There are a lot of #MSWL posts going around and I love that!
I just want authors to remember NOT to self reject.
Your book doesnโt have to be a perfect match to a MSWL
If the agent takes fantasy and you have fantasy take your shot! โค๏ธ
Donโt stress it!
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AmWriting
Natascha is very high on my list, as my next project also fits her wishlist (ren faire fairies), but Iโm currently working on getting my manuscript from adult to new adult as Natascha is not open to adult submission at this time. I hope to query her next week ๐ thank you so much for mentioning!
Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: An agent's guide to Overcoming An 89,000 word adult contemporary romance by Kate Cooper
Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Pitch Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airline's secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowan's parents. Just as they give in to the attraction they've tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.
Excerpt Angela releases him, and I get my first look at the photojournalist every woman swoons over. His tan skin contrasts with the light blue of his button-up, the sleeves of which are rolled up to his elbows. His curly black hair and dark stubble give him a rugged look that would make me a little weak in the knees if I wasnโt already sitting. โIโm so pleased you agreed to join us for this story! This is your partner, Rowan Adams.โ โPleasure to meet you.โ I stand and hold out my hand, forgetting itโs wet from the condensation on the iced latte I set on Angelaโs desk. โLikewise." he gives me the shortest handshake known to man before pulling back and glaring down at his wet palm. โSorry! I promise itโs nothing gross. Just water.โ I grab my coffee and hold it up to show that Iโm not a liar, but it slips out of my hand. Time slows as the cup tips through the air and the lid pops off. The liquid douses his bag and my favorite flats, and I clap a hand over my mouth, horrified. His expression is less than amused.
Background: top view of a table with 2 sets of hands, a map, a laptop, a camera, notebooks, and pens Text: Comps and tropes Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace romance, second chance at love, fear of loving again, mental health representation Book covers at bottom of image (from left to right): Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry The Right Move by Liz Tomforde Marlowe Banks, Redesigned by Jacqueline Firkins
โจUpdated Agent Guideโจ
Sheโs afraid of flying, heโs afraid of falling. When they discover a hitman for hire scheme posing as an airline, they must face their fears together.
#BluePit๐ #Q #A #R
The Poison Chalice
Charmed x Shadow hunters x A Touch Of Darkness
90k appx words
She must make an alliance with the good guys (Maith). He is the son of the devil. He offers a different alliance. She wants freedom.
โค๏ธ He falls first/harder
๐คซ Family secrets
๐ Betrayals
#Cupit #A #RF #WIP
Art by EmArtStew on Instagram: A digital art drawing of a woman who stands staring off to the side of the camera. She has long loose curly brown hair, brown eyes, and brown skin. She is wearing a medieval style green dress with embellishments, and a necklace complete with golden wedding band.
KATABASIS X NETTLE AND BONE: a 79,000 word crossover romantic fantasy where a murdered bride must team up with a Mage-Knight to escape Hell and return to save the living from the clutches of the witch who killed her.
#Cupit #RoFa #POC #LGBT #YA #NA #WIP
*Image commissioned from @EmArtStew on IG
top left quote: "I've fallen in love with you, Rowan, and I didn't think that would be possible again after Grace. But it is. I love you." bottom left quote: "You are worth every ounce of pain and hardship I have been through." Right text: Overcoming An 89,000 word adult contemporary romance Journalist Rowan Adams refuses to let the death of her parents define her. Charlie Shaw, a brooding photojournalist, swore off women forever after being left at the altar. Together, they interview the sole survivor of a plane crash and unintentionally uncover the airlineโs secret purpose as hitmen and a surprising connection to Rowanโs parents. Just as they give in to the attraction theyโve tried to ignore, a threatening email forces Charlie to betray Rowan and destroy her chance at justice for her parents.
Happy Valentine's Day, and happy #cupit!
She's afraid of flying. He's afraid to fall. When they discover a hitman for hire scheme posing as an airline, they must face their fears together.
Now querying!
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#CR #MHR #A #Q #writesky #writingcommunity
Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're extremely attracted to each other.
It's only natural that they become friends with benefits.
Soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.
#Cupit #CR #A #AmQuerying
Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... ryde cassidy is a catch... welcome, contestants, to LAST CHANCE MATCH an adult speculative sci fi horromance
Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... the humanoid host is a bitch... but it makes a killer pitch Without a government-appointed soulmate, 28-year-old Cera faces extermination at thirty, the age at which soulmateless are killed to aid in population control and limiting resources. A new dating show, Last Chance Match, sets out to change the luck of the soulmateless and give them another shot at finding their other half. Cera is chosen to participate, but is quickly deflated when sheโs paired with the infuriatingly attractive but mysterious Ryde. The show takes a dark turn when a fellow contestant is killed by the robot host, forcing Cera and Ryde to fight for their happily ever afterโand to make it out alive.
Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... the government is betraying... here's what the viewers are saying Lots of snippets from beta/alpha comments
Black bg with pink paper heart strung, almost ripped in half roses are red... cera should have seen the signs... especially with these opening lines The old holovision in the corner of Konaโs Diner projected the fuzzy image of a news reporter. A patron passed by it, their arm grazing the hologram. It skipped as the woman tilted her head, but her raven-colored bob stayed perfectly placed. โWithin the next hour, eighteen lucky individuals will be notified via holomessage if theyโve been chosen to partake in Last Chance Match. To quote President Blanche, this initiative will allow for select soulmateless to find the one whoโs to die for,โ said the reporter. โAs a reminder, it is mandatory for those chosen to travel toโโ Cera shook her head, then grabbed a holotablet from the charging station. Last Chance Match was an excuse for the government to capitalize off the miserable lives of soulmateless and being so close to the age of thirty, Cera wouldnโt be picked for the show.
๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐๐. ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐.
The deadly game play of SQUID GAME and the futuristic horror of BLACK MIRROR meets the summer romance of LOVE ISLAND.
๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค'๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง?
#CuPit #HOR #SFR #A
NOW QUERYING
An #agentsguide to JUST ADD WATER // adult romcom
๐ชผ professional mermaids
๐ชผ one camper
๐ชผ golden retriever x black cat
๐ชผ workplace romance
๐ชผ forced proximity
๐ชผ women in STEM
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES X NOT SAFE FOR WORK
#Cupit #R #CR #RC #A #NA #Q
New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy โ tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 โ Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
Youโre doing great!
The next NYT bestseller for sureeee ๐
Thread of my #questpit posts ๐ค
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Newspaper headlines read: Sederwall pleads guilty to concealing death
In 1998, I was arrested for murder after a miscarriage.
A plea bargain was my only way out.
A world where women can be punished for what goes on with their bodies is a very scary place. It only gets worse.
#Questpit #Q #NF #M #OWN
An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers a 97K Romantic Suspense
Pitch & Plot With their multiple homes and a business portfolio of luxury hotels, the Constantines' lives might be a world away from 29-year-old Listy Powersโ but Troy and his sister Olympia are like family, an unlikely yet close bond forged years ago at university. So when she learns Olympia, badly injured in a car accident, is back home on the Greek island of Paxos, Listy sets off immediately to see her. Being at their villa, however, means unavoidable proximity with Olympia's very disapproving eldest brother whom Listy has always loved. When they first met 8 years ago, Kris was a married man with a pregnant wife; now he's a widower. But as the attraction they'd fought back then re-kindles, suspicions resurface about Kris' wife's death. Rianna had not been well-liked. And everyone has something to hide. As she unravels what happened, the truth threatens everyone's future happiness and Listy must decide if crossing that line to protect someone she loves is a price worth paying.
Opening Lines - As the song fades, she hears the footsteps behind her. She doesn't rise from the lounger or look round. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon. 'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.' 'I have plenty to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. Snippet - 'When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.' Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.' Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.' 'I want to. Tell me what happened.'
Tropes & Themes & The Vibes Collage of pictures with tropes and themes: du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder Lower half of page has The Comps โ Nanny Wanted by Lizzy Barber, End of Story by AJ Finn, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Sky Atlantic series Riviera
#agentguide to CARELESS WHISPERS my ๐
๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐น๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ท๐ฌ๐น๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐ผ๐ท๐ณ๐ฌ romantic suspense set in Greece.
The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive...
๐ฅSecrets
๐ฅLoss
๐ฅSlowโค๏ธ๐ฅ
๐ฅObsession
๐ฅUnrequited๐
๐ฅBetrayal
๐ฅMurder
#Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY
โTHE STARS & THE GHOST THEY CREATEDโ UPMARKET CONTEMPORARY ADULT/NEW ADULT
PREMISE * When a college student with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, neither knows just how deep the cracks in their foundations might go-but sometimes the walls must fall for the beauty beneath to be revealed. COMPS โข Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead โข My Friends โข The Wedding People โข Eleanor Oliphan is Completely Fine
SNIPPET CHAPTER 1 The monster never gets forgiven in fairy tales. I've read enough to know. The grating rasp of my fingernails scraping against the already-torn skin of my fingers echoes through my bones. Rattling. Never settling. The air hums with overlapping soundsโa symphony of incessant buzzing that crescendos into an eerie ringing. I don't know whether it's coming from the electric lights that cast a ghostly halo onto the sidewalk beneath me or from somewhere deep inside my body where I can't see. It's suffocating. I imagine it's what being buried alive feels like. Having your lungs fractured into pieces too small to put back together. Or like drowning. But I know what that feels like.
MY FRIENDS x EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL SOMEDAY BE DEAD
A boy with secrets to hide collides with a girl who is used to running away, leaving both with broken walls and fractured, but healing, hearts.
โจ past trauma and grief
๐ง mental health rep
๐๏ธ college campus setting
#QuestPit #Q #A #NA
EMILY WILDE X DIVINE RIVALS
To win her independence, the granddaughter of a famed botanist must team up with a brilliant, brooding scholarship student to unlock the secrets of a dying magical garden, even as their rivalry blossoms into something more. ๐ฟโจ
#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R
Love this so much ๐
A collage featuring themes of Sun, a tower, a girl, and stars
THE STARLESS SEA x HOWLโS MOVING CASTLE
When she becomes haunted by shadows and a mysterious stranger with eyes like fire, Augusta is forced into a desolate world sheโs only ever dreamed about, and must decide if sheโs willing to sacrifice everything to save it.
#QuestPit #W #F #R #A
EMILY WILDE X DIVINE RIVALS
To win her independence, the granddaughter of a famed botanist must team up with a brilliant, brooding scholarship student to unlock the secrets of a dying magical garden, even as their rivalry blossoms into something more. ๐ฟโจ
#QuestPit #Q #YA #NA #F #R
Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're extremely attracted to each other.
It's only natural that they become friends with benefits.
All too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.
#QuestPit #R #Q #A
JUST ADD WATER // adult contemporary romance // open door // 80K
๐ชผ small town
๐ชผ one camper / one bed
๐ชผ golden retriever x black cat
๐ชผ workplace romance
๐ชผ forced proximity
๐ชผ women in STEM
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS X GIVE ME BUTTERFLIES X NOT SAFE FOR WORK
#questpit #A #R #Q
Hehe i cant wait ๐
Gimme gimme gimmeeeee
i'm just a girl standing in front of querytracker asking for an agent to love my query and ask for the full manuscript
#writingcommunity #amquerying
Ferris wheel with dark purple sky. ADVENTURE AWAIT, NIGHTMARES REMAIN Title: MYSTIC MOUNTAIN Genre: adult psychological horrormance
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER x SCOOBY-DOO
7 yrs after Whitney cut ties with her friends, the gang reunites at the abandoned theme park where Whitneyโs brother vanished, but when theyโre locked in overnight, Whitneyโs past isnโt the only thing sheโs running for her life from.
#FiFRevPit #MockPit
