Catie Stroud ✨

I understand completely 🤣

That was so fast!!!

My debut novel, YIELD, is out now 🥹

The cover art for YIELD. Purples, Greens, and Gold. Teacups, vines, birds and cages. Purple flowers and potion bottles.

YOU CAN GET "YIELD" BY @ladystroud.bsky.social NOW!

How much do your words cost?
How much do they weigh?
Did you think before you tossed
Your fickle fate to a fickle fae?

AHHHHH

you know what I am the queen of intrusive thoughts put that on my tombstone 🤣

One of my favs!!!

Potions Unincorporated is written on a brown leather novel with wildflowers and "A Cozy Romantic Fantasy Novel" is written below. Tropes on the right side say "Grumpy X Sunshine" "Found Family" "Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company" "Plant Magic" "Chronic Illness Rep" "Cozy Vibes"

A Garden of Comps is written in the top corner. Covers of novels are surrounded by wildflower pictures with words underneath. They are: Legends & Lattes: Cozy Fantasy Seeds, Under the Whispering Door: Humor Sprouts, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: Romance Blooms, Howl's Moving Castle: Growing Self-Acceptance, The Spellshop: Weeding Out Social Injustice

Pitch is written at the top. Underneath says, "A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." Wildflowers sprout beneath the pitch

Snippet is at the top and an open book with wildflowers is at the bottom. The body text says, " “Hmph. Really, Linatta? I chose you for your good sense, and only a ridiculous witch would believe that hats are harmless. Everyone who wears them is untrustworthy.” Despite Linatta’s best efforts to lock away the name, it slipped from her mouth, “Charly never wore hats. That didn’t make her trustworthy.” Toad leapt onto Linatta’s lap and placed a paw over her heart. In his sincerest voice, he said, “Charly was different. She probably wore hats in secret.”

Sharing my #AgentGuide for any #LitAgents seeking a cozy romantic fantasy 🌱💚

14 requests so far!

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

Perfect for anyone who loathes big pharma 💊

#amquerying

CITY OF BRASS x the Scorpion & the Night Blossom

A girl with dormant magic infiltrates a gilded empire to save her best friend—only to uncover a court built on ancient blood oaths, the boy she once mourned, and a lost heiress no one wants found.

#YA #F #wip #questpit

Exactly my reaction 🤣 (I didn’t know this was even happening today!!!)

DAISY JONES x MCR x GIDEON 9TH

4 bands arrive in New Orleans for an artistic retreat:

💅A girl punk band
❤️‍🔥An undead goth rock duo
💀a necromancer & their ghosts
🎪an ex-circus troupe

They don’t know they’ve been lured as ritual sacrifice & the house might just eat them alive… #QuestPit #A #H #Q

Hey!!! I know you!!!

Villain FMCS 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼

With a twist!!!! ✨

Collage of images, zodiac wheel, solar system planets in a straight line, scorpio constellation, virgo constellation, text saying the villain and text saying the hero

ATLA x WICKED

Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies.

Villain FMC
Hero MMC
Hate at first sight
Destroy the world, dont save it

#questpit #Q #YA #F

The death of the God of Knowledge comes on silently, a whisper of old parchments crumbling to dust in the ever-so quiet Library of Yashay.

📚 Dark Academia
📚 Found Family
📚 Twisty Plot
📚 Eerie
📚 Sacred Artefacts
📚 Gods & Curses

#questpit #Q #A #F

I’m working today so can’t interact or boost as many #QuestPit posts as I would like but I am rooting for everyone and can’t wait to look at everyone’s pitches tonight!!!

Runelight Burning. New adult fantasy romance. Izzy Grace. @izzygraceauthor.

Pitch: Her power could spark a war. But will she let it burn? Callous half-breed criminal, Aelia, is forced to go on the run with an unfathomably moral pure-blood mercenary, after she reveals a powerful Runelight that turns her into a hunted weapon for a war between realms.

Tropes: Norse-inspired rune magic that burns you from inside, reluctant allies to lovers, slow burn and yearning, political intrigue and quest-like journey, she's the selfish anti-hero and he's the moral compass, forced proximity, rich worldbuilding, subverted chosen-one trope

Comps: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole, The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

An agent's guide to RUNELIGHT BURNING for #QuestPit

SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME x THE CITY OF BRASS

🔥Norse-inspired rune magic that burns you from inside
🔥She's the selfish anti-hero, he's the moral compass
🔥Subverted chosen-one trope
🔥Forced proximity + slow burn
🔥Rich worldbuilding

#Q #A #RF

Thanks everyone for a great time yesterday! It was a successful #questpit and I loved reading everyone’s pitches. Not to be that guy but I think these events are more about the writer friends we make along the way 🥲🤣

Background image is two sets of railway tracks running into the distance. Above them is a distorted clock face showing the numbers from eleven to one. There are three images arranged side by side below clock face. From left to right they are: The silhouette of a man on his knees in a dark alley, with his hands behind his head A paper target with nine bullet holes in it, eight in the inner circles, one in the outers Illustration of a man in profile, wearing a suit, looking pensive, and holding a revolver Text below the images reads: Out of Time Time Travel / Espionage / Thriller

Slow Horses x Dark Matter

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

#A #S #T #QuestPit #Q

A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the slide reads: THE UNLIKELY MALARKEY OF DORRIS AND BERYL - Pitch - Prophecies don’t have age limits. It’s a fact 82-year-old Dorris learns when an uppity gnome arrives on her doorstep and declares she’s the Chosen One… sixty years late. Now Dorris must exchange her books, cottage, and weekly visits with her best friend Beryl for a noble quest. If she refuses, the kingdom of Grit (and Dorris’ beloved home library) will burn to ashes. Will the octogenarians break the sixty-year curse as prophesied? Or will Beryl’s shady past with dark magic reappear and doom them all?

A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the top of the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - Fantasy Comps. Below the text are three book covers with text beneath them. Left to right they are: The House in the Cerulean Sea (queernormative found family), Nettle and Bone (flipped fairytale quest with bite) and Howl’s Moving Castle (elderly MC, self-aware humour). The two lines of text at the bottom of the slide read: quirky, comedic, cosy. LGBTQIA+ and chronic illness rep.

A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - character comps. Below the text are four film stills. Left to right, top to bottom, the film stills are: Sophie Hatter, a frowning old woman in a blue dress and straw hat; Pascal, a green chameleon blowing a raspberry; Mercutio, a drag queen in a diamanté top and white wig; Valerie and Max, an old couple in drab brown clothing waving at someone off-camera

A cream-coloured slide with green ink splatters in the upper left and lower right corners. The lower right splatter has a cottage illustration within it. The text on the top of the slide reads: The Unlikely Malarkey of Dorris and Beryl - Opening Lines. Beneath the title is a white text box. The text inside reads: Dorris’ destiny came rapping at her door on a Tuesday afternoon. Rat-a-tap-a-rap, went the door. Dorris froze. She wasn’t expecting company. Company always called ahead. She let her eyes swivel from her book to the window. The front door wasn’t visible from this angle. Her shoulders relaxed a little – whoever was causing the ruckus probably couldn’t see her, either. She continued reading. Rat-a-tap-RAP, the door insisted. Dorris’ armchair was warm and deep. Her favourite stripy mug was steaming at her side. There was a major plot twist coming. She wasn’t getting up for anybody. “I can SEE you!” a voice hollered from outside. Confound it.

Prophecies don’t have age limits.

Now the fate of the Kingdom rests on the bad hip of a retired librarian.

Will curmudgeonly Dorris answer her calling, or ignore impending doom for a good cup of tea?

#questpit #F #A #Q #LGBTQIAbooks #amquerying #writingcommunity #fantasywriters #booksky #writesky

Three-panel moodboard consisting of three pieces by Alphonse Mucha. Left: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies. Center: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand. This image is noticeably lower in quality than its neighboring panels. Right: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer. A golden filigree lines the bottom and frames the sides, partially covering the left and right panels.

Barely a week into his first adventure with his mage best friend(/crush), luckless Mick finds himself stuck in the body of a dragon with a god in his head. Now he and mage Eleanor must navigate what it means to be the dragons' chosen—before his existence triggers a divine war.
#QuestPit #W #NA #RF

A slide with green leaves and green watercolor stains says "The Pitch: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." A black cat looks over it's shoulder at the text in the bottom right corner.

Tropes and Highlights include: found family, one bed at the inn, witches and familiars, cozy vibes, grumpy + sunshine, bi-for-bi romance, chronic illness rep, and foraging dates. Think, The Spellshop X Howl's Moving Castle. This text is on top of a green slide with green watercolor splotches and leaves. The book covers for The Spellshop and Howl's Moving Castle are in the center of the image.

Comps is written in the corner. Four book covers are shown in a row. Under the Whispering Door + Legends & Lattes + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches = Potions Unincorporated. The words The Humor, The Cozy Fantasy Vibes, and The Romance make up the formula for the not yet published book on the far right. The slide is green with green water color splotches. A green vine is on the top right and the outline of a leaf and two mushrooms is on the bottom right.

First Lines is written at the top of the slide. The Text in the middle is on a tan, worn looking page background which says: Potions Unincorporated. Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses---thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid.

THE SPELLSHOP x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company.

#QuestPit #A #RF #F #agentsguide #disabilityrep #chronicillnessrep #cozyromanticfantasy

A collage featuring lanterns, roses, a ballroom, flowers, a red book, a crystal, a young woman with blonde hair carrying a bouquet of flowers

INUYASHA x SAILOR MOON x DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS

✨College lacrosse player turned fated magical girl (portal fantasy)
✨Reluctant hero
✨Forbidden magic + even more forbidden romance
✨Found family
✨Sexy sparring
✨D&D wild magic

#questpit #w #f #r #ya

#writingcommunity

FOR THE WOLF x SORROWLAND

Might I present my #agentguide for THESE TIDES THAT BIND, standalone adult horror fantasy featuring a Siren POV, a love triangle, body horror, and themes of selfishness as self preservation?

#questpit #q #f

An #agentsguide for AON
When Tayah sees the Obsidian Hart, her fate unravels. Now she must uncover Ravensford’s forgotten history—before she’s the next to disappear
🖤Gothic Fantasy + Feminism
🏠Sentient House
❤️‍🔥Slow-burn Romance
✨Art as Magic

#QuestPit #AF #R

A collage of images, going from top left clockwise: a bouquet of colorful berries, swooping white towers with spiral balconies, a shiny purple beetle, a colorful shop full of knick-knacks, a blooming crocus in a dark forest, a drawing of a woman reaching out to the night sky as if to pluck a star, a crumbling castle on a moor, and mushrooms growing on a tree. In the center is a quote by Virginia Woolf: “I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists, the reality of everything.”

UPROOTED x NAUSICAÄ

🪲 A naïve natural historian in desperate need of a guide through the cursed forest.

🌌 A non-binary rogue who will do anything to rescue their family.

👀 A plot to trap the rogue brings them together.

❤️ Their hearts will draw them closer.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT

Aster would do anything to be the best writer the world has seen—even if it means spilling her blood to commune with the greats that came before her.

• power v obsession
• what’s real v what’s not
• LGBTQ & mental health rep
• dark academia vibes

#NA #H #Q #QuestPit

JACK THE RIPPER x AGATHA CHRISTIE

London, 1891. A viscountess and an inspector team up to catch the playing card-obsessed killer who (probably) murdered her husband...and try not to fall in love in the process 😉

♥️♠️🃏♣️♦️

#questpit #Q #A #MY #HR

an #agentsguide to THE BONE ARCHIVE

Break the silence, or let the world rot.

🗝️ dystopian x romantic fantasy
🗝️ gothic academy
🗝️ reapers that hunt by sound
🗝️ slow burn-enemies-to-lovers
🗝️ found family
🗝️ orpheus and eurydice

#QuestPit #RF #W #F #Romantasy #GothicFantasy #Dystopian