Now querying: FRAGILE #querying #dystopian #readthis

Better to fully live imperfectly, than partially live perfectly. Human art is > AI #art #create #writers

First, I won 3rd place in CWA’s First Chapter Contest, then yesterday I received two full manuscript requests!

My reminder to go listen and learn.

Amy Nielsen@amynielsen.bsky.social · 2y ago

This episode of the Literary Blend podcast @demimschwartz.bsky.social featuring @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social is a MUST-LISTEN for querying authors all about all the reasons why an agent might pass. Vicky gives amazing insight and lets authors peek behind the curtain. open.spotify.com/episode/2Vvs...

Created this for my teen boys. Happy Valentine’s Day! #valentine

Just a preview of upcoming articles I'm working on for the Substack... (and ignore the "paid" button--that always shows up for my drafts, but at least 3 of these will be free ;) Drop a comment if there are any topics you'd like me to write about in the future!!

Applications are now OPEN for our annual Dana Wood Chaney Writers Fund scholarship. This $1500 tuition grant goes to one writer working on a writing project that addresses social change. More info and how to apply is here: buff.ly/3WXg5d8 #writingcommunity

Am I the only one who doesn’t want escapism, but instead wants to double down on this dystopian present and read stories where characters find revenge? #amquerying

Do you know (or are) a creative writing instructor who'd be interested in teaching a nine-week after-school class in Chicago? Details and how to apply are below! (Please share far and wide.) #writinginstructor

StoryStudio Chicago@storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 2y ago

We have an opportunity for a creative writing instructor for an after-school program. See the announcement in the image below and apply if interested. Please share, as well! #writingcommunity #creativewriting

—Stories that examine contemporary issues using horror/speculative elements as the vehicle (think Jordan Peele or Stephen Graham Jones) —Sentient plants or natural settings with a sinister undertone (a la Annihilation)—bonus if it speaks to our climate crisis without being too heavy handed 3/6 #MSWL

Writers, remember we are not pitching directly to posts! Happy hunting!

Manuscript Wish List®@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

I’m sorry, what??? Go home, Grammarly, you’re drunk. #WritingCommunity

Me. It’s me. Always me.

Elizabeth Land Quant@elizabethlquant.bsky.social · 2y ago

Who’s your cutest writing obstacle? #WritersofBluesky Here’s mine!

Anything @storystudiochicago.bsky.social hosts is phenomenal and I’m here for it! #writingcommunity

Rebecca Makkai@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sunday, I'm doing a FREE online overview of publishing--everything writers need to know--and you should be there! It's also an intro to our monthlong Pub Crawl program (publishing education online all Feb), but you don't have to be doing Pub Crawl to come to this! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS x ARCANE When a god offers Lelia the life she’s always wanted in exchange for her help on a museum heist, she agrees with barely a second thought. But Lelia’s not used to consequences, and stealing a legendary relic comes with several. #2025pit #A #F #DIS #LGBTQ #ND

KINSHIP, 84k, #A #H #T w/ #LGBTQ rep. Megan’s reunion with her long lost brother is complicated when he kills his lover. Luckily, Megan’s prepared for this. Subversion of gothic tropes + send up of true crime culture. #2025Pit

VOX x CLOUD CUCKOO LAND Cybele is valued as a mutation free, breedable female. Offered as a prize in a gladiatorial competition, she seeks revenge in a deadly confrontation with her kidnapper and discovers the truth about her adoptive mother’s role in her tragic life. #2025Pit #A #D

THE GHOST WOODS meets THE SILENCE FACTORY in WOODBINE, a Gothic thriller in which a lonely stained-glass artist must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before a malevolent creeper destroys his last chance at love. #2025pit #A #HF #T

And here I am! The sun is dying and there was a living being inside the mysterious artifact from Mercury. The first android CEO of the Sol System has to save his citizens, but his enemies and love life make it nearly impossible. Novel working title: ANCESTORS OF EARTH #2025pit #SF #A

A centaur cheats at jousting, until the fake horse head goes KERPLOP! 🌈Mythology X SPOP 🗡️Betrayed by the man he loves 🗡️Betrayed by his father 🐈‍⬛Cat Si from Irish folklore 🐐Snarky/greedy satyr 🐎Badass centaur 🧚‍♀️Tricky pixies can't lie ☀️Gods from many pantheons #2025pit #YA #F #writing #Q

A walking, talking corpse just lost a magic marble, triggering a chain reaction that threatens to burn the world down. Haf the demihuman fixer is going to find it, even if she never sleeps again. Buffy the Vampire Slayer x This Body's Not Big Enough For Both of Us #2025Pit #Q #A #F #LGBTQ

a woman is holding a cupcake and saying if the apocalypse comes beep me

Alt: Buffy Summers holding up a pager and saying "If the apocalypse comes, beep me."

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All dark adventure blogger turned law school student Riley wants is to solve the lethal riddle 💀 of her college town📚🌲before someone else winds up dead. All rock star Liam wants is Riley... & for her not to dismantle his career🎸 in her pursuit. All The Creature wants is their blood🩸 #2025Pit #Q #NA

🔪 Ada - a medium & fraud, turns to murder, determined to create the perfect ghost 🪦 Harriet - terrified of spirits, cursed with the ability to hear them ☠️ When her best friend is murdered, Harriet must face her fear & seek out the dead to find the killer ✨Dual POV #YouDeservepIt #a #hf #q soon

A closed room country house murder you say? May I introduce you to FUCK THIS MURDER 🐊🐊🐊 - a humorous, foul mouthed mystery, complete w/ sabotaged pre-wedding jaunts (bad food, poison oak, BEES), rekindled romance, a murder forest, & much more! #2025Pit #A #M #autism #Disabilty #LGBTQIA+ #OWN

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Alt: a large white house with a gazebo in the background, and people are running around frantically

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Most dreaded feedback: Your characters are flat. Gaaahh! Want to learn how to avoid writing boring characters? Take this five-session online class with writer Wayétu Moore -- Novel Foundations: Characters. The first class is Jan. 28. Register now! https://buff.ly/3Pv1uS1 #writingcommunity

Surviving high school isn’t easy under normal conditions—and it’s even harder when things get paranormal. Jennifer and August transfer to the mysterious Uther Academy, where they search for answers while learning the three Rs: revenge, redemption, and romance. #2025pit #Q #YA #M Art-Evelyn Abel

THE MAID X KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL. Hungry for mystery? Take a seat and enjoy CAMPERS ON TABLE 12, where the stakes are high, and the steaks are medium rare (and yes, the jokes are corny). When the manager's niece dies, one town's hospitality community pitches in to find her killer. #2025Pit #Q #A #M

VOX x CLOUD CUCKOO LAND Cybele leads her assigned companion on a dangerous quest to reveal her hidden past. When a deadly confrontation with her kidnapper reveals the tragic truth about her adoptive mother’s betrayal, she must choose between revenge and compassion to finally live free. #2025Pit #A

Lisa Jewell x Riley Sager Under the guise of neighborly kindness, Allie & Wes sneak into a wealthy stranger's home, unaware of hidden eyes. When they are blackmailed for trespassing, and a body is found soon after, Allie fears they'll be framed for murder—if they survive. #2025Pit #A #T #S #M

GIDEON THE NINTHxFFXIV When magicless Mick agrees to be an adventuring partner for Eleanor, his mage best friend (and crush), a mishap turns him into a dragon and binds him to the gods' dead adversary. Now they're rushing to break his curse before his existence triggers a war. #2025pit #F #R #A