Workplace rivalry with a side of romance? Sold!

This looks so good!!!

The degree to which I am obsessed with this book is not healthy

So easy. Nothing will go wrong. Ever.

Darkness outside us comp!!!! Yaaaas

This sounds so good!!! 🔥

The way I had to restrain myself from hitting the like button…

Love these comps!

Too late, bags are already here

Ugh, I need this book so bad!

Cults and fog? I am sat and listening because I need this.

Rival exes in a fight for survival? I’m so down

Oh no, I can already feel this story moving in, getting read to live rent free in my head

Gremlin boys with a side of crime? I’m in!

Having been part of a group a few years back that later used swapped materials to speak poorly of fellow writers in secret group chats, and at times publicly harass them (when I found out, I almost quit writing), I can’t echo this loud enough

Hello Readers!
I will be attending the Summer Book Fest local author signing event at @barnesandnoble.com in Murray, UT this Saturday! Stop by from 4-7 PM and kick start your summer the right way! 😎☀️🏝️

A greenish gray background with an image of a foggy island and the text “An Agent’s Guide to FORGED IN DARKNESS YA Celtic-inspired fantasy 89k”

THE PITCH A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god — otherwise, her life belongs to the island's fog-worshiping cult.

SNIPPET Cold wind burned Barra's cheeks as she exited the church, but at least the rain had stopped. She gazed out over the cliffside and down to the harbor, where three ships nearing completion swayed in the choppy water. Barra tensed at the sight. If only she could destroy them and everything they stood for. The Salt Sisters at work below were like a swarm of ants, and the sound of their steady hammering carried across the breeze. Barra eyed the shrouded sun's position in the sky. The solstice ever-neared, along with the vows she was pledged to take.

COMPS The cover of The Hedgewitch of Foxhall with “Slow burn” and “Celtic setting” the cover of BLADE OF SECRETS with “Blacksmith MC” and “Anxiety Rep” and the cover of THE BONE HOUSES with “Banter/Humor” and “Dangerous quest”

Take a look at my updated #agentguide / #agentsguide for the YA fantasy manuscript I #amquerying

Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner.

The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue.

Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers

The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’ ​ Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears. ​ Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’

Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything…

🌊 Multi-POV
🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’
🌊 Horror elements
🌊 Orcadian folklore
🌊 Atmospheric setting
🌊 Twisty plot
🌊 Editor interest

#questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide

An agent’s guide to Catch You In the Trees YA thriller romance Approximately 92k words

Comp Titles: Nothing More to Tell, Karen McManus AGGGTM, Holly Jackson They’ll Never Catch Us, Jessica Goodman Unconventional Comps The Marauders Era PLL (2010) Cruel Summer (2021) Tropes/Vibes Rivals to lovers Running culture Private school Chaotic academia Dual timeline Dual pov Ride or die friendships A good old murder board

It’s always the boyfriend, right? Mowich Bay can take one vanishing teen, but not two. Lennie Torres’s senior year captaining the XC team turns deadly when her ex-bff goes missing and she ends up a suspect. Her only way out? Team up with nemesis golden boy Lysander Hayes, the boyfriend of the missing girl—and the last person to see her alive. But Lysander’s not the only one keeping secrets, and if both Lennie and Lysander want to make it through XC season? They’re going to have to figure out how to trust each other or somebody’s going to end up dead.

Snippet Hayes takes my hand, wrapping his fingers firmly around mine. “Deal.” His eyes glint an odd silver in the chrome and linoleum hallway and I think of people making deals with devils at cross roads. I wonder if they get the same storm of nerves I have swirling in my blood right now. I don’t trust Hayes. But I need him. “Deal.”

CATCH YOU IN THE TREES is a YA thriller set in the Pacific NorthWest where, in order to clear her name, a high school senior must team up with her XC co-captain and nemesis, the boyfriend of a missing girl—and the last person to see her alive.

#questpit #Q #YA #T #agentguide

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 #NA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying

Thank you!

THE CURSE OF MILA GOJSALIĆ is a high-stakes retelling of two prominent Slavic myths—the mysterious death of King Zvonimir and the legend of Croatian heroine Mila Gojsalić.

#questpit #OS #editorsguide #A #F

3 column moodboard in greenish misty colours. 1. A crystal ball, book and other witchy stuff A woman holding a crystal ball A white cat 2. Full moon over trees with text, "The Hiding, Reawakening, The Somnia" Dark, rippling water with text, "Seer of York" 3. Misty treetops The Shambles, York A black candle on the corner of a piece of paper with a seven-pointed star.

Harper's on a #QuestPit to stop an arcane killer. The only way to catch them is with illegal magic, punishable by death, but every murder is on her conscience. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she wonders, whose side she should be on-human or supernatural.

#A #P #F #DF

You'll like OF RAGING TIDES if you enjoy:

🌊 a stabby FMC with a thirst for blood or should I say drowning?
🌊 sexy spar scenes (she does pull his hair mid fight)
🌊a society where touching bare hands is *gasp* scandalous
🌊 he's my enemy...but wait he's hot

#questpit #Q

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: A GUIDE TO ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL, HEATHER CARTER

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: THE PITCH: ALLOSON AND JOHN ARE TRAPPED IN A DECREPIT MANSION THAT COMES TO LIFE NIGHTLY WITH A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD BALL. AMID FLOODING ROOMS, DEMONIC LIONS, AND VIOLENT ENTITIES, THEY MUST BREAK THE CURSE OR BECOME GHOSTS THEMSELVES. COMPS: STARLING HOUSE X CRIMSON PEAK

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: THE TROPES: ADULT GOTHIC ROMANCE, AMNESIA, GHOSTS, TIME TRAVEL/LOOP, HORROR AND ROMANCE, FANTASY ELEMENTS, SPICE

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: OPENING LINES: I DRIFTED ON A STRANGE SEA BBETWEEN WORLDS. BLIPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THEN? TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE OF CLAWS AND DARKNESS. YES, IT HAD TO BE A DREAM. THE HAZY EDGES AND ECHOING RUMBLES FILTERED THROUGH WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN A HARSH LINE BETWEEN THE WAKING WORLD AND THE REALM OF SLEEP.

STARLING HOUSE X CRIMSON PEAK
Alloson & John are trapped in a ghostly limbo, where a haunted house & dark forces threaten to end them. Spirits come to life at a nightly ball, spinning a mystery they must solve before becoming ghosts themselves.
#QuestPit #W #A #PR #H

Top row: masculine blue eye, golden hilt of daggers, and a man (prince) with his hand on the hilt of his sword middle row: sails of a ship, quote: I can see the end as it begins, and the side view from a ship of the ocean bottom row: a blond woman (pirate) leaning against the rails of a ship, peals and shells, and a blond woman looking down

Pitch for my book about to be on sub with the side view of the ocean in the background

WHEN THE MOON HATCHED x NEVER KEEP

🌊 a deadly quest including dragons
🖤 break the Mark or kill each other
🌊 rivals to allies to lovers to enemies
🖤 bounty hunter pirate x assassin prince

#QuestPit #F #RF #A #NA #AG #OS soon!

Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky

ELECTRIC SEXUAL TENSION. Excerpt reads: There's a possessiveness in how he touches me and I wish I hated it. "How would you punish me?" I breathe out, unable to control my impulses. Fingers touch my zip as he slowly slips it down, millimetre by millimetre. My body is completely in his thrall, unable to decipher the beat of my heart from the thump of the speaker's bass. Cloudy background with one half of a lightning bolt

MORALLY-GREY IS THE COLOUR OF CHOICE... Two moodboards with information about the two main characters

INCLUDES TOP TIER TROPES... Four book comparisons: Crescent City, Kingdom of the Wicked, Book of Azrael, Quicksilver with tropes attached The other half of a lightning bolt with a cloudy background

Presenting to the #questpit & #writingcommunity crew…

Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky ⚡️

Kingdom of the Wicked x Crescent City
♥︎Led by a sassy, 'shadow mommy' FMC
🫶🏼Fresh take on Romantasy
🪞#MiddleEasternRep
🚨Fills that Xaden-shaped hole in your life
#agentsguide #RF #Q #NA #writersky

Art featuring a girl in a blue dress with braided black hair and a flower crown dancing with a ginger-haired boy in a leather vest and trousers, with mountains and forests in the background. Tropes include element magic, cozy setting, disability rep, Ghibli vibes, dislike to lovers, snarky banter, Swiss folklore, and found family.

ANASTASIA X TANGLED

A seamstress’ assistant unable to recall her past recruits a thief to help her win her memories back in a festival. As lost magic surges to oppose them, a dangerous attraction blooms, forcing them to choose between forgotten pasts and tantalizing futures.

#questpit #OS #YA #F

An agent's guide to "The Breath of Silence" a fantasy novel by M J Reynard against a dusk/dawn sunrise. At the top are three awards in laurels: Future Worlds 2023 Shortlisted; RevPit 2025 Shortlisted; Write Mentor 2025 Longlisted.

A sky and cloudscape with sunlight on the left and thick rolling cloud on the right. Title reads 'Comps' and below are four different subtitles with corresponding books: Magic - The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart Politics - The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem Atmosphere - The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne Slow Burn - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (The Breath of Silence by M J Reynard)

A dark green forest. Caption reads - The Pitch: In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a heartbroken 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)

Vertical red flames and sparks against a night sky. Two lists for Tropes & Themes: Slow burn Enemies to friends Culture clash Queernormative world Prejudice against magic & wealth Fish out of water Found family Shapeshifters & witches Immortals & reincarnates Dragons & tigers City in the sky!

BONE SHARD WAR/THE JASAD HEIR
There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret.
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #AgentsGuide