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

A medieval painting of fruit with a split pomegranate with text that says Black Spire White Bone a dark romantasy, and Agents guide

Text on a black background: Pitch: To save her adoptive father, Eswyn leaves to fight a doomed mission alone. However, she's quickly captured and taken to the Skull King to be gifted as a concubine. With no want of a forced lover, The Skull King allows Eswyn to live safely in his castle, promising to release her once he's won the war. As her feelings grow for the enigmatic hermit sorcerer, a weapon is discovered that can kill him. Eswyn gives the Skull King her love and loyalty, vowing to help him to destroy it, even if it means betraying her people. But nothing is as it seems.

Text: Comps. Alchemised, dizzying plot twists in a wartorn magical world. The Serpent and the wings of Night, action-packed romantasy with banter and spice. Hemlock and silver, Horror dipped fairytale retelling. On a background of the same image, a dark painting of fruit with pictures of the book covers mentioned above

Text: Snippet - "In my last memory of my mother, she puffed yellow balls of magic dust along her slender, azure fingers as she spooned me honey porridge. Little orbs of light bobbed like tiny glowing bumblebees before fading into nothing. It was the easiest spell we had. Something to teach children and distract toddlers at dinner time. The one spell she taught me. I didn’t have her long enough to teach me anything else. She was murdered before the flavour of honey faded on my tongue."

An agent's guide to BLACK SPIRE WHITE BONE

My 104k dark adult romantasy

Querying now :)

🏰 Labyrinth x Alchemised
🐍 a twisty plot
🧚 dark fairy tale retelling
🥀 enemies who yearn
🍎 a magic poisoned gothic world
👑 a king of monsters

#Agentsguide #amquerying #queryinglitagents

Text that reads, “A guide to: Princess of Nothing, an adult epic medieval fantasy”

Text that reads: “The Pitch”, followed by posters for Tangled with “complex family dynamics” above and “secrets that change everything” below. A poster for Avatar: The Last Airbender reads “elemental magic” above and “politics, war, forgotten chosen one” below. Text that reads: “In a world reigning in the shadow of the gods, Arina is nothing without the magic of her divine ancestors. Desperate to escape a forced marriage, she seeks out the mortal captain of the guard to find her strength and take control of her fate. As their secret pact blurs the line between duty and desire, an ancient magic resurfaces, and the key to Arina’s freedom becomes entwined with her forgotten past. But some destinies aren’t easy to keep hidden— Or escape.”

Text that reads: “The Comps” over a painting of a woman in a dress. Three book covers are pictured. A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen with the words “destiny vs autonomy” above and “reclaiming strength and freedom” below. This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi with “Persian mythology” above and “prophecy + forbidden romance” below. The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig with “dark medieval fantasy” above and “self-discovery” below.

Gold and black painting background with headline that reads: “The Excerpt”. Text below that reads, “They say the gods make no mistakes. But if Arina was one thing, it was living proof otherwise. She had just stepped beyond the cluster of alder trees that lined the town square, keeping to the shadows to stay hidden, when it began to rain. She pulled the hood of her cloak up over her head, attempting to shield her loose golden hair from the heavy downpour that battered the ancient stone street in front of her, though it was no use. The rain easily soaked through her clothes, drenching her simple brown dress and muddying her boots as she rushed through the empty square. Arina lifted a hand to shield her eyes as she turned down a narrow alley, her feet swift as she slipped between the two stone buildings. She ducked beneath the overhanging lip of the roof above, pressing close to the wall. The stones were cold even through her cloak, and despite the moisture dripping down the back of her neck, a shiver of anticipation jolted down her spine. Her heart was pounding as she drew in a deep breath, inhaling the smoke-and-rain scent of the city once more. It was so close now that she could nearly taste it--the most precious thing in her world. The thing she would fight and kill for. Freedom.”

An #agentsguide to PRINCESS OF NOTHING, my adult medieval fantasy ⚔️✨

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER X TANGLED, feat:

❤️‍🔥 a powerless princess and her guard (+ their forbidden romance)
❤️‍🔥 a forced marriage
❤️‍🔥 a brewing mortal rebellion
❤️‍🔥 a dark magic that wants them all dead

#F #amquerying #NA #fantasy

ANASTASIA X THE HUNGER GAMES
93k Adult Romantasy

a thief discovers she’s the lost heir of a fallen light-magic dynasty and enters lethal trials against her shadow rival, igniting a bond that could eclipse the crown she’s fighting for.

SmoochPit 2025 Mentee💕
#amquerying #agentsguide

First full manuscript requests have been sent out, so it’s time to do the #agentsguide for RESONANCE.

So excited to query this widely now 📖 🕰️

#querying #amquerying #writingcommunity

On the right side of the image, an unsmiling auburn-haired white woman sits at a piano. She looks over her shoulder at the viewer; her expression is serious and determined. A shadow falls across her music book. The text on the image reads as follows: Agent's Guide A Song Against Ruin adult fantasy, 113k words, queer political intrigue (Image credit: Edgar Degas, Mademoiselle Dihau au Piano)

In the lower right corner, a dead bird lies on its back. The heading reads: Comps. In the center of the page are the covers of four books, with text beside the covers describing why they were chosen as comp titles. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson features an ambitious, lower-class MC, weird gods, and ruthless nobles. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo features an ambitious, lower-class MC, ruthless nobles, and high personal stakes. WITCHMARK by C. L. Polk features high personal stakes, political intrigue, and m/m romance. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri features f/f romance and political intrigue.

On the left side of the image, a young white man holds a candle that illumines his face; the rest of him fades into shadow. He looks concerned. At the bottom left is a skull. The heading reads: Details. The rest of the text on the page reads as follows: - Adult fantasy, ~113k words - Dual POV - Features political intrigue, queer friendship/found family, sapphic villain-as-love-interest, m/m friends-to-lovers - Secondary-world urban setting (early 19th-century vibes) (Image credit: Gottfried Schalken, self-portrait)

In the upper left corner is a torn musical score. On the lower left side of the page, an elegant white woman dressed in black, with dark hair and pale eyes, gazes out at the viewer. The heading on the page reads: Pitch. The rest of the page reads as follows: In Dorn’s capital city, power stems from birth, wealth, and magic. Commoner best friends Lor and Firmen only have ambition—and each other. Lor, a virtuoso organist, sets out to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the noblewoman who broke her heart four years ago. Meanwhile, Firmen—a legal clerk for Veren’s noble family—is drowning in debt. He has nothing to sell except a perilous secret: Veren is at the center of a deadly conspiracy. As Lor is drawn into Veren’s glittering orbit and Firmen bargains with Veren’s enemies, neither friend realizes they are sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could mean the other’s ruin. (Image credit: Federico Madrazo, portrait of Carolina Coronado)

A new #AgentsGuide to A SONG AGAINST RUIN, a queer adult fantasy perfect for fans of Swordspoint, C. L. Polk, and scheming sapphics. Querying now!

#amquerying #fantasy #LGBT

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Mediterranean inspired setting. Queer normative world. 93,000 words."

THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch. A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home. Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the city he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement. A divine competition isn’t the only trial awaiting him. Mal has to face the family he left behind, a fiance who thinks him a ghost, and a continent of people he damned to the endless winter when he abdicated the throne twelve years ago. After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple. There, he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good.

An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING. “My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink. “They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.” Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing. “I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.” “Aye.” “It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.” He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.” “Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.” For once, he did just that.

A page listing comp titles and "sounds like" songs. Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan, and "Godkiller" by Hannah Kaner. Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2. "Sounds like" includes "The View Between Villages" by Noah Kahan, "Fear & Trembling" by Gang of Youths, "Through Heaven's Eyes" from the Prince of Egypt soundtrack, and "The Old Religion" by Florence + The Machine.

Bringing out my #agentsguide early before I dive into the trenches later this year...

THE EVERWINTER KING

Adult Fantasy Standalone | 93k words | Querying Soon!

Features a queer normative world and MM romance elements. Currently a #RevPit hopeful! #RevPitWaiting

A dark, dreamy fantasy graphic featuring a silhouetted couple dancing beneath a glowing eclipse-like sun. The sky blends iridescent colors—purple, gold, and blue—with scattered stars and a ribbon of rainbow light across the bottom. Title: Born of Light, Cursed by Darkness Genre: Adult Romantic Dark Fantasy Word Count: 119k Hook: The last color on Runyan is fading.

A dark, dreamy fantasy graphic featuring a silhouetted couple dancing beneath a glowing eclipse-like sun. The sky blends iridescent colors—purple, gold, and blue—with scattered stars and a ribbon of rainbow light across the top. Text reads: When Rihalyn Ember's sister's executed for defying the tyrant, Abel, Rihalyn learns her powers have been hidden under her sister's spell. Now bound to Kieran, Abel's son, at the brutal academy

Same background as before. Text reads: Perfect for readers of: And there is a picture of Hannah Whitten's "THE FOXGLOVE KING." and S.T. Gibson's "AN EDUCATION IN MALICE." and Carissa Broadbent's "THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT." as book comps text begins again reading: With: Morally grey love interest Magic tied to identity Color vs. Darkness Dark Academia

Same background. Text reads: In Runyan: Magic is displayed in color The powerful are vibrant The powerless are colorless But Rihalyn is neither: Darkness is draining magic from Runyan Some mages are hiding what they truly are Balance was never meant to exsist until now.

Magic is color. Darkness devours it.

Rihalyn may be the last Light left to restore Runyan—but she's tied to the one whose Darkness is destroying it.

#Agentsguide #Writingcommunity #DarkFantasy #BookTube

"Hidden Machinations" — Eternal Eclipse

Thought I'd put out an Agent's Guide to my upmarket romantic fantasy, SING ME THE GRAVE!

Romantic Fantasy | 99k word | querying

#AgentsGuide #amquerying #fantasy #revpit

Agent's guide for The Sea Curser (adult speculative novel, 83,000 words). Compelled by a mysterious invitation from Celofaye, who claims to be her half-sister, Nan agrees to meet at a women’s retreat at an idyllic Maine inn. As she struggles to navigate her relationship with Celofaye—and the back-stabbing women at the retreat—a series of dramatic events occurs. Connectivity is severed. The island drifts out to sea. And a sinister force attempts to drown Nan. When guests vanish, and a beast brutally attacks Celofaye, Nan is warned of a cursed Creature of the sea. But the Creature is not the only one on the island who is cursed…

✨Currently #Querying✨.... THE SEA CURSER

A contemporary speculative novel grounded in Maine's coastal mythology 🌲🌊

#agentsguide #amquerying

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

introducing my #agentsguide to DRIFT!

featuring:

→ “i’m bad for you” energy 😈
→ found family dynamics ❤️
→ strangers-to friends-to lovers 🌃
→ fish out of water writer MC ✍️
→ a crazy criminal underworld ⛓️
→ lots of street racing 🏎️

now #amquerying !

Quick vibe check for my YA Fantasy - The Spellbound Alchemist

🍄 Feels for the early aughts anime fans (Howl’s Moving Castle/Inuyasha)
🍄 Reads like a D&D campaign
🍄 Cozy characters but a high-stakes adventure (Tress of the Emerald Sea/The Princess Bride)

#amquerying #agentsguide #revpitwaiting

Telling yourself "I can't let down my fans" is a beautifully delusional and compelling way to up your word count.

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It's 85 out in Denver, and I'm inside working on my MS because SIX people liked the #agentsguide I posted this week. 😭

#pitch #romantasy #queerSFF #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

✨FROM BLOOD AND ASH X TANGLED✨

An #agentsguide to my adult romantasy, A TAPESTRY WOVEN IN BLOOD.
She was created to serve the gods. He was born to destroy them.

☀️ Sunshine x Grumpy
🖤 Forbidden Love
✨ Gods • Magic • Betrayal
🔥 Slow Burn+Yearning

An #agentsguide to SCHIZOPHERNALIA

Science Fiction Horror | 130K words | Querying

#agents #writerslife #amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity #SFF #Darkfantasy #Horror

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

Literary agents, if you’re still not over the Oscars like me and want a vampire book with similar vibes to Sinners (but sapphic) I am still #amquerying this book, check out my #agentsguide here! Would love to send you a query if you are interested!

Introducing THE LITTLEST DARLING, a queer YA spin on Peter Pan. It follows Lux, grandchild of Wendy, who is transported to the Neverland only to learn that the stories from their childhood are far from the truth.

💚Found Family
🌈Queer Cast
💜Disabled MC

#agentsGuide #pitch #yafantasy #query

An #agentsguide to FATHER FIGURE, my 105k women’s fiction novel with a forbidden second chance romance 💚

#queryingnow #queryingauthors #womensfiction #romance #querytrenches

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

An #agentsguide to The Cinnamon Covenant ⚓️🌊🩶

🏴‍☠️ A heroine searching for her one true love (think OUABH but adult, with tasteful spice and pirates!)
🌊 Nautical Grounded Romantasy
🩶 Experienced FMC & Virgin MMC
✨ Soft Magic & Gritty Stakes

#pitch #query #agentsGuide #amquerying #romantasy

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

Another #agentsguide for MY FORSAKEN DIVINE✨

To rid herself of a forsaken god’s possession, Hartlen must find the murderer attacking her classmates–but when extremists blame her & her divine, she must stitch trust w the god to avoid death and catch the real culprit.
#amquerying

🍨Human flesh gelato
🎎Paper effigies kill 4 fun
⚰️Buried alive w/a K-pop idol
🫀New metal heart transplant
🏚️Haunted ancestral property

Horror vers. The Pardoner’s Tale X Angela Carter & Edgar Allen Poe fans

#FridayThe13thPitch #MupPit #Q #A #SL #Folkhorror #scifi #fantasy #agentsguide #editorsguide

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

Here’s my #agentsguide for BAD THINGS, a 77K-word YA Psychological Thriller.

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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

An #agentsguide to KINGDOM COLLEGE, my 104k-word mental health and feminist forward romantic fantasy. 🦋🖤

#amquerying #fantasywriter #romanticfantasy #querying