Took everything I wish I’d known before I thought about querying and put it in an interactive workbook for others who are joining/in the trenches! Download it for free! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/riy24... #amquerying #querying #writingcommunity #booksky #fullrequestfriday

CURRENTLY QUERYING: PICTURE US, FALLING This literary upmarket novel is permeated w/ themes of grief, identity, & love. “I’ve always been… Emotionally scarce but undeniably present, even for the moments I wished I could evaporate instead.” #amquerying #WritingCommunity #booksky #litagents

WRITERS & LOVERS X TALKING AT NIGHT PICTURE US, FALLING is an 81,000-word literary upmarket novel. Themes of identity, compounded grief, and the way love makes everything possible. #amquerying #litagents #querying #BookMockup #pitch

WRITERS & LOVERS X TALKING AT NIGHT PICTURE US, FALLING is an 81,000-word literary upmarket novel. Themes of identity, compounded grief, and the way love makes everything possible. #amquerying #litagents #querying #BookMockup #pitch

Okay #amquerying writers… am I the only one not sleeping for being so stressed about the trenches? Read my latest #substack and maybe we (the #writingcommunity) have this in common 🫣 #booksky #selfcare #mentalhealth #publishingjourney quinmaddenwrites.substack.com/p/dream-driv...

#questpit was SO fun and I’m so thankful to have been a part of it. I wrote about my experience, showing up completely unmotivated and the perspective it gave me while I #amquerying #WritingCommmunity #booksky open.substack.com/pub/quintana...

Rival haunted New Orleans tour guides compete for a once in a lifetime opportunity and fall in love in YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE #questpit #A #R #querying

Get Ready With Me - Romance w/elements of suspense. 👥 Dual POV ❤️‍🔥 Slow burn romance 🏖️ Beach vibes 🦮 Man’s best friend 🔒 Secrets 💻 Glamorous online life ❓ Questionable choices 💔 Heartbreaking betrayal 🔀 Plot twist you won’t see coming #QuestPit #Q #A #R

An updated agent’s guide to THAT’S SO SCOT💕 a romcom dedicated to the eldest daughters who have given up their dreams because of the pressure placed on them to be the third parent (or the only parent). It’s never too late to find yourself. 🫶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #questpit #A #R

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X AND NOW, BACK TO YOU #Questpit, welcome to BREAKING THE BLUEPRINT, an 84k word contemporary romance. Rival Architects on the verge of burnout exploit a company policy to work remotely across the country together, putting their rocky foundation to the test. #Q #R #A

Once Upon A Broken Heart x Daughter Of No Worlds x Dark Water Daughter Running to sea to escape her violent employer, Delphine never expected to fall for a pirate Captain - or to betray him to retrieve a legendary Stone & save her bff's life. #QuestPit #NA #RF #Q

What do you get when you cross an award-winning cidermaker with zero business sense and a finance bro with a toddler's palate? CIDER SEASON | A 75K word upmarket contemporary rom-com | 2026 #revpit winner #questpit #q #a #u #r #writingcommunity #amquerying

✨something to set the mood(board)✨ Dumped hours before her flight, Evelyn must now spend her semester abroad not only mending her broken heart but her declining GPA. There’s only one thing standing in her way, her smart, frustrating, and very handsome classmate, Liam. #QuestPit #NA #R #WF #Q

"I always seem to carry my heaviness everywhere... Somewhere along the way, I stopped being a person...” PICTURE US, FALLING - 81k word upmarket novel about the reasons we keep connection at bay & leaning into love just as time's running out. #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

LILY KING X NOAH KAHAN She is using solitude as a coping mechanism & he relies on emotional unavailability and moral injury to survive. PICTURE US, FALLING is not about being saved, but about being seen, & the brutal, beautiful act of loving while breaking. #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her ex leaves her—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient & in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever 🐾🌿 #QuestPit #A #R #Q

It's The Flatshare meets The Hating Game in wellies 🌱 Enemies-to-lovers 🥕 Forced proximity (Only one vegetable bed) 🔪 Grumpy Chef x Chaotic Influencer 🪴 Petty sabotage & turf wars 🍳 Accidental food stall partners 🗣️ Dual POV & biting British banter #questpit #q #r #a

It’s a fun thing to think about isn’t it? How to get away with murder. For these sisters, the greying body on the kitchen floor is their only hope of healing their fractured relationship. But will old wounds prove too hard to heal and risk them spending a life behind bars? #questpit #U #Q #T #WF

The Unsung Ballad of Blume THE CRIMSON MOTH X THE SOUND OF MUSIC A traitor bard hiding in a convent is forced to accept a position as the governess for a widower and his seven children. Only to discover the father is the Captain hunting her for treason. #W #A #RF #questpit #WIP

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC Typhus strikes and brings a wealthy New Yorker intent on marrying the hardworking inn maid. To keep a promise to her sister, she accepts, despite warnings from a medical student who threatens her last hope for salvation. #QuestPit #Q #A #HF #R #LF

Two people who've mastered emotional distance must decide if connection is a risk worth taking-or just another wound waiting to happen. PICTURE US, FALLING (81k words) captures the ache of unattainable longing set in rain-soaked Seattle. #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

ultra-wealthy guests must “atone” for their greed at a remote resort designed by the very people who prop them up, in a story with a Midsommar-style cult at a White Lotus–style luxury resort, blending dark social satire and rich people behaving badly. #q #a #h #r #lf #questpit

One road trip changes EVERYTHING! While on a road trip, Jesse and Faye uncover a plot twist about their mom’s past. Their lives will never be the same! Who *was* their mom? Wouldn’t *you* like to know… 🚗 Road trip adventure 👫 Twins! 💔 Family drama 🤫 Big secret #QuestPit #questpit #P #YA #MY #LF

THE LONELY WIVES CLUB🍸 contemporary women's fiction An updated #agentsguide for #questpit Martinis and marriage problems. That's what every Monday night is about with this group of friends- except for Jordan. She has no marriage problems. Or, so she long thought. #q #a #wf

#questpit Second Chances at Sunset | 80k words Sons of Anarchy meets small town romance 🖤 Dark themes 🖤 DV Survivor x Freshly Released Felon 🖤 Found Family 🖤 They share a duplex wall 🖤 Buried Secrets + Trauma #R #Q #A

Hey #Questpit, check out your next romance read, BREAKING THE BLUEPRINT! After a rule-obsessed Architect exploits a company policy to work remotely in pursuit of balance, she must find a way to work with her rival turned roommate—or risk crumbling the foundation of her career. #Q #R #A

Introducing 🍃A RAVEN SONG 🍃 For eldest daughters and platonic soulmates. ⛩️portal fantasy 💫star crossed friendships 🍂nostalgia will kill her ❤️‍🔥touch her and you die, but they're best friends 🗡️reckless bargains and a tattooed elven soldier Querying today!! #QuestPit #Q #A #F

JANE EYRE x THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 🕯️forbidden gothic romance 🕯️slow burn 🕯️yearning à la anthony bridgerton 🕯️black swan-esque awakening 🕯️2000’s setting 🕯️devouring obsession but make it consensual 🕯️secret lake meetings #questpit #W #A #NA #R

After heartbreak, Alex flees Minneapolis for a quiet Lake Superior town only to fall for a coffee shop owner. When her dream job calls that could provide a secure future for her single mother, will she choose doing what’s best for others or risk it all for love? #QuestPit #W #R #A

A burlesque dancer is hired to choreograph a socialite’s wedding, falling for the enigmatic brother, but ends up in the spotlight of a revenge plot where she’ll have to put on her best act yet: save the man she loves or lose him like she lost her brother. 82K w/ suspense elements #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Imagine softening to the idea of forever… then suddenly discovering it isn’t long enough. Two guarded souls—one grieving, one detached—must risk being truly seen before time runs out. PICTURE US, FALLING 81k Literary Upmarket - NOW QUERYING #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

What CAN be controlled when querying feels like freefall is now up on my #substack! #amquerying #writingcommunity #writerslife #booksky open.substack.com/pub/quintana...

For readers of Emma Grey, Jill Santopolo, & Lily King #snippet of PICTURE US, FALLING — a romantic upmarket novel with book club elements that explores love, grief, identity, and the sacredness of ordinary days. NOW QUERYING! #amquerying #WritingCommunity #litagents #booksky

Some people arrive in your life exactly when you need them-even if you can't keep them. She's fighting the unthinkable. He's terrified of wanting anything. Their connection is real, impossible, and timed all wrong. #posterpit #Q #A #R #UF

Her whole life has been an uphill battle. He's made a career out of staying detached. Their connection might break them both, but it could also be what saves them. #posterpit #Q #A #R #UF

A grief-stricken woman whose world is collapsing. A man who makes a living chasing truth but avoids his own. A love that arrives exactly when it shouldn’t, and isn’t meant to last. #posterpit #Q #A #R #UF

MEET LEAH & ARCHIE To break her waitlist curse, Leah sets off a quest to address everyone who has made her a second choice, but a school trip to London and a cute British boy lead her to question if her happily ever after lies in her old dreams or new love. #profilepit #ya #r #q

PAINTED IN POSITANO: In search of a new identity after divorce, an empty nest artist repaints her life in Positano. When she lives out the watercolor scenes she paints, she’ll get caught up in the mess of magically controlling other people’s lives. #ProfilePit #A #R

Clementine & Saxon—both hardened by loss & convinced that vulnerability is a liability. 💔 In PICTURE US, FALLING they discover that real connection might be the only thing powerful enough to transform them both. Even if it’s not meant to last. #profilepit #Q #A #R #upmarket

Meet Clementine Becker & Saxon Stone from my romantic upmarket fiction ✨ Clementine doesn’t believe she deserves good things. Saxon equates detachment with strength. Hardened by loss, can they hold on to the magic of their inevitable connection on borrowed time? #profilepit #Q #A #R #upmarket

THE LAST LOVE NOTE X THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED PICTURE US, FALLING is a 71k word upmarket love story that follows two hollowed out people who learn to feel again through a life-altering connection they both know is destined to slip away. #profilepit #Q #A #R #upmarket

The way I feel so confident about the query package I just sent to an agent I’ve never queried before. It’s the best one yet! Even if she says no, at least I know I put my best foot forward. #amquerying #booksky #writingcommunity

A “not the right fit” rejection email is so cryptic. EVERY book isn’t the right fit for everyone single person that reads it. Querying meets w/ the most subjective opinions in the industry & I’m starting to wonder if any subjective opinion w/ line up with mine. #amquerying #booksky #writingcommunity

Woke up with a bad attitude, looking at my laptop with disdain. Every single day I get my hopes up that there will be *that* email in my inbox. Only to be disappointed again. 😔 #amquerying #hope #writingcommunity #booksky

They grew up together… then, she vanished. Now, 15 years later, she’s torn between the difference of past & future, and figuring out how to hold onto the boy who knew her best without losing herself again. Seeking rep for THE LAST GREAT ALMOST. 67k word upmarket. #questpit #Q #R #LF #amquerying

THE LAST GREAT ALMOST is for fans of Carley Fortune and millennial nostalgia. This second chance could either be the continuation of something that ended before it began. Or, it could be the unraveling of everything they’ve built since. #questpit #Q #R #LF #upmarket #amquerying

"I close the fridge door. I'm parched, but thirst feels irrelevant now. Because nothing in this room can satisfy me. Except her." Face-to-face after 15 years, can Nora & Elliott move beyond small-town optics and secrets, & embrace what they never named? #questpit #Q #R #LF #amquerying

WHEN IN ROME X IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER #questpit #A #Q #R

COVER STORY x THE UNHONEYMOONERS x EMILY IN PARIS #agentsguide 📷 Small town photographer 💛 Promising romance 🏔️ SW Montana 🍾Champagne-fueled wedding chaos 💍Diabolical planner and editor-in-chief SMALL TOWN FAMOUS now querying #questpit #WF #R #Q #WritingCommunity