Whenever I have to choose a genre in querytracker, I always scratch my head at listing “LGBTQ+” as a genre. Is it not fantasy first? Or horror? Or romance? Who is out there just writing about the gays skipping around and shouting “I’m gay!” as the only plot?

Brooke isn't just searching for her missing secret girlfriend, Leah. She's searching for the pastor's daughter in a cult-like church that seems determined to deny her very existence. She's fighting for her love. And her sanity. #QueerPit #lesbian #ya #thriller #querying

HAZBIN HOTEL X SONG FOR A NEW DAY X AMERICAN GODS Punk rocker Mo would go to hell and back for her girlfriend …literally. Now Mo’s band has one week to win it all—or stay in DOOM forever. 🔥 DOOM! Complete at 76k🔥 #QueerPit #A #F #MYTH #SPF #UF #HA

The horror of the maybe pile 😬😬

A collection of diary entries, and a general insight into the life of a British stripper. Covering topics such as funny, aggressive, and strange customers, bullying, and abuse. A humorous and poignant insight into a life that many will never experience. #Questpit 📖 #Q #A #NF #M #LGBT

A brutal god who consumes the life-force of living things catches up to the heroes who tried to stop her, and takes their daughter as a trophy. Now trapped on the god's ship, Calypso must get close enough to find out her ultimate plans without being consumed in the process. #QuestPit #YA #A #SFF #W

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall 🏳️‍⚧️ boy Owen has come home from an 11-month captivity in the woods by killing the monster that held him, but when he starts changing, he realizes whoever kills the monster must replace it. #questpit #Q #YA #H #feraltransboys

BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder - before those behind it get to her first. #questpit #Q #YA #SF

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

Hi #questpit! Here's GUMIHO, an Upmarket Horror Romance that was recently selected as a finalist in the horror/paranormal category for the 2025 PNWA Writers Contest. Inspired by Korean folklore, it explores the gradual descent into grief, madness, & monstrous transformation. #A #H #R #Q

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

MOANA x SHADOW AND BONE A refreshed introduction to WHISPERS OF THE SEA, a YA Fantasy that will embark soon on its query journey. Featuring: 🌊 Native Hawaiian Rep 🌊 Cultural Identity 🌊 Setting as a Character #QuestPit #YA #F #W #OwnVoices #AgentsGuide

If you’re an agent who loved the twisting depths of the true crime Scamanda podcast and want that kind of suspense in fiction, Everything I Gave Her might be for you. The deeper you go, the more it twists. Currently has 2 full requests. #QuestPit #T #Q #A

A glitching world, a grieving family, and a queer 16-year-old girl fighting off the voice in her head—before she becomes the prototype for a disgraced inventor’s next evolution of control. ✨✨✨ For fans of THE DIVIDING SKY and HELL FOLLOWED WITH US. #questpit #Q #YA #S #T #DYS

My Darling Dreadful Thing X The Wicked Deep When Clover's empathic abilities awaken, a ghostly presence visits her dreams, offering escape from others' emotions. But as kindness turns to obsession, Clover suspects they want to inhabit, not liberate. #QuestPit #Q #YA #DF #H #PR

Getting rejected from her dream school changed the course of her life. Determined to win back the admissions board (and the future she always imagined), Sky will have to build something amazing at their annual hackathon. Could a video game soften the hearts of an Ivy League? #QuestPit #YA #W

HAZBIN HOTEL X AMERICAN GODS X A SONG FOR A NEW DAY 🏳️‍🌈Queer Orpheus and the Underworld Retelling 🎸Punk Music 😈Dark Humor 👥Multi POV 🏙️Urban Spec. Fantasy 🥸colorful cast of unhinged characters #questpit #MSWL #LitAgent #querying #agentguide #F #A

#WriteUsRight #RepresentationDoneRight #AuthenticityOverAesthetics #DiverseVoicesMatter #BehindTheScenesDiversity #WriteHumanStories #LightkeeperLore #RespectTheStory #RespectTheCharacter #WritersForChange

I am SO STOKED to announce that I am now #querying my #sapphic #UrbanFantasy Orpheus and the Underworld retelling entitled DOOM! complete at 76k words. #LitAgents let me know if you want a closer look!

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Aaaaaaaaand done! ✅ draft number one of DOOM! is in the books.

✨Inspiration is everywhere.✨ Midtown, Detroit Believe it or not, I took this photo 2 years ago and it inspired a huge chunk of my WIP 😂 if you want to know, be a beta reader for me when I start looking soon!

sitting backstage at a concert I’m working and writing my big concert climax in my book is 😘🤌 “Write what ya know” they say! #amwriting

Nothing makes me question my pronouns more than a cruise ship game show and I don’t know how to elaborate on that further lol These people are the STRAIGHTstraights.

I just finished @sarahpinsker.bsky.social ‘s Song for a New Day and WOWZA. I’m obsessed. I can never get enough of gay music books (which is why I’m going to be using it as a comp title for DOOM when it’s ready). Thank you Sarah for writing such a beautiful story that I can relate to so deeply. ❤️

Long train rides are for getting a shitton of writing done. So happy to have been able to travel to Chicago this weekend to celebrate my sisters bachelorette party! #amwriting

When you got a 5 hour train ride to #write your #novel about punks living in hell and your headphones blasting punk music die and now you have to write in silence for 2 more hours:

The absolute gall of my iPad being at 12% when I finally open it to write after having a dry spell. So rude. #writersofbluesky #amwriting

Out of context #WIP quote for the day: “I guess if hell was going to have anything, it would be butt snakes and capitalism.” #AmWriting

“A guy with a bloody nose and spiked battle vest surfed across the top of the crowd, screaming the lyrics as he went.” -DOOM! Ch. 23 Shout out to my weird gremlin of a bf who inspires my writing with his shenanigans ❤️look around you because inspiration is everywhere. #WritersOfBlueSky #amWriting

With no context, what is the last sentence you wrote? #WritingCommunity

ENOUGH

Happy half way point to my current #WIP! I hate tooting my own horn, but fuck it🎺toot toot!🎺 This book is so special and funny and heartfelt and personal and a million other things that won’t fit in one post. I really hope the world will someday love it as much as I do. #writingcommunity

ANNOUNCEMENT In interest of saving characters for your pitch, I've realized that WIPSnipsPit is really long, so WIPSnipsPit is now going to use the hashtag #WSPit This leaves more room for other tags and your pitch! Full tags list and details coming soon. Mark your calendars for Feb 26!

As a bi, polyam, adhd person, you can’t ask me to choose one thing, like, ever. Which leads me to changing my penname ever five seconds. Here are my latest options: Nat Fisher Natalie Fisher Natalie Hawthorne Natalie Standley Or, keep the OG. Whatcha think #writingcommunity ?

Seasons greetings! We’re so happy to announce our 2025 #questpit event list! We hope you all are having a lovely start to your December and we hope to see you here starting in February next year.

When you’re sending query letters, are you using your penname? #litagents, what do you prefer? Considering doing yet another name change just because ✨I can ✨

Joining in on #FastDraftFeb! Title: DOOM! Genre: Sapphic urban fantasy Current: 35k of 75k Feb Goal: finish act 2 #WritingCommunity

I know I’m doing life right when a friend texts me “I was behind you on the freeway” because of all my stupid hyper specific bumper stickers and vanity plate.

I may have made a lot of stupid decisions in my life, but at least I didn’t buy a $300 Jostens class ring when I was 17.

Even with the Onyx Storm, uh, storm (lol) my beta readers cant stop thinking about Blood and Covenant. I know the market is a bit saturated with #romantasy currently, but if any #litagents out there wanna take a chance on lil ole me, I know we got something good going on here.

I’ve been quiet on here, but yep, still writing this literary masterpiece 🤣

Aaaand not so coincidentally one of the first times I was like “ooh oh hey girl 👀”

#WritingCommunity #BookSky I call upon you for some recs featuring a heavy music element. I need to read some scenes with rehearsal banter and playing instruments and whatnot. I'm struggling to keep those things interesting in my #WIP rn!

I have completed liiiike a dozen full first drafts in my life and this is the first time I’m working on a #WIP set in my hometown of Detroit. WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG? I can add in so many iykyk things? And show off all the cool stuff here? What????

Hooray! Congrats to my amazing cousin @marylgibbs.bsky.social !

Hey #booksky, adult speculative/urban/portal fantasy books that feel like this? I’m looking for some comps for my WIP that aren’t movies 😅 Something that feels like Hazbin Hotel or a Tim Burton movie. Bonus points if its about a band with scenes I can look at related to rehearsals and play shows.

Oof. Partial request rejection go owie. I have a question for #writerscommunity : what sets a book apart for you? “There is nothing wrong and I enjoyed it, but it didn’t sing to me” is a common rejection I get. What is the most detailed thing you can think of that makes something “sing” to you?