The new Agent's Guide to MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ───── At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable. ───── ⋆⋅🩸⋅⋆ ─────

it's a beautiful day for a #fullrequestfriday... 👀

My new YA novel HALF THE WORLD AWAY is out 11th November! It's an LGBTQ+ book set during Section 28. Pre-order now at linktree.com/jamesalyons Published by @srlpublishing.bsky.social

📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣 Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit! Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025! Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7! Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!

I take long enough between writing projects that by the time I finish them I always feel like I’ve forgotten how to write a query letter 😭😂

Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning! Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇

#PosterPit with ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest & 10+ full requests 🥀 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN x WEDNESDAY As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . . #Q #MG #M #H

WEDNESDAY x IT (2017) Denny super messed up. In his quest to find his missing sister, he burned down some houses to kill some monsters, which released a serial killer ghost. To make things worse, the only medium who can help would rather play the cello than save strangers. #QueerPit #YA #M #H

NETTLE & BONE x ANATHEMA Fen hungers for Lenore’s beating heart. That’s love, right? Lenore is haunted by Fen’s fanged grin. Clearly the cure is to murder her. But with 2 lost siblings—1 long gone, 1 newly taken—those desires must wait. The bog plans to devour them all. #QueerPit #NA #DF #FR #F #R

In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds—but in Greer Manor, so will the flowers . . . 🥀 🔍 whodunnit mystery 🥀 deadly botanicals 🗝️ “Everyone in this manor has secrets” 🍃 searching the lake at night 🕷️ creepy crawlies & ghosts #QueerPit #MG #M #H

Summer, 1920. Eight children must play 14-year-old Alistair’s dangerous games, where understanding him may be the only way to outpace him—and escape the summer alive. ft: 🎹 haunted piano playing ☎️ cut phone cords 🐊 crocodiles that shouldn’t be there #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

THIS RAVENOUS FATE x MEN IN BLACK The deadly legends that prowl the bayou eat more than just souls—and one wants Elle’s heart for her own. 🫀Deep Southern cryptids 🫀sapphic pining 🫀coming of rage 🫀monsters as a metaphor for queerness & disability #questpit #W #YA #H #R

Proudly presenting my new guide for my revised manuscript w/ ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest! In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds. But in this Iris-istibly deadly mystery, so will the flowers that lurk around Greer Manor. . . 🥀 #questpit #MG #Q #H #MY

Sapphic vampires, secret societies, AND dark academia vibes??? These flirty lesbians stole my heart! 4.5 🌟

If the cast of ✨What Lurks Beneath the Glass✨ were a bunch of cats🥀 #UnhingedPit #Q #MG #H #MY

As WHEN INK SWALLOWS THE SUN begins hitting agent inboxes, here's an updated #agentsguide, ft. 🪭An eldritch craving belonging 🏹A failing chosen one 🪭A pampered heir losing it all 🏹A saboteur of her own rebellion ❤️ this post or DM if interested! #agentguide #F #A #writingcommunity

When you reread that crazy snippet you just HAD to write at 3 am, and it’s kinda 🔥🔥🔥

Oooh, excited to see what everyone’s working on!!

I realized I hadn't posted my #agentsguide seperate from Questpit yet, so here it is!

And that’s a wrap! I’ll be announcing both winners tomorrow!

✨1K GIVEAWAY✨ To celebrate meeting 1k of the wonderful #WritingCommunity, I’m doing a 30 page giveaway!!! To enter: follow, and tell me something unique about your book or wip! Entries will be open until 12pm est 5/24 and a winner will be chosen on Sunday. Good luck!!

Y’know, getting ready to move and being stuck in a blur of packing tape and cardboard is not very conducive to writing 🫠 The creative beast is yearning to escape!

An agent’s guide to The Love In Your Words: a YA Romance set in Liverpool, where a selectively mute girl falls for an autistic polyglot who helps her embrace her Chinese heritage and neurodivergence. #YA #Romance #writingcommunity #litagents #agentguide

Delighted to announce that I am now represented by Anna at Intersaga Literary Agency Ltd. Anna really understood my “The Dragnificent Seven” manuscript, and after meeting, I know they get what this book is, and we both share a vision of how and where to take it forward together. Exciting times!

I primarily write fantasy, horror, and mystery, but I also like to dabble in genre blending with queer romance and historical fiction! Sometimes I think I want to write Sci-fi, and add to my speculative umbrella, but I just can’t seem to get into it 😅 #CRPBees

#Agents I started querying my gothic Sapphic fantasy! Shadow sorceress Evelyn has been having nightmares of a monster seeking to use her powers. Together with witch Lydia she must find out what the monster wants from her, before she loses herself to it.

Current WIP stage: It’s like you’re walking your dog and it goes longer than you wanted because they have so much energy—then suddenly they see a squirrel but you’re still attached to the leash and get dragged along for the ride. You don’t really know when, or where it’ll end 😅 #CRPBees #CampRevPit

Bonus #PosterPitW This wip already has agent interest & will make its debut in the trenches soon 😘🫀🕯️ “I pierced her skin with trembling hands. Shoulders hunching together as I carved my knife into her, like she was no better than a beast waiting to be butchered.” #YA #R #H

#PosterPitQ with ✨Big 5+✨ editor interest 🥀 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . . #PosterPit #MG #M #H

Quite happy to say that I saw my #10Queries email this morning with some AMAZING feedback by an absolutely fabulous editor! Congrats to everyone who got in or was shortlisted!!! 🙌

The scent of flowers lingered in the air as she strode down the hall. Roses maybe . . . ? No. This was lighter, a touch more exotic. This was the scent of vanilla cookies, and finely crystallized sugar cakes which were served during tea. Then, the slight hint of hyacinths. #1stLinePit #Q #MG #M #H

Here's my agent's guide to THIS FAITH YOU BLEED FOR, an adult gothic fan(g)tasy, complete at 104k. #amquerying

The scent of flowers lingered in the air as she strode down the hall. Roses maybe . . . ? No. This was lighter, a touch more exotic. This was the scent of vanilla cookies, and finely crystallized sugar cakes which were served during tea. Then, the slight hint of hyacinths. #1stLinePit #Q #MG #M #H

Pitching my horrormance (BayouWIP) as random posts without ANY context. These girlies are stabby, sapphic, AND psychotic! 🫀🕯️🐺🥀 #UnhingedPit #YA #W #LGBT #H #R

THE NIGHT OF THE TRIFFIDS x ALICE IN WONDERLAND The girls catch their main suspect—except it doesn’t quite go as planned when he kinda gets eaten mid-interrogation #UnhingedPit #MG #Q #H #MY

That feeling you get when you let the intended audience read your #amquerying book (ie judgy little 11/12 year olds)

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS x THE SECRET GARDEN As ghosts appear and people disappear—the gardeners at Greer Manor seem to be planting more than just flowers . . . 🥀✨big 5✨editor interest 🥀 plant horror 🥀 spooky séances 🥀 flower language #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #MG #Q

Yes yes yes!!! I have nothing but my utmost congrats for you in achieving such amazing stats and signing with such a wonderful agent!!! Well done Rowan!! 🙌🎉🥂

Y’all 👀 Y’ALL!!! 👀 I got my FIRST! EVER! FULL REQUEST yesterday!!!!!! 😱🙌 Aaaaahhh!!!! The query was only FIVE days old and it wasn’t even a solicited query!?!?!?! Like omg, I’m literally jumping up and down 😭😭🫶 #WritingCommunity #amquerying

As always #questpit was AMAZING!!! Thanks y’all for the support on my querying novel (2 more agent likes today!😱) and on my newest projects! I was utterly stunned by all the wonderful pitches today—I’m definitely gonna need a bigger bookshelf when these awesome books come out 🫶

Bonus moodboard for the WIP that I sporadically add to 😚 SHE IS A HAUNTING x HOUSE OF ROOTS & RUIN x MACBETH #questpit #W #YA #DF #H

Southern monsters are threatening to destroy everything Elle stands for, her mom’s clinic, and her bakery. When she falls in love with one she must choose between love, and having everyone around her destroyed. But what if they’re one and the same? #BayouWIP #questpit #W #YA #R #H

One of my favorite books of 2024 🫶

These bloodthirsty flowers have already snapped up the interest of a ✨BIG 5✨ editor 🥀 #litagents, if you’re looking for a book that’s reminiscent of THE SECRET GARDEN & LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, ❤️ and these monstrous plants can be in your inbox too! #questpit #Q #MG #PR #MY #H

It’s that time again! BEHOOVED and many other titles are 25% off at Barnes & Noble. It feels weird to be doing book promo in the current times, but this is also a time when it’s super important to support debuts and diverse voices 💜

Dear #litagents, my 40,000 word paranormal mystery has received ✨Big 5✨ editor interest in recent pitch events!!! Perfect for fans of historical horror with a botanical twist! Don’t you want this query in your inbox so you can snap it up before the flowers do? 🥀 #MiseryPit #Q #MG #HM

This was one of my absolute favorite reads of 2024!! 😍🙌 Now let’s make it one of your favorite books of ✨2025✨ #litagents

I’m a massive fan of bubblegum horror, AND there’s sapphic pining?!?!? YES! 😍🫶

Love it! 😍

Vampires and found family??? Sign me up! 🙌