For my second and final post for this #QuestPit, get to know the main characters of THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my lush #onsub YA climate fantasy (all character art by me). 💜🌿🩵 #Editors, if you’d like to see more, please interact with this post! #YA #F #CF #AG #OS #onsubmission

A new #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my lush YA climate fantasy featuring original character art, which is #onsub to #editors! 🌿 plant magic 🪷 enchanted garden ☁️ Black girl MC 🦋 Botany boarding school 💜flower devouring monsters #QuestPit #YA #F #AG #OS

From a futuristic, flowerless Earth, Vee discovers Evergreen, an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry. She must embrace forbidden plant magic and slay flower-devouring shadow monsters before they consume everything she's grown to love. #GhostPit #YA #F #OS #AG

THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is an enchantingly lush YA climate sci-fantasy featuring: 🩵flowerless Earth 🌿plant magic system ☁️ enchanted garden AU 🌿 plant scientists 🩵Botany boarding school #Editors, reach out to Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary for a flower-filled adventure! #SFPit #YA #AG #OS

An #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my YA climate fantasy about a futuristic flower-less Earth and an alternate enchanted garden universe. 🌺 Black girl MC ✨ plant magic 🌸enchanted forest ✨ botany boarding school #Editors, contact Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary for more! #DVpit #YA #F #OS #AG

A moonlit bloom opens the portal to Evergreen: an enchanted garden lurking with blooms equally mysterious and whimsical. Some things you wouldn't expect are hiding within its leafy walls. #Editors, contact Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary to enter--if you dare! #UnhingedPit #AG #OS #YA #F #SF

A pitch card for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY: my #onsub YA climate fantasy about a Black girl who must embrace forbidden plant magic that blooms in her veins after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry. #Editors, for inquiries please 🩷 this post and/or contact my agent @BookishNajla !

‘Even flowers can bloom in the darkness.’ #Editors, if you love Black girl magic, nature as a character, and botany boarding schools, you'll fall in love with THE ROOTS OF DESTINY! Please contact Najla Mamou for an enchanting climate fantasy adventure! #PosterPit #AG #YA #F

There's always a price to pay for love-especially when you're buying your freedom. But is trusting each other while wrongfully accused of murder a risk worth taking? For a sweeping ETL romance a la Powerless x COBAB, look out for THE ESSENCE THEY STOLE! #PosterPit #AG #YA #RF #W

THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA near-future climate fantasy about a teen who discovers her own plant magic in an enchanted garden with roots to her ancestry, is officially #onsub! #Editors, to join in on the fun, please contact my amazing agent @BookishNajla . #PosterPit #YA #F #AG

Her: “For a boy who speaks faster than he thinks, you always have an answer.” Him: “And if your words weren’t always altered art, perhaps you would, too.” #Editors, watch out for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, featuring a human x fae romance with flirty banter! #QuestPit #YA #F #SF #AG

#Editors, if you're looking for near-future YA sci-fantasy featuring: 🩵 nature as a character 🌸Black girl magic 🍃plant magic system 🩵 found family 🌸 Botany boarding school 🍃 shadow monsters 🩵 secret society -- you'll love THE ROOTS OF DESTINY! #QuestPit #YA #AG #F #SF

In an enchanted forest, Vee finds out she has plant magic (which she can’t control), her mother was an extremist, and she’s catching feelings for a charming gentleman and a brooding loner with dark secrets and a father complex. What could go wrong? #UnhingedPit #F #YA #AG

When my MC could be doing LITERALLY anything, LITERALLY anywhere in The Human Realm in 2091, but decides to open a portal to an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry after blooms became extinct. #UnhingedPit #YA #F #SF #AG

The Roots of Destiny, my YA near-future sci-fantasy about a Black girl with plant magic in an enchanted forest, is so close to making it's #onsub debut! Learn more with my pitch map! #Editors, if you're intrigued, contact my agent, Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary! . 🌿🌸 #UnhingedPit #YA #F #SF #AG

An #editorsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA near-future sci-fantasy about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry. #Editors, if you're interested, please contact me and/or my agent Najla Mamou at Savvy Literary!

After a long, exciting few weeks, I am thrilled to announce that I am now represented by @BookishNajla at Savvy Literary! Najla’s confidence and enthusiasm with THE ROOTS OF DESTINY blew me away, and I can’t wait to knock submission out of the park! #WritingCommunity

I’m officially out of a writing slump, and I feel so free it’s insane. What would take me HOURS to write now takes 30 minutes. And all it took was a good book and a little effort. What a relief! #WritingCommunity

POWERLESS X CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE To return her village's stolen Essence—and avenge her mother, its former keeper—Zora must fall in love and win The Courting Games. However, she must learn the dance of deception before she's added to the death list. #WIPPit #YA #RF #F

While we’re in the midst of all the awesome publishing news, I wanted to (briefly) announce that very exciting, very VAGUE things are happening, soon! 👀 #WritingCommunity

With 17 requests and an offer of publication, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is a YA science fantasy novel about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry. #LitAgents 🩵 or DM me for a query/submission!

With 16 requests and an offer of publication, THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is a YA science fantasy novel about a Black girl who must harness her forbidden plant magic after discovering an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry. #LitAgents 🩵 or DM me for a query/submission!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there. You are loved, and I hope you feel that today and every day! 🌸✨🌸

Y’all…I’m so in shock, right now! I just got a publishing offer for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY from an indie press! #WritingCommunity

THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my 97,000 word near-future YA science fantasy, combines the hauntingly beautiful atmosphere of WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL with the strong, Black FMC in LEGENDBORN with 14 requests! #LitAgents, ‘🩵’ for a query or submission. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF

When Vee finds Evergreen, an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry, she must harness the forbidden magic blooming in her veins before Evergreen and the Human World fall to an eternal darkness. #LitAgents, 🩵 this post or DM for a query/submission. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF

🍃 WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL X LEGENDBORN ✨ = THE ROOTS OF DESTINY 🌷 W/ 14 agent and indie press requests, it features 🌷 enchanted forest ✨ BIPOC rep 🍃 plant magic system 🌷 shadow monsters 🍃 found family 🌷 botany boarding school ✨dark secrets #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #SF

#LitAgents, check out my new #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA science fantasy novel with 14 requests and indie publisher interest. It features: 🦋 an enchanted garden 🌺 BIPOC rep 🩵plant magic 🌺secret society 🦋Botany boarding school

#LitAgents, check out my new #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, a YA science fantasy novel with 14 requests and indie publisher interest. It features: 🦋 an enchanted garden 🌺 BIPOC rep 🩵plant magic 🌺secret society 🦋Botany boarding school

I just found out I was one of the editors #10Queries for #RevPit! A win is a win! #WritingCommunity

As I’ve updated my pitch and sample pages, here is the new and improved #agentsguide for THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, which has earned: - 12 full requests - 7 agent query requests - indie press interest #LitAgents #WritingCommunity

Hi #CRPGlasswings! My name is Q’Zion, a fantasy writer who loves flirty banter, imaginary worlds, and the Black girls that live in them. I’m super excited to meet you all and looking forward to what my first #CampRevPit has in store!

I just went to this adorable, eco-friendly vintage boutique and thrifted two books. One is a craft book and the other is full of cute childhood stories from bestselling authors. I can’t wait to dive in! Have you heard of either of these? #WritingCommunity

I’m pleased to present the movie poster of the YA science fantasy novel that has received 10 full requests and indie press interest! Introducing THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, complete at 92k words. #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #YA #F #SF

I am seeing so many #RevPit tweets about people who made their editors’ shortlists and #10Queries! Congratulations to you all! 🥳

FULL REQUEST #8! 🩵

Reminder for all #amquerying authors: the moments you feel like giving up are the moments you push through. Every time my dream of being published feels further away, another request comes in. Don’t loose hope! Our ‘yes’ is right around the corner!

Congratulations to every single one of the winners of #RevPit! You deserve this more than you know. Over the next 8 weeks, me and the rest of the #WritingCommunity will be cheering you on! I hope I’ll be able to read every single one of your books, one day!

I know it’s cliche, but it’s cliche for a reason: we are all winners! We wrote a book—something that most people will only dream of doing. We are writers! Regardless of the results, I am thankful for the #RevPit community and the new virtual writer friends I’ve made in it! Cheers, everyone!

It’s such a privilege to be a part of the #RevPit #RevPitWaiting community! Regardless of whether I win, I’m so thankful for your support, awesome #10Queries feedback for other people’s stories, and (I suspect) my own. I will be cheering the winners as they make their stories even better!

As a first-time #amquerying writer, I was surprised with how many agents have went out of their way to personalize a response. Requests and even passes with a simple “I liked your voice/pages/concept,” make me feel so seen. It’s responses like this that keep me moving forward.

‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom. Wrapped in darkness, breathing in the manufactured oxygen that rafts through the world. I cradle it close, its white limbs glowing beneath the moon that parts the trees.’ #1stLinePit #Q #YA #SF #F #SFF

‘It took me sixteen years to find a bloom.’ — THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, my #amquerying near-future YA science fantasy with dystopian elements #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F #SF #SFF

In a near-future AU—where a failed experiment to make plants life forever resulting in the burning of all toxic specimens—a teenage loner discovers a portal to an enchanted garden filled with plant-dependent fae. #ChaosPit #YA #F #SF

If you’re craving a genre-blending YA science fantasy in the wake of The Chronicles of Narnia about a Black girl harnessing her own plant-wielding magic, check out THE ROOTS OF DESTINY. #ChaosPit #Q #YA #F #SF #SFF

This, but the protagonist is a loner girl with insomnia who is drawn to dark and forbidden things—especially things that bloom. Includes: -plant magic system - cinnamon role love interest - Botany boarding school - shadows monsters - near-future tech #UnhingedPit #YA #F #SF #Q

THE ROOTS OF DESTINY is about a chronic nyctophile who must face emerging shadows in an enchanted forest with roots to her ancestry using plant-wielding magic. It has already received 6 full requests! #LitAgents, reach out to become the next! #UnhingedPit #YA #F #SF #DS #SFF #Q

I’m speaking it into existence. At least SOME of my 6+ of my maybe piles WILL become full requests!

Day 4 of #RevPitWaiting!

I’m so ready for the moment when an agent reads my query and my manuscript and says, “Yep. That one.”