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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I’m actually working on a NA romantasy manuscript very similar to that 😂 🤫

Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wanted to give my little YA Fantasy book a shoutout today for surviving 7 weeks in the query trenches so far ✨💌🌠 I’m so proud of this work and these characters and I know something great lies ahead!! 🫶🏻💫🌌

#amquerying #yafantasy #agentsguide

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy #1stlinepit! In honor, I wanted to share the opening lines of my Divine Rivals x OUABH YA fantasy here as well!

✨A talented pianist journeys across purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside the God of Time’s brooding Apprentice to save her sick sister’s life✨

#amquerying

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

Omg what an honor 🥹 Thank you @posterpitevent.bsky.social for hosting such a fun event!! The writer community is truly unmatched 🫶🏻🌠😭💫 This book means so much to me, and I truly felt the love this weekend!!

PosterPit @posterpitevent.bsky.social · Aug 18

BEST FONTS:
1st: @LilyWzy_
2nd: Jacob Foster
3rd: Kelly Young
Runner-Up: @themakaylaleigh

#POSTERPIT AWARDS
BEST FONTS
When Ink Swallows
The Sun
A NOVEL BY LILY WZY
IDLE OF A
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Jacob Föster
NTAS DRED HAIS
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METAMORPHOSIS
Calliope" LeClaire
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#POSTERPIT AWARDS
BEST FONTS: RUNNER-UP
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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you so much 😭🫶🏼🥰

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you so much!! Yes, she’s a pianist and the love interest is an artist 🫶🏼💫🌌

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PosterPit @posterpitevent.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hello #PosterPit people! We have some EXCITING news!! As our August event comes to a close in 3 hours, we'll be hosting... a #PosterPit Awards Ceremony under the hashtag #PosterPitAwards!

You will get a chance to nominate your favorite posters for a plethora of categories 🧵

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds to save her sick sister’s life

🧡 YA fantasy standalone
🫶🏼 slowburn romance
🌌 dual-POV
⏳ gods based on human psyche
🌠 sister-story
💫 whimsical island in the sky
📖 themes of identity & self-acceptance
🕰️ emotional-core

#posterpit #Q #F #YA

The Metamorphosis of Calliopd LeClaire - 94K Romantic Fantasy Standalone by Kelly Young

Graphic pictures boy and girl standing in starry field with cotton candy clouds.

Pitch: In order to restore the erased record of her existence and convince the God of Time to save her sick sister’s life, seventeen-year-old Calliope LeClaire embarks on a perilous journey across a starlit purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside Time’s sullen Apprentice, Jasper DeWitte.

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

A young pianist embarks on a perilous quest through purgatory-in-the-clouds to convince the God of Time to save her sick sister’s life

🧡 YA fantasy standalone
🫶🏼 slowburn romance
🌌 dual-POV
⏳ gods based on human psyche
🌠 sister-story
💫 whimsical island setting
🕰️ emotional-core

#posterpit #Q #F #YA

The Metamorphosis of Calliope LeClaire by Kelly Young (94k YA romantic fantasy standalone)

Pitch: In order to restore the erased record of her existence and convince the God of Time to save her sick sister’s life, seventeen-year-old Calliope LeClaire embarks on a perilous journey across a starlit purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside Time’s sullen Apprentice, Jasper DeWitte.

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you!!! 🌌🫶🏼🌠

Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you so much!! ☺️ 🌠💫

Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you so much 🌠🥹

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you so much!! 🌌🫶💫

Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds alongside the God of Time’s brooding Apprentice to save her sick sister’s life

🧡 YA fantasy standalone
🌌 dual-POV
⏳ forced proximity
🌠 sister-story
💫 whimsical island
📖 gods based on human psyche
🕰️ emotional-core

#posterpit #Q #F #YA

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you so much! 📖💫🌌

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Tien Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · Aug 16

Slice-of-life Isekai x June Farrow x East Asian classics

🫂 love vs. fate
❤️‍🔥 the 1 you love vs. the 1 who loves you
🐉 Asian fairytales
🪭 sentimental man & decisive women
✒️ pen pals & soulmates
🩸 sins of the parents
🕰️ timeless societal pressures
📕 multi-POV
✏️ newly revised!
#PosterPit #Q #A #LF #HF #F

This Years of Red Tears movie poster features the MMC both in his past life as a present-day florist with flowers on the left and in his current life as an ancient noble holding a book on the right. He’s surrounded by wispy clouds featuring a faceless woman in the background. Near the top, there’s descriptive text that reads: “A modern-day failure turned aristocrat, an alternate East Asian past, a prophecy to harm others with his love, and an exploration of trauma and privilege. In the center are laurels ft. quotes that say “Masterful, lyrical prose,” beta #1, “dreamy,” #Revpit editor, “fascinating,” literary agent, and “breaks my heart,” beta #2. The pitch at the bottom: Love & success have eluded Max his entire short life. Being spontaneously reborn as an ancient noble should mean he could completely leave his self-doubt & troubled family behind. However, wealth & unconditional devotion from others come at a cost. To live how he wants with who he wants, he must wed a stranger & become the next foreign minister. All while ignoring a prophecy saying others will suffer bc of his affection. Querying this September

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

This looks so good!! I love the art and anything that comps to Adrienne Young is automatically a win in my book 🫶🏼

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you so much! This made my day 🥹🫶🏼

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Aug 16

THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN is now in query inboxes near you ✨

#PosterPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q #amquerying

A faux movie poster for The Pirate, the Princess, and John featuring a silhouetted ship sailing on a layered blue ocean toward a distant castle under a pale moon, with three character names at the top: “Amir (the pirate),” “Mira (the princess),” and “John (for now).”

Below the ship is the quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that isn’t what ships are built for.” The title appears in large white serif letters, and at the bottom is the tagline: “YA fantasy, 82k, multi-POV; anti-colonial, non-Western, political intrigue; besties to lovers, found family, platonic ‘touch her and die’; strong girls, big feelings, sharp prose; diverse, queer, magical.” The author’s X handle @SARADURANAUTHOR and Bluesky handle SARADURAN.BSKY.SOCIAL appear in the lower right corner.

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds to save her sick sister’s life

🧡 YA fantasy standalone
🫶🏼 slowburn romance
🌌 dual-POV
⏳ gods based on human psyche
🌠 sister-story
💫 whimsical island in the sky
📖 themes of identity & self-acceptance
🕰️ emotional-core

#posterpit #Q #F #YA

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you!! 💫🌌🕰️

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landry is querying ☀️⚔️ @landrypwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

an #agentsguide to my debut adult romantasy novel SUMMER’S SWORD currently complete at 100,000 words ☀️⚔️

if you love:
-headstrong heroines
-bisexual rep
-political intrigue
-faeries and magic

then this is for you! ✨

#questpit #RF #Q

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landry is querying ☀️⚔️ @landrypwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

see the magical, sometimes terrifying, world of Maledonia through Addy’s eyes in SUMMER’S SWORD, my debut adult romantasy, perfect if you love:

• enemies to lovers (✨/⚔️)
• love triangles (♟️/✨/⚔️
• lies and deception (👀)

#questpit #RF #Q

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

A young pianist travels through purgatory-in-the-clouds to save her sick sister’s life

🧡 YA romantasy standalone
🌌 dual-POV
⏳ grumpy x sunshine
🌠 forced proximity
💫 whimsical island in the sky
📖 themes of identity & self-acceptance
🕰️ emotional-core

#questpit #F #YA #RF #Q #amquerying #agentguide

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Kelly Young is ✨querying✨ @kyoungwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you so much 🫶

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