Author Laurel Grant

The twisted trials and tangled love triangle of POWERLESS X the dark, fairy-tale world of THE HAZEL WOOD.

🖋️Three cutthroat Huntsman trials
🖋️A family of rebel tale-tellers
🖋️Full-length fairy tales
🖋️Wolves, witches, and snowy woods

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit #amquerying

THRONE OF GLASS x THE ARTFUL DODGER

Vibes:
🔥slow-burn romance
😤female rage
🤝forced acquaintances
⚔️rebellion
🦸‍♀️the reluctant hero
🔮dark magic

#QuestPit #Q #F #YA

Here's my #agentsguide to my cozy Middle Grade animal fantasy, THE LITTLES OF BIG WILD, featuring:

🐾 Very small heroes on a very big journey
🌲 A sprawling wilderness in danger
🍎 Snacks, coziness, and small acts of courage
🧠 Neurodiversity as a superpower

#questpit #Q #MG #F

Agent’s guide to MOTHER OF SPARKS, dystopian sci-fi, sapphic WIP

Themes of rebellion, motherhood, persecution and the cost of survival. Comps of THE UNBROKEN, A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE, and WINTER’S ORBIT

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#agentguide to MOTHER OF SPARKS, a Sapphic Dystopian Sci-Fi

🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Strong motherhood and found family themes
💥 Rebellion under an oppressive regime
⚡️Technological powers
‼️Character-led plot with high stakes
⚖️ Power corrupts both sides

#questpit #W #A #SF #D

Got a Sunday funday rejection for BEYOND THE MIST but it actually made my afternoon bc they said while they didn’t think they were the best fit, there was a lot they admired about my pages 🥹🥲 give me an inch I’ll take a mile okay #querytrenches

Icon image of an open eye, with a line through it. Title: The Sleep Directive.

The government promised safety: go to sleep until the plague passes.

His family checked in. He didn't.

Now, as the last waking witness, he’s uncovering a truth worse than never waking up.

TᕼE ᔕᒪEEᑭ ᗪIᖇEᑕTIᐯE
#questpit #W #A #S #T

Conversations with Readers #1; Reader: “I am very emotionally invested in the Ava/Cole relationship already (insert crying emoji) Ima need them to work things out or I might actually cry” insert three crying emojis. Me: “Maybe they do, maybe they don’t?” insert girl shrugging emoji. Reader: “I will be reading tonight until I have to go to sleep,” insert nervous emoji. Conversations with Readers #2; Reader: “Also sorry it’s taken me a minute, today I’ve been able to sit down and actually read read and I cannot put it down!” Conversation with Readers #3; Reader: “Not you booping the goddess of memories” insert laughing emoji, crying emoji, laughing emoji, “I may or may not have laughed out loud in a very quiet room when I read that part” insert three laughing emojis Conversation with Readers #4; Reader: “I’ve been resisting the urge to text you so many times because I didn’t want to blow up your phone,” insert laughing emoji, “I’ve been out here laughing, crying, all the things.” Conversation with Readers #5; Reader: “The consequences were so perfect considering the (expletive) they did to get themselves there in the first place” insert OK gesture, “And I really did love it so much for real,” insert crying emoji x3 and 3 heart emojis, “I couldn’t put it down, I had to know what was happening!” Conversation with Readers #6; Reader: “I love Waffles so much,” insert crying emoji x3, “I just picture Oakley with two heads, growing fifteen feet tall with spikes and scary teeth,” nervous emoji, crying emoji. Me: “Rawr” insert laughing emoji Reader: Also (expletive) Katarina and creepy (expletive) Jeff. And Demeter for that matter.” Me: insert laughing emojis, “Yeah they’re awful.” Reader: “I have so many things to talk to you about, so many emotions,” (insert crying and nervous emojis).

Hey Alexa...combine retelling myths like PERCY JACKSON but w/ the daughter of Hades😵 &➕🧠health in the vibe of GIRL, INTERRUPTED

Also, throw in ❤️=Noah & Allie’s in THE NOTEBOOK
(but like…make Noah an Incubus😈)✌️

✍️82K #A #F
🤬Angry girls & gods
📸Readers say…👇
#questpit #Q #DF & elements of #RF #PR #H

#questpit #r #f #wip #a

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.

DANCING ON THE EDGE

When dancer Tillie Lieberman’s mother is hospitalized after an attempted suicide, she must confront her own escalating mental health issues or risk destroying her relationship with her sister, best friend, and the dance partner who’s been there all along.

#Questpit #Q #YA #R

A corkboard with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.

OCTOBER DAYE X WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE

When a blood-drained body is found at the edge of Foggy Dell, a quirky town in Northern California, Maisie—local ghost speaker—and Stacy—biologist and supernatural skeptic—become unlikely partners, investigating the mysterious death.

#BluePit 📖 #Q #PN #M

Crimson Peak x Lake House

She longs for a place to belong.
He longs for someone to see him. Two soul in separate times living in a manor passing by one another.

#QuestPit #W #A #RF

Coffee is brewed - crisis averted.

Thank you to all who showed love to BEYOND THE MIST at yesterday’s #QuestPit! 🌊

🎧On audio over breakfast: Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole

📖On kindle during nap time: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

This February, my goal is to beat January’s query count (22) and meet her book count (5). I’d also like to add 10k words to my WIP!

What about you?

#writing #authors

WILD x BEAUTIFUL BOY

💔Grief/loss
🥾Hiking (46 Adirondack High Peaks)
🌿Nature
💉Addiction (sibling experience)
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Complex families

Title- PATCHED: MOUNTAINS, HEALING, AND THE GHOSTS WE CARRY

Memoir, 74000 words

#questpit #Q #M #A

Alice has questions.

Is The Society of Curse Breakers a cult?
How can she control her magic?
Why does she keep passing out?
Can she trust Nate and Ivy?
Why does everything keep attacking them?
Can they really break an ancient curse?

Good luck Alice! You’re going to need it. #questpit #q #f

An #agentsguide to The Sea That Binds Us

🌊Adult Fantasy Romance
👥Dual POV
⚔️Prison Break
🏴‍☠️Sentient Ship
👫 Reluctant-Allies-to-Lovers
🩸Blood Bond = Forced Proximity
🤍Slow burn

#questpit #Q #A #F #R #litagents #literaryagents #writingcommunity #amquerying #fantasyromance #romantasy #mswl

"Hat" 84K cosmic horror. Join the beta. Querying soon. Pitch: Chris is cursed to see Shadow people since almost dying as a child. Now, as the new MILLENNIUM dawns they are INCREASING in FREQUENCY and GAINING power. His peers think he is psychotic, The Red Eyed God in the woods speak of a great change, and a HATEFUL shadow wearing a hat seeks to use him for his own ends. Tropes: 2000's setting Space and Nature WitchCraft Spooky New ENgland Stoner Goth kids Madness possession Vibe Comps: The Bababook, Donnie Darko, The Exorcist

THE EXORCIST X DONNIE DARKO

Chris is haunted by Shadows since almost dying.
They are increasing in power.
A Red Eyed God talks of change.
A Shadow with a hat seeks to use him for his dark purposes.

🍂 New England
💽 2000's nostalgia
🧹 Witchcraft
🌕️ Cosmic Horror

#Questpit #H #Agentsguide

A HUMAN BURDEN LANDSCAPE POSTER

--A HUMAN BURDEN--

A short story anthology that delves into a multitude of wide-ranging burdens. From the burden of obligation to the burden of tradition, each story brings a new complexity, a new weight to bear, and a distinct struggle to overcome.
#QuestPit #W #U #LF

HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH
Journals of a Familiar
Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape.
#questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT

Under the Furious Sun by Amelia L Rigby When the bullets finally came for her . . .

Robin Hobb x Mad Max

Rustrock's survival depends on them becoming more than a tiny rebel village next to the only civilization in the wasteland.

Newsletter subscribers get the prologue free when it launches -> stats.sender.net/forms/av2k18...

#questpit #apocalyptic #booksky #writesky #fantasy

What would it be like if you woke up autistic? It would be a lot like what happens to Sophia in JUST AS REAL. She discovers she is accidentally trapped in an alternate reality full of horrible noises & strange people she has a hard time understanding. How can she adapt?
#MG #SF #ND #OV #Q #QuestPit

Love the Netflix concept!

A moodboard designed to look like Netflix. It displays a preview image of a girl with brown hair leaning against her suburban house's porch railing, smiling with her face resting in her hands. She wears a tie dye and bright orange sweatpants. The text reads, Currently Querying. The title listed is: Rainbow Soul. Below is a summary blurb which reads: 2012 is supposedly the end of the world, but Avira's Jr Year doesn't need any paranormal intervention to feel like doomsday. Between her best friend competing against her in the art contest that could determine Avira’s future and beefing with her new crush, not to mention the things in the shadows she doesn’t understand, it’s plenty apocalyptic. Below it says: More Like This. Thumbnails are displayed in a row showing the following titles: Heartstopper, Pretty Little Liars, Always the Almost, The Summer of Jordi Perez, Ultraviolet, The Adventure Zone: Amnesty, Prison of Plastic, Gravity Falls, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up With Me, and Girl Serpent Thorn.

Whatever Avira's friends may say about the "signs" at the abandoned silo, Avira does NOT believe in the 2012 apocalypse.

But with her bestie competing against her in the art contest offering a full ride scholarship, and threatening her new crush, life's plenty apocalyptic. #questpit #YA #S #PR #Q

Well, now that my first pitch event is over, time to send out 10 more queries ✨

When’s the next event??

#querytrenches

Image of a quaint flower shop entrance Text reads: God Forsaken by Marci Heider Forbidden magic corrupt theocracy botanical power quiet rebellion slow-burn romance history-as-lie soft woman, terrifying destiny

God Forsaken by Marci Heider

When a forbidden book whispers of goddesses erased from history and a long-buried magic thrums to life, Danara stumbles into a secret the crown would kill to keep hidden.

#questpit #F #Q

Dark forest. An agent's guide to The Blessing Returned. Adult fantasy. 98,000 words.

Dark forest. Pitch. Idealistic Hana Hahl lives in a world that is slowly dying after a failed quest to bring back magic. The only ones left with power are self-serving royals and dark mages, while desperation has given rise to an anti-magic order. Caught up in a mystical event, Hana is blessed with an immense power that could restore nature to the world. As Hana struggles to control the overwhelming force, Lady Kalyn Nossi, the only known survivor of the disastrous quest, directs her to the one person who can help her. Matthias Azel, the failed chosen one, reluctantly agrees to teach Hana while concealing his past from her. Accompanied by Kalyn and a charismatic prince with a dangerous secret, they journey to seek answers about Hana’s destiny. They fend off demonic threats and the anti-magic forces as Hana struggles with magic that seems to resist her and a growing fear that the world isn’t meant to be saved.

A dark forest. Snippet. She took a cautious step forward, unaware she was in a spectral form. Little drops of shimmering light followed her path, dissolving into the ground. “But this has to be a sign?” Grass grew where the light fell, delicate bits of nature that should be impossible. “Maybe it’s returning!” The young woman spoke with such bright reverence as if life was a fairy tale and magic was all they needed for a happy ending. It was as if she couldn’t see the shadows approaching her. The inevitable death. “Magic should never return.” After speaking those words, he sprang forward and shoved her away from the shadows. Pain rocked him as soon as he touched her. The scorching mystical agony tore a scream out of him, but it kept her away from the unearthly menace, and the shock did what he intended. Sent him back to his body.

A dark forest. Comps. Nausicaä. One Dark Window. The Starless Crown. Godkiller. Final Fantasy VII Remake. Tropes. Chosen One (s)? Ecofantasy. Dieselpunk. Grumpy/Sunshine. LGBTQIA+. Multi POV.

NAUSICAÄ X FF7

Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, meant to save the world, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. Pursued by enemies, she must learn if this is her destiny or if it was a mystical mistake. #questpit #F #A #Q #agentguide

BESIDE YOU

No matter how hard you try, some things are already too far gone.

🩸 murder and monsters
🍁 new england vibes
🖤 dark romance
🫠 overworked protagonist

Dark Fantasy. Neo-gothic vibes. New England setting.

#questpit #w #h #df #dr #rf

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father.
💪🏼vigilante justice
❤️love story
🧊anti-ICE
🧠neurodiverseMC
🌈end=hope
👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit
⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide
#questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U

My novel is nearly ready to query.
UNFORGIVABLE -
The last necromancer has to trick an unlikely paladin into helping her defeat the god of death, or else Death will doom the world. One problem: he's also hunting her.
Gothic Gunslinging, sword swinging, witchery, romantic fantasy.
#questpit #RF

An Agent's Guide to The Slow Burn: An 80k-word RomCom

When an event planner with her promotion on the line must plan a holiday gala with a firefighter who works for her father, she vows to keep things strictly professional...until the undeniable chemistry between them threatens the gala, her family relationships, and the career she's built her life around.

Tropes: Small town, holiday romance, found family, MMC in uniform, "Keep it casual and no one gets hurt"

Comps: Lovelight Farms by BK Borison, The Love Haters by Katherine Center, Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan, Just My Type by Falon Ballard

An agent’s guide to THE SLOW BURN 🚒🎄

She’s an event planner with her promotion on the line. He’s a firefighter, and her dad is his chief. Together, they have to pull off the fire department’s holiday gala 👀

#questpit #a #r #q #amquerying