheimer’s. #QuestPit #Q #MG

12.02.2025 05:12 — 👍 50    🔁 28    💬 8    📌 0
A Memory of Moonkissed Malice
Villain Era Protag
Frenemies to Lovers
Queendoms
Found Family
Fantasy Dark Academia
Vampires
Feminine Rage
Corrupted Moon Magic

A Memory of Moonkissed Malice Villain Era Protag Frenemies to Lovers Queendoms Found Family Fantasy Dark Academia Vampires Feminine Rage Corrupted Moon Magic

The Pitch
18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

The Pitch 18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

Chapter One
The rain made it easier to rob his grave.
My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us.
Us.
As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

Chapter One The rain made it easier to rob his grave. My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us. Us. As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

For Fans Of...
The lush, gothic prose of...
A fantasy academia setting like...
A murder mystery similar to...

For Fans Of... The lush, gothic prose of... A fantasy academia setting like... A murder mystery similar to...

ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK

Nocturne's halls hold secrets darker than Alyss ever imagined. With sinister professors & corrupted moon magic, she'll need to work with her ex, his new girl, & an infuriately charming vampire to avenge her sister's murder.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #DF

12.02.2025 13:02 — 👍 145    🔁 90    💬 23    📌 2

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