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Karly Dizon

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Building Lit universes with stories that matter || Agent Fuse Literary

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Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚@vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 20h ago

Quick reminder that I have about 7 pitch slots open for the Louisville Book Festival: www.louisvillebookfestival.com/festival-inf...

Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 2d ago

Let's tighten up those manuscripts! Download Picture Book Summit's Tips for Trimming 10% and streamline your #picturebook manuscript by today! ⁠ ⁠ Get the freebie here: picturebooksummit.co...⁠ #amwriting #amreading #picturebooks #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Ernie Chiara @erniechiara.com · 2d ago

It’s that time again, y’all. I’m reopening to new queries for a limited time. I’ll be looking for: 💫 Adult & YA fantasy & sci-fi 📖 Speculative upmarket & literary fiction 🔎 Select mystery & crime fiction I’m looking forward to seeing what comes my way!

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 3d ago

Congratulations, NoNi!!!

12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 4d ago

Check out this first video in our series on #picturebook hooks--all about subjects: dinosaurs, unicorns, pirates, space, trucks, etc. Plus how to make yours stand out. Don't forget to grab our free guide to picture book hooks! #kidlit #kidlitart #pbhooks #amquerying youtu.be/HYtwuCyM7fM

Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 5d ago

I hope you'll join us tonight for structured writing/editing/whatever time and unstructured fun times!

Writing Wednesday. Every Wednesday at 8pm eastern. Youtube: sarahnicolasya

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 6d ago

2026 National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature Announced buff.ly/G7U4Cuz

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 6d ago

The good news just keeps coming! Congratulations @authortachan.bsky.social

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 6d ago

👀 I spy with my little eye @authortachan.bsky.social’s The Celestial Seas

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 7d ago

Warmest welcome to Team Fuse!

Vicky Weber - Agent, Author, Educator 📚@vickyweberbooks.bsky.social · 7d ago

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 7d ago

This Friday: I'm discussing the most notable publishing industry developments of 2026, what they mean for writers and publishers, and what to watch for in 2027. Recorded if you can't make it live, but join live if you want to ask questions.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Publishing Industry Update with Jane Friedman. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Jane has been reporting on the publishing industry since 2015. Join her over your lunch hour to discuss the most notable developments of 2026, what they mean for writers and publishers, and what to wa...

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daryl "dino-damage" b 🏳️‍⚧️@hypercubexl.bsky.social · 2w ago

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 2w ago

This is a terrific and straightforward explanation for partnering with a bookstore, and it's similar to the process I followed. It's most likely to work if you have a traditional publisher but I've seen it work for indie authors, too. From M. Stevenson.

How to Partner with a Bookstore for a Preorder Campaign | Jane Friedman

In this excerpt from It Depends: An Author’s Practical Guide to Debut Year, M. Stevenson shows how indie shops can contribute to a traditionally-published book’s launch strategy.

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Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stefanie Molina-Santos @agentstefanie.bsky.social · 3w ago

@litconnect.bsky.social my list is so ready for more romance authors ❤️ I'm looking for high-concept, upmarket romance. Can be cross genre! My favorites: ✨ grumpy/sunshine ✨ secret cinnamon rolls ✨ enemies-to-lovers ✨ he fell harder ✨ bi rep ✨ PINING ✨ but not TOO slow of a burn Submit by 8/31 😊

Fairwood Press- Patrick Swenson @patrickswenson.bsky.social · 4w ago

Last day for me to get way too much done before I drive down over the next few days to L.A. for the 84th Worldcon. I'll be in the dealer room, welcoming debut authors and brand new books (and yes, a whole BUNCH of Fairwood books), hosting signings, and more. If you're there, stop by!

T. A. Chan @authortachan.bsky.social · 4w ago

‼️THIS WEEK‼️ Excited to be at LA Con and hanging with all you amazing humans. Come check out an amazing panel about Diaspora in SFF, pick up some swag at my author signing, and chat about everything and anything during a morning stroll. #worldcon #lacon

Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 4w ago

I have a rare query critique opportunity in the auction to support @celestepewter.bsky.social! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Agent Query Critique

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 4w ago

My father gave me a refurbished Kindle loaded with books before he died. It was his last gift to me. It was in very bad shape, practically unusable for many years. A cleaned it and updated it for me and now I get to read the library my dad curated for me from the ICU as he lay dying. 🥹

佳美 Yang 🍊📚🐱@jamteayang.bsky.social · last mo.

Need a manuscript look from a kidlit editor? I got you. (I also edit romance and SFF!) I've donated a 50 page manuscript critique to Authors for @celestepewter.bsky.social, who does so much for democracy and the book community! www.32auctions.com/organization...

50-Page Editor Manuscript Critique

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · last mo.

All empires end. THE KING MUST DIE is a science fantasy novel about a reluctant rebel on a quest to save her friends, even if that means teaming up with one of their greatest enemies. There’s now a signed copy @booksinc.bsky.social in SFO by the D gate entrance! (I’m omw to my very first WorldCon!)

Cover of The King Must Die by the phenomenal Eleanor Pitera. A Black woman with dark skin and gray hair in a red dress stands before a desert landscape filled with ghostly figures.

Picture of the Books Inc sign in SFO—a yellow sun on a white background

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · last mo.

This made me so happy 😂

beetle moses@beetlemoses.bsky.social · last mo.

Animorphs (1/3)

Page 1, 3 panels. Panel 1: group of friends in a public party setting. A guy asks one of the girls, “you’ve really never heard of Animorphs?” The girl laughs, “never!” Panel 2: later, the girl is now alone and unlocking the door to her apartment. Panel 3: as she enters the apartment, she morphs into a wildebeest. She thinks to herself, “no one can know.”

Cathy Yardley @cathyyardley.bsky.social · last mo.

Re-introduction (since I've been buried in writing cave!) I'm Cathy Yardley, Viet-Irish-American rom com writer, Gen X neurodivergent rogue, Noonaracha Staytiny, menopausal bogwitch, foodie in the boonies. LFG! (Also, this is my brand new author photo... what do you think?)

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · last mo.

Always love receiving copies of my client’s books 💕 congratulations to NoNi and all the Latine authors in SING ME A STORY

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · last mo.

As promised :) can’t wait to read your works these next two weeks! #mswl

scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · 2mo ago

Don’t know who wrote this — it was posted on Instagram by “Warpaint Journal” in April 2025 — but it’s making the rounds today and is pretty great. I dream of this too ❤️

Most people don't dream of being fancy-rich.
I dream of being rich enough to say, "Treat's on me," without thinking twice. Rich enough to have a home that feels like a hug, a fridge stocked like a five-year-old with adult money, and a tray of chocolates waiting for someone to grab. Rich enough to quietly help a friend before they even have to ask. To send a care package when someone's too tired to reach out. To buy all the pencils from a kid on the street so they can go home early. For me, the real money dream isn't about luxury - it's about having enough to give, enough to comfort, enough to turn ordinary moments into something extraordinary.

Karly Dizon @karlydizon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The moment has finally arrived. The little one keeps asking if he can read just 5 more pages. And now, “Just 6 more please? It’s getting really good.”

Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva's Happy Cry

ALT: Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva's Happy Cry

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Kiara Valdez @dezinpub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stepping Up! comes out tomorrow. 🥰Today I am running around in a cute AF outfit to indie bookstores in Manhattan to sign stock. Tomorrow ill be running around Brooklyn. 💃🏿✨

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Writers! One of my absolute favorite people in the business is open to queries again. 👇🏽

Erik Hane@erikhane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I pushed the button. I'm officially open for queries.

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My annual “here’s a ton of free publishing advice” post. You can access: TWENTY successful query letters. Six book proposals that sold. A guide to research agents. And a guide to writing I.P. All for free, right here. www.ericsmithrocks.com/perfect-pitch

Perfect Pitch — ERIC SMITH

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