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Mackenzie Crone

@macthecrone.bsky.social

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Writer. Librarian turned bookseller. Recovering medievalist. Swamp witch irrevocably in love with the mountains. Rep: @helenlane.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · May 7

ALL THAT'S LEFT IN THE WORLD x UNDER THE SURFACE

He wants to give his sister a better life. She wants to leave her past behind. For either one to survive, they must destroy the person they've come to love the most.

#questpit #OS #AG #editorsguide

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 3d

Workplace rivalry with a side of romance? Sold!

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 3d

This looks so good!!!

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

The degree to which I am obsessed with this book is not healthy

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

So easy. Nothing will go wrong. Ever.

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Darkness outside us comp!!!! Yaaaas

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

This sounds so good!!! 🔥

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

The way I had to restrain myself from hitting the like button…

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Love these comps!

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Too late, bags are already here

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh, I need this book so bad!

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Cults and fog? I am sat and listening because I need this.

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Rival exes in a fight for survival? I’m so down

Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no, I can already feel this story moving in, getting read to live rent free in my head

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · 4d

Gremlin boys with a side of crime? I’m in!

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · May 30

Having been part of a group a few years back that later used swapped materials to speak poorly of fellow writers in secret group chats, and at times publicly harass them (when I found out, I almost quit writing), I can’t echo this loud enough

Helen Lane @helenlane.bsky.social · May 30

General Post. PLEASE be careful with beta group swaps.

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Camri Kohler @camrikohler.bsky.social · May 28

Hello Readers!
I will be attending the Summer Book Fest local author signing event at @barnesandnoble.com in Murray, UT this Saturday! Stop by from 4-7 PM and kick start your summer the right way! 😎☀️🏝️

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · May 27

Take a look at my updated #agentguide / #agentsguide for the YA fantasy manuscript I #amquerying

A greenish gray background with an image of a foggy island and the text “An Agent’s Guide to FORGED IN DARKNESS YA Celtic-inspired fantasy 89k”

THE PITCH
A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god — otherwise, her life belongs to the island's fog-worshiping cult.

SNIPPET

Cold wind burned Barra's cheeks as she exited the church, but at least the rain had stopped. She gazed out over the cliffside and down to the harbor, where three ships nearing completion swayed in the choppy water. Barra tensed at the sight. If only she could destroy them and everything they stood for.

The Salt Sisters at work below were like a swarm of ants, and the sound of their steady hammering carried across the breeze. Barra eyed the shrouded sun's position in the sky. The solstice ever-neared, along with the vows she was pledged to take.

COMPS
The cover of The Hedgewitch of Foxhall with “Slow burn” and “Celtic setting” the cover of BLADE OF SECRETS with “Blacksmith MC” and “Anxiety Rep” and the cover of THE BONE HOUSES with “Banter/Humor” and “Dangerous quest”

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Natalie is ✨ seeking new rep ✨ @natalielouise83.bsky.social · May 7

Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything…

🌊 Multi-POV
🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’
🌊 Horror elements
🌊 Orcadian folklore
🌊 Atmospheric setting
🌊 Twisty plot
🌊 Editor interest

#questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide

Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner.

The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue.

Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers

The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’
Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears.
Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’

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Rissa Allen (is querying) @honeyscribbles.bsky.social · May 7

CATCH YOU IN THE TREES is a YA thriller set in the Pacific NorthWest where, in order to clear her name, a high school senior must team up with her XC co-captain and nemesis, the boyfriend of a missing girl—and the last person to see her alive.

#questpit #Q #YA #T #agentguide

An agent’s guide to Catch You In the Trees
YA thriller romance
Approximately 92k words

Comp Titles:
Nothing More to Tell, Karen McManus
AGGGTM, Holly Jackson
They’ll Never Catch Us, Jessica Goodman

Unconventional Comps
The Marauders Era
PLL (2010)
Cruel Summer (2021)
Tropes/Vibes
Rivals to lovers
Running culture
Private school
Chaotic academia
Dual timeline
Dual pov
Ride or die friendships
A good old murder board

It’s always the boyfriend, right? Mowich Bay can take one vanishing teen, but not two. Lennie Torres’s senior year captaining the XC team turns deadly when her ex-bff goes missing and she ends up a suspect. Her only way out? Team up with nemesis golden boy Lysander Hayes, the boyfriend of the missing girl—and the last person to see her alive. But Lysander’s not the only one keeping secrets, and if both Lennie and Lysander want to make it through XC season? They’re going to have to figure out how to trust each other or somebody’s going to end up dead.

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Hayes takes my hand, wrapping his fingers firmly around mine. “Deal.” His eyes glint an odd silver in the chrome and linoleum hallway and I think of people making deals with devils at cross roads. I wonder if they get the same storm of nerves I have swirling in my blood right now.
I don’t trust Hayes.
But I need him.
“Deal.”

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · May 7

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R #RF
#agentsguide #amquerying

An agent’s guide to: “Mark of a Magpie”
YA Romantic Fantasy
119k Words

Behind the text is a piece of parchment paper surrounded by ocean water and gold flower outlines.

Blurb:

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy…
Ryn is a small-town thief with a knack for being overconfident in her abilities, but by day she’s a beloved tavern girl with the liver of steel that carries her reputation. On her most daring break-in yet, she runs face first into the kingdom’s last living assassin, Seven, and he’s just offered her the opportunity of a century: a ticket of attendance to the King’s upcoming courtship gathering. It’s a partnership she’d definitely be a fool to take up, but desperation fuels ever decision she makes.
Five for Silver, Six for Gold…
Seven is set in his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. When the castle goes into lockdown, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The rich are dropped like flies, and all suspicions are on them.
Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told.

The text is on a piece of parchment paper, with ocean water and gold flower outlines behind it.

The Atmosphere:
There is a collage of pictures on a parchment paper. Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two is of two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture three shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture four shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture five is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture six is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand.

Behind the collage of pictures are ocean waters, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.

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Mackenzie Crone @macthecrone.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you!

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Author Kelly G @authorkellyg.bsky.social · May 7

THE CURSE OF MILA GOJSALIĆ is a high-stakes retelling of two prominent Slavic myths—the mysterious death of King Zvonimir and the legend of Croatian heroine Mila Gojsalić.

#questpit #OS #editorsguide #A #F

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Thea Lyons 🌈 Updates Only. Please 👀 at my 📚. 💜 @alethearlyons.bsky.social · May 7

Harper's on a #QuestPit to stop an arcane killer. The only way to catch them is with illegal magic, punishable by death, but every murder is on her conscience. The closer she gets to the truth, the more she wonders, whose side she should be on-human or supernatural.

#A #P #F #DF

3 column moodboard in greenish misty colours.
1. A crystal ball, book and other witchy stuff
A woman holding a crystal ball
A white cat
2. Full moon over trees with text, "The Hiding, Reawakening, The Somnia"
Dark, rippling water with text, "Seer of York"
3. Misty treetops
The Shambles, York
A black candle on the corner of a piece of paper with a seven-pointed star.

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Lex Lamb @lexlambwrites.bsky.social · May 7

You'll like OF RAGING TIDES if you enjoy:

🌊 a stabby FMC with a thirst for blood or should I say drowning?
🌊 sexy spar scenes (she does pull his hair mid fight)
🌊a society where touching bare hands is *gasp* scandalous
🌊 he's my enemy...but wait he's hot

#questpit #Q

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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · May 7

STARLING HOUSE X CRIMSON PEAK
Alloson & John are trapped in a ghostly limbo, where a haunted house & dark forces threaten to end them. Spirits come to life at a nightly ball, spinning a mystery they must solve before becoming ghosts themselves.
#QuestPit #W #A #PR #H

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: A GUIDE TO ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL, HEATHER CARTER

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: THE PITCH: ALLOSON AND JOHN ARE TRAPPED IN A DECREPIT MANSION THAT COMES TO LIFE NIGHTLY WITH A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD BALL. AMID FLOODING ROOMS, DEMONIC LIONS, AND VIOLENT ENTITIES, THEY MUST BREAK THE CURSE OR BECOME GHOSTS THEMSELVES. COMPS: STARLING HOUSE X CRIMSON PEAK

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: THE TROPES: ADULT GOTHIC ROMANCE, AMNESIA, GHOSTS, TIME TRAVEL/LOOP, HORROR AND ROMANCE, FANTASY ELEMENTS, SPICE

A STAIRCASE WITH A WROUGHT-IRON RAILING IN FRONT OF A CRUMBLING BLUE WALL WITH TEXT THAT READS: OPENING LINES: I DRIFTED ON A STRANGE SEA BBETWEEN WORLDS. BLIPS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THEN? TRAPPED IN A NIGHTMARE OF CLAWS AND DARKNESS. YES, IT HAD TO BE A DREAM. THE HAZY EDGES AND ECHOING RUMBLES FILTERED THROUGH WHAT SHOULD'VE BEEN A HARSH LINE BETWEEN THE WAKING WORLD AND THE REALM OF SLEEP.

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