As we’re entering a new season of pitch events, we want to remind querying authors of some schmagent red flags. This is your sign to reach out if you need help vetting your agent list!! cre: @lillyluwrites.bsky.social @solarhoang.bsky.social 🧵1/2

🏳️‍🌈BUFFY x SAILOR MOON A depressed grim reaper runs into the soul that got away—a now vampire wanting to move on—but first they must hunt her killer before he targets another woman. DEATH WISH is out January! “Heart-warming, heart-wrenching” -my editor #questpit #A #P #RF

GOOD NEWS! My #sapphic debut is up for pre-orders! DEATH WISH follows a depressed grim reaper who finds the soul that got away—a now vampire looking to move on—but first they must find her killer before be targets another woman. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/829783... #writingcommunity

Happy international asexuality day!!! 🫶

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!!@lillyluwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

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Expanding the Script: Ace Stories, Structures, and Perspectives in Publishing – Bookish Brews

A roundtable of ace storytellers discuss writing, publishing, and ace representation in books and the publishing industry.

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!!@lillyluwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

I wrote about getting your first chapter query-ready! Now on the @roundtablementor.bsky.social substack! 💗 #writingcommunity #amquerying open.substack.com/pub/roundtab...

#amquerying folks, I have donated a query package critique for kidlit4ceasefire’s fundraiser! See hundreds of publishing items here: www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease... #writingcommunity

So stoked to be working with Nika Clarke and Priyanka Watson on their beautiful romance books!!! #writingcommunity

Round Table Mentor@roundtablementor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

IT’S HERE! 🎉 Congratulations to the 2026 Round Table Mentor mentees! Our mentors are SO excited to get started and will be personally reaching out to their chosen mentee via email to kick things off, so keep an eye on those inboxes! **See more details below 👇**

i still cannot believe i sold my queer fantasy debut this year—it was my fourth book on sub, with my third agent. A great agent makes all the difference. Please fight for the best, don’t settle for less with your work, & don’t give up 🥹 #WritingCommunity

THE NEWS IS OUT! My supernatural sapphic romance is getting published by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 💫💗🧛‍♀️ This one’s for the gaysians, diaspora daughters, Los Angeles, found family, folks fighting against societal “should”s, folks who think “hey, we deserve better.” #WritingCommunity

guys there’s a scene in my book where i talk about six and seven (re: tarot cards) and last night i went NOOOOOOOO and changed it 🤦🏻‍♀️

So very much this. I remember cringing before a Board member when I was staff for an esteemed writers conference when she insisted, without malice - just ignorance, that writers should be willing to pay the (too high for me) fees because we all "need to invest in our work." #WritingCommunity

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!!@lillyluwrites.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I wrote about how wealth isn’t just “more time to write,” but resource-having in a way most of us can’t even imagine lillyluwrites.substack.com/p/wealth-acc...

Love it 🙌

I wrote about how wealth isn’t just “more time to write,” but resource-having in a way most of us can’t even imagine lillyluwrites.substack.com/p/wealth-acc...

Wealth, Access, and Writing

or, we need to talk about socioeconomic privilege

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roundtablementor hopefuls, pls check your emails for full requests! we are so keen to read your beautiful books!

this is why, as a literature teacher, i mask. My livelihood depends on it and my students’ wellbeing too 😭

Anna Holmes@annabookwriter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Oh, and while I’m here showing off my deep wounds due to institutional failure: difficulty reading is a sign of both executive dysfunction and emotional dysregulation AND it is a symptom of long COVID, so every incredulous thread about the Youths not wanting to read makes me want to scream.

4 books on sub…so much heartache, but finally…..!!! #writingcommunity

my @roundtablementor.bsky.social 2025 mentee @taylorkowens.bsky.social sent me a thank-you gift 🥹 so lucky to have had such wonderful mentees turn into such wonderful friends in this wild wild industry. really lucky to be part of your journey, honored to be in each other’s lives 💗 #writingcommunity

these @roundtablementor.bsky.social apps look SOOO GOOD!!! I cannot wait to dive in #writingcommunity

psssssttt just found out there are 15 print copies of The Celestial Seas up for grabs in a Goodreads giveaway! If a queer Moby Dick in space sounds fun please go check it out ✨✨✨ #thecelestialseas #scifibooks

It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤

#amquerying #writingcommunity, Round Table Mentor apps are now open! I cannot wait to read your manuscripts 😍

Round Table Mentor@roundtablementor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The time has come🥳Mentee applications are now open until November 21st! Interested parties should head over to www.roundtablementor.com/apply and feel free to DM for any questions! We can't WAIT to dive into your submissions!!!! ❤️

The only spell I have against hopelessness at the moment is to help community. So if you would like to support Marylanders in need (we have so many federal workers) here's my MD Food Bank fundraiser mdfoodbank.funraise.org/fundraiser/a...

✨ COMMISSIONS OPEN (kind of!) I’m auctioning a rare #commission spot for @geekgirlcon ‘s virtual silent auction! GGC is a nonprofit, 100% volunteer-run convention in Seattle that has been a safe space for marginalized fandom folks for the past 10+ years. ➡️visit givebutter.com/c/KKmh5b/auc...

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

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I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…

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Our AMA is live!!! Let me know in comments below if you have questions about my MSWL or the program :)) #roundtablementor #writingcommunity #amquerying

Round Table Mentor@roundtablementor.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today’s the day! Have a question about the program, application process, or our mentors? Ask it below! #writingmentorship #roundtablementor #writingcommunity

Today’s the day! Have a question about the program, application process, or our mentors? Ask it below! #writingmentorship #roundtablementor #writingcommunity

Agents!!! I was soooo lucky to mentor Taylor and read this beautiful, genre-bendy book!!!

Taylor ✨querying a horror rom 👽♥️🎲✨@taylorkowens.bsky.social · 9mo ago

To save her sister, Destiny joins a luck-bending alien in a dangerous Vegas con. His borrowed human body is breaking, her heart is unraveling, and every win brings them closer to ruin. Now it’s love or family. Either choice could destroy them both. #roundtablementor #A #H #R #UN

*FRANKENSTEIN SPOILERS * As someone who teaches frankenstein every year, I had SO many thoughts about this film. I am a fan of GTD’s movies. Loved the nested doll structure and how freaky Elizabeth was. Loved the costumes, acting, and music Was very ? about the time period shift by 50 years+

Happy Ace Week :)

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!!@lillyluwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈