These best friends have a 60-year age difference 🤝 Nita fled from Florida to NYC in 1970, while Violet made the same journey over 50 years later. Both left conservative families to live freely as queer women. Can Violet break the cycle and help find Nita's long-lost love? #QuestPit #HR #U #WF #A

THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, an adult contemporary romcom with a sapphic romance Meet Mina and Cam, the dancers working together to save Mariner Beach Ballet. Will a last-ditch performance at a casino raise the money they need, and bring them together along the way? #questpit #R #A #W #LGBT

Two childhood friends embarking on a roadtrip through the Wild West while Scottie chases her dreams navigating guilt and grief and Finn figures out how to chase his and still get the girl. Here’s my agent’s guide to SADDLE UP my cowgirl/cowboy romance 🤠 #questpit #W #A #R

THE HUNGER GAMES x DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. 🏳️‍🌈Asexual MC 🌦️Devious sunshine x softhearted grump #questpit #A #F #OWN #Asian #LGBT

THE HOUSE OF HANDS, a YA fantasy Meet Katerina and Azrin, the brutal assassin and the silver-tongued con-artist ☀️Sunshine/black cat 🔥Slow Burn ⚔️Reluctant Allies 🫣 He falls first #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

TGUWG x Poppy War In a kingdom where necromancy is illegal, budding necromancer Sera fights her way to the top of the kingdom court. Discovery means death, but Sera has always wanted to make an impact and she won't let something like morals get in her way. #questpit #W #A #DF

💀What if personality tests were deadly?💀 To save her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to play deadly games that’ll uncover the deepest parts of her personality. Win and prove her worth. Lose and sacrifice her soul to the seductive forest spirits. #YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

HEATED RIVALRY- level yearning, in the dance studio Here is my #agentsguide to THE NUTCRACKER GAMBLE, a sapphic contemporary romcom! #questpit #R #A #LGBT

Ró always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress. Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀 #YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #YA #F #DF #Q #QuestPit

If the king of Adarlan had raised Aelin Galathynius Katerina's shadow magic has thrust her into the heart of a war, where she must decide between absolute power at a nation's expense or destroying the king who made her. #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

HAMNET x NOSFERATU 🖤 The black sheep of a powerful 14th-century Irish family falls in love with the banshee who’s haunted his household for generations—but as the bubonic plague closes in, he must choose between the living and the dead. 💌 SmoochPit 2025 Mentee #QuestPit #Q #A #H #HFic

LEGENDBORN x NINTH HOUSE To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #questpit #A #F #Q #amquerying

In honour of #QuestPit and the upcoming #SmoochPit showcase, here's an updated #agentsguide for THE BOG PRINCE, my upper #YA #RF about a necromancer who reanimates the bog body of her kingdom's long-lost prince. 💀👑 Maybe some secrets are better left buried... 🖤 #agentguide #Q

Hi #Questpit! Nearly done w/ SmoochPit revisions, here's GUMIHO, my Korean folklore-inspired adult fantasy blended w/ horror & romance! ✨️ Selected for the 2025 Smoochpit Mentorship Program ✨️ Big 5 Editor Interest ✨️ Won 3rd in the horror category of the 2025 PNWA Writing Contest #A #F #H #R

‼️IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ In solidarity with the general strike happening this Friday, we’re postponing this week’s event by ONE day. The event will now take place January 31st on Saturday. This strike is important to the both of us and we would appreciate you joining us.

EDITING DIARIES 1.18.26 // starting on draft 5 edits today, and here’s where I started vs. where I ended. I went from 31 edits (all outstanding) to 33 edits (8 completed, 25 outstanding). #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #fantasyauthor #aspiringauthor

LITTLE THIEVES x NINTH HOUSE When a nefarious witch schemes to come back to life, 16-y/o Haley Thorne must use her death magic to travel to a realm of dead witches & monsters to stop her. 🎃Halloween deadline 🏙️NYC-setting ❤️‍🔥Slow-burn romance subplot 💀Spooky graveyards #BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-yr-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind the nefarious plot. LITTLE THIEVES x LEGENDBORN #BluePit #BluePit📖 #YA #F #Q

PERCY JACKSON x LEGENDBORN 16-y/o witch, Haley Thorne, must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop a nefarious witch from resurrecting. #BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #F #Q

Due to a prenup that forbids songs about her cheating ex, a singer-songwriter plans to fake a romance and subsequent split with a washed-up actor as cover for her heartbreak songs—but falling for the man she must leave threatens both her carefully guarded heart and her solo debut. #bluepit #A #R #W

A STUDY IN DROWNING meets ALL THAT CONSUMES US in a south-american inspired world: "A grieving sister’s scavenger hunt through her dead sibling’s journals uncovers a secret society, a vanished prodigy, and ghosts that won’t let her graduate alive." #BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #OV #LGBT #F #H

AMARI X JUJUTSU KAISEN 13yo Maeve will do anything to avoid spending the holidays with her estranged family—even visit the glorified, underground prison of the Seven Deadly Sins on a deadlier journey to stop Pride from rising up and wreaking havoc on Earth. #Bluepit #MG #F #Q

SIX OF CROWS x JADE CITY When Gemna’s mentor goes missing she must uncover a larger plot to eradicate mages; one involving the emergence of a mysterious stone that mimics their powers 💥 energy magic 🀄️ Asian setting ❤️‍🔥 slow burn 🏠 found family ⚔️ heists 🧐 research subplot #bluepit #bluepit📖 #A #F

BRIDGERTON X PARKS AND REC ...but make it Canadian during Confederation A MOST POLITICAL PROPOSAL A Liberal politician fakes an engagement with his Conservative rival's daughter to expand voting rights but to convince her to make it real might cost him his political career. #bluepit📖 #R #HS #A #Q

JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F

HAMNET x NOSFERATU The black sheep of a powerful 14th-century Irish family pursues a forbidden romance with the eternally young banshee who’s haunted his estate for generations, but as the bubonic plague closes in he must choose between the living and the dead. #BluePit 📖 #A #Q #H #HS #D #Gothic

Selected for 2025 SmoochPit Mentorship THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a heart-devouring fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #amquerying

SAVE THE DATE: #SEAsianPit is back again 🎉 This time as an official pitch event ‼️ May 30, 2026 Check out the list of participating agents and amendments in the event rules in the 🔗 or 🧵

Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...

so beyond grateful to have ended 2025 with a literary agent 🫶🏼 in 2026, I’ll be preparing my adult fantasy, CONDUCT OF MAGES, for submission! #querying #queryingauthors #queryingupdate #literaryagent #fantasyauthor #writingcommunity

DAY 8 / 50 of my #firsrdraftin50 days #writingchallenge ADDED WC: 2,266 TOTAL WC: 12,467 as a pantser the first draft feels like a choose your own adventure book where any decision can send the story in an entirely different direction 🙃 #amwriting #fantasyauthor #writingupdate #writingcommunity

10K words in 7 days 😈 trying to get as much of [PROJECT PIGEON] done by early January bc that’s when I’ll have to turn my attention back to CONDUCT OF MAGES for fun! reasons! #writingchallenge #firstdraftin50days #amwriting #fantasyauthor #writingcommunity #writer #authorslife

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by Elizabeth Pratt at Trellis Literary Management. Elizabeth’s enthusiasm for CONDUCT OF MAGES & vision for my writing career is truly what dreams are made of and I’m so excited for what comes next! #writingcommunity #writingupdate #writer #agented

day 6 of #firstdraftin50 days: +2,061 words for a total of 9,141 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON] #amwriting #writingchallenge #amwritingfantasy #fantasyauthor

day 5 of #firstdraftin50 days: +2,528 words for a total of 7,080 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON] #writingchallenge #amwriting #writingabook

day 4 of #firstdraftin50 days: +1,821 words for a total of 4,552 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON] 🐦

day 3 of #firstdraftin50 days: +801 words for a total of 2,731 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON] 🐦

day 2 of #firstdraftin50 days: +1,037 words for a total of 1,930 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON]

day one of #firstdraftin50 days: 893 words completed for [PROJECT PIGEON]

JADE CITY x HEARTLESS HUNTER When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage Ren, to unravel the connection b/w the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #A #F #Questpit #Q #querying

In Vega’s world, survival means surrendering memories to an arcane intelligence. Doomed to die as sacrifice, she cheats fate with forbidden magic—but her family's curse hunts her brother instead. To save him, Vega must uncover the truth her world was made to forget. #QuestPit #YA #F #SFF #Q #RF

WAKE was inspired by HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE w/: ~A self-sacrificing girl cursed w/ unwanted magic ~Who ends up living w/ a defective group ~Where she's teased w/ a feathery secret ~They develop a found family ~& she falls for 1 of them Coming Spring 27 #QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R

SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist

Things ruining Rhen’s Day: 🩸 Her prophesied power never manifests 👑 Being stripped of her titles as heir ⚔️ A (hot) man prevents her from unlocking her power 👁️ An arcane force tries to kill her when she's near the sea (she lives seaside) 🌊 The truth about her brother’s death #QuestPit #W #A #F