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Harriet Ward
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writer, world traveler, some assorted other things.

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Harriet Ward @harrietward.bsky.social · 3d
I will soon be querying DRAG YOU DOWN, a contemporary fantasy following a mermaid hunter who, after dying in an accident at sea, is forced to contend with her family's legacy when a curse revives her as a flesh-eating siren and she falls for the "monster" who saved her.

#QuestPit #A #F #h #r #lgbt
harrietward.bsky.social
hmmm... might have to pester my local theater and see if I can add some juice to getting Iron Lung in Taiwan
February 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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One more bump for #QuestPit!
harrietward.bsky.social Harriet Ward @harrietward.bsky.social · 3d
#Agents I am currently querying DIVINE BLOOD, a voice heavy, character driven romantic fantasy told from the point of view of a corrupt king's evil advisor - and love interest.

TWs: Classism, power imbalance, violence. The FMC and MMC have a very unpleasant start.
#questpit #Q #F #DF #R #A
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
harrietward.bsky.social
Sending this out for #questpit one more time!
harrietward.bsky.social Harriet Ward @harrietward.bsky.social · 3d
I will soon be querying DRAG YOU DOWN, a contemporary fantasy following a mermaid hunter who, after dying in an accident at sea, is forced to contend with her family's legacy when a curse revives her as a flesh-eating siren and she falls for the "monster" who saved her.

#QuestPit #A #F #h #r #lgbt
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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abbyschiano.bsky.social
🌊 SALTWATER SAINTS | 75k words | Upmarket Fiction

Set against the backdrop of an idealistic beach town, SALTWATER SAINTS explores friendship, love in all its stages, and the consequences of living your entire life for other people—and what happens when you finally decide to stop.

#questpit #q #a
Stylized movie poster of saltwater saints
February 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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emiliayoung.bsky.social
THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSub 2026!)

Shameless x Riverdale (s1) x AGGGTM

☕️ Drama-Mystery with Romance
📓 Runaway x Boy Next Door
☕️ 90s Small-Town Murder Mystery
📓 Found Family
☕️ Genderfluid and Pan Rep
📓 Mental Health Rep
☕️ Fake Identity Turned Real Identity

#QuestPit #YA
#AG #OS #EditorsGuide
emiliayoung.bsky.social Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 4d
#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSubmission 2026!)

Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?

#QuestPit #YA #MY #R
#AG #OS #OWN #LGBT
Editor’s Guide To: The Things We Run For YA Drama Mystery with Romance 94k Words Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media 4/13/1996 Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden. What we know: -Runaway in Hiding -Fake Identity (turned real identity) -Mental Health Rep -Genderfluid and Pan Rep -Found Family -90s Small-Town Nostalgia At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys 6/23/1996 “The Hills have Eyes” There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy sitting at a school desk, writing something into a notebook. In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026
January 31, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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emiliayoung.bsky.social
MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

🐦‍⬛ Romantic Fantasy with Politics
📖 Assassin x Thief
🐦‍⬛ Unlikely Allies to Lovers
📖 Women’s Wrongs
🐦‍⬛ LGBTQ+ and Mental Health Rep
📖 Forced Proximity
🐦‍⬛ Class Differences
📖 Secret Codes
🐦‍⬛ Murders at Court

#QuestPit #EditorsGuide
#OS #Editors
emiliayoung.bsky.social Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 4d
MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖

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 #YA #A #F #RF
#OS #DIS #EditorsGuide #Editors
Editor's Guide To MARK OF A MAGPIE Crossover Romantic Fantasy 118k Words Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas 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 who has 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 be a fool to take up, but with her family scattered across the sea after the draft, a fool is what she’ll need to be to find them. Five for Silver, Six for Gold… Seven is set on his own plans, however much they interfere with hers, and they won’t be the only ones in attendance with hidden agendas. Once whispers of the past begin to resurface and nobles begin dying around them, it’s survival of the cunning and silver-tongued. The castle is under lockdown, and all bets for the crown are placed on their capture. Seven for a Secret, Never to Be Told. Text is on a piece of parchment. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. Tropes and Themes - Thief x Assassin - Mental Health Rep - Identity vs Duty - Class Difference - Forced Proximity - Secret Code - Morally Gray - Women's Wrongs - Unlikely Allies to Lovers Comps: Throne of Glass's castle-setting murder mystery and theme of "who you are versus what you have to do" meets the banter-heavy dialogue, strong female protagonist, and nautical setting of Daughter of the Pirate King. Text is on a piece of parchment. Beside the text are two headshot drawings: one of a girl with brown hair pulled back by braids, and the other of a black-haired boy with a worried expression. Behind the parchment are blue seas and gold flower outlines. 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. Picture seven shows a bottle of alcohol. Picture eight has a medieval alleyway. And picture eight shows a ship's crew enjoying a sunset. There is text below the collage that says: ON SUBMISSION NOW! Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media, contact information available on my website! Behind the parchment, with gold flower outlines surrounding it.
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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aryazare.bsky.social
A DEVOTION SO RUINOUS is a 90K adult fantasy following Soraya, a young woman tormented by a jinn, a dictator, and her first love, as she fights for freedom

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT characters
🧠 Mental Health Rep
🌍 Middle Eastern Setting
✨ Gods Based Magic System
❤️ Lovers To Enemies
#️⃣ Own Voices

#QuestPit #Q #F #A
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
harrietward.bsky.social
The wonderful @mavzell.bsky.social
made art of the love interest of my new novel Drag You Down - go give him some love and check out my pinned to see my #QuestPit pitch for DYD - especially if you're an agent! I plan to start querying this month.
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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frankiesutton.bsky.social
#QuestPit
Daisy Jones x Celine Dion

Good Idea!: team up with a semi-retired music manager
Bad Idea?: fall in love with him

She's gonna be famous.
She just hopes it's pop star and not reality TV star.
#Q #A #WF #RF
left leaning film strip: hand on a turntable, spotlight on female singer, fake news left upright film strip: paparazzi hounding female singer and her dj, a hand on a recording studio soundboard, concert crowd right upright film strip: female singer right leaning film strip: vip placard. there is a record and music notes in a blank space created by the film strips mentioned above. background: film strips, purple roses, flight tickets and a globe.
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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carolinekwriting.bsky.social
SINNERS x INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE x BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL

❤️Vampire marriage bonds
🖤Dark secrets Femmine rage
🖕🏾Black/African rage Ancestral Magic
💔Narrative that spans 200 years 🖤🖤Forgotten memories
❤️Ride or die love
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #R
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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lujudin.bsky.social
THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH x SAPPHIC

Rhea Ripley-esque grumpy and the sunshine priestess who kidnaps her.

💥magic & consequences
🏳️‍🌈queer found family
🌸powerful women
🏰slavic elements
💔forced proximity quest
🌌gods and cults
⚔️battling propaganda

#Q #A #F #questpit #agentsguide
A dark, blue themed collage. Is says: An Agent's Guide to The Earth-Shattering God. A 87,000 word adult fantasy novel by Lucia Judinova. In the middle is a veiled, mysterious woman, the sea angry behind her. Then a cropped picture of angry eyes, a clipart of a dagger and a vial. A quote that says: The feminine is not dead. Nor is she sleeping. Angry, yes. Seething, yes. A pitch. The background is brown and white themed, dark, a group of women from the back, all wearing white robes. It says: On the 100th anniversary of the gods' banishment, a common thief, anny Jame, accidentally uses her divine, elemental power and garners the attention of a ruthless cult wanting to bring the gods back. The priestess they send is everything she is not. Bianca is infuriating and beautiful, but mostly brainwashed by her Order. When Bianca learns Danny is her ticket to restoring the gods to their rightful place, she magically binds them together, forcing anny onto a reluctant quest to gather objects infused with godly essence. The background is dark and blue, a hallway, some pillars. There are comps: The Knight and the Moth, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Sweet & Bitter Magic, Godkiller, Six of Crows, A Dark and Drowning Tide. There is also a snippet fron the novel: Her vision tunneled. Moments before Danny passed out, the woman finally hurried closer. "So sorry!" she called, getting nearer. The pain receded and Danny collapsed to the ground, scraping her elbow. "I wanted to see if it worked. Terribly sorry about that. I'm Bianca." "Don't... care," Danny pushed through gritted teeth. Aftershocks of pain rocked her body, muscles tensing and unclenching "I had no other choice, Im afraid." Bianca knelt at her side. The rage channeled in Danny's gaze did not scare her off.She had the nerve to smile down at her. "You are a Link. A true, living and breathing Link. How wonderful to meet you." A blinding grin spread, showing incisors bent slightly to the sides. "We'll do great things together. Divine things, Daniela, absolutely divine." A dark collage: a woman raising rocks in the air, around a picture of a satin white robe, next to it a sweet, happy woman smiling, with long, blond curls. On the other side a picture of a medieval mercenary-looking outfit. Leather, boots, a dagger. Beneath a picture of a serious woman with short dark hair, face a little scratched up and bloody. Over the pictures, are the tropes and themes is bold blue lettering: girls supporting girls (rights and wrongs), powerful women, queer found family, sapphic love, forced proximity quest, battling propaganda and secret societies, magic stolen from gods with consequences, 'enemies to would kill for you' ragtag crew.
January 31, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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michaeltkuester.com
An agent's guide to SEVEN DAYS ON SAMARKAND:

JURASSIC PARK x THE EXPANSE

Five thousand of Earth's best and brightest hope to coexist with an alien biosphere. But on a planet populated by dinosaurs, is that even possible? #QuestPit #SF #A #Q #U
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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ginadobson.bsky.social
I asked for protection from my abuser & was told I had no proof. He made false claim about my miscarriage & I was arrested--also without proof.
True story of being silenced by justice.
#Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN
Woman with black eye and tape over her mouth that says SPEAK
January 31, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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stephaniesucharski.bsky.social
Adult mother-led romantasy: Reality remembers it was once magic. Hunted by gods, a mother bound to an interdimensional commander must choose between love and destruction.

⚡ soul bond
🌍 parallel dimensions
🗿 stone & static magic
🔥 slow-burn romance
❤️ feral motherhood

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF #S
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
harrietward.bsky.social
I will soon be querying DRAG YOU DOWN, a contemporary fantasy following a mermaid hunter who, after dying in an accident at sea, is forced to contend with her family's legacy when a curse revives her as a flesh-eating siren and she falls for the "monster" who saved her.

#QuestPit #A #F #h #r #lgbt
January 31, 2026 at 5:21 PM
harrietward.bsky.social
#Agents I am currently querying DIVINE BLOOD, a voice heavy, character driven romantic fantasy told from the point of view of a corrupt king's evil advisor - and love interest.

TWs: Classism, power imbalance, violence. The FMC and MMC have a very unpleasant start.
#questpit #Q #F #DF #R #A
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
harrietward.bsky.social
Welp! I found out about #QuestPit two hours ago and live in Taiwan, where it is currently one AM, so there will be no graphic from me. But! Let's do this!
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
NO
marketing email from Greyhound with subject line "Want a weekend adventure to brag about?"
January 20, 2026 at 6:26 PM
harrietward.bsky.social
The juvenile malaysian night heron that lives by my dorms
#photography #birds
A large brown bird with white kottling and yellow-gold eyes. Dinosaur-esque A large brown bird with white kottling and yellow-gold eyes. It has a head frill partially displayed in warning.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
harrietward.bsky.social
Fireworks off dadaocheng park. The crowd was absolutely insane
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
harrietward.bsky.social
I think I'm going to pause short fiction for a little while to focus on editing my novels. I'm so close to done at this point, one of them will be ready for pitching after this last revision 🤞
September 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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unburntwitch.com
This writer must be having the most batshit day
September 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
harrietward.bsky.social
My first published story is up in Quills and Tales magazine! You can subscribe for free to get it and the rest of the issue in your inbox.

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Quills & Tales
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August 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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jenyetagain.bsky.social
"moby dick" is how fans shorten the title it's actualy mobile suit richard
August 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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mdbell79.bsky.social
DO SOMETHING ALREADY, the writer yelled, hoping for action, choice, revelation. His characters did not hear, lost as they were in pages and pages of senseless interiority, dreaming of sprawling backstories, of dialogue they decided not to say and of things they would not actually do, ever ever ever.
August 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM