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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 13h

Hello all! I'm poking in and looking at pitches in #DVpit for Inked in Gray! If I like your pitch, please send a query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to Lauren.T.Davila@inkedingray.com. Please mention we connected through DVpit, as we are currently closed to general submissions! Thanks!! ☺️

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We're kicking September off with twice the fun! A very happy #bookbirthday to BLIGHTFALL by @brandonsanderson.com and @jancipatterson.bsky.social, and THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES by @ltdavila.bsky.social! 🎉

The cover for BLIGHTFALL by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, the first in the new Riftwake series. Two figures, a man and a woman, stand in the center of a cave surrounded by colorful alien plants

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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

featuring @ltdavila.bsky.social's THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES, forthcoming in September! "Lauren T. Davila is a fresh voice in speculative fiction, with effortless prose and a fabulist sensibility... f this is Davila’s debut, I cannot wait to see where she goes from here"

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

So excited to raise money for @siembranc.bsky.social & chat about disabled, young adult fiction! Thank you SO much to @firestorm.coop for being so game to host, and to all the panelists and best moderator @ltdavila.bsky.social for being so flexible with everything.

Text that reads: On 2/27, BookCon sent me an acceptance email for a panel I pitched on disability literature as part of their Pride Lounge. Though I was initially excited when I sent the pitch, I had to decline because ReedPop, the organization putting on the con, is tied to LexisNexis, a company that has a multi-million dollar contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows ICE to track user data. I contacted Sonido Reyes, Maya Ameyaw, Sydney Langford, and Natalia Sylvester, all of whom agreed with this decision, but were still up for doing a panel. We chose April 18, which is the Saturday of BookCon, and Maya suggested fundraising for an organization doing anti-ICE work.

One of the books to be discussed in the conversation, ALL I KNOW SO FAR by Nicole Zelniker.

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Here is the absolutely stunning cover for my debut short story collection, publishing September 1st, 2026, from Creature Publishing! Pre-order links will be available in the next few months, and I will update you then. Thank you to the wonderful Luísa Dias for the cover design!!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I just launched a Substack!! I'll be diving into craft, my own writing, and insights into publishing!! Find it here and I would love if you subscribe!! marginsandnotes.substack.com/p/on-margins...

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On Margins and Notes

What to expect from this newsletter and a peek into who I am!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Hi friends! Looking for authors and bookish people alike to help with my COVER REVEAL in the next few weeks! Please comment below or message me if you'd like to share it! :)

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Haunt Publishing @hauntpublishing.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🕯️WHEN OTHER PEOPLE SAW US, THEY SAW THE DEAD ed. @ltdavila.bsky.social🕯️ An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore & fantasy, these eerie short stories will disturb, move & humour you. www.hauntpublishing.com/books/p/laur...

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When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead (Paperback) — Haunt Publishing

An anthology of dark, unsettling writing from some of the most exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothic, horror, folklore, fantasy and fairy-tale, these eerie short stories will disturb, m...

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hello all! I’m taking a peek at pitches during #PicantePit for Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at lauren.t.davila@inkedingray.com. Please DM me with any questions!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

ICYMI, I have a few items up at the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction! All money raised is going toward families as well as immigrant and trans rights collectives! You can bid on them here: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS.... Thank you to @sandraproudman.bsky.social for organizing as always!!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Here is where you can find me this weekend at the @writehive.bsky.social conference! I'm so excited to be joining for my 5th year in a row!!! See you all soon! #writehive #conference #author

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FEMINIST @feminists.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

1 in 12 Americans live in California. 1 in 35 Americans live in LA County. LA is America

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

With the recent success of Andor, I'm getting more questions than usual about how to land a job writing Star Wars books, so let's do the yearly How to Write IP thread, shall we? Firstly, IP means Intellectual Property-- that's shows, movies, plays, even books, any world owned by someone else. 1/

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/06/2025

Friends. Followers. People of Bluesky. Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Anyone putting together #awp2026 conference proposals? DM me if you still need a panelist to add to the proposal! 👀

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden. Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 04/05/2025

@writehive.bsky.social is putting together a #WriteHive2025 participant starter pack, so if you see someone you like, follow 'em! (Here's hoping I did this right lol) go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hopping onto the #posterpit event! Here's something for my gothic short story collection THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026)!

fake movie poster in black, white, and gold. three pictures: ballerinas, a white peacock, and a dark ocean

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hello! Putting out a call for writers who would like to teach! We are seeking genre fiction writers (YA/adult) and/or contemporary poets! Diverse writers are especially encouraged to apply! All positions are remote + paid! DM with questions! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap...

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Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Interested in writing short fiction for MG or YA readers? @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2 night virtual mini-course with the Highlights Foundation! You can read more and register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/int...

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked

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Arcas De Disco @puckarks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks  The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

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Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library

Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Hello! We are looking to possibly bring in more writing mentors at PocketMFA! If you’re interested in a paid teaching opportunity (especially for genre fiction!), we’d love to see your application! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap.... Feel free to PM if you have any questions!

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Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Nathan @nathandunbar.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Semicolon is a Black woman owned and operated bookshop, and you can support them in many ways. Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop. Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org. Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them. Or donate here 👇🏼

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Joy Sanchez-Taylor @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

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Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre

Examines how authors of color, in writing against white-dominated, Eurocentric fantasy narratives, counteract Christian and colonial tropes and offer alternate versions of morality, race, gender, and ...

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Tehlor Mejia @tehlormejia.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

sending love to all the revolutionaries who know their personal comfort is not the priority with so many marginalized lives and futures at stake to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Happy Black History Month! Celebrating this month as a unified showcase and forever & always! These are just a few of my book recommendations. Enjoy these amazing stories! 🫶🏼 #booksky 🩸📚

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Alex London @alexlondon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#AuthorsAgainstBookBans is the rare coalition where you get out more than you put in. If you're a published book creator (author, illustrator, contributor, etc.; indie or traditionally published), just sign up and show that you're with the 71% of people who oppose book bans. tinyurl.com/mr2bwku7

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AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

✨Please Share✨ Just 2 more hours to bid on the almost 300 items to benefit Gaza families and a small portion going to those affected by the LA fires! 🇵🇸💛 Ends at 6 PT / 9 ET! www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...

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#KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction

Silent auction '#KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 30/01/2025

Art is empathy. Art is shared wisdom. Art is political. Art is protest. Art is humanity. As everyone is searching for how to fight back in these times, remember art is important. That's why the fascists are coming for artists, too.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

What can you do about book banning? How can you support essential public institutions of democracy like public libraries and public schools? Want to understand why "school choice" is an outright lie? I've got OVER FOUR YEARS of those answers and more in this pinned thread.

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Mirelle Ortega @msmirelle.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hi! Gallery Nucleus is hosting: ART FOR LA - an online charity exhibition from January 24,2025 - March 25,2025 All the proceeds will go to Wildfire Relief Fund , LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, as well as artists and animators that have been affected by the fires.

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Richard Z. Santos @rzsantos.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Writing little stories doesn't feel like enough today. At least for me. But I know there's going to be (and has been) lots of days like this. I guess we all need to find other ways to make a difference and help each other.

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Hi friends!! Very happy to be here! If you’re interested in publishing and all bookish things, give me a follow!! #author

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 28/01/2025

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

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