Maisie Bannion 🩷 querying

i'm just a girl standing in front of querytracker asking for an agent to love my query and ask for the full manuscript

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Cream background with gray lines curving across it. Brown outlines of flowers border the top left and bottom right corners. “An Agent’s Guide To,” “A Crown of Poison,” “YA Fantasy - 95k words,” and “Alyssa Archer” mark the center of the page in brown.

Cream background with gray lines curving across it. Brown outlines of flowers border the top left and bottom right corners. “Pitch” marks the center of the page in brown. “When a young noble struggles to hide her seer abilities following the King’s decree to eradicate magic, she takes lessons in poison from the King’s son to uncover the Crown’s secrets, but her involuntary visions could expose her before she secures her escape” lies below “pitch” in brown text.

Three graphics of amber jars with white labels sit on a brown wooden shelf. “Craft Your Poison” marks the front of the shelf in black cursive. First jar: A yellow flower with green stems sits inside the jar. “Ingredient,” “Enemies to Lovers,” and “‘If you’re going to threaten to poison me, you should understand what you’re trying to poison me with’” mark the label. Second jar: Dark indigo berries with lime green leaves fill the jar. “Ingredient,” “Involuntary visions of the future,” and “Blue, unseeing eyes bore into me. Their emptiness seizes my consciousness, twisting it awake. When I blink, the woman’s eyes close, and she disappears into the darkness” marks the label. Third jar: A green leaf sits inside the jar. “Ingredient,” “Lessons in poison,” and “]I thought you couldn’t digest information from just reading.’ His chin dips, waiting to see if I uphold the lie I forgot about. I shrug. ‘It had drawings’” marks the label.

A collage with 12 photos. First photo is of yellow daffodils. Second photo is the book cover of “Violet Made of Thorns” by Gina Chen. Gold roses on green vines curve up the purple cover. Third photo is of a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. Fourth photo is of a golden crown on a stool covered by a tan sheet. Fifth photo is of purple foxglove in a blurred field. Sixth photo is of a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. Seventh photo is of a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. Eighth photo is a close-up of a light blue eye beside white flowers on the grass. Ninth photo is of a cliff with the sea at its bottom. Tenth photo is of the black pommel of a rusty sword. Eleventh photo is the book cover of “Defy the Night” by Brigid Kemmerer. Purple flowers surround a far away shot of a castle on the purple book cover. Twelfth photo is of purple calla lilies.

My novel has a…

👁️Seer who lives a nightmare twice—her visions & reality
📚Prince who shares his feelings through poems
👑King who poisons his court w/ lethal plants from his garden
🗡️Rebellion who uses the MC’s desperation to fulfill their goal

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN #AgentsGuide #LitAgents

Moodboard collage, images from left to right, top to bottom: upset girl staring at her reflection, cottage in the woods, trees and a lake at night, holding hands, figure submerged in water with outstretched hand, female figure standing in water leaning with her hair in her face, two chairs facing a nice beach and lake, top of a woman's head coming out of water with evil eyes, fish bones

After her parents separate, a teen spends the summer with her mom at a supposedly haunted cottage, but her devious schemes to stop the imminent divorce frustrates her new crush and makes her the target of a dark, chaos-hungry entity.

#QuestPit #WIP #YA #S #H #R

Agent's Guide to The Jinxborough Vampires, YA Paranormal Romance, 93,000 words. (Image description: character art of a witch girl and vampire boy, embracing and smiling at one another)

Laurie Loveday, a newbie witch, and Vincent Fraley, a newbie vampire, are two (somewhat) ordinary bookstore clerks in Jinxborough, Massachusetts. One night, a vampire attacks Laurie, but Vincent intervenes and kills the assailant. The duo team up to hide the murder—if the truth gets out, the fallen vamp’s brother, Hank Greaves, would kill them. They can’t get sidetracked by their growing bond, but Laurie makes Vincent feel human again. His vampire side matures rapidly, and if he doesn’t find a cure soon, Hank won’t be the only bloodsucker Laurie needs protection from. Her amateur powers are unreliable, and, shunned by vampire- hating witches, Laurie fears she won’t find a magic teacher unless she abandons Vincent. Unfortunately, struggles with love and mastering witchy roots seem trivial when Hank demands answers about his missing brother...and a mysterious blackmailer threatens to expose the teens if they don’t do his shady bidding. WORKPLACE LOVE / FRIENDS TO LOVERS / CROSSOVER APPEAL

COMPS & VIBES: In Nightfall by Suzanne Young, Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch, Sign of the Slayer by Sharina Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, What We Do in the Shadows, Wednesday

Black, white, and red themed moodboard. Images left to right, top to bottom: Blonde girl staring up apprehensively, ouija planchette with candle, conjuring magic, a couple kissing in a club, bloody neck with bite mark, silhouette of couple holding hands, magical desk with candles and a skull, bookstore sign, sheet ghost bsky & insta @maisiebannion / maisiebannion.com

When a vampire and a teen witch kill a high-ranking vamp in self defense, they team up to hide the murder from the slain foe’s vengeful clan—and bonding over the deadly secret just might kindle their offbeat romance. ❤️🦇

#QuestPit #Q #YA #PR #R

The Jinxborough Vampires, YA Paranormal Romance, 93,000 words Illustration of a witch girl embracing a vampire boy with the tags: workplace romance (creepy bookstore), magical mishaps, witches vs vampires, dual POV, friends to lovers, ghosts from the past (literally), short guy/tall girl. Comps: In Nightfall, Spells for Lost Things, Buffy

PITCH: Laurie Loveday, a newbie witch, and Vincent Fraley, a newbie vampire, are two (somewhat) ordinary bookstore clerks in Jinxborough, Massachusetts. One night, a vampire attacks Laurie, but Vincent intervenes and kills the assailant. The duo team up to hide the murder—if the truth gets out, the fallen vamp’s brother, Hank Greaves, would kill them. They can't get sidetracked by their growing bond, but Laurie makes Vincent feel human again. His vampire side matures rapidly, and if he doesn't find a cure soon, Hank won't be the only bloodsucker Laurie needs protection from. Her amateur powers are unreliable, and, shunned by vampire-hating witches, Laurie fears she won't find a magic teacher unless she abandons Vincent. Unfortunately, struggles with love and mastering witchy roots seem trivial when Hank demands answers about his missing brother...and a mysterious blackmailer threatens to expose the teens if they don't do his shady bidding.

It's a slow night at Fraley Books & Oddites — until coworkers Laurie and Vincent slay a vampire. Who knew customers could be a literal pain in the neck?

(Vincent, actually.) 🧛🤫

#GhostPit #YA #PN #R #Q

A MASTERY OF SELF ₊ ⊹ . 📽.ᐟ

an actor is trapped in a nightmare of an identity crises after playing too many roles

#ghostpit #A #WIP #W #H #SP

Charlie knows who killed Lydia. Now she just has to prove it… #GhostPit #Q #H #RF #NA

Top of her suspect list? Lydia’s ex-boyfriend, Markus. But when Charlie launches her own investigation (& covert seduction) she unwittingly unearths supernatural horrors lurking in the lakeside town of Gildervale.

A 3x3 grid of images including: - two bloody, clawed hands - a sandy medieval alleyway - a burning hand - ominous red stained glass - two hands embracing - a full moon mirrored over water - a body with a burning head underwater - candles - a black haired woman in repose

SAINTFIRE

🔥 Sacrifice-based magic system
🔥 Struggling against fate
🔥 #ownvoices plus-sized + trans MCs
🔥 Enemies to rivals to doomed lovers
🔥 "only one bed in the gladiatorial cell"
🔥 Reconquista inspired setting
🔥 Found family
🔥 Vampire aes

#GhostPit #A #DF #querying

A crystal ball with a cartoon ghost in the glass sits on a wood surface over the words Fated Fakes in the left corner of the image.

Asher thinks the paranormal is malarkey.

That is, until his new school seems to be haunted and he's fake dating a psychic.

#A #R #Q #GhostPit 👻

A television displaying an image of a blue planet, backdropped by various fragmented newspaper clippings with headlines and text variously reading the following: "this summer is the hundredth annivers- -nd we said, if we could do it back then- -ow. You just have to wake up. We- -up. There's something out-" "NASA DISSOLVED IN- 'Good riddance,' activist Gina Snow- She, and many other protestors, were-" "NEW YEAR, OLD WAYS" "There are so many things I can't remember anymore" "traveled the cosmos- even existing" "LAUNCH DISASTER THROWS NEW SPACE RACE INTO QUESTION" "Everything. I need you- -stand that. Scientists are calling- -significant global disaster" "life without digita data- -disease, something" "scrambling to adapt- were talking about it as if- could be quarantined and conta-" "world's digital data disappeared overnight in a mysterious anomaly" "-OF PROTESTS -Congress Saturday m- -the government's-"

#GhostPit #Q #SF #A
📺 TV in the woods
💭 girl who dreams of being an astronaut
💞 young queer crush
🪞 perilous glimpse into the future
🚐 roadtrip across USA

🚀 a collision in space, an unconscious astronaut
👻 something lurking in the shadows at every turn
🌌🌊 extraterrestrial sea with cosmic mysteries

👻 #GhostPit #Q #PN #YA
Whispers and shadows, secrets and woes,
Dunham Hall harbours some ghostly foes.
Raven must solve a centuries-old crime,
With mystical clues from a former time.
But the spirits can use her best friend as their host,
And if Raven fails, she’ll become the next ghost. 👻

Moodboard collage. Images from top to bottom, left to right: trash scattered on the forest floor, frightened girl staring into her reflection, washed up fish bones, hand holding, a charming cottage, orange full moon against a navy sky, a lake at night, back of a girl with wavy hair, red shirt, and blue cap, a person underwater with their hand pressed up against glass

After her parents separate, a teen spends the summer with her mom at a supposedly haunted cottage, but her devious schemes to stop the imminent divorce frustrates her new crush and makes her the target of a dark, chaos-hungry entity.
#GhostPit #YA #PN #R #Spec #WIP

Moodboard images from left to right: (TOP) two silhouettes in front of flames, UFO darting across a green sky, silhouette of a hand against a mysterious white glow, cropped photo of a house with glowing green window, a forest, hand holding. (BOTTOM) A starry night sky and above a tree line, boy giving a girl a piggy back ride outdoors, a group of people emerging from the woods in a yellow and green glow.

After a UFO abduction, a teenager gains psychic abilities and investigates his cultish hometown—actually a corrupt, budding alien colony—but unexpectedly bonds with his inquisitive neighbor, adding love to his growing list of problems.
#SFPit #WIP #YA #R

screaming into the void for u 💔

Oh no! Sometimes they might have a special link on their profile for pitch likes

I glanced back to him waiting outside. He stepped toward the cottage; I gasped and speed-typed a response. Hallie: Who? Grayson: Grayson Ford. Hallie: I don’t know anyone by that name. Hallie: He sounds like a jackass. Grayson frowned and tapped his phone screen—probably double checking he had the right info. Brynn tried to shove me away from the small window, but I pushed her back. She sighed and wandered off. I saved his number in my contacts under the name Assface. Assface: I know it’s you, Hallie. Hallie: Who is this Hallie person? Footsteps pounded on the front porch; he was coming right for me. I jerked away from the door, gripping the hat against my chest. Three knocks echoed.

These are fun to make haha #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #amdrafting Grayson makes a surprise visit and asks to talk

Mom unloaded the trunk. “Girls, get your bags.” “Just a sec.” Brynn mashed buttons on her game, then tucked it into her case covered in pastel stickers. I unbuckled my seatbelt and slid out of the car. Dammit. The cottage was super cute: baby blue exterior, white trim, and a darling little porch. I snapped a photo and texted it to Leah. Hallie: Welcome to hell ♥ Leah: omg shut up Leah: take me with you bitch Hallie: Miss you bitch Leah: u too bitch “First impressions?” Mom dragged a suitcase toward me. “It’s whatever,” I said.

Hallie arrives at the summer cottage #WIPSnips #workinprogress #writesky #writingcommunity #amdrafting

I love Unsplash!

Meme image of the Most Popular Girls in School. Caption: "I would apologize, but I don't really give a fuck."

vincent @ hank after slaying his brother 🧛 (they're vampires so it's fine)
#UnhingedPit #YA #PN #R #Q #amquerying

Fake Reddit post: r/AmItheAsshole • 1 hr. ago @maisiebannion AITA for slaying a vampire (he started it) Tag: Everyone sucks Body text: When I (18F) was walking home at night a vampire (400M) attacked me. I (kind of) kicked his ass, but my coworker (17?M) intervened and stabbed his heart, saving me in the nick of time. Turns out he’s ALSO a vampire, but he’s a great guy. Cute, too. Now, this dead vamp’s brother and SIL are in town looking for him. My coworker and I are keeping quiet and trying to lay low—they’ll kill us if they find out what happened. Anyway, the SIL seems to like me, so I’m going to befriend her and destroy their clan from the inside to protect our secret. Keep your enemies close, right? Or AITA? Fake icons: 93k words, YA PNR, SmoochPit 2024, Querying

AITA for slaying a vampire (he started it)
#UnhingedPit #YA #PN #R #Q #amquerying

Dark Kermit meme format. Kermit: the other witches hate me bc I hang out with a vampire. Dark Kermit: fall for him anyway.

comps: twilight. just twilight.

#UnhingedPit #YA #PN #R #Q #amquerying

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Alright everyone, it's official. The NEXT #UnhingedPit event will be tomorrow, Sept. 23rd, from 8am-8pm in your time zone. Let the scramble to pull together an unhinged pitch begin. See you tomorrow!! #WritingCommunity

New #WIP moodboard! Come have a fun, relaxing summer at Pine Hollow Cottages—but don't go in the lake.
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anyone available to provide feedback on my reworked query letter for my YA paranormal romance? happy to swap 🙂 #amquerying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #critiquepartner

Agent's Guide to The Jinxborough Vampires, YA Paranormal Romance, 93,000 words. (Image description: character art of a witch girl and vampire boy, embracing and smiling at one another)

PITCH: Eighteen-year-old Laurie Loveday is having a rough night—apparently, she’s a witch, vampires are real, and they’re in Jinxborough. Oh, and their bites freaking hurt. Trying to connect with locals doesn’t mean having someone’s teeth at her neck. Unable to sass her way out of the predicament, she breaks free with her latent magic but is pushed to the ground. Right before she becomes human à la mode, Vincent, her coworker from the bookstore, appears and kills the attacker. Vincent Fraley hates being a newbie vampire, but he’s grateful his sharp instincts saved Laurie. The transition from rebellious mortal to upstanding bloodsucker has been difficult. What’s more challenging is hiding the murder—and shielding Laurie from his obtrusive, anti-witch mother. Falling for his natural enemy is a big blunder, but Laurie makes Vincent feel human again. They can’t get too distracted by their mutual attraction, since the slain foe’s family, House Greaves, will seek vengeance if the murder comes to light. Just when they think they’re in the clear, a ne'er-do-well vampire comes forth with photographic evidence of their transgression. Juggling their growing connection and a dwindling deadline, they must steal and destroy the images before they’re forcibly initiated into the blackmailer’s unruly clan—and a surprise guest from House Greaves has a front row seat to the “party.” Workplace love / friends to lovers / crossover appeal

COMPS & VIBES: In Nightfall by Suzanne Young, Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch, Sign of the Slayer by Sharina Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, What We Do in the Shadows, Wednesday

Black, white, and red themed moodboard. Images left to right, top to bottom: Blonde girl staring up apprehensively, ouija planchette with candle, conjuring magic, a couple kissing in a club, bloody neck with bite mark, silhouette of couple holding hands, magical desk with candles and a skull, bookstore sign, sheet ghost bsky & insta @maisiebannion / maisiebannion.com

Refreshed my #agentsguide after a pause for edits 🦇 back to #amquerying

I'm finally updating the setting of my story from 2004 to modern day and it isn't even that difficult 🧍 why didn't I do this years ago lol

“Coffee?” Ruth asked. “I prefer tea.” Hazel leaned her cane against the table. The brass handle had a molded ram head. She sat next to me, bones creaking. Although a couple years older than Ruth, her neat white bun had strips of gray, and she radiated powerful energy. “I have coffee.” Ruth smiled and poured another cup. Hazel sipped it and made a show of wrinkling her nose. “Hope I’m not interrupting. I ran into your daughter at the apothecary, and she said you’d love a visit.” Her gray-blue eyes fell on me. Deep lines formed between her translucent brows. Ruth squeezed my shoulder. “This is Laurie—Bernadette’s granddaughter!” “She seemed familiar,” Hazel said. “She works at the bookstore. With that thing.” A gulp of coffee plunged down my throat. Did she mean Vincent? “Don’t be afraid of Hazel, honey. Her tongue’s sharp, but her claws shriveled up years ago. Along with a few other things.”

Laurie's brunch with her neighbor, Ruth, is interrupted by Hazel, a vampire-hating witch 🧙‍♀️🥐 #WIPSnips #WriteSky

The office wasn’t large—a quaint waiting area, three exam rooms, Tanner’s office, and a restroom. We split up to cover more ground, and I attempted to snoop through a computer. Admin login required. I wasn’t nearly skilled enough with technology to take a crack at it. Tanner wouldn’t store anything incriminating on devices his staff accessed, right? Punching random keys was a waste of time. No luck with the patient rooms, either. I kept my flashlight low, avoided the windows, and rummaged through the front desk. At the back of the bottom drawer, I discovered a large shoebox. Jackpot. I flung open the lid—it was full of nail polish. Our insider had a hobby at her day job. I sifted through the hoard of rainbow bottles, clinking like glass marbles, and plucked out a sparkly teal; Sam’s favorite color. Mermaid Mood was printed on the bottom. She’d love that. Closing the drawer, I stashed the bottle in my pocket. Miss Receptionist had so many trinkets—she wouldn’t miss it. “Find anything?” Honor whispered, poking her head out of Tanner’s office.

It's almost midnight, and I had to use "job" instead of "career," but here is my #WIPSnips ! 🔦👫

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yesterday someone asked me if I was ready for back to school (tbf I was wearing a chuck e cheese shirt)