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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 01/10/2026

Exciting! I did notice in one place it says the required meetings are on Tuesdays, but says Wednesdays everywhere else?

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 25/09/2026

I'm not sure when I'll be at that stage, but I will keep you in mind. Thanks!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 25/09/2026

I'm doing a course with Authors Publish that I'm hoping will give me some advice on how to proceed. The plan is to query, eventually.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 25/09/2026

Mostly, I'm hoping the new character arcs work as intended, and that the middle isn't a slog

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 24/09/2026

In happier news: today, I finished version 5(?) of my novel, which means I get to put it away for a month to marinate. I fixed issues beta readers found, introduced fun new stuff, and added 13,000 words to what was a too-short manuscript. #novelwriting #writersofbluesky

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 24/09/2026

Last year, I had 7 acceptances. This year, I've had 4. I've submitted so much more this year, and so it can feel defeating. 191 Submissions in 2026. 119 rejections and counting. But I'm aiming higher. This year all the submissions are to paying magazines. It's all progress. But it still sucks.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 30/08/2026

Had a blast at GalaxyCon San Jose yesterday while escorting the hubs around in his Jim Henson cosplay. Steve Whitmire said the Kermit I built was "pretty good" ::squee:: #GalaxyConSanJose #JimHenson #Kermit

A man dressed as Jim Henson with a headband and microphone, with a Kermit Muppet on his right arm, smiling.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 29/08/2026

This is the second time this has happened to me--acceptance and then the magazine folds. You'd think they could notify a handful of contributors? I'm going to withdraw mine as well. Thanks for replying and best wishes for your future writing and submitting!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 29/08/2026

Just as I feared. This makes the second time for me. It really would be nice if they notified people or, you know, took down their submissions page! Thanks for getting back to me and wishing you the best with your writing and submitting!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 28/08/2026

Hi--I was also accepted in to the March issue, but I haven't heard anything from the magazine. They haven't responded to emails. Have you heard anything about what's going on?

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 28/08/2026

Hey Jon--I was also accepted in to the March issue, but I haven't heard anything from the magazine. They haven't responded to emails. Have you heard anything about what's going on?

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 26/08/2026

Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints. It takes and it takes and it takes but it should seriously consider a suggestion box because it took the wrong 80-year-old today. #RestInLoveDolly #WorstTimeline

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 24/08/2026

Hell yeah! Capitalism is so focused on throwing everything away the second it's not brand new. Drive that car another 20 years.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 23/07/2026

AI takes the creative works of artists and then redistributes them so they can be used by those too lazy to be bothered to make their own art. Isn't that Communism? #fuckai #poisonthewell #stopskynet

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 15/07/2026

Looks like they took care of it!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 15/07/2026

It's gone--looks like they handled it!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 02/07/2026

This book. This book I knew at a glance from some moment in my childhood, when every library book with a rocket ship sticker was worth taking home. This was my first taste of John Varley's work. This guided me on my path. I can't wait to read it all again. #booksthatbuiltus #johnvarley #scifi

A book titled "The World Treasury of Science Fiction" Edited by David G. Hartwell, which shows a view of an Earth-like planet from a moon-like orbiting body with a galaxy behind them bathed in pink galactic clouds.

A close-up of a section of the table of contents of the book "A World Treasury of Science Fiction" featuring John Varley and his short story titled "The Phantom of Kansas".

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 15/06/2026

Did you know that a D20 + bath salts + time = R'lyehian D20? #DND

A Dungeons and Dragons character sheet first page on a table with a lego minifig depicting a grave domain cleric who enjoys coffee (she'd been obsessed ever since visiting Hupperdook), and a D20 with indecipherable numbers due to the effects of salt on the ink in the engraved humbers.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 13/06/2026

I love the whole DECK, but 4 of Diamonds (Rebuilding Year) still gives me the chills and makes me want to hug a younger version of myself

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 29/05/2026

I think "fantasy romance" and "romantasy" seem like the same exact thing, but "paranormal romance" should involve telepathy or the undead. E.g.: Dragons, fae, witches, shifters = romantasy Zombies, vampires, ghosts = paranormal romance But then: Dragons + ghosts = pararomantasy

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 28/05/2026

"Once Johnny Tremain's hand had been repaired by laser surgery he could only afford by travelling to Mexico, he worked as an apprentice to the famous iPhone repairman, Paul Revere."

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 26/05/2026

We're unnerved by creatures that look almost human. We call it the Uncanny Valley. We are wired to fear and reject that which approaches humanity artificially. Did this fear evolve in us? That means this has happened before. We won then. Let's win now. #rejectAI #fuckAI #noAI

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 22/05/2026

I submitted to a new market yesterday and today received the jump scare of their awful AI-generated "evaluation" of my work. Avoid Soo Generis as a publisher if you prefer human work over slop. AI shouldn't be writing or editing creative works.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 13/05/2026

I submitted a story to Asimov's in January, and today I received the rejection. But it wasn't a form response! "Near miss" is how the editor put it. A NEAR MISS from Asimov's? I feel about as proud and bewildered as these cats when the cup didn't hit the floor. #asimovs #catsofbluesky

A white coffee mug is balanced between a table and the chair pushed in next to it. Two large cats gray and white cats are on the table examining it , concerned and confused.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 09/05/2026

The art and the artist (the record was already scratched up, vinylphiles). #catsky #catsofbluesky #cats #caturday

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 04/05/2026

A friendly reminder: You can still shape your shampooed hair into a shark fin. No one can stop you.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 28/04/2026

My cats still go for the couch occasionally, but WAY LESS once we got a tower covered in sisal carpet. I think it's enough like whatever magical ambrosia couch corners are made of to keep their claws busy. We have this one, because we have BIG cats: cattreeking.com/products/cos...

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 28/04/2026

Excited to see my FIRST POEM EVER published in Belladonna's Garden Spring 2026 issue: www.belladonnasgardenlit.com @bdglit.bsky.social

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Belladonna's Garden

Issue 3 Spring 2026

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 12/04/2026

My Middle Grade Flash Horror story "In Here" is out today in the latest issue of Haunted Words. Check it out!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 03/04/2026

I just tried to use the word "standed" in my WIP, and then didn't understand why it was flagged as a misspelling. This week may have eaten my brain.

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Take a sneak peek at the opening to the brilliant Sadie Leewood's feline middle grade short story In Here! You can read the full piece in all its glory when Issue Thirteen releases on Saturday 11th April 🖤

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 01/04/2026

Providing a full list here would be difficult, so I'll say Chill Subs, filtering on fantasy/Open with wordcount will give your family member the best options, and checking periodically for new open calls. There's a ton out there!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 27/03/2026

Diana Wynne Jones has a bunch, like Witch Week and the whole Christopher Chant series.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 25/03/2026

If only we could drop a different creature into the fires of Mount Doom...

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 14/03/2026

Don't forget the awesome "Season 8" graphic novels.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 14/03/2026

Sam Altman wants companies to pay us in ThoughtCoins now? I better brush up on my digital gardening... youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 08/03/2026

My fantasy story, "Dance it Trippingly," is available in the latest issue of Luna Station Quarterly (www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/065/). What could possibly go wrong becoming a drug dealer on short notice?

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 27/02/2026

Sick of streaming video BS (& fascism)? Afraid or unwilling to sail the seven seas? Then thrifting is for you!* Get DVDs, CDs, and even DVD players on the cheap. Own what you love, without supporting the regime and corporate greed. *Also works for books!

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 21/02/2026

This is Spy Van. He inspired the novel I'm editing. Just seeing him makes me remember Boston and Hallelujah the Hills and trying not to slide down snowy hills on those crappy tires. I still miss him.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 20/02/2026

I love the Muppetize-a-movie trend, but Hot Fuzz is already the perfect name for a Muppet movie.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 13/02/2026

What to call the feeling you get when you're on version 8 or 9 of a story and you look back at V1, and realize you like it SO much more than what it's become? I shouldn't be jealous of past me's writing. It's supposed to go the other way! #benjaminbuttoning #timeisanillusion #lunchtimedoublyso

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 05/02/2026

Where are Kang and Kodos when we need them most?

A shot from a Simpsons Halloween episode showing aliens Kang and Kodos on the stairs of a government building flanking Homer Simpson. They are facing a crowd of people, and Homer has just removed the human masks the aliens had been wearing, revealing that they are aliens to the world.

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Sadie Leewood @sadieleewood.com · 14/01/2026

Found this beauty at a used book store. It smells like the golden age of science fiction short stories. It even has an ad for scientology inside! #classicscifi #usulaleguin #arthercclarke #raybradbury #usedbooks

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