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Writer of horror and dark academia Rep: Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass julesnickerson.com

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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 12/09/2026
I'm learning that I'm an edit-as-I-go writer, chapter by chapter. It's through the process of reworking the prose on a scene level that I discover the story and characters. A lot of this is because writing rarely flows for me in a linear fashion. (1/2) #WritingCommunity
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 22/08/2026
I love it when my critique partners leave the grimace emoji reaction 😬 in my gdocs. It means I've done my job! #WritingCommunity #Horror
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 16/08/2026
Really enjoyed this one! #WritingCommunity
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 11/08/2026
I love @bpl.boston.gov in Copley Square and any excuse to visit—it's my favorite library! Got my library card renewed today for another 4 years so I can continue borrowing on Libby. #BookSky
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 06/08/2026
My dog and I visited the Brattle Book Shop today! A used bookstore with over 250,000 books, maps, and prints. The outdoor section is the sales area with books as low as $1. #BookSky
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 20/07/2026
I finished self-edits for a project! This was a major revision where I shifted chapters around, added new ones, and clarified character arcs. In total I added about 15k words. Time to set it aside while I wait for feedback, and in the meantime, maybe dive into something new... #WritingCommunity
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 08/07/2026
All the new horror books coming out in July 2026! One that I'm looking forward to reading is The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager about a group of academics trapped in an underwater cave. Links: - readjumpscares.com/2026/07/07/a... - bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #BookSky #Horror
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All the New Horror Books Coming in July 2026
July 2026’s new horror books, featuring titles from Chuck Tingle, Sara Hinkley, Christopher Golden, Sami Ellis, Rae Wilde, Jen Julian, and more!
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 06/07/2026
What I'm reading this week: FIEND by Alma Katsu @almakatsu.bsky.social After @annahirsch.bsky.social recommended it to me, I borrowed it on libby and I'm loving it so far! Definitely a comp for the manuscript that I'm currently drafting. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734363... #BookSky
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 04/06/2026
What makes a good bookstore? These shops made The Boston Globe‘s Best of the Best list because they offer something extra, whether it’s a special tie to the community or a memorably cozy cafe. trib.al/O5UN888
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 08/05/2026
Lots of great horror releases in May! I'm most interested in Nicholas Binge's Abyss (Severance meets Lovecraft). reactormag.com/new-horror-b... #horror #booksky
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All the New Horror Books Arriving in May 2026 - Reactor
This May, don't cross a black cat, be wary of the promise of eternal life, avoid cults at all costs, and more...
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 29/04/2026
From the wise @zillawrites.bsky.social: "The cheerleaders aren’t the problem. The problem is when cheerleaders are all you have. When the loudest voices in your corner are the ones telling you you’re already good enough." Read more at zillawrites.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... #WritingCommunity
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You Don't Need More Cheerleaders
On building the writing circle that will actually help you level up
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
It's Independent Bookstore Day! Hooray! Among many other things going on, the Prison Book Program matching donation program starts today! A generous donor will MATCH the dollar amount of all purchases off our Prison Program Wish List from now until May 2nd
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Prison Book Program Wish List
Porter Square Books is proud to partner with Prison Book Program to help provide access to books to people in prison. Order any title off this wish list and select the In Store Pick Up at Cambridge. You don't need to pick it up—we will give it to Prison Book Program to distribute. The Prison Book Program believes in the life-changing power of literature. Books help people learn new skills, heal from trauma, and connect with their families. Since 1972, the Prison Book Program has been sending free books to individuals in prisons around the country. Along with each hand-selected package, volunteers send personalized notes to each reader— because connection and respect are just as important as books.
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 12/04/2026
"Human creativity is not an efficiency problem that can be optimized. Treating writers’—and by extension editors’—work as a problem AI can solve misunderstands the qualitative advantages that book publishers have over tech giants." dearheadofmine.substack.com/p/dont-autom... #WritingCommunity
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Don’t Automate Yourself Out of a Job, or Book Publishing in the Age of AI
Publishing Economics 301: Artificial Intelligence
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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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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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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 04/04/2026
Some of the imagery coming down from the Artemis II crew is breathtaking...
A crescent Earth against the black of space.
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 20/03/2026
Taking a break from the keyboard today ☀️
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 25/02/2026
So many amazing horror reads in 2026. www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30... #booksky #horror
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A Month-by-Month Peek at 2026's Most Anticipated Horror
Horror enthusiasts, gird your loins. This new year looks particularly scary. As part of our rolling overview of upcoming titles in 2026, we’ve coll...
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 23/02/2026
Good morning
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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
An #editorsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲 This romantic fantasy has: 🐻‍❄️ Canadian subarctic inspired setting 🌋Roots in animistic religion ⚡️A physics based magic system 👵🏽 Crotchety immortals 🏠 Complex family dynamics 🌎 Accessible worldbuilding #bluepit📖 #A #F #R #FR #OS soon 👀
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An Editor’s Guide To 
The Land of Undying Summer
by Ivy T. Woods
Adult Romantic Fantasy
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Pitch
When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with a wandering mage to figure out why mages are dwindling among her people, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust escalates into a full-scale uprising, leaving the two loners to save the living, the dead, and each other. Though not necessarily in that order.On a background of a foggy coniferous forest. The background of the four images fit together to show a  stream with rocks working its way between two hills in the forest, both covered with trees.

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Comps
The atmosphere and vibes of:
- The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
- Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
The Humour Of:
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Chapter One - The End of Darkness

No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaani’s trembling hands closed on the spiked rocks of the Wolf’s Fangs, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late.

 “Shit!” Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of El’Drek’s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her.

 Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldn’t put it past any of the dead—either Blessed or Barred—to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living.

 Allak would be insufferable if she was late.
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Philip Fracassi @pfracassi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
NYT offers a survey of the state of book publishing that feels hopeful. Also a nice mention for the newly-launched horror store, Twisted Spine. This is a gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/b...
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Dragons, Sex and the Bible: What Drove the Book Business This Year
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 27/12/2025
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks "According to Circana BookScan, mass market unit sales plunged from 131 million in 2004 to 21 million in 2024, a drop of about 84%, and sales this year through October were about 15 million units." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 22/12/2025
Congrats Zilla!! The blood and sweat was worth it🩸🩸🩸
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 16/12/2025
Taking a break from the keyboard this week...
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T. Rutherford @trutherford.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Excited to announce that Our Elsewhere has won the general fiction category for the 2025 Book Pipeline Unpublished contest! bookpipeline.com/winners Honored they recognized Our Elsewhere--a speculative fiction where a widow journeys across worlds via death to find and save her husband.
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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 26/11/2025
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Sourcebooks is the fifth-largest trade publisher as measured by print books sold, breaking the dominance of the biggest conglomerates for the first time since Bookscan started> lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/11/sour...
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Sourcebooks Cracks the Big Five - Publishers Lunch
For the first time in decades, there’s a challenge to the hegemony of the biggest trade publishers in the US. As Sourcebooks continues to grow, it is now the fifth largest publisher in the country by ...
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Page One @ukpageone.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Simon & Schuster Executive Fiction Publisher @phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social joins us to talk about the decisions that go into acquiring and marketing books. Plus, what happens in auctions and why she started The Honest Editor Substack! Watch now: youtu.be/SJXs6kut_EU Or listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
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AWP @awpwriter.org · 13/11/2025
“TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest” premieres TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. ET! See @frecklywench.bsky.social, of Aevitas Creative Management, Danya Kukafka of Trellis Literary Management, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social of Neighborhood Literary on AWP’s YouTube channel.
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TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on June’s Big Conversation in the magazine: “Publishing in a Time of Unrest.”
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 08/11/2025
What I’m reading this weekend: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield It’s a horror novel about a woman who returns from a catastrophic deep-sea mission but is no longer the same. #BookSky
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Manuscript Academy by #MSWL @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Want to work on tension, character & querying - for free? Check out our #MSWL live replay from last week! One attendee said “I feel like I just had an entire MFA course. Except MFA programs get snooty about 'genre fiction.' " Check it out! manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀 Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year! www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20/10/2025
Not to be THAT dictionary, but… It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’ It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’ It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’ It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’ It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 18/10/2025
Visited a castle yesterday for some writing inspiration... #WritingCommunity
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 08/10/2025
The NYPL horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites: #BookSky #horror www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
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Best New Horror of 2025 for Adults
Our expert horror committee read more than 150 titles published since last Halloween to select their 20 favorites. There's something for everyone here—whether you're looking for jeepers, creepers, sca...
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 05/10/2025
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30... #BookSky
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Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October
Halloween is, of course, the traditional season for scary stories. But for those of us weirdly dedicated to the genre, it’s a year-round endeavor....
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 30/09/2025
It's happening. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers Set First-Ever Live Performance on ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
The singers behind Huntr/x in 'KPop Demon Hunters' will make their debut live performance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 27/09/2025
What I’m reading this weekend: The Extra by Annie Neugebauer. 10 people head out on a backpacking trip, but the first night 11 set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who's the extra? #BookSky
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 25/09/2025
I think I need this cafe where they harass writers until they finish their writing... japantoday.com/category/fea... #WritingCommunity
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Tokyo’s Manuscript Writing Cafe only allows writers on a deadline, and won’t let them leave until finished
Many of Japan's themed cafes are centered around some fun activities to keep you busy, such as playing with micro pigs in an "Alice in Wonderland" setting, or admiring a recreated "Cowboy Bebop" world. A cafe located in the Koenji district of Tokyo that's been causing a buzz online has a…
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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
new horror bookstore opening in Brooklyn www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
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NYC’s first-ever horror bookshop will make its spooky debut next month
Happy news, horror lovers!
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 23/08/2025
What I'm reading this weekend: Leigh Radford's One Yellow Eye 👁️ A horror novel about a scientist seeking a cure for her undead husband. #BookSky
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Sierra Branham @sierrabranham.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Mark your calendars! We have a US cover reveal date for LOVE GALAXY, my debut sapphic SF romantic thriller about murder on a reality tv show in space with forbidden romance and lots of yearning! Available to add on Goodreads now, link in the comments below 👇
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 22/08/2025
Wrapping up the first draft of my WIP! Here's a chart of my daily word count since I started 2.5 months ago. #WritingCommunity
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Seth Fishman @sethasfishman.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Was sent this. I dig it.
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 13/08/2025
An informative post by Cathie on the various considerations an agent might go through while preparing editor lists for sub. What really stood out to me is the need for an excellent organization system!
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 09/08/2025
Last Read: Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal. I read this short horror novella in just two sittings. Set in Reykjavík, about a woman who wakes up with increasingly disturbing injuries. What I'm reading this weekend: Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping.
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 28/07/2025
Taking time away from my keyboard this month...
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Jules Nickerson @julesnickerson.com · 13/07/2025
A fugitive astronomer must seek the truth about his family’s doomsday prediction that led to their persecution and deaths. #BluePit #A #F #Q #agentsguide #BluePit📖
A Fate So Dark. Adult Fantasy. 93,000 words.What's Inside. Perfect for fans of James Islington's The Will of the Many and Rebecca Roanhorse's Black Sun.Pitch slide.Mood board.
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