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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Exciting news! The manuscript I'm going to start querying in the fall won the Claymore Award in the Children’s/Middle Grade category! Huge thanks to the judges and to everyone who has cheered me on and read my words along the way. #claymoreaward

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Excited for the Killer Nashville awards ceremony tonight! Good luck to all the other finalists! Catch it live here. #killernashville links.killernashville.com/l/01M0J5PFM4...

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Killer Nashville Awards Dinner 2026

Join us for the awards ceremony!

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year! Hoping to knock some books, games, and films off my backlog this year. It’s easy to get distracted by new, shiny things, but there’s only so much time, and in recent years, I’ve fallen behind on my bucket-list stuff. First up, respectively: East of Eden, Suikoden III, and Sorcerer.

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 19: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #playstation #psx

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 18: Chrono Trigger #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #snes #rpg #chronotrigger #nintendo

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 17: Spyro the Dragon #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #playstation #psx

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 16: Final Fantasy XII #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames #finalfantasy

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 15: Conker’s Pocket Tales #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 12: Shenmue #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 11: Mario Kart 64 #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 10: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 8: Final Fantasy IX #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I'm really enjoying Andrzej Sapkowski's, "The Last Wish." Might be my favorite book I've read so far this year. The dialogue is excellent, and the episodic nature of the story reminds me of Hans Bemmann's "The Stone and the Flute." I'd love to write something with this structure someday. #booksky

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 7: The House of the Dead 2 #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 6: Fable #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 5: Xenogears #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 4: Pokemon Gold #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 3: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days. Day 2: Breath of Fire IV #retrogameschallenge #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Retro Warden @retro-warden.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

For the next few weeks I’ll feature one retro game per day that’s special to me. Join in with #retrogameschallenge and the text: “Choose 20 retro games that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days.” Away we go! Day 1 #gamechallenge #videogames #retrogaming #retrogames

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Excited to share that I’ve been accepted into the Futurescapes Writing Workshop! Looking forward to working with Fran Wilde and an incredible group of writers and faculty! @futurescapesww.bsky.social

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

NETTLE & BONE x CAMP DAMASCUS Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH. 🫂Found Family 👧Character driven 💕Slow burn romance 👻Monster menagerie #QuestPit #Q #F #H #A

A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?"

Collage of six picrew cartoon looking characters. 1) an excited girl with curly brown hair and glasses holding a book, with the name Edie in front. 2) a gloomy looking boy with the name Milo in front. 3) a grinning boy with sunglasses and wavy hair, with the name Manny in front. 4) a purple haired girl sticking out her tongue and holding up a peace sign with the name Viola in front. 5) a reserved looking girl with the name Cat in front. 6) a stern looking girl with the name Alexandra in front.

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

EVA EVERGREEN, SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH x HOMEWARD BOUND When Echo the dog’s best friend and owner—12-year-old Ema—is caught doing magic, he must travel across a country where magic is reviled to save her from witch hunters before her execution. #questpit #Q #F #MG

A collage of colorful images: A dog's face, resembling a husky; the drawing of a girl with medium-length black hair; the silhouette of a samurai standing in a dark forest; a dirt road cutting through a sunny green meadow; a drawing of three witches in the woods; a bright patch of colorful stones on the ground; a city with Japanese architecture by the sea with a setting sun in the background.

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Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Lonely Jane has mood-affecting weather abilities, Corwin’s an anxious new kid. Both could use a friend. When Jane’s shady landlord threatens eviction because of her, she has to control her emotions, but how can she when she’s majorly crushing on Corwin?! #2025Pit #MG #Con #RomCom #SPF #DIS

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Altia Yarrow @altiayarrow.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Grim are immortal. Auri knows this. But when one shows up to take her father's soul, she cuts him a deal. If he spares her father, she'll find him what he wants: a way to die. Now Auri has a week and a day to kill this immortal (who she's definitely not falling for). 🐈‍⬛ #A #F #RF #2025Pit 🐈‍⬛

A collage of 4 images, all black and white. A crow in a winter tree, an autumn leaf, a river of stars in the sky, and a woman underwater.

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to write!

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

EVA EVERGREEN, SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH x HOMEWARD BOUND When Echo the dog’s best friend and owner—12-year-old Ema—is caught doing magic, he must travel across the country to save her from witch hunters before her execution. #2025Pit #Q #F #MG

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I am trying this now. Thanks for the tip!

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#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org · 26/01/2025

The #SmallPitch pitch submission window opens soon, so let's go over some reminders. First, you can view all the guidelines on our website at www.smallpitch.org. Please read them carefully! There's also an FAQ and a list of participating publishers. Now, onto the key information.

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#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

EVA EVERGREEN, SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH x HOMEWARD BOUND When Echo the dog’s best friend and owner—12-year-old Ema—is caught doing magic, he must travel across a country where magic is feared and used as a scapegoat for any misfortune to save her from witch hunters before her execution. #P2Ppit #Q #F #MG

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Wanted to share this because many of these pitch events were coming out of nowhere for me and I was wondering how everyone was hearing about them. I’m guessing I wasn’t alone! #amquerying #writingcommunity go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Public service announcement: COVID is still bad! If you feel sick, stay home! Do NOT go to the library just to watch TikToks on the public computers and infect everyone around you, like the gentleman who gave it to me did.

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 14/01/2025

Ever notice how often your characters shrug, nod their heads, or look at things? These generic gestures don’t bring them to life. Let’s dig into how to write gestures and beats that are fresh, meaningful, and layered with character. A writerly 🧵 #writingcommunity #amediting

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a man wearing a green shirt is making a sad face .

Alt: star trek characters nodding

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

This sounds like a really cool opportunity! Do you know what the approximate schedule will look like day to day? Particularly on Saturday and Sunday? I have kids' activities to juggle on those mornings, and I wouldn't want to miss anything important.

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

@writingexcuses.bsky.social 's first episode of the season was great! It got me thinking about my favorite Avatar episode where Uncle Iroh says to Zuko, “It's time for you to look inward, and begin asking yourself the big questions. Who are you, and what do you want?”

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This happened to me today! Then I realized there never was a file and what I was looking for was a full hand-written notebook! (I found it finally.)

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Renee Fountain @reneefountain.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I'm doing a FREE one-hour LIVE webinar (no sales pitch) to help writers be less overwhelmed by finding the right agent + Q&A, which everyone found very helpful. If you're interested go here for more info and to sign up: forms.gle/ikZFaWSbTj7K... Or DM me. DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: Jan 5, 11pm EST.

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

I’m starting a holiday, Join me if you wish, It’s Questmas, and it comes on December 26th! What’s Questmas? It’s a holiday of my invention (as far as I know) dedicated to playing role playing games. Join in! #videogames #rpg #ttrpg #dnd #gaming #nowplaying #fantasy natesearlebooks.com/questmas/

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Questmas - Nate Searle

It’s the morning of Questmas, and all through the house, Every creature is stirring, every child and spouse. Wondrous things were obtained on the previous day, So, on Questmas, enjoy them, unwrap them...

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

The game taught me patience and how to handle crushing defeat.

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Congrats! That’s the hardest part!

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Nate Searle @natesearle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Finished the first draft of my latest MG book early this morning! Always feels good… until you read it through and realize how much work still needs to be done. #amwriting

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