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YA Fantasy Writer Currently Querying: #TheAreynianStorm, a #YA #NA #BIPOC #Fantasy

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · May 7

Caught between two rivals—a domineering brute and a manipulative strategist—a Black teen coveted for her power must join one in a coup or risk a deadly escape before their infamous leader returns to end her. Assuming, of course, the brute's situationship doesn't kill her first. #Q #YA #F #Questpit

The Areynian Storm, a YA Fantasy w/crossover potential, 98k words

Power Grants Choices
17-year-old Art was given a power that only the Big Bad has, so when she is captured she has two options before her inevitable return: risk a deadly escape in defiance of beings who have already mastered what she does not, or join one of the two seeking an alliance to cement a new leadership, though any such pact is sure to be temporary.
Time is only running out.

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Art took two steps to follow her.
“I have not dismissed you.”
Art paused and rocked on her heels. She felt the prickle of his gaze and tried to hide the clenching of her fists by stroking the palm of her hands with her fingers. “Dinner’s over,” she said without looking back at him.
“Stay. It is a night of celebration.” Art stood there debating if she would. Her mind buzzed. Was Myra okay? What if she really needed her—
“Your markings have grown.”
She turned then and didn’t bother to hide the irritation on her face.
Only, Galon wasn’t looking at her face. His gaze was lower, aimed at the curve of her hip.
“I prefer my woman in skirts.” His gaze lifted to her eyes. “They suit your form better.”

Two god-like rivals.
An emotional side-chick.
Death’s imminent return.

The Areynian Storm by Krys Plummer, a ya fantasy w/crossover potential 98k-words

Art’s power is feared, despised, and yet everyone wants it.

She possesses the oldest ability of the god-like beings who sought to dominate her world and will one day be able to control others and reality. So she was raised here, with us, in New York, shackled by expectations and condemned to play a pivotal role in a war she never wanted to fight.

But when she is captured and caught between two of these god-like rivals seeking an alliance to become the new HBIC, an emotional side chick, and Death’s imminent return, Art finally realizes a savage truth:
power grants choices.

Everyone expects her to save her world, but Art doesn’t have a savior complex.

She didn’t ask for this.

And we have no maids here.

Featuring: body-based magic system, strong BIPOC rep, action, romance, manipulation and twists, and a complex ensemble case who drive the plot forward.

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

FUNNY STORY x SUMMER ROMANCE + WHEN HARRY MET SALLY x THE WEDDING SINGER

✨Two Broken Hearts. One Pact. A Year to Rewrite Their Story.✨

*Same universe as MS I'm querying, Love, Lies, and Letting Go ( #agentsguide 📌) but works as a standalone

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #WF w/ #R #A #W #AgentGuide

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alexa bosy @alexabosy.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Borrowers x Disney Fairies

Dandelion the house fairy loves her life in the country, but when an unexpected move takes her out of her comfort zone she is taught by the friends she makes how to love her new home too.

#F #MG #W #BluePit 💥 #GN

an illustration of three fairy characters in a lineup.

the first, dandelion, is a tall skinny young woman with messy platinum hair. she wears green shortalls over a brown shirt and black leggings and has a crossbody bag closed with a large button.

the second, fig, is a shorter light skinned young man with short medium blond hair with floppy bangs. he has a stocky build and wears a grey and maroon shirt with tan pants and brown boots.

the third, thimble, is a short non-binary fairy with tanned skin and red hair. they wear a green sweater over a tan romper with grey socks and tan boots and hold a human sized penny, very large next to them.

an illustration of three fairy characters in a lineup.

the first, lace, is a dark skinned young woman with her braided hair tied up in a top bun. she wears a perwinkle knee-length dress with pink shoes and holds a human-sized sewing needle.

the second, birch, is a tall dark skinned young man with short cropped dark hair. he wears a blue sweater with black pants and white shoes and holds onto a human sized sharpened yellow pencil.

the third, penny, is a light skinned young woman with black hair pulled into pigtails and held by human-sized plastic beads. she wears a green dress with black leggings and brown slouchy boots. at her waist is a belted bag held with a button.

a three panel comic page of a fairy girl with messy platinum hair. in the first panel she hides from raindrops under a flower, in the second she reaches out to a field mouse. in the third she flies to camera against the backdrop of a giant lush meadow.

a comic page of dandelion, the fairy. in the first three panels she sadly looks over her shoulder. in the last, largest panel she sits on a windowsill gloomily looking out the window at skyscrapers in a city

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

#BluePit personal note: I wrote this book after realizing I’d normalized things I knew were wrong. It was therapeutic and something I hope my kids read one day as adults. It’s about loss, mistakes, insecurities, 🤍and still choosing hope❤️
#BluePit📖 #WF w/ #R #AgentsGuide📌 #Q #OV 🇵🇭 #litagents

#BluePit #writers note: I wrote this book after realizing I’d normalized things I knew were wrong. It was therapeutic and something I hope my kids read one day as adults. It’s about mistakes, insecurities, and still choosing hope. #BluePit📖 #WF w/ #R #AgentsGuide📌 #Q #OV #bookclubfiction #litagents

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · Jul 14

Beautiful artwork by the one and only @kaelidem.bsky.social 💙

krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · Jul 14

Raised in NY, 17-year-old Art is unaccustomed to the games of dominance and manipulation that the powerful people of her world play. So when she is captured and brought there, she is forced to reckon with the fact that she is tragically out of her depth.
But... Art *is* learning.
#Bluepit #Q #YA #F

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you so much Rachel 💙

krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · Jul 10

Guys!! I’m back and better than ever! I passed my board exam 🥳 and I have some character art by @kaelidem.bsky.social that I’m soo eager to share, but I see there’s a pitch event on Sunday, so I’ll wait until then 😉 I’m also moving tomorrow, so busy busy busy. Glad to be back in touch 💙

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wow! Haven’t been on here in forever! So sorry, but I just wanted to let everyone know I’m on hiatus. As I transition in my healthcare career, I will continue to devote all my energy for the next month or so to preparing for and passing my board exam. Looking forward to connecting soon! Thanks!

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krys plummer @krysplummer.bsky.social · May 7

Guys, #Questpit isn’t over yet, but I am SO grateful for all the support 🫶🏽 Your pitches are AMAZING! Honestly, I understand now why querying is so arduous—there’s TOO MANY great concepts and agents can’t possibly represent them all. I’m actively reviewing to show support 💙 Thanks again :)

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Danielle D Drummond 📚🖋️ is querying @danidrummondauthor.bsky.social · May 7

The Never Girl = Cinderella + Powerless + One Dark Window

A father's betrayal. A stepmother's torment. When Alinsia's cursed flames finally answer her rage, she'll burn every bridge to find the truth beyond the wall—if the Keepers don't catch her first.

#questpit #Q #A #F #DF #RF

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Chloe Marcus @chloemarcus.bsky.social · May 7

🪨Nerdy rock collector
🏰A society deep in the earth
🔮Dream fueled magic
☠️Ancient life-sucking monsters closing in
🤐All tangled around a terrible secret

#ya #fantasy #questpit

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Loretta Kate @lkate-montierth.bsky.social · May 7

ARCANE X FOR SHE IS WRATH

❤️‍🩹 Slow Burn Sapphic Enemies to Lovers
👯‍♀️ Long Lost Sisters
⚔️ Revenge Plots
🏛️ Corrupt Empire
🏝️ Magical Remote Island
🔥 Feminine Rage
🐉 Two Different Dragon-esque Uncontrollable Magical Abilities
🩶 Morally Gray

#Questpit #Agentsguide #Q #F #A #NA

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · May 7

#Q ACE OF SPADESxGLEExDO REVENGE

🕵️ Dual POV
❤️ Complex friendships
🌪️ Super twisty mystery

When 16yo Adelina’s bestie Jo vanishes after stalker texts, she teams up with 17yo Adam to investigate—only to discover Jo never existed.

Just who are they trying to save?

#QuestPit #YA #MY #T #POC #ND #OWN

Agent guide to YA MST “Stars Apart”

Image includes two well dressed teenagers in front of curtains, the girl holds a note saying “I’m sorry, my stalker’s back. This is goodbye.”

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · May 7

GEORGIE, ALL ALONG x EASY A

Lacey wants to forget high school—until Ethan calls in a favor. Now she’s planning their reunion, fake dating & facing truths she’d rather leave behind 🎬 Teen movie vibes for adults
*set in the same universe as 📌 post that I #amquerying
#questpit #w #WF w/ #R #litagents

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Demi Michelle 🦋 Seeking New Rep @demimschwartz.bsky.social · May 7

Seeking a new champion for the bejeweled book of my heart! 💎❄️🤍
A FLURRY OF SNOW AND GEMSTONES features:
💎 original gemstone magic
💎 found family
💎 reincarnation intrigue
💎 folklore
💎 forbidden romance
💎 a wintery island setting near Antarctica
#QuestPit #YA #F #Q

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · May 7

OFFICE SPACE × THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

2089, death is a luxury for the rich, and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a spiteful coworker and a depressed trillionaire force him to rethink his talents and what a “happy ending” means in a world with a price tag on your last smile.

#QuestPit #A #SF #W

The image shows a movie poster for "HAPPY DEATH INC." written and directed by B VAN BODEGOM. The poster features a person lying on what appears to be a pillow or white surface, dressed in a black suit with a white collar and dark tie. The person has a forced smile on their face. Overlaid on the image in large white handwritten-style text are the words "HAPPY DEATH INC." At the top of the poster is the tagline "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" At the bottom corners are award-style laurels with the descriptions "Darkly Funny" on the left and "Social Commentary" on the right. The overall tone of the poster suggests a dark comedy or satirical thriller about a business related to death services.

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Lily Traina is Seeing Stars @lilytrainaauthor.bsky.social · May 7

🤩Seeing Stars🤩

A fake dating idol x fan romantic comedy for fans of:

🎧 2000s romcoms like How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days
🎧 One Direction (in particular, Made In The A.M.)
🎧 fat women who are confident in their bodies
🎧 people pleaser x guy who loves her for her

Now querying!

#questpit #Q #A #R

An orange background with an array of gray-green buildings and light yellow stars. Text in the center reads: agent’s guide to Seeing Stars by Lily D’Anieri. Adult, contemporary romantic comedy, 89,000 words.

Text on an orange background reading:
PITCH

When people-pleasing music journalist Addie DiMarco is assigned a last-minute interview with pop star Jacob Prizer, she plans to keep it quiet that she used to be a megafan of Jacob’s now-defunct boy band. After a flop of a solo debut, Jacob’s manager wants him to enter a PR relationship to make him desirable again. Allured by Addie’s personality, Jacob convinces her to be his date to a gala. When the public responds well, one date becomes a 4-month contract.

As they get to know each other over weeks of public outings, they realize that faking it isn’t as easy as it seems. Addie dreads what will happen if Jacob—or the whole world—finds out she used to be a fan. Jacob is still struggling to find himself in the wake of his boy band days, and a relationship with Addie might be his first shot at something genuine in years. Between Addie’s lie, Jacob’s tumultuous career, and both reckoning with the lingering effects of fandom culture, they’ll have to decide between who they really are and who they pretend to be.

Tropes and Comps. An array of book covers and tropes, with arrows connecting the books to the tropes they represent.

Tropes:
1. Critique of celebrity culture
2. Fan X Idol
3. Black Cat MMC X Golden Retriever FMC
4. Dating in the Spotlight
5. Fabulously fat heroine
6. Whimsical fake dating
7. “You’re the only one I let my guard down for.”

Comps (and the tropes they represent):
The Comeback by Lily Chu (1, 2)
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe (2, 4)
Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey (2, 3, 4)
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (4, 6)
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (5, 6, 7)

Text on an orange background. The headline is in and says EXCERPT. Below, the excerpt reads as following:

“Are you familiar with the group driVe? They’re defunct now, but they were quite big a few years ago. My daughter was obsessed.”
My palms itch. “I’m familiar with them.”
A massive understatement. driVe had been the band of all bands to me for a solid five years when I was in college and in my post-grad haze. I was a diehard Passenger and saw them in concert more times than I’d like to admit, thanks to the D.C. to New York to Boston Amtrak. I had an anonymous Twitter account dedicated to them that I only closed a few months ago when the random bot notifications got to be too annoying. When I started my music blog, it had taken a concentrated effort to review their releases unbiasedly when I so badly wanted to give them all perfect ratings.
I remember the day they announced their hiatus better than my college graduation. I was distraught. I still have Alec’s goodbye tweet memorized: “We hope you’ll wait a little for us.” Liar. They could call it a break or a hiatus all they wanted, but we all knew what it really was—the end. One Direction called it a break, too, and look where that’s left us.
I listen, hair on end, as Helen tells me about the band I once contemplated getting a tattoo for. “Well, they’ve all started going solo, and one of them lives in New York. He released an album, though it was a couple of months ago now.”

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · May 7

Him💫My life’s a mess, and my focus must be my son. I’ve no time for the French houseguest the language school sent me by mistake. Except when we talk, I feel this connection with her. Then comes longing.
But she’s off-limits—and only in Berlin for the summer.
#QuestPit #Q #A #R

Moodboard. Title: One Summer in Berlin. Main image: man and woman embracing (designed by Freepik freepik.com; colorized by me)

Moodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Includes: Before Sunrise movie poster; Every Summer After (Carley Fortune) book cover; Heartless (Elsie Silver) book cover; Kilt Trip (Alexandra Kiley) book cover. Keywords: slow burn; friends to lovers; heartfelt; multicultural; '90s retro; spicy chemistry; single dad; forced proximity; destination romance

Moodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Beta reader quotes: "Great story with a beautifully crafted relationship"; “I found myself rooting for them from the beginning”; "Perfect blend of emotional and sexy"; "Lots of humor"; “The reveal was great”; “It definitely felt like I was there”; “I liked how the history was interwoven”

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Kala is Querying @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · May 7

REBECCAxRIVIERAxTHE PERFECT COUPLE
A woman is dead. She knew secrets; people hated her.
Everyone has a motive, esp. those Listy loves. She’s always tried to do the right thing but this is different, isn’t it? Some secrets are best left buried.
So why're they coming out now?
#Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY

The Vibes
Top central is a video of a woman's hand picking up a mobile phone with an image below of a Whatsapp message saying in capital letters 'I KNOW WHAT YOU DID'. Below this is a woman in a black evening dress standing on a staircase and looking over her shoulder. Various photos surround this. - the Acropolis at night; a villa and swimming pool at night; a Mrs Danvers type silhouette parting fine, lace curtains; a man in white shirtsleeves looking pensive; two different photos of a couple embracing - one comforting, the other romantic. Photos at the bottom are: a half-shaded pic of a man nuzzling the back of a woman's neck; a man and woman's clasped hands; the silhouette of a man in a long coat walking away. The last photo is of a tearful woman, her elbows on her knees, her hands raised to her face.

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · May 7

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q

Early Magic: Two witches. A portal. And lots of homework. Also a hot vet. And a perfect pair of Prada boots.
"Clueless meets The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"

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miawrites.bsky.social @miawrites.bsky.social · May 7

#questpit #q #agentguide

An #agentsguide to my AUTHOR BRAND ✨️

- grounded & contemp #f
- tropes: outsiders, f helplessness, games, VT small towns, parent's secret lives, plot& voice, biracial ❤️

SOME
-portal
-episolary
-bridge pub age gaps

Me? bipoc/adoptee, strategy-minded, editorial agent 🤞🏽

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kathleen 🤠 @kathleengraeme.bsky.social · May 7

SALTBURN X SECRET HISTORY
After a death on campus, the prestigious men’s club opens its doors to one reporter to observe their secret rituals but what seems harmless quickly turns sinister and she’s the only one who can see it.

Not all gods are meant to be worshiped
#questpit #A #T

First row: left: southern church on fire, middle: man having his soul sucked out from dark entity, right: young man taking selfie with a marble bust
Middle row: left: man holding up another young man who looks wounded, middle: dark background with white text “god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own”, right: man holding a water logged woman in a dress by a river
Bottom row: left: PowerPoint saying “we are fucked” with someone holding a pointer to the words, middle: two girls leaning on each other in the back of a car, right; painting of a bride kissing a dark angel

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maggie @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · May 7

CW drama x evermore

How many chances do you have before losing the love of your life? When Jasper's ex from her teen years comes back into her life at a wedding, in the place where they fell in love and fell apart, the feelings are still there, but the trust isn't.

#questpit #a #r

trope board: photo of couple hugging at sunset as background

Strangers to lovers to strangers to ...?
2 timelines
second chance
forced proximity
he falls first,
she’s oblivious
family drama
it’s a summer AND
a winter romance
messy fmc x
cinnamon roll mmc
set in canada
single pov
2010s nostalgia

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · May 7

Grim Portents

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of

📖 #Q #A #DF #PR #Hu #H #QuestPit

Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand gripping a feather, emerging from a flaming book over a maze

Poster Cover for Grim Portents featuring Bill and Sonny. Bill is a dark featured man in a suit and kind of a Mark Ruffalo vibe. Sonny is a rotting corpse man with a cardigan. Behind them are a girl with glowing eyes and a glowing book, a woman with a shotgun, two shadow creatures, and the face of a demon. The words GRIM PORTENTS are big and in a classic Indiana Jones Style font

"I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow.
But now the monster had been given a name, an identity.
It was real."
BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK.
NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS.
FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE.

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