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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

RIVER RUNS RED is coming in summer 2027 with @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social ! i cannot wait to introduce you to the Vương sisters and this ancient city full of magic and political intrigue. my biggest gratitude to my agents for being my fiercest champions ❤️

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

THE TIDE IS RISING ‼️ i’ve been keeping a secret for a long time, but i can finally share it with you guys very soon 👀 also incredibly excited to share the cast ensemble art by the talented @.nikhael_fry9 on twt and IG

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

still a bit to go but have you prepared your pitch and mark your calendar? 👀 #SEAsianPit is on May 30 and with a lot of confirmed agent participations already. you won’t want to miss this!

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

SEAsianPit is 2 months away! Have you written and scheduled your pitches? Also don't forget to check out our website for FAQs and event guidelines. See you on May 30!

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Elle Zi Dong @ellezidong.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My flash fiction story, Marionette, released today as part of episode 732 of the @talestoterrify.bsky.social podcast! Available to listen wherever you get your podcasts, or through the 🔗 in my bio and on my website :)

Banner that includes the text: "Tales to Terrify, Episode 732, February 2026, Marionette by Elle Zi Dong"

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

SAVE THE DATE: #SEAsianPit is back again 🎉 This time as an official pitch event ‼️ May 30, 2026 Check out the list of participating agents and amendments in the event rules in the 🔗 or 🧵

Save the date announcement with flowing blue waves and seaweed design. Text on parchment background reads: "Save the Date, May 30, 2026." Calm, coastal theme.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

i wrote a 2025 reflection on a brand new journal today because it's a tradition of mine to wrap something up on a blank slate and to remember that everything that will happen in 2026 is the product of all the works i've done the year before.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

i started writing short stories again. this one is a little murder mystery cyberpunk that i decided to write the beginning and the ending first before i write the middle (which i will do tomorrow). i feel like i need to get to the #point of the story before i can extend it to a whole thing.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

@nhambird.bsky.social bestie you need to let me know when you open commission again because your art is insane!! can i also include you in the cover portfolio i will send to my publisher?

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

INTO THE DARK IS OUT NOW! my story is in this and i hope you guys will check it out ☺️

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 21/12/2025

As a multiple language speaker it's also frustrating to see people using AI for translation because the English speaking world tends to treat translators like workers for hire instead of co authors of text and this feels like more of it. Translation at the literary level is creative work. (2/?)

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

yes, i have a new story coming out today. yes, i made my substack bilingual. yes, it took me an hour because i'm a mess. anyways, happy birthday to @awwlitmag.bsky.social's INTO THE DARK anthology.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

this one is so so special!!

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Elle Zi Dong @ellezidong.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

My horror short story, featured in Reactor Mag, is eligible for awards this season! Read it for free via The Dark Magazine's website

2025 Award Eligibility. Elle Zi Dong. "They Must Be Angels" (The Dark). Featured in Reactor Mag: "Must Read Speculative Short Fiction, August 2025." Categories: Horror, Short Fiction; Speculative, Short Fiction

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

I’m 10 thousand years late to this but Akiho’s MS carved itself a place in my heart and it will stay there forever. it’s a joy to watch this MS grow to its full potential. it’s whimsy and personal and also makes you question everything about soulmates at the same time

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Akiho @babumura.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

ADDIE LARUE x WATER MOON A lonely immortal runs a shady soulmate business as a front for reincarnating the friend she lost centuries ago, until her new assistant with his own agenda turns out to be the latest reincarnation 🌷cozy/whimsical 🌷memories, regret, and grief #roundtablementor #F #A #UN

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Akiho @babumura.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

After losing her friend, immortal Mikoto continually meets his reincarnations over centuries. None ever remember her, but she’ll scam and use humans to bring his memories back. 💔a (shady) soulmate business 🌘morally gray aroace MC 🌷platonic friendships ✨whimsy/cozy #roundtablementor #F #A #UN

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Akiho @babumura.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

WATER MOON x ADDIE LARUE An immortal mage takes bribes and fakes results for her soulmate business. It’s all for her goal: reincarnate the friend she lost centuries ago. 🌷morally gray aroace MC 💔a (shady) soulmate business 🔬whimsical STEM-based magic #roundtablementor #F #A #UN

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Laura @chilibeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Have you heard of the European Dancing Plague of 1518? I hint at that strange outbreak in my dark fantasy story “The Red Shoes” which will be published in @awwlitmag.bsky.social 🎉 They’re doing a great kickstarter, you check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

kickstarter.com

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

As we are coming closer to the end of @awwlitmag.bsky.social ’s kickstarter campaign, I’m excited to share a snippet in my short story INTO THE SHADOW. If you're still looking for something to read this spooky season, we will lead you Into The Dark 🌑 www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

showed people at my job my beautiful dashboard with the statistics of all the books i read, a masterpiece i’ve been recording since 2020. they looked at me and went “you did this in your own free time and with your own free will?” i feel betrayed.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Hiii I will be around for #preDV! When I was querying, I received ~16 agent likes on my pitches, so I hope what I've learned would be useful for you. I will be looking at #F #A but if you're writing other SFF and you're Asian (especially SEA), do like this or link your post and I will be THERE 🫡

I'm volunteering for #preDV on Bluesky!
Come with your best pitches and receive feedback from agented and published authors

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

dusting off this account with my newest author’s headshot 💛

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

new character art alert! let me introduce you to Phong, the mc of #codewip. al managed to capture his stubbornness, his determination, and also his unkempt hair so well, like this *is* him. this is the boy!!!

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

THIS COVER IS GORGEOUS I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY HANDS NOW

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Samantha Chong @samjamtimtam.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

ALERT: PRODIGAL TIGER cover + shiny release date of March 17, 2026! Thank you to Kelly Chong for this brilliant illustration, Kaitlin Yang for helping design the cover, and of course @penguinteen.bsky.social‬ for sharing! I WEPT when I saw this cover. (Actually first I screamed. and then I wept)

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

sent my newest book to my agent! first time doing so since i got agented. does anyone know what i’m supposed to do now? please don't say rest.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

i was playing a silly dating game and suddenly now i’m reading about magical realism and hyperreality, and how representations of reality through images had gradually led to a dissimulation of reality—and implicitly, to society's alienation from it.

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Two weeks until #SEAsianPit 2025 👀 Have you scheduled your pitches? Do you still have questions? Ask anything below 👇

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Here’s a preview of our upcoming Dark Fantasy anthology, Into the Dark! www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...

All Worlds Wayfarer Presents Into the Dafk picture of a person holding a torch up to see an enormous skull carved into a mountain.

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Damian is ✨️drafting✨️ @damian-santos.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A new #agentsguide for my revised version of A FEAST FOR LAMBS(made by @authorkateduarte.bsky.social) coming back to agents inboxes real soon 👀 🏳️‍⚧️Transmasc MC ❤️‍🔥Poly monster romance 🥩Cannibalism 🩸Religious horror 🫀Body horror 🔥Trans rage #questpit #A #H #RF #querying

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Brian’s MS got me staying up at night reading. it’s SO SO SO good. @ agents watch this space !!

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All Worlds Wayfarer (Literary Magazine) @awwlitmag.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Into the Dark Anthology 34 character-driven dark fantasy and fantastical horror stories by some amazing authors! Throw off the shackles of the safe and mundane and delve Into the Dark. Kickstarter coming soon!

All World's Wayfarer Presents Into the Dark. Behind the text is a man holding a bow, his cape soaring behind him as he stands on the back of a flying dragon. The dragon's mouth is open, fire about to roll out.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

you won't want to miss this 🙂‍↕️

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Join a selection of RTM mentors TOMORROW for a panel on debuting! The panel will stream to our YouTube channel!

Text: Heads Up! You're invited to our debut panel. April 30, 12pm EST, Youtube. What do you need to know before your book emerges into the world? Join our RTM mentors for a panel about their road to debut, pulling back the curtains on their journeys so far.
Join us: https://www.youtube.com/@roundtablementor

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Ridley @rid-ley.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“until the very end, i would’ve loved to be on your side.” revealing the art of my Martial Arts fantasy set in 1920s Hanoi !! art by the talented @shizunpilled.bsky.social

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

BEYOND thrilled to announce @helenzdong.bsky.social and i will be mentoring @brianbyrnewrites.bsky.social & his absolute feast of a YA horror manuscript for @roundtablementor.bsky.social Brian’s MS got us screaming in our DMs since the logline. Many congratulations to all applicants this year! 🎉

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Here are our mentees from the Young Adult category:

Young Adult mentees:

Birdie Schae is mentoring Ornella and Sonja J. Kaye.
Bita Behzadi is mentoring Ethan Rubin.
Camille Chong is mentoring Natalia Wikana.
Cass Biehn is mentoring Cindy Chen.
CL Montblanc is mentoring Rachael Allysa.

Eunice Kim is mentoring L. Amariti.
Helen Z. Dong & Solar Hoàng are mentoring Brian Patrick Byrne.
Jill Tew is mentoring Jada-Kai Meosa John.
Karis Rogerson is mentoring Melonie.
Laura Galán-Wells is mentoring Shylin (Shaye).

Noelle Monét is mentoring Ashley B.
Olivia Sun & Vishaka Sriram are mentoring FT Zahra.
Raven Traylor is mentoring Kimani Key.
Samantha Chong is mentoring Briana O'Neal.
Sofia Aves is mentoring Emily Bennett and Megan McCuen Witt.

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

IT'S HERE!!!! Our newest Round Table Mentor cohort has landed—and we're excited to get started. Remember to browse the whole thread for the full list of mentees, and please check your inboxes for next steps from your mentor. Congratulations! Here are our mentees from the Adult category:

Adult mentees:

Audrey Goldberg Ruoff is mentoring Jamie Su.
B.L. Jasper is mentoring Cee Jordan.
C.J. Subko is mentoring Elif Sinem.
DeAndra Davis & Yuvashri Harish are mentoring James Gemmill.
Eunice Kim is mentoring Hanna Hoshino and Katrina T De Los Reyes.

Fabiana Muñoz is mentoring Zara Zanzi.
Fatiha Rais is mentoring Ara and Chelsea Hollerud.
Helen Z. Dong & Solar Hoàng are mentoring Akiho Murata.
Lara Ameen is mentoring K.M. Archer.
M. Stevenson is mentoring C.T. Wood.

Lauren Shade-Rivero is mentoring Alyson Greene.
Shalini Abeysekara is mentoring Rihdara Klay.
Taylor Grothe is mentoring E.S. Huberty.
Tzeyi Koay is mentoring Meagan Cleveland.
Val Robles is mentoring Jane Perry.

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

ONE. MORE. DAY. Are you excited? We're excited!!! Our mentors are buzzing, and we can't wait to open our doors tomorrow, Feb 1!

Beige background with yellow confetti. Text reads Mentee announcements, 1 day to go, 12pm EST, TOMORROW. the URL reads roudntablementor dot com.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

i'm physically holding myself back from changing the law of physics so Feb 1 would come faster.

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

happy lunar new year 🎊 in the vietnamese zodiac, it's the year of the snake, more specifically fire snake (Phú Đăng Hỏa) aka the bright fire from the lantern. wishing everyone a bright year ahead!

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solar @solarhoang.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If we're gonna date, you may have to defeat my seven unfinished WIPs

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