Amalie/AR Frederiksen
@arfrederiksen.bsky.social
she/her | PORTRAIT OF TWO WOMEN (Titan, 2028) | rep: Christine Goss at FinePrint | words in Haven Spec, Shortwave, CHM & more | reads for Diabolical Plots, Small Wonders, Khoreo | teaches southgateschool.dk ✨ https://www.arfrederiksen.com/link-hub
It rly is true what ppl say about ”just don’t stop” when it comes to publishing, but I also think there’s room for another perspective that’s equally true: Go where the energy is. Don’t just “keep going,” but consider when to slow down, take a left, or park by the curb for half an hour.
Excited for this window and anybody who may submit! Let the rot (word?) spread!! 🥀🪱
Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE@amandaghelms.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's September 18, which means that in exactly one month, my special call for @diabolicalplots.com, Diabolical Rot, will be opening for submissions! Check out the full details here: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-general-s...
We're accepting applications to join our first readers team! This is a great way to see what makes a magazine like ours work, read LOTS of different styles of flash fiction and poetry, refine your own tastes, and work with some nifty people: airtable.com/applzdlHLTpe...
We're thrilled to announce that we've acquired PORTRAIT OF TWO WOMEN by @arfrederiksen.bsky.social 🖤 This is a Gothic horror debut set in Denmark, as an art restorer uncovers the ghosts of the past in a dual timeline mystery spanning a century. Autumn 2028 ✨
I should be saying something wild & amazing right now, and dig into my statistics for the decade(+) I've been at this, but no words can really capture this. Forever grateful for everybody who pushed me this far, and for those who saw what I wanted to do, and was trying to do, and always will do. ❤️
I JUST discovered a way of stylistically including an element in my story that I wanted to include from the very start, but considered too far-fetched, and so I discarded it. But now that I've drafted half of the book, I can see a way of including it---and THIS feeling is what writing is all about!🔥
I really need to get back into writing and submitting short stories more regularly again. I think I miss it, but it's hard to squeeze in among everything else these days.
About to finally hit 30k on what is probably the hardest thing I've written in some years now. I don't know what made that stretch from 20k to 30k so hard, especially when I already had an outline, but it turns out it's rather difficult to juggle 2 POVs with a 700 year interval in between. Yay. 🫠
Submissions close tomorrow! We’re looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words by immigrant and diaspora writers, as well as translations from any language into English. Submission guidelines can be found on our website. Share your work with us before the deadline!
Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
My latest flex as a writer? I've managed to use "pigeon-livered" in two books where it makes total sense and doesn't feel out of place, and I think this needs to become my thing.
If you ask me, the best feedback and beta-ing is the kind that feels actionable. And giving truly actionable feedback is actually a lot harder than what a lot of people think. Imo, actionable feedback is the secret step up from constructive criticism.
Super excited and honored to have a short story in this one, among some truly amazing names! ✨
Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago🎃🚨#HALFWAYTOHALLOWEEN COVER REVEAL!🚨🎃 @locusmag.bsky.social revealed Head Design's stunning cover for NORDIC NIGHTMARES a new anthology of nightmarish Nordic tales of mystery & horror ed. by Margarét Helgadóttir! Learn more: https://bit.ly/42CHymL October 2026. Preorder https://geni.us/nordicnigh
It's #folkhorrorweek and I'm also finishing edits on my Scottish folk horror book, ready for sub next month!! Really excited for this one, so thought I'd do a wee series sharing unhinged no context lines in prep...hope Editors are ready for weird folklore, strange insects and religious horrors 👁🤞🖤
I love working with braided narratives across dual timelines (and it has definitely become a thing of mine by now), but this also means double the historical research and double the outlining for one single book, and that was maybe not something I'd planned on. Not the smartest move, maybe.
Having read slush for multiple magazines for XYZ years by now, I think I’ve finally come to understand that once you move past a certain threshold of quality, you’re no longer making decisions based on quality. You’re more so making decisions based on memorability, which...
A very special call: Over our 20 (!) years we’ve published stories from all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. We want to remedy that. We’re looking for stories between 2000–6000 words from writers who are in, have recently been to, or have plans to visit Antarctica in the near future.
I promised myself I'd start lifting weights once Something Important Happened, and now I'm actually having a ton of fun doing deadlifts, and maybe I should've just started sooner. Tentatively doing some overhead presses as well, and it's just really fun, honestly. Better late than never!
ISSUE 1 IS NOW FREE TO READ ONLINE! Please enjoy our debut issue in all its messy, wonderful, heartbreaking, joyful queer energy. We love these poems and stories, the reprints and nonfiction, the cover and interior art—all of it! And we hope you will too 🪐🗡️ othersidespec.com/issues/issue-1/
It's now been roughly one year since I made a very difficult career (and emotional) choice that led me to my current agent, and I can safely say that this year? Well, this year has been a good one. Sometimes taking a step backwards can propel you forwards and beyond.
There are TWENTY print copies of The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley up for grabs over on Goodreads giveaways! If you're a US or Canadian user, here's your chance to grab one for free!
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Happy #MSWL Day! I’m an associate agent at P.S. Literary building my list in SFF, horror, mystery/thriller, speculative, and book club fiction. More about my list here, and in the thread below: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al... Submissions guidelines at: www.psliterary.com/submissions/
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Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 8mo agoHello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉 This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here! You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕
And like that, February just became my luckiest of months ever. ✨️
The more I write, the more I'm convinced that all writers end up as plantsers eventually. Flexibility is useful, what can I say? *shrugs*
Researching the historical difference between "chemist", "druggist" and "apothecary" for a future gothic romance project sure has sent me down an unexpected rabbit hole. Wow.
I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is a published novel! My Gothic horror novel is a tribute to Black Appalachia, HBCUs, and Hoodoo, featuring a lesbian main character whose name and life mission are profoundly inspired by icon Zora Neale Hurston. Order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/beatr...
November submissions are OPEN! The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS! We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
