iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

So I've been selected to be a 2026 WNDB mentee!!! 😭💖🎉 I am so very excited for the chance to work with Sandra over this year and hope to accomplish a great many writing things 💖

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Ceilidh Newbury @ceilidhnewbury.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This book and Ahrin have my gremlin heart 😍😍😍

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Cee ‼️ @ceegrice.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

absolutely BANGER of a story ‼️‼️ truly unique and captivating 😍

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

GEARBREAKERS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY When Ahrin's squadmate is murdered, she decides she won't just become a knight, but also hunt those who dared take her family away from her; chase them across the stars if she has to. She will be her squadmate's revenge. #DVpit #YA #SF #LGBT #DIS

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

IRON WIDOW x THE CLONE WARS When her squadmate is murdered, Ahrin will risk anything for revenge, even her chance at knighthood. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: 'anything' is a much higher price than she could imagine. #DVpit #YA #SF #LGBT #DIS

Illustration of a longsword silhouetted by a glowing green symbol of three concentric ovals. Title: "Odyssey's Wake", YA sci-fi by Amara Cavahlo

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

*whoops forgot comma* Heads up everyone there’s an ace queerplatonic alternative to When Harry Met Sally coming out soon—it’s called Dear Luke, Love, Me! I want to see intentionally ace, platonic stories like this succeed so I’ve preordered—let them know you’re interested! youtu.be/LKJvIFAcTuI

youtu.be

Dear Luke, Love, Me [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

YouTube video by Dear Luke Film

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I'm excited to be helping out with the cover reveal for @ashintheashes.bsky.social and her YA contemporary fantasy debut, Child of the Dragon from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! Ash has been working her butt off to get this one to you, so if you're into shape-shifting dragons, give it a look! 👀

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #PosterPit #YA #H #AG

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Blake Seabourn @blakeseabourn.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

JADE CITY x A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC When his father is killed by a bloodline curse, the disowned heir to a blood-magic crime family has five days to reunite with his estranged siblings, find the murderer, and break the curse—before it kills them next. #PosterPit #A #F #W

Welcome to a movie poster mock-up for my adult fantasy WIP, BLOOD BASTARDS. It features a handful of images set against a dark backdrop: blood on pavement, a dagger, three silhouettes striding down an alley, and a bloody hand holding a lit match.

At the top of the poster, in place of actors' names, are some genre/story elements featured in the novel: "blood magic," "crime families," "murder mystery," and "sibling drama."

Towards the bottom of the poster is a brief pitch for the story, which reads as follows: "When his father is killed by a bloodline curse, the disowned heir to a blood-magic crime family has five days to work with his estranged siblings, find the murderer, and break the curse—before it kills them too."

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 16/08/2025

Forthcoming 10.21.2025 at Brick & Bloom, a spellbinding debut brimming with intrigue and dangerous magic ✨ 🌹 Historical fantasy 🇫🇷 Belle Époque 🔥 Slow-burn sapphic romance 🩸 Body-based magic system 🗡️ Family feuds 🗝️ Gothic vibes #PosterPit #P #A #F #HF Request an ARC here: forms.gle/N6awtckRwFGy...

A poster, featuring an illustrated portrait of Aubeline de Sterraux from A LEGACY OF BLOOD AND BONE. She is a white woman with brown hair tied in an intricate hairstyle. She wears a black dress with puffed sleeves and white earings. Aubeline is shown kneeling and praying, her head looking up.

The top of the poster is colored, and the bottom part is black and white, the two part being separated by a red stain reminiscent of blood.

The title of the book is in the center. Underneath is more text reading "A novel by Millie Abecassis," then a quote by April Yates reading "A gothic gem, rich with dread, desire, and a magic system as haunting as it is original."

Under the quote are the names of several characters, listed as if they were actors: Aubeline de Sterraux, Vinnie Anneton, Damarisse de Sterraux, and "unhinged dudes."

At the top are Cannes festival-style quotes reading "dangerous body-based magic" and "slow-burn sapphic romance."

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Millie Sun @milliesun.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Cunning prankster + resourceful lord = a marriage of chaos. Threaten them and force them to unite against their common enemies, and all hell breaks loose. #posterpit #A #NA #F #R #W

Movie poster for Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem 89K Adult Fantasy Romcom
She would make him rue the day he dared to ask for her hand
Coming soon to the query trenches
Comps: A Song to Drown Rivers x The Darkness Within Us x How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Unlikeable heroine, Arranged marriage

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Florence Chien 🗡️ REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA (07.07.26) @florencechien.com · 16/08/2025

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together. 📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F

Mock-up movie poster of the adult political fantasy novel, The Revenant of Surolifia, written by Florence Chien, published by Rising Action. The poster features a photo of an art gallery with marble statues and checkered floor. Overlaid over the photo is an upside-down illustration of a faceless robed scholar holding a sword.

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 15/08/2025

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, ship's cook Tai is stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QueerPit #A #Q #R #SF

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words

"Did you hear? There's a human on board."
A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling.
alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH:
Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist.
Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway?
That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no.

PRIORITIES:
make dinner
remain cozy
haul cargo
go for drinks
pull off one last score
try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE:

“Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.”
I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity.
“Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.”
“Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table.
It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best.
The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let themcome here.”
The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS:
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

TROPES:
Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm
lying to themselves
non-human perspective (afraid of humans)
neurodivergent main characters
metaphorically disabled protagonist
slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship
disabilitynorm and queernorm setting
found family
lovable pet/terrifying monster

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win the world’s most competitive job interview: 🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth 🚀 build a spaceship from scraps 💫 fly it back to Titan 💔 team up with his rival ex 🗡️ kill him before landing 🖤 I said kill, not kiss… #QueerPit #A #SF #LGBT

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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author @kristygardner.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Audrey Tully wins a golden ticket on the first all-inclusive trip to an alien world. When nothing goes affording to plan, she must navigate perilous terrain, rely on the kindness of strangers, and learn to trust herself to get her new found family's butts back to Earth. #QueerPit #A #SF #SPF

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Theo Transcendragons @theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#QueerPit ALIEN X WHAT MOVES THE DEAD An isolated space station. A mysterious scientist. A trio of government inspectors. A “false” distress signal. An ever-present AI. A zoo of animal test subjects. What could go wrong? UNINTENDED DESIGNS is a sci-fi bio-horror of suspense and secrets. #H #SF #A

Digital art of a large, white-ish tentacle creature a bit like a cuttlefish or a squid. Over the art are the words “Unintended Designs” in all white caps expect for the second “i” which is lower case and blue over the creature. There’s also the smaller words “Theodore Snapdragon” and “@transcendragons”. The creature swims mostly underwater with a little bit of its back peeking above the water. It’s surrounded by fish and lily pads, and distantly under the water are impressions of more plants.

A movie poster edit with the words “Unintended Designs” in huge, slightly glowing purple letters over a photo of a glowing, translucent jellyfish with red spots in dark water. Under the title and jellyfish are the words “Everyone Makes Mistakes” in red capital letters. Below that in a lighter color are the words “Querying Soon to an inbox near you” and “Theodore Snapdragon - Jen Ishii - Jonathan Isengrim - Nao Tanaka - Rose Harken”.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

IRON WIDOW x SOME DESPERATE GLORY When 13yo Ahrin’s squadmate is murdered, she’s determined to take revenge. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: revenge could not only change Ahrin’s universe, but consume her very self. #QueerPit #SF #YA

Comps: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Heartbreakers by Hana Zoe Mikuta, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. Elements of these comps it includes are angry girl determined to burn the world (and military) down, revenge, ride or die but really need therapy, military space cult bad, autistic & queer rep, so smart yet so dumb, and swords plusagic in space equals epic action

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · 15/08/2025

IRON WIDOW + song magic When the Chosen One lets a giant rift monster kill mech-pilot Aria's adoptive family, she swears to destroy the Chosen's position in the coven. But if Aria succeeds, she could lose her squad or worse. She could become the next Chosen. Demi & Disabled rep. #QueerPit #SF #F #A

Pictures clockwise from 12 o'clock: A thunderstorm. Clear crystals. The face of a machine against a desert. Someone walking in a desert. A desolate red landscape. Background: A desert. Reads: Aria Unsung. Everything beautiful is accompanied by something deadly.

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Jeannie (Jay) Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓 @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST❌UNDEAD FOLK Witch. Widow. Peaceful garden tamer. When Tilly Reinicke then finds herself forced into the role of Guardian of the Ancient Pacts by her unkenning new neighbours, will she manage to stop them before disaster—and old magic—strikes? #A #F #H #MYTH #N #QueerPit

mood board, background is a green, backlit forest vista, mushrooms included. The images of the collage are, widdershins from the top left: a long-haired woman's silhouette out in nature, striding purposefully away from the camera, holding a dagger/wand; a fae forest creature made of bark, wood, and antlers; a mesh basket full of fresh plums; two women arm in arm by a fire; a rustic cottage with lead-lined windows, amidst a wildflower garden; a metal fence at sunset. A shadowy hand is reaching towards the women.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

GEARBREAKERS x THE CLONE WARS When Ahrin’s squadmate is murdered, she decides she won't just become a knight, but also hunt those who dared take her family away from her; chase them across the stars if she has to. She will be her squadmate's revenge. #QueerPit #SF #YA

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I JUST FINISHED READING THIS SOMEONE PLEASE PICK THIS UP IT’S SO GOOD

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Ryan (is Querying ✉️) @ry-is-writing.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

It's like E.T. (if E.T. was hot and gay). When an attractive alien named Caelum crash-lands in Bennett’s small town, Bennett must help the alien find his way home while dealing with his own developing feelings and the truth behind why Caelum ended up on Earth. #QueerPit #YA #SF #R

Starboy

LGBTQ+ YA Sci-Fi

Complete at 83k words

Blurb

When Bennett Barker is forced to move to a small town for his senior year of high school, he thinks his biggest problems will be missing his friends, figuring out his back-home situationship, and coming clean to his mom that he isn’t following in her footsteps by majoring in astronomy. Then an alien named Caelum crash-lands into his life. Literally. Bennett rescues the alien when his pod slams down to Earth while Bennett is out delivering pizza. But this isn’t an E.T. situation. Caelum is tall, turquoise, and incredibly kind, which makes it hard for Bennett not to catch feelings. Now Bennett has to find a way to get Caelum back home. But as Bennett grows closer to the alien, he starts wondering if his extraterrestrial crush is hiding the truth about why he ended up on Earth.

Characters

Bennett
Bummed he moved to a new town his senior year
Likes learning (hah, nerd)
Works as a pizza delivery boy
Wants to become an engineer
Gets fixated easily on projects and people

Caelum
Home planet is thousands of light-years away
Likes plants and flowers
Doesn’t enjoy wearing clothes
Can photosynthesize, would rather drink coffee
Moon-shaped eye marks glow when he’s happy

Vibes

It's like E.T. (if E.T. was hot and gay).

IF YOU LIKE
First encounters
Nerdy boys flirting
Having to hide a hot alien in the bedroom
Traumatized intergalactic cinnamon rolls
Kids on bikes saving the world
Earth food taste testing
Super-powered pacifists

SIMILAR STUFF
Starfire from Teen Titans
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

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Ari Wilde @ariwilde.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE SCHOLOMANCE x RAVEN CYCLE 🖤Love interest with character arc inspired by Zuko 🦸🏻'Messiah'-like "Chosen One" figure, like The Avatar or Muad Dib ❤️demisexual homoromantic MC x gay love interest 🏇🏻Contemporary but perfect for the medieval y2k vibes #QueerPit #YA #F

Comps, The Raven Cycle, Simon Snow Series, A Deadly Education

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A thief and a prince on a mission: ✅ Travel through a sentient labyrinth ✅ Disable the rogue AI controlling the maze, before it consumes the world ✅ Battle alien creatures, deadly quakes, & an underground cult ❌ Don't fall in love. Unless...? #QueerPit #YA #SF #D #MYTH

A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images.

Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.

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Jason L. @jasonlangford.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall Trans boy Owen has come home from an 11-month captivity in the woods by killing the monster that held him, but when he starts changing into something horrible, he realizes whoever kills the monster must replace it. #queerpit #YA #H

A nine image moodboard with a deer skull, a boy with his face blurred out, a wolf's maw, an ao3 note saying "this is gay", a boy being beckoned into a forest, a raven, hands digging into green undergrowth, two hands making a pinkie promise, and feet hanging over a ledge.

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

to break the curse binding her to the ghost of a vengeful pirate, princess mira must fall in love with her best friend, john there’s just one problem: mira’s heart already belongs to princess dorothea 🩷🧡🤍 #queerpit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

Princess Mira (Black, braided hair, wearing a sky blue gown with pearl beads and silver tiara) and Princess Dorothea (white, wavy red hair, wearing a dark green gown with a gold tiara) gazing at each other on a ship’s deck at sunset, with a quote from THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN:

“It didn’t matter that the very idea was treasonous. For Dorothea, Mira would break any rule.”

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

With weak cold fire magic, Octavia can't fight her uncle legally taking her fortune. Fleeing to the Temple of the Dead, Octavia's fire raises a girl executed for murder--she knows her power at last. With an army of the dead, she will destroy the empire that keeps women inferior. #QueerPit #A #F #DF

A moodboard containing ancient roman symbols, a woman with blue fire in her hands, blood, zombie hands, and dragon wings.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

IRON WIDOW x THE CLONE WARS When her squadmate is murdered, Ahrin will risk anything for revenge, even her chance at knighthood. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: ‘anything’ is a much higher price than she could imagine. #QueerPit #SF #YA

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

To celebrate hitting 25k on my newest WIP (the orange one, here's to hoping it'll turn out shorter than I think 😂), I thought I'd update my bookshelf graphic. 7 complete books and 1 complete season of television doesn't seem too shabby for 8 years' worth of writing ❤️ Here's a little guide: 🧵

A shelf featuring books I've written. There are 7 complete books; 5 are young adult sci-fis, two are adult fantasy. One book is in progress, and a completed season of television is also featured, as well as a timeline of when all of these were written.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A reader messaged me unprompted yesterday to tell me my writing in this book is "intentional and masterful" so I'm just 🥹 going to be happy crying about that for a while 😭❤️ This book has gotten such unexpectedly positive feedback from everyone and I really couldn't feel luckier ❤️ #writingcommunity

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Ceilidh Newbury @ceilidhnewbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This book is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Introducing the #agentsguide for my #amquerying CLONE WARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY project where a teenage knight's apprentice sets out to avenge her sister's murder, and might trigger an interplanetary war in the process...🚀🩸⚔️ #writingcommunity #agentguide #litagents #editors

An Agent's Guide to Odyssey's Wake, YA sci-fi by Amara Cavahlo. Image of sword against glowing symbol

Pitch: When her squadmate is murdered, 13yo Ahrin Latala will risk anything for revenge, even her chance at knighthood. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: ‘anything’ is a much higher price than she could ever imagine.

Comps: Iron Widow, Gearbreakers, Stars Wars: The Clone Wars, and Some Desperate Glory

Character quote: "I never understood her, why she'd ever want more than what the Order had to give us. Not until I watched her die."

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Kaitlyn Katsoupis @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

SO ecstatic to welcome @ashintheashes.bsky.social to the Belcastro team! I cannot say enough good things about her MG novel: where 2 girls believe a werewolf is menacing their town... but one girl hides a secret that could change their friendship forever

media.tenor.com

a girl in a pink dress is kneeling next to a baby in a white bib

ALT: a girl in a pink dress is kneeling next to a baby in a white bib

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Meredith Mooring @meredithmooring.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com

A screenshot from a legal complaint with contact information for the plaintiffs' attorneys that states, "Joseph R. Saveri (State Bar No. 130064)
Cadio Zirpoli (State Bar No. 179108)
Christopher K.L. Young (State Bar No. 318371)
Kathleen J. McMahon (State Bar No. 340007)
JOSEPH SAVERI LAW FIRM, LLP
601 California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, California 94108
Telephone: (415) 500-6800
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: jsaveri@saverilawfirm.com
czirpoli@saverilawfirm.com
cyoung@saverilawfirm.com
kmcmahon@saverilawfirm.com
Matthew Butterick (State Bar No. 250953)
1920 Hillhurst Avenue, #406
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Telephone: (323) 968-2632
Facsimile: (415) 395-9940
Email: mb@buttericklaw.com
Counsel for Individual and Representative
Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class"

A screenshot from a legal complaint that states, "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Richard Kadrey, an individual;
Sarah Silverman, an individual;
Christopher Golden, an individual;
Individual and Representative Plaintiffs,
v.
Meta Platforms, Inc., a Delaware
corporation;
Case No.
Complaint
Class Action
Demand for Jury Trial
Defendant."

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I just realised that I like Emily Wilde and Scholomance for basically the same reasons and I can't unsee the similarities like y'all... 🧵

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

SCREAMING CRYING FEELING EVERYTHING AT ONCE I FINISHED IT!! AN ENTIRE SEASON OF TELEVISION!!

The last line of a screenplay: "Rocketing into the black. END OF SEASON 1."

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Finding out that the book I wrote and queried a few years ago about a teenager getting recruited into an extremist neo-N*zi-like group through free martial arts classes is *more* realistic than I thought has been... really something 🙃

News article clip that says They drew him in with a promise of friendship.

"They offered him boxing lessons, health and fitness, and then slowly haul them in until you find your kid at their monthly gatherings while they're reading from Hitler's delusional Mein Kampf as if it's the Bible."

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Why is there "military sci-fi" but not "military fantasy"? So much fantasy features soldiers fighting in wars and yet 🤔

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

All right, let's do this, #WritingCommunity! Next Saturday (Feb 8), I'm hosting #CritPit, an event for #writers to find critique partners and alpha/beta readers. The event is open to all writers! Please share widely!

#CritPit
What is it? A bsky event to help writers find new alpha readers, beta readers, and/or critique partners!
When is it happening? 8 February 2025. No time zone restrictions. As long as it’s Feb 8 somewhere, #CritPit is happening!
Who can participate? All writers who have something for which they’d like to find a reader/partner! This includes novels, novellas, short stories, etc.

How to participate
1. Create a short (single post-length) pitch to describe your work. Your pitch doesn’t need to be perfect, but it should tell people what your writing is about!

2. Post up to 3 works, 1 post per work

3. Include the #CritPit hashtag!

4. To help people find you, include an age category tag and at least 1 genre tag (see bit.ly/CritPit for a list of tags)

5. If a pitch interests you, leave a comment to let the writer know!

FAQ
Am I allowed to like pitches? Yes! Anyone can like, comment, and/or repost! Go wild!
Are agents/editors participating? This is NOT an event for pitching to agents/editors. This is for writers to find other writers. Agents/editors who are also writers may participate, but do so as writers only.
Can I include a moodboard/graphic? Do I HAVE to include a moodboard/graphic? Graphics (moodboards, “a guide to,” etc.) are not required but they are allowed. Do include alt text for all images. Do not use AI-generated content.

Finding a match
You do not have to work with everyone to comments/volunteers as a reader!
Recommended first steps for a potential match:
1. Discuss whether you’ll be swapping (reading for each other) or just 1 person will read for the other.
2. Share a slightly longer blurb + any content/trigger warnings.
3. Share a sample (like first 1-2 chapters) so you can see if you vibe (reader is interested/engaged & writer feels the feedback style of the reader works for them).
4. Always notify someone if you don’t think you’ll be a good fit, can’t make the time commitment, or can’t finish once you start.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I haven't posted on here for a while but hi! I am back, experimenting again! Here is the most recent book I queried! 🥰 LORE x IRON WIDOW A boy born a monster. A girl trained to kill his kind. When they meet, they could change their world—if they don’t kill each other first.

Mood board: soldier with "There is evil in this world" written on top. An underground bunker. A blade. A emo girl. Electricity with "It lives within me" written on top. A desert scene. An old car. Blonde hair in the sun with "But I will NOT let it win" written on top

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

And there it is, late on a random Thursday night: draft 1 of book #6 is done ✨

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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 03/03/2024

Re-upping this Google spreadsheet, which now has 360+ fundraisers for Palestinians seeking help with medical or evacuation costs. Please help if you can.

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Rukman Ragas | ருக்மன் @rukmanragas.com · 07/03/2024

Friends, I have a tiny story out today from Consequence Forum and I'd be honored if you gave it a read. consequenceforum.substack.com/p/to-grieve-...

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To Grieve My Brother

Microfiction by Rukman Ragas that deftly gets at the shared experienced of disparate individuals.

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Writer life is being like "huh, maybe I need to do more research on this topic", sneezing, then suddenly having a library hold list 5 months long filled exclusively with books on that topic

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Amara Cavahlo @amaracavahlo.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Surveys like this are so important. But am I the only one who feels context is missing? What are our industry diversity *targets*? Are we aiming to represent minorities proportional to the U.S.'s overall population? I can't tell how well we're doing on that front because there's no comparison.

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✨Shan✨ @shanfiction.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

I really wish I, a Black woman and someone who’s continuously experiencing Black girlhood, could get put onto illo jobs about the many joys and wonders of Black girlhood/womanhood that I see so many non Black women illustrators being offered and hit up to do. Just a lingering thought.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Whether you've seen this, or not, it is a thing of real magic.

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Morgan Mara @morganmara.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

I love being a writer I love the act of creation I love telling stories I love leaving my teeny little mark on the world through making art. I love making this love letter to being alive and human.

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