Lorraine Birnita

Thank you so much, Crystal! Can't wait to see it out there too, crossing everything for this one 🥰❤️

An agent’s guide to RIBBONS OF MIND!

A twist on Sleeping Beauty but with elemental magic, war, and far more dragons.

🐉⚔️❤️‍🔥🧠🧙🏼‍♀️

#questpit #NA #Editing #romantasy #pitch #agentsguide

Turquoise background. Open book image in bottom left with Bookclub 82k. A beautiful young woman in a gold picture frame, spelled with age

A beautiful young woman tossing long dark hair over her shoulder. Eyes closed. Splashes of gold paint on the blue grey background

Four book covers. Blue Sisters, drawing of a young woman's sad face, The Push, two women facing away from each other, silhouette, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a young man's face, half of it aged, Hello Beautiful, a young woman's smiling face. A series of images: spooky trees, a dilapidated pier, a woman on a cat walk, a woman having her face injected,a pale hand reaching for a devil's hand.

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Updated #agentsguide following #questpit
'A sister always has your back, until she sticks a knife in it.' 🔪
#litagents
#amquerying

#QuestPit for my debut novel, What The Heart Wants (adult contemporary romance) #amquerying

The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color. The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects. At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END

When their detective friend is murdered at their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #MY #Q

AMARI x LOKI

Kori, 12, finds herself stuck in a cryfest & painful menty b's after her mom dies

When a meteor opens a portal, doppelgängers chase her. Kori learns their fates are bound & her grief transcends the multiverse

Now, Kori must save herself — from herself!

#QuestPit #MG #S #SF #Q #POC

Moodboard for Anti-Charter Campaign with an apple for a teacher, an elementary school, a nametag that says "evil corp," a fistful of money, butterscotch candy, cheersing beers, ants, happy kids in a hall, a magic book, D&D dice, map of PA

ANTI-CHARTER CAMPAIGN: Speculative Fiction
A group of elementary teachers fight a charter takeover by playing a D&D game with real-life corollaries
For fans of The Grimoire Grammar School PTA, D20, and Roll for Romance
Vibes and scenes in this mood board
Querying Soon
#QuestPit #W #A #S #F

12yo sceptic Yanju becomes homeless, grieves, so loses the will to paint. She encounters a ghost, witch and Mamiwata(mermaid). To heal from grief, she must let her spirit guide help fight, and win an art competition to have a home, or else remain homeless and be a ghost #Questpit #MG #F #PR #BVM #Q

Oh my, it's late. Good night ❤️

🥰❤️ thank you so much x

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 Powers’ 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 – 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 𝒅𝒖 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑹𝑬𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑪𝑨 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒙'𝒔 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑷𝑳𝑬 romantic suspense set in Greece.

The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive...

💥Secrets
💥Loss
💥Slow❤️🔥
💥Obsession
💥Unrequited💘
💥Betrayal
💥Murder
#Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY

FROM BLOOD AND ASH + THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT

To reclaim her crown, an exiled princess must survive deadly trials, outwit ravenous monsters & resist a bond to the vampire prince who could secure her crown or destroy her.

#questpit #A #R #F

a white background with a light green banner with white writing that reads “THE BONE COLLECTOR An editor’s guide to a lush, folklore YA fantasy by Leona H. Lach Repped by Arianna Siddiqui at Fineprint Literary”

light green background with white flowers and a spine in three of the corners, a group of 3 in a neutral tone color palette is in one of the corners. from left to right: Fawn is on the left. she is a black girl with long locs that are decorated in little gold pieces. Olena is in the middle. She’s a white girl with dark hair & a scarf around her hair. Arwyn is on the right. He has tanned skin, shaggy hair that falls to his shoulders, & hunting gear on. Text is in the middle and reads: PITCH Three magic users a rare Bone Breaker and two spy Animal Weavers- journey into the dark woods to find a potential cure for the sickness ravaging the Bone Breaker's home. Risking their lives against ancient beasts, the three adventure to the highest mountain to find the medicine they're searching for. In a clash of Slavic myths and dark consequential magic, this YA fantasy explores the strength of the natural world while highlighting the struggle to fit in as a young girl.

a light green background with white text that reads COMPS AND TROPES. book covers and their tropes are listed below. Eragon cover: 15 y/o MC swept into an unknown adventure. The Last Unicorn cover: a misfit, magic found family. Counterpart cover a royal pawn. Daughter of the Bone Forest cover: magic influenced by death. Where the Dark Stands Still cover: lush world inspired by slavic folklore. white flowers and a spine border the corners.

white text over a light green background: SNIPPET But the entire world stops turning, letting Olena live in the few seconds before her end. "A wish?" a chirping voice calls from somewhere inside Olena's skull. It bats around, banging on every corner of her brain, the flap of wings echoing in her ears. "A wish for you." The voice is almost too fast for Olena to comprehend, but she makes her wish. Flight. Wings. The strength to save us, she pleads. in three of the four corners is white flowers and a spine, in the bottom right is olena: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.

ERAGON X THE LAST UNICORN

🌿bone magic & speaking with spirits
🕷️slavic myths in the woods
🪻band of misfits nearly dying a lot
🌞missing someone you never knew
🪻unique magic system
🕷️dragons, dead women, & forest men
🌿coming of age in a fantastical way

#questpit #AG #F #YA

🐻found family
🐻forced proximity
🐻quest
🐻Appalachian folklore
🐻down with the patriarchy
#OS #C #R #F #A

~ AN SOLAS ~

💫 YA Time Slip
🌩️ Magical Realism
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 16th Century Scotland
👩‍🎓 Coming-Of-Age
💞 First Love Feels
✅ Anxiety Rep
🗡️ Reluctant Hero
⚓️ Horses; Galleon Ships; Biology Homework
🏆 Shortlisted 2025 Cheshire Novel Prize Kids

#questpit #Q #YA #S #HFic

Absolutely love this! And great pitch 🔥

Thanks Darya, I cant wait to see where this story ends up. Crossing everything for this one ❤️🥰

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

Fantastic premise! 🥰👏🏾

TombRaider|FiveBrokenBlades|SuicideSquad|SixOfCrows
2 kingdoms,
2 rivaling goddesses,
1 artifact to win the war
and 1 crew of death row inmates retrieve it from the deep.

Oh and a 3rd god, resurrected, tamed and leash by the traitor in their ranks.
#trueenemiestolovers

#questpit #NA #F #R #LGBT #Q

Yay, me too! I can never have enough of heists. ❤️🥰

Thank you, Chase. The classes were so much fun to write, had to learn a bit about Criminology which was super fun.

Image shows a dark floral background with four photos: a stone angel statue, a stone cathedral, hands reaching for the sky, and a skull. Text reads: “Who will I be if I return?” with name Kara Siert in the bottom corner.

A reluctant soldier and his steadfast partner embark on a final mission to investigate the horrors appearing across the land. The truth may unravel them both.

💀Seven deadly sins as monsters
🩸Chronic illness
🥀Religious themes
🖤Found family
#W #YA #F #H #questpit

Great premise!

BABEL ON CALLISTO Querying February 2025 @saraduranauthor sara.duran@bsky.social COMPS The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, labeled “isolated research station” and “philosophical alien threat.” The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw, labeled “queer, visceral horror” and “love as a consuming force.” The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei, labeled “psychological unraveling” and “fracture under mission pressure.” PITCH “On a lunar prison outpost, two exiled men uncover a cosmic presence waking beneath the ice. As their uneasy alliance against it twists into something tender and terrifying, they are confronted with the one thing they never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live. But the ice is thinning.” TASTE “Neither spoke as Elias bypassed the security protocol on the keypad. The metal hatch shuddered as it unlocked, slinking back to hidden panels in the wall. They cleared the first few floors with carrion precision, methodical as Dermestidae stripping a carcass to bone. In Elias’s imagination, the gore thinned into something vaster—the time-lapse unraveling the ruin from above. Wordlessly, corridors were scoured to nothing as he and Jack moved like insects beneath an overhead lens. As the hours dissolved, their work became abstracted into a cold anatomy, intimacy pared away as cleanly as flesh from the frame until only the architecture of survival remained. When Jack hacked into the collapsed doorway to the next stairwell, Elias marveled at the contradiction: how those same brutal hands had, only that morning, traced him with the delicacy of a scalpel.”

Coming soon to agent inboxes!

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ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit

moodboard for Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem showing plum blossoms; a man fighting in bamboo forest; a view of a Chinese palace through red gates; a woman with a death stare; a man with a serious displeased look; moon-gate looking into a Chinese garden with a pavillion on the pond; a man kissing a woman's neck intimately; Chinese calligraphy and brush pen

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS x A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS

She planned to be the terror in his life.
He planned to ignore her.
Neither planned on saving a crumbling empire from a tyrant—or falling in love.

91K-word adult fantasy romcom / Smoochpit '25 mentee
#questpit #A #RF #Q

6 photos, in between the word rumors. A blond boy with a guitar, an Amsterdam canal with bikes, a soccer (football) player, a sleeping cat, an image of a cat café, the demisexual flag.

A mouthy teen singer flees to Amsterdam after an online scandal, but when new gossip sparks, he drops an anonymous song that goes viral—his choice: stay low and lose his chance for redemption, or take credit and risk outing the closeted footballer he's falling for.

#AG #YA #LGBT #editors #QuestPit

An Agent Guide to GUMIHO 86,000 word adult folklore fantasy blended with horror and romance By Jennifer Luce

The pitch: Cursed with a vengeful gumiho, Mina has spent centuries feeding it souls to become a god—and now she needs just one more, but when she falls for her final target, she must choose: face her demons and sever the curse before the gumiho consumes her from the inside out, or achieve godhood and lose herself to become something truly monstrous.

For fans of... SUCH SHARP TEETH by Rachel Harrison - physical transformation & emotional vulnerability THE FOX WIFE by Yangsze Choo - East Asian Folklore MY DEMON - Redemption through connection THE GLORY - Morally gray anti-hero

First Lines Bright droplets of red bloomed against the crisp, white snow. A trail, unbeknownst to my victim, that would lead to his demise.

Hi #Questpit! Nearly done w/ SmoochPit revisions, here's GUMIHO, my Korean folklore-inspired adult fantasy blended w/ horror & romance!

✨️ Selected for the 2025 Smoochpit Mentorship Program
✨️ Big 5 Editor Interest
✨️ Won 3rd in the horror category of the 2025 PNWA Writing Contest

#A #F #H #R

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

#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

The hypothetical leading cast of THE LESSER SOUL consists of Kelsey Asbille as Elina (our thieving protagonist), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Gideon Starborne (the mythical hero trapped in Elina's mind), and Mia Goth as Ranna, High Priestess of the Stars (who accompanies Elina on her journey).

The hypothetical supporting cast of THE LESSER SOUL begins with Oscar Isaac as Rey (Elina's companion who helps her during the heist for the Soulshard), Jeremy Irons as Damon the Devourer (a major antagonist who seeks vengeance against Gideon Starborne), and Sean Teale as Stratton (Rey's little brother who's avoided the criminal life by becoming a surgeon's apprentice).

Our hypothetical supporting cast for THE LESSER SOUL continues with Monica Bellucci as Orthala (Nymarch of Knowledge and Shadows), Jodie Turner-Smith as Mezethia (Nymarch of Power and Victory, Damon's patron), and Alexandra Daddario as Tilyria (Nymarch of Love and Starlight, Gideon's patron).

The director of this hypothetical film would ideally be Guillermo Del Toro, whose works include recent hits like Frankenstein (2025). The storyline is explained in a short synopsis that unfortunately cannot fit in ALT text, but here is a one-sentence pitch: After a heist gone wrong binds a thief to the spirit of a long-dead hero, she must decide whether to sacrifice herself to destroy the cursed Soulshard or damn his soul to save her own.

THE LESSER SOUL

⚔️Mix of Gunpowder, Dark, and High Fantasy
🧠Shared Body
📿Dark Goddesses
🗡️Rogue/Paladin Duo

#CastPit #Q #F #DF #A