ALT Text: An agent’s guide to The Ballad of Agnes Day, a 112k upmarket historical novel. Image: Two vintage-style mermaids with their tails entwined and a blood spatter across one corner.

ALT The pitch: When a storms wrecks his islands’s passenger steamer, sparing only a girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. Moodboard: Evil-looking mermaids, a violin, poisonous mushrooms and passenger steamers on stormy seas, with a moody blue-green hue.

ALT Comps: The Sirens by Emilia Hart, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson as book covers

ALT The snippet: ‘Are you seeing this?’ he cried. ‘Do you see them?’ ​ Dazed, Morton peered around him. All he could see was the black oil spill of the water, its steady surge and release. ‘What do you mean?’ he called back, blood thundering in his ears. ​ Edward’s eyes grew glossy with tears. Then he began to jerk around like a petrified beast, causing the boat to lurch beneath them. ‘They’re everywhere,’ he said in terror and wonderment. ‘They’re coming for me.’

ALT a nine image moodboard in grey and light blue tones, with hints of red and brown 1. a blonde haired female vampire in a white dress, atop a man, about to feed 2. a knife handle, escribed with text that reads "pain is a sensation and sensations are to be enjoyed" 3. a hand with rings and acrylics covered in a red liquid, with it dripping down their fingers 4. a brick church in the midst of a foggy morning 5. a screencap of crimson peak, with a black haired woman holding a blonde haired woman in a white dress 6. four large wooden crosses in a graveyard, with rosaries hanging from them 7. a collage of five pictures, all of zoomed in pieces of a pale person's blonde hair, mouth/teeth, grey eye, and a grey top 8. a medium blue color image, with text in the center reading "An amused grin turned the corner of the woman's plump lips upward. "I don't bite, Sister of the Lord." 9. a pale woman with long black hair and a white dress sitting in front of a window, light on her face

ALT Pitch Card with shadows behind text that reads: TO CAGE A SHADOW is a feminist narrative crossover romantasy featuring a protagonist operating as a spy in a hostile environment and the exploration of prejudice and power like AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir, the competition-based plot structure and political intrigue of FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros, and the hidden magical identity, forbidden romance, and a female protagonist discovering her true power of FROM BLOOD AND ASH by Jennifer L. Armentrout. Ferne, a shadow-wielding spy, infiltrates the annual magical martial tournament to manipulate and marry one of the three powerful men. When she finds out the tournament winner receives anything they want, she enters the competition to fight for her people’s survival. In doing so, Ferne falls in love with her loathsome, irritating tournament partner and endangers herself and everyone around her when the Duke grows suspicious of Ferne and stalks her every move.

ALT An agents guide The slaughter of songbirds The background is a dragon perched atop a rocky fixture breathing fire at surrounding swarm of dragons. At the forefront knights stand armed to fight.

ALT PITCH When a wolf stumbles over the Fae border mere days after the slaughter of the royal family, no one expects him to survive the night. But the newly throned Queen, hands still bloody, offers him not execution but salvation. The stranger - who's only hope had been a merciful, quick death accepts, and in each other they'll find an unlikely chance to heal. But when the corpses of the past come back to haunt them, it'll become clear their peace wasn't built to last and after a lifetime of bloodshed, if these warriors wish for rest - they'll need to earn it. The background is a dragon perched atop a rocky fixture breathing fire at surrounding swarm of dragons. At the forefront knights stand armed to fight.

ALT HOTD THE CRUEL PRINCE COMPS "She dances with shadows and runs with the wolves." "By the time he'd realised his last chance was to run, he was already half-way bound." TROPES QUEEN X GENERAL X KING MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE RESTORATION OF MAGIC BLACK CAT X 2 GOLDEN RETRIEVERS FORBIDDEN LOVE IF YOU ROOTED FOR RHAENRYA x HARWIN LGBTQIA LEADS The background is a dragon perched atop a rocky fixture breathing fire at surrounding swarm of dragons. At the forefront knights stand armed to fight.

ALT Your next book boyfriend and book bestie fighting and flirting their way to a stone. One is holding a whip the other a dagger

ALT Hovering hands with illustrations of my comps

ALT The pitch of my book in gothic font with a stained glass background

ALT A moodboard showing the pirate (Amir), the princess (Mira), and John. Amir silhouetted against a cloudy sky with a sword slung over her shoulder and a group of joyful sailors on a pirate ship. She has this quote: Continue to love Continue to forgive Continue to grow Mira is shown in the reflection of an ornate mirror. She is wearing long white gloves and a pink ballgown with her hair in a natural updo and the lesbian pride flag is subtly depicted over her photo. There is another photo of two girls kissing in the surf at sunset. Mira has this quote: We looked at each other a little too long to be “just friends” John is shown with his bare back to the viewer, facing the sea with the trans pride flag subtly depicted over his photo. He also has a close up of iridescent mermaid scales and this quote: Go bravely, go deeply, or do not go

ALT southern gothic moodboard

ALT a nine image moodboard in red, lavender, white and silver tones 1. a white person cleaning blood off white tiles with a purple sponge 2. a closeup of fresh meat 3. an eyeball with a purple iris 4. a woman with long black hair and a white dress sitting in a corner 5. black text on a white background reading "part two: torture" 6. a pale person with silver hair 7. a dropper full of clear liquid being held over a glass vial 8. freshly cut meat 9. a person's mouth, half open, with blood on their upper teeth and lip

ALT ROMEO & JULIET meets THE HUNGER GAMES in: SNOWDROPS AND STONES A 108k NEW ADULT DYSTOPIAN FANTASY by H. L. DOCHERTY

ALT THE PITCH In the slums of Harroworth, Alayna Jameson knows her place. As a Scab, barely more than a slave, she’s spent her life scraping by beneath the boots of the ruling Elites. To protect her family and gain the influence to spark change, Alayna agrees to date the arrogant eldest son of the city’s governor. She expects danger. She doesn’t expect his younger brother. Tiv Hawes was raised to ignore the blood on his family’s hands. But when a tense encounter with Alayna turns into a string of clandestine meetings, he’s forced to see his world, and Alayna, for what they are: subjugated, caged, brutalised. Rebellion is on the horizon. Alayna and Tiv are torn apart by revolution and their families, forced onto opposite sides. Monsters that hunt by night grow bolder. And both sides will do anything to win. With monsters closing in and war consuming the city, Tiv and Alayna must face the greatest danger of all: falling for the enemy.

ALT VIBES: THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS by Chloe Gong - Romeo and Juliet Retelling - Complex/Feuding Families - Dual POV SERPENT AND DOVE by Shelby Mahurin - Enemies to Lovers - Hidden Magic - Strong Female Lead THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES by Suzanne Collins - Class Divide - Morally Grey Characters - Forbidden Love

ALT SNIPPET: With reckless bravery I didn’t have time to consider, I barreled past Alayna, gaze fixed on the Scab man as a black bag was dragged over his head. My step faltered when a trap door dropped, and the woman beside him plunged to the earth. Rope snapping taut, her body jerked violently before slowing to a gentle swing. The crack of her neck carried over the crowd’s roar. The edges of my vision darkened, the world narrowing. Alayna tried once more to stop my advance, and I collided with fleeing Scabs. “They’ll kill you!” She hauled me back a few paces. “And if you die, I’ll hang for it.” I stopped dead. “You’re lying.” She wasn’t. But her words couldn’t penetrate my erratic panic amid the erupting chaos. A woman bolted, screaming towards the scaffold. As the man dropped, gunfire rang out and she stumbled, face striking stone. Rivulets of crimson stained the cobblestone beneath her. I could taste it on the air. Alayna stumbled back into me, face ashen. Adrenaline held off

ALT A moodboard with 9 images: Top Row: 1. A quote on a dark background, "it's hard work, trying to make yourself into something your mother can stand to look at" 2. Flowers carved into marble. 3. Embroidery of a hand pulling on threads. Middle Row: 1. Family tree with a web of strings connecting portraits. 2. Camera screen with a close-up of lips. 3. Cutout of a house with pictures of people and objects attached to it with strings. Bottom Row: 1. Embroidered silhouettes of people seated at a dining table. 2. Small bunny figurines hanging from a string. 3. Blurry image of people with the quote "You are not me and I am not you, but you and I are the same thing".