Samantha Chung

Writer | Educator | Mom
currently querying

I like to blab about books (writing them and reading them) and education.

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

"They expected a safe proposal. A theoretical argument about pedagogy, proof that Alderhall's methods worked even on students with her... disadvantages. That was how Dunn had put it once. Despite your disadvantages, Miss Rose, you show remarkable progress." #questpit #w #a #f #s

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

When I wake up, I don’t know if I’ll be the “I’m writing 8k words today and FINISHING MY DRAFT” kind of writer or the “I wrote 18 words and that’s all I’ve got” kind.

What I do know is that I’m going to write today. #writercommunity

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

Is there anything more terrifying— I mean more GREAT— than your dream agent having your full? #querying

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

The fastest way to grow as a writer might be to write something you don’t know how to write yet.

This is your sign to start a project outside of your comfort genre. #WritingCommmunity

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

i’m in a bad mood and would really like a request for representation today. thanks in advance to the universe for its cooperation. 🫶 #querying

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

My LAWL (literary agent wishlist)
- an editorial baddie 🖊️
- a ride or die 👯
- no ai 🚫
- understands books are political and thus this work matters (even if I’m writing about magic)
- has a vision for my work
- will throw spaghetti at the wall with me 🍝 #queryingauthor

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

Can’t write for three hours today? Write for 3 minutes.
Can’t figure out the plot of the entire book? Figure out one conflict.
Can’t write the perfect query letter? Write a shitty one and revise it later.
Show up messy and imperfect.
Just show up. ✍️📚 #writing #writer

[Brayden Mae Russell @BraydenRWrites]

EDITORS, HI
An emergency landing delivers ultra-wealthy passengers to a remote luxury resort to atone for their greed. But the people running the retreat have their own reasons for bringing them there. For fans of The White Lotus, Midsommar and The Menu. #A #OS #U #H #T #questpit

[Lindsay Jones @authorlkjones]

Getting gloomy for #questpit 🐸 ✨🪦

Eighteen-year-old Noah Greene plans to end his life on his twenty-fifth birthday until he meets an alluringly persuasive, emotionally indecisive boy who derails Noah's intent to die young. #questpit #w #lf

[Alexandria Newall is redrafting horror (FREE 🇵🇸) @Dria_Newall_]

#QuestPit #H #A #W

A PRAYER FOR THE UNMADE

When a socialite is killed, a boy is arrested but claims the impossible - he saw the Devil. A demonologist comes to unravel the violent events, and the Godfearing village of Hollowacre must cover its tracks before he digs too deep...

[Jo Dawson @JoDawsonWrites]

PHOEBE BERMAN’S GONNA LOSE IT X THE BODYGUARD

❤️fake dating / single dad / celeb
❤️autism rep written by an OT
❤️she dates her ex’s celebrity idol
❤️late 20s coming of age themes
❤️she’s the teacher of the mmc’s son
❤️NYC setting
#QuestPit #W #R #A

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

@authornataliere @brittneyjoan017

[Natalie Renee @authornataliere]

Star Wars x Mighty Nein x Arcane
✨Fast Paced
✨Diverse Cast
✨Addictive Villains
✨Immersive
✨High Fantasy
#QuestPit #W #DF #A #LGBT

[Jessica DeLand - Author (WAKE Coming Feb 2027!) @DelandJessica]

SPIRITED AWAY X
INUYASHA

When a curse chains a one-handed girl within feet of her worst nightmare, a nine-tailed fox boy, they must visit mythological creatures from around the world to learn how to break it while doing their best not to destroy each other.

#questpit #W #YA #F

[Grace Lee Is Querying ⛸️🏒 @gmleewrites]

SIX MINUTES TO FALL—82k-word sports romance that blends the high-stakes athletic themes of Bal Khabra's Revolve, if it were set in the world of Off Campus (2026). For readers who love the mental health topics in Peyton Corinne's Unsteady 🏒⛸️

#QuestPit #Q #A #NA #R

[Andrea_H @Andrea_H_Writes]

In the thick of revisions, but I missed making promo art!

PAIRING NOTES / CIDER IS FOR LOVERS / FINDING GRAVITY is an upmarket cross between Book Lovers by Emily Henry & The New Cidermaker's Handbook by Claude Jolicoeur plus the twist from Tangled.

Hopefully on sub this Spring!

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

@EllieYellu I could do without AI in this world!

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

What if magic wasn’t an innate gift, but a language anyone could learn?

When a student discovers the elite magical academy she fought her way into needs the disease killing her mother, she must expose the truth before time runs out.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

“You are telling me that reincarnation is a college drinking game?!”

Welcome to the Evermore, a purgatory cruise ship.

WELCOME ABOARD
85K projected | Adult Speculative Fiction | GOOD SPIRITS X MIDNIGHT TRAIN X THE GOOD PLACE

#QuestPit #W #A #S

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

“Despite your disadvantages, Miss Rose, you show remarkable progress.”

ARTICULATE is an 85K adult dark academia fantasy about magic and institutional power.

Currently querying!

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #DF

[Samantha Chung @drsamchung]

A purgatory cruise ship. A cynical lawyer. An afterlife Guide. One last port of call.

#QuestPit #W #A #S

[ML French (Querying commercial mystery/suspense) @MLFrench_Author]

LOVE YA, KID is an adult commercial mystery/suspense with editor interest. Complete at 91k.
Stella Stanley's dad was murdered, she doesn't care what the sheriff calls it, but what she doesn't expect when she starts digging is thirty-five years of dead bodies, and whoever did it will be back in her woods next deer season.

✅small town setting
✅amateur slueth
✅murder mystery

#QuestPit #Q #A #MY