Serena Vu | Querying Author

HBO’s SUCCESSION x THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT

After the head of one of the vampiric houses dies, his heiress throws herself into the gilded and corrupt high society to uncover the truth while trying to keep her secret from the one man who could destroy her: a hunter.

#DVpit #POC #A #F

What a pitch!!!!

This is such a unique and interesting premise!

HBO’s SUCCESSION x K-Drama

🩸 How far will Ophelia, heiress to one of the Nine Vampiric Houses, go to prove herself worthy of a dead father’s love?

🗡️ How far will Lysander, a hunter with a hatred for her kind, fall into the gilded corruption of vampiric high society?

#DVpit #POC #A #F

This sounds so good! Love a morally grey fairy-tale!

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x MEXICAN GOTHIC

Set in a fantasy Vietnam, a mute courtesan poses as a missing princess to infiltrate the imperial court. But the palace hides more than treason. Its restless ghosts haunt her dreams and draw her towards a kind yet troubled scholar.

#DVpit #POC #A #F

HBO’s SUCCESSION x THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT

A vampire heiress allies with a hunter to uncover her father’s murderer. Amid the gilded world of vampiric high society, her animosity grows into obsession as the hunter draws closer to a secret that will ruin her.

#DVpit #POC #A #F

OMG! This sounds amazing. Congratulations! I can't wait to get my hands on the book!!!

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A dark green background with the title Tropes and Themes. In the centre is an image of a woman wearing a bright orange traditional dress of Nguyễn dynasty Vietnam, holding a paper fan. In the blurred background is another woman wearing a yellow version of the dress. Surrounding the image are the words: girl pretending to be the princess, she does it all for vengeance, arranged marriage, ghosts that LITERALLY come back to haunt you, Viet shamanism, court intrigue, Asian fantasy gothic romance, FMC who lives with aphonia, lush dynastic Vietnamese culture.

A dark background with the title Moodboard, showing nine images:
Top row: a lush archway in the rain, a man in dark blue robes with his face hidden by a screen, a hand on a table with a brush, ink stone, and bowl.
Middle row: a man in traditional Vietnamese black robes standing on a bridge, a girl in traditional blue Vietnamese dress and headwear, a woman stepping out of dark wooden doors wearing green robes.
Bottom row: a person in red robes holding a plate of traditional Vietnamese food beside more dishes and a tea set, a woman seated at a wood table and sofa in pale grey robes, and a stone staircase.

A dark green background with the title The Pitch, then the words: “A courtesan assumes the identity of a dead princess and, with a wayward prince at her side, seeks renounce on those who stole her voice, murdered her mother, and usurped a kingdom.” Below are the covers for Mexican Gothic, The Hurricane Wars, and the film Anastasia (1997).

Untitled Project WIP
Anastacia X Mexican Gothic

A gothic romantic fantasy inspired by the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam

#questpit #w #A #Sff

Moodboard for my new project!

A romantic fantasy inspired by the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam.

✨ arranged marriage
✨ court intrigue
✨ shamanistic blood magic
✨ ghosts

#WIP #Romantasy #AmWriting #AsianFantasy

WHO! Wishing you all the best!!!!

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Me.

Can I DM you?

Is anyone looking for a beta reader for romantasy/romantic fantasy? I'd love to talk about manuscript exchange. ☺️

#writingcommunity #revpit #revpitwaiting

"The death of a Dynast was a rare event. Even more astonishing was the death of the head of one of the ancient Nine Houses. After all, Ophelia’s kind were like immortal beings—monsters created in the image of the Goddesses."

#1stLinePit #C #A #P #RF

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Editing a scene in this manuscript and trying to invoke the same tension between my enemies to lovers as THAT scene in Pride and Prejudice (2005).

Submitted this to #RevPit!

I'm sobbing. This wound is too fresh.

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Here's the chance to go beyond snips and pitch your work!

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THESE FOUL ENDEAVOURS

Enemies to lovers, vampire x vampire hunter urban fantasy where they have to work together to unravel the secrets of her father's murder while fighting their own growing feelings for each other.

#RevPit #RevPitPrompts #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity

Snippet from These Foul Endeavours
CW: Blood Drinking (Vampire)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #romanticfantasy #paranomalromance

thank you ~ 🥰

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An image titled Tropes and Themes, a picture of a broken wine glass with red wine being poured in and the following tropes listed on the side: dual POV, touch him and die, morally grey MCs, vampire MC X vampire hunter LI, reluctant allies to lovers, knife & fangs to throat, secret they are both trying to keep, slow burn, so much yearning.

Image with the title: The Pitch, and then the pitch is: A vampire heiress and a hunter must team up to uncover her late father's illegal blood research, all while concealing their dark secrets from the decadent and dangerous vampiric high society. The comp title books are: Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma, Vampire Knight, and Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco.

Collage representing the vibe of a dark, gothic-themed book, featuring blood bags, a young man in black with his hand resting on a book, a room with high windows and gothic architecture, and an evidence board. The text reads: 'Are you satisfied, you were right, we are monsters. For some reason, I thought you could prove me wrong.'"

THESE FOUL ENDEAVOURS

Vampire Knight x My Demon

📖paranormal romantic fantasy
🩸cunning and ambitious vampire FMC
🗡️principled yet conflicted vampire hunter MLI

#Cupit #POC #A #RoFa #PR #querying

Collage representing the vibe of a dark, gothic-themed book, featuring blood bags, a young man in black with his hand resting on a book, a room with high windows and gothic architecture, and an evidence board. The text reads: 'Are you satisfied, you were right, we are monsters. For some reason, I thought you could prove me wrong.'"

VAMPIRE KNIGHT x MY DEMON (K-Drama)

A vampire heiress must team up with a hunter to unravel dangerous secrets surrounding her late father’s blood research, and together, they venture deeper into the dark and seductive world of vampiric high society.

#QuestPit #W to be queried #A #F #PR

A princess traps a shaman in marriage to exploit his spirit sight while he tries to sabotage her. But when the spirit world turns hostile, they must work together to save those they love.

🇻🇳 Viet myth x Ghibli
🪭 Evil genius FMC
🎭 Trickster MMC

#questpit #W #F #YA (crossover)

The Title Page of the Agents Guide. The title of the book is THE STOLEN IDOL by Christopher Lee. It is a 86K word YA Fantasy. An image drawn and colored digitally by the author is in the center of the page. The image shows a broken opal colored disk in front of the Cat Si's golden eye.

The Pitch: Winning a jousting tournament should be easy for a centaur, and it is, until the false horse head falls off Fotini’s shoddy disguise. She quickly steals the tournament prize, a golden idol, and gallops toward the forest ripping off her heavy jousting armor to outrun the tournament guards. When she arrives home to fulfill her contract, she discovers she accidentally ditched the idol with her disguise. Along with two fellow thieves, she retraces her steps praying the idol is still there. Hopefully it wasn’t cracked, or worse, found by a disgusting human. Seventeen-year-old Jaimie Whitfield is accused of being a fae changeling, a creature who kidnaps children and assumes their form. If he does not escape, he will be executed for impersonating himself. His father will then invade the fae kingdom to rescue a son who hasn’t actually been kidnapped, all because he saw Jaimie kiss another young man and would rather believe his son has been kidnapped than accept his sexuality. As he awaits his demise, Jaimie turns to the broken idol he found by the roadside with a quiet prayer. He doesn’t expect an answer, but is shocked when a mysterious black cat slips through his high tower window. Jaimie joins the shapeshifting cat known as the Cat Sí and the not fully human trio of thieves who dropped the idol to begin with. These outcasts race to warn the fae of the coming invasion. Along the way, Jaimie and his new friends learn long-forgotten secrets of how the Irish fae, the Cat Sí, and the Celtic gods are involved in an ancient feud with pantheons across the sea.

Tropes and Themes: Found Family Generational Trauma Unrequited Love Betrayal Acceptance LGBTQIA+ Representation Celtic Mythology Greek Mythology Norse Mythology Egyptian Mythology Heroes Journey Small Trickster Fae Magical Girl Transformation

For Fans of: Daughter of Sparta series by Claire M. Andrews New take on several ancient myths Mentions of gods from other lands Ancient setting Lore by Alexandra Bracken Original story with mythical characters Intense fight scenes She-Ra (Netflix) Lighthearted LGBTQIA+ representation Found family Scary cat lady

A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP!

🌈Mythology X SPOP
🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves
🗡️Betrayed by his father
🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore
🐐Snarky/greedy satyr
🐎Badass centaur
🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie
☀️Gods from many pantheons

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #writing

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ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/
⚛️engineering magic
🤌obsessive yearning
🚨unreliable narrator
📻corrupted magic tech
🩺ethical dilemmas
🩻body horror
🏆dangerous magic duels
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🌿strange plants
👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them
#questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie” YA Romantic Fantasy 119k Words Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water 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 with 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 definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them. Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told. The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it.

Tropes: Thief x Assassin Mental Health Rep Identity vs Duty Class Difference Forced Proximity Secret Code Morally Gray Women’s Wrongs Unlikely Allies to Lovers Text is on a piece of parchment paper. Besides 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 paper are ocean waters with 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. Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

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 #Q #YA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying

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