to be bewitched by an idea. there’s no better feeling as a writer

how i've managed to carry on writing through the heartbreak of the querying is beyond me, but alas, here i am, working away on my third book, still determined despite it all

thank you!! i still have faith in it getting its day in the sun one day, but for now i think i need to put it to one side!! 🥹

that’s a good way of looking at it!!

a querying update from me to you: i will probably (inevitably) be shelving my book 😞

it pains me to say this, but i think i've reached the "should i shelve my book?" phase of querying

there's no better feeling than being head over heels in love with your own writing, especially after a period of much doubt and despair

i honestly don’t know what’s worse as a querying author, the weeks of silence or a spree of rejections in the space of twenty four hours

none as of yet

"i think i'm gonna die in this house" i sing as i enter my god knows what month of querying

all roads lead to a blank word document

wow. i'm completely blown away by the love that was shown for all the devils + godless & wrecked during #questpit yesterday. to everyone who liked, reposted or commented on one of my pitches—THANK YOU. it means more than you could ever know!! 🥹🫶🏼

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thank you melissa!! 🫶🏼

thank you demi!! 🫶🏼

thank you chase!! 🫶🏼

thank you!!

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LUCK AND OTHER CHOICES 🌊📷
SADIE x WE WERE LIARS

REVISED 2026; a new manuscript

- YA contemporary thriller
- bodily autonomy
- a missing girl
- a ticking clock
- love & its complexities
- dysfunctional & found family

back in the trenches spring 2026
#questpit #R #Q #YA

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

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

What? You wrote a Nordic adult romantasy without vikings? ✨gasp️✨

UNFATED is instead set in a John Bauer inspired medieval Sweden, steeped in folklore, mythology and authentic Swedish culture...not a horned helmet in sight 🫢

A 92,000k standalone novel

#questpit #Q #A #RF

Cassandra receives an invitation to Alyria Academy. Upon her arrival, everything seems normal until one of her classmates disappears. She must figure out the secrets that lie within Alyria’s walls otherwise life as she knows it will be lost. #questpit #w #ya #m #r #author

When Princess Inayah strikes a dalliance with the rebel Laith, she uncovers the bodies that power her modern kingdom. She must choose between justice that risks her head or loyalty that kills her soul. CHANDI: SouthAsian #A #F w/messy families, political drama, & second-chance romance. #Q #QUESTPIT

3x3 collage: Adam driver as kylo ren looking down in the snow, crumbling Greek pillars with a fruit tree in front of it, an old painting with a woman laying dead while a man stands above her in ancient clothing, the rough sea against jutting cliffs, a dragon setting an army on fire, a hand curled over a burning basin, the painting of Circe commanding her tigers and lions, figs scattered on a plate, and nadia parkes as livia looking on in shock with dark hair and Roman clothing

fire & blood x black sun

when the oracles of drábek were slaughtered a millennia ago, varsan queens lost all power. but as the sea whispers of a religious war set ablaze by drákōn fire, melinoë dreams the oracles will return…

with her as their vessel

#questpit #AG #RF #DF

A moodboard including pictures of: a hand reaching for an apple, a quote from my book: “They never said anything about missing your skin. Could that happen? Could someone miss their skin?”, two hands clasping over a sword, an anatomical heart frozen held in someone’s hand, an illustration made by me of the two MC's, their faces are pressed close, snow-covered, twisted tree branches, an andean condor with a red eye, a pale hand lying in the snow, a few ponchos in red, black, and cream hues.

Reverse KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x THE BRIDGE KINGDOM.
A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure.
They bargain to save each other.
But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too.
#QuestPit #F #R #OWN