Coworker: hey, your wife sees a lot of new books, does she have one that tells a programmer how to be successful in business? Me: well, she specializes in science fiction Coworker 2: burn.
Gabrielle Harbowy, Literary Agent 🌈
@gabrielle-h.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Typo ninja. Ttrpg writer. Award-nominated author/editor. Active member, SFWA. Bi. Polyam. Disabled. Literary Agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Query box reopening Sept 1 2026. She/her.
My new friend and I bonded over our dislike of stairs. We're gonna go to the spa later and EXFOLIATE.
said it before and i'll say it again: the number one writing hack is just to make friends. you can either spend an hour in an obscure & contentious reddit forum trying to figure out what a 2012 camaro sounds like or you can ask your buddy, the Car Guy
Indianapolis tomorrow. If this trip were a book pitch, it would be a cozy tale of community and found family and romance and shiny math rocks.
disability is not something to be cured by the power of positive thinking and having faith in yourself like yes sure maybe that's possible once in a blue moon, but not most of the time and now you're just putting that guilt onto people for whom that won't work.
Here is an archived link to Emily Wilson's takedown of Nolan's Odyssey, which seems to have partially crashed the LRB's site: archive.is/VOO3p
The poetry Hugo is a go! At least until 2029, as there's a policy of re-ratifying new categories three years later. Thank you to @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social, @bugthewriter.bsky.social, @therisingtithes.bsky.social, and everybody else who made this happen!
Tfw you realize you're not going to have enough fancy yarn to finish the top you're making. Uhoh.
Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love.
Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is
This is Courtney's back of envelope math on the anthropic settlement! A reminder to all authors of the first question I asked her: do I have to pay taxes on this? (yes)
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2w agoAmount remaining for authors: $1,377,538,691.54 Number of total works on which claims were made: 440,490 Amount per work = $3,127.28
@tesel8s.bsky.social as Odysseus: I feel bad about all the men I got killed; gonna go over here & bang Charlize Theron about it for a few years. Me: Hey, it was therapy. It helped! Me: You know who else has trauma? Them: I see what you're thinking, but I don't think our insurance covers that. 🤣
I have eaten the lettuce that was… somewhere the icebox… maybe? and which you were probably saving for a burrito supreme Forgive me the lettuce was so delicious But I have to go now Oh gawd—
Rep. Aisha Gomez: “To look at people standing up against ICE and see ‘paid protesters’ says nothing about us and everything about you.” “That you cannot conceive of us loving our neighbors so much that we would actually do something for them.”
www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfi... So pleased to announce my new Humble Bundle exclusive short story! "From Author Gabrielle Harbowy (Gears of Faith) comes a new tale of the fan-favorite heroines (and their loyal riding dog companion, Appleslayer) set in Pathfinder's Lost Omens setting."
Humble RPG Bundle: Pathfinder Second Edition Bundle of Frogs! By Paizo Inc.
Set a course for adventure with this Pathfinder bundle featuring Dawn of the Frogs, Extinction Curse, and more! Pay what you want and support the Craft Emergency Relief Fund!
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You guys I rep this book and it is SUCH A FUN ROMP! ✨💖✨
DH Strange@dhstrange.bsky.social · 3w agoTHE FIFTH ELEMENT x HOT FUZZ w Eleanor Shellstrop After a job gone wrong, data thief Enmity and space cop Mirek end up handcuffed together, at the center of a political coup, and on the run from space thugs, disco-dancing assassins...and catching feelings for one another. #bluepit #OS #A #SF #R #📖
If you would like to thank me for creating these comp-finder databases (they are a lot of work!), share with your writer friends so they get used and/or buy some of the books from the Bookshop links inside.
Comp-Finder Databases — Allison Alexander
Looking for comparative titles for your query letter? Access these databases of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror novels published in the last five years.
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"There’s simply no way any of us could have predicted a Nazi SS guy with his eyeballs dangling out of his sockets and the Staff of Ra broiled into his flesh like grill marks on a meat slab would be such a terrible candidate for Senate."
If Only There Had Been a Sign that the Face-Melting Nazi from Indiana Jones Wouldn’t Make a Good Senator
“There’s simply no way any of us could have predicted a Nazi SS guy with his eyeballs dangling out of his sockets and the Staff of Ra broiled into his flesh ...
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Me: this sportscar in front of us is the ugliest color. Why buy an expensive car and get it in pale primer gray? It's like...dirty stormtrooper. Them: Dirty Stormtrooper sounds like a sex position where none of your shots land where you mean them to.
Look who's on the Gen Con blog today! That's right, it's @erikscottdebie.bsky.social and @johannah.bsky.social and @brklyndragon.bsky.social! (And also me 😁) gencon.blog/2026/05/08/m...
Meet the Writers: Chapter Four – The Official Gen Con Blog
Turn the page and discover the next collection of celebrated authors as our Writers Symposium series continues… In this post, we introduce a fourth group of brilliant storytellers who will be heading ...
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Paizo's next Pathfinder fiction release, the #AbominationVaultsNovel by @erikscottdebie.bsky.social is now available on #NetGalley. If you're a reviewer, we'd love to hear your thoughts!
Thrilled to announce my new clients @miribaker.bsky.social and Katie Anderson Howell, whose books you will LOVE. <3 Welcome to CLA!
Join our team as a fiction editor! We’re looking for someone who loves SFFH and wants to work with writers to bring their stories to life. This role is remote, you can be based anywhere in the world and still be a part of the team. Interested? Apply here by 15 June www.khoreomag.com/join-our-team/
Happy Juneteenth! It costs 0$ to repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more! Store: Bibipins.com
Every year I tell the socials to Give Black People Money for Juneteenth. 2026 ain't about to be different. Give a little, give a lot, give directly, give widely. Black fam: you are invited to reply to this with your info/links! Also: 🧵 👇🏾 #Juneteenth #GBPMforJuneteenth
