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Author of speculative & medical thrillers 🧬 Querying my debut | #QuestPit Gym rat β€’ tech survivor β€’ dad

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My book I s high concept literary fiction. People who would think I wrote it with AI are not smart enough to enjoy it anyway.

07.03.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Because Grok is free

05.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't remember TBH. Maybe Grok.

24.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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23.02.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You will have to read the book for that...

18.02.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a very good question, and I'm not sure how to distinguish between them.
Emotionally she becomes like a child, which makes her morally blind.

17.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Changes completely, in all aspects.

17.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It just occurred to me that agents do full requests and developers do pull requests.

16.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The story is about an aged professor who tries an experimental cure (hence the sci-fi) for her terminal disease.
She starts the book deeply in love with someone and ends it somewhat in love with someone else due to horrible circumstances, and it's quite a thrilling read :-)

16.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What a beautiful mood board πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

15.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!
That's beautiful!

15.02.2026 10:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that's debatable 😁
Thrillers, with a touch of romance, speculative science, and the occasional horror thrown into the mix.

14.02.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No worries. I completely agree it's inaccurate, but it's a fair assumption to work on, given the evidence.

14.02.2026 08:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I fully agree that those studies don't apply directly. However, utilizing the principle of proximity (and the lack of studies claiming the contrary) it's safe to assume that there's at least some carry-over into fiction.

14.02.2026 07:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you please answer my question?

14.02.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's an article cited by more than 200 others.
What's your point, actually? That it isn't true? That it isn't accurate?

14.02.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers GPT detectors frequently misclassify non-native English writing as AI generated, raising concerns about fairness and robustness. Addressing the biases…

I guess you mean the Stanford study, but there've been others, for example one published in the Journal of Computational Linguistics. This is also open for the public: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

14.02.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was today years old when I learned that having English as your 2nd language (my first is Hebrew) increases the chances of your writing to be flagged as AI dramatically.
I'm not even sure what I'm supposed to do with that.
Is there a #writingcommunity for 2nd language writers?

14.02.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing!

13.02.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!
My dabbled mood board is really lacking...

13.02.2026 04:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m polishing my query letter and would love a couple of extra eyes on it.
If anyone enjoys query critique and has the bandwidth, I’d be grateful (DMs are πŸ‘).

#writingcommunity

03.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A very short comparison shows that the #writingcommunity here is a hundred times better than on X.

01.02.2026 08:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’― Writers

31.01.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A giant spaceship hovers over a dusty, walled fantasy cityscape. In the foreground, two figures stand in shadow looking out over the scene. The words "An Agent's Guide to CASCADE, by Gus Ryer" is along the top. His website, gusryer.com, is below.

A giant spaceship hovers over a dusty, walled fantasy cityscape. In the foreground, two figures stand in shadow looking out over the scene. The words "An Agent's Guide to CASCADE, by Gus Ryer" is along the top. His website, gusryer.com, is below.

A slide with metadata and story elements for CASCADE:

Genre: Science Fiction with Fantasy Elements
Wordcount: +-130,000

It shows the book covers for the following:
ASHES OF THE SUN, Django Wexler
THE ARCHIVE UNDYING, Emma Mieko Candon
ELDER RACE, Adrian Tchaikovsky
NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE, Claire North
Ps5's Horizon Zero Dawn

Below that are the following phrases:
Found family
Failed terraforming
A vast, hidden history
Nanotech magic system
Epic fantasy quest in a sci-fi world
Ancient mechanical gods
Arachnid mammals & guard drones
Sword (1) vs. Railguns (lots)

A slide with metadata and story elements for CASCADE: Genre: Science Fiction with Fantasy Elements Wordcount: +-130,000 It shows the book covers for the following: ASHES OF THE SUN, Django Wexler THE ARCHIVE UNDYING, Emma Mieko Candon ELDER RACE, Adrian Tchaikovsky NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE, Claire North Ps5's Horizon Zero Dawn Below that are the following phrases: Found family Failed terraforming A vast, hidden history Nanotech magic system Epic fantasy quest in a sci-fi world Ancient mechanical gods Arachnid mammals & guard drones Sword (1) vs. Railguns (lots)

A warrior woman with a winged helmet, armor, cape, and spear is along the right side of the image, fractured into triangles. Part of the following pitch is along the left:

Lendi never asked to be a God Keeperβ€”one of the engineer-priests who command ancient nanotech. Abandoned on their temple doorstep and raised under their strict thumb, she longs to escape. She almost gets her chance when an ancient machine god crashes to the planet in a blaze of fire. But, instead, Lendi is dispatched far awayβ€”alongside her devout friendβ€”to investigate the disappearance of a remote village’s Keeper. And she’ll be tracked.

In that village, Sedna has no patience for their Keeper’s rules or mysticism, especially since the fool vanished. She’s more concerned with defending her people with her warrior-poet twin. But, when a flood of malfunctioning nanites devours her town, Sedna and her brother are left with nothing but each otherβ€”and vengeance.

 As the four converge...

A warrior woman with a winged helmet, armor, cape, and spear is along the right side of the image, fractured into triangles. Part of the following pitch is along the left: Lendi never asked to be a God Keeperβ€”one of the engineer-priests who command ancient nanotech. Abandoned on their temple doorstep and raised under their strict thumb, she longs to escape. She almost gets her chance when an ancient machine god crashes to the planet in a blaze of fire. But, instead, Lendi is dispatched far awayβ€”alongside her devout friendβ€”to investigate the disappearance of a remote village’s Keeper. And she’ll be tracked. In that village, Sedna has no patience for their Keeper’s rules or mysticism, especially since the fool vanished. She’s more concerned with defending her people with her warrior-poet twin. But, when a flood of malfunctioning nanites devours her town, Sedna and her brother are left with nothing but each otherβ€”and vengeance. As the four converge...

Chapter 1

THE RUSH IS ON! This Tuesday, Planetfall, Inc. announced it would join the rash of megacorps racing to deploy terraforming infrastructure through the newly stabilized Taurine Strait. Previously dominated by New World Corporation, the franchised development of pseudoterra worlds is slated to be the hot market sector of the twenty-fifth century.
-Excerpt from InvestSyder: Stellar Ed., June 15, 2398
  
The streets of Mahyan never fully slept. Night’s darkness, not yet broken by either the sun’s rise or the blinding, baleful Eye of Toros, wrapped Lendi more completely than her robes. Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that eyes were on her. She wanted nothing more than to run.
An eager vendor barred her way with his stringy arm. β€œA fine morning calls for a fine meal, miss.” He smiled and fanned out a selection of skewered mutton and whalemeat wrapped in sea grass. Pungent, spiced oil dripped onto the dusty street.
Lendi glared at him, her legs practically vibrating with the..

Chapter 1 THE RUSH IS ON! This Tuesday, Planetfall, Inc. announced it would join the rash of megacorps racing to deploy terraforming infrastructure through the newly stabilized Taurine Strait. Previously dominated by New World Corporation, the franchised development of pseudoterra worlds is slated to be the hot market sector of the twenty-fifth century. -Excerpt from InvestSyder: Stellar Ed., June 15, 2398 The streets of Mahyan never fully slept. Night’s darkness, not yet broken by either the sun’s rise or the blinding, baleful Eye of Toros, wrapped Lendi more completely than her robes. Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that eyes were on her. She wanted nothing more than to run. An eager vendor barred her way with his stringy arm. β€œA fine morning calls for a fine meal, miss.” He smiled and fanned out a selection of skewered mutton and whalemeat wrapped in sea grass. Pungent, spiced oil dripped onto the dusty street. Lendi glared at him, her legs practically vibrating with the..

ASHES…SUN βž• HORIZON 0 DAWN

When a machine god severs the world from ancient nanotech, two engineer priests, a blademaster & her warrior-poet twin must hunt it for a cureβ€”and revenge.

Failure will doom the world to divine wrath. Success will be deadly.

#QuestPit #Q #A #SF #F

31.01.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The image is of a fake book cover, mocked up for the novel ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE by Bee Morris. The background is a mish-mash of gothic, suburban houses, all layered over one another in chaos, in monochromatic shadows. The text, written at a slanted angle, reads: ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE, a novel.

The image is of a fake book cover, mocked up for the novel ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE by Bee Morris. The background is a mish-mash of gothic, suburban houses, all layered over one another in chaos, in monochromatic shadows. The text, written at a slanted angle, reads: ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE, a novel.

πŸͺ¦ ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE πŸͺ¦ #QuestPit #Q

Reluctant medium Alice accidentally lands a job cleaning haunted houses & exorcising spirits...

...too bad 'chasing down a serial killer' wasn't part of the job spec πŸ”ͺ

πŸ‘» paranormal mystery
🧠 autistic FMC
🌊 ghosts by the coast
🏑 found family (living & dead)

31.01.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Comps for WRITING HENNIE include ROMANTIC COMEDY, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, YOU, AGAIN, and HAPPY PLACE

Comps for WRITING HENNIE include ROMANTIC COMEDY, FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK, YOU, AGAIN, and HAPPY PLACE

FLEABAG x ROMANTIC COMEDY

WRITING HENNIE is also perfect for readers who love vivid settings (hello, London) and anyone looking for a romance featuring a plus-size woman where being fat is NOT something she needs to change.

#Questpit #A #R #Q

31.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Mood board for the book The Final Chapter:  Halloween candy, white and black cat, blonde girl in flannel with a pumpkin, crime scene tape, murder board, Harley Quinn, police car, books with a single light bulb hanging down.

Mood board for the book The Final Chapter: Halloween candy, white and black cat, blonde girl in flannel with a pumpkin, crime scene tape, murder board, Harley Quinn, police car, books with a single light bulb hanging down.

QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie has the coolest job at an indie bookstore with her sapphic crush, but when her archenemy dies during her mom’s book event, all eyes are turned towards her. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process.
#Questpit #Q #YA #MY #LGBT

31.01.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
many women dressed identically standing in rows behind a man giving a speech behind a podium decorated with the female reproductive organs. In the foreground, a woman with a mark on her neck also dressed identically to the others.

many women dressed identically standing in rows behind a man giving a speech behind a podium decorated with the female reproductive organs. In the foreground, a woman with a mark on her neck also dressed identically to the others.

In a nation where every woman must bear children, serve as a state surrogate, or worse, one young clerk begins to question the only truth she’s ever known: her body was never her own. #questpit #S #H #W

31.01.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An agents guide to the unmaking an upmarket speculative novel querying now

An agents guide to the unmaking an upmarket speculative novel querying now

The pitch: nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching witness who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget.

The pitch: nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching witness who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget.

The comps: with the haunting erasure of the memory police, the escalating momentum of chain-gang all-stars and the corporate ritual menace of Severance in Apple TV+

The comps: with the haunting erasure of the memory police, the escalating momentum of chain-gang all-stars and the corporate ritual menace of Severance in Apple TV+

The opening: nova once wondered in the memories she’d cut out followed her around, waiting for their moment to tear out her own.

The opening: nova once wondered in the memories she’d cut out followed her around, waiting for their moment to tear out her own.

THE UNMAKING β€” 95k Upmarket Speculative Fiction

The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars

🧠 A memory technician that makes people forget.
πŸ“Ί A glitching stranger who remembers.
πŸ§ͺ A system that calls emotion error.

Some things cannot be erased.
#QuestPit #A #Q #LF #S

31.01.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0