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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Calling all aspiring novelists!! #writing

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

For generations, fisherman have been pulling Roman pottery out of the sea off the coast of Kent near Herne Bay. The site has become known as Pudding Pan Rock, as locals used the ancient dishes to cook puddings in. It is thought that they originate from an ancient shipwreck #FindsFriday.

Five Roman terracotta dishes, two of them bearing white encrustations after many centuries spent under water.

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

For anyone looking for #writingcomps lists, found a handy one on Insta by ScarlettInk #amwriting #querying #writers

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The other day, I did a countdown of the shop's bestselling books in 2024, but I know what you're wondering... What about the shop AND the website combined? Buckle up, kids. bsky.app/profile/bert...

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a man in a black shirt that says i 'm stupid

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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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Natalie Brown @nattykbrown.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Does anybody have a list of publisher open submissions for 2025? #writingcommunity #booksky

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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Who are the two most important British novelists? Anyone can tell you that: George Orwell and Jilly Cooper. For trickier questions, watch the Orwellians v the Jillies in the Only Connect Books Special, 8pm BBC2. (Not that much trickier. It is Christmas. Definitely a few that children can answer.)

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Boxing Day #Joy out with youngest daughter, youngest pony and youngest dog. Lot to keep up with! 🤣💕🎄

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

How amazing these all sound, so many fantastic stories! Good luck to everyone! ⭐️✨⭐️📚📚📚

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It's #buyastrangerabook day. Now, if you want a book, but aren't sure what, let @melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kind of stuff you enjoy reading. Melissa, will then recommend some books for you, and if there's one you like. Dr S will buy it for you! So, get in touch. (UK only)

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Another #buyastrangerabook offer! @humanaqvi.bsky.social Is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20! Your choice, No catches. If there's something in particular you'd like, get in touch. (UK only)

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

COMPETITION CLOSES TODAY!!!!! Good luck, writers of Bluesky 🍀

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Andi Ewington @andiewington.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

DM: ‘The secret passage leads to a room. There’s a small rug on the floor—‘ Rogue: ‘I steal the rug…’ DM: ‘What? It has no value—‘ Rogue: ‘I steal the rug.’ DM: ‘It’s only there to add detail—‘ Rogue: ‘I. STEAL. THE. RUG!’ DM: ‘Fine. You TAKE the rug—‘ Rogue (grinning): ‘Heheh... rug...’

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a black cat with glowing eyes is standing in a doorway .

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

YIKES!! Just entered my #specfic in the Andromeda Award (how hard is a 250 word synopsis?!). Anyone else going for it?! It’s especially for adult sci-fi and fantasy 🔥🔥🔥 Closes 18th Dec, so spread the word! www.theandromedaaward.com?_kx=-ovBur2b...

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The Andromeda Award

The Andromeda Award contest was launched in 2024 by UTA and C&W to seek out and support the best new emerging science fiction and fantasy writers.

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Cat Melville @catmelville.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

SEVERANCE meets THE NOTEBOOK with THURSDAY MURDER CLUB humour The hospital elevator transports a nurse back 15 years to her dead ex’s apartment, where her baby sleeps and her ex tries to change history. An elderly patient offers wise advice, but has secrets of her own. #holipit #A #T #WF #Q

Moodboard for manuscript "You told me your ex was dead" featuring three pics of the main character, nurse Jen.
1) with the mysterious elderly patient she befriends
2) heading home in the elevator
3) petrified in the foyer of her dead ex-husband’s apartment.
The opening lines of the manuscript are included: Despite the new job, my morning unfolded like any other workday — a man pacing outside my office with no pants on. At first, I ignored him. After all, on the physical rehab ward it’s our job to make sure the patients get their steps up. Besides, I was already fully occupied, shuffling the paperwork on my desk.

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

THE LOCKED TOMB x FINAL FANTASY XIV When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage best friend(/crush) Eleanor, all either of them expect is a year of freedom. NOT for Mick to be turned into a dragon and forced to fight the deities on behalf of a dead god. #Holipit #NA #F #R

Moodboard of five images.
Top: A wireframe dragon against a bright orange background
Center left: Stained glass image of an angel holding a quill in their left hand and a pair of wire cutters in their right. They gaze upwards with an exasperated expression.
Center: A man stands against a dark background. His entire head is engulfed in flames.
Center right: A stained glass version of Alphonse Mucha's Emerald. A woman gazes intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent.
Bottom: A total eclipse.

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TK Read @tkreadauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Here's my #holipit ❄️ pitch: A big city lawyer must save her family’s small town wine business from a large Napa Co. & clashes w/the Co.’s dashing man-about town when a local judge forces them to resolve their legal conflict before Christmas #R #A #CR #mild #writers #writingcommunity #authors #author

A guide for agents for a book written by TK Read called "A Long Christmas"

The pitch for the book, A Long Christmas, She's already feeling Grinchy when she finds out his family wants to demolish her family's business at Christmas, but then a judge orders them to spend time together

Tropes for the book, A Long Christmas, including big city girl saves small town business, enemies to lovers, Grinch v. Christmas Crazy, HEA with a Kiss

Comparables to the book, A Long Christmas: A Valentine for Christmas, Christmas on the Vine and Autumn in the Vineyard

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Sarah Goehrke, Author (✨THE KEEPERS now available✨) @sarahgoehrkewrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Magic is all but forbidden in the queens' lands. When Aleris finally accepts her own witchery, she joins the Coven of the Keepers, outside the confines of maps, to turn the Wheel of the World--and change more fates than her own. #HoliPit #Q #F #L #A #amquerying #WriterSky The Keepers

A stone wall of windows shows a very different view from each.

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Late Sunday afternoon dog walk…bliss. Just about waking me up!

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Anne Brooks @annebrooksauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE X VERITY When Lauren, an suspense author living at her reclusive lake house stumbles upon a murder (maybe), she must piece together the truth to escape becoming the next victim, or suspect. Will her fragmented memory save her or seal her fate? #T #S #A #HoliPit #alonefor🎄

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Crystal Bayless ✍🏻is writing & editing✍🏻 @crystalbauthor.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The Rainbow Fish x Gift of the Magi x Mythology Loved by the Sun, but not others, Noctu finds himself lost. When he finds another hurting he will learn how far love can go & what giving truly means. A story of learning to change, helping, & loving. #K #F #W #HoliPit

A starry background with gold glitter sides.

Top:

Left - A great horned owl that looks goldish
Middle - an elder and child on a log behind a campfire

Right - looking up at the moon through trees, words be the light in the dark

Middle:

Left - Yellow Sun with Luna and the Golden Owl, below that a quote love is the greatest gift we can give and receive.

Middle - quote everyone you meet has something to teach you

Right - A hunched over witch (all black with a green outline) stirring a cauldron below her is a quote every end is a new beginning

Bottom:

Left- a married couple with arms laced and the bride carrying a bouquet. Groom is brunette, bride is red head, groom in a tux with no jacket and a bow tie, bride is in an a-line off the shoulder sweetheart neckline.

Right- A snowy owl flying

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

✨ Raunchy bookclub fiction for the voraciously menopausal✨ The wife of a fading literary star discovers her husband has stolen her most private fantasies to write his comeback novel. 🌳 British countryside 📚Jilly Cooper vibes 🐕‍🦺 Horses and dogs 🌶️💕!! 🤣 #HoliPit #WF #Q #BookClub #A #Querying

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Ohhhh my sleepy brain…could anyone tell me what time #holipit starts in the UK? And apologies to anyone following me who’s getting bored of a zillion reposted pitches (I was #wippit ing yesterday 🤣)

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

GIDEON THE NINTH x FINAL FANTASY XIV When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage best friend(/crush) Eleanor, they both expect fun and glory. NOT for Mick to be turned into a dragon and forced to fight the gods. ⭐Ace/bi fantasy/romance with 90s anime antics #WIPPIT #F #R #LGBT #NA

A moodboard of nine images:
Top left: Someone plays a violin in a dark room
Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire
Bottom left: Wireframe of a dragon on an orange background
Center top: The top half of Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman wearing only a green sheet, smirking at the viewer
Center: Bottom half of Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a serpent head snarling at the viewer
Bottom: A tarot card (The Lovers) lays on a white sheet surrounded by pink flowers. The card is done in an art nouveau style and features two figures lying together, nearly kissing
Top right: A figure in white walks through a very green forest
Center right: A lightning bolt lances through a violet sky above a mountain
Bottom right: A black hole surrounded by violet nebulas and stars

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Mistaken for someone else, a reporter plays along. All she wants is a story. But the story is closer to home than she imagines and she must right a past wrong which means the man she's falling in love with knowing who she really is. He has reason to hate reporters. Esp. her. #WIPPIT #A #R #T #FBW

Central top photo of a female reporter on a laptop. The top corner photos are (1) a man in armchair, holding a drink and a cigar; (2) a woman's reflection in a mirror. Further pics are a woman's eyes over a car steering wheel; a man and woman kissing; a catwalk model; and a woman's hands holding a drink. Long centre photo of a couple in evening dress holding hands on a staircase, the woman looking over her shoulde. Around this are various pics: a broken wineglass; a woman holding up hands in defensive gesture; a model's gold-painted mouth, a finger to the lips signifying secrecy; a woman kissing a man's cheek, both dressed in evening dress; an upset woman being comforted.

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A.K Patersonwrites @akpaterson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Queer Fourth Wing X ACOTAR Ariadnne is a powerful shapeshifter owned by a mercenary guild who use her kind as weapons. Until she meets someone who makes her realise she wants to break free. #f #a #lgbt #WIPPit

Moodboard depicting dragons, icy vistas and fae

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Z. T. Fairfax @ztfairfax.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED x THE TRUMAN SHOW THE HUGGLEBEEZ is a surreal #YA #H #Spec story about survival, family, death, and grief. Imagine SESAME STREET/THE MUPPETS as a cult horror project like Five Night At Freddy's or The Amazing Digital Circus. #WIPPIT #MuppWIP #agentsguide

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T.Lane 🤦‍♀️ is editing [Black Wings] @t-lane-writes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

On an alien planet, illegal settlers find themselves between the threat of its rightful owners and mystery surrounding the existence of native life. On Landing Day Kenaed enjoys cheering on the team representing the XPs in the annual games of "Hunt the Fox" #cheerpit #a #sf #wip #blackwings

Nine pictures of a rather desolate landscapes and things, in beige tones with creepy violet and green-ish yellow hues. Storm. Sandy valley with mountains in the background. Slums houses and rubble stones in the foreground. A pattern in the sand. Dusted shoes. Hole in the iced surface of a lake with forest in the distance. Transmission mast on backgrount of the couded sky, with sun peaking through. Rocky mountain saddle. Dirt road in the forest, with tittle written in black letters: Black Wings WIP by T. Lane.

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Kevin Rodgers @kevinlrodgers4.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#WIPPIT Mason Gideon isn’t expecting much for his 13th birthday. A cake with his single mom, to hang out with his best friend Rhys, and maybe a happy birthday from Elizabeth, the girl that he’s had a crush on for years. What he gets as an adventure for the ages. MG/YA contemporary fantasy

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Jennifer Wright-Berryman @jenlwberryauthor.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY x ANXIOUS PEOPLE in which a woman with terminal cancer experiences disturbing visions of four desperate people and dispatches an unsuspecting and anxious small town journalist on an epic journey to save them before her life clock runs out. #WIPpit #F #A #Con #writingcommunity

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suzanne albanis (agented!) @suzannealbanis.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

In this CARMILLA retelling, Marsha Braun—a necromantic witch—must sell her family estate to free their trapped souls and escape a vicious immortality-seeking cult. There, she falls for the night gardener—with deadly family secrets intertwined with her own. #A #F #WIPPIT #Agented

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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Mathew Gallagher @mgalaga.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Magic is a drug that is slowly killing everyone who uses it; Eyr Evanes has been sent to find an alternative, while navigating a world that seems to be turning against people like her. What Eyr finds, changes everything. #WIPPit #F #A

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Hedda Dahl @heddadahl.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Freya discovers she’s the last Valkyrie, hunted for her rare power to kill ancient vampires. But she won’t be their weapon. As the hunted becomes the hunter, she’ll decide who dies. ❤️‍🔥Enemies to lovers ❤️‍🔥Sweet revenge ❤️‍🔥Orgasmic bites ❤️‍🔥F* around & find out #A #RF #R #F #WIPPIT

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Carrie-Ellise Poirier 🥀 @carrieellise.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

THE GOOD GIRL CHECKLIST A high school project gets out of hand as a grieving young woman tries to fix herself by reverse-engineering rejection. She erases her identity and gets into a sticky spot in Dubai before rescuing herself. MAID + CATCH ME IF YOU CAN + BLACK SWAN + EDUCATED #WIPPIT #q #me #a

Chalkboard with writing: "The Good Girl Checklist". Some crumpled papers. An ad saying, "Presenting the Losers". A handwritten checklist. Purple and pink pens aligned.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

We are off to the races!! I can't wait to see all of your pitches. Sorry the start post took so long I was having technical difficulties. Agents, Editors, and Publishers don't forget to check out all of the amazing pitches, we truly appreciate your participation. 🥰

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

BRAMBLY HEDGE X STARWARS (yes, really) Outlaw rebel pixie must win the trust of his people to save the brother kidnapped in a fairy heist. #WIPPIT #MG #F #FBW

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Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

📣#writingcommunity I need your help!! I want to create a unique episode on Imposter Syndrome for the @YMWJPodcast where I will have ~8 authors sharing their experiences/stories with imposter syndrome. Please see more below and contact me if you’re interested! ⬇️ #YMWJPodcast (Crossposted on X)

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 12/12/2024

There is no one answer to the question of how to bring more readers to small press SFF - even the biggest publishers can struggle with "discoverability" - but I wanted to talk about a few things you can do, and why it's always worth it!

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Small Press SFF Might Sometimes Be Harder to Find — But It's More Than Worth the Effort - Reactor

It's a classic underdog tale, and who doesn't love rooting for that?

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Carlie @mrscarlielee.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I’m just learning about writing for children, and this makes FASCINATING reading. How old technology dictates what our children read 👀

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

@smallpitch.org just announced that their next pitch event will be on January 27-28! The event will take place via submissions on their website smallpitch.org and is open to completed manuscripts from unagented and agented underrepresented authors seeking to be published with an indie press.

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#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

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Anne Brooks @annebrooksauthor.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Okay who’s getting ready for #WIPPIT AND (yes there’s two 😲) #Holipit…. Drop your pitch down below and I’ll share my feedback (my credentials are I’ve just done a bunch of these. And I’ve had success through Twitter.🤣) Can’t wait to meet more #writers! #Follow me and I will def follow you back

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/12/2024

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so: HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question. Go!

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