Marcela Marquez is *Querying*

#questpit!! Writers get to pitch their projects by using mood boards, agent guides..etc. Agents are invited to like a pitch which signifies they would like the writer to query them. Look for the hashtags. #Q means they’re actively querying.

A mediocre witch competes in a trial for a spot in North America’s top coven at a sinister island resort. Amidst spirits and demons, she must avoid possession and disqualification while investigating her mother’s disappearance. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #H #R #LGBQ

POLDARK/SHOGUN
Stealing a relic might make enough 💰 to lift his sister out of poverty, but he must turn a blind eye to the crimes of empire. When the lies unravel, learning he's not the good guy is the biggest betrayal. But would he risk it all to save magic if he knew the truth?
#QuestPit #A #Q #F

girl with match between teeth, bar with flames, ferris wheel, red church, red stainglass, canopy bed, girls shadows, cowboy hat, broken bff necklace, yes I do bite neon sign, anatomical heart.

✨Boys disappearing in Lyric's backwards backwoods town
🎀 her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last to see them
✨Eleanor's cultish town nearby may be to blame
🎀 gives maneater a whole new meaning
✨more than just their friendship may be changing...
#questpit #YA #H #R #AG

An image of Lagertha from the TV show Vikings to the right and one of Robin Hood from the Robin Hood movie (2010) to the left, divided in the middle by an image of “Freydis sword”, adorned with intricate patterns, from the game Skyrim. Title: True Hate’s Kiss. 110,000 words New Adult Romantasy Text: “To break her curse, she needs a kiss… from the man she swore to kill.”

An image taken from the TV show Vikings of a hand holding a sword with Norse Runes etched into the blade. Text: When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse? A True Hate’s Kiss. The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will. But the more she learns about her enemy, the more she questions who the true villain really is—and forbidden desire threatens to ruin everything.

An image of a man and woman kissing, silhouetted against the sunset. Text: Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age) Pretending to woo him while betraying him Feuding clans Enemies-to-forbidden-lovers Complicated family dynamics “Who did this to you?” / “You did!” Scandinavian folklore Nature spirits, magical swords, Norse witches Comp titles: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen, The Road of Bones by Demi Winters, Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, 10 Things I Hate About You (the movie)

An image of a conifer forest. Text: Opening Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. “Lycki, stop!” My voice cracked, hoarse with panic. But my little brother’s green tunic and blond hair slipped through the conifer branches ahead, his distant voice floating back to me. “Come on, Älva! I found snowdrops!” Wonderful, we were about to start a war over flowers. Gut twisting, I burst into a sprint—past the overgrown sign nailed to a pine, ominous runes carved deep into the wood: ‘Hult Territory.’

An #EditorsGuide to TRUE HATE'S KISS

She must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family.

⚔️Age-old clan feud
🐉Scandinavian folklore
🧪Unique magic & world
❤️‍🔥Enemies-To-Forbidden-Lovers
🛡️"Who did this to you?" / "You did!

#QuestPit #OS #Romantasy

Collage of images, zodiac wheel, solar system planets in a straight line, scorpio constellation, virgo constellation, text saying the villain and text saying the hero

ATLA x WICKED

Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies.

Villain FMC
Hero MMC
Hate at first sight
Destroy the world, dont save it

#questpit #Q #YA #F

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#QuestPit #Spec #WIP

Jaded 29yo telepath Cal seizes a fresh start working in a rural special education school to hide from her magical failures.
When the school risks being shut down, she unites with her students, community and a charming farmer to save it, and discovers another type of magic—hope.

A moody collage on a red brocade background, featuring images of a pale strawberry-blonde woman with a bloodied mouth, a painting of a woman staring into a mirror, a black cat rubbing a woman's slippered foot, lace embroidery, a gothic manor, a candelabra, a hand catching drops of ran, a painted portrait of a woman in a metal ornate frame, and a spilled glass of red wine/blood.

#questpit #W #A #H #R

🩸THE HEART YET BLEEDS🩸

A summer storm forces Anne inside Bellflower House, a manor owned by the hauntingly beautiful Sabine. Anne is enchanted by her hostess — but when the rain won’t stop & dark things lurk the halls, she can’t help but wonder if Sabine will ever let her go.

This is a graphic made using art commissioned for my manuscript. In the foreground are solid white clouds with beta reader quotes on them. In the background is an obscured illustration of my MMC, half in modern clothes and half in dynastic robes. Tiny portions of the flowers and book he’s holding peek through the clouds. The beta comments read: - I look forward to getting lost in your world each day - I feel like this is a really important line and he’ll find happiness in the end. He f*cking better, Tien! - His only green flag is consistently turning down his cousin - Okay Zuko - You make even the most mundane things poetic!! It’s magical - It’s really interesting to see the dual identities examined in the narrative. 10/10 best isekai! - Hit me right in the heart - Can’t wait for [redacted] to read him for filth - Heartbreaking and refreshing all at once - Oh they gay - Power couple: twink and competent woman - Woman loving woman - Yoon’s picture is in the dictionary under hopeless romantic - The character inferiority is quite amazing. You’re so detail-oriented and talented at putting nuanced feelings into words - I’m going to cry no matter what. I’m attached to all of them - Man got sick because of blue balls - I’m sinking into this Asian period drama-esque prose and vibes. Your characters feel so real and alive - Oh my god your prose O.O I’m in awe - This eats - This scene doesn’t leave my mind. Still hurts </3 - You’re such a good writer~ I need a minute to get over [redacted]’s [redacted]

JUNE FARROW x OTHER BIRDS

Reborn into an alternate past, Max wishes for an effortless fairytale life with paramours galore. But the original fairytales are grim, rebirth isn't therapy, and death plagues all — especially him

Beta comments + a peek at commissioned art ⬇️
#QuestPit #Q #A #Lit #H #F

A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey. Featuring: Native Hawaiian Rep Cultural Identity Setting as a Character

The second slide showcases the pitch: WHISPERS OF THE SEA follows the story of a teenage girl who embarks on a journey to rescue her uncle after he was mysteriously captured by a group of uniformed men sailing under the royal flags of a faraway kingdom. Keahi must voyage across the seas to this distant isle where she’ll team up with a boy to track her uncle’s whereabouts. But in order to understand the dangers that lurk ahead, she’ll be forced to uncover a lifetime worth of secrets—and she must do so before it’s too late.

The third slide indicates that WHISPERS OF THE SEA might appeal to fans of: Disney’s Moana, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, and Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle. The book includes the following tropes/themes: found family, self-discovery within cultural identity, Hawaiian-inspired mythology, and adventure.

The final slide includes a snippet from the book that reads: “Keahi’s legs were immobilized as her body tried to make the decision her mind could not. The feeling was strange for she had dreamt countless of times about leaving the island, only to seize the opportunity and awaken to find that she had been sold a nightmare instead.”

MOANA x SHADOW AND BONE

A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey.

Featuring:
🌊 Native Hawaiian Rep
🌊 Cultural Identity
🌊 Setting as a Character

#QuestPit #YA #F #W #OwnVoices #AgentsGuide

A photo of a dark haired woman in the jungle. Title: An Agent/Reader Guide to The Breath of SIlence - A fantasy novel by M J Reynard

A rainforest photo with the following text: The Pitch In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a broken soldier form a fragile alliance to smuggle a relic, but as betrayal leads to murder, they must stop a vengeful sorceress or lose all magic – forever! The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard

Illustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair. The following quotes: "He's a liar!" "She's hiding something." City in the sky! Changelings & sorcerors Magical Prejudice Fish out of water Two slow burn romances! Immortals & Reincarnates Dragons vs Tigers The Breath of SIlence by M J Reynard

A photo of a rainforest with the Title "Comps": A Feather so Black - magical woman in a non-magical world The Last Vigilant - A broken man with a life debt The Jasad Heir - Forbidden magic The Bone Shard War - life & death battles & creatures One Dark Window - slow burn sub plots & immersive

JASAD HEIR/GODKILLER
If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #QuestPit #F #Q #A

She’s not chosen. She’s trapped.

🌿THE EMERALD KINGDOM is a romantic fantasy inspired by The Wizard of Oz, where the not-chosen-one lies to her found family, takes control of her magical bond and rescues a prince.🌿

#questpit #Q #SFF #R #RF

moodboard consisting of 9 pics (a group of swords joined in a huddle (hands can be seen), a river, two hands reaching out for each other against a pinkish sky background, a good masquerade mask on a silky surface with fairy lights, a dagger held behind someone’s back - they’re in a medieval-like dress, the back of an Asian man in a decorated white suit, a skull cradled in the hands of someone in a white-yellowish 18th century dress - they’re also some plants, Indonesian shadow puppets and hands holding a pocket watch against a bluish dress background) in a grid

Arthurian x Indonesian mythology

🤟🏼🗡️ disabled chosen one whose language is that of hands
⚔️ chaotic squad of vigilante knights
👹 a multiverse under the feet of sexy monsters
😤🗡️🫦 enemies to lo–enemies who admire each other's talents. Foemates

#questpit #YA #W

DIVINE RIVALS x OUABH

🕰️🌠📖💫💔

To restore the erased record of her existence and convince the God of Time to save her sick sister’s life, Calliope LeClaire embarks on a journey across a starlit purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside Time’s sullen Apprentice, Jasper DeWitte.

#questpit #F #YA #RF #Q

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

5 Ways to Keep Our Gas Station Successful 1. (Fangs icon) Refrain from eating local customers, focus on visitors 2. (Clerk icon) Refrain from eating day clerks, they are crucial to revenue 3. (Zombie hand holding wrench icon) Feed our zombie mechanic before service begins 4. (Ghost icon) Do not allow people into the breakroom, the poltergeist is cooking 5. (Coffee with biohazard sign icon) Never let Laz brew the coffee, we can't afford the lawsuits

GOOD OMENS X THE OFFICE

Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, has 3 months to turn around a vampire-ran Ohio gas station to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, getting a celestial pink slip.

But his old job, and mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally.

#QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT #ND

STARLING HOUSE meets AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, set in a sensory perilous world like A QUIET PLACE.
🦴 Whispered secrets are currency
📚 The archive is listening
🕞 Monsters that hunt by sound
🖤 Slow Burn- never, ever fall for the heretical hunter
🥀Beware the silence—it festers
#QuestPit #F #agentsguide

Background: an island superimposed with a woman pressing money to her face with a blackened hand Title: An agent's guide to THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL by P. A. Cochran Subtitle: Dystopian urban fantasy / 75k words

Background: a male fighter's back pressed against a chain-link cage For fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab, Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Peaky Blinders, and The Last of Us The pitch: Trapped in a bleak world, a cynical young woman with the ability to glimpse future possibilities grudgingly takes over running a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend--and is horrified to find that she's excellent at it.

Images: (1) a hand holding burning money (2) a figure walking down a city street filled with litter (3) an albatross flying across an orange sky (4) a crumbling hotel (5) a woman sitting at a red-lit bar (6) a fighter's back against a cage Text: gritty neo-noir vibes | grounded fantasy | lyrical prose | FMC w/ "Breaking Bad" arc | found family | romantic subplot | cost of talent & obsession | hope's ability to save & corrupt

Opening lines: It was the beginning of storm season, and Tremmel City was glossy and slick as a bloodied fist. Arin didn’t mind. The wet paths up the caldera wall were dicey, but at least the rain muted the stench of trash and mule excrement. She pulled her jacket closed, the same black leather jacket she always wore. A relic of the past she couldn’t part with that swallowed her whole. She crossed her arms over her chest and climbed up the stone steps. PENTA OR BUST BLESS THE BRICKERS CURB THE COGS The graffiti was so repetitive it had long ago taken a melody in Arin’s head. She used to argue internally with each one: Don’t put your faith in the Pentathlon—only a fool would trust those odds. Don’t glorify the brickers—they only saved us once. Don’t demonize the cogs—some of us exercise self-control. But eventually the arguments petered out until all that was left was a bleak refrain.

THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL
A cynical woman who can see the future grudgingly takes over a cage fighting ring to save her sick friend—and is horrified to find that she’s excellent at it.
🌘dystopian grounded fantasy
⚖️morally gray FMC
🔥romantic subplot
🫶found family
🌈diverse cast
#QuestPit #W #A #SFF

ONE DARK WINDOW x THE EXORCIST x REBECCA 👻

Rowena Trevayne believes herself to be haunted by the ghost of her husband’s first wife, except as l bloodless bodies show up around the abbey she lives in, she realizes Ligeia isn’t just haunting her—she wants her life. #questpit #a #df #ag

Phantasma X Beetlejuice

🪦 Abusive mommies
🫀 Sapphic lovers
🔮 Coven politics
🌊 Haunted FL island resort
🖤 A chauvinistic demon, who may or may not make you laugh, but he’s also total self-centered and violent nut job 🚩
#QuestPit #Q #A #DF #H #R

I’m on that boat now 🥲

I believe it’s canceled. They just deleted their profile and disappeared.

A new wonderful agent is ready for queries!

Job Opening; Part Time Agency Assistant

Location: San DIego, Hours: 20-25 hours/week, Salary: $20-26k

💼 JOB OPENING 💼

The Andrea Brown Literary Agency is seeking a part-time assistant to provide light support to several agents on our team and to assist with running our social media accounts and website.

Check out the full job posting, including key responsibilities and qualifications, here

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That’s amazing!!!

A moodboard with a cave in the background, eight pictures and a title in the middle: The Brink, a folk horror. Beginning in the twelve o' clock position, the pictures show a bawdy interaction at a seventeenth-century inn, a woodcut of a devil offering a cup to a figure in bed, an underground cavern, a man screaming, a cave system, the entrance to a deep pothole, a rotting sheep and a hillside in the Peak District.

Slewfoot X The Lamb

Derbyshire, 1642. A young woman, tasked with securing human sacrifices for a guzzling mouth of hell, falls in love with the ideal victim—putting her family and the entire village at risk.

#BluePit #Q #A #LGBT #ND #H

THE CIVIL WAR OF AMOS ABERNATHY X THE BOOK OF BOY

🏳️‍⚧️ Transmasc protagonist
🐎 Journey of self-discovery
⚔️ Historical adventure
🏰 Medieval quest
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Found family
📚 Based on true events

📖 #bluepit #writesky #writingcommunity #writers #amquerying #Q #MG #TR #HS #LGBT #OV

Ok, I didn’t think I had a thing for dragons. Avoided it for years. Then read the fourth wing series in one weekend. Told myself it was just that series. It’s not. I have a problem. Send me dragons please.

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: An agent's guide to Overcoming An adult contemporary romance by Kate Cooper

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Pitch Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airline's secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowan's parents. Just as they give in to the attraction they've tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Excerpt Angela releases him, and I get my first look at the photojournalist every woman swoons over. His tan skin contrasts with the light blue of his button-up, the sleeves of which are rolled up to his elbows. His curly black hair and dark stubble give him a rugged look that would make me a little weak in the knees if I wasn’t already sitting. “I’m so pleased you agreed to join us for this story! This is your partner, Rowan Adams.” “Pleasure to meet you,” I stand and hold out my hand, forgetting it’s wet from the condensation on the iced latte I set on Angela’s desk. “Likewise,” he gives me the shortest handshake known to man before pulling back and glaring down at his wet palm. “Sorry! I promise it’s nothing gross. Just water,” I grab my coffee and hold it up to show that I’m not a liar, but it slips out of my hand. Time slows as the cup tips through the air, the lid popping off. The liquid douses his bag and my favorite flats, and I clap a hand over my mouth, horrified. His expression is less than amused.

Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Comps and tropes Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, second chance at love, fear of loving again, mental health representation Book covers at bottom of image (from left to right): Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood The Right Move by Liz Tomforde Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins

My dual-perspective adult contemporary romance follows Rowan and Charlie as they tell the story of the sole survivor of a plane crash. While writing their article, they fight to ignore their growing feelings for each other and discover there's more to the story than they thought.

#BluePit📖 #W #A #R

Beetlejuice X Phantasma

👹 The villain is an allegory for oppressive societal views of women
🖤Latina FMC
🌴 FL island resort
🔮 Conniving coven & their politics
👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 Sapphic romance
🧘🏻 Mental health rep
🫀 Mean mommy trauma
🐦‍⬛ Fantasy but with horror undertones

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #H #R #OV #LGBTQ+