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DEMON CHEVALIER - 100k adult gothic romantasy | #amwriting ReaperWIP | advocate of healthy masculinity, hard-earned HEAs & characters in their 30s | Filipino-German from 🇨🇭| 📸: author.vaughnroe | Rep: Tianna Kelly, Neighborhood Literary
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Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 21d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Editors,❤️ or 📩 my agent.

DEMON CHEVALIER - on sub soon
adult gothic pnr x romantasy

demon x exorcist | 30+
enemies-to-lovers
Hades x Persephone vibes
soul deals
courtship on Earth x illegal liaison in Hell
spice
hard-earned HEA

NEON GODS x PHANTASMA
THE KNIGHT & THE MOTH
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Editors,❤️ or 📩 my agent.

DEMON CHEVALIER - on sub soon

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he's meant to damn, not crave. To keep her from Hell's chains, he'd burn every throne, betray every devil...and sacrifice his very soul.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Editors,❤️ or 📩 my agent.

DEMON CHEVALIER - on sub soon

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he's meant to damn, not crave. To keep her from Hell's chains, he'd burn every throne, betray every devil...and sacrifice his very soul.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
#editorsguide

DEMON CHEVALIER is a 100k enemies-to-lovers adult gothic pnr x romantasy homage to chivalry & consent.

✨soon on sub✨

demon x exorcist | 30+
jaded pianist x his muse
soul deals x secrets
yearning x spice
hard-earned HEA
Earth x Hell
grounded 2ndary world

📩 or ❤️ if interested
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
#editorsguide

DEMON CHEVALIER is a 100k enemies-to-lovers adult gothic pnr x romantasy homage to chivalry & consent.

✨soon on sub✨

demon x exorcist | 30+
jaded pianist x his muse
soul deals x secrets
yearning x spice
hard-earned HEA
Earth x Hell
grounded 2ndary world

📩 or ❤️ if interested
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
convincing you to read my gothic pnr x romantasy with the first sentence 📜👹

#WritingCommunity #editors #agented
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
convincing you to read my gothic pnr x romantasy with the first sentence 📜👹

#WritingCommunity #editors #agented
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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storytellertalent.bsky.social
“Being a literary agent is part contracts, part reading, and a whole lot of fun! In my bio you can find the link to query me...” - Kayla Bramante, Literary Agent, Storyteller Talent Agency storytellertalent.com #indieauthor #literaryagent #authortok #publishing #bookdeal
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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jestrudel.bsky.social
If you've received my "I only read your query, not your manuscript" form response, you might feel perplexed about where you went wrong. Here are two lists to give you a little insight into my thought process of what does and does not affect my evaluation of your query. #writingcommunityً #amquerying
Query "mistakes" I don't care about: typos, using the wrong name, accidentally using the wrong pronoun or salutation, no comps provided, an amateur book blurb, or lack of personalization about why you chose me. Query mistakes I actually care about: Submitting in an audience category I don't rep, submitting in a genre I don't rep, not telling me about the plot of your story, no providing metadata, going way over or under established wordcounts, or submitting an early draft not beta read by others.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Bound by blood & soul to a dying reaper, a mercenary is tempted by treason when fate offers freedom before the curse kills him too—but when love blooms, it forges a bond worth dying for.

fem. villain romance
male lead x Asian FMC | 30+
Witcher vibes

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF #WIP
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Editors, DEMON CHEVALIER—an adult gothic pnr x romantasy—is a 100k enemies-to-lovers standalone.

yearning x swoon galore
THE KNIGHT & THE MOTH

forbidden love x soul deals
PHANTASMA

evocative prose
A DOWRY OF BLOOD

grounded 2ndary world x spice
NEON GODS

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
Cursed to perish unless blood is offered in love, Yverdon—a reckless vampire king—captures the last witch alive to trick death, but when affection blooms, the price for his cure proves a sacrifice he would survive…but not his heart.

standalone

#QuestPit #agented #A #RF #WIP
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨✨Agented✨✨

Proud to share that I’m repped by Tianna Kelly at Neighborhood Literary!

I’m so happy to have found the right champion for Demon Chevalier & all my future books.

+ an acquisitions editor from a NY publisher already expressed interest 😭we’re not even on sub yet!

#agented #editorsguide
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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writingdaywksp.bsky.social
AGENT SPOTLIGHT: Victoria Harris of The Caldwell Agency!

@myreadingnook.bsky.social answers some of our most pressing questions and discusses their advice for authors hoping to make it. Learn more, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog

#amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨✨Agented✨✨

Proud to share that I’m repped by Tianna Kelly at Neighborhood Literary!

I’m so happy to have found the right champion for Demon Chevalier & all my future books.

+ an acquisitions editor from a NY publisher already expressed interest 😭we’re not even on sub yet!

#agented #editorsguide
November 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
DEMON CHEVALIER
1 🔥editor like🔥 & it’s from an editor who recently acquired a romantasy by a booksta/booktok-known author 🥳

#QuestPit was amaazing!! Thank you guys for supporting me 🖤🖤🖤

🫠 happy 🫠

#editorsguide #agented
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 21d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
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ANNOUNCEMENT POST
coming tomorrow - 11/07 - 11am EST

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#agented #editors #writingcommunity
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 21d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social
✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨

ANNOUNCEMENT POST
coming tomorrow - 11/07 - 11am EST

✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨👀✨

#agented #editors #writingcommunity
authorvaughnroe.bsky.social Vaughn Roe | agented | adult romantasy @authorvaughnroe.bsky.social · 21d
DEMON CHEVALIER | editor guide
100k standalone

Demon Zarazîn steals an exorcist into Hell like a forbidden fruit from Eden—an enemy he is meant to damn, not crave. But if exposed, his treason will cost him everything...his lover's life and his very soul.

#QuestPit #AG #A #RF
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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authort-lee.bsky.social
MARTYR! x THE NAMES but isekai

Max sees no future for himself until death reshapes him into a noble in an alternate ancient East Asia. As Yoon, he has it all: status, affection, & a prediction that his love is lethal. Is life worth living if it comes at others’ suffering?
#QuestPit #Q #A #LF #HF #F
This is a flowery graphic with post-reincarnation Yoon on the left and pre-reincarnation Max on the right, but turned at an angle with their character artworks facing each other. Above fancy robe-wearing Yoon there are lines that read: In the stillness of death, he immortalized her as his ever-loving, ever-living flower. It would be an eternity of affection. Above florist-uniformed Max are the lines: It wouldn't be so bad if this were the end, he thought... In their family, inconvenient things were silently buried. Especially death.
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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snlefebvre.bsky.social
BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING X CEMETERY BOYS

📝Ghostwriter to a ghost
💗Pastel paranormal
👻Vengeful spirit
🎭Haunted theater
🖤Séance-gone-awry
🌴Florida summer vibes (but spooky)
🌈F/F romance (not with the ghost!)
💕One bed

#questpit #YA #PR #LGBT #Q
A collage of images that represent the vibe of the book, including a pastel blue and pink beach, a blue and pink sky behind palm trees, a pink ouija keychain, pain roller skates, pink hair, a pink building behind palm trees, fingers typing on a laptop keyboard, a black and white photo of a woman in 1920s attire, white converse on a longboard, a glowing red theatre sign, and a red and gold theatre stage. Hearts surround a pink text box. The text reads: Sadie expects to be an amateur ghost hunter for a night at a haunted theater, not the sole witness to her favorite paranormal author’s death. Now she’ll have to team up with the author’s living sister to stop a vengeful spirit and help a ghost finish her final manuscript before someone else winds up dead.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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brittneyjoan.bsky.social
A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her ex leaves her with rent she can’t afford—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient, and in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever🐾
#QuestPit #A #R #Q
Title page for an agent's guide to KNOW YOU BETTER, adult plus-size romcom. Green background, two character stock photos, photos in polaroids to of tattooed hand holding, a corgi + golden retriever, and a Red Wings game "Know You Better" one-paragraph pitch: After her boyfriend of six years moves out and leaves her with rent she can’t afford, retail manager Sydney Bennett is barely hanging on—juggling long shifts and a side hustle dog-sitting for clients with the worst-behaved pets in Metro Detroit. When she meets Owen Sutton in the personal care aisle after a rant about two “demonic Pomeranians,” he’s instantly charmed—and in need of a sitter for his own, much better-behaved dogs. What starts as a business arrangement turns into something gentler and deeper: a slow-burning romance between two people still healing from betrayal. But as Sydney faces losing her apartment and Owen’s past betrayal comes back to haunt him, they’ll have to decide if the safety they’ve found in each other is worth risking their hearts for. On a green background with two stock images of the characters A sample of writing on the left from Know You Better, as well as 4 images of comp titles, including their book covers and information. Savor It by Tarah DeWitt for the sizzling banter & tension. You With a View by Jessica Joyce for the emotional exploration of starting over. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez for acts of service as a love language. And Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen for the plus-size confidence. Tropes of "Know You Better" and character images, stock, along with information about the characters. Sydney Sage Bennett: 30, Aquarius, Retail Ops Manager. Empathetic. Competitive. Amazing cook. Loves hockey. Sarcasm as a shield. Pilates girlie. Brunch is her love language. Poor spending habits. Younger sister. Sworn off relationships to focus on herself. Owen James Sutton: 31, Cancer, National Events Manager. Patient and loyal. Flirty. Loves hockey. Bottles everything up. Former company co-founder. Amazing dog dad. Acts of service. Takes care of his elderly neighbor. Older brother. Prone to emotional spill-overs.
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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duaceren.bsky.social
On an island quietly haunted by ghosts of grieving women, a depressed chocolatier teams up with five strangers—with scars of their own—to find their killer. Of the six, only five are really alive.

Spirited Away x Shutter Island

#QuestPit #W #A #F #T #PR
“She makes death taste like chocolate.” Picture of a girl in a white dress in a dark lake with her arm over her chest and white roses over her torso. “Grave of flowers by Dua Ceren Ay” Grave of Flowers by Dua Ceren Ay Opening Lines: Every sane person knows better than to paint their walls eggshell white, but electric blue? That had to be a crime. Like whoever decided on the color scheme of this place was avoiding the topic altogether; yes, we were all crazy in here, and yes, we all knew they wanted to avoid the clichés. So, no straitjackets, no padded rooms, no dull hospital gowns, just rooms and rooms and rooms of color until we bored ourselves to sleep or knocked ourselves out from the overstimulation. We had Kelsie the high schooler folks who had become regulars around here liked to call Iron Fist—to thank for that demonstration. It was just that the windows didn't open from the bottom, everything had a soft edge or lock, and the nurses had a way of always smiling at us as if we birthed their children. It was the little things that poked me. So it was even more ridiculous that the early morning hour made the place seem... peaceful. Comps. A Flicker in The Dark by Stacy Willingham: past repeats itself, small town, investigation. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Depressed MC, Magical Realism, Healing and new beginnings. Anxious people by Fredrik Backman: dysfunctional group of friends, social isolation, hope Tropes: found family, unreliable narrator, treasure hunt/investigation, lost memories, small town. Themes: second coming-of-age, feminism, identity, overcoming trauma, friendship
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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ohreallytheatre.bsky.social
Napoleon is dead. His corpse has been stolen.

The accused? A fame-hungry AF female *gasp* grave digger.

The only one who believes she's innocent? A tomb raider cursed to speak in lies.

The ones who did it? a cult of shapeshifter crows.

8 requests from #PItchDis!

#questpit #A #H #Romantasy
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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alibarwrites.bsky.social
My Sister The Serial Killer X Such A Fun Age X Yellowface

💷Sterile wealth
💭Inner cynical monologues
🇬🇧UK vibes
🤰🏾Post maternity
🪞Identity and race

Murdering your ex-boss is hard. Murdering him in his Chelsea mansion? 75% harder🔪

#questpit #W #A #T
A black woman on poster with text Text on black background Text on black background Book covers on black background
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM