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Once Upon A Broken Heart x Dark Water Daughter

A maid and a pirate hunting for a mythical stone spark a budding romance, but when his past threatens their mission & her bff, she must betray her heart to protect her friend.

#preDV #NA #RF #LGBT #MH #ND

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR pitch

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR first page

The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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A book cover featuring the title HALF THE WORLD AWAY in handwriting on top of a globe. Underneath is a fireplace with a plant, a letter and a flamingo statue. Surrounding the picture is a yellow border, plus the release date of 11th November 2025.

My new YA novel HALF THE WORLD AWAY is out 11th November!
It's an LGBTQ+ book set during Section 28.

Pre-order now at linktree.com/jamesalyons

Published by @srlpublishing.bsky.social

A dark background with a drag queen present. The text reads EDITOR'S GUIDE. EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS. JAMES A LYONS. 82,000 WORDS. ADULT CONTEMPORARY LGBTQ+ ROMCOM. REP: INTERSAGA LITERARY AGENCY

A dark background with a drag queen present. The text reads: PITCH. On a road trip to reconnect four iconic members of his estranged late uncle’s drag troupe, a young gay man uncovers the dark truth about his adoptive mother. When a romance with his co-driver blossoms, further family secrets emerge that could threaten his future, leaving him to choose — his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

A dark background with a drag queen present. Down the left are the covers for the books Here We Go Again and Boy Queen, and the TV series It's a Sin. The text reads: road trip, forced proximity, found family, LGBTQ+ history, drag humour, secrets.

A dark background with a drag queen along with the snippet: “Richard will be happy. He always worries no one will come to his drag events, but every time they’re packed out.” “What time does he get here?” I ask. She does a weird backward nod towards a doorway next to the printer. “Richard, you’ve got your first quizzers already.” Her eyes reconnect with mine. “He probably isn’t in the office. He’s having terrible trouble with his back passage today. Council haven’t collected the bins again so it’s filthy.” She’s wrong. From the doorway, a queen strides into view. His tall wig reaches high. One arm is stretched against the frame, the other on his hip. The dress is mermaid green with dashes of gold like individual lightning bolts. In his mouth, a long cigarette holder sits empty. His dark eyeshadow makes his ocean blue eyes pop from their sockets. Everything in my peripheral vision is sucked away. The queen strides elegantly across the reception in ruby red, knee length platforms, before sitting side-saddle on the desk. He clicks his tongue twice as he looks us up and down. “Hi boys.” His voice is sugary sweet, but as rich as cocoa. “Princess Thigh-Ana, absolute delight for you to meet me.” “Hey,” says Jack. He beams, nudging me in the ribs with a bony elbow. “Hi, hey.” I can only stutter, my left leg shaking. This is real. The Dragnificent Seven are real and one-quarter of the remaining members are stood in front of me. I want to scream, cry, shout, laugh and do a stupid little dance all at the same time. I need to say so much yet I can’t say anything at all.

An #editors guide to:

EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS.
My adult contemporary road-trip RomCom featuring drag queen debauchery, melancholic yearning, and dark familial secrets in all four corners.

HERE WE GO AGAIN x IT'S A SIN

#Editors #OnSub

An agent guide for The Siren's Call by Danielle Bradbury and Ashlea P Screaton. A new adult slowburn romantic fantasy.

Pitch: Delphine’s always wished for a life as romantic and adventurous as her stories. With any brief escape punished by her employer, she’s desperate to flee, if not for Otto; her best friend, and the only family she’s known. So when he is sent with pirates after a mythical map, she refuses to be left behind. At sea, a budding romance with the Captain reveals he’s tailed by a dark past, one he’d sabotage the mission to escape. But the pirates claimed Otto’s life if anything goes wrong, and Delphine will do anything—even use the Captain’s past against him—to get the map and save Otto.

Comp Titles: Once Upon A Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber) - Cocky but hopelessly romantic love interest - Selfless heroine sacrificing all for love - Magic and myths - Betrayal - True slow burn romance Dark Water Daughter (H. M. Long) - Love interest with a scarring secret - High stakes survival and adventure - Looming villain - Pirates - Sea myths & magical creatures Howl's Moving Castle - Impact of societal expectations - Power of romantic and self-love - Steampunk elements - Chosen family - Taking responsibility

Excerpt: Summers spent in a bordello ought to have prepared Delphine better. Though Hunter and his girls had always ensured Delphine did not see anything vulgar or unsightly, it was difficult to be ignorant when sitting around a dinner table amongst chattering girls. They told tales of their clients, giggling or rolling their eyes at wild requests from sailors. Hunter would shush them and send a pointed look in her direction, only goading them to spin even more dramatic and rather gruesome tales. Delphine would blush, but she took the joy in their teasing gratefully; summers spent in Hunter's Bordello were only full of fond memories. But they should have prepared her better for the view she had walked in on. Bobbin Boutique was a renowned tailor shop in Wyndell Bay, their suits a favourable cut for her employer and her best friend. The Benton's only owned suits from there. It was understandable why, with the soft silks and delicate stitching, all in the familiar blue the Benton's claimed as their own. An inoffensive woodsy scent permeated the store at all times, blown around by a steady rail spinning in tandem with a large cog bolted to the ceiling. Everything hung from it in that very familiar powdery blue. It was there, central to the fluttering silks circling them like sharks, one of the Bobbin twins stood with his hands tucked into the back pockets of another man. Their heads were tilted, low grumbles quiet under the rattling of the turning rail, as they kissed.

OUTLANDER X FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

☠️ Pirates
✨ A mythical stone
🔥 Fiery FMC always getting into trouble
🤫 Flirtatious pirate captain w/ a dark secret
🌹 True slow burn romance
🔪Dark villain lurking @ edges

#QuestPit #NA #RF #Q

Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning!

Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇

Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring

Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise.

Snippet, same background as previous. Text: “How did it feel?” she asked, voice soft. Careful. For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. “Bad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesn’t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You can’t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didn’t even work.” Esti didn’t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. He’d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didn’t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldn’t forget he’d murdered a man in cold blood. “I didn’t ask for this, you know.” Bitterness spilled out like a basilisk’s venom. “Being the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.”

I officially #amquerying You are not the Chosen One, my adult queer fantasy with a fake Chosen One premise

Below is my agent's guide:

A poster with a bright pink and yellow sunset with the sea and a boat. The top says the names "Delphine Moore" and "Osian Owens". Beneath are three wreaths with quotes; "Chemistry's def there" - Irish, Beta Reader, "Loved every second of it" - Firefly, Beta Reader, and "I really like this opening" - Ali, Beta Reader There's a large title in the middle in a curly font saying "THE SIREN'S CALL", with "Pirate Romantasy" below. Below it says "THE SIREN’S CALL is a adult/crossover romantasy complete at 85,000 words, with series potential. Fans of Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber will be drawn to both the desperate heroine always getting herself into trouble, and the cocky but hopelessly romantic love interest. Pair that with the nautical setting, adventure and slow burn romance of Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long." At the very bottom it says the names "Danielle Bradbury" and "Ashlea P. Screaton" and "In Agent Inboxes Now".

DARK WATER DAUGHTER X ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART

When a fiery maid ran to sea to escape her violent employer, she never expected a passionate romance with a pirate captain–or needing to hunt down a legendary map to save her best friend's life.

#PosterPit #Q #RF #NA

A poster for our work in progress: Through The Realm. The poster is split into three sections. From top to bottom: 1: A snowy, icy landscape with mountains. The main character names, "Mirrisol Soribi" and "Cyprien Seulta" are captioned at the top. Bordered with blue. 2: A rocky, leafy landscape with mountains. Bordered with green. 3: A volcano spewing lava and smoke. A summary titled at the bottom: "mates ARE exceedingly rare. the princess of Gundoi thought she would be blessed to have one. BUT her mate is the RIVAL prince of Skyce. Tethered BY THE unbreakable bond, ITS KEPT at bay with stolen kisses AND MEETINGS. But as it strengthens, granting unpredictable powers, they must control IT OR IT WILL BE weaponised by their families AFTER an attack, both are sent to FIND where it came from. THEY must decide if outing the bond could bring them together, or be the wedge forcing them apart" The title, THROUGH THE REALM, is split with a word in each section, outlined in the section colour.

ROMEO & JULIETTE X ZELDA: BOTW

Mates are rare, selected by Saints.

When royals from rival Kingdoms are chosen, the blessing becomes a deadly curse. As it strengthens & grants powers, they must conceal the bond, or their families may weaponise it in war.

#PosterPit #WIP #RF #NA

A poster with a dark blue background with the sea and the sky at night with the shadow of a ship. The top says the names "Delphine Moore" and "Osian Owens". Beneath are three wreaths with quotes; "You've sold it to me, I need to read this" - Chloe, Tiktok, "I'm invested in them, chemistry's def there" - Irish, Beta Reader and "Giggling and kicking my feet" - Finn, Beta Reader. There's a large title in the middle in a curly font saying "THE SIREN'S CALL", with 'a romantasy series" above and "where fate intertwines with myth" below. Below it says "THE SIREN’S CALL is a adult/crossover romantasy complete at 85,000 words, with series potential. Fans of Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber will be drawn to both the desperate heroine always getting herself into trouble, and the cocky but hopelessly romantic love interest. Pair that with the nautical setting, adventure and slow burn romance of Dark Water Daughter by H.M. Long." At the bottom left are the names Danielle and Ashlea.

OUABH x Dark Water Daughter x Howl's Moving Castle

A fiery maid races to sea after her bff & a legendary map, but a budding romance with the Captain reveals he's tailed by a tormented past, one he would sacrifice their mission & her friend to escape.

#PosterPit #Q #RF #NA

A poster with three drag queens looking up to a bright blue sky. Across the centre is the text East End Boys and West End Girls, a novel by James A Lyons. The character names Harri Forrester, Wilma Cockburn, Princess Thigh-Ana and Jack Montague are across the top. All main text is yellow. a sticker on the bottom right says on sub this September

Here We Go Again x Kinky Boots

An adult contemporary, drag, gay road trip RomCom.

Follow Harri as he joins crush Jack on a chaotic trip to find the iconic 1980's drag friends of Wilma Cockburn. Will their secrets about his adopted family's past change his life forever?

#Queerpit #A #CON #editors

Title page to agent's guide. Artdeco frame, black with golden brown striped patterns. Text: an agent's guide to: You are not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x THE RAVEN SCHOLAR

When seer Cass learns there’s no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear magic based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she’s the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end.

#queerpit #F #A #EF #UF

A graphic poster that is split in half, with a yellow background on the left and a pink background on the right. In the centre are a pair of dark drag queen eyes, with the title EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS underneath. At the bottom is the text "an outrageous adult lgbtq+ road trip romcom looking for editors: on submission this September". Four names of characters are in blue at the top of the cover: Harri Forrester, Jack Montague, Wilma Dickfit, Princess Thigh-Ana

A young gay man learns dark truths about his adoptive mother whilst finding love on a road trip to find members of his estranged uncle's 80's drag collective. With her past set to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#QueerPit #CON #A

yellowed background with red blood splatter and top of zombie head in lower corner. George Washington head faintly visible (Mount Rushmore) along left. Text says: AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO DON'T NAME THE DEAD By Sami Peil 90 words Adult/NA HORROR

yellow background with light red blood splatter. Torn out page from a journal, along bottom of screen you can see rocks from mount rushmore text says: Reader Comments “Obsessed” “I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf.“ “Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic” “OMINOUS” “VICERAL” “I literally cackled” “I was not prepared” “Sharp, shocking, love it” “Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth” “I love him” “IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU” Sami Peil @sampeil FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON JOHN MATTHEWS April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hills bunkers, current population 280ish. don’t name the dead

yellow background with red blood splatter, along top right is a zombie with open mouth teeth growling 3 images of book covers: sister maiden monster has tentacles, orange, knife; the z word has an image of a brain, two femmes kissing, teal hands reaching up, a piece of pizza, an axe; the last of us has a man and a girl turned toward the camera as they walk toward ruins; along the right, text reads: If three queer 20-somethings manage to not get eaten by the pandemic zombies, they’ll still have to dodge a preacher bent on building his post-apocalyptic flock. Love triangle Survival shenanigans Headshots Hookups Busted bunker

close up of mount rushmore presidents with light red splatter across the image. text reads: Sami Peil @sampeil don’t name the dead Vivvi was getting wasted for her 21st until she woke up in a drunk tank, which was the only protection from the cop zombies trying to eat her brains. Stetson was painting his nails and avoiding his family's far right extremist bunker party, unaware that the virus they all ignored would mutate, and he’d have to fight his way out. Dove was home alone in a post-wisdom tooth coma, still dreaming about her hot dentist, while infected people turned and began to eat immune survivors. The Dentist was doing an after-hours call, where a patient bite transformed him into a flesh craving monster. They all want each other—but not in the same way. And they really need to stay the hell away from the Preacher.

DON'T NAME THE DEAD in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟‍♂️🥼

#H #na #a #q #agentsguide #sf #questpit #lgbt

A fake magazine cover for Soho Now. It features a drag queen in blonde wig and black dress singing in front of a blue curtain. Text overall reads Outrageous Adult Drag RomCom, £1.70, available to editors, and also a barcode with September 2025 underneath. The main headline reads East End Boys and West End girls. 1985 had them, 2025 needs them. Inside the rise, fall, and rise again of The Dragnificent Seven. ON the left are the tropes rivals to lovers, forced proximity, found family, road trip and drag humour.

Whilst honouring his estranged uncle's dying wish to reunite a 1980's drag activist collective, a young gay man learns dark truths about his adoptive mother. With her past about to impact his future & relationship, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#questpit #Con #A #OS

This Wretched Valley x Scream 2

💖The Best Friend.
🔪The Ex.
💍The Best Friend's Fiance.
🎧The Tagalong.
💅The Frenemy.
🤳The Influencer.

They all have secrets they're keeping from each other. But Hotel Adair knows, and it's ready to bleed them out.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

Hotel Adair’s wallpaper doesn’t peel. Its piano stays in perfect tune. Its plush carpet hides all stains—but grandeur only lasts when the hotel has been fed. Lately, the halls echo with hunger.

But Cody & her friends have plenty of secrets to satisfy it.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

At Hotel Adair, doors lock themselves, spectral scenes play out in empty rooms, &Cody's friends die in ways her favorite slashers can’t script. If she wants to protect her bff &survive, she must become a Final Girl who doesn’t just fight monsters but herself.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

Opening page to agent's guide. Text: Agent's guide to You are Not the Chosen One, an adult queer fantasy by Melanie Locke. Placed at the center of an artdeco frame with black and golden coloring

Part two of the agent's guide. Artdeco background with black and gold. Pitch: When Seer Cass learns there's no Chosen One to save the world from a Fear based apocalypse, he tells firefighter Esti she's the Chosen One. If she ever learns he lied, the world will end. Comps on the right with covers and a poster. The Umbrella Academy season 1 poster, the Last Hour between World, the Raven Scholar, Dark Rise.

Snippet. Art deco background, same as previous slide. Piece of messy paper on top, with the snippet text: “How did it feel?” she asked, voice soft. Careful. For a moment he looked at her, eyes like broken glass. He sat up, fists clenched. “Bad! It feels fucking bad, okay? But it doesn’t matter. If I have to kill one man to save a village then that is what I will do. You can’t save the world without getting blood on your hands. And the worst thing is, it didn’t even work.” Esti didn’t know what to say. Cass stared into the distance, arms wrapped tight around his body. He’d never looked so small before. And yet Esti knew what he was capable of. It mattered little how he felt, his sorrow didn’t bring the mayor back. And perhaps he would have died no matter what. Perhaps Cass had done the best he could in impossible circumstances. But Esti couldn’t forget he’d murdered a man in cold blood. “I didn’t ask for this, you know.” Bitterness spilled out like a basilisk’s venom. “Being the seer meant to stop the Fear, having only one year left.”

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY x DARK RISE

👁️ a gay seer who will fake it till he makes it
🚒 a butch lesbian firefighter turned "Chosen One"
😱 a Fear based apocalypse that will end the world

What could possibly go wrong?

Entering the trenches soon!

#Questpit #A #F #Q #LGBT

The Handyman Method x Scream 2

When a canceled flight strands Cody & friends in Wales, she must find a hotel w/vacancy before the storm hits. But a surprise engagement and 10 days worth of tension lead to a rising body count.

Hotel Adair has been waiting.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H

An agent guide for The Siren's Call by Danielle Bradbury and Ashlea P Screaton. A new adult slowburn romantic fantasy.

Pitch: Delphine’s always wished for a life as romantic and adventurous as her stories. With any brief escape punished by her employer, she’s desperate to flee, if not for Otto; her best friend, and the only family she’s known. So when he is sent with pirates after a mythical map, she refuses to be left behind. At sea, a budding romance with the Captain reveals he’s tailed by a dark past, one he’d sabotage the mission to escape. But the pirates claimed Otto’s life if anything goes wrong, and Delphine will do anything—even use the Captain’s past against him—to get the map and save Otto.

Comp Titles: Once Upon A Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber) - Cocky but hopelessly romantic love interest - Selfless heroine sacrificing all for love - Magic and myths - Betrayal - True slow burn romance Dark Water Daughter (H. M. Long) - Love interest with a scarring secret - High stakes survival and adventure - Looming villain - Pirates - Sea myths & magical creatures Howl's Moving Castle - Impact of societal expectations - Power of romantic and self-love - Steampunk elements - Chosen family - Taking responsibility

Excerpt: Summers spent in a bordello ought to have prepared Delphine better. Though Hunter and his girls had always ensured Delphine did not see anything vulgar or unsightly, it was difficult to be ignorant when sitting around a dinner table amongst chattering girls. They told tales of their clients, giggling or rolling their eyes at wild requests from sailors. Hunter would shush them and send a pointed look in her direction, only goading them to spin even more dramatic and rather gruesome tales. Delphine would blush, but she took the joy in their teasing gratefully; summers spent in Hunter's Bordello were only full of fond memories. But they should have prepared her better for the view she had walked in on. Bobbin Boutique was a renowned tailor shop in Wyndell Bay, their suits a favourable cut for her employer and her best friend. The Benton's only owned suits from there. It was understandable why, with the soft silks and delicate stitching, all in the familiar blue the Benton's claimed as their own. An inoffensive woodsy scent permeated the store at all times, blown around by a steady rail spinning in tandem with a large cog bolted to the ceiling. Everything hung from it in that very familiar powdery blue. It was there, central to the fluttering silks circling them like sharks, one of the Bobbin twins stood with his hands tucked into the back pockets of another man. Their heads were tilted, low grumbles quiet under the rattling of the turning rail, as they kissed.

OUTLANDER X FRENCHMAN'S CREEK

☠️ Pirates
✨ A mythical stone
🔥 Fiery FMC always getting into trouble
🤫 Flirtatious pirate captain w/ a dark secret
🌹 True slow burn romance
🔪Dark villain lurking @ edges

#QuestPit #NA #RF #Q

An agent's guide to: when ink swallows the sun, a 108k-word adult imperial-asia epic fantasy by @lilywzy_

Illegitimate child Ning Liyue must navigate the palace to chase clues about her long-lost mother’s foreign origins. When her quest collides with a failing chosen one trying to revive his tribe’s tattoo magic, they must uncover ugly truths and survive a budding rebellion to achieve their goals—and choose their loyalties in a crumbling empire.

The released moonlight casts an ethereal glow on the Empress, darkening the surrounding night. Liyue can’t tell who started it, but hundreds of guests crumble to the ground, pressing their foreheads to the ground in uneven worship. Ten thousand years to my Empress! Their chants rise and fall and rise again until no other sound exists in the world. Like a crane among chickens, Liyue alone remains standing, unable to remove her gaze from the Empress while others fix theirs to the floor. The star dims, liquid shadows seem to swish within it like ink as the Empress lowers the scepter. Her low-lidded gaze sweeps over her subjects and lingers on Liyue. It’s not out of curiosity toward Liyue’s unique appearance nor offense from her standing, but a disturbing satisfaction. Who is the Jinyu Empress? Should the heavens hear this thought and convey it to Her Majesty, Liyue’s head would roll on the ground. Bathed in the pallid moonlight that basks the feast in an inhuman coldness, she decid

themes and elements: inspired by manchu, mongol, and than. God blood as ink for tattoo magic. creation vs destruction with a twist. Duty vs desire. kindness vs ambition. 4-pov. riches to rags. failing chosen one

Priory🍊Tree x She Who Bcame☀️

🪭Manchu+Mongol+Han inspired
🏹God blood as ink for tattoo magic
🪭An eldritch craving familial love
🏹A failing chosen one
🪭A saboteur of her own rebellion
🏹An heir w/ perfect life until the facade rips
🪭Queernorm ancient Asia

#questpit #Q #F #A #agentguide #agentsguide

A nine image moodboard of a deer skull, a boy with the face blurred out, a wolf's maw, a note saying "this is gay", a boy being beckoned into trees, a raven, hands digging into green undergrowth, two hands making a pinkie promise, and feet hanging off a ledge.

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall
🏳️‍⚧️ boy Owen has come home from an 11-month captivity in the woods by killing the monster that held him, but when he starts changing, he realizes whoever kills the monster must replace it. #questpit #Q #YA #H #feraltransboys

Moodboard. Top left: wooden staff standing against pillar. Top right: misty greenhouse. Middle: crystal in a hand. Middle right: tropical plants. Bottom left: spiral staircase in library. Bottom middle: open book. Bottom right: typewriter on desk.

A dying mage and his partner seek to wield magic without killing mages, but both become soulless immortals, causing deadly blight. Centuries later, two magic scientists seek to end this blight. They must discover how to kill an immortal, or watch the world be consumed.

#Questpit #F #A #W #LGBT

A trailer for EAST END BOYS & WEST END GIRLS

👑Adult Contemporary RomCom
👑Forced Proximity
👑Rivals to Lovers
👑Humour
👑Found Family
👑LGBTQ+ History
👑Complex Family Dynamics
👑Here We Go Again x Kinky Boots
👑Available to editors, on sub soon!
👑Agented

#Questpit #A #OS

A mock up poster for a reunion show for the dragnificent seven. At the top it says The bitches are back. It has a red and black sunburst background with a photo of a drag queen in the centre. At the bottom it says the title east end boys and west end girls by James A Lyons. There is a star with adult RomCom in. Near the photo is the fake gig info. Tickets £15 online and £20 on the door. Doors at 8.30 and show starts at 10pm. The venue is the blue savannah club Berwick street.

While honouring his uncle's dying wish to reunite four iconic drag activists, a young gay man learns dark truths about his adoptive mother. With her past set to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy, his relationship, or the woman who raised him.

#Questpit #OS #A

A moody aesthetic board in cream and dark tones for the novel THE SIREN'S call, feat. a treasure map with ships sailing etched on it, a woman in a dress with a dagger, an ornate swirling sword handle, a pirate ship on the sea, sirens in the water, a necklace with tentacle detail, a man with a sword, and a letter with cursive writing. In the centre is a quote: "We don't take captives - we don't leave them, either. Sea's a free place for all brave enough t'join her."

OUABH x Dark Water Daughter x Howl's Moving Castle

A fiery maid races to sea after her bff & a legendary map, but a budding romance with the Captain reveals he's tailed by a tormented past, one he would sacrifice their mission & her friend to escape.

#QuestPit #NA #RF #Q

WANTED: peasant girl who eats rocks instead of metal for magic powers like that one mistborn girl and likes to go barefoot like toph. If spotted, say you know where her friend is and she’ll follow you even though the friend is a toxic parasite. #Unhingedpit #YA #F

Who's gonna tell em...this dysfunctional, neurodivergent, disabled ensemble cast is convinced that the earth is in the center of the solar system bc they live in a setting inspired by Golden Age Islamic Astronomy... #UnhingedPit #YA #Fantasy #WIP

An agent guide for The Siren's Call by Danielle Bradbury and Ashlea P Screaton. A new adult slowburn romantic fantasy.

Pitch: Delphine’s always wished for a life as romantic and adventurous as her stories. With any brief escape punished by her employer, she’s desperate to flee, if not for Otto; her best friend, and the only family she’s known. So when he is sent with pirates after a mythical map, she refuses to be left behind. At sea, a budding romance with the Captain reveals he’s tailed by a dark past, one he’d sabotage the mission to escape. But the pirates claimed Otto’s life if anything goes wrong, and Delphine will do anything—even use the Captain’s past against him—to get the map and save Otto.

Comp Titles: Once Upon A Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber) - Cocky but hopelessly romantic love interest - Selfless heroine sacrificing all for love - Magic and myths - Betrayal - True slow burn romance Dark Water Daughter (H. M. Long) - Love interest with a scarring secret - High stakes survival and adventure - Looming villain - Pirates - Sea myths & magical creatures Howl's Moving Castle - Impact of societal expectations - Power of romantic and self-love - Steampunk elements - Chosen family - Taking responsibility

Summers spent in a bordello ought to have prepared Delphine better. Though Hunter and his girls had always ensured Delphine did not see anything vulgar or unsightly, it was difficult to be ignorant when sitting around a dinner table amongst chattering girls. They told tales of their clients, giggling or rolling their eyes at wild requests from sailors. Hunter would shush them and send a pointed look in her direction, only goading them to spin even more dramatic and rather gruesome tales. Delphine would blush, but she took the joy in their teasing gratefully; summers spent in Hunter's Bordello were only full of fond memories. But they should have prepared her better for the view she had walked in on.

While Ashlea and I are working on our major rewrite of our story, I'd like to present our updated #AgentGuide

This is our adult/crossover romantic fantasy with a true slow burn romance, and series potential!

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