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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

So excited! Our first year of Pushcart Prize nominees! @deanalisenby.bsky.social Mother Tree @horrorshaun.bsky.social Apocalypse Moms Brielle Saiter Hope Shines in the Dark @zacharystvan.bsky.social n Muse Scott MacLeod Noise Covenant @madeleinewrite.bsky.social I'll Invite Myself

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Well, it’s back go querying I go. If any agents are looking for a psychological thriller, I’d love to share my work with you! Only If You’re Lucky x Things We Do in the Dark #agentguide #agentsguide #amquerying #thrillerauthor #psychologicalthriller #queryingauthor

Book title: The Girl You Knew
A psychological thriller of 76,000 words

Taylor me worst fear has come to life. Someone in the Donovan family knows her true identity, which means they know or the secrets—and bodies—she thought long buried.

Desperate to keep her past hidden, Taylor inserts herself into the Donovans’ orbit to learn how much they know, only to discover their secrets are eerily close to her own.

Opening lines:

I am confident. I am fun. I belong here.

My daily mantra. Hourly, some days.

You’d think after repeating it to myself for two years, I’d finally start believing it—and I do, sometimes.

Not right now, though.

For fans of the following authors:
Stacy Willingham
Jennifer Hillier
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Jessica Payne

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"I could do it while he’s sleeping. Lord knows he passes out hard enough. I slide my fingertips across the smooth blades. The shears are cool in my hand, and I can’t help but think how easy it would be as I grip the handle." NONE OF THIS IS TRUE x THE REVENGE LIST #firstlinepit #A #T #S #M

Images provided are dark and moody, giving a creepy and sinister vibe.
In order left to right.
Top: broken mirror, old scissors, creepy woman
Middle: crime scene, coffee, holding elderly hands
Bottom: phone & laptop, walking with flashlight, rainy window

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Those of you with pen names: How did you decide what to use? Do you have different names for different projects? #momswritersclub #thrillsandchills #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Woohoo! Congrats @tobiecarter.bsky.social! Y’all be sure to check this one out!

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Tobie Carter @tobiecarter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🎉It's release day! 🎉 What to expect👀 💞Second Chance Romance 👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏻Widow/Late husband’s best friend 😔Estranged friends to lovers 💌Secret letters 🌦️Grumpy x sunshine 🤏🏾Close Proximity 🛏️Only one bed(truck bed, that is) ❌Complicated family dynamics Available in eBook, paperback, & on KU! #romance #books

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davidgwyn.bsky.social @davidgwyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

🚨 FREE Workshop Alert! 🚨 Struggling to write your synopsis? You’re not alone. That’s why I’m teaming up with literary agent @amynielsen.bsky.social for a LIVE workshop. We’ll help you write your synopsis in just 2 hours. Spots are limited! thriller101.kit.com/33cd6666ee

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Webinar: Write Your Synopsis in 2 Hours

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Jessica Payne, Thriller Author @jessicapayne.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Sara and I are interviewing a book seller tomorrow for our YouTube channel. Are there any questions you would like us to ask her? #momswritersclub

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Thank you for your kind words! I’m thrilled to have my story, Rice, included in Issue 2 of #BunkerSquirrelMagazine! www.bunkersquirrel.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

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BUNKER SQUIRREL MAGAZINE

Flash Fiction Magazine 250 word short stories collected from around the world to entertain

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davidgwyn.bsky.social @davidgwyn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

So I'm looking for a virtual assistant to help with some administrative tasks inside Thriller 101. If you or anyone you know is looking for side work, my DM's are open to discuss the scope! #VA #virtualassistant

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

REBEL RIDGE x OZARK x WALKING TALL A prosecutor's investigator returns to her small town to help run the family funeral home and confronts white supremacists, a corrupt sheriff, drug overdoses and human trafficking. 2021 Hugh Holton winner from MWA-Midwest #A #M #2025Pit

The tunnel to nowhere in North Carolina.

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Jane Eyre retelling Luna Elliot, once Baby Jane Doe, finds refuge as Thornfield Hotel's concierge, and falls for the pensive hotelier E. Rochester. But as love blooms, secrets, vanishing staff, and a fatal plunge ignite suspicion threatening her happiness. #2025PIT #A #LF #R #H #T #DR

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Liza Libes @pensandpoison.org · 27/01/2025

SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life. #A #LF #2025Pit

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Rebecca Jones-Howe @rebeccajoneshowe.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

A Gen-X mother's sick neuroticism is put on full display when a home intruder stumbles into her suburban home. AMERICAN PSYCHO x HEATHERS #A #S #T #2025Pit

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Munir Abedrabbo @maac027.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

What if Dracula lived in Ecuador? In THE COUNT IN THE ANDES, Pablo, a disgraced detective, is about to find out that stopping vampires is much harder than fighting cartels and gangs, especially when they are in league with the elite in a country besieged by violence and corruption. #2025Pit #A #T #H

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Lisa Jewell x Riley Sager Under the guise of neighborly kindness, Allie & Wes sneak into a wealthy stranger's home, unaware of hidden eyes. When they are blackmailed for trespassing, and a body is found soon after, Allie fears they'll be framed for murder—if they survive. #2025Pit #A #T #S #M

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

SHERLOCK x THE X-MEN A ring of fire in the sky gives everyone on Earth the power of deductive reasoning. Crime is at a standstill because anyone, even a child, can quickly solve any murder. Sherlock Holmes is at loose ends, until it appears that his nemesis Moriarty has returned. #A #M #2025pit

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Keith Roysdon @keithroysdon.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

RICH MAN POOR MAN with murder and ghosts In 1948, six siblings move to a factory town for work. They find romance, betrayal, consciousness-raising, gangsters, a haunted movie theater, a serial killer ... and Harry Truman. #A #M #HF #2025pit

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Amber Baird @amberbairdpdx.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

KINSHIP, 84k, #A #H #T w/ #LGBTQ rep. Megan finds her new brother is enamored with her after she cleans up a murder he commits. For fans of female rage, serial killer fiction, and V.C. Andrews. Comps: My Sister the Serial Killer, A Certain Hunger, Blood Sugar. #2025Pit

Collage of 5 images overlaid with word KINSHIP: sharp metal nails coming out of a bright red lipsticked mouth, a lesbian couple clasping hands, a bloody white cloth against a pink background, light shining behind a spiderweb with a juicy spider and the shadow of a hand, a man's bare back as he is held by another man.

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Laura Raine wrote a book 🫣 @laurarainewrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Three days ago, he was sitting in the kitchen with me. Yesterday, we spoke on the phone. Today, he’s dead. KILLING ASHER STEWART is an interwoven multi POV character driven story of betrayal, redemption, & the power of money. #A #S #2025pit #amquerying

Business man in a suit with the novel title KILLING ASHER STEWART

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Elaine Buckner @elainebuckner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Crimson Peak X Lisa Jewell As the new concierge, Luna's dark past & future collide in a romance with the enigmatic hotelier, but dark secrets, vanishing staff, & a fatal plunge from the penthouse balcony scorch her romance & threaten to unravel her fragile sense of self. #2025PIT #A #LF #R #H #T

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Ceci Li @writerceci.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

❤️YA contemporary romance ⌨️ 70k words Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #2025pit #Q #YA #R #CON#poc #writingcommunity #amquerying

Nathan playing hockey. Maggie playing keyboard. Maggie studying. Preschool. Nathan listening to music with eyes closed. Nathan and Maggie skating. Nathan kissing Maggie’s hair. Bunny hugging teddy bear. Nathan and Maggie hugging.

Comp titles: Lynn Painter’s Better Than The Movies; Ann Liang’s This Time It’s Real; Tashy Bhuiyan’s Counting Down With You; Laura Taylor Namey’s A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow; Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Maggie Wang lives by her tiger mom’s rules—even her crush ticks all the right boxes. But when she finally works up the courage to confess to the perfect guy, he’s too oblivious to look beyond their friendship. Desperate to turn his head, Maggie hatches a plan: snag a fake date to his hockey team’s skate party and make him jealous, as long as she can survive her clumsy self on the ice.
Enter Nathan Myers—the team grump. Once he agrees to be her stand-in, everything seems simple enough: he’ll teach her how to skate, and she’ll put up with his attitude. Only the more time they spend together, the more Maggie discovers a gentle teddy bear hidden beneath Nathan’s gruff exterior. For the first time, she wonders if it’s okay to let go of certain expectations—being herself might actually be enough.
But Nathan’s a wild card with no college plans. He doesn’t fit in the future Maggie’s mom has mapped out for her. Trapped between the family expectations and her growing feelings, she must decide whether breaking the rules is worth it with the boy who’s becoming more than just a fake date.

#tropes and elements

#FakeDating
#GrumpySunshine
#YAHockeyRomance
#HeFallsFirst
#ComingOfAge
#FamilyDynamic
#SiblingDynamic
#FriendshipBreakUp
#POCOwnVoice
#SpecialHobbies

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Angelina Flood @linala.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NINTH HOUSExGilmore Girls A 21st-century witch promises to help a dead 17th-century predecessor. When she learns a coven masked as a company is using her ex to hunt the ghost for a killer internship, she must delve into her haunted past to save the man she loves & her kindred spirit. #2025pit #F #A

A collage of spooky, witchy images with white text reading WITCHES LIKE SILVER STARS over a stained glass raven.

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Jill Robinson @firstdraftdotblog.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

VOX x CLOUD CUCKOO LAND A pure, breedable female, Cybele is kidnapped and offered as a prize in a gladiatorial contest. When she convinces her assigned companion to search for her family, it leads to a deadly confrontation with her former captor and a dark, hidden truth. FRAGILE #2025Pit #A #D

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John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🔥 FIX YOU 🔥 🔥 Latina Representation 🔥 Catholic High School 🔥 Enemies to Lovers 🔥 Sapphic Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn 🔥 Mental Health Rep 🔥 Passionate Sports Girl 🔥 Serial Killers 🔥 Love Conquers All 🔥 Cooper the Corgi #2025Pit #YA #agentsguide #litagents

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

TREASURE PLANET X STARFIELD When Jak finds an ancient wrist computer with his new friend Eris—a tech prodigy—he couldn't have guessed it would tear him from his home on a pirate space station to an interstellar quest for answers about his dad's legacy, old mysteries & himself. #2025Pit #YA #SF #M

An industrial space station hallway, with the title of the book and the undertitle. JAK STERZAND: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT

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Brandon Love @blovewrites.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ

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Sally Bromley @sallybromley.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In WWI Sussex, when a petty criminal is gutted like a fish & his cousin accused of the murder, tales of forbidden love, the infamous Fowler Gang & the suffragettes, bleed together, staining the River Arun red. #2025Pit #Q #A #HF

Images of Peaky Blinders, a dead fish, man&woman kissing, two women kissing and a WWI soldier.

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Vee Haacke 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ is querying! @goddessvicky.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

💫 CROWNED IN LIGHT 💫 NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST X RAVEN CYCLE SERIES 🌹Romance/Romantasy 👨‍👨‍👧Polyamory ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Found Family ⚖️Gods & Goddesses 🎵Music! ♿Diversity 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+ 💖Soul Mates ✨Magical Realism Agent's guide included 📖 #2025Pit #Q #A #YA #R #NA #F #RF #SPEC #SPF #LGBT #OV

A photo collage that features a woman wearing a crown, a college campus, a hand playing the guitar, piano keys, and a pair of bloody knuckles

A photo that reads:
Crowned In Light
A literary agent's guide to the first book in the Crowned Series
As 85k word Urban Speculative Romance/Romantasy
First three books are finished, edited, and ready to query!
This one has it all!
- Magical Realism
- Slow Burn
- Found Family
- Gods and Goddesses
- Music Heavy
- Soul Mates / Past Lives
- Strong Female Friendships
- Disability/BIPOC representation
- DAVID BOWIE?!?!

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The Pitch!
It’s the end of a hot Iowan summer, and twenty-four-year-old Matilda West is gearing up for her sophomore year of college at Oak Ridge University. A scholarship student, she is swayed by the suggestion of her favorite professor to join a study group he’s created for his Classical Mythology course. The students in the group adopt her quickly, but Matilda’s past has made her wary and anxious of new people and their intentions.
When she finds herself drawn toward two of the people in the group, including an unexplainable feeling like she’s met one of them before, Matilda is thrown in the middle of a situation she couldn’t have seen coming. Weird dreams and the fact that her life might not be what she thought it was force Matilda to question whether her fate was already decided, or if someone else is pulling the strings… How does one juggle school work, healing trauma, finding love, and supporting a diverse community, while also fighting for their fate and the rest of the world?

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For Fans of:
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Maggie Stiefvater
Richelle Mead
Laurell K Hamilton

Adults over the age of 18 whp enjoy a world sprinkled with mythology and More, and fantasy rooted in reality.
Reader who enjoy diverse, complex characters, especially LGBTQIA+ characters, those with disabilities, and those deailing with PTSD and trauma in an honest and real way.
Romance Readers who enjoy things like friends to loves, enemies to friends, slow burn, found family, angst with a happy ending, and polyamory.

Playlist:
Have I Found My Home by Paden
What A Good Woman Does by Joy Williams
Dear Happy by Gabrielle Aplin
Breathe Me by Sia
Stuck In My Head by Blue Eyes
Silence by Marshmello & Khalid
The World We Made by Ruelle
Like That by JP Saxe
Safe Place by RuthAnne
Hurts Like Hell by Fleurie & Tommee Profitt
Somebody Loved by The Weepies
For You by Angus & Julia Stone
Past Life by Morgan St Jean
Atlas: Heart by Sleeping At Last

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Lisa Jewell x Riley Sager Under the guise of neighborly kindness, Allie and Wes sneak into a wealthy stranger's home, unaware of hidden eyes. When they are blackmailed for trespassing, and a body is found soon after, Allie fears they'll be framed for murder—if they survive. #2025pit #A #T #S #M

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davidgwyn.bsky.social @davidgwyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Don't miss Leslie Conner talking about... - How she develops her stories - Why she wrote a series - And what you can learn from the resources she uses!

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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

#BunkerSquirrel Magazine is partnering with the #RedCross to raise funds for the #Wildfires in CA. You can join us here: www.bunkersquirrel.com/red-cross.html or americanredcross.donordrive.com/campaign/Bun... We have a goal of $5,000. I was the first to donate. Who will join?

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Red Cross

If you're holding onto your wallet wondering if you should, if you're wondering if you have enough after Christmas, look at your home and imagine it without walls, without a roof, and without every...

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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I missed my #BookBirthday while launching #BunkerSquirrel.com. So... I'm giving #TheHOST a discount and sending them off signed with free shipping in the US. Email for your copy! TCWestminster@gmail.com Sequel coming in 2025! Are you ready? Stealing sleep since 12/23

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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

@deanalisenby.bsky.social has written a moving piece titled "Mother Tree" Read it here: www.bunkersquirrel.com/mother-tree.... Join the #BunkerSquirrels next month with the #Prompt #UnlikelyPairs

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy launch day to Bunker Squirrel Magazine!!

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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Ten Days And we all get to read the Fantastic #FlashFiction in #BunkerSquirrel #Magazine! Are you ready? January 1 BunkerSquirrel.com #Prompt: End of the World #Readers #ShortStories #OnlineMagazine

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Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

For our (FREE) December writing classes, I kinda felt like we'd need some self care themed ones for December... Find them all at www.ocls.org/writerscorner and remember that the library card field can be left blank. @pageturnerlit.bsky.social @ginnymyerssain.bsky.social @deanalisenby.bsky.social

Building a Rejection-Proof Mindset
Virtual
Tuesday, December 3, 7 p.m.
Author and editor Swati Hegde will reveal psychologically proven tips to build a rejection-proof mindset, so querying authors can learn how to persevere, take rejection in their stride and keep going.

The Writing Life: Tips and Techniques for Managing Life as a Working Writer
Virtual
Saturday, December 7, 11 a.m.
New York Times bestselling author Ginny Myers Sain will discuss navigating the writing life, including setting up a schedule, when (if) to quit your day job, navigating writer’s block and more.

Recognizing and Combating Imposter Syndrome for Writers
Virtual
Thursday, December 12, 7 p.m.
Literary agent Daniel Cramer will highlight signs and symptoms of imposter syndrome, its impact on creative individuals and strategies for overcoming imposter syndrome.

Stretch & Movement Breaks for Writers
Virtual
Tuesday, December 17, 7 p.m.
Many writers develop muscle pain and joint stiffness after sessions at the keyboard. Learn how to take breaks to stretch and move your body with author and yoga teacher Deana Lisenby.

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Tori- 5 star Author and Editor of Bunker Squirrel Magazine @tcwestminster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I'm testing out moving the #CreativityStir to a #FlashFiction Magazine. Please share and submit! 250 words 3rd pov bio #Prompt: End of the world/post-apocalyptic Deadline:Dec20 Email word doc to BunkerSquirrels@gmail.com

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hey #writingcommunity! Are we using hashtags here? 😆 Which platform are you using more often—this one or Threads?

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

Doing a #thriller giveaway on Instagram! All you have to do is like the post, follow the accounts, and comment with 3 friends! Winners will be announced Wednesday! Link to my profile in bio. #thrillsandchills #momswritersclub #writingcommunity #amreading

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

I created a new profile over on Instagram! If you’re there, come follow me! #momswritersclub

A picture of 3 books with colorful baby’s breath flowers with the caption: New Instagram is @deanalisenby. Follow along for latest news, upcoming reads, and fun book recs!

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Deana @deanalisenby.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Hey #momswritersclub! I’m seeing a lot of people using Substack now. If I was a newsletter subscriber before Substack, does that transfer over, or do I need to subscribe again, specifically to the Substack link? Hope that makes sense!

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