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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congrats, @authorjwilck.bsky.social on your release day! Happy book birthday, A Fortune with Benefits! ♥️🇨🇱🤠👢

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congrats @anniemcquaid.bsky.social on your book release day! Happy Book Birthday, Crash Landing! ♥️🌴🛩

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently at 86,005, down from 98K. Only 8k to meet my goal. I still have 12 chapters to go. That's about 650 words to cut per chapter. (I have been averaging at least that so far.) Wish me luck! #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently at 89,338. I only cut 422 words today. I'm hoping to get back on track this week. My original goal was to cut 600 per day, but I've proven I can do twice that. Must. Keep. Going. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently 89,760, down from 98k I've been slow this week (spring break shook things up a bit). 1660 words cut since Monday. Not my best, but it's progress. Anyone else off target for spring break? #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: Update from yesterday. I'm at 93,007. My end goal is 78k. I cut 1111 words yesterday 💪 I'm up to chapter 8 and have consistently been able to cut 20% of each chapter. Am I an overwriter? Yes. Do you overwrite or underwrite? #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 94,118. My end goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. That's 1336 cut since yesterday. Over double my daily goal. 🎉 Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 95,454. My end goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. That's 1213 cut since yesterday. Double my daily goal. 🎉 Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 96,667. My goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Well, I'm editing and I really need to cut about 20k from my manuscript. So here's my attempt at accountability. My goal is to chop 600 words a day. Let's see how I do. Anyone else have a word count goal (positive or negative?) Let's do this! #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My pre-order just arrived! So excited! It's beautiful 😍 Biggest congrats, @vvmontalban.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️ #TheseVengefulWishes

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happiest book birthday, dear @vvmontalban.bsky.social I'm so excited for you and your amazing book These Vengeful Wishes!!!!

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Congrats to @jckenney.bsky.social and book birthday to Murder Under the Marquee!

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My mom just sent me a picture of a watercolor she found at my aunt's house. I painted this portrait of her cats, Cleo and Sheba, thirty years ago when I visited her the summer of my senior year ♥️ #caturday

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

@shameezwrites.bsky.social Happy book birthday / release day, Shameez! So excited for you and for the world to meet your darling, nerdy characters 💕 Hope your day is wonderful!

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Megan @writtenmeg.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hello #writingcommunity ! As we are close to the end of 2024, I'd like to offer some querying advice for those planning to submit their work to agents in the new year. This will encompass how to write a standout query letter.

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Claribel A. Ortega @claribelortega.com · 07/12/2024

the dream agent, publisher, whatever is the person or company that is a champion for you and your career, period, and often you won't know that till you're working with them so don't put them on a pedestal before they've even shown you their worth

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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Dear #WritingCommunity & #QueryingAuthors I know some have been waiting for me to reopen. Unfortunately, I'm still getting through partials & fulls, & I owe it to those authors to finish those out before reopening. Right now, estimated open date is mid-late December. www.tinyurl.com/cathiesmswl

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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Kelly Dyksterhouse @kellydhouse.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

One of the best ways for #writers to gauge the literary market is to read recent releases from DEBUT authors. Why? These are writers whom publishers are willing to take a risk on, who don’t yet have a following, which means publishers believe their book has market value.

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Feather Flores ❄️☕️ @featherfully.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

‼️ Friends! The Support Trans Kids book auction is LIVE!!! ‼️ From now until FRIDAY 12/5, you can bid on all sorts of incredible bookish items in support of charities that provide support to queer youth, INCLUDING an hour-long mentorship session with me! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.32auctions.com/organization...

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"Mentorship Session with Feather Flores"

Win a 60-minute Zoom call with Feather Flores, editor at Simon & Schuster’s Atheneum Books for Young Readers, to discuss any and all things publishing: industry, craft, career, you name it! Before the call, Feather will read up to three picture book manuscripts (plus pitches) OR first five chapters of a MG/YA novel (plus pitch and synopsis), as well as a one-sheet of all your projects in the works, so you can discuss together.

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Feather Flores joined Atheneum in 2022 after four years at Chronicle Books. She works on smart, joyful picture books; middle grade romps with coming-of-age themes; distinctive, atmospheric graphic novels; and bold, open-hearted YA that explores everything our identities, and our world, can be. Her list encompasses fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on stories by, about, and for people from marginalized communities. She was named a PW Star Watch Honoree in 2023 and an inaugural recipient of the We Need Diverse Books Internship Grant in 2015. You can explore her full manuscript wishlist at featherflores.com.

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#kidlitchat Goals for the next 3 months -Cut 20k words from Manuscript #6 and send to critique partners -Revisit Manuscript #2 and polish to send to agent -Go on sub with Manuscript #4

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Please share widely 🙏🏼 I am taking item donations (literally anything from the publishing community or readers) for the next #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser to run Jan 15th through 31st. I am at about 100 items, trying to get to at least 500. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#kidlitchat Late to the game, but here we go: I finished a full draft of manuscript #6. I polished manuscript #4 to get ready for submission & polished manuscript #1 to send to my agent. I updated & made my website pretty with editor guides for each of my manuscripts. Hoping for a successful sub!

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Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I've had a couple writers recently withdraw immediately saying they signed with another agent, so I thought I'd do a mini chat on what's expected once you receive an offer. 1) thank the offering agent. Let them know you still have materials out and ask for 2 weeks to make your decision.

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

#kidlitchat Also, who remembers 1linewed on Twitter? I made some many wonderful contacts and learned so much about my own writing while searching my manuscripts for lines. It truly helped me look at line edits with a very critical eye and improved my writing so much.

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kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

TOPIC: Tonight, we're thanking those individuals who have meant the most to us in our careers: a mentor, a critique partner, a reader who wrote a glowing review, a professor who pushed us to succeed, a spouse who never stopped believing, or... you tell us! #kidlitchat

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

No one: 18yo son: We should really divide up the Lego cups so when Mom and Dad die, we won't have to argue about who gets to keep which ones 23yo daughter: Dibs on Vetruvius, but where is the Uni-kitty cup? Kids are now searching the cupboards for Uni-kitty #happymealtoys #happythanksgiving

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Casie Bazay @casiebazay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Re-posting these authors to follow!

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Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Critique partners who give you encouragement and say they love what you’re doing, but also give you helpful feedback on what’s not working are the best people! They help me make my work better but also help me have the courage to keep going. I love you folks! 💜 #kidlit #amwriting #kidlitart

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Jennifer Wilck @authorjwilck.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It's release day for my first Fortune's of Texas book--Fortune's Holiday Surprise. I was honored to be asked by Harlequin to contribute to this ongoing multi-author series by writing a Jewish romance. I hope you'll take a look: www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9... #booksky 💙📚

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Fortune's Holiday Surprise

He’d lost the holiday spirit…<br><br> Until she brought light back into his life.<br><br> Rancher Arlo Fortune is devastated when he loses his best friend in a tragic accident. The only.....

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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hey #WritingCommunity! A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! This is the weekly newsletter @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I write for authors wanting to know more about querying, agents, submission, etc. Enjoy! agentantics.substack.com/p/you-askedi...

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You Asked...I'm Answering!

Burning Questions for Which Authors Demand Answers!

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Post a quote from your book that would appear on merch #writingcommunity #booksky

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

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trooperinspiration.bsky.social @trooperinspiration.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hello peoples. I was told that there were sad humans recently. So I decided to come here to change that, my humans tell me I’m very cute so I hope this helps your day.

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

As I have watched my writer friends over the years, I've seen talent and skill, but a more frequent pattern to success has been watching writers overcome challenges. What challenge(s) have you overcome in your writing journey? #writing #writingcommunity #amquerying #kidlit

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Tara Lundmark @taralundmark.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Someone out there needs your words, your story. Human connection in a sea of digital indifference. Don't give up. Move forward in whatever way you can to put your message in a bottle--a lifeline adrift and waiting to be uncorked. #writing #writingcommunity #amquerying #amediting

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Vanessa Montalban @vvmontalban.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Miami Book Fair people, this is where I'll be tomorrow signing copies or A Tall Dark Trouble AND I have some ARCs of These Vengeful Wishes to give away 👀👀👀

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Gama Valle | KidLit Author - is out on sub @gamavalle.com · 16/11/2024

I think I successfully made a Starter Pack… I may have missed a few (more like a ton) Latinx KidLit Creators. If you wish to be added or removed please let me now! Comment section and DMs are open. #kidlit go.bsky.app/Ug7wAZg

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

“There is no ethical way to use the major AI image generators. All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real human artists.”

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birukti @biruktiwrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

a few years ago, I attended my first publishing conference, and the advice was so good I spent the whole time frantically writing it all down. wanted to circulate them again, and so: ✨here are 11 advice from editors✨

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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm BEYOND excited to share this Publisher's Weekly review of PLAYING FLIRTY by @shameezwrites.bsky.social!! I'm so excited for her, & can't wait for this to release into the world so y'all can fall in love with it like I did! #WritingCommunity #Romancelandia www.publishersweekly.com/9781538768389

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Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel

Fantasy author Patel (the Selene trilogy) pivots to romance with this heartwarming rom-com. A childhood spent with loving but fl...

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Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong, Lit Agent @charmstrong.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm seriously OBSESSED with this video for my client, @authorjwilck.bsky.social's Jewish Romance, DEADLINES, DONUTS & DREIDELS! So many thanks on @glannie.bsky.social at Harlequin for taking a gamble on this author! #WritingCommunity #Romancelandia www.instagram.com/p/DCjqif6tuaq/

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