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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My debut novel is out today! WASP'S NEST is a story about art, second chances, and the many shapes that love can take. It's messy, queer, and hopeful. I love this book with all my heart, and I'm so thrilled to share it with you.

Kat Stoddard, a white woman with brown hair and wire rimmed glasses, holds a copy of her debut novel WASP'S NEST. The cover is blue and green with a yellow serif font and features a poolside lounge chair in front of a row of bushes.

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The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Authors of this week's picks who are on Bluesky: @paultremblay.bsky.social @ktstddrd.bsky.social @juliaangwin.com @fieldsmeyer.com @lixingsun.bsky.social Publishers in next comment 🧵⬇️

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

all cats are anarchists

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

btw i wrote a queer novel inspired by the philadelphia story and it comes out june 30! if you enjoy messy protagonists, unconventional love triangles, and settings that are equal parts idyllic and chaotic, you should preorder my book!

Cover of WASP’S NEST by Kat Stoddard surrounded by tropes with arrows pointing to it. Tropes are: rich people behaving badly, queer romance, fish out of water, sibling drama, fake dating, second chances, intimacy via humor, the mortifying ordeal of being known.

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Emma Bolden @emmabolden.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

my hobbies include taking pictures of my cat and then looking at pictures of my cat

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

very much need to clarify that this was about Frankenstein and not WH

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

AWP is in my hometown this year, and it looks like an amazing lineup. Are there any must-see panels or offsite events I should add to my list? If you’ll be around and would like an ARC of WASP'S NEST let me know and I'll hand deliver it. See you in Baltimore! #AWP26

Kat holding an advance reader copy of her debut novel, WASP’S NEST.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

ARCs are here!! This is Emerald's "please preorder" face.

Box of advance reader copies of WASP'S NEST, with a mackerel tabby kitten in the background looking up at the camera.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

finally a use for jacob elordi.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My Octo-Novem-ber newsletter is up! I share some early blurbs (I have BLURBS!), recommend a few books, and catch you up on my Campus WIP progress.

"A hugely engaging comedy of manners." Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hat at the Wedding. "An exquisitely layered masterpiece." Emily J. Smith, author of Nothing Serious.

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 30/10/2025

Love seeing good news for Baltimore authors! Happy to share, and boost the signal for the scene.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

My debut novel has a cover! Available June 30, 2026. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

WASP'S NEST A Novel by Kat Stoddard. Yellow text over a painting of dark green shrubbery and a poolside chaise.

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Jennifer Savran Kelly @jsavrankelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I wrote it anyway 💜 Sometimes it just takes a little encouragement from a kind stranger. I hope you enjoy this post on the Lavender Scare, the invention of queer pulp fiction, & what it means to be a writer under an increasingly authoritarian gov't jennifersavrankelly.substack.com/p/banned-boo...

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Banned Books Week and "Survival Literature"

What the Lavender Scare and queer pulp fiction teach us about being a writer in 2025

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

In this month's newsletter I reintroduce myself and share how my perspective on outlining has changed over time. Plus there's kitten pictures, that's probably the most important part. katstoddard.beehiiv.com/p/onward-and...

A gold frame on a pale pink background. Photo of two tabby cats, one darker and closer to the camera, one lighter and farther away sitting in a basket.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...

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How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps)

Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Watching You’ve Got Mail and reminded that the real movie I want is about the Parker Posey and Greg Kinnear characters.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

It’s a beautiful day to finish first pass edits.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“All I could think, when I looked at Ethan stationed at the head of the table, his rust-colored hair thinning at the temples, was that the man had nothing to teach me. Zero, zilch. Ethan wanted nothing from me. And I did not, in that season of my life, believe a person could give without wanting.”

Kat holds Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian in front of a bookshelf.

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Mary Rizzo @maryrizzo.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Huge congrats to the workers at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore for winning their first union contract in 142 years!

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I didn’t expect to feel giddy reviewing the style sheet for my debut novel but boy, do I. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Three cherries with stems resting against each other on a white background. Text reads: Midwestern Jam-Making Throuples. Achieving self-knowledge through statistics and copyedits.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Must read post for parent-writers and the people who love them.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...

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On Tyranny free resources

To use and to share, now or any time

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Issue 64 of Baltimore Beat is live. Our cover photo was shot by Devin Allen.

A black and white image of a man riding an arabber’s horse during a funeral procession for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah.

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Wrote about WASP’S NEST officially being in copyedits (!!!) and where I’m at with my novel-in-progress.

Ice cream cones laying on a flat surface. Text overlaid reads On Showing Up: What a consistent writing practice means to me.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/06/2025

Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

wrote a little anti-A.I. screed feat. @chaykak.bsky.social's latest New Yorker piece 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/what-to-us...

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What to Use to Make Your Art

On AI, wasting your time, and non-process process.

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This was quite literally how BPD officers justified their actions involving Freddie Gray. I know because I’ve been talking about this for 10 years.

In his briefing, Worley seemed to place blame on the community for Abdullah’s death. “The crowd actually interfered with our ability to give the victim aid,” Worley said. “Officers from all around the city had to come to kind of quash the disturbance so that we could get the victim to the hospital.”

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Here's a small good thing you can do all month long. Two, actually. 1. Like, share, and comment on any library post featuring Pride books or messaging that's positive. You can influence the algorithm for good. 2. Write a letter to your library board thanking the library for Pride displays.

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danielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

also you guys the library??? We all gotta be using it more. An incredible public good. Walk in, get anything that interests you, check out for a total of zero dollars, walk out. anyone against it is my nemesis

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

wrote a very gay #1000wordsofsummer today, happy pride month y’all 🌈

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Kat Stoddard @ktstddrd.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

new rug is phoebe approved ✅

Phoebe, a twelve year old white and grey pitbull with black spots, lays on a blue rug with a floral pattern.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/05/2025

HI EVERYONE YOU HAVE UNTIL MAY 23 PLEASE DO THIS FOR THE COMMON GOOD

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

This is a craft essay.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Here is some good news!! "Despite the timing of a massive Amazon book sale, indies nationwide reported strong sales and attendance for this year’s Independent Bookstore Day festivities." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Independent Bookstore Day 2025 is a Celebration of Community-Building

Independent Bookstore Day was a celebration of community for the 1,600 indie bookstores across the country celebrating it with special promotions and programming.

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Greedy Reads @greedyreads.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

We’re open regular hours today AND we’re kicking off our weeklong fundraiser for @baltimorefund.bsky.social !

A stack of books about abortion care and reproductive and healthcare justice and the text “April 20-26 at Greedy Reads, 10% of proceeds donated to BAF”

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Shenanigans @shenanigans.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Hey does anybody know what the fuck.

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dawn of the debb @debbshock.com · 28/03/2025

have you taken your meds have you eaten something have you made a small token to the ancient elder gods

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We're a liberal, pro-LGBT+, pro-choice, cat-loving bookstore, and we'd like to buy this building for the bookstore so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 20% off your order with promo code Baltimore at checkout. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This letter is for those of you who need a pep talk about how to turn your brain and your writing on again 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/the-off-day

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The Off Day

Turn it on again.

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