Rachel is drafting 🏳️‍🌈 nerdy YA contemp

The Nyxia triad by Scott Reintgen! Two middle grade series that I also think he'd love with excellent worldbuilding and adventure are The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (first book is Wolf Brother) and Gregor the Overlander (same author as the hunger games so there are some heavy themes later on).

Trans book stack for trans awareness week 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

#book #books #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #transbooks #transawarenessweek #readqueerallyear

Mood board for the book The Final Chapter: Halloween candy, black and white cat, girl with a pumpkin wearing flannel, crime scene tape, murder board, girl dress up as Harley Quinn, police car, a light hanging down at a bookstore.

QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mother’s book event. She needs to get her life back before she's the next victim.
🕵️Amateur investigation
🎃Halloween
📚Indie bookstore
🐱Store Cat
🏡Small Town
💘Sapphic crush
#questpit #YA #Q #MY #LGBT

Phoebe and the Space Dragon, 92k Adult Sci-fi

Pitch: In space, no one can hear you scream...at your ex. There's no room for argument when a pregnant, endangered creature demands you help her reach her nursery world---even if you're forced to fly with your ed. For anxious marine biologist Remy, the only thing scarier than space would be falling back in love with the man who shattered her heart.

Tropes and comps: forced proximity, second chance love, co-parenting, middle-aged MC and LI, painful secrets.

Looking down on Earth from space was allegedly a life changing event, but Remy was busy gripping her armrest and praying for delivery from a sudden, violent death. Why bother looking towards home? Any second now, she’d be plummeting back. Maybe orbiting trash would crash into them. Or the shuttle could lose power and drift into the void until they all died of hypoxia. All. That was the worst part: if she died, her only child died, too. Not that the daughter in question seemed to appreciate the gravity of the situation. Phoebe was all wide eyes and smiles as the budget shuttle rocketed them towards their almost certain demise. "Dad?" He glanced around at the silver-collared crew, all carefully not paying attention to the interaction, as usual—except for Solkar, who winked. "Captain Bellamy when we’re on the bridge, Phoebe,” he whispered. She scowled at him. "It's Navigator Walker, then." The corner of his mouth quirked like she’d said something funny instead of grown-up and serious. "You're right, we need to keep this as professional as possible, Navigator Walker." "Or we could act like we’re still a family," she muttered, half-hoping her voice didn’t carry across the Hasma’s pool. “At least one of us still wishes we were.” He looked a little hurt. It didn’t make her feel any better, but she didn’t apologize. If she was hurting, so could he. And it wasn’t like he ever apologized. "I am your family, Navigator Walker. A bit of time and distance doesn’t change that."

Wayfarers x Farscape

Peace between alien races could shatter unless a neurodivergent, space-phobic marine biologist, the sexy, secretive ex she’s “over”, and their tween daughter can guide a pregnant space dragon to her nursery world before she loses her clutch.

#QuestPit #AG #SF

Dark starfield background. Text reads: ‘a guide to BABEL ON CALLISTO a queer cosmic horrormance [wip].’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x

Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE PITCH.’ Under two movie posters, text on left reads: ‘encountering the unknowable’ and under Annihilation poster: ‘contact that warps and bends.’ On the right above Brokeback Mountain poster: ‘unlikely intimacy in isolation’ and below: ‘love that cannot last.’ Main body text reads: ‘On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x

Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘THE COMPS.’ Three book covers below. Above the first cover (The Mountain in the Sea): ‘isolated research station.’ Below it: ‘philosophical alien threat.’ Above the second cover (The Deep Sky): ‘psychological unraveling.’ Below it: ‘fracture under mission pressure.’ Above the third cover (The Salt Grows Heavy): ‘queer, visceral horror.’ Below it: ‘love as a consuming force.’ Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x

Dark starfield background. Large text at top: ‘SNIPPET.’ Large opening quotation mark. Text reads: ‘Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—a time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction—how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.’ Large closing quotation mark. Bottom right: saraduran@bksy.social / @saraduranauthor on x

Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a shiny new agent guide ✨🌙

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, feat:

💫 two exiled men (+ their secrets)
💫 one lunar prison (+ its horrors)
💫 a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

AN INUYASHA COMP???? 🔥

A photo of a printed manuscript with the title CRYSTAL CHASERS (alpha draft). The manuscript is surrounded by crystals, romantasy stickers, pens and note pads, flowers, and highlighters

A picture of fireworks in the night sky with the following snippet of text over it: She hoped the Midwest linguist customs wouldn't be her mark here. “Just be glad I haven’t used the word ‘y’all’ yet.” The laugh that came out of him rattled through her, such a boisterous and sudden sound like she had physically dragged it out of him. Her five little orbs of light flashed to life around her from the sped up heart rate. It only increased further when he locked his gaze with hers again. “That’s not an actual word.” She narrowed her eyes at him. “It’s an actual word. Lots of people where I’m from use it.” Her lights flickered to a deep yellow, like a traffic light warning to proceed with caution. Something in his gaze softened again, those cat-like eyes reflecting the stars like little golden galaxies. “Do you know your eyes glow when you use your magic?” Kassidy blinked. She had no idea. “Like…in a weird way?” Her lights were the only light source now, painting them both in a muted orange glow. The fireworks had ended, but she didn’t remember when that was, swallowed up entirely when he seemed to lean closer, all five lights glowing like glittering fireflies. “It’s not weird, it’s—”

Screenshots of comments overlaying a picture of books. The comments are positive and praise the WIP for great pacing, a hook of an opener, and wanting to buy the book for their bookshelf

A young woman sitting distressed at a table reading the WIP

INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON x D&D WILD MAGIC

Ohio wasn't great to begin with but it certainly didn't have magic and monsters. Thrust into the Realm, Kassidy will have to harness her new deity powers quickly...and then risk that very magic to save those she loves.

#questpit #rf #a #w (alpha draft)

A collage of images that represent the vibe of the book, including a pastel blue and pink beach, a blue and pink sky behind palm trees, a pink ouija keychain, pain roller skates, pink hair, a pink building behind palm trees, fingers typing on a laptop keyboard, a black and white photo of a woman in 1920s attire, white converse on a longboard, a glowing red theatre sign, and a red and gold theatre stage. Hearts surround a pink text box. The text reads: Sadie expects to be an amateur ghost hunter for a night at a haunted theater, not the sole witness to her favorite paranormal author’s death. Now she’ll have to team up with the author’s living sister to stop a vengeful spirit and help a ghost finish her final manuscript before someone else winds up dead.

BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING X CEMETERY BOYS

📝Ghostwriter to a ghost
💗Pastel paranormal
👻Vengeful spirit
🎭Haunted theater
🖤Séance-gone-awry
🌴Florida summer vibes (but spooky)
🌈F/F romance (not with the ghost!)
💕One bed

#questpit #YA #PR #LGBT #Q

It's one of my favorite things! ❤️ The friendship in my story makes my heart so proud and happy.

Water dripping off leaf, old motel sign, mountainside river, girl in leather jacket, wild howling, girl on computer, hand and wild print, foggy forest, missing posters, full moon

🌲Spooky mountainside town
📷 missing hikers
🌲 aloof and mysterious bartender with plenty of secrets to hide
📷 suspicious locals
🌲#ownvoice Indigenous, Queer, and Autistic rep

#Questpit #A #AG #PR #H #W

THE MAID X FINLAY DONOVAN

10 coworkers.
1 dead manager.

A trio of coworkers must find their office manager's killer, before their scathing resignation emails are discovered, making them the prime suspects. #questpit #editorsguide #AG

🏃‍♀️Escape room whodunit
💘 Office romance

Once more for the evening crowd! #questpit #W #YA

A movie poster for "CARGO", depicting a sunset with two crescent moons in the sky. In the foreground are silohettes of two people, only their arms visible, their pinky fingers grasping each other tightly. The arm on the left is thinner and has four fingers. The arm on the right is of average proportions and has five fingers. The top of the poster reads "A match made in space. While stealing things." Below the name "CARGO", there is smaller writing in an alien language, presumably the title translated. At the bottom of the poster, the credits section is as follows: CATHERINE WINTERS AND COREWARD BAKER PRODUCTIONS LTD PRESENT A CATHERINE WINTERS NOVEL ‘CARGO’ STARRING TAI OF MICAPA THYLLIS CHAUMEDEROT TALATAGARI QUIRIN TALATAGARI ANENTO FRANK THE CAT JEREL BESKROS CHOST MOL RAZIK FEATURING COOL MOSS ABOVE STILL WATER AND INTRODUCING CLARKE SHIPS BY SETEBO-URANQ AND CONSTANT VERIDITY INTERSTELLAR COSTUMES BY UPPER CORE ATELIER “HUMAN” CREATURE EFFECTS BY 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EVOLUTION CASTING BY THE TRADE AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CATHERINE WINTERS DIRECTED BY CATHERINE WINTERS WRITTEN BY CATHERINE WINTERS

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

Tai can get through this. Things'll go back to normal. Steal the cargo, stop thinking about the human, wipe the security feed, stop thinking about the human, get out of the vault, stop thinking about the human. Easy. #QuestPit #Q #LGBT #R #A

A moodboard. The first image is a couple kissing, two hands reaching through water, a forest and an eagle, a dagger and a female hand, a golden eye, a woman in an ocean, a whirlpool, cloaked figure fighting with swords, silver sands

When a card game has telepath Mona fleeing town, a handsome spy drags her to an underwater kingdom where she awakens a long-forgotten djinn magic. But with the oceanic sky failing, will inner demons drown her before she can save her people or will warring factions claim her?
#Questpit #RF #Q #NA

quote - "anyone can betray anyone"

photos of a golden eye, the silhouettes of two people standing intimately close, the quote "I am burdened with glorious purpose" by Loki, a silhouette removing a mask, "Awakening by O.C. Umeghalu", the phrase "poisoned love", two hands barely touching with the quote "we all broke our rules for someone", hands pulling strings attached to drawings of a brain and heart, a brown eye

the title "Awakening" against a dark crimson background with red florals surrounded by the phrases forged family, golden-eyed chosen one, betrayal, azula + zuko esque relationship, soft-hearted prince, budding love, ancestral power and forbidden romance

themes/comps - Forged Family (the Gaang, Quil and the others) Reckoning with Inner Turmoil (guilt, indecision, shame, responsibility) Ancestral Abilities (think Aang’s/Corayne’s birthrights) Bloodied Crown (think Zuko grappling with the Fire Nation seeking to conquer the world/Corayne looking to close Spindles opened by her uncle) Looming Global Threat (ie: Firelord Ozai/Taristan) Romantic Subplot (different love interest for each MC) Complicated Sibling Relationship (ie: Azula and Zuko) Betrayal (ie: Aiz and Quil)

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST*

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

Amidst a tyrant’s reemerging rule, budding love and forbidden romance merge with betrayal to forge a warrior blinded by rage and a fallen prince burdened by grief who'll lead the world to victory or ruin.

#Q #YA #F #questpit

EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAERIES X DIVINE RIVALS

📖 Cozy, light academia
🌿 Soft FMC studying nature-based magic
🌸 Hidden garden steeped in secrets
🏛️ Academic rivals-to-lovers
💌 Slow-burn romance
🍃 Legacy, ambition, and belonging

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF

This is a flowery graphic with post-reincarnation Yoon on the left and pre-reincarnation Max on the right, but turned at an angle with their character artworks facing each other. Above fancy robe-wearing Yoon there are lines that read: In the stillness of death, he immortalized her as his ever-loving, ever-living flower. It would be an eternity of affection. Above florist-uniformed Max are the lines: It wouldn't be so bad if this were the end, he thought... In their family, inconvenient things were silently buried. Especially death.

MARTYR! x THE NAMES but isekai

Max sees no future for himself until death reshapes him into a noble in an alternate ancient East Asia. As Yoon, he has it all: status, affection, & a prediction that his love is lethal. Is life worth living if it comes at others’ suffering?
#QuestPit #Q #A #LF #HF #F

A collage of images displaying the vibe of what this book pitch is about. Some of the images depict stone walls with wooden fences, tables in the middle of grassy fields, the seaside and cats sleeping atop books. Hidden views and lots of cozy cottages. Text reads: For fans of • Starling House • Practical Magic • Spells for Forgetting Small seaside town • Cottagecore • Small magics • Nightmare monster • Childhood friends to reluctant allies to found family • Crumbling reality

A second collage of images displaying the vibe of what this book pitch is about. Some of the images depict seaside towns, gods swimming, a couple dancing on the sea shore, a misty hill too and lots of cozy looking cottages.

When Jude returns to her hometown after a decade away, she thinks the worst things she'll face are the people she left behind. But when she accidentally sets loose a reality-twisting monster, she must rally her former friends to stop their town from being erased from existence.

#QuestPit #A #F #W

Dark blue poster background with a cartoon of a pink and silver pressure cooker. Text: ChemPortal A romantic sci-fi Two awkward scientists just want to be left alone to build a lawnmower. Instead, thy find themselves battling time, powerful corporations, and doomsday cults to save the world from starvation. Fay Irwin

If Andy Weir and Ali Hazelwood co-wrote a book, it would be CHEMPORTAL. This scifi romcom with real chemistry features:
💥Explosions (real and figurative)
📻Science (mis)communication
🥰Enemies to lovers
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧Complex family dynamics
⚛️ #Steminist history
💪ND and LGBTQ rep

#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #R

When best friend Adair's podcast partner flakes at the last minute, Kit agrees to take her place.
They're supposed to be figuring out what they're doing wrong in dating—so why does everything suddenly feel so right?

Stay tuned.

Nobody Wants This x You, Again
#QuestPit #W #A #R

A mood board of a man wearing a leather jacket, a candle, multiple books, fall leaves and trees, libraries full of books, apples with baking ingredients, the silhouettes of a man and a woman sitting close, three girls having a picnic, mooncakes, lanterns floating in the night sky, and a lecture hall. The backdrop is tan and there are various leaves, hearts and lines decorating the overall grid of photos.

LAWS OF (UN)ATTRACTION
STEM Rom-Com

Two psychology PhD candidates test their rival theories of (un)attraction on each other to settle the academic feud that could cost them their careers...only to discover their hearts might be variables they can't control.

#questpit #Q #A #R

3x3 moodboard Top Left - a dust in the shape of an angel rising over human forms Top Middle - an abandoned, half-ransacked store Top Right - A person's shoulder with a black spot Middle left - a door sign for a nuclear boiler room Middle Right - an abandoned sign in a deserted town that says "Are you going to Heaven?" Bottom Left - an abandoned church covered by overgrowth Bottom Middle - a statue of an angel with black spots Bottom Right - people walking over an abandoned bridge.

THE HOST x HELL FOLLOWED x GIDEON

150 years after the angels ended the world, Kas becomes a vessel for one. She teams up with the angel in her head—and her furious ex-gf—to save her sister, and discovers that the angels are no saviors, but intelligent alien parasites.

#QuestPit #SF #A #LGBT #W

Title slide: “THE LAST WORD – Upmarket Speculative Fiction” with comparison books Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Dark atmospheric background with glowing white title text.

Pitch text: “Emotion is outlawed. Memory is rewritten. Nova erases memories for the regime, but when a glitching implant shows her a phantom in the code, she must choose obedience—or a truth she was never meant to remember.” Themes listed include found family, soft rebellion, trauma and recovery, slow-burn romance, and hope in the darkness. Images of a woman walking in misty mountains, a glowing neural network, and a silhouette at sunset.

Quote: “I saw you under the maple tree.” Followed by atmospheric pitch lines: “A voice she can’t forget. A past they tried to erase. A choice that could break her—or set her free.” Visuals of blood on a wall, a tactical soldier, and a futuristic city skyline.

Nine-image aesthetic grid: futuristic cityscapes, a cabin in the woods, digital patterns, a forest, broken glass, and a lone figure walking into mist. Emphasis on contrast between nature and surveillance tech.

Final post for #questpit ✨

Thank you everyone!

Here’s a streamlined look at THE LAST WORD for agents and readers who want a quick glance.🧡

Emotion is outlawed. Memory is rewritten.
Soft rebellion, found family, slow-burn epic romance—and hope in the dark.

#W #A #S #SF

Collage image of a young girl running across a field toward a large blue planet hanging in front of her as the horizon disintegrates into blocky pixels. Against a TV static background with the hidden words "all that time they spent trying to recall the past could have been spent living"

#QuestPit #Q Is it better to live or remember? A young girl in a post-digital-data world realizes she is actually deep in space aboard a malfunctioning spaceship, unconsciously reliving her childhood as her oxygen and fuel run low. Can she save her future without losing touch with her past? #A #SF

A 3x3 moodboard collage for the middle grade fantasy novel Kinda Charming. Center square features the title “Kinda Charming” in whimsical fairytale font. Surrounding images include: A jeweled crown A classic fairytale castle A burst of golden magic A gingerbread house A magic wand A white chicken A set of rusty gears A sunlit forest path An ancient storybook with illuminated script Together, the images evoke royalty, enchantment, humor, adventure, and a playful twist on classic fairytales.

🏰✨ #QuestPit ✨🐔

Kinda Charming
#Upper #MG #Fantasy | 70K+ | Standalone with series potential

Prince Neil Charming isn't the chosen one. He's the other one.

🧁Fairytales flipped
📚Lores, laughs, & legacy
🐔Possible poultry involved

#Q #AmQuerying #Agents #Editors #Publishers
📸Moodboard magic below🔽

ADDIE LARUE x YOU'VE REACHED SAM

On the verge of death, Safa makes a desperate bargain with a mysterious jinn. Now she has 3 obscure clues, 0 memories and 1 month to win back her life.

🇵🇰-rep & folklore
💘allies to lovers
🔍amnesia with a twist
⏳ticking clock

#questpit #ya #f

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 #AG #EditorsGuide #Editors

Left to right. Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building. Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down. Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.

SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS

After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted.

#QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist

#Questpit

Mass effect x Treasure Planet/ Master and Commander in Space

6 years after the Death of Earth and Humanity's Uplift into the Jada Empire. Elise Clarke is enlisted into the Royal Fleet. Can she overcome her trauma and prove Humanity can find a place in the Galaxy?

#Q #SF #SFF