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Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees Title Card Text: An Agent's Guide To: The Daughter and the Nameless Son by Kelton Davis | Adult Fantasy | 100k Words | Querying Now!

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees | Six images surrounding a quote (from clockwise): A sunset, a hammer striking hot metal, a red-haired archer, a grizzled old man, red arrow fletching, a red forest. Text: "You might be too broken to help me yourself," she said, all pretense of courtesy gone, "but if you're a shadow of the man he said you were, you ought to still know something at least. "Have you ever heard of an assassin who could change their shape?"

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees Title: Comps Images: Covers of GODKILLER by Hannah Kaner, THE JUSTICE OF KINGS by Richard Swan, and THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrew Stewart. Arrows connect similarities between comps. Text: From GODKILLER: Cross-Country Quest to Forbidden Land, Surrogate Parenthood (shared with THE JUSTICE OF KINGS) From BONE SHARD DAUGHTER: Disgraced Heir, Strong FMC (shared with both others)

Background: Mountain monastery surrounded by red trees Title: Pitch Text: Niozene has never been good enough. As daughter and crown heir to the Mother, a living goddess and ruler of her country, perfection is the only standard she’s ever known. Yet, despite her flawless scholar’s education and a polished career as a ranger, Niozene has failed to convince the Mother to look past her greatest flaw—she lacks the holy power to control the minds of others that ordains her family as living gods with divine right to rule. When a shape-changing assassin nearly kills the Mother on Niozene’s watch, she is stripped of her titles and given an ultimatum: return with the assassin’s head, or face excommunication from both her homeland and the afterlife. Desperate, she accepts the task as a final chance to prove herself and show the Mother she deserves a place as her daughter. Allowed only the help of Sonsan, a surly tracker and criminal also facing excommunication, Niozene dreads that she may have lost her chance at redemption before she has even left home. But when Sonsan reveals that he shares the same strange shape-changing power as the assassin, Niozene realizes his assignment to accompany her is more than coincidence. As they track the assassin deep into a forbidden land, confronting demons, ancient magic, and the ghosts that haunt their dreams and blood, they must uncover the truth behind their quest—and the buried history neither knew they shared—if they wish to live to see their promised redemption.

GODKILLER X BONE SHARD DAUGHTER

A desperate heir. A disgraced warrior. A deadly assassin.

🏹 Strong FMC
🏹 Rich Worldbuilding
🏹 Hunt for Redemption
🏹 Cyclical Trauma
🏹 Found Family

#BluePit 📖 #A #Q #AmQuerying

3 x 3 photo grid with hands touching, head of a blond man, couple facing each other in period clothing, a woman sitting in period clothing with teacups, painting of couple dancing, restored photo of Edwardian ladies, backs of ladies at a ball, scissor beside lavender, woman wading in the sea

Photo of a man taking a woman's hand with text that reads: This - the cautious warmth in his eyes, the heat of his touch, the dizzying proximity of him - was too much. She gripped onto her resolve even as she struggled to pull away from his caress. "I told you not to tease me." "I'm the furthest thing from teasing, Cecelia Romano," he replied. "I'm being painfully, foolishly setious."

When Edwardian heiress Celia accidentally makes a deal with a charming demon, she must break the contract before his presence threatens her advantageous betrothal—and her heart.

DAMNED AND DIVINE is a 102k adult historical romance with grounded fantasy elements

#bluepit #bluepit 📖 #A #R #F #PN #Q

"Western-themed image titled 'An Agent’s Guide to Thoroughfare' features a cowboy on horseback under a starry night sky, flanked by illustrated revolvers."

The pitch section with a background picture, aesthetic, and short pitch. Text: An Apostle shunned away in a Creedance amongst mountains and snow is summoned to assist an outlaw hiding amongst the desert plains..." A mysterious night scene with a glowing moon above a cowboy on horseback. A church is depicted alongside, with ominous red streaks. Text overlays describe a tale of an apostle aiding an outlaw against a monstrous threat. The mood is tense and atmospheric.

A dialogue scene/snippet shows two people. Theodora, a woman with an intense expression, questions life after death. The Apostle, a blonde man, suggests life’s meaning lies in present love, not afterlife, adding a tone of reflection and calm.

Alt text: A graphic with "COMPS, THEMES, TROPE" in bold. Left shows covers of "Tombstone," "What Moves the Dead," "Red Dead Redemption II," and "The Brothers Karamazov." Center features vintage and Western images as an aesthetic moodboard. Right lists themes like "Female rage" and tropes "Grumpy x Sunshine." Background shows a moody, dark setting with a church.

an #agentsguide to #Thoroughfare ♡
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A western gothic horror in which a sunshine Apostle must work with a grumpy outlaw to save the western towns from an eldritch horror spreading a virus of death.

♡ This is a novella! 26,500 words ♡
#BluePit 📖 #A #H #SP #Q #DIS #amquerying

A collage of nine images including: the upper skeletal head of an animal wedged in a tree branch, a dark forest of leafless trees, blackened hands holding a bundle of dried stems, snowdrop flowers glistening with dew, hands holding a cow skull in front of a face, a woman in a white dress lying in the grass with her back to the camera, hands sharpening a stick to a point with a large hunting knife, a dark graveyard with silhouetted gravestones, and a human skeleton have buried in the ground. Images sourced from Unsplash and Pexels.

Ghost women gave the Whitaker sisters the power of life and death. The god of the wood wants it back.

When his revenge places the sisters at the heart of a 10-yr murder, they'll have to clear their names before one loses her soul to the beast and the other to the god himself.
#BluePit 📖 #A #H #F #W

9 images total. Top row: image of planet Jupiter, image of alleyway with neon lighting, image of a person running at night against the back drop of a large white wall. Second row: image of a couple lying on the ground, their heads are touching and they’re both curled in the fetal position in purple lighting, image of two hands clasped against a background of blinds, image of a busy dance club with neon purple lighting. Bottom row: image of a couple walking down a wet alley with hanging lights at night, image of a M/F couple kissing, image of the Milky Way against a mountainous terrain.

HOT FUZZ x FIFTH ELEMENT w Eleanor Shellstrop (GOOD PLACE)

💖 disaster bi MC
👽 hot alien LI
🔗 forced proximity
🛏️ there’s only one (sofa) bed
🕺 disco-dancing assassins
🚀 space shenanigans
👑 secret royalty?
🎉 saving the galaxy, probably

#Q #A #SF #R #BluePit 📖 #LGBT

- the fmc is bangladeshi, the mmc is puerto rican! - the fmc is writing/bookish content creator + freelance editor, the mmc is a dj and illegal underground boxer!

these are the main tropes of the book *not* including the numerous microtropes that would've made this list TOO LONG otherwise !!

the comps of the book !!! i added silly little captions for just the vibes and with the current direction of the book as it undergoes heavy developmental edits and revisions—they honestly make the most sense !!! it felt right to have ONE movie comp here because i wanted to, hehe <33

spoiler alert: i came up with the dedication on the spot and it'll be a working dedication for now *unless* i'm not changing it! enjoy being delulu and kicking your feet besties <33

#bluepit 📖 #NA #A #POC #R #DR #W

TITLE: the villain's muse.
COMPS: god of fury x king of sloth x perfect addiction
GENRE: bipoc dark romance!
WORD COUNT: est. around 90k+ after dev edits!

She healed. He destructed.

An agents guide to catch you in the trees yay thriller romance approximately 90k words

It’s always the boyfriend… right? Lennie Torres’s senior year captaining the XC team turns deadly when her ex bff goes missing and she ends up a suspect. Her only way out? Team up with nemesis golden boy Lysander Hayes, the boyfriend of the missing girl and the last person to see her alive. But Lysander not the only one keeping secrets and if both Lennie and Lysander want to make it through xc season, they’re going to have to figure out how to trust each other or someone’s going to end up dead.

Comp titles: nothing more to tell, no place left to hide, they’ll never catch us Unconventional comps: the marauders era cruel summer 2022 pretty little liars 2010 Tropes/vibes: rivals to lovers, running culture, private school, chaotic academia, dual timeline, dual pov, ride or die friendships

Hayes takes my hand, wrapping his fingers firmly around mines “Deal.” His eyes glint an odd silver in the chrome and linoleum hallway and I think of people making deals with devils at crossroads. I wonder if they get the same storm of nerves I have swirling in my blood right now. I don’t trust Hayes. But I need him. “Deal.”

NOTHING MORE TO TELL X AGGGTM

Lennie doesn’t know what happened the night her ex-bff went missing but she does know one thing: it’s always the boyfriend.

#BluePit #Q #YA #M #agentguide

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 rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign.

#BluePit 📖 #A #H #M #Q

a hand drawn map of a route across a sea-risen US, superimposed over a background of hopeful leaves sprouting from trees in an sunset sky over the Earth elemental magic visions survival skills climate fiction #clifi indigenous futurism plant medicine meditation wilderness permaculture neotribalism community backpacking post-apocalyptic hopepunk

Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Long after collapse, an empath leads a quest across the former US to retrieve a key to peace.
Her mission becomes about more than saving her people; it offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change.
#BluePit 📖 #SP #Q #CliFi

In the Service of Gods and Admirals

Mass Effect x Treasure Planet

🎬 New Adult Scifi/fantasy
🚂 Steampunk
♀️ FMC
🚀Solar-Sail Spaceships
🔮 Crystal magic
🧠 PTSD
🦸‍♀️ Reluctant hero
🪐 Planet Hopping
👽 Many Alien species

#Bluepit #NA #SFF

Beta-Readers Wanted. My DMs are open.

#writingcommunity

Image board in 3 x 3 grid. Images include couple in water, an old fashion manor, a woman reading a book in historical clothing, woman sitting at a vanity, desk full of books, flowers in the palm of a hand, woman's hand being set in a man's, and the back of a blonde haired man. Text in the center square says "Oh, Eligos, when has this not been a dangerous game?"

DAMNED AND DIVINE:

❤️ High society stakes and slow-burn romance of HALF A SOUL

✨️ Banter and Howl-coded love interest of EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES

🤝 Questionable bargains with (alluring) eldritch beings of INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE

#bluepit #bluepit 📖 #A #R #F #PN #Q

This is such a mood, seriously. It's like having to talk down a toddler but the toddler is also me.

"Is this a pigeon?" meme but with the man labeled "me" asking "is this a healthy hobby?" about a label that says "stalking querytracker timelines"

The current mood for real. #amquerying

I'm really hoping it will be! 🤞😌

Edwardian aesthetics deserve more opportunity to shine - and when is pining NOT in style?

I love that all your mood boards and images and stuff have had just a *hint* of camp (the little cartoon ghosts!!) and it is ALWAYS so charming! 💜

IN NIGHTFALL x SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS x BUFFY

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.

#Cupit #YA #PR

A collage of Viking and medieval themed images including a goblet, warriors, and nuns, French lavender, a castle and Nunnery a random chicken and a very cold you woman wrapped in a grey blanket.

Vikings x Derry Girls = Viking, Nun, Murder, Chicken.

A chance encounter between a Viking and a fake nun leads to murder, mystery, and romance.
#Cupit #A #HR

mood board for #BEDUÄFAN - a new romantic fantasy by j sydney morris photos include dark imagery of victorian era men and women drinking, dancing around fires, sailboats in secluded coves, candlelit trysts, taverns and pirate women

She wished she could bottle the moment and return to it in the years to come. But no such power existed - or if it did, the gods didn't share it with her. The night passed between them. None came to relieve them of their watch. Perhaps again, this was the hand the gods. Or perhaps their companions were simply tired. An easy silence fell, sparked only by the cracking of a log, the hiss of the fire. Alwyn never let go of her hand.

"Moira, I'm not laughing at you," Alwyn said, suddenly very serious. "I'm laughing, sardonically, at the fact that our society has the power to make one of the most capable persons I've ever met in my life, feel so low." She looked out over the sea. "What will Lord John ask of me?" Alwyn crossed his arms beneath his cloak. "My guess? He will ask you to privateer for him. Run cargo around the blockades, perhaps fire upon a few Beduäfanish ships who chose to not toe the line." "A privateer? As with a genuine letter of marque?" "I would hope so - otherwise you would just be a pirate." He looked her over, arms still crossed. "You don't have to do it. But I would say it's a damn sight better than sulking here in Sildha, or retreating to the confines of Frayne."

"What are you thinking about in there? You always hide away when you begin thinking hard, and your shell is impossible to crack." He dipped her low and brought her back up, spinning her in a circle as he did so. She wasn't familiar with this dance, but he led with an expertise that could only be mastered from years at court. "I - I'm coming to terms with the fact that I don't know where I stand in the world anymore. And that I have to rely on others, I can't do it alone." He cocked his head to the side as they continued to spin around the floor, the band beginning to pick up pace. "I'm surprised you admitted that, particularly to me." She shrugged and leaned into his frame, bringing her cheek to his shoulder, her hand wrapped around the back of him. The soft curl of his hair fell around the collar of his tine shirt, shining in the candlelight. They danced in silence for the rest of tune, and as they waltzed their final steps, Alwyn whispered to her "Wherever our paths may lead after this small adventure, I shall forever be glad we met, Moira." He gave her a small bow and kissed her hand, walking her over to Zekiriel. "I shall fetch us all some refreshments."

Moira pines for freedom and adventure, and when fate requires her to take over her family merchant business, she finally gets her chance. She is soon swept up in a revolution fighting the patriarchy, and in romances that may not be right for her...
#CuPit #FaRo #FBW

Amina al-Sirafi x Mortal Follies

UPROOTED x STUDIO GHIBLI

Cheating a suitor out of his money to help her family was easy. Falling in love with the night sky trapped in a mortal body is harder. And helping them return to the sky at the expense of her heart might just be impossible.

#Cupit #A #CFR #RoFa #LGBT #FBW

creepy hazy moodboard with pinkish red overtones. Old town bar with neon sign, Ferris wheel at night, silhouette of woman in front of red stain glass window, shadow of two people embracingbed with white curtains around it, cowboy hat, old church with red sunset, girl with match between teeth, a spilt BFF necklace, a heart, and a sign that says Yes I do bite. Flames line the edges.

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot
It's going to be a killer summer.
😍 Sapphic Pining
❤️ Friends to Lovers
👀 Cannibalism as metaphor for love
💖 Monstrous romance
🎀 Bubblegum horror vibes
🌽 Cult town in Canadian Prairies
🎡 Ferris wheel confessions
💋 Querying after SmoochPit
#Cupit #YA #HOR #INR #LGBT

hands descending from sunlight a sunrise over a desert ornate ceiling paintings a golden crown "He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." a man falling through the crowds a barely illuminated masculine face a white cloaked figure hands descending from sunlight a sunrise over a desert ornate ceiling paintings a golden crown "He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." a man falling through the crowds a barely illuminated masculine face a white cloaked figure

A misty forest a black cloaked figure a woman reaching toward light in the darkness smoke pouring from a woman's mouth shadowed hands reaching for an illuminated orb a book of glyphs twin flames burning "I am the monster you created"

EMBER IN THE ASHES x 4TH WING
After banishing shadow-wielders, the forbidden romance between the crown princess' fiance and a shadow-wielder might be powerful enough to bring down an empire. But first, they'll have to survive the fighting tournament they're partners in. And each other.
#CuPit #RF #Q

A Guide to Night Bird An adult romantic fantasy novel

The Pitch Ava can become invisible and walk through walls but can’t escape her warded cage. Destined to follow in her dead mother’s footsteps as a courtesan and spy, she’s trained to get close to—and betray—those in the highest levels of society. But alone at night in her room, she listens to the steam engine’s whistle, plays her cello to the night birds, and dreams of escaping her prison. Until one stormy evening, a boy, Zev, breaks through her window and gives her a taste of life beyond the bars. Their chance meeting spawns two years of secret friendship until her eighteenth birthday, when her seduction training will begin. Instead, she wakes up to a grisly scene—a bloody trail, dead guardians, and broken wards. Given what she knows of Zev’s powerful abilities, she assumes her freedom came at his hand. She waits for his return, which never comes. Eight years later, Ava has reinvented herself as Night Bird, a vigilante for wronged women. She’s assisted by a group of former street kids who’ve matured into a misfit gang. A botched mission finds them in the crosshairs of a shadowy man known as a high-powered fixer. That man turns out to be the boy who’d disappeared years earlier. It’s unclear if he’s friend or foe. However, when she takes on her biggest target—the last man to see her mother alive—Zev may be the only person keeping her from going up in flames.

For Fans of: Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa—dual timeline & lost love The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner—female rage & poison Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo—found family & misfit crew

Chapter One Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They sang for me after the sun dipped, gliding beyond my window’s metal bars as their trilling tunes wove through the moon’s light. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. My self-given name—Ava—was an homage to them, the beautiful creatures that kept me sane. During the day, when I was granted time away from lessons, the noise and bustle of the street scared them beneath the eaves, into the holes and crannies of buildings. I’d sit, fists clenched, ears straining for their hopeful notes. But I was alone. The lectas didn’t count. They were caretakers, not company. When streetlamps glowed in the satiny darkness, the night birds’ warbles piercing the quiet, I’d pull out my cello. My bow swept the strings like a feathered wing, and the resonant chords danced with the birdsong. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would.

THE BARGAINER x SIX OF CROWS x THE LOST APOTHECARY

A Reader’s & #LitAgents Guide for NIGHT BIRD, an adult romantic fantasy ft:
🕰️dual timeline
✴️invisibility & intangibility magic
🔪FMC vigilante for wronged women
💞friend or foe?
☠️poison & female rage
🫂found family

#QuestPit #Q #RF #F #A #AgentGuide

A graphic for my manuscript featuring original artwork of the protagonists—a young woman and man gazing at each other with a vibrant blue bus in the background. Comp titles are organized by themes at the bottom of the graphic: Writers’ Romance, Small Town & Summer Vibes, Rivals to Lovers?, Slow Burn, and Anxiety Rep.

THIS IS REAL, ISABEL BENES ready for #Cupit 💘! (+Big 5 editor interest!)
✨ Two gifted kids, now adults, falling apart… and in love?
🏠 Forced proximity
🔥 Rivals to lovers & slowburn
🌞 Small-town charm & summer vibes
🌸 OwnVoices Latinx rep, anxiety, vitiligo, & celiac disease
#CR #MCR #MHR #A

Mood Board for Starlit Wanderer. The images are of a corkboard with strings and a hand pointing at a potential clue, flowers, a starlit mountain range, lovers kissing at sunset, a grumpy moon and cheerful sun, a protest with the a sign urging people to fight for a better future, grasped hands, and a magical circle of light surrounding an outstretched hand.

THE FAMILIAR x BRIDE

Sparks fly when carefree Astra and steadfast Grey touch—they don’t know why and don’t have time to find out between a budding romance, a malevolent secret society, and a minor revolution.

Ali Hazlewood meets Eugene Debs: smut, unions, and fascists getting punched
#cupit #a #rf

Words: 'Some secrets are best left buried' around the central photo of a dead woman in water. Surrounding pics: a swimming pool at night; woman with finger to lips specifying a secret: silhouette of a man and woman kissing; a man and woman's hands touching; a woman's hand cradling the back of a man's head in an embrace; a woman with her hands in front of her as if warding someone off; a solitary man standing on a rock by the sea, head bowed; a man at a desk, looking up; a man holding a whiskey glass; a broken wine glass; a couple embracing, the woman looking upset.

REBECCA x RIVIERA x THE PERFECT COUPLE
When a death is suspected a murder and the people she loves all have a motive, a PR exec who's always tried to do the 'right thing' must decide how far she'll go to protect them, especially the man she loves. The dead woman's husband.
#Cupit #RS #Q #amquerying

Moodboard of eight images. Top left: A figure plays a violin in a dark room. The image is shot in such a way that only the violin and one of the player's hands is visible. Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire. Bottom left: A wireframe of a dragon against a bright orange background Top/mid center: Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman staring intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent. A white line is drawn straight through the image to neatly divide the woman's head from the serpent's. Bottom center: The Lovers, from the Art Nouveau Tarot deck, featuring a couple just about to kiss. The card is lying on a white space, surrounded by red/white roses. Top right: A figure in white robes wanders through a very green forest. Center right: A bolt of lightning arcs above a mountain range in a very violet sky. Bottom right: A black hole swirls in a sea of violet stars and nebulae.

GIDEON THE NINTH x FINAL FANTASY XIV
When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage bff(/crush) Eleanor, the last thing he expects is to be stuck a dragon and bound to the gods' dead adversary. Now he and Eleanor must change him back, before his existence triggers a war.
#Cupit #NA #RoFa

moodboard for "Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem", chinese history-inspired fantasy romance, includes photos of female and male leads, plum blossoms and bamboo

Cunning prankster vs resourceful lord = a marriage of chaos.
Threaten them and force them to unite against their common enemies, and all hell breaks loose in this low-fantasy romcom version of A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS.
#cupit #RF #RC #POC #A

#Cupit

Think sweet and clean hockey romance 🏒 with C-drama vibe 💕
#YA #CR #Q