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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 29/09/2026

This is the only advice you need before diving in to the pure joy that is Taskmaster (which is on Hulu now).

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I hope I have the AI Skeptic tag On Here. In fact it needs to go further: I am an AI hater because the people making and selling it have no regard for people, labor, or the humanity in creativity and therefore the product is dangerous.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 15/09/2026

OK I shouldn’t be hopeful that the Buffy reunion and recognition at the Emmys means there’s a chance Peacock will pick up the sequel series, right?

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This was predictable on their part and I didn’t need an AI to figure it out.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 10/09/2026

This is one of those “lost to time” SNL sketches that I started to wonder if my sister and I both dreamed. We used to quote this entire Tom Hanks episode all the time. #Brocktoon

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton and Tim Curry leaving us in the same week feels personal. Lights are going out when so much around us is dark, and it is normal to want to grieve them as if you lost a loved one. Go easy on yourselves today, friends.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you get an email from kmckean.morhaimliteraryagent@gmail.com it's a SCAM. Any email from me regarding literary agent stuff will come from a morhaimliterary dot com address. Be alert! When in doubt, DM me on here!

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What I think a lot of people who advocate for AI writing don’t fully understand is that they’re ultimately advocating for the end of writers. Even if some people want to read slop, no one will pay you to prompt an AI to generate, say, a romance novel once they can do the exact same thing for free.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 17/08/2026

Observation in author pitches lately: the word “upmarket” regardless of the genre/premise, and a heightened anxiety over finding “perfect” comp titles. Is there new advice floating around forcing authors to make querying harder on themselves for no reason?

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 10/08/2026

No one in particular in mind right now—trust me, when I'm up again, you'll know—but just a reminder that a great way to show love for an author is to preorder their book or buy it the very first week it's on sale. (Hounding your local library to stock it is also aces.)

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 13/07/2026

Nathan’s blog is always a good resource for writers! If you’re thinking about hiring a freelance editor, stop here first.👇🏼

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Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

not to get political, but America is real pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and i think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 21/06/2026

This NY-10 resident agrees! Please vote on Tuesday if you haven’t already!

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 21/06/2026

Missed it in theaters, so I’m belatedly recommending the delightful ride of a movie “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” if you haven’t seen it already! It’s streaming on Hulu and involves Sam Rockwell fully committing, per usual. Go watch it.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 03/06/2026

Finally updated my website! New editorial service offered (woo!), easier-to-find AI policy, & added testimonials! (Still need a new photo, but just add a few gray hairs and bangs & I look the same). www.nextchapteredits.com

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 03/06/2026

Hey writers, editors, & anyone who uses Google workspace because there’s no other viable alternative - in addition to turning off Smart features, make sure you toggle off this new mess of nonsense hidden in the Admin settings.

Screenshot of Gemini settings for Google Workspace - turn off these features to protect your work.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Every time a writer says they use AI for some part of the creative process I am so unspeakably depressed, as writers we should be aggressively, insanely organic in our pushback, we should be making ink from our tears, we should be opening our veins and writing with our own blood

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 17/05/2026

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your phone. There’s only one answer.

Mike Wozniak being a legend on Taskmaster.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 08/05/2026

Bluesky is the cleanup crew, keeping the music on low in the background while some stragglers still dance.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 04/05/2026

Hocus Pocus was a fun movie I saw as a kid that I largely forgot about after age 12 & every Halloween the internet reminds me that the rest of my generation was apparently *obsessed.*

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 30/04/2026

Have any other NYCers noticed a trend of people in their 30s and 40s walking around wearing cowboy boots with otherwise “business casual” attire? Is this a thing? I can’t be the only one seeing this.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 28/04/2026

Since subway delays kept me from my phone banking session tonight, I’ll share this post and remind folks in NY-10 to vote @bradlander.bsky.social in June!

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 24/04/2026

Recently told my book club that Baggu was Vera Bradley for Millennials (while we were comparing our Baggu bags) & they were *not* pleased with me. But whatever I am correct.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 22/04/2026

Thrilled this looks as genuinely good as I’d hoped, but also love how collectively determined we are that this *will* be good out of pure spite.

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Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Coyote vs. Acme

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 18/04/2026

So cool how a week and a half ago our president vowed to end a civilization and now it’s just another Thing That Happened

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 16/04/2026

Lots of AI/writing posts going around. Let this one be the one you read today. (and follow & hire @juliescheina.com for your editorial needs!)

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 12/04/2026

Now send JD Vance to run the publicity team for the new Harry Potter series.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 10/04/2026

Seeing lots of publishing folks post about Blink & yes, I hate “clean YA” too, but hasn’t Blink existed for a while? Am I Mandela Effect-ing myself? Because I definitely remember this same convo about this same imprint in like 2016… right? Older publishing friends, help me out.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 02/04/2026

Speaking of writers still using their own words & who put in the work of researching and revising and being brilliant, my favorite person @byseanferrell.bsky.social sold his excellent historical horror novel, IN THE FIELDS WE THIRST & I am beyond happy for him! 🧛🏻🖤🧛🏻

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 02/04/2026

There are still more writers using their own words and ideas to write novels than there are people using AI to “write.” It’s not inevitable. People with integrity aren’t being “left behind.” AI content is still just plagiarism.

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 02/04/2026

Sad to see all these opinion pieces this week from authors arguing in favour of using AI to write books, all of them falling into the "it's inevitable" and "everyone is doing it" trap but simply revealing that they are lazy and lack integrity. If you don't want to write a book, you don't have to.

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Howard Mittelmark @howardm.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Nobody is going to steal your idea for a novel.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 27/03/2026

Delighted to receive an early copy of @bookevinjohnson.bsky.social’s Christmas horror debut ‘TWAS THE NIGHT! I was lucky enough to edit an early draft of this & very happy you’ll get to go on this (slay) ride too. 🖤 Pre-order your early Xmas gift: www.harpercollins.com/products/twa...

Advanced reader copy of ‘TWAS THE NIGHT by Kevin Johnson.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 21/03/2026

Obviously Nicholas Brendan = Xander. That was always going to be the first line of his obit, so I’ll recommend two non-Buffy projects that deserved way more attention: 1) Psycho Beach Party, 2) Coherence. Wildly different films, both underrated gems.

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Michelle Dean @michelledean.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

the intense Buffy nostalgia is not really nostalgia, I think, just longing for the best show to ever explain that you have to keep on fighting the Big Bads even when you don’t want to do it anymore

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 17/03/2026

One man killing the Buffy revival that had an Oscar-winning director & SMG behind it, but Firefly coming back over a decade after anyone asked pretty much sums up this timeline.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 26/02/2026

Writers! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 (Follow @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social, read the guidelines for #MSWL Day, & go forth and query smartly!

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 26/02/2026

Excellent perspective on a question writers ask me the most: “should I self-pub?” The answer? Maybe! But maybe not. 👇🏼

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 24/02/2026

Writers! I currently have an open spot for a full ms edit in April & then plan to take a brief break in May… you can book for June from now! www.nextchapteredits.com

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 24/02/2026

Writers! I currently have an open spot for a full ms edit in April & then plan to take a brief break in May… you can book for June from now! www.nextchapteredits.com

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 19/02/2026

Random TV rec, but if anyone is wondering what to watch after the Olympics while you still have Peacock (besides The Traitors), I’ve been enjoying The ‘Burbs!

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

“The left is missing out on AI!” YEP. Most of us want to miss out! If it ever proves its actual usefulness to our actual lives, stops plagiarizing, and is no longer an environmental disaster, maybe we revisit. Burden of proof is on the industry. So far they’ve done the opposite of that!

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 17/02/2026

Is she still writing those 100 children’s books about her life or whatever? Too late to cancel that contract that made no sense at the time either, publishing?

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.

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Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla.com · 28/01/2026

New newsletter just went out. Less essay, more several links to help Minnesota/turn anger into action because what else is there this month? buttondown.com/SarahLaPolla...

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

To every single person who voted for this monster, and unleashed his avarice, duplicity, hatred and violence on my city and my nation: You have destroyed the country you claimed to love. How dare you. And shame on you.

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