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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 17/09/2026

Finally got my copy of FEELING LIKE AN ADHD ALIEN by @adhd-alien.bsky.social and it looks so gorgeous! Can't wait to dive in. 💖

Cover of FEELING LIKE AN ADHD ALIEN by Pina Varnel featuring an illustration of an alien in shades of blue and pink

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 11/07/2026

I'm excited to announce that I'm now represented by the wonderful @katieblagden.bsky.social at The Ampersand Agency! I'm delighted to work with Katie to bring my book to life, and honoured to be among so many fantastic authors. 💖

illustration of Nim, a fox spirit from my book, dreaming, and the text: It's official! Tiff Bartel is represented by Katie Blagden at The Ampersand Agency.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 30/05/2026

PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT X SORRY TO BOTHER YOU When a down-on-his-luck archivist takes a job from a shady tech company to save his robot friend, he uncovers a darker plot involving stolen memories while falling for a handsome anarchist with a grudge against his employer. #SEAsianPit #Q #SF #SFF #R

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Snaggleteeth: A Novel
Adult Science Fiction / 96,000 words
In an isolated tech company town, a lonely audiovisual archivist seeks the help of an illegal repair shopkeep to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend and unravel a mystery involving stolen memories while confronting his own grief about the past.

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It's got:
- A BIPOC cast
- A scrappy queer, neurodivergent, and disabled main character
- A prickly robot familiar
- Body positive romance between older queer characters
- Queerplatonic friendship and community-building
- Southeast Asian folklore
- Anti-capitalism
- Cassette futurism vibes

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Comps:
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Luminous (Silvia Park)
Hammajang Luck (Makana Yakamoto)
Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)

Vibes:
Severance (Apple TV)
Maniac (Netflix)
Poker Face (Peacock)
Robot Dreams (Sara Varon)

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Mood Board

Images on mood board are various colourful/neon cassette futurism aesthetic stills from the shows Maniac, Severance, and Beef Season 1.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 26/04/2026

Who gets to decide who's worthy of a happy ending? But also: what do we owe to each other? #CRPLyrebirds #CampRevPit

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 23/04/2026

I never got around to fixing the mobile version of this, but: tiffbartel.com/karakuri.html #VillainVoices #CampRevPit #CRPLyrebirds

Karakuri Corporation ominously cute fake website:

KareCorp Cares About You! ♥
Since 2030, the Karakuri Corporation has provided synthetic Companions™ for life-long care and partnership.

Upgrade Today!

Image of a cute robot girl with a heart

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 18/04/2026

SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN x KILL BILL An immortal revenge-seeking unicorn disguised as a woman falls for the daughter of the man she intends to murder. #PosterPit #W #A #H #R #HF

Movie poster style graphic featuring yellow text over the painting Judith and Her Maidservant by Artemisia Gentileschi ("Judith and her Maidservant is a c. 1615 painting[1] by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting depicts Judith and her maidservant leaving the scene where they have just beheaded general Holofernes, whose head is in the basket carried by the maidservant. It hangs in the Pitti Palace, Florence."); the text: a win for girls who love monsters or long to be the monster; horse girls top pick 2026; COMING SOON: RELICT; Never forget. Never forgive; Gothic Horror, Sapphic Revenge, Female Rage; RATED R for Sex, Gore, Monster Romance

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 18/04/2026

Movie poster style image featuring an illustration of the main character (a skinny Asian nerd with glasses) and his fox spirit-shaped robot friend on a red background; Title: Snaggleteeth, A Novel; Tagline: Clear Eyes. Sharp teeth. Can't lose.; Other text: 96k words/adult SFF; queer/bipoc characters; Asian/ND rep; Restricted Rating symbol box: disaster bisexuals, questionable life choices, robots gone rogue; NOW QUERYING; small text: nerdy agender archivist embarks on a quest to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend, unravels a mystery involving stolen memories and falls in love with a grumpy bookseller in the process.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 10/04/2026

Honorable mention: Refuse To Be Done by Matt Bell for his second draft process (completely rewriting it from scratch)

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 10/04/2026

#RevPitWaiting I can't recommend @charliejane.bsky.social 's Never Say You Can't Survive (esp. right now) enough! @henrylienauthor.bsky.social 's Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird was very validating as someone incorporating this structure into my own work. 💖

Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by Henry Lien

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 23/03/2026

#RevPitWaiting it's so hard to choose just one, so here are some classic/influential faves ✨

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 17/03/2026

My #RevPit book is SNAGGLETEETH, an adult sci-fi novel about love, art, and community-building in the face of late-stage capitalism. 🤓 Scrappy queer/ND/disabled MC 🫀 Older LGBTQ+ characters 🦊 Prickly robot familiar 🇻🇳 SE Asian folklore 💾 Weird Severance vibes snaggleteeth.site #RevPitWaiting

"Snaggleteeth
A Novel
Adult Science Fiction / 96,000 words

In an isolated tech company town, a lonely audiovisual archivist seeks the help of an illegal repair shopkeep to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend and unravel a mystery involving stolen memories while confronting his own grief about the past."

column 1 text: "It's got: A BIPOC cast / A scrappy queer, neurodivergent, and disabled main character / A prickly robot familiar / Body positive romance between older queer characters / Queerplatonic friendship and community-building / Southeast Asian folklore / Anti-capitalism / Cassette futurism vibes" / column 2 image: illustration of a white fox spirit and a red bandana floating in space

"Comps:

Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)

Luminous (Silvia Park)

Hammajang Luck (Makana Yakamoto)

Light From Uncommon Stars (Ryka Aoki)

Vibes:

Severance (Apple TV)

Maniac (Netflix)

Poker Face (Peacock)

Robot Dreams (Sara Varon)"

Mood board featuring stills from the TV shows Severance, Maniac, and Beef in shades of pink and neon and other retro-futuristic imagery

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 14/03/2026

After 10 years of having a garbage WordPress site, I've returned to monke 😌 tiffbartel.com

screenshot of tiff's website rebuilt as a basic static html webpage

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 03/03/2026

Oooh, look at that spot gloss!! 😍 Excited to dig into this gem by @jesscreaden.bsky.social and @mythicroads.bsky.social ! 🌕✨

Cover of the novel Moondust in My Hairnet by JR Creaden with a pretty illustrated cover of an astronaut in a lunar scene and shiny spot gloss on the title lettering

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 28/02/2026

Oh, weird! I can't see myself on the timeline when I withdrew but the grey X is in the other view?

query status with grey x on query tracker

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 28/02/2026

I spent way too much time to bring you: SNAGGLETEETH characters as dogs #UnhingedPit #A #SF #LGBT #BIPOC #ND #Q

cartoon illustration of my novel SNAGGLETEETH's characters as dogs: main character Bertram as a scrappy terrier, love interest Cedar as a big gentle Newfoundland, antagonist Bijou as a fancy spoiled lapdog

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 13/01/2026

KLARA & THE SUN x SEVERANCE SNAGGLETEETH: Nerdy agender archivist embarks on a quest to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend, unravels a mystery involving stolen memories and falls in love with a grumpy bookseller in the process. 🏳️‍🌈🤓🦊✨ #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #SF #SP #OV #LGBT #POC #ND

1st slide (dark blue background with vhs tape rainbow design and light text): now querying SNAGGLETEETH / adult speculative fiction / near-future fabulism / folklore & robots / 96k words

2nd slide (dark blue background with vhs tape rainbow design and light text): premise / in an isolated tech company town, a lonely audiovisual archivist seeks the help of an illegal repair shopkeep to save his fox spirit-shaped robot friend and unravel and mystery involving stolen memories while confronting his own grief about the past / little lotus flower image / image of MC: short person wearing glasses and a cardigan in front of a nine-tailed fox spirit

3rd slide (dark blue background with vhs tape rainbow design and light text): it's got everything / scrappy queer/nd/disabled MC / dorks aged 35+ in love / mutual pining / anarchist book store / art gremlins / anti-capitalism / prickly robot familiar / southeast asian folklore / cassette futurism vibes / multiple timelines / tropes: small & stabby x big & gentle / queernorm setting

4th slide (dark blue background with vhs tape rainbow design and light text): comps / books: klara & the sun, luminous, light from uncommon stars, the ministry of time, hammajang luck / vibes: severance, maniac, poker face, fleabag, robot dreams

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 04/01/2026

Kicking off 2026 by querying SNAGGLETEETH, my weird lil 96k word adult speculative novel ✨

Text: Snaggleteeth / Now Querying, Image: statue of a fox spirit with a rainbow border

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 19/11/2025

Character art to come, but here are the vibes for my retro-futuristic fabulist Viet sci-fi thing ✨ #RTM #roundtablementor #amediting #writingcommunity

Colorful vibes-based moodboard featuring brightly-coloured retro tech, music, and Southeast Asian cultural elements

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 17/11/2025

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

tweet by @thegorezone: bro what do you mean i should learn how to code or become an influencer. im meant to be an 80s video store clerk recommending gory horror movies to the neighbourhood scamps. im meant to be a small town radio dj who plays too much new wave and ges involved in a local mystery.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 06/11/2025

For the #questpit night 🦉s! A disabled media archivist discovers a big tech company is stealing memories from the poor, & has to unravel what they took from him as well. In another timeline, his hồ ly tinh-shaped robot assistant grows more sentient and investigates a murder. #QuestPit #W #A #SF #S

Mood board for Snaggleteeth framed with retro rainbow: top row - Hoi An lanterns (via unsplash) / person going to abandoned radio tower (via unsplash) / colourful rainbow wires (via unsplash) / middle row - tv displaying static in a red room (via unsplash) / ho ly tinh fox spirit statue in a vietnamese temple (via unsplash) / pink retro computer control room (from the show Maniac on netflix) / a rainbow retro diagram showing a music chart (vintage book cover by unknown artist) / pink retro archival boxes (via unsplash) / small asian child in a pink hoodie holding hands with a robot (via unsplash)

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 05/11/2025

Finally put together an #agentsguide for Snaggleteeth, the adult speculative novel I'm currently polishing in hopes of querying in the new year! 🦷

(all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 1st slide: An Agent's Guide to Snaggleteeth / adult science fiction / near-future cyberpunk / retro tech & robots / 80k words

(all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 2nd slide: Premise / When a lonely audiovisual archivist's assistive robot BFF gets bricked, he enlists the help of an illegal repair shop owner to resurrect her, while also using his anachronistic media know-how to investigate a tech conspiracy involving stolen memories. / (there is a little graphic of a lotus flower created by Dutchken @ Noun Project)

(all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 3rd slide: It's Got Everything / 🏳️‍🌈 Scrappy queer/neurodivergent MC
❣️ Dorks aged 35+ in love / 🌲 Mutual pining
🗓️ Multiple timelines / 👽 Art gremlins / 🔥 Anti-capitalism
🤖 Prickly robot familiar / 🇻🇳 Southeast Asian folklore
📼 Cassette futurism vibes / (there is a little graphic of a nine-tailed fox created by Mariana Vinagre @ Noun Project)

(all slides are in the style of a vintage 80s/90s VHS box cover) / 4th slide: Comps / Klara and the Sun: robot POV, subtle dystopia / Luminous: sibling drama, murder mystery / Both Klara and Luminous: companion robots as family, intergenerational conflict, explorations of grief, childhood illness / Light From Uncommon Stars: queer joy!, romance w/ older characters, so much food, music bringing people together / Severance: speculative workplace intrigue, weird memory stuff

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 23/09/2025

A nerdy ex-punk, a robot service dog, and an anxious anarchist vs late-stage capitalism: who would win? #UnhingedPit #A #SF #R #LGBT #WIP

it's the same words as the post, but in meme format, featuring a skunk/raccoon/opossum as the first trio, and danny devito burning money as late-stage capitalism

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 23/09/2025

I told someone recently that my book is Blade Runner x Fleabag But also it's just #UnhingedPit #A #SF #R #LGBT #WIP

Text meme: 1st person: pioneering something called "gritted teeth optimism" where everything is gonna turn out okay even if I have to bite and claw and gnash my way through it
2nd person: everything's gonna be fine and it's not negotiable

Text meme: gender is a performance and I intend to bomb at the box office and be enjoyed mainly only as a cult classic

Text meme: his big wet eyes and loser boy personality have captivated me

Text meme: do I ship these characters or do I want them to form a sketch comedy duo #sometimes "I ship it" just means "their Yes And game is insane and I wanna see more"

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 17/08/2025

Saw Kyle Mooney and some surprise guests in Vancouver tonight! 💙

Kyle Mooney smiling and playing guitar in blue light

Left to right: Carmen Christopher, Nathan Fielder, Kyle Mooney, Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer

Still from a video at the show featuring Kyle Mooney and the words I'M FEELING CREATIVE

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 04/08/2025

idk how exactly to explain this, but in my head it's sorta:

colourful old tv/video/computer equipment

black leather boot on a guitar pedal board

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 11/06/2025

My usual neurodivergent planning method looks like this, but I'm trying something different this time:

Charlie from Its Always Sunny in front of a conspiracy wall of paper and gibberish connected with string

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 25/05/2025

Post the latest pic of yourself if you see this!

Selfie of Tiff wearing clubmaster glasses and a magenta collared dress patterned with Bride of Frankenstein; she has long, curly dark hair and a messy kitchen in the background.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 19/05/2025

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know: openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... Got that weirdo energy I guess

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 17/05/2025

Can't wait to see Blue Car in real life

Illustration of a tired-looking Kyle Mooney from the music video for Blue Car; he is holding a hose and a towel because he is (presumably) washing the blue car in question.

Crappy screenshot of Kyle Mooney in the music video for Blue Car.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 04/05/2025

If you see this, post something pink 💖

old fanart sketch of Fenneko (a fennec fox on her phone) and Haida (a nervous hyena) from Aggretsuko on a pink background

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 30/03/2025

Oh yeah, totally, like I have an emoji of this that I want to but can't use anywhere else lmao

"I want these men to kiss each other. I was rooting for these two old men to smooch!"

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 28/03/2025

cancelled tv show you will never stop thinking about

ben whishaw and romola garai as freddie and bel on the BBC's The Hour

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 23/03/2025

I've found it, the most 1998 ad ever

a very 1998 advertisement on the back of a Disney Adventures magazine featuring Small Soldiers, Looney Tunes, and Rugrats Giga Pets and very of-the-time fonts and design choices

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 31/01/2025

I don't have any new art to share tonight but please accept this bad photo of my army of janky rescued Y2K robots instead.

Display cabinet containing a bunch of vintage toy robots, including a bunch of Furby, a Pleo, a Poo-Chi, etc.

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 05/01/2025

My only contribution to cooking at home cheaply discourse is the following:

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 27/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics, what’s your energy going into 2025.

sheepdog with lyrics from the mountain goats surrounding it: i am going to make it through this year if it kills me

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 16/12/2024

Me at 21 (in a Saskatchewan diner while road tripping to see Bright Eyes)

photo of tiff at 21 looking scruffy from camping and sitting in a diner

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 05/12/2024

Howdy #KidLitArtPostcard ! I'm Tiff and I'm hoping to do more #PictureBooks and/or #BoardBooks in the new year! #KidLitArt #CanKidLit

illustration of a mouse in a cozy sweater with a mug of hot chocolate, next to a big festive mug of hot chocolate for the viewer

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Tiff Bartel @tiffbartel.com · 02/12/2024

Kinda want to go back and redraw some #fanart from a couple years back, including my two favourite not-a-robots from #TheGoodPlace (For example, why didn't I do these as a contrasting diptych at the time?? Smh at the missed opportunity... although I can do it NOW, even though the show is done... 🤔)

janet from the good place holding a cactus

derek from the good place holding a martini glass full of olives

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