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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Come and meet award-winning Latinx author, Maria Kelson at the Dublin, CA Barnes and Noble tomorrow at 1pm. Maria will be signing her debut mystery NOT THE KILLING KIND. #AuthorSigning #WritingCommunity #amreading #booksky #latinxbooks stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Silhouette of woman's face with backdrop of trees. Book cover of debut mystery Not The Killing Kind

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Our WD Bootcamp starts next week! Sign up to work 1-on-1 w/Liz Kracht, @dorianmaffei.bsky.social or me! Includes: –> Webinar on submission materials –> 2-hr live Q&A –> Review of query letter, one-page synopsis & 1st 10 pgs of the manuscript writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Happy #MSWL Day! Pasting the link to my wish list for when I open in spring (dates TBD), along with a thread of a few specific things I'd love to see in both adult and YA! manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/do...

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Dorian Maffei – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉 This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here! You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕

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The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Maria Kelson's NOT THE KILLING KIND is a Kindle monthly deal for the month of February! 👀

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

We are three months away from A RIVER FROM THE SKY by @aijiang.bsky.social! 🌀 A lyrical and moving follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind, as Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world. ✨ Pre-order: tinyurl.com/y3fbxrse

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Dorian Maffei @dorianmaffei.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🚨 Have you signed up for this yet?! 🚨 What's included: -a webinar on submission materials -a 2 hour live Q&A -review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...

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5/20-5/23/2025 How to Craft Query Letters & Other Submission Materials

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

IT IS OFFICIALLY RELEASE DAY FOR— 🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃 —a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍 @titanbooks.bsky.social

A Palace Near the Wind on a desk mat with cloud/wind and ring patterns

Owl (tawny cat) with a copy of A Palace Near the Wind

Phantom (Light champagne cat) with a copy of A Palace Near the Wind

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Story Circle calls @MKelsonAuthor’s NOT THE KILLING KIND, a mystery that “ratchets up the tension so smoothly that readers simply won’t be able to put the book down.” www.storycircle.org/book_review/...

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

excited to see A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in @newscientist.com 👀🙇🏻‍♀️🤍🌬️🏰 forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social

Screenshot of “The best new science fiction books of March 2025” in New Scientist

Screenshot of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in a New Scientist article

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. @oreseur.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Finalizei leitura de "A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)" - Ai Jiang 🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada @maratona.app 💙📚 maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00…

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A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We’re about 3 months out from PALACE’s release!! If y’all are looking for something to add to your 2025 TBR… 👀💫🌬️🏰 (preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻‍♀️)

The cover of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND on floral background

Text:

Natural Engines #1
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Book #2: A River from the Sky

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year! #BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th! We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins! We can't wait to see all your great pitches!

Pre-Event Content for #BluePit

#BluePitHype

We can hardly wait until Jan 13th to see everyone’s amazing pitches, so to celebrate we’re going to be doing pitching tips & a little Q&A leading up to the big day!

So mark your calendars!

Any questions just ask at
@BluePit.bsky.social

#BluePitHype Q&A Schedule

Jan 8th - Introduce Yourself
Jan 9th - Artwork Share
Jan 10th - Character Interviews
Jan 11 - Share Advice
Jan 12 - Build Your List
Jan 13 - #BluePit Begins!

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

2024 Writer’s Wrapped: What a wild time year 🫣 — won the Nebula and Stoker award — was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards — got a 2-book deal for my debut novel — wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella — wrote 10+ short stories — read 70+ books

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

What’s Christmas without a bit of food coma? Daughter made an incredibly delicious rack of lamb for our Xmas dinner. Dessert was a yummy white chocolate raspberry cake 😋

Roasted rack of lamb crusted with herbs and spices.

White chocolate raspberry cake and piece of the cake on a plate.

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

A Merry Catmas boop to all from this goofball 🎄🐾🎁 #christmas #catsofbluesky #cats

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Good night and sweet dreams on this Christmas Eve 🎄🧑‍🎄 🐾 #catsofbluesky #happyholidays

Siamese cat and black and white cat asleep and snuggling together.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Margaret Atwood, poet: "This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar...”

Margaret Atwood Solstice poem on a gray background beneath a wintry night scene of northern lights.

...This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”

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Witchyfairy @witchyfairy.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

❄️Happy winter solstice❄️ Time to slow down. Time to enjoy candlelight, mystical stories and crafts.🔮🕯 #witchsky

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Made sweet potato corn bread. Not too bad for my first time 😋

Sweet potato cornbread baked in a square aluminum pan

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social , @premeemohamed.com , & @amalelmohtar.com: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... (att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social)

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Amy Walker - Trans-Scribe @amazingamyw.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Thank you to the wonderful team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of A Place Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading it.

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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The lovely folk @titanbooks.bsky.social have sent me A Palace Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social which is a novella I’ve been desperately wanting to read This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this! Out April

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Why bother with a fancy cat bed? If it fits, he sits. 😍🐾 #caturday #catsofbluesky #cats

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (@titanbooks.bsky.social) mentioned in LibraryJournal’s prepub alert and the long list for Publishers Weekly’s spring 2025 preview 👀🤍🫶🏼🙇🏻‍♀️

A Palace Near the Wind cover.

April 8, 2025.
Titan Books.

Publisher’s Weekly “Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: SF, Fantasy & Horror” screenshot and A Palace Near the Wind listing screen shot.

LibraryJournal’s “Science Fiction & Fantasy | Prepub Alert, April 2025 Titles” screenshot and A Palace Near the Wind listing screenshot.

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Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Let's talk synopsis. The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter. I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!

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Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The Texas Institute of Letters has 3 awards for authors of books for young readers, each with a $1,000 prize & a 1/6 submission deadline: Jean Flynn Award for Best YA Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit

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TIL Literary Contest Guidelines for 2024

[PDF version of guidelines.] The latest slate of TIL literary contests is now open with prizes adding up to $23,750. In addition, the TIL will bestow a lifetime achievement award ($7,000) and the J...

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

*PM Announcement now live!* Extremely excited to announce that we’ve sold my debut science fantasy novel—AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA—at auction, in a two-book deal, to @titanbooks.bsky.social, forthcoming Autumn 2026!! 🤍🌊🎭🏮🌸🪷 (followed by a far past *prequel*—AN OPERA OF SALAMANDERS, Autumn 2027 🦎⏳🔥🐦‍🔥)

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with publishers marketplace announcement for AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text:

A Drowning Continent

A Floating Empire

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with the text:

A Royal with a single face

An outcast with a thousand faces

White and black cloud and water designs on royal blue background with screenshot of my quote for The Bookseller announcement

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

It's Publishers Marketplace official! I'm so excited to get the brilliant science fantasy AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA into readers hands. Huge congrats to @aijiang.bsky.social and @cathtrechman.bsky.social What a great way to close out the year! 👏🍾🎉

Publisher's marketplace announcement of new book deal for AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA by Ai Jiang

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Dyani Sabin @dyanisabin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I'm a little behind on the announcement news but my agent sibling's DEBUT is officially coming out in 2026 and I legitimately cannot wait <3 @aijiang.bsky.social !!!! 💥

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Crying! Screaming! Falling down 😭‼️🙇🏻‍♀️🤍

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It’s been a while since I’ve done pitch parties, so I’m dipping my toe in #Cheerpit waters. I might also take a look later this evening after the party is over. If I like your pitch, please send your query and the first 50 pages to me through my online form at: bit.ly/2Md2qeg

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

So excited for Ai's new novel! Congratulations to @aijiang.bsky.social, @cathtrechman.bsky.social, and the rest of the @titanbooks.bsky.social team!

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce that Titan Books will be publishing @aijiang.bsky.social's debut novel, AN EMPIRE ABOVE OPERA! A riveting Chinese Science-Fantasy tale of royal siblings striving to survive in a climate of murder and corruption. We can’t wait to share this with you in Fall 2026 ✨

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Extremely excited to be invited to speak about my work at my alma mater 😭‼️🙇🏻‍♀️

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Jes Trudel 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @jestrudel.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hello #kidlit friends. I've compiled 2024 Publishers Marketplace data into this friendly pie chart. Please note: - data is for U.S. based publishers - not all publishers/agents announce every deal - some deals include multiple books/cats so numbers are approx. - CB data also includes early readers

Board books (BB) 2%; Picture books (PB) 52%; Chapter books (CB) 2%; Middle grade (MG)16%; Young adult (YA) 21%; Graphic novels (GN) 8%

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Cheer Pit @cheerpitx.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We’re now on BlueSky! Guidelines for the inaugural #CheerPit 2024 event on December 9th! 🎁 We’ve updated our guidelines to include WIPs and agented authors too! We want to show as many people the writerly love as we can 📝 Please reach out if you have any questions ❤️

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

One the best ways to read my authors’ manuscripts is with hot tea at my favorite local cafe while treating myself to a chocolate croissant 😋

Table in a cafe with chocolate croissant, cup of tea, small vase with various purple, pink, yellow and white flowers next to an iPad

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Had some amazing dim sum with friends today

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to pull a book from a bookshelf and find that it reveals a hidden room?

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thread of pitch events with a brief explanation and direct links to accounts and rules for these upcoming pitch events! 🧵

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Today’s mail brings this bound proof of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Ai Jiang, winner of the Bram Stoker and Nebula awards. Described as a “brutal and beautiful science fiction novella” it will be published by Titan Books in April next year.

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Have you submitted your application yet? 👀✨ There will be many mountains 🗻⛰️ and many words 📝

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Supported at one of my favorite local bookstore by doing some gift shopping there today #smallbusinesssaturday #indiebookstores

Bookstore with books displayed on tables among rows of bookshelves and large windows that extend to part of the ceiling in the background

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Ai Jiang || 江艾🎐 @aijiang.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

For my fellow Canadians, I’ll be partnering with a local indie bookstore— @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social —for part of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (@titanbooks.bsky.social) preorder campaign 👀‼️ First 50 pre-orders will receive art cards/the handmade bookmark 🙇🏻‍♀️🤍 www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/item/64yWJSS...

Bakka Phoenix Pre-Order Campaign graphic including a photo of two art cards and a photo of handmade nature themed bookmarks.

Additional text:
First 50 Pre-Orders
When you preorder from Bakka Phoenix (signed + goodies)

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A PALACE NEAR THE WIND book cover on a backdrop with an illustrated palace shrouded in clouds.

Above the cover is the text: A PALACE NEAR THE WIND

Below the cover is the text: April 8, 2025

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Another new Pitch Event for Mystery, Thrillers and True crime! @miserypit.bsky.social The first one is taking place SUNDAY, Dec 1st! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky

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Lisa Abellera @lisaabellera.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

So happy I went for the prime rib instead of turkey😋 Topping it off with a delicious cocktail (vodka, vanilla, passion fruit, lime, and Prosecco) 🍸 Happy Thanksgiving!

Prime rib dinner with creamed spinach and a fancy cocktail drink

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