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galenbunting.bsky.social
HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X I SAW THE TV GLOW
Christophe has rules. Never use powers. Never tell people he's trans. His mom's cult is hunting him. The rules help.
But when he meets his online nemesis from a UFO forum, he ends up falling for him- and breaking his rules.
#YA #Q #Ghostpit #SF #nowquerying
Witnessers of the unknown across an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes. There is an image of a galaxy. WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, Young Adult, 87k Words, Speculative, LGBTQIA artist credit batsudie on instagram, WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, COMPARATIVE TITLES, trans coming of rage as a caption, with a white arrow pointing to hell followed with us, and then a caption saying religious trauma and another saying speculative road-trip with white arrows pointing to MARK OSHIRO's into the light, and a caption saying claustrophobic small town with a white arrow pointing to OLD WOUNDS by LOGAN-ASHLEY KISNER, a caption saying self identification through screen pointing to I saw the tv glow, description reads Christophe, a trans boy with healing powers, flees his mother's cult... then catches feelings for his online-nemesis-to-maybe-first love February, who moderates the paranormal forum they both frequent. When his mom's cult captures his new boyfriend as a hostage, he must step into his full abilities to save him.
October 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
galenbunting.bsky.social
My agent guide for WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN!
TLDR: Trans runaway catches feelings for a half-alien boy who caught a meteorite. When his mom's cult captures his new boyfriend as a hostage, he must claim his powers or lose him forever. #YA #agentguide #LGBTfiction #writingcommunity #nowquerying
galenbunting.bsky.social Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚 @galenbunting.bsky.social · Jul 24
WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X OLD WOUNDS X INTO THE LIGHT: When a healer flees his mother's cult, he joins a hitchiker who caught a meteorite as they head to a UFO festival- until the cult closes in to capture their Chosen One.
#Q #Questpit #SF #YA #amquerying #agentguide
INTRO SLIDE ALT TEXT Slide featuring an image of two boys in blue against a red backdrop, one has a shaved head, wears a black hoodie, and is shorter with dark eyes. the other has long blond hair, wears an olive jacket, and pale eyes. There is an image of a galaxy. WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, Young Adult, 89k Words, Speculative, LGBTQIA artist credit batsudie on instagram THE PITCH ALT TEXT On a starfield: picture features two boys, one has blond hair and points up at a meteor shower, the other follows his hand with his eyes, they lay in the bed of a pickup truck, surrounded by a desert landscape. WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN When 17-year-old Christophe, a trans faith healer, flees his mother's cult after a miracle goes wrong, he joins forces with 18-year-old February, a UFO-forum moderating hitchhiker, whose hand is changing in strange ways after he caught a meteorite. They embark on a road trip to a UFO festival - before the cult can drag Christophe home and use him as their Chosen One. Artist credit tenderism on Instagram WITNESSERS OF THE UNKNOWN, COMPARATIVE TITLES, trans coming of rage as a caption, with a white arrow pointing to hell followed with us, and then a caption saying religious trauma and another saying speculative road-trip with white arrows pointing to MARK OSHIRO's into the light, and a caption saying claustrophobic small town with a white arrow pointing to OLD WOUNDS by LOGAN-ASHLEY KISNER On a star field and a moon, FIRST LINES God, Christophe prays. Please let me disappear. Please don't make me go up onstage, in front of everyone today. Just this once, I don't want to heal. He hides in the closet at the back of the church. The echoing voices tell him that the sanctuary is full. The dusty, out-of-tune piano pounds out a hymn, and his heart thuds dully inside him. He should be out there, helping pass out the cups of grape juice, the cups of wine, the wafers of Our Lord. He should be preparing for the healing, the laying-on of hands, when his mother will call him to the front.
October 19, 2026 at 8:05 PM
kaylaharriswrites.bsky.social
Thelma & Louise X Cormac McCarthy

🛞 Female motorcycle gang
🪶 Vengeance to empathy
🔪 McCarthy-esque violence
🚬 Post-apocalyptic 1970s
🌵 Dark feminist western
⌛️ Stylistically sparse
🐍 Magical realism, desert ghosts

#debutnovel #bookpitch #nowquerying #writing #newwriter
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
danielhino.bsky.social
Preparing for my first social media pitch event tomorrow and wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions to make it as successful as possible?

#QuestPit #WritingCommunity #HorrorAuthors #HorrorWriting #NowQuerying #DebutNovel #YAHorror #AuthorSky #BookSky
a picture of a man in a car with the words " this is my first time "
ALT: a picture of a man in a car with the words " this is my first time "
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May 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
danielhino.bsky.social
Yesterday felt like a big day! I feel confident enough in my #debutnovel to now start aggressively querying agents.

It probably won’t be a quick but I’m sure there’s someone out there will that share in my passion for this thrilling #YAHorror project.

#NowQuerying #TheNightmare5 #WritingCommunity
April 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
jcsang.bsky.social
#NOWQUERYING my blended #medicalthriller and #psychologicalsuspense. BOUND IN SILENCE is complete at 85k words & inspired by true events. #basedontrueevents #amquerying
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
erinshawclancy.bsky.social
Hey BlueSky peeps! I’m querying my novel Drama Queen and I’m so excited to be back at it! Just wanted to shout that from the rooftops! #author #debutauthor #nowquerying (do people hashtag on here??)
June 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
talyaklein.bsky.social
Here’s the blurb and an excerpt from BLOOD OF THE LAMB (93K words) the upmarket suspense I’m querying.
🩸🐑

🎬cinematic, propulsive, suspenseful
🪾atmospheric, gothic, folk horror
⛪️ cult escape/coming-of-age story
👊🏽 smash the patriarchy

#questpit #a #u #q #nowquerying
A sepia image of the cross on top of an old church and hands reaching toward the sky. The text reads: “an agents guide to Blood of the Lamb by Talya Klein. Upmarket Suspense, 93K words. Coming of age, smash the patriarchy, cult escape.”
April 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
kaeyllane.substack.com
These books deeply resonate with Bia’s journey in Not Guilty—loss, resilience, and the fight to belong. They reminded me why immigrant stories matter. Have you read any of these? What books have stayed with you? #writingcommunity #amwriting #nowquerying #booksky
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social
IN THE NAME OF YOU - YA Romance

✝️ church camp counselors
😈 cool girl fmc
✝️ virgin mmc
😈 plot to overthrow the camp

“I’ve never thought about sex more than at church camp, and it’s all thanks to Sloane Miller.”

#QueerPit #YA #R #C #NowQuerying
July 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social
IN THE NAME OF YOU - YA ROMANCE

Noah Kahan x Saved!

🌲 make boys yearn again
🌊 support girls rights (and wrongs)
🌲 dismantle the patriarchy
🌊 deconstruct indoctrination

#QueerPit #UpperYA #R #C #YA #NowQuerying
July 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
maddieparkerbooks.bsky.social
SAVED! x LOOKING FOR ALASKA

"I've never thought about sex more than at church camp, and it's all thanks to Sloane Miller."

🏕️ forced proximity
🛶 coming of age
🏕️ first love
🛶 loss of innocence
🏕️ overcoming religious trauma

#QueerPit #UpperYA #C #R #YA #NowQuerying
A collage of aesthetic pictures featuring a lake dock, a messy bed, a cross, a boy tanning, a cabin, an old truck interior, a campfire, a shadow of a couple kissing, a beer can, and a couple interlocking their pinkies. IN THE NAME OF YOU in song lyrics featuring the chorus of The Great Divide by Noah Kahan, the outro of Summer Skin by Death Cab for Cutie, and the end of Verse 2 of American Teenager by Ethel Cain. IN THE NAME OF YOU in quotes from the manuscript featuring "I'm not a summer-camp, church-on-Sunday, praise-and-worship, wait-for-marriage kind of girl," "we are sacred, you and me in this moment, and I could never, would never forsake it," "this is what God wanted for his children, for us to feel just as weightless and defying and cosmic as I feel in this moment thanks to Sloane Miller and her cinnamon tongue," and "this isn't how our story ends, it's how it begins."
July 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
helenwiley.bsky.social
#nowquerying A SONG AGAINST RUIN (113k words), adult fantasy. When an ambitious musician and her best friend try to secure fame and status by aligning with rival noble houses in a deadly political conflict, they don't realize that one's success could cost the other's life.

#questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT
helenwiley.bsky.social Helen Wiley @helenwiley.bsky.social · Mar 24
A new #AgentsGuide to A SONG AGAINST RUIN, a queer adult fantasy perfect for fans of Swordspoint, C. L. Polk, and scheming sapphics. Querying now!

#amquerying #fantasy #LGBT
On the right side of the image, an unsmiling auburn-haired white woman sits at a piano. She looks over her shoulder at the viewer; her expression is serious and determined. A shadow falls across her music book. The text on the image reads as follows: Agent's Guide A Song Against Ruin adult fantasy, 113k words, queer political intrigue (Image credit: Edgar Degas, Mademoiselle Dihau au Piano) In the lower right corner, a dead bird lies on its back. The heading reads: Comps. In the center of the page are the covers of four books, with text beside the covers describing why they were chosen as comp titles. The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson features an ambitious, lower-class MC, weird gods, and ruthless nobles. The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo features an ambitious, lower-class MC, ruthless nobles, and high personal stakes. WITCHMARK by C. L. Polk features high personal stakes, political intrigue, and m/m romance. The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri features f/f romance and political intrigue. On the left side of the image, a young white man holds a candle that illumines his face; the rest of him fades into shadow. He looks concerned. At the bottom left is a skull. The heading reads: Details. The rest of the text on the page reads as follows: - Adult fantasy, ~113k words - Dual POV - Features political intrigue, queer friendship/found family, sapphic villain-as-love-interest, m/m friends-to-lovers - Secondary-world urban setting (early 19th-century vibes) (Image credit: Gottfried Schalken, self-portrait) In the upper left corner is a torn musical score. On the lower left side of the page, an elegant white woman dressed in black, with dark hair and pale eyes, gazes out at the viewer. The heading on the page reads: Pitch. The rest of the page reads as follows: In Dorn’s capital city, power stems from birth, wealth, and magic. Commoner best friends Lor and Firmen only have ambition—and each other. Lor, a virtuoso organist, sets out to dazzle noble society with her musical skill—and win back Veren, the noblewoman who broke her heart four years ago. Meanwhile, Firmen—a legal clerk for Veren’s noble family—is drowning in debt. He has nothing to sell except a perilous secret: Veren is at the center of a deadly conspiracy. As Lor is drawn into Veren’s glittering orbit and Firmen bargains with Veren’s enemies, neither friend realizes they are sabotaging each other—or that one’s ambition could mean the other’s ruin. (Image credit: Federico Madrazo, portrait of Carolina Coronado)
April 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM