Am late to #SEAsianPit, but if I 💜 your post, please submit your query and the first 30 pages to querytracker.net/query/marin/.... I'm looking forward to reading!

I loved this novel.

Otherwise Award@otherwiseaward.org · 4mo ago

NEWS: The Otherwise Award is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Award: the novel "Luminous" by Silvia Park @silviapark.bsky.social Read about the winner, the Honor List and Long List at otherwiseaward.org/2026/03/anno...

This book is actually a horror memoir

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Reading Careless People and another Big Tech corporate memoir, and the thing that stands out to me like a sore thumb is how outlandishly oafish and stupid upper management is about things which ought to be common sense.

And here’s a designed MSWL to help better visualize what I’m looking for! Follow me on Instagram @marintakikawa for more updates! 🌟💜💖 (1/2)

I'm late for #MSWL day but better late than never? 👀 I represent YA and adult across literary, upmarket, and speculative spaces, and am hungry to find my next obsession that I just can't put down! (1/4)

a cartoon of snoopy reading a book while woodstock looks on

ALT: a cartoon of snoopy reading a book while woodstock looks on

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I'll be talking about comp titles with Writers' League Texas this Saturday--hope to see you there! writersleague.org/calendar/202...

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

bookshop.org

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · last yr.

A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵

If you, like me and everyone else I know, haven't planned out your #AWP schedule yet, can I interest you in this Saturday morning panel where five agents yap about what a #MSWL is and why it matters? @minahamedi.bsky.social @nedlovesbooks.bsky.social @marintakikawa.bsky.social @mwhatnall.bsky.social

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

I see so many posts that are like “wouldn’t it be cool if we had a space for —“ or “someone should really set up—“ and then proceed to describe the role of a public library. Reach out to your library with these suggestions.

Happy #MSWL day! some specific shoutouts: - voice! voice! voice! anything voice-driven with some kind of social lens (YA/adult) - a literary love story a la PAST LIVES (A24) and FIRST LOVE (Netflix) my general wishlist remains the same so please do check it out!

kendrick 🙌🏼🙌🏼

This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!

A quick hit from me after the protests over the last week, despite all the claims that people were too exhausted to protest and were sitting Trump II out. It's true, much of the Trump "resistance" appeared to have gone home when Biden was elected. But plenty of people never left the fight:

The #Resistance Lives. It Just Looks Different This Time.

Defying mainstream media narratives about the exhausted opposition, protests are picking up in D.C. and across the country, led by protesters who never hung up their placards to begin with.

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i will cry (in a good way) if this actually ripples throughout the industry!

Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore

In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

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So 97% of @NYMagUnion members--including me!-- just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @VoxMedia. If you love @NYMag, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

New York Mag Union

nymagunion.org

Feel like my new thing will be to collect all these acts of resistance from ordinary people and send them to my Dem reps with the note, “More like this please.”

Maia🏳️‍⚧️@doonethingforme.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fiance reports that ICE trying to board a bus in Seattle were refused by a Seattle bus driver who told them "gargle my balls"

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

We’d especially appreciate bulk donations *already in the LA area* — the ones you left in storage since 2022, that warehouse you’ve been meaning to deal with, that kinda thing. We have mask orders being mailed, but we need masks on faces NOW, faster than next week delivery

Mask Bloc L.A.@maskblocla.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you have bulk masks to donate, or want to send us masks, please fill out this form! (same form for volunteers and mask requests!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm finally making the switch to Query Manager! I've hated not being able to respond due to the sheer volume... so my hope is that by switching, I'll be able to be more responsive to people with all of QM's great features! (1/2)

Reading makes you live longer.

counting down the days till holiday break, but also really excited to read for fun...! anyone have recs? this year i loved reading ALL MY RAGE, THE WEDDING PEOPLE (one of TFA's!), GENDER QUEER—in the mood for (realistic) joy and on the opposite end, something gritty, transporting, and propulsive!

🤍🤍🤍

Manuia Heinrich@heinrichmanuia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ending my vague era with this: ✨I’m getting published!✨ So pumped to announce that my book SALT WATER BLOOD will be published with Simon & Schuster (US) + Allen & Unwin (ANZ) in 2026! Endless gratitude to my agent @marintakikawa.bsky.social & my editor Sarah Barley 💖 #booksky #writingcommunity

i literally will not shut up about this book! it's going to be one of THE BEST debuts to come. if you love Kazuo Ishiguro's NEVER LET ME GO or are a fan of genre-blending genius that's inventive, beautifully human, and WILL make you cry at the end, this truly is a book you NEED to have

i'm here i'm here! but for any writers wanting to query me, i ask that you please wait until January'25! 🙇‍♀️