I’ve got newer comps (GALLANT x A DEADLY EDUCATION) — but how do I reference older books that capture the spirit of my story (TIMELINE x GOLDEN COMPASS x SONG OF THE LIONESS) in #querying #writingcommunity #amediting #amquerying #YA

03.02.2026 12:51 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I once went to a faculty / staff writer’s group at work, and I was the only non-faculty AND the only one working on a fiction piece (never mind young adult fantasy!). Everyone else was working on grants or journal articles! Oy. 😑 #writingcommunity #YA #HigherEd #amquerying

02.02.2026 02:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As an avid baker and cook, that’s insane!

01.02.2026 13:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Contemporary watercolor paintings.

Oil panting of a slice of cake.

Oil painting of two stacked donuts.

Acrylic painting of a hawk.

Art is a medium where it feels easier to demonstrate what you’re good at on this platform—compared to writing! I always thought if I published I’d like to try my hand at my own cover. #YA #writingcommunity #Q

01.02.2026 13:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

👋 Hi, I’m Rach! I started studying journalism, but switched to architecture school back in the day! So I love to draw + write! I also am an avid runner, mom to two little boys, painter, architect, food fiend, wine witch, and campus planner at an Ivy League university. #gobruno #YA #writingcommunity

01.02.2026 13:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

💯 fumbling through this as a newb:

THROUGH THE PINES

🎨 foster kid whose drawings open portals
🏫 island boarding school hiding secrets
💫 quantum physics equals magic
🏰 visions of a boy in another world
🌉 one girl connecting two universes
🍰 layered mystery

#Q #YA #F #writingcommunity #questpit

01.02.2026 01:37 — 👍 25    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Fun Fact: when I was wrapping up my story, I sent my manuscript to one of my fave podcast hosts—a well-known economist. He said I should pursue publication, and that encouragement gave me the little push I needed to launch my query quest. #YA #Fantasy #Y #writingcommunity #Q

01.02.2026 01:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m writing a young adult fantasy novel that takes place on a place called Pine Island off the coast of Maine and this is how I imagined it looks!

01.02.2026 00:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Loooove me some Lies of Locke Lamora so I’m sure I’d dig this!!!

31.01.2026 23:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the soul of a long-dead hero, she must outrun the law and bargain with a vilified goddess for her life, all while deciding whether the world would be better off with her survival or the hero's resurrection.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

31.01.2026 05:46 — 👍 144    🔁 51    💬 7    📌 0

Chess is a reaper-in-training. Her boyfriend is possessed by death itself. One impossible choice: save the world or save the boy she loves. As ghosts rise and rogue reapers hunt her, Chess must embrace her powers or lose everything. #questpit #YA #Q #F #PR #Disability

31.01.2026 05:05 — 👍 80    🔁 29    💬 1    📌 0

A MEMORY OF MOONKISSED MALICE Fantasy Dark Academia Feminine Rage Vampires Corrupted Moon Magic Villain Era Protag Queendoms Enemies to Lovers Found Family

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. YA Gothic Fantasy 93,000 Words

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 similar to... A supernatural mystery like...

ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Nocturne Collegiate is celebrated as a sanctuary from warring Queendoms and brutal vampires, but Alyss knows better—its guardian murdered her sister, and now she's come for revenge.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #YA #F

31.01.2026 12:08 — 👍 104    🔁 55    💬 12    📌 0

Editor's Guide To MARK OF A MAGPIE Crossover Romantic Fantasy 118k Words Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines.

Blurb One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy… Ryn is a small-town thief who has a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d be a fool to take up, but with her family scattered across the sea after the draft, a fool is what she’ll need to be to find them. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set on his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. Once whispers of the past begin to resurface and nobles begin dying around them, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The castle is under lockdown, and all bets for the crown are placed on their capture. Seven for a Secret, Never to Be Told. Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines.

Tropes and Themes - Thief x Assassin - Mental Health Rep - Identity vs Duty - Class Difference - Forced Proximity - Secret Code - Morally Gray - Women's Wrongs - Unlikely Allies to Lovers Comps: Throne of Glass's castle-setting murder mystery and theme of "who you are versus what you have to do" meets the banter-heavy dialogue, strong female protagonist, and nautical setting of Daughter of the Pirate King. Text is on a piece of parchment. Beside the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines.

The Atmosphere: There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand. Picture seven shows a bottle of alcohol. Picture eight has a medieval alleyway. And picture eight shows a ship's crew enjoying a sunset. There is text below the collage that says: ON SUBMISSION NOW! Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media, contact information available on my website! Behind the parchment, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #YA #A #F #RF
#OS #DIS #EditorsGuide #Editors

31.01.2026 05:00 — 👍 131    🔁 53    💬 8    📌 1

Moodboard titled Aaryana (FMC’s name) with a subheading along the bottom: Heir to the Throne Series. Image 1 is of a young woman wearing a blue hooded cloak and holding two swords. Image 2 is a young woman in metal armour, holding a large shield and getting ready to strike with the sword in her other hand. Image 3 is a close-up of a young woman sitting next to a sword leaning against the wall. The final image depicts a young woman wearing an elaborate gold headpiece studded with blue crystals.

Moodboard with seven images and title along the bottom: Heir to the Throne Series. Image 1 is of a young man who appears to have huge angel-wings and a fire burning in the background. Image 2 is a scene of a ship that seems to have crashed against the rocks edging the sea. Image 3 is of a young woman with her arms around a young man. Image 4 depicts a young woman wearing an elaborate gold headpiece studded with blue crystals. Image 5 is of a young woman holding a sword and plummeting in the ocean. Image 6 depicts the outside of a beautiful castle, a huge moon in the sky, and a young woman in a black gown staring at the stars in the sky. The final image is of two ships caught in a storm at sea.

Aaryana is winning the contest that decides who will be the next Queen/King but her enemies—which may include her sisters—are determined to change that

👸ambitious FMC w/ soft❤️
🫅brooding LI who’s protective of his siblings
🧜‍♀️sea folk
💘fake courting
🖤slow🔥hate-2-love
💔forbidden love
#QuestPit #Y #F #P

31.01.2026 07:03 — 👍 52    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 0

THROUGH THE PINES A foster kid whose sketches open portals is sent to a mysterious boarding school on a remote island. There, missing teens, quantum physics, and another world begin to collide and she discovers her own life is tangled in a much bigger mystery. #questpit #YA #F

31.01.2026 23:15 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Yes!!!

31.01.2026 02:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Granted, I’m a small person (and this has nothing to do with querying or writing), but look at the size of our four month old black lab’s paws! #blacklab #blacklabpuppy

30.01.2026 20:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks friend!

30.01.2026 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writing while working full-time and parenting is HARD. I’m still surprised that the story I’d been holding for years finally crystallized during the busiest season of my life. #Q #amquerying #YA #F #writingcommunity

30.01.2026 17:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I wish I had attended! And you’re so right…learning from rejection is a critical life skill—and not limited to writing!

29.01.2026 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m an architect by trade and by golly… querying feels a bit like architecture school: putting your ideas into the world, taking criticism, iterating, tinkering, doubting then feeling bursts of enthusiasm! #architectureschool #Querying #YA #YAFantasy #revise

29.01.2026 17:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m writing a YA fantasy about a girl whose drawings open portals between worlds. It’s part dark-academia, part physics, part found family. I’m here to talk about writing, revision, querying, and the weird emotional landscape of making a book! #querying #q #YA #quantum #entanglement

29.01.2026 17:40 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Tiny Pitch: Edith lands a spot at an elite island school, where she discovers her art can manipulate quantum probabilities and rip open portals to an entangled, medieval parallel realm. There, she finds a mysterious boy from her dreams and children who have gone missing from her own world. #Q #YA

27.01.2026 12:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello Blue Sky! As a millennial, my preferred social is IG…but as I’m actively querying, this is what the Google machine says I need to be doing. So here I am! Hello! #Q #YA #YAFantasy #quantum #parallelworlds #artaspower #boardingschool #entanglement

26.01.2026 13:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0