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Christopher Mannino

@cmannino.bsky.social
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Author of parenting and fantasy books. I write kidlit and adult. Repd by Ramona Pina www.ChristopherMannino.com #books #author #parenting #fantasy

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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Always a great event!
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Currently in the blurb request phase for my patenting book. Feels soooo similar to the query phase all over again! #publishing
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Posted a vid about going on submission youtu.be/Slbmr4EBEAs?... #authorsky #writersky #author #writer #publishing
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Posted a vid about going on submission youtu.be/Slbmr4EBEAs?... #authorsky #writersky #author #writer #publishing
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Meg 💖 @megnc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
duckduckgo.com is there a good list of alternatives floating around? DuckDuckGo seems to be a good start (i recall seeing ads for it). Please be gentle with yourself and others looking to make the move. It’s not easy changing tech routines and behaviors!
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DuckDuckGo - Your protection, our priority.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
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Ilana Kelley @ilanakelleyauthor.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
THE BARGAINER x SIX OF CROWS x THE LOST APOTHECARY A Reader’s & #LitAgents Guide for NIGHT BIRD, an adult romantic fantasy ft: 🕰️dual timeline ✴️invisibility & intangibility magic 🔪FMC vigilante for wronged women 💞friend or foe? ☠️poison & female rage 🫂found family #QuestPit #Q #RF #F #A #AgentGuide
A Guide to Night Bird
An adult romantic fantasy novelThe Pitch
Ava can become invisible and walk through walls but can’t escape her warded cage. Destined to follow in her dead mother’s footsteps as a courtesan and spy, she’s trained to get close to—and betray—those in the highest levels of society. But alone at night in her room, she listens to the steam engine’s whistle, plays her cello to the night birds, and dreams of escaping her prison. Until one stormy evening, a boy, Zev, breaks through her window and gives her a taste of life beyond the bars.
Their chance meeting spawns two years of secret friendship until her eighteenth birthday, when her seduction training will begin. Instead, she wakes up to a grisly scene—a bloody trail, dead guardians, and broken wards. Given what she knows of Zev’s powerful abilities, she assumes her freedom came at his hand. She waits for his return, which never comes. 
Eight years later, Ava has reinvented herself as Night Bird, a vigilante for wronged women. She’s assisted by a group of former street kids who’ve matured into a misfit gang. A botched mission finds them in the crosshairs of a shadowy man known as a high-powered fixer. That man turns out to be the boy who’d disappeared years earlier. It’s unclear if he’s friend or foe. However, when she takes on her biggest target—the last man to see her mother alive—Zev may be the only person keeping her from going up in flames. For Fans of:
Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa—dual timeline & lost love
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner—female rage & poison
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo—found family & misfit crewChapter One
Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They sang for me after the sun dipped, gliding beyond my window’s metal bars as their trilling tunes wove through the moon’s light. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. My self-given name—Ava—was an homage to them, the beautiful creatures that kept me sane. 
During the day, when I was granted time away from lessons, the noise and bustle of the street scared them beneath the eaves, into the holes and crannies of buildings. I’d sit, fists clenched, ears straining for their hopeful notes. But I was alone. The lectas didn’t count. They were caretakers, not company. 
When streetlamps glowed in the satiny darkness, the night birds’ warbles piercing the quiet, I’d pull out my cello. My bow swept the strings like a feathered wing, and the resonant chords danced with the birdsong. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would.
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NAME OF THE WIND X SHERLOCK HOLMES Every nation manufactures one type of weather. Edan is the son of a famous detective, whos ill. He hunts a renegade threatening all weather, only to find she mightve been closer than he thought. Enemies>Lovers Mystery+fantasy #questpit #F #AG #YA
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Lavender Leonidas is querying & writing @authorlavleo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
When everything Belan learned about vampires turns out to be a lie, deciding whether or not to trust a handsome vampire lord is more than just a life or death decision- her research, the mysteries of her childhood, and her heart are all on the line. #QuestPit #Q #F #R #PR #FR NINTH HOUSExEMILY WILDE
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I am still very new to bluesky. Author here. Going on sub this week via agent with a new MG. Parenting release Jan! #author #writersky
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
NAME OF THE WIND X SHERLOCK HOLMES Every nation manufactures one type of weather. Edan is the son of a famous detective, whos ill. He hunts a renegade threatening all weather, only to find she mightve been closer than he thought. Enemies>Lovers Mystery+fantasy #questpit #F #AG #YA
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Boy moves. Begins to suspect his neighbors might be dragons. He confronts them. And reveals he wanted to live by dragons. As hes one too. Delightful, funny, rhyming picture book. #questpit #AG #PB
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
FOURTH WING X GODKILLER A nameless girl targets the eight remaining gods one by one, seeking to bring her parents back. A masked boy confronts her. As each grows more powerful they realize theyve both been manipulated by a far more sinister force. #questpit #AG #W #F #RF
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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
LAKESEDGE X HILL HOUSE Chloe has 3 weeks to escape the haunted house, where she is trapped, marked as the future bride of the beautiful, but ruthless Underworld prince. -ASD rep -A ghostly love triangle -Morally gray villain -Dragons -Horror #QuestPit #OS #A #RF #gothic #OWN
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Malice." A DEATH WITHOUT YOU, HEATHER CARTER, ON SUBMISSION NOW
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Familius @familiusbooks.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Which Familius titles were select d for @publisherswkly.bsky.social sneak preview? Click on the link below to find out! #PW #PublishersWeekly #SneakPeak #KidLit #PictureBook #ComingSoon
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Making it Up is a game changing #parenting book! Visit ChristopherMannino.com for more COVER REVEAL!
Making it Up COVER REVEAL
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Yes! Only 99c!
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Cited in last nights US News and World Report! money.usnews.com/money/person...
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
#books
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Anyone else see this? I agree, it is such a bizarre practice... maybe this trend moves the needle? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #authors #publishing
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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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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Im here and new! Where are my fellow parenting peeps and #Bluey Fans?
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Familius @familiusbooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Familius is at the Las Vegas Market! We love seeing all of our books displayed in the Stephen Young Showroom for buyers and store owners to shop. Do you see any of your favorites? #GiftShow #LasVegasMarket #BookDisplay #KidLit #PubHouseLife #PublishingHouse
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Captain Neko | Goth Girl Vtuber 🩷🖤 @captainn3ko.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This.
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Captain Neko | Goth Girl Vtuber 🩷🖤 @captainn3ko.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
If you enjoy any of these let's be mutuals 🌸 📚 Books 📚 Writing 📚 Crime/Detective 📚 Fantasy 📚 Horror 📚 Libraries 📚 Cozy Reading Room 📚 Comedy 📚 Fiction 📚 Non Fiction 📚 Autobiography 📚 Audio Books 📚 Ebooks 📚 Hardbacks 📚 Paperbacks 📚 Kindle 📚 Reading 📚 Short Stories 📚 Non Romance 📚 Bookmarks
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New here. Not sure how to meet fellow #authors and #book lovers. I write #fantasy for kids through adult. And a #parenting book releasing next year, perfect for #Bluey fans. One pb on sub, a MG going on sub soon. Four books out now. Agented. Optimist, even in dark times.
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Well the worlds a mess. But writing is also self care.
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Yep
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
This was funny. And sad.
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Christopher Mannino @cmannino.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Ok, im here. #author and #book lover. #parenting book coming next year.
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