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Ivy T. Woods

@ivytwoods.bsky.social
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Romantic Fantasy Author | She/her Canadian 🩷💜💙 Co-host of the With Series Potential Podcast Repped by Kira Watson of Janklow & Nesbit Associates Free Palestine 🍉 linktr.ee/IvyTWoods

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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MISTER MAGIC x THE HANDYMAN METHOD 📺 2000s reality TV ⚔️ deadly games 💰 eat the rich 🖤 unlikeable characters getting karmic justice 🩸vengeance gone wrong 😈 bloodthirsty haunted mansion ❌ no way out Enter the mansion for money & fame, leave in a body bag. #DVPit #A #H
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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HIDE x EPISODE 13 x THE HANDYMAN METHOD Ruining the Massacre Mansion TV show is Lissa’s goal: because Hollywood shouldn’t exploit real life death. But the plot goes awry when the mansion begins to thirst for their blood & she realizes that greed doesn’t always take the shape of money. #DVPit #A #H
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Ontario Nature @ontarionature.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's World Lake Day and we're reflecting on how Indigenous Peoples remind us that water is sacred. And we have a responsibility to care for it. Sign our action alert to urge the government to protect more water and land here: ontarionature.good.do/protected-ar... #lakeontario #ontarionature
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Ambrielle Butler @ajbutlerwriting.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BODY FARM is published! If you want to read my short story about a dying scientist seeking solace in a dead man, you can find it here in Inlandia’s Speculative Issue ☺️ inlandiajournal.net/summer-2026-...
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Day of the Dead by Terry Brinkman Body Farm Seven months to live. Surely, Beth had heard wrong. Seven was the number of abundance: seven continents, seven wonders of the world, seven lives with two…
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you are a Canadian that fucking hates AI, please fill out this federal survey on “Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada” ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...
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Have your say on advancing AI transparency in Canada
From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just for fun, have the #editorsguide for SCULPTOR OF THE WINDS, pitched as: Pirates of the Caribbean but if Elizabeth was a bisexual mage caught in a love triangle between Will Turner and a murderous lesbian sea monster. #queerpit #A #F #R #FR #AG #OS soon 👀
On a background of a pink octopus underwater in a dark sea is the text:

Editor’s Guide To
Sculptor of the Winds
by Ivy T. Woods

Book 1 in the Sea of Sorrows Duology
Romantic Pirate FantasyOn a background of a pink octopus underwater in a dark sea is the text:
Pitch

When Minna is offered a place weaving the winds—and protecting the ship from monsters—on one of the largest ships in the Fleet, it comes with a catch: her betrothal to the Deckmistress’ son. Bullied by her mother, Minna takes the deal, surprised to find that her betrothed and her new Deckmistress are actually quite tolerable.

But when they capture one of the monsters terrorizing the Sea of Sorrows, Minna is forced into the role of jailer while they interrogate the monster, trying to find a way to destroy them. But as Minna’s  prisoner proves herself to be surprisingly human, Minna becomes intent on saving her from her inevitable execution, going against her Deckmistress, her betrothed, and the entire crew. But the other monsters are drawn to their own. And they are coming.

To the right is a picture of a sailboat in a circle, against a yellow orange sunset On a background of a pink octopus underwater in a dark sea is the title comps and pictures of:

Pirates of the Caribbean: curse of the black pearl labeled: the seafaring setting of
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi labeled the seafaring setting of
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil labeled the toxic sapphic obsession ofOn a background of a pink octopus underwater in a dark sea is the text:
First Lines

The body was bloated, thick veins of black running beneath the sun-dark skin, branching out from the missing chunk of flesh in the dead man’s shoulder. The corpse’s salt-stained trousers had caught on a twisted spike of driftwood, leaving the body to rise and settle with each rush of water up the golden sand.

 “Fucking seas,” Minna muttered. “Is he washing in or out, do you figure?”

 Her father grunted, squatting to pluck the torn and bloody pants off the broken branch anchoring the dead man to the shoreline. The next wave rushed in and claimed its prize, greedily sucking the body down the beach as it withdrew.
 
 “I suppose we’ll see.” Her father shielded his eyes, silver hair shining in the rising sun as he squinted inland. “It can’t be too old.”
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Hello and welcome to my bisexual pirate ( #birates ) book: Sculptor of the Winds It’s not a love triangle but it’s definitely a *vague mumbling* triangle. #unhingedpit #F #R #FR #AG #OS
A white skull and crossbones over a bisexual flag (pink, purple, blue from top to bottom). There is a white border around the outsidesA chart diagram where various arrows connect MMC (male main character), FMC (female main character), and Lesbian Monster.

Between FMC and MMC is a double sided arrow that says “wholesome romance”

Between MMC and Lesbian Monster is a double sided arrow that says “desire to murder each other” and an arrow pointed from Lesbian Monster to MMC that says “jealous of”

Between FMC and Lesbian monster is a double sided arrow that says “attraction” an arrow from FMC to Lesbian Monster that says “I can fix her” and an arrow from lesbian monster to FMC that says “covetous, toxic obsession”
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Anna Hirsch @annahirsch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Attention, writers of every level: We want your bad beta stories! @zillawrites.bsky.social, @ivytwoods.bsky.social and I are hunting for cautionary tales to feature on an upcoming episode of our podcast, With Series Potential (@withseriespotential on IG). DM one of us if you want to share!
Bold text reading "Most wanted: Betas behaving badly"
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Second book has been sent to my agent, so it’s time to catch up on media and marinate on book 3 🎉
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Mollz (ballz) @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The real millennial song is JG WENTWORTH 877 CASH NOW
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The post-beta edits are COOKING #amwriting #amediting
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Yes Chef Puppet in Kitchen
Alt: The Swedish chef faces to the left and head bangs while drumming on some cantaloupes with two wooden spoons.
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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New episode of WITH SERIES POTENTIAL is out today! Planning on querying after RevPit? Make sure you vet your list! withseriespotential.substack.com/p/s1e4-vetti...
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S1E4 Vetting Literary Agents
This week on the pod, we’re diving into everything you need to know about vetting literary agents both before and after receiving an offer of representation!
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When my beta readers and CPs are appropriately traumatized by the book #amwriting #amediting
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mr. burns from the simpsons says excellent
Alt: mr. burns from the simpsons taps his finger together and says excellent
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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
**COUGH COUGH** withseriespotential.substack.com/p/creating-m...
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S1E3 Creating Marketable Concepts
This week on the pod, we’re digging into marketable concepts—what they are, how to know if you’ve got one, and how to reverse engineer a story that has legs.
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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
AHHH! SHE'S LIVE!! S1E3 Creating Marketable Concepts #WithSeriesPotential
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S1E3 Creating Marketable Concepts
This week on the pod, we’re digging into marketable concepts—what they are, how to know if you’ve got one, and how to reverse engineer a story that has legs.
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
SCREECHING NOISES
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Pitch events with the experts!!! Not me, but Zilla and @annahirsch.bsky.social definitely qualify
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Chloe Marcus @chloemarcus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@zillawrites.bsky.social never pulls her punches. This is a bit of tough love of what it takes to be a writer. To break in. To succeed. And her last line? "It’s whether you’re willing to keep going after you find out how much further there is to go." 🔥 #booksky #writingcommunity #querying
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The Thing Nobody In Your Discord Will Say To Your Face
On why most querying writers stay stuck—and the moment I realized I almost was one of them
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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I just finished my first year as a First Reader for #RevPit! Two years ago I was on the other side. Entering, not getting shortlisted, not getting in. And again in 2025. Two times a "loser". Here's what I want every writer who didn't get in to know: 🧵
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Lindsey Rachev @lrachev.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
NASA women save stars. 🫶🏻💫
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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
First article from my series, The Life That Didn’t Happen, is live!!! It’s all true, all authentically me, and may include some cringe and humor in it depending on the reader. #writingcommunity #writers #writesky open.substack.com/pub/jademaso...
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Many Shades of Jade
Green, lavender, white, black—I contain multitudes, and apparently, a full color palette
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@annahirsch.bsky.social @zillawrites.bsky.social and I started a podcast! Join us for Episode 1 on Substack, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube! #writing #tradpub #querying #amquerying
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Querying Rules and How (Not) To Break Them
Join us as we discuss the nitty gritty of getting into trad pub and your first step after finishing the book, querying!
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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
'According to an October study by the BBC, even the most advanced AI chatbots gave wrong answers a whopping 45 percent of the time.' USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Live footage of me sending my new book off to CPs #amwriting
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squidward from spongebob is holding a piece of paper that says i did it on it
Alt: squidward from spongebob looks haggard and tired. He is holding a stack of papers and kissing it. The overlay says “I did it”
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
That’s our girl!!!
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Pre beta line edits has me feeling like: #amwriting #amediting
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a blurry picture of a person 's back with their hands on the wall
Alt: A man banging his head on a wall repeatedly
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Three chapters left in the big edit. Then a line edit. Then this book can be my CPs problem for a while 😂
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a man is laying on his stomach on the ground
Alt: a man is army crawling on his stomach on the ground beside a pool
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Jennifer Luce @jenniferluce.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Happy #SmoochPit Showcase week!! #mentorship #writingcommunity
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a pink starfish says " today 's the daaaay " in front of a green background
Alt: a pink starfish says " today 's the daaaay " in front of a green background
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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We’re getting close…
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
While we're all waiting for results of the contest, let's play! Fill out this form for your novel's title to potentially throw down! The form will be open till end of day Tuesday. (This is just for fun. Winner gets bragging rights.) forms.gle/QcoBAePTgXLJ... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting
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#RevPitWaiting Title Bracket
While we wait for RevPit editors to choose their winners, we're sending your novel titles into the ring! If you would like your novel's title (the one you submitted to this year's RevPit) to be…
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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The #revpit sub window closes at NOON ET today (Sunday)! Upcoming schedule: March 15-23: First Reader Round March 16-23: #AskEditor sessions March 24-April 10: #10Queries sessions April 13: Editor picks announced June 8: Showcase goes live! And #RevPitWaiting starts tomorrow!
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
CHOOSE JENI, SHE (and #RevPit) ARE THE BEST
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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 12/03/2026
Post by user lovey.larue that reads: "I don't know, dude. If Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott could write their books by hand in candlelight I think you can do it without using AI. It's not easy. And that's okay. Some things are worth working for. And art is always worth the effort."
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Sarah Sappanos @sarasafaas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Doing a summoning ritual for update emails in my inbox
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a cat is sitting in a circle with the words " i summon thee " written above it
ALT: a cat is sitting in a circle with the words " i summon thee " written above it
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy. Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit. expertoptout@superhuman.com
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Me, coming back to the math over and over again to figure out moon cycles and tides for this stupid planet made-up planet I HAVE A MUSIC DEGREE, WHY AM I DOING MATH
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a man in a blue shirt is driving a boat with the words " would n't it be nice if we were older "
Alt: Adam Sandler in a blue shirt is driving a boat with the words " wouldn't it be nice if we were older " rocking back and forth
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Seasonal Affective Disorder leaving my body as soon as the sun comes out and it’s above 5° C
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a man laying on his back in a grassy field with mountains in the background
Alt: a man laying on his back in a grassy field with mountains in the background. A spirit floated up out of his body into the sky
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Lindsay Allison @lindsayallisonbks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thrilled to share today that I’ve signed with Natalie Sun at HG Literary to represent me and HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND!
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Laura Bee, Trench Wench @writerlaurabee.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I'm going to say this with a bit of frustration, but fuck all the way off, Oliver.
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#amediting vibe of the day (it’s been four weeks and I’m like halfway done the big edit so it’s actually pretty fast, I’m just impatient)
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Madagascar King Julien GIF
Alt: King Julien yells “how long is this going to take?!” Then the four zoo animals from Madagascar (lion, zebra, hippo, giraffe) all sit up
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
When you log on to BlueSky and see yet another pitch event
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a woman in a purple shirt says enooouugh in a crowd
Alt: Fat Amy from pitch perfect is wearing a purple shirt and is screaming “enough” as she and the other Bella’s climb the seats in a lecture hall
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So incredibly happy for my friend and also ECSTATIC that this book is a step closer to being on my shelf!
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.) Spread the word #booksky! www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
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All books from CMU Press | booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online
A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I’ve gotta go write a murder or something now, holy fucking shit nuts
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Oh boy, this hockey game hasn’t even started and it’s already bad for my blood pressure
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Great intro thread for all things RevPit! Highly recommend participating for unagented authors pursuing trad pub with a manuscript ready to go! Even without winning, I learned so much, got great advice, and made so many connections, all of which definitely helped me get #agented #revpit
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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