Melonie with an O

YA and MG Fantasy writer. RoundTable Mentee ‘25. Member of #SCBWI. Wife. Mom to one human and 3 beasts. Average Musician. Newb archer. #WritingCommunity

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

When Mia's sent on a quest to Nashville, she's just happy to bring her bff and warm up her restricted music powers. But when a breakout novel exposes her secret life & magical community, Mia must chose between following Olympus' orders, or salvaging her secrets.
#QuestPit #YA #F

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

Oooh a free first page contest for #ya writers?
https://t.co/cOMqBh40uQ
@writingdaywksp

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

@sanchez_m_m Thank you so much, Michelle!

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

When Mia's sent on a quest to Nashville, she's just happy to bring her bff and warm up her restricted music powers. But when a breakout novel exposes her secret life & magical community, Mia must chose between following Olympus' orders, or salvaging her secrets.
#QuestPit #YA #F

[Amanda Dodge @manda_dodge]

Two strangers undergoing sensory deprivation therapy accidentally swap their trauma ghosts—literal ghosts of their darkest memories. Now haunted by the other's past, they must use the distorted memories to find each other before their unsettled ghosts destroy their new hosts. #W #S #AG #Questpit

[Deanna Winters @DeannaUnwritten]

After her murder at the hands of a death cult, Ginevra wakes in an unnatural body built as a weapon & mistaken for the missing princess. As the cult hunts the soul they thought destroyed, she must claim her own identity—or be defined by the powers that remade her
#questpit #A #DF

[Sarah Dorko @sarah_dorko]

After 500 years, Tal will do anything to revive his lover. But when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up with a human girl lost in his world. Tal must help her friends on their rescue mission if he wants a chance to make his wish. #QuestPit #YA portal #F #Q #LGBT

[Michelle Sanchez @sanchez_m_m]

Dear friends, future readers, and lovely editors,
HOUSE OF HUNGER is #YA #Gothic #horror inspired by Poe's Tell-Tale Heart and Mexican Gothic in a tale that is fresh, atmospheric, propulsive, and achingly unforgettable. Cora's box of bloodthirsty hearts is guaranteed to get you out of that reading rut, keep you on the edge of your seat, and make you hungry for more!
#questpit #agented #editors

[Darian is ✨INTERNING✨ @darianrudderham]

VICIOUS x NINTH HOUSE

Dodie only joins the cohort her abusive mother is in to bargain for her sister. When the cohort uncovers evidence of an unethical experiment--and plans to recreate it--she realizes she was never intended to leave alive.

#Q #Questpit #SFF #A

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

@jannahorton_ This sounds so good!

[Janna Horton @jannahorton_]

RED RISING x ROMEO & JULIET

An ambitious, lowborn scholar pretends to be of noble birth to enter an academy for spymasters, but as she rises, her rival vies for her heart, her family ostracizes her, and both rebels & imperials want her dead.

#questpit #Q #A #SFF

[M. Dane 🎉 Agented 🎉 @author_MDane]

A. FOWL X FABLEHAVEN

When a boy with no magic rescues a sprite denied hers, England’s deadliest myths mark him for vengeance.
✅Antagonist POVs
✅Dark humor
✅Voicy
✅Standalone with series potential
✅On Submission now
#AG #MG #OS #Questpit

[Alicia Maskley is querying @AMaskley]

*Natural Neon*

[COLDWIRE X CLOUD ATLAS]

Miami, 2097: An illegal neural mod tears open a door between lifetimes, and something ancient is ready to consume not just Londyn's soul, but the fabric of reality itself.

#AgentsGuide #QuestPit #A #Q #S #SF

[Jeffrey Martin Jr @LCALLING]

Dexter X Arachnophobia.

A tapestry of silk ends in death! 
Entomologist utilizes myriad of chemical compounds with unique delivery system. Detective Kelli Jordan uncovers evidence to unravel the killer’s web, but it may cost the life of her unborn child.
#QuestPit
#Q #A #T #H

[Sally Bromley @sally_bromley]

BLUE SISTERS X THE PUSH X THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
A sister always has your back until she sticks a knife in it 🔪
#amquerying #agentsguide
#questpit #Q #A #LGBTQ

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

@authorBBLorik Ahhh thank you so much!

[Abigail is Agented @abigailwad]

Bringing back the reader’s guide for A MEDDLESOME MAGIC, which features:

🐦‍⬛Mental health & LGBTQ+ rep
🐦‍⬛Ride-or-die friendships
🐦‍⬛Small town secrets
🐦‍⬛Annoyance to lovers
🐦‍⬛Magic forests
✨Big 5 editor interest

#questpit #Q #F #M #YA

[Q’Zion T. Gipson is ✨ VAGUE!✨ @qzion_t_gipson]

A new #agentsguide for my #WIP THE ESSENCE THEY STOLE, a dual-POV YA royal romantasy with a Cinderalla-inspired twist! 🌹It's perfect for fans of royal dystopian novels with a Black girl MC and a POC love interest.

#Agents, please 🩵 if you're interested!

#QuestPit #YA #RF #W

[Tyler Stasi 🍓👒🕰️ @tyler_stasi]

#QuestPit #S #W #F

The Shape of Water x LIGHTS ON THE SEA

Who are you when there is no one to witness?

🌊mid-life crisis
🌊small town community
🌊redemption/soul transformation
🌊irony of the patriarchy
🌊maritime gothic

art: vincenzo caprile

[Samantha Lebans @sammylebans]

An #agentsguide to my contemporary romance, DEFINITELY NOT A BUCKET LIST featuring:

🚙Tension-filled road trip
💉Illness rep
🌄Coastal Canadian landscape
⛴️Boat ride in costume
✍️(Not) a bucket list

#questpit #Q #A #R

[Savannah McMillan (querying) 🧁 @SavMcMillan]

#QuestPit #Q #R

A cake-decorator willing to do anything to keep her childhood best friend agrees to join his polyamorous relationship, only to fall for the man she recruits to help her destroy it from within.

🧁 fake dating
🎥 influencer culture
💌 slow burn mutual yearning

[Melonie with an O @Pendleton_Mel]

@SavMcMillan Thank you so much!