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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · 17d

Whiskey Business x What Happens in Amsterdam

The 🌶️ scenes in Your Pace or Mine? (A running romance) as @tryquinnapp.bsky.social audio briefs.

#unhingedpit #Q #A #R

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · 17d

Spanish Love Deception x King of Sloth

She needs a date to a wedding in Lake Como. He needs to pretend he’s finally settling down to keep his trust fund.

If Televisa produced All or Nothing—A fake dating F1 romance #unhingedpit #A #W

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you! 💗

Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thank you!! 💗

Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

The only things waiting for her at the finish line will be a medal and a banana.

💗Sports romance
👟complete at 95k words
💗Whiskey Business x What Happens in Amsterdam

Trailer 🎶: Into You by Ariana Grande

#PosterPit #Q #R #A #C

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hi Nikki! Thank you so much for your message 💗 would love to send you my query materials!

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

The only things waiting for her at the finish line will be a medal and a banana.

💗Sports romance
👟complete at 95k words
💗Whiskey Business x What Happens in Amsterdam

Trailer 🎶: Into You by Ariana Grande

#PosterPit #Q #R #A #C

Movie poster
Picture: two people running
Text: a Netflix original movie
Tags: dual pov, run club meet cute, set in Amsterdam, workplace romance, Latinx rep
Title: your pace or mine?
Text: they say in your late twenties you’re either getting married or… training for a marathon
Now querying

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · Aug 16

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind
#PosterPit #YA #H #AG

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

Drive to Survive x The Spanish Love Deception

High stakes on and off the race track 🏎️🏁

Trailer 🎶: Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

#Posterpit #W #C #R #A

Movie poster with two pictures: one at the top of a female racing driver and one at the bottom of a man painting on a canvas.

Text: Sofia Montenegro and Diego Castillo
A fake dating formula one romance
Title: All or Nothing
Tags: dual pov, childhood enemies to lovers, fake dating, Latinx rep, bi rep, FMC F1 driver, they’re both really rich, lake Como, Sicily, Monaco Grand Prix, Dutch Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix, British Grand Prix.
Coming soon

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

🤩🤩🤩

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Lights out and away we go!🚦
To Lake Como, Italy, that is.

ALL OR NOTHING is a fake dating F1 romance.

Drive to Survive x The Spanish Love Deception

#questpit #W #A #R #f1 #formula1

All or Nothing a fake dating Formula 1 romance

The pitch: Diego, telecom nepo baby, agrees to fake date Sofia—F1 driver sponsored by his family’s company—for a wedding in Lake Como, but when the lines between what’s real and what’s fake begin to blur, they’ll have to decide if they’re still pretending or all in.

Moodboard
1. Man painting on a canvas
2. Race driver
3. Grand Prix picture with Red Bull leading
4. Town of Bellagio, Italy
5. Man about to kiss woman
6. View from an aesthetic wooden motor boat
7. Shirtless man
8. Woman posing in front of Lake Como
9. Man kissing woman

What to expect:
Dual POV
FMC F1 racing driver
Childhood enemies to lovers
Fake dating
Latinx rep
Bi rep
They’re both really rich

Comparative titles:
Drive to survive x The Spanish Love Deception and Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

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Jessie Mavery @jessiemavery.bsky.social · Aug 6

💖 Claire has lost her job, her relationship, and her confidence.
All she has left is her best friend, Nick.
When a long-suppressed crush turns into a no-strings summer fling in Cape Cod, Claire believes she has it all. But it’s only temporary.

#questpit #R #A #W (soon #Q) #AgentGuide

Collage with summer photos and tropes for romance book

Beige postcard with written pitch for romance book and comp titles.

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m hooked!

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

This sounds so good!!

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Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · Aug 6

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance
☕ Cozy Vibes

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes

The Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company

A garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door.

A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.

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rach ⊹ ࣪ ˖ is QUERYING! @omgrachwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

A hopeless single gets stuck on a couples camping trip with the guy from high school who sabotaged her love life, and she's determined to finally find out why, even if it means making her favorite week of the year miserable for them both.

✨ 19 requests ✨

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #OwnVoices #AANHPI

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you! 💗 and same to you 🤞

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Katie Knightley @katieknightley.bsky.social · Aug 6

Working at an all-inclusive island resort is all fun and games until Quinn's one-night stand becomes her teammate in a competition that puts their jobs and hearts on the line.

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #AgentGuide

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

I need this book!!!

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Omg!!!

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ahhhh!!!! Thank you 🥹💗

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Amanda @romancerunner.bsky.social · Aug 6

DRIVE TO SURVIVE x THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION

Sofia and Diego, two chidhood enemies, agree to fake date for a wedding in Lake Como, but when the lines between what’s real and what’s fake begin to blur, they’ll have to decide if they are done pretending or all in.

#questpit #A #R #W