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For Mother’s Day, here is art I commissioned of my MC’s mother, Nella Aetos! #Bloodweaver

After killing the king of an opposing kingdom, Jelani transforms from an unsuspecting General to a relentless vindicator. There’s only one problem: her gf is now her enemy.

🩸sapphic black MC
🩸little women but the sisters go to war
🩸diverse dark fantasy
#questpit #F #A #W

an "unhinged" list of potential audiences for the proposed book (The Tower's Blood); potential audiences include people who vibe with "eat the rich," want more mental illness rep in fantasy, vibe with "be gay do crime," want there to be something like a horror version of Howl's Moving Castle where the castle is evil, are biology nerds, want the powerful dark mage who believes he is a danger to his loved ones to cope by telling bad jokes (instead of brooding), think having cosmic horror and body horror in the same magic system sounds fun, and enjoy media such as Final Fantasy VII, Gideon the Ninth, The Bone Shard Daughter, Trigun Stampede, The Jasmine Throne, The Surviving Sky, and Nevernight

It is late. Please see the attached image for an unhinged list of potential audiences for THE TOWER'S BLOOD, my (querying soon) science fantasy about a fugitive blood mage who helps start a workers' revolution with the power of Heart and Bad Jokes (and flesh manipulation).

#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

ARCANE X CRIER'S WAR

When a late night decision spirals into murder, betrayal, and war, Jelani is forced to confront the truth she's spent a lifetime avoiding: the greatest threat to her kingdom isn't the enemy outside its gates-it's the rot within.

#W #F #A #Questpit

Thank you so much!

Still obsessed with this concept ❤️

Super beautiful guide!

IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP

A retired explorer, torn between the inevitability of losing his wife and a desire to return to the wild, fixates on a towering, imprisoned forest.
Driven by an esoteric rumour, he heads for the forest.

And he will regret every choice from then on...
#QuestPit #A #T #SF

Cuteee graphic!

When sheltered Catalina Wesley falls in love with the vampire haunting her dreams, she must decide whether to resist their eternal bond or confront her worst fear, and his greatest desire—death

#W #FR #PR #YA #Questpit

I love this 🫶🏾

“Academic presses have not showered kindness nor praise upon my prior submissions, and the media conglomerates of mainstream publishing have been known to outbid each other for the right to slam doors in my face.” –Dr. Elara Lee, Paranormal Investigator.

“What kind of police force do we want to be? Are we mindless, iron-fisted, bug-mashing enforcers of the law, or do we offer a supportive and compassionate hand that carries bugs back into nature to live out their full and productive lives? That’s what McGuire should have considered before he appointed himself judge, jury, and pest exterminator!” –Charlie Loomis, Invisible Cop.

“Heads will roll for this, The Man! The People will rise up! I will, I swear I will…I will write a Manitoba! No, a mafioso! A manatee! The Revolution is coming for you, Middleton Road and Highway Department! And for you, Town Hall! And for you, marble statue of Town Founder Josiah Middleton! And for you, nocturnal rodent-shaped whatsis rustling in the bushes!” –Marna Pinkerton, Spray Paint Prophet.

“I will never apologize for turning chaos into order. Order is my calling.” –Degobaaat, Cybernetic Sheep.

BLADE RUNNER x TWIN PEAKS
A giant robot takes a nap in the center of town and dreams of electric sheep. Luckily, Middleton is defended by a paranormal investigator, a spray-paint prophet, and an invisible cop in the dreampunk thriller, RESIDUE OF AN ESPECIALLY POOR VINTAGE.
#questpit #w #a #sff #lf

Eight brightly colored book covers against a dark background. “If You Like… Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, The Martian by Andy Weir, Yellowface by R. F. Kuang, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, The Future by Naomi Alderman, Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson… Then Have I Got Something For You.”

Elsewhere, Right Now is a workplace comedy for very online millennial women, undiagnosed neurodivergent professionals, frustrated creatives, Indigenous land protectors, & readers who want characters to be a smidge more charming than the ones they have to deal with every day.

#QuestPit #A #LF #Q

Ocean moodboard

There’s something in the water 🌊

When an island whispers different versions of unwritten local legends & turning into a creature of the deep as a result of heartbreak makes you want to drown your ex- no one is safe

Especially not the ex boyfriends

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

And for my fourth and final post for #QuestPit, here is a summary page of my current projects that will be my pinned post from here-on out:

1) Sundered Galaxy #W #A #SF
2) fractured Binary #W #A #SF
3) Tides of Sourcery #W #A #F #SFF

Mood photo with hyper-saturated colors of a grown man’s hand flying a toy space shuttle. Bright orange fuel tank against a blue and turquoise spangled background. Text on diagonal: A novel by Rae Mariz. Thanks to Matheus Bertelli for making photo free to use with CC0 Creative Commons License.

A list of “tropes” on a turquoise background: a workplace comedy about colonialism, behind-the-scenes reality tv, teen girl hackers terrorizing tech-bros, social media surveillance, messy women doing their jobs, large ensemble cast. Each item preceded and punctuated by an appropriate or inappropriate emoji.

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION x YELLOWFACE

Hollywood has taken over casting for a one-way mission to Mars. A social psychology professor & reality-TV casting director defy the tech-bro showrunner & rabid online fandom to find people on this planet who can get along on another.

#QuestPit #A #LF #Q

list of tropes/themes (including found family, revolution, bio-magic, and eldritch horror among others) for a work-in-progress book along with comparison titles (including Gideon the Ninth, The Bone Shard Daughter, The Jasmine Throne, and The Surviving Sky)

moodboard for an unpublished novel; images include dripping blood, old pipes, a decrepit staircase, a conifer forest lit by magenta fog, grand halls, antique items, lights glimpsed through tree trunks, and a dimly lit passage

A fugitive blood mage, trying to lay low, finds a new home (an organic, malevolent palace where the world's corrupt rulers dwell) and a new family (the four young revolutionaries infiltrating it).

His power could be the revolution's salvation. His secrets could be its downfall.
#QuestPit #Q #A #SFF

Hiding and running was Zarni's speciality

She always ran with one purpose. To flee from the danger of losing.

The Stary Weaver. 17 year old Zarni (who has long black hair and is wearing a blue tunic is lying on the grass) beside her 12 year old self (who has short black hair, and wearing a blue traditional kayin dress). They are surrounded by thazin flowers and star flowers

When her brothers are turned into geese, Zarni escapes her homelands to an unfamiliar place where fae folks once ruled. Wordlessly weaving star flower scarves to break her brothers’ curse, she navigates her new life with a mysterious boy and soon questions her place in the world. #QuestPit #YA #F #W

theme/tropes - love and loss -fish out of water -acceptance of self -odd friendship -fractured fairy tale - sacred first kiss - sacrifice -culture clash -magically binding deal -grumpy x naive, confused sunshine -the immigrant experience -perceptions

Comp and pitch -Six Crimson Cranes (stories and mythos) - Little Thieves (curses and mischief) - Skin of the Sea (suceed or death) A mermaid, too curious for her own good, gets more than what she bargains for when the prince she is meant to kiss to avoid the fate of sea foam, is cousins with a king who hunts the sea—and he’s not particularly happy with her presence...

music that fit the vibes Honor of Kings - Lullaby of the Sea H20 Just Add Water - Relaxing Ambience Yaelokre - Happy Hare ILLIT - Lucky Girl Syndrome Liana Flores - rises the moon Bic Runga - Sway Avalanche City - Love Love Love

third draft snips '"It’s not about whether they're dangerous or not. It’s about who they are."' 'He was a killer. A predator of the sea. The one thing all sea folks collectively agreed to avoid the ire of.' 'The landwalkers' world had grown. And Pearl, with the rest of the sea folks, were left behind to a time long passed.' 'And for once, she began to question. Question her perceptions of the world.'

A mermaid, too curious for her own good, gets more than what she bargains for when the prince she is meant to kiss to avoid the fate of sea foam, is cousins with a king who hunts the sea—and he’s not particularly happy with her presence #QuestPit #YA #F #W

This book always gives me Dimension 20 vibes and I can’t wait to read it! 🫶🏾

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×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

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand gripping a feather, emerging from a flaming book over a maze

Poster Cover for Grim Portents featuring Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan. Behind them are a girl with glowing eyes and a glowing book, a woman with a shotgun, two shadow creatures, and the face of a demon. The words GRIM PORTENTS are big and in a classic Indiana Jones Style font

"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.

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

📖 #Q #A #DF #PR #Hu #H #QuestPit

The image shows a book cover for "THRIFT MAGIC" by B. Van Bodegom. The cover features rich red theater curtains as the background with a spotlight effect creating a beam of light in the center. In the foreground is a small round table covered with a red tablecloth. On the table sits a magician's top hat with a magic wand resting across it. The title "THRIFT MAGIC" appears in large, bright yellow lettering at the top of the cover, with a slightly distressed texture. At the bottom of the cover in white text are the words "A NOVEL BY B. VAN BODEGOM." The overall aesthetic evokes the atmosphere of stage magic and theatrical performance.

THE SPELLMAN FILES × DEADBEAT DRUID

Washed-up magician🃏Rick Firestick finds a thrift store snowglobe🔮that grants real magic🪄—until the snow settles. Now he's being hunted by a warlock✨ who wants it back.

#QuestPit #A #CF #W

You are cranking out these story ideas like crazy 😂

An #agentsguide to BLOODWEAVER 🩸

A story of sisterhood, betrayal, and the cost of holding everything together while falling apart. And a girl who learns too late that survival always asks for something back.
#questpit #W #F #A #agentguide

I had so much fun hosting this event! I would love to do it again. The story we made has a little bit of everything: romance, mystery, and chaos! 😆

Thank you!! 🫶🏾 Couldn’t have done it without every participating, I’m so thankful for everyone who showed up.

It was Bisu, their @ on insta is bishubitu

Thank you! I commissioned it from one of the artists you talked about in the server a long time ago.

I was waiting to see your post haha and it’s so good! Always love the art you have of your characters!