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The ghost host presents SHATTER THE STARS a boricua gothic by Zai M Rey, agent guide. A vintage car falls through a foggy sky without stars towards a foggy city below. The windshield is broken and leaving a trail of glass and stars behind. Neon sign colors the night.

SHATTER THE STARS a boricua gothic by Zai M Rey, pitch. A foggy city waits below

SHATTER THE STARS a boricua gothic by Zai M Rey, vibes and comparisons. The book covers for Jade City by Fonda Lee and A Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez are present. A photo from allur of Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny aka Benito sits across a photo of singer Lana Del Rey

SHATTER THE STARS a boricua gothic by Zai M Rey. A vintage on-air sign glows over text. A blue heart that appears to be on fire watches over text with an open eye. A Puerto Rican parade-goer dress as a vejigante holds out arm. A vintage photo of a Latina woman with curling hair stands in a masquerading mask with the words rest in peace on her photo. A heart with marigolds and open eye cries. A man smoke with a Halo behind his head.

Revpit has already made my story and query stronger! The editors are the best!
Shatter the Stars, in an inbox near you soon.
#revpitwaiting #revpit #agentguide #A #Fantasy

Main Storyline: Mark of the Horde Adult Dark Epic #fantasy, for those who love pistols and magic, masked female baddies, hidden truths leading to conspiracies and betrayal. Where the ones you love are not who they say, you can only trust what you know...or truths you steal.
#litagents #agentguide

Standalone prequal: Salted Wounds Adult Dark #fantasy #mystery, where mysterious disappearances lead to a monster hunt. Only this is a smokescreen for a bigger plot, where rebel spies abound, enemies become allies, and love is put to the test. #amquerying #agentguide #writingcommunity #litagents

Hi #Writingcommunity!
I’m a Puerto Rican #writer of Taíno ancestry, gritando de mi bohío, about about the world I created inspired by Caribbean culture, mythology, and languages.
Three doors to the same world, filled with morally grey, twisty secrets, slow burn ❤️
#amwriting #litagents #agentguide

Reposting my #agentguide for my 75k m/m college love triangle romance 💔OFFSIDES💔 now that it's in the editing stage!

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #romance #LGBT

Five-year-old Blakely was found in the woods claiming she escaped a burning palace in Noríah. No one believed her. Now a college student whose life is going perfectly (she’s even dating her best friend Cameron), she’s being called back to that world. A dictator wielding a pendant that erases magic is now on the throne. Blakely’s magic, which amplifies her soldiers’, can turn the tide of the war. But Blakely can’t touch her powers—self-doubt is her biggest weakness. The longer Blakely stays in Noríah, and the tighter she becomes with her closest ally and advisor Dell, the more natural it feels there than in Wisconsin—a thought that terrifies her. Because if that’s true, it means giving up college life, Cameron, her adoptive parents, and her entire identity, something she doesn’t know that she can bear. Ultimately, she will have to choose: the “normal” life she’s always wanted in Wisconsin, or the life she was meant to have as her true self in Noríah.

ADHD Female Main Character #OwnVoices Disability/Trauma/Mental Health/Chronic Illness Rep Magic Slow Burn Humor Childhood Best Friends to Lovers Fresh, Diverse, Queernormative, Non-European Fantasy World Grumpy x Sunshine Trope Spinning Female Villain Forbidden Romance Reluctant Chosen One Hidden World Strong Female Friendships Inner Strength Denial of Feelings Identity/Belonging/Choice

Comp book covers: SHADOW AND BONE OUTLANDER THIS WOVEN KINGDOM LEGENDBORN

"You are the heir to the throne’s protectors. The Danár. Leader of our forces. With the Lusáni Pendant, you wield a unique power called the trunála that helps us win battles. Your family has done this for seven hundred years.” “I appreciate that,” I say, “but I don’t approve of the wars in my own world, so why would I want to help fight yours?” Arali’s face is dead serious. “Because this is your world, Blakely,” she says. I feel everyone’s eyes on me, including Cameron’s. I wish he could help me make this decision, but it’s mine, and mine alone. This is the answer I’ve been searching for my whole life. I’ve always wanted to make a real difference in people’s lives—stand up to bullying and oppression and be powerful when I have always felt powerless—but not this way. This terrifies me. Everything is so perfect at home right now. What happens if I choose this path? What lays further down it? Can I really say no to it?

Updated #agentguide! 🌟

When queer ADHDer Blakely rediscovers the Pathway back to war-torn Noríah, she learns she can control powerful magic inside a 700-year-old necklace—with the failsafe that she must have self-confidence to unleash it.

#writesky #amquerying #romanticfantasy #newadult #writers

Six yellow sticky notes are stuck to the concrete surrounding a pool. Each note has a single word, writing THE SAVAGES HAVE ENTERED THE POOL. The slide also says “An Agent’s Guide, Middle Grade Contemporary, 44K words, by Megan Hirsch.”

The slide says “Pitch.” It shows a yellow sticky note stuck to the concrete surrounding a pool. There is water splashed near the note. The text reads: “Clara Brody is a lonely twelve-year-old until she meets a girl vacuuming her sidewalk. For a rich kid, Clara has a whole lot of nothing. She’s invisible to her narcissistic mom, terrified of saying the wrong thing, and overtly bullied by her best friend, Macy. But Clara’s too busy scrambling to find a ride from her grandmother’s house to Macy’s big annual pool party to notice how awful things are. If Clara hopes to have any friends in eighth grade, she needs to be at this party. Or else. But Clara just can’t get a break. Nobody will give her a ride, especially her icy-cold grandmother who communicates through sticky notes; her mom has run off to Fiji and left her with no credit card and no way to contact her; plus, Macy doesn’t even want her at the pool party. When Clara meets the nut jobs who live next door to her grandmother, along with her gardener’s son, Clara can’t see beyond the end of her nose. But if Clara doesn’t start thinking for herself and open her eyes to the escalating abuse from her so-called friends, then eighth grade at her fancy-pants private school is going to be one desolate year.”

The slide reads “Comps.” A striped beach towel has the book BUSTED by Gemeinhart and the THREE RANCHEROS series by DiCamillo placed on it. “Laugh-out-loud” dialogue similar to BUSTED, “authentic MG internal conflicts” similar to DiCamillo’s series, and “small details make characters feel human” similar to both comps.

Text is overlaid over swimming pool water. It is titled “Chapter 1 Snippet.” It reads: “The spinner rack where the shoelaces dangled squeaked as Clara turned it. She kept her head down but lifted her eyes to see if anyone was watching her. Binder’s Drugstore was small but had a little bit of everything. Old people said that when you mentioned Binder’s to them—that it had a little bit of everything. Clara didn’t know about that, but she knew they had the shoelaces she wanted. The rack was shoved into the back corner of the store, crowded on either side by junk nobody wanted to buy. Her elbow bumped against a box holding fuzzy rabbit socks and plastic eggs, marked down on clearance. Clara nudged the box to give herself more room. She forced the wobbly metal rack to turn. She was searching for the sparkly blue laces Macy had worn to school on Friday. Even though there was only one week left of seventh grade, Macy was still wearing new things to school. The metal squeaked as she turned the rack. She spied the ones she was looking for and slid the package off the hook. Clara glanced around again. She ran her thumb up and down the small, glossy plastic package in her hand. It fit snugly in her palm. She went back to slowly spinning the rack, pretending to look at all the different laces, but all she could think about were the blue ones tucked in her hand. The door made its bing-bong sound as Clara left the store. In her pocket were the blue shoelaces.

An #agentguide to THE SAVAGES HAVE ENTERED THE POOL
Contemporary Realistic #MG | 44K Words | querying agents

📍Smart Humor
📍Authentic MG Internal Conflict
📍Social Media FOMO Garbage
📍Finding Your People

#amquerying #agentsguide #middlegrade #booksky #mglit #kidlit

In a world where gender can be changed with one DNA-based op, what happens when your previous identity’s genetic signature is used without your knowledge? After witnessing a murder by a man bearing her former face, Ella finds out the hard way. #amquerying #agentguide #YA #SF

This has been so fun! I #amquerying my debut horror novel, Finish the Ritual, so if you know any agents or indie presses hit this ol' NB up! #agentguide is pinned!

#queerwriterschat #horrorwriters #writingcommunity

Did I just make a guide for my #wip that I only have 30k words on and only started soft launching today? Hell yeah I did!!!

#amwriting #agentguide #writingcommunity #romance

This story has so much heart and it’s my dream to find an agent that connects with Cal and her students as much as I have 💖

#agentsguide #agentguide #amquerying

CROSSROADS explores the darker corners of Kabbalah not as solace, but as a blade, turning law, ravaged flesh, and ravenous spirit into one brutal interrogation of what remains when both Heaven and Hell demand your surrender.

#Romantasy #WritingCommunity #agentguide #writesky #querytrenches

Cover to my Graphic Novel pitch: Poison Ocean

Page sample to my Graphic Novel pitch, Poison Ocean NAUSICAÄ x WATERWORLD, but MM Southeast Asian eco punk:

#AgentsGuide/ #AgentGuide to my DEFINITELY NOT KIDLIT 260 pg Graphic novel: New Adult/ Adult sweeping fantasy + MM queer romance
#GN #graphicnovel #NA #A #F #R
ft:
-Airboats
-All POC
-Southeast Asian-inspired eco punk
-Daredevil Grumpy vs Timid Sunshine
-Body horror
-all the yearning

Made a quick #agentguide (and hopefully future reader's guide!) to my #horror novel, Finish the Ritual.

It's all fun and & games until you get a letter from someone who's been dead five years!

#horrorwriters #horrorcommunity #writingcommunity #horrorsky #amquerying #amwriting

Heavily character-driven Dark Fantasy with a strong romantic subplot, feminine coming-of-rage, and a dash of weird humor cause why not?!

🌈Queer + poly rep
🩶Morally gray everything
📷Found Family
❤️‍🩹Second chance romance
😈Sentient world with attitude
🥵He falls first

#AgentGuide #AgentsGuide

PROMISEDLAND, speculative horror, dual POV.
When a trans healer flees his mother's cult, he picks up a trans hitchhiker who caught a meteorite: they've been arguing online for years. As they roadtrip to a UFO fest, the cult catches up.
Nevada by Imogen Binnie meets X-Files. #amquerying #agentguide

Look! I made this #agentguide for the book I’m currently querying!

If you, dear agent, are looking for a dual POV YA contemporary fantasy with some puzzle-solving and an attractive thief, I’d love to share more.

Bonus: my manuscript was shortlisted twice in RevPit ‘25.

#agentsguide #amquerying

Two editors are better than one

#WIP #querying #paranormalromance #writingcommunity #writing #agentguide

In one Province, people live for centuries.
In another, most die before fifty.
The only way to change your fate?
Enter the deadly quest known as THE TIME HARVEST.
A dystopian romance about power, survival and stolen time. #agentguide #agentsguide #swiftiepitch

Moodboard time for JUST ADD WATER while #Revpitwaiting

🪼 professional mermaids
🪼 one camper
🪼 golden retriever x black cat
🪼 workplace romance
🪼 forced proximity
🪼 women in STEM

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X NOT SAFE FOR WORK

Send out so many queries yesterday too 🤞 #amquerying #agentguide

Query Olivia Emerick at Metamorphosis Literary Agency

May have been lurking in #agentguide ... so if I liked your pitch 👀👇

An #agentguide to THE ANIMANCER'S AMULET, a magical underdog sports story for #MG readers. This is for you if you love:

🔥 Elemental magic
🐈‍⬛ Familiars
🏆 Rivalry & Competitions
🔎 Secret History
💛 Friendship

#amquerying #agentsguide #middlegrade

A brand new agent guide for KISS THE WALL!! Currently querying 🏁🏳️‍🌈

HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR

#amquerying #agentguide #writingcommunity #writesky #querytrenches ❤️🏎️

#AgentGuide for BAD THINGS

DONNIE DARKO ⛓️ EUPHORIA

When a grieving son starts seeing his mother's ghost, the enigmatic stranger who helps him cope also threatens to draw him further from his family and his grip on reality.

#YA #PSYCHOLOGICAL #THRILLER #HORROR

An #agentsguide to my speculative romance novel The Mothers of All Mothers ❤️‍🔥

- A winner of the BPA Pitch Prize
- Agent and Editor interest
- Topical themes of control of women and abuse of power
- Such yearning

🌈📚 #amquerying #agentguide #queerbooks #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky #lgbtqia

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"I'll flay them on our dining table."
-Avery 🗡️
From: The League

Adult thriller with a ✨splash✨ of final girl horror
#AmQuerying #AgentGuide #AgentsGuide

Village decorated in Christmas lights covered in snow in the background. In front is a gold, sparkly square. Text in the gold square reads: An Agent's Guide to SUGAR & FROST YA Fantasy Romance by Bethany Averie. In front of the square is a image of a guy and a girl dressed in formal attire dancing.

In the background is a village covered in snow with a Christmas tree in it. Off to one side in the front is a guy and a girl in formal attire dancing. At the top of the image the text reads: SUGAR & FROST by Bethany Averie The Pitch. Below the text is a white square. Text inside the white square reads: When Kallie collides into Chase it's decidedly not love-at-first-sight, but as they grow closer feelings change; however, with a feud, family drama, and a deluded rival, banishment seems more likely than a happily-ever-after.

Snowy background, with icicles hanging down from the top of a white, snowy square. In the front of the square on the bottom is more snow. Standing in the snow is an image of a guy and a girl in formal attire dancing. Inside the snowy square is a mug of hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick, frosted gingerbread cookies in the shape of snowflakes, a cinnamon roll, and a mug of hot chocolate topped off with whipped cream and cinnamon sticks. Text inside the snowy square reads: SUGAR & FROST by Bethany Averie COMPS: MAYBE THIS TIME by Kasie West, BATTLE ROYAL by Lucy Parker, RULE #9 YOU CAN'T MISINTERPRET A MISTLETOE KISS by Anne-Marie Meyer, THE SANTA CLAUSE (Movie)

In the background is a village covered in snow with a Christmas tree. In the center of the image is a guy and girl dressed in formal attire dancing with gold sparkles around them. At the top of the image text reads: SUGAR & FROST by Bethany Averie. Text in the snowy bluish box below the title/author reads: Tropes: Dislike-to-like-to-love, Christmassy, Fairies/Elves that look like humans, Secrets, Matchmaking relatives, Coming-Of-Age, Feuding Fathers, Magical Elements

Introducing an #agentguide to SUGAR & FROST, my #YA #Fantasy #Romance. Currently #amquerying #litagents. All the Christmassy, sweets, magical elements, and romance to warm your heart.

Welcome to the #agentguide for FEATHERS BENEATH THE SKIN 🪽

💕reluctant lovers on an epic quest
🎶 a rakish bard / exiled knight
😉 a dash of humour
🦇 Philippine folklore
🍃 sentient forests
🏴‍☠️ pirate cities
🎭 masquerade balls
⚔️deadly trials
👑 battling religious tyrants

#agentsguide #fantasyromance

hello, #unhingedpit !

Welcome to Gronwood, escape if you can...

music, vibes, no notes 💅

#A #F #Q #querying #agentsguide #agentguide #WritingCommunity #agents #writerslife

WINE & WHITE SQUIRRELS by Samantha Gwyn. This is an adult contemporary rom-come complete at 70,000 words and has series potential. Small town life and a woman who doesn't have time for games, blend in this fun and sexy story sprinkled with laughter, interfering aunts and gallons of red wine.

Comps and Tropes. IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER, THE PUMPKIN SPICE CAFE AND BOSS WITCH. Themes and tropes: family and found family, quirky small town, meet-cute, grump/grump, self discovery and redemption & growth.

The Pitch: Maddie had no idea that moving to a small town meant secret fiancées, ALL the town gossip, a crazy ex and two men who drive her wild, but when a tornado hits, she faces her biggest challenge yet.

An Excerpt: She chuckled a low throaty laugh and turned toward the sidewalk. “Well, this evening turned out much different than I thought it would.” she said, looking over at him as they walked. “Do you always go to the bowling alley and make-out with strange women on Sunday nights, or is this a one off?” He watched as she licked her lips which were slightly swollen from his short beard. “This was a first for me,” he grabbed her hand as they walked “I usually make my moves during miniature golf.”

Updated #agentguide #editorguide ready for the world.

Mean Maddie is moving to the country, but the country might not be ready for her.
She had no idea small town life could mean secret fiancées, ALL the town gossip, 2 interfering aunts, 1 sexy neighbor and a literal tornado heading right for her.