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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 3h

Hey #DVPit folks, I'm excited to be checking the feed today! If I like a post, I'd love to see the query letter and full manuscript in my QM inbox through my event form (querytracker.net/query/BeccaP...) Congratulations to all for participating, and best of luck!!

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is anecdotal, but I've had editors ask me for these lately, and I'm definitely looking for them :) #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"The Call" is definitely your time to make sure that an agent would be a good fit for you (we already love your book, so barring wild circumstances, we're locked in!) It is absolutely appropriate to voice your communication needs and to let an agent know where you might need accommodations #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In a query: 1) Who's the mc/mc's, 2) What do they want and what will they have to do get it, 3) What happens if they succeed, and what happens if they fail? Plus bio and book info. In a pitch: Pretty much the same, but in sentences instead of paragraphs, and minus the book info and bio. #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't mind when an author who queries me is interested in multiple genres; it can make it easier to sub multiple projects at once! Broadly speaking, planning the next book usually depends on where we are with submissions, whether something is under contract, what the option clause is, etc. #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I really think this depends on execution and individual preference; you can't account for every editor or agent's taste! #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's definitely helpful to update an agent on big revisions if they already have your book. For new subs, it's not necessary to mention in the query. If a previous agent expressed interest while passing, it could be worth reaching out to let them know, unless their guidelines say otherwise #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

IMHO historical fiction needs to consider modern readership. It makes sense that a character would have outdated beliefs. But if those beliefs are harmful and not eventually unpacked on the page, know that they won't be excused just because they're period accurate, and plan accordingly #AskDV

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Keep in mind that your book will be shelved in one section of a bookstore rather than on multiple shelves. An agent can help refine that category before subbing your book, but I'd consider what might be the primary genre, i.e. a horror with romantic elements, or a romance with horror elements #AskDV

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Someone recommended I write a clearer thread for the GFM (to help people understand why I'm sick/stressed/the need), so I hope all of you don't mind the additional context. *trigger warning, mentions of abuse* In February 2025, I was violently attacked by an ex. He was 440 pounds, I was 137.

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sara 🌻 @woodsandwaxelbaum.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

congrats to you guys, because @briannashrum.bsky.social and I are writing another book for you—this time about two fencers who hate??? each other. big thanks to @beccapodos.bsky.social, Clare Vaughn, and Avon A for helping us give y’all another queer neurodivergent romance 🖤

Black and white photo showing two fencers; the one in the foreground is scoring a touch on their opponent. In very small text between the two fencers is “now, kiss.”
Overlaid is a Publishers Marketplace announcement with the following text:
Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum writing as Miri Alexander's FOILS, a queer and neurodivergent sports romcom about a high school fencing team captain who everyone expects to win the junior worlds; when he's injured off the piste, he's forced to train the second-ranked fencer and his biggest rival to replace him, only for their mutual hatred to turn into feelings they never saw coming, to Clare Vaughn at HarperCollins/Avon A, for publication in 2027, by Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary (world).

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My story ties in all of the What If collection's standalone novels, featuring the brilliant work of @authoroux.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @mikechenwriter.bsky.social and @beccapodos.bsky.social. Seriously GO read them all! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/E8D/w...

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What If . . . ?

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Gabriella Munoz @gmunoz6991.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This has been such a dream series to work on with the absolute best group of authors and collaborators. Many years in the making, but it all comes down to this. @authoroux.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @mikechenwriter.bsky.social @beccapodos.bsky.social

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Wow sounds like a cool series 🤔

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

November is Native American Heritage Month, and tomorrow is Native American Heritage Day, so I’m sharing three vital organizations to donate to, now and year-round. I’ve made my donations; where are you giving today? 🫶🏻

Indigenous organizations to donate to, today and year-round

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

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Tamika Thompson @tamikathompson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Thrilled to unveil the cover of my debut horror novel, THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS, coming 2026 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social! See the full cover and read an excerpt in @peoplemag.bsky.social (link in comments!) @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @dianapho.bsky.social @beccapodos.bsky.social

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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The @qtlibrary.org is continuing our end-of-year campaign, “From Seed to Shelf” — any amount, large or small, will help us reach our $100,000 goal. And if you want to help in other ways, spread the word or reach out to me for ways you can volunteer!

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 23/10/2025

✨Meet our beautiful new board members ✨ We are so, so honored that Jen Sarduy, Adriana Raines, and @beccapodos.bsky.social have joined our board. Their work fostering communities is exactly what the QT Library needs to continue planting the seeds for our perfect LGBTQIA+ future!

A photo of Jen, who has clear glasses, a pink top, and is smiling. A quote from them at the bottom says, "I joined because libraries have the power to activate our imagination, connect us to our community, and create opportunities."

A photo of Adriana, who's in a dark room in the middle of moving and smiling. Text at the bottom from her says, "I joined because I believe in the power of queer and trans storytelling."

A photo of Rebecca standing in front of a tree. Text from them at the bottom says, "I'm a former Bostonian who believes that both stories and community can change and save lives."

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

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OPERATION INFLATION

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Today begins the annual campaign for QT Library, a Boston-based queer and trans library I’m honored to volunteer with. Spaces that support queer stories and queer communities are as vital now as they’ve ever been, and it would mean so much if you’d help us to re-resource and grow 📚🌱🏳️‍⚧️ surl.lt/khsjna

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

ITS A BAT DAMN TIME! 🦇⚰️🩸 Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence! Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...

Rosiee (white, nonbinary, short curly brown hair, octagonal glasses) wearing a sun hat and overalls with sunflowers on them and holding a copy of Dead & Breakfast.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Grab your hot pants and disco boots, because it’s pub day for WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE STOLE THE PHOENIX FORCE? It’s a little weird, a lot timey-wimey, and most of all, a love letter to these characters and comics I grew up alongside 🐦‍🔥

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Some good news! After all that, only O.03% of families opted out of LGBTQ+ Education in Maryland after the Supreme Court gave them the ability to do so. Not just a majority, not just most families, nearly all families want their kids to have access to this education. We are the majority

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

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Chris Hassan @chrishassan.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Tomorrow at @aiptcomics.com, #XMenMonday takes a brief break from exploring the #AgeOfRevelation to discuss ‘What If… Kitty Pryde Stole the Phoenix Force?’ — featuring #KittyPryde, #BetsyBraddock, #JeanGrey, #EmmaFrost, and other #XMen characters — with its author @beccapodos.bsky.social!

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I'm sorry to have to ask, but please don't use the DVpit query link unless I've requested your story; I'm trying to be realistic and fair in my number of requests!

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Welcome back, DVpit! While I'm closed to queries, I'm still looking for some particular stories, so please feel free to submit a query and full here if I like your pitch: querytracker.net/query/BeccaP... (and if I like a project that's already in my inbox, just message through QM to let me know 🙏)

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Query Rebecca Podos at Neighborhood Literary

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/10/2025

"We separate people from their kids. Tackle as many of them as possible. Zip-tie their toddlers and grandparents. And stand around looking tough. We look so tough. Increasingly, we also really need to take dumps."

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Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

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Gabriella Munoz @gmunoz6991.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Cannot get over this art by the one and only @beccapodos.bsky.social What If Kitty Pryde Stole the Phoenix Force is such a labor of love inside & out. If this book had a thesis Id say it’s: Love is an immutable constant, but inspires the greatest change.

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza—this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors, and our democracy.

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sara 🌻 @woodsandwaxelbaum.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The guy pushing Leucovorin for autism (Frye) works closely and repeatedly with the guy who pushed heavy metal chelation for autism (Rossignol), a practice that has actually killed children.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

There are 12 days ‘til Pryde Month (heh heh heh) and I’m counting down with book quotes from WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE STOLE THE PHOENIX FORCE? Let’s start with absolute legend America Chavez, for no particular reason 🐦‍🔥

When the Santanas brought her here, they offered her everything they could. A spare bed, a nightstand, and a little shelf already piled with books. That, and safety. They could’ve turned AMERICA over to the police and the foster care system, but the country she was named for never did treat people kindly who exist in a place without proper paperwork.

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This is How We Roll is OUT NOW!! I may not have my hardcover copies yet, but you can venture forth into the world and buy one for yourself! These twelve stories are all directly from the heart, and I’m so proud of all the hard work everyone put into this project. I can't wait for y'all to read it!

Rosiee (white, with short curly brown hair, octagonal glasses, wearing a flannel shirt) holds a set of purple dice in one hand and a copy of This is How We Roll in the other.

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL, a YA anthology of queer stories about TTRPG, edited by the unmatchable @rosieethor.bsky.social , hits shelves tomorrow. I hope it reaches the readers who need it, like I hope that even in times like these, queer kids will find their way to the tabletop to tell stories together.

A copy of the anthology, THIS IS HOW WE ROLL, on a light pink background surrounded by colorful dice

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Rosiee Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Hey, did you know my queer TTRPG anthology releases in just SIX DAYS?? It's full of queer coming of age stories set around the gaming table. If that sounds up your alley, you can preorder from Always Here Bookstore to get a signed bookplate and sticker! www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/this...

Book cover for This is How We Roll: A foursome of players surround a table. The DM with light brown skin and hair in a bun holds a d20 between her fingers and sits in a wheelchair. The players are a white gender nonconforming person with two toned hair and a mug that says dice goblin, a dark skinned girl with hoop earrings looking flirtatiously at the DM, and a boy with dark hair and gold hued skin wearing a sweat band in the colors of the trans flag. Above them, a large speech bubble depicts their characters: a firbolg with a dagger and bow, a blue skinned trifling in a purple dress, and a green skinned half-orc wearing heavy armor.

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

You all know how this goes! WHAT IF…KITTY PRYDE STOLE THE PHOENIX FORCE? hits shelves in a little over a month, and now through Friday, all B&N Premium and Rewards members can preorder it for 25% off. Add it to your cart today if you want…

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Oh hey that’s meeeee 🐦‍🔥

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salemlitfest.bsky.social @salemlitfest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Sat 9-6 @ 5:30 at Cinema Salem, YA Romance with Aashna Avachat, Ali Novak, Adriana Mather, and @beccapodos.bsky.social. Sat 9-6 @ 7 YA Fantasy at St. Peter's/San Pedro's with Skyla Arndt, Rory Power, and @shvetathakrar.com. Free registratio at salemlitfest.org.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Sickening. Every journalist in America should think deeply about the fact that most American politicians are willing to accept and indeed facilitate the murder of our colleagues.

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The @dazzlingbookish.bsky.social special edition of HOMEGROWN MAGIC arrived at last, and ✨🍓oh my god🍓✨

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Becca Podos @beccapodos.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Now I know I’m closed to queries… but if you’re querying a queer or BIPOC western romance (or horroromance?!) 👀

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/08/2025

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

Wall Street Journal headline and deck: "New York Shooting Puts Mamdani on the Spot Over Policing Views: The killing of four people in a Midtown office building rattled a city where mass attacks are rare and violent crime has declined."

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