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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

📽️ Their family secret is no longer a secret. I wrote the #book & #screenplay. #film #India #sapphic #family #baby #lesbian #movie #USA #romcom. Now available worldwide on Tubi: tinyurl.com/kr956bkh & other streaming services. Trailer: tinyurl.com/37kz3rew

Blue background. Film poster in center, with yellow background. Circle in middle of poser has blue background, with two women looking at one another. One on left has black hair, brown skin and grey jacket. Woman on right has blond hair, white skin and black blouse. Below them is are the woman on lefts parents, father on left and mother on right, with a purple lotus flower between them. On each side of poster are the following quotes about movie, in black. On left "An absolute delight." "Magical." "A gem." "Brilliantly scripted." "A breath of fresh air." "love it!".

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

y'all, my client @chuckstorla.com's hilarious, satirical murder mystery is "READ NOW" on Netgalley and readers are eating it up like candy--RUN DON'T WALK!!!! @stormliterary.bsky.social

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Have hit the 50% mark for my new WIP so I thought I'd throw together a little guide to celebrate... 👀🗡️🏚️

Image of a large Victorian mansion lit up at night, and text: A Guide to Murder Estate (WIP). Be family, do crime.

Pitch. For generations, the Pendleton family has produced a long line of thieves, forgers, grifters, smugglers, and yes, killers. When Emmeline Pendleton plans a celebration for the patriarch’s 90th birthday, the family’s grand Victorian estate fills up with relatives. Old grudges and rivalries immediately begin to simmer, but when a dead body shows up in the garden fountain, the heat turns up.

Although each person claims not to know the victim or to have killed him, Em knows the culprit must be someone at this party, and their secrets could endanger the whole family. To protect the people she loves, she's determined to find the killer, but the secrets and lies her investigation unearths may tear the family apart along the way.

Snippet: In the center of the garden sat a fountain with three sculpted tiers rising from a carved stone base. Among the lilies and clumps of algae in the lower basin was a body, facedown, wearing a very bloody shirt.

Well, fuck.

This most certainly was not in the spreadsheet.

For fans of... Knives Out, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Microsoft Excel, and Clue.

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

As someone who's straddling various roles in publishing, I get this question sooo often--so I figured I'd write about it!

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

💛 💛 💛 💛 💛 A story about family, small-town Germany, nursing, blackmail & love. #lesfic #romance #family #SapphicBooks #erotic #lesbian #military #Germany #lgbtq #USA #nurse #bi #marriage #children #queer Global link: tinyurl.com/5x4f6cj5

The scene composition features a close-up view of two women embracing and kissing. The women's faces are clearly visible, and they are positioned in a close embrace, suggesting a moment of intimacy and affection. The background is a simple light-blue wash, possibly symbolizing a setting by the ocean or a serene space. The framing is centered on the two women, drawing the viewer's attention to their interaction.

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Super excited that we can finally share Anna's deal for this brilliant book! Fun fact, BLITHE HILL was the first MS I sent on sub as a newbie agent last year. It's a wonderful feeling to know it's found such a lovely home with @redhenpress.bsky.social! Let's go 2027!! 🍾🥂🥳 @stormliterary.bsky.social

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I intended to post this March 14th, but hey, close enough 😅 Super excited to share part 1 of my interview with 2 self-pub authors talking about their experiences! Thank you @theaverdone.bsky.social and @earlronove.bsky.social for chatting with me & helping me share more about this path! 🔗below

The Indie Path, Part 1: A conversation with two self-published authors. Links at the bottom: briannaheath.substack.com and youtube.com/@briannahwrites

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Sapphic book with all the swoon. An excerpt from SO NOT MY TYPE. #booksky #skylight #sapphicbooks #wlw

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Ok what do we do here? Add hashtags? Is this Booksky? I’m so confused. In the meantime, enjoy my first video. A clear masterpiece. 😂 #books #sapphic

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It’s WIP Wednesday on my blog, so come post a snippet of your work in progress, if you want to! It’s a critique-free zone—it’s just for sharing. (PS: I installed a plugin that prevents AI scraping! ✨) #writesky #writingcommunity www.bryndonovan.com/2025/04/03/h...

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Happy Work in Progress Wednesday! Let’s All Share What We’re Writing!

I’m going to share something completely different today! I was working on this new story yesterday, and I can’t remember when I’ve felt so inspired. Six hours or so flew by while I was making…

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Claire Barner | Sci-fi Romance Writer @clairebarner.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Finished 2nd round of pass pages on Moonrising today and I'm looking for ARC readers! If a near-future romance about the first Moon colony sounds like your kind of book, request on NetGalley. Feel-good vibes, M/F & M/M romance, lots of fun science. #arcreaderswanted www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Moonrising

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Danny B. Groves @dbgroves.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I've been feeling like I'm forever failing on the search for trustworthy local media (AKA editorial lens not guided by wealthy ownership) that also has ONE ounce of melanin in the news room. Today, I found one! 🙂 And when I tried to subscribe, email verification is broken. 🥲 LET ME IN!

media.tenor.com

a man in a suit and tie is running down a street in front of a fence .

Alt: A man in a suit and tie is running down a street in front of a fence, shaking wildly as if feral to get past the barrier.

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Claire Barner | Sci-fi Romance Writer @clairebarner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Hi #booksky! My sci-fi romance debut Moonrising is available to request on NetGalley. Check it out! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

She dropped 👀

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Bruce Buchanan @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

We are getting close to “Ready to Publish” on The Blacksmith’s Boy! I’ve finished @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social’s outstanding edits. We still have proofing to do, but the finish line is in sight. August 12!! @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social

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S.E. Reed @writingwithreed.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Two if by land, one if by sea, don’t worry folks—this conference is FREE! The WW Conference is coming!!! (I’m braggy because I helped plan this event and I know how amazing it’s going to be) 😉🌟🫶🏻 www.writersworkout.net/conference

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Conference | The Writer's Workout

The annual WW Conference is virtual, free to everyone, and packed with exciting workshops from writers, editors, and agents!

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Introducing my teen to my all time favorite movie. I have seen this movie, I estimate, close to a hundred times in my life and the story, acting, feelings never change. An absolute masterpiece.

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Nicole Nelson @nnelson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Some examples of ambiguity in Parker's prose, with a brief reflection on how ambiguity informed her writing. nicolenelson.substack.com/p/ambiguity-...

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Ambiguity in short stories from Dorothy Parker

Some examples of ambiguity in Parker's prose, with a brief reflection on how ambiguity informed her writing.

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is so true! So grateful for being part of @jennaschmenna.bsky.social team and having this unexpected and wonderful new support system. #amquerying #writingcommunity

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

aaaaand that's a wrap for this round, folks. Closing to queries now! I was open for 10 days and received 1,100 queries. THANK YOU to everyone who has submitted--can't wait to get to your materials! ... though I may be a bit slow haha.

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Who else hides candy in the storage closet so the kids won’t eat it all? 😂 #momlife #minnesota

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What’s the opposite of doomscrolling, like when you just turned in your second draft to your publisher and you’re crawling Bluesky looking for people to cheer for? Tell me something you did (even little) or show me a pic of your pet or plant or whatever and I will cheer ✨ #writesky #positivevibes

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Sitting in the waiting room at a surgical center and 2 people next to me strike up a convo. The man asks the woman across from us how old her husband is who just went back for surgery. “71,” she says. “Oh, he’s just a puppy,” the man says. “I’m 86.” 🩷🩷🩷 I love this. It’s all about perspective.

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Danny B. Groves @dbgroves.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Black and brown books matter, folks! 👇🏾

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Today is Stuff Your Kindle Sapphic Edition and my YA sapphic contemporary romance DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN? is 99 cents on Amazon for the first time ever! This is international so the price has dropped in all countries!

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Thank you so much to @sapphicbookreview.bsky.social for having me on your show! Can’t wait to meet you in person @goldencrownls.bsky.social conference 🩷 love chatting all things writing, sapphic books, and our love of reading.

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Ah! My agent is Jenna is open to queries. She is 💕⭐️phenomenal 🩷⭐️ and her sales track is on 🔥🔥🔥 check out her MSWL

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Jennifer van der Kleut - Thriller THE BETTER MOTHER Out Now! @jennvdk.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’m excited to be part of a giveaway for a signed copy of A BEAUTY QUEEN’S GUIDE TO MURDER & MAYHEM by Kristen Bird, out 2.28. A fantastic cozy murder mystery in the world of beauty pageants! Visit me on IG to enter! #writingcommunity instagram.com/jennvdk/

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Popping this to the top since I’m opening soon! Also, I’d love to sign more indie authors looking for subrights support … just sayin 🙏

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

📽️ The Sikand family learns that their only hope of continuing their "ancient bloodline" is their skeptical gay daughter Savarna. #movie #romcom #film #romance #lesbian #family #India #sapphic #comedy #queer Worldwide on MX Player, Amazon, AppleTV, Youtube, & more. Trailer: tinyurl.com/37kz3rew

Yellow film poster on left, with blue circle and two women looking at one another, with a purple lotus flower underneath them and their parents next to the lotus flower. Below circle is title of film "The Last Conception". On right is a blue background with logline for the film at top saying "The Sikand family learns that their only hope of continuing their 'ancient bloodline' is their skeptical gay daughter Savarna." Below logline are quotes. "A delight." "Simply brilliant!" "Loved this movie!" "A bhakti-fest of love." "A romantic comedy like no other." and "Amazing story with humor & heart."

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Luisa A Jones Author @luisaajones.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A fab blog post by Imogen Martin Author for Jan Baynham Writer about this wonderful new book. I love hearing about how authors find their inspiration and ideas. Congratulations to Imogen for this enthralling story of courage and resilience, set during the California Gold Rush. #historicalfiction

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Louise Marley @louisemarley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🖤🖤🖤Now available in ebook, paperback and audio! 🖤🖤🖤 Welcome to Raven's Edge! (They do things differently there...) UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CV1GZ5HW USA: amazon.com/dp/B0CV1GZ5HW #KindleUnlimited #CozyCrime #kindlebooks #Audible #mysterybooks #seriesbooks #whodunit #mysteryseries

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

*whispers* *I'm opening to queries Monday*

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The timing of this gives me the CHILLS!! This announcement went up yesterday, the day Ashley signed the contract (after looong months of negotiating), which was ALSO her birthday 🎂, which was ALSO a year to the very day since she queried me with this project 😱😱😱 @stormliterary.bsky.social

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

@andiesmithbooks.bsky.social is on fire with her editing business, I swear, her former clients keep getting millions of agent offers and then major publishing deals like 😱😱😱 Andie you have the magic touch, I swear

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

#editors GET READY b/c I have SO many fun projects going out in the next 2-ish months... 👀 🎃YA cozy horror = adorable + gay + ghost cat 🦸Speculative women's fic w/octogenarian MC 🎓Book club fic w/FMC academic + deep dive into gender roles/expectations 💄Powerful adult memoir from former stripper

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Dana Hawkins Author 🌈 @dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I literally pinch myself all the time that I landed with such a brilliant, empathetic, and driven agent. Happy anniversary @jennaschmenna.bsky.social 🩷 #booksky #writingcommunity

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I am entreating begging pleading for you all to add this brilliant book to your Goodreads shelf!!!!

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

💛 A story about family, small-town Germany, nursing, blackmail & love. #lesfic #romance #family #SapphicBooks #erotic #lesbian #military #Germany #lgbtq #USA #nurse #bi #marriage #children #queer Global link: tinyurl.com/5x4f6cj5

Yellow background, with top of book cover in bottom, middle. Book cover has blue background with white clouds. Title at top, in red, says "A Woman Like Maria". Below the title are two women kissing. One on left has blond hair and white skin and one on right has black hair and brown skin. Above book cover is quote, "A story full of heart and loves promise." On left side of book cover is quote, "realism, hope, and a healthy dose of sapphic love." To the right of the cover is quote, "True love comes when you least expect it!"

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Danny B. Groves @dbgroves.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Some good news for the feed never hurt nobody

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

People who don't read romance novels because they're "predictable:" do you avoid biographies if you know the person died? When you order ice cream, are you mad when they bring you ice cream instead of mashed potatoes or loose screws in a waffle cone? 🤔 #romancelandia #thursdaythoughts #booksky

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Jenna Satterthwaite @jennaschmenna.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

But seriously, this is your next vampire heartthrob book and if everyone on the internet doesn’t preorder this like yesterday we’re gonna have to have some words 😂

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

For #CritPit, make sure your moodboards, "a guide to," and other graphics have alt text! (I find it helpful to prep this ahead of time!) If you'd like an intro to what alt text is, how to add it on bsky, and how to write good alt text, I recommend this thread: bsky.app/profile/bhav...

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