alyssa is ✨️ querying ✨️

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

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

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

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

My novel has a…

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

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

Collage of eight photos. First photo is of a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. Second photo is of a cliff with the sea at its bottom. Third photo is of the black pommel of a rusty sword. Fourth photo is of a golden crown. Fifth photo is of purple foxglove in a blurred field. Sixth photo is of a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. Seventh photo is of a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. Eighth photo is a close-up of a light blue eye beside white flowers on the grass. All photos have been edited with a warm and golden hue to them.

🥀VIOLET MADE OF THORNS X DEFY THE NIGHT🔮

⭐Chronic illness & mental illness rep
🔥Forced proximity
❤️BFFs to enemies to lovers
🌿 Lessons in poison
👁️Involuntary visions of the future
👑Paranoid king with an affinity for poison
🗡️MC & rebellion are just using each other

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN

6 photos with labels overlay a background of foamy waves washing over golden sands. 1st photo: a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. "Lessons in poison" and "Prince just as lethal as poison" points at the first photo. 2nd photo: a cliff with the sea at its bottom. "City on a cliff by the sea" points at the second photo. 3rd photo: a close-up of an eye with a light blue iris beside white flowers. "Involuntary visions of the future" points at the third photo. 4th photo: a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. "Chronically ill seer" and "Forced proximity" points at the 4th photo. 5th photo: a gold crown. "MC and rebellion are just using each other" points at the 5th photo. 6th photo: a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. "Paranoid King with an affinity for poison" points at the 6th photo. "A Crown of Poison", "Violet Made of Thorns X Defy The Night", and "Young Adult Fantasy" is below the collage

When a young noble struggles to hide her seer abilities following the King’s decree to eradicate magic, she takes lessons in poison from the King’s son to uncover the Crown’s secrets, but her involuntary visions could expose her before she secures her escape 🥀🔮

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN

Collage of eight photos. First photo is of a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. Second photo is of a cliff with the sea at its bottom. Third photo is of the black pommel of a rusty sword. Fourth photo is of a golden crown. Fifth photo is of purple foxglove in a blurred field. Sixth photo is of a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. Seventh photo is of a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. Eighth photo is a close-up of a light blue eye beside white flowers on the grass. All photos have been edited with a warm and golden hue to them.

🥀VIOLET MADE OF THORNS X DEFY THE NIGHT🔮

⭐Chronic illness & mental illness rep
🔥Forced proximity
❤️BFFs to enemies to lovers
🌿 Lessons in poison
👁️Involuntary visions of the future
👑Paranoid king with an affinity for poison
🗡️MC & rebellion are just using each other

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN

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

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

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

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

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

#QuestPit #Q #YA #PR #R

Your agent's guide is so aesthetically pleasing 🙌🏻

A FORGERY OF FATE X LITTLE THIEVES

Pearl's got three months to kiss a prince or become sea foam—if she isn't killed by his cousin's harpoon first, of course.

🧜‍♀️Mermaid with a side of thievery and stalking
🪄Magic (and phones, I guess)
👫First Friend (like ever)
🍽️Predator x Prey?
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F

collage of colourful neon escalators, city buildings, old oil paintings, a grey metal wall in fog, black humanoid creatures, and helmeted masked guards.

Four paintings. Nine thieves. One last job. A world that gave up on them, now needs them to save it.

🎨 art heists + criminal found family
👾 near-future cyberpunk
🎱 illegal magic
🧩 puzzles/riddles
👻 grief + haunting the narrative

#QuestPit #SFF #T #Q

This pitch is *chef's kiss* 🙌🏻

moodboard of colourful glowing escalators and stairs, cityscapes, old oil paintings, and dystopian walls and guards.

text edited onto people wearing rabbit masks, reading from left to right: burglar, mastermind, art forger, dead, hacker, leader, driver, engineer, and conman

THE GILDED WOLVES × V FOR VENDETTA

Hiding the truth about their art expert's death, Lilac convinces his heist crew to take one last job. But when they find hidden clues in the paintings they're stealing, keeping his crew together could mean dooming the world in return.

#QuestPit #SFF #YA #A #Q

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thank you!

6 photos with labels overlay a background of foamy waves washing over golden sands. 1st photo: a blond man lying on the floor with a necklace dangling over his head. "Lessons in poison" and "Prince just as lethal as poison" points at the first photo. 2nd photo: a cliff with the sea at its bottom. "City on a cliff by the sea" points at the second photo. 3rd photo: a close-up of an eye with a light blue iris beside white flowers. "Involuntary visions of the future" points at the third photo. 4th photo: a blond woman wearing a blue gown in front of a wall of red flowers. "Chronically ill seer" and "Forced proximity" points at the 4th photo. 5th photo: a gold crown. "MC and rebellion are just using each other" points at the 5th photo. 6th photo: a wine glass filled with a crimson liquid and dried flowers. "Paranoid King with an affinity for poison" points at the 6th photo. "A Crown of Poison", "Violet Made of Thorns X Defy The Night", and "Young Adult Fantasy" is below the collage

When a young noble struggles to hide her seer abilities following the King’s decree to eradicate magic, she takes lessons in poison from the King’s son to uncover the Crown’s secrets, but her involuntary visions could expose her before she secures her escape 🥀🔮

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #DIS #OWN

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

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

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

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

My novel has a…

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

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

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

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

This sounds amazing! 🔥🔥🔥

Ik, I was surprised by how soon they closed after the event. I'll definitely do it once they reopen

They don't unfortunately 😞

I waited too long to query the agents who liked my pitches and now they're closed 😭😭😭

#amquerying

I've finally finished revising my query letter. 🤞🏻that it's stronger. I'm excited to send out more queries at the end of this week and see how it does 😄

#amquerying

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages.

🤞🏻that my query letter & pages are chosen in the raffle

Thank you so much! 🫶🏻

This sounds like fun! Love the chronic illness rep!

Wow! This premise is amazing 😍

This sounds very interesting!

This sounds amazing!

Thank you so much!

Wow!!! The pitch + the comps 🔥🔥🔥

❤️

Thank you!