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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Are you organized, detail-oriented, a team player, and interested in the world of publishing? Check out our in-person agency assistant position in San Diego! Link to full job description. Accepting applications until April 15. We look forward to hearing from you!

We're hiring a full-time agency assistant supporting operations and contracts at ABLA!

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Lit for Queer Liberation 2026 is now open for bids! I'm giving away a couple query + first chapter critiques, but there are a ton of other items to bid on from authors, artists, agents, editors, etc. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Silent auction 'Lit for Queer Liberation 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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Lit for Queer Liberation 2026

Silent auction 'Lit for Queer Liberation 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Christopher Roubique - Author @dreamertide.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

After more than 13 years, 8 other manuscripts, 200 rejections, & amazing support from so many . . . #MYTHSPEAKER IS OUT NOW! You can find it in hardcover, ebook, & audiobook wherever #books are sold! Or here, at this link: christopherroubique.com/mythspeaker/ #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #MG

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Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Glowing reviews & last call for pre-orders! Check out A GOOD HIDE by debut Alaska Native author Karina Iceberg and acclaimed illustrator Natasha Donovan (Heartdrum, Jan. 13 2026). @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #KidLit

Second star & rave review, Cover art for A GOOD HIDE (Alaska Native children and Elder scraping a stretched hide).

★ Kirkus Reviews (starred): “A rapturous reflection on community worth holding close to one’s heart.”

★ Publishers Weekly (starred): “A wealth of aunties contribute to an Indigenous child’s day-to-day in this lovingly communal picture book portrait.”

Booklist: "A fascinating glimpse into a time-honored Indigenous practice."

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Among the books hitting shelves this week and next are a picture book about an Indigenous community collaborating on a project, a middle grade novel about a tween’s sacrifices for popularity, a YA romance centered on two teens trapped in a bathroom, and more buff.ly/kja04gm

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

A heads up to querying authors! We're reaching that time of year when offer of rep deadlines may need to extend past the standard of two weeks and into the new year if you want to give everyone the opportunity to consider. Many agents, including myself, are out of the office starting next week.

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sharing another starred review, this one for my client Adrienne Thurman’s debut picture book NO WAY, WASH DAY! ✨

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The first trade review for @dreamertide.bsky.social’s MYTHSPEAKER is in, and it’s a star! 🥳

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

ASMR, but it’s just the sound of my dog chewing ice cubes.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

★ “An Indigenous community works together to tan a large hide by hand” in Aleut-Alutiiq debut author Karina Iceberg and Métis artist Natasha Donovan’s picture book A GOOD HIDE, a “captivating portrait of joyful collaboration”

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A Good Hide by Karina Iceberg

An Indigenous community works together to tan a large hide by hand in this captivating portrait of joyful collaboration. Making ...

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Thank you for creating the space that brought us together, @dvpit.bsky.social! And I'm so excited to be working with you @abbie.bsky.social. 🥳

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Getting a late start on reviewing #DVPit for REASONS, but if I ❤️ your pitch please reach out via the following link! I’m excited to see what you’re all working on. 👀 QueryTracker.net/query/melani...

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Query Melanie Figueroa at Root Literary

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Tim Manley @timmanley.com · 08/08/2025

I wrote a book! I’m very excited for you to read it! I’m speechless!

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Christopher Roubique - Author @dreamertide.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I am delighted to introduce the cover for my debut #MiddleGrade #Indigenous #Fantasy novel MYTHSPEAKER... AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER RIGHT NOW: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780694... #Books #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Debut

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

So skip the former and cultivate and nurture the latter. This is probably always the better choice, honestly, but I think it’s especially so while we all endure the stained-age-and-special-edition era.

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The thing I say to authors now (and that I believe wholeheartedly) is that for most YA and MG authors, studying retail patterns offers no information of creative value. Nothing you will learn from observing B&N’s merchandizing is anywhere near as valuable as personal inspiration and intuition.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I took a personality test once and remember nothing about it other than that it said I am Michael Scott.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Eight figures. Eiiiiiight figures. Eight. Figures. Listen, I know I'm screaming into the void on this one, but you know how many great authors -- marginalized authors! new authors! authors of all genres! -- you could publish with this *at a still high level of advance* -? Answer: a lot! A lot a lot!

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I've been channeling a lot of my rage into my work because books are so often the only escape for those with nowhere else to turn.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts." Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them. This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Psst: 👇

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Since I’m new here, I’ll do a #MSWL update soon, but if you’re a querying author, please note that short of some unforeseen circumstance I’m open to queries year-round! I’m looking for adult, YA, and MG projects.

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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Maybe we weren’t meant to wake up and read 20 terrible things immediately.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 27/02/2025

Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business. We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Since Slack is down, here’s reason #1 to follow me: I’ve passed a rigorous approval process conducted by a Very Good Boy. 🐶👇

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Reposting as a reminder to myself, and maybe you too, as I start the work of finding my people here after migrating from The Bad Place.

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Melanie Figueroa @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Okay, I think it's time to hang out here now.

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