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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I received 2 more big 5 editor requests this weekend ! One from a critique and workshop at a writers conference. Another from winning a pitch contest w a submission request. I have another editor I’m sending pages to this week for a critique —she liked my opening page—read for an online workshop.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I finished my book revision today. Woah. It was a long time coming. My baby my baby Is done.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Promising Young Woman x AND The River Drags Her Down 🖤To survive in this dangerous world, you have to become THE ONE TO FEAR🖤 Meet The New Urban Legend #TheEastRiverWraith #ProfilePit #YA #H Feminist Horror New Revision with a new name & coming soon to haunt your inbox

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I love the tagline! And the East River Wraith sounds horrifying, but makes me want to know more 👀😁

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Colleen Writes @colleenmoodyauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Never Summon The Dead. Ok, we need this book!

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Erica Noel @ericanoelz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I love “Simone knew better”

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❄️ ⓐ. ⓡ. ⓛⓔⓔ ❄️ is querying @itsamabee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

✨ SIX OF CROWS X ARCANA ACADEMY✨ After an ancient prophecy resurfaces mid magic trial, six artists must uncover who is trying to enact calamity. This Adult Epic Fantasy features: 📜Deadly Deals 😈Ravenous Monsters 🤫Secrets Best Left Unspoken 💔Rivals to Allies to 👀 #questpit #F #DF #R #A #Q

An Artistic Deception - An Adult Sapphic Epic Fantasy - A girl dancing in an abandoned church

Enemies to lovers
Sapphic
Sentient Magic School
Indigenous Diaspora
Can Your Fate be Changed?

Martyred by her people, a priestess awakens as a refugee displaced through time to find her sacrifice in vain.

Agni attends a magical college to build a new life, but when the past resurfaces, she must either embrace martyrdom again or flee, leaving behind the life she’s built and the woman she loves. before fate claims another kingdom.

Reads like Hozier’s Yell

Putting the con in economy - The lies of locke lamora
a deadly education - my school is trying to kill me
six of crows - ensemble cast x found family
witch hat atelier - magic consequences for me like 💀
arcana academy - so you like pining?

Character art of Agni and Fala

“Can’t you ever do as you’re told?” Fala snaps.
“No.” The word rolls off my lips, sweet as candy.
“Impudent.”
“Arrogant,” I bite back.
We are toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, her amber irises trembling.
“You know nothing.” Fala seethes. I laugh, drunk on her wild temper on I can ignite. That may have been true at the beginning of term but not now.
I know all about the woman I’ve spent the year ruefully falling in love with.

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Cara Castro @caracastro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

LEGALLY BLONDE X WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING A first-year public defender for sorcerers must help her newest client prove his innocence without accidentally falling in love with him. rep: WEAVER LITERARY #QuestPit #OS #A #F #R

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My Darling, Dreadful Thing X The London Séance Society A fabled witch howled the Blackstone Curse and mired generations in madness, murder, and mayhem. Only a monster and an heir to an earldom may break the spell, but first they must find each other. #QuestPit #Q #Gothic #A #H #LGBT

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Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE SUN DIAMOND PRINCESS & THE BLIND ASSASSIN #questpit #Q #A #RF If Arzhang can save Princess Myra and help her become Queen, then he can begin to redeem himself. If Princess Myra walks away from her love for Arzhang to end a war, then she can save her country.

Upper half of character illustration of Princess Myra in Turkish style clothing close, face to face with Arzhang, tall, blond, muscular, shirtless wearing maroon dhoti trousers.

Text: Agent's Guide
The Sun Diamond Princess & the Blind Assassin
by Elise Betz

106K adult stand alone romantasy, light fantasy, dual POV, bi-racial princess, disabled blind romantic interest, plenty of pining, angst, and spice.

First sentence, first page: “If beauty was a currency for
women to procure a husband, Princess Myra was a pauper.”

Upper half of Sun Diamond pendant - rough yellow crystal wrapped in wire.

Text: The Pitch
A blind former assassin saves facially scarred Princess Myra from an assassin sent by her mother, the queen regent. On the run together, Myra brokers peace by offering herself up for marriage to end a war started by a false flag orchestrated by her mother. With her fiancé army, Myra intends to return home and depose her tyrannical mother. The princess is torn between her love for her country and her love for the blind assassin. If she doesn’t go through with the wedding, she risks reigniting the war.

Lower half of character art of Princess Myra and Arzhang.

Text: Tropes & Comps
Relationship triangle between love & duty
“Bachelor Auction” at a brothel
One bed at the shepherd’s hut
He falls first
Against the odds romance
Royality/Commoner
On the run together
Found Family
Slow burn, angst and pining

Plot Comp:
Love Is Blind by Annabelle Costa
Tristan & Isolde with HEA

Emotional Comp:
Under the Oak Tree by Suji Kim

Character Comp:
Breinne of Tarth with the mouth and temper of The Hound
from Game of Thrones

Lower half of Sun Diamond pendant.

Text: Beta Feedback from First Four Chapters

“Very strong opening, really captures me as a reader and makes me want to read more to see what's going to happen next and how we ended up here.”

“Love that she's not a typical Disney princess and has some fire to her personality.”

“I really like this entire section. I feel that several women can relate to this desire and makes the FMC more relatable.”

“This part made me laugh. I love Myra's snarkiness. LOL!”

“I love the vulnerability of the FMC and the masculine certainty and desire of the MMC in this scene.”

“This is so hot!! The masculinity and gentleness of the MMC. swoon”

“The pacing is good and makes it easier to continue reading without wanting to stop. I like the build up of the issues, and then problem solving aspect of this section.”

“As the reader, I can really feel the emotion from the FMC. The sense of disgust and jealousy.”

“I love the portrayal of her embarrassment but most importantly her strength!! And standing up for herself versus just shying away.”

“This part is so funny!! I love the banter between these two characters.”

“This is great work. I have the genuine desire to keep reading and see where this story goes.”

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A STUDY IN DROWNING X GILMORE GIRLS Atticus moved to Havenvale so he could attend the most prestigious knighthood academy in the kingdom, but there's a rose-scented ghost haunting his manor, & he's learning it's hard to focus while falling in love...👻🖤 #AG #YA #F #RF #QuestPit

A HAUNTING TO HOLD
Ghost Romance
𝙷̶𝚒̶𝚜̶ ̶𝙵̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ His Forever
Cozy Fantasy Town
Magical Lantern Festival
Star-Spinning Magic
Gothic Manor
Griffin Riding
Knighthood Academy

THE PITCH
COZY YA FANTASY 89,000 WORDS

After fleeing from his war-ravaged hometown, a timid boy enrolls in an elite knighthood academy while falling for the ghost haunting his rose-scented manor; but when enemy knights invade his cozy new town during a festival that allows the dead to live for a single night, he must learn how to rally his courage before the girl he loves is lost forever.

CHAPTER ONE
My ghost never hides in the shadows.
When the afternoon burns brightest, I’ll catch her silhouette in the sunshine. When night steals the sky I glimpse delicate blue eyes peeking out behind moonbeam curtains. It’s been five weeks since we've moved in, yet I've only ever found her in the light.
“She’s not your ghost,” reminds Olive. “I can see her, too!”
But my sister’s claim rattles out like a lie. Looking at her now, she’s scrunching her face up, squinting real tight, yet her eyes never seem to find the shimmering girl that runs through Rosefall Manor.
Not like mine do.

FOR FANS OF...
The sweeping, magical romance of…
A cozy fantasy town inspired by…
The lush prose and gothic atmosphere found in…

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NEVER SUMMON THE DEAD *Simone knew better* But she wanted to save her murdered cousin's traumatized spirit. Except Nina has returned as a vengeful ghost who drowns deserving boys #TheEastRiverWraith Now Simone must stop her from going wrathful on the wrong boy. 👻 #YA #S #H Feminist Horror #QuestPit

The One to Fear, a YA Feminist Horror. Image of Nina the ghost and her summoning cousin, Simone, at the East River in NYC.
The sign for the park is painted over with the word: Wraith, because Nina has returned as The East River Wraith.
Character Art by @demonyong_nini
*Real Photo of The East River Waterfront Esplanade done in line art *with NO Ai!

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Reading a queer haunted house horror book while alone at night — When these scraping sounds start, low at first, then getting louder…. where—is—that—noise—coming—from? Oh…it’s a cooking video accidentally playing on my phone. My fn pulse. For a horror writer, I scare easily.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Oooh I just had a zoom critique meeting w an editor after a conference— 👻Make that 5 big 5 editor requests now👻 She can’t wait to see my ms in her inbox!

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Rory | Author *₊˚☕୧ @rabauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I love when women become urban legends. Warms my heart.

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Ooh I’m so gripped by this! Can’t wait to read this someday 😍

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Kat is querying! @katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Bent neck lady vibes!!! Good for her 👏

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The MC’s cousin is a prominent lesbian character, along w her GF. Amaya & Gabrielle. 💜💜 (The mc, Simone is pan and her love interest is bi.) Happy lesbian visibility day ! #awesomecharacters

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Simone is haunted & hexed~and this is a scene where she realizes she's putting her cursed love in danger. ~Not that this keeps her away from Jadriel~ #CRPCabinRaids #CampRevPit #CRPNightcrawlers "I want to know all the things you're scared to say...."

Image of the MC Simone and her forbidden love, Jadriel.
TEXT:
“I want to know all the things you’re scared to say.”

My heart constricts.
Stomach turning tight when he leans closer.
Words faltering. I’m totally flustered and flooded with panic.
I’m still so in love with this boy.

I have to pull back from him, and oh, he pays attention to my every move
and mood and leans away too. Like he’s worried he’s invading my space.

I hate it.
I hate you, Gran.

Launching myself up onto my knees, I can’t keep lying side by side with him.
I have to keep him safe—from me.

It was never Jadriel who was the threat.
So, Gran made me become a danger to him.
Her curse on him is far worse than a burn.

HAUNTED AND HEXED. TOUCH HIM AND BURN. KISS HER AND DIE.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I keep offering to critique queries rather than finish the rewrite of my own. Perhaps today is the day?! Saturday morning, let's go.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Casting my characters— 1 Nina 👻 The East River Wraith 2 MC Simone is haunted & hexed & can’t control her abilities: she’s plus sized, but creepy Lottie as stand in 3 Jadriel: the bi boy next door & cursed love interest 4 Cousin Amaya: is just starting to come into her gift of truth #crpnightcrawlers

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Simone: “I know better, but…” & “I can keep him safe—from me” She’s cursed to kill him, but only *if* she kisses him again. & Oh, she can keep her vengeful cousin’s spirit from going malevolent. Again. #CampRevPit #CharacterFlaw #CRPNightcrawlers

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Ooh I’d go with TV show for my book. So by season 2 I can include alllll the cut darlings 🤣 #camprevpit #crpnightcrawlers 👻 It’s #CRPCabinRaids !!! Hey #crpDirewolves hey.

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sorayastories @sorayastories.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“We confess our sins with smiles” is such a great line!

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"I never claimed to be innocent." "Me neither, kid." Nina says with a wicked grin like she's amused by my admission. We confess our sins with smiles.... A snippet of a conversation between Simone & Cousin Nina (also known as The East River Wraith) #CRPNightcrawlers #camprevpit #dialoguedrop

Image of two girls, one is a ghost, against a backdrop of water. Dialogue: "I never claimed to be innocent." "Me neither, kid." Nina says with a wicked grin like she's amused by my admission. She always did like me better when I was being bad too. We confess our sins with smiles. (Simone & Cousin Nina (also known as The East River Wraith) in The Truth of Fear. A YA Feminist Horror Novel.

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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Um. Yes. You can never have too much feminine rage <3

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Some may think the vengeful ghost is the monster, but it’s this society (and violent boy who killed her) who created The Wraith. #CRPNightcrawlers

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Anna Hirsch @annahirsch.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

👀👀👀👀 I'm sat

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

One should never summon the dead They can always find you Follow you Attach themselves to you *I know better but I have to ensure Nina isn’t stuck here haunted by a watery grave ~I call upon her & only her~ So I don't unintentionally bring back something else #CampRevPit #CRPNightcrawlers #OneLineMC

One should never summon the dead.
They can always find you. Follow you. Attach themselves to you.
*I know better* but I have to make sure Nina isn’t stuck here,
haunted by this watery grave.
So, I call upon her—and only her.
If I’m not specific I can unintentionally bring back something else.
This is why I’ve been forbidden from conjuring spirits...

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Nina has returned as a vengeful ghost, The East River Wraith, in her defense she only drowns those who deserve it. AND yeah she’s overprotective of her younger cousin Simone & is threatening to end her boy’s life—but she just wants to keep Simone safe. #CampRevPit #VillainVoices #crpnightcrawlers

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Simone has many fears, it’s hard to exist in this dangerous world, also she’s damned to be the death of the boy she loves & she summoned her murdered cousin & now she’s a vengeful ghost called The East River Wraith—but she’s afraid she brought back more than her cousin. #camprevpit #crpnightcrawlers

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

My MC Simone is messy (in more ways than one) & has night terrors & tends to wake up screaming. Cousin Amaya brings her GF over & they kiss while doing art. So they’re cool w me But cousin Nina, who is a ghost, floods the floors (and worse when she’s angry.) So, that’s a big nope on being roomies.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My Horror Girls are up for consideration under Spookiest Poster! *But OMGasp there are so many truly spooky posters in the bunch. And so so many good posters in every category! wow. #posterpit #posterpitawards #CRPNightcrawlers take.supersurvey.com/Q0HWAZ6CN

Image: A scared teen girl, and a ghost girl with bloody tears. TEXT: This dangerous world is scarier than a vengeful ghost. The Truth of Fear. Young Adult Feminist Horror. BECOME THE THING TO FEAR. # The East River Wraith. Accolades: Big 5 editor requests. Best Submission Award. Winner WriteHive mentorship.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I've loved horror since I was too young for it & was the kid telling creepy stories at sleepovers. My ms was more fabulist / speculative w grief & ghosts & tarot. I've leaned in to the vengeful ghost story, w lite body horror. I'm a fan of social commentary in horror & the dread. #CRPNightcrawlers

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Hi, this is my first time doing #CampRevPit I'm excited to make new writer & CP pals! My ms is a Speculative upper YA Feminist Horror (And eeee I'm very behind on my revision post R&R) Thanks @adropofmagick.bsky.social for inspiring me to go camping with all of you! #CampKickoff #CRPNightcrawlers

mage: A scared teen girl, and a ghost girl with bloody tears. TEXT: This dangerous world is scarier than a vengeful ghost. The Truth of Fear. Young Adult Feminist Horror. BECOME THE THING TO FEAR. # The East River Wraith. Accolades: Big 5 editor requests. Best Submission Award. Winner WriteHive mentorship.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

🖤Find Courage in Fear 🖤Power in Rage 🖤And Become The One They're Afraid of THE TRUTH OF FEAR A Good For Her Horror with Girls Who Scare Boys, Revenge, Reclaiming Power, ooh & Romance Meet the New Urban Legend #TheEastRiverWraith #SPF Upper #YA Feminist #H Revising & Soon to be #Q #PosterPit

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Perusing emails: hey, maybe I DO need a writer coach, because writing *is* lonely and sure, I could use help implementing feedback after so many drafts--lemme go check out the site. ....Oh, only 12 payments of $950. 👀 Being lonely isn't so bad.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I have such cool giveaway promo ideas. Anyway, I should probably finish writing the book. #writingcommunity

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Squealing. I just received another big 5 editor request for my ms, after a pitch opportunity!! *Make that 4 editor requests* If you have a chance to shoot your shot—do it.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

**Listen** to the First Page of my YA Feminist Horror novel, The Truth of Fear! A New Abridged Excerpt Narrated by Joanna Rosewood www.joannarosewood.com Thanks to Human Voices 4 Human Rights #TheEastRiverWraith

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Horror Romance This curse doesn’t keep Simone from wanting to put her hands on Jadriel Good and cruel gods ALL she wants is to touch him, even if it burns her from the inside out But if she lets him kiss her, it'll kill him. *Unless her cousin’s vengeful spirit ends him first #cupit #YA #H #R

Girl w burning hand & her forbidden love

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

@stutitelidevara.bsky.social the horror seminar you did today for SCBWI was so amazing. Thanks for the insight! You’ve got me very excited about horror in kidlit.

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore. MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND— #TheEastRiverWraith A Good For Her Horror with Rage, Revenge, Reclaiming Power, oooh and a forbidden romance. 🎶🎙️Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio!!🎙️🎶 Art by @demonyong_nini #muppit #YA #Feminist #H #Spec

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I took part in Human Voices 4 Human Rights and for my donation I received a professional audiobook narrator to record A PITCH for my YA Horror novel: THE TRUTH OF FEAR. Here’s the clip! YAY! Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio courtneyfabrizio.com @mycousincourtney drive.google.com/file/d/1epfd...

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HV4HR_ Jenn Lee (2).mp3

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Donate, help, and get a professional audio snippet of your book! @thornsnrosesdotco.bsky.social Human Voices 4 Human Rights!

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A gentle reminder that #MSWL is just for agents and editors to post their wishes. We’ve seen some agents blocking writers posting in the feed, and don’t want this to happen to you!

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