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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Seeing a lot of adults talk about self-diagnosing autism lately, and as a parent of a child with a formal DSM-5 diagnosis, I have mixed feelings.

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Dear Mr. @rfk-junior.bsky.social, my child is not a burden nor broken. Happy #autismacceptance month.

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

For any authors participating in the @writingdaywksp.bsky.social in Tampa tomorrow, I'll be there taking live pitches and teaching "Self-Editing for Authors." This podcast episode with @writeitscared.bsky.social would be a great refresher on live pitches! #writingcommunity #amquerying Link below!

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hello #writingcommunity! My Navy-wife daughter helps support her family making doggie bandanas. I purchased this book-inspired one & I'm in love with it! If you have a pup, want to support a small business, a military family, and love books our pups could be twinning! www.etsy.com/listing/1879...

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Putting final touches on a workshop I'm doing for #scbwi on making book trailers! I'm so excited! If you didn't know, 80% of internet consumption is video. I'll drop a link to my former book trailer presentation below so you can get started! #writingcommunity amynielsenauthor.com/2024/10/04/w...

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Why You Should Make a Book Trailer and How to Create One (Including My FREE Webinar!)

The free webinar with examples is at the end. I made it for Wild Ink and Conquest authors, but I’m now sharing it with YOU! Along with my free downloadable guide.:) Enjoy! What is a Book Trai…

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I've been MIA for 2 weeks hosting Canadian family and friends. We said goodbye this morning. Gonna miss 18 pairs of shoes at the front door and children splashing in the pool. We had an amazing time! Back to work tomorrow! #canadastrong #familylove #writingcommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

One of my initiatives is to promote literacy through author interviews for KIDS! I love this interview with my client @melissatrempe.bsky.social #writingcommunity I'm happy to interview any PB author and promote literacy and their books! DM me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA85...

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Meet Melissa Trempe ‑ Author of Ladybug Launch

YouTube video by Amy Nielsen Author & Autism Advocate

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Today in our #neurodivergentworld. My autistic son has 3-month appointments with his dev ped. Today, he's gained weight, is socially thriving, and has no med changes. This is HUGE for him! If you are the parent of an autistic child, I offer free parent coaching. You are not alone! #autism

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I'm helping a teacher update her classroom library. I'm drawing for a query and 1st 5 pages (or entire PB manu) for authors who donate at least $5.00 to this teacher's endeavor to update her classroom library. Screenshot your donation to enter! #amquerying www.donorschoose.org/project/take...

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Take a Look, Donate a Book!, a project from Ms. Jacob

Help me give my students book sets to use in small groups and literature circles to encourage their love of reading! These sets of books will help my students read and learn together, while growing...

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#amquerying authors don’t miss the last episode of this and go back and binge the rest!

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Bruce Buchanan @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My Season of Edits continues. But I'm taking a quick break to remind everyone of this amazing anthology. I have a story in here & so do lots of my writer friends. Get your formal wear together, pick up your date & come to the dance! @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social

The book cover of Prom Perfect, an anthology of prom-themed short stories.

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S.E. Reed @writingwithreed.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Turned my ASK GRACE dedication and acknowledgments document in to my publisher last night. The final step before I get to see a proof copy. Eeeek! So exciting.

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Helen Lane @helenlane.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Meredith was my 1st ever client. And the client I knew I'd fight to the death for as I waded through inboxes that weren't mine during my intern days. She is INCREDIBLY talented. And it was always a matter of when and not if that was recognised. Thankfully @missgab721.bsky.social has excellent taste.

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Tiffany Grimes (she/they) @tiffanygrimes.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Hiya #RevPit, my #MeettheEditor sesh will be on Friday at 11am eastern/8am pacific!

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Today is my youngest daughter's 26th birthday. Her wife is a Navy L&D nurse working a 12-hour shift tonight. She asked me to FT and play Roblox with her. So, guess what I'm about to do! #girlmom #Navy #roblox

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Can't wait for Wednesday! I'm sharing @briangehrlein.bsky.social 's TERRIFYING PICTURE BOOK to hundreds of victims/kids in Apollo Beach, Florida. "Kids, Dennis is coming!" #WritingCommunity

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Flublishing Pod @flublishing.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

An all-new episode drops this Wednesday! All about vetting agents... and we chat about some of the shady stuff that you sometimes see. 👀

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This episode of the Literary Blend podcast @demimschwartz.bsky.social featuring @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social is a MUST-LISTEN for querying authors all about all the reasons why an agent might pass. Vicky gives amazing insight and lets authors peek behind the curtain. open.spotify.com/episode/2Vvs...

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Chapter 49 - The Rocky Rejection Road with Vicky Weber

Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast · Episode

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Literary Agent Woes: Finding the PERFECT editor for a manuscript and realizing you have the same manuscript at another imprint under the same publishing house and the rules prohibit you from sending to both. #writingcommunity What's your agent woe?

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WORTH IT ‑ Amy Nielsen (Wild Ink Publishing)

Mayflower Media—I make book trailers. Here is the one I made for my book. I'm teaching how to make book trailers at the Eastern PA SCBWI in June. I have many more on my YouTube channel. #writingcommunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHk4...

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YouTube video by Amy Nielsen Author & Autism Advocate

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If you watch the Oscars my autistic son's girlfriend's uncle (Stephen James) is up for an Oscar for visual effects for Dune: Part Two. Send good vibes!

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I always love chatting with @davidgwyn.bsky.social about anything publishing! If you are are Thriller writer this is a must-listen podcast! #writingcommunity #amquerying

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Busy Day! 3 teach-ins—a play I wrote for elem kids on how a book travels through trad pub—spoke with college students about trad pub. Spoke with a nonprofit about a YA conference. Taking a SUPER scary monster book to the elem next week for Read Across America. #WritingCommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today, I took a step back from agenting to focus on my now Florida State Book Award-winning novel, Worth It. I'm going to be doing an Apollo Beach, Florida Book Tour! If you are in the @tampaBay area, stay tuned! #writingcommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Just wrote an epistolary play between an author, agent, editor, illustrator, and reader that I'm directing tomorrow at an elementary school. I cannot wait, and it's super fun! #writingcommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My autistic son is SO proud of this t-shirt his Big Bro got him for Christmas. And I'm so proud he's proud of having the TISM. I don't know how other ND families operate, but we embrace, elevate, and educate. #autism

Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I just sent the most amazing manuscript on an EXCLUSIVE to a publisher that requested the full, and I seriously CANNOT wait for them to read it. It's amazing, and I'm SUPER proud of the author. Her revisions BLEW me away! #writingcommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This was such a GREAT episode! @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social and @clgslr.bsky.social are really using their podcast to demystify the world of publishing and I think this is an amazing resource for #amquerying authors and anyone wanted to learn more about publishing!

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

All the FEELS! My 9 y/o autistic son has bounced from every educational setting, been in therapy for years for things that come easy to most kids, like speaking. He's now in Gen Ed and thriving. I just found out today that he WON first place in his class's speech contest! 🥰 #autism

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Had an amazing chat with some of my #picturebook authors about PB series. Character-driven versus concept-driven. I can't wait to see what they come up with! #writingcommunity

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Amy Nielsen @amynielsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Worth It has been honored with the Bronze Medal in YA Lit at the Florida Book Awards! 🎉 In my latest blog post, I offer tips for #amquerying authors. From drafting to revising and submitting, discover insights to help your manuscript shine. #writingcommunity amynielsenauthor.com/2025/02/17/t...

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Tips for Querying Authors and My Bronze Win of the Florida State Book Award

Pinch me. Is this real life? I never thought I’d get my book published much less win a publishing award in my home state. And even more of a surprise, my friend, Andie Smith, won SILVER in th…

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How to write a good synopsis

I spoke to @davidgwyn.bsky.social group today about synopsis writing. My agent-friend @keslupo.bsky.social wrote a great post about writing one! Check it out!! #amquerying #writingcommunity kesialupo.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...

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with a real-life example by yours truly!

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Polishing Your Submission Packet For Querying

I shared this today in a webinar. Between your query, synopsis, and first ten pages, you get about 3K words to persuade an agent to request more. Don't #amquerying too soon. Get those 3000K words as polished as possible! I can help FOR FREE! #writingcommunity amynielsenauthor.com/2023/10/02/p...

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Hello Authors! When I was in the query trenches, I found there were a lot of things I wished I’d known early in my query journey. Now that I’m an associate literary agent (as of July 3rd, 2024!), I…

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My FIL is reading my book. I had NO idea! There are a few scenes I'm totally cringing over him reading. #writingcommunity Has this ever happened to you? That being said, I do appreciate the support as I never asked him to read it. But awkward!

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Bruce Buchanan @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

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Andie is currently editing my debut novel for Wild Ink, and it is truly an honor to be working with her. Having read her outstanding YA novel COVALENCE, I knew she’d be a great editor for my book!

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Todd C. Edwards @toddcedwards.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

@amynielsen.bsky.social Thanks doing the synopsis seminar today! Zooming out and writing a ~500 word summary of the key points was very helpful as I'm working on my story edit pass.

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