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Amy Carrino @amycarrino.bsky.social · Jan 13
Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win x Fates And Furies

Amber was raised to be the perfect wife, but her fiance breaks things off on their wedding day. Vowing revenge, she'll discover more than retribution along the way: she'll uncover her voice.

#BluePit #W #A #WF
Moodboard featuring the following photographs: New York City Times Square, a wedding dress being zipped up, a wedding invitation, drinks being held up, a redhead laughing, a couple in bed, a cat on the street, a redhead in a field of daisies, and a beach town.
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janefriedman.com
Join me live this Thursday to talk about publishing industry trends. Always love doing this with the folks from @draft2digital.bsky.social. 🤓
Industry Trends with Jane Friedman
YouTube video by Draft2Digital
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February 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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nicolemtota.bsky.social
6 authors, 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with us! #books, #sciencefiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #EnbyAuthors #AuthorReading **FREE*

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Graphic that reads: "Strong Women, Strange Worlds presents Third Thursday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Elizabeth Schnechter, Sarah Iverson, Angela Giddings, Ellen Birkett Morris, Nicole Tota, Julia LaFond" Underneath each name is a picture of the author. Underneath that is text reading: February 20, 7pm est Free on Zoom, Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
Discord's not loading for me 😭
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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authorkateduarte.bsky.social
I finally managed to buy new glasses (yay!) so I'm updating my goal. Still accepting donations to help me buy a laptop and continue writing 😊 I also offer query letter/manuscript critiques on a pay-what-you-can basis!
ko-fi.com/kateduarte/g...

#WritingCommunity
Buy kate a Coffee. ko-fi.com/kateduarte
Become a supporter of kate today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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angelahlevine.bsky.social
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!

Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.
reproductiverightsdotgov.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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nelnelnellie.bsky.social
If you’re worried about putting a post in a genre feed because it might not get as much traction as it would on BookSky, you can just add the 💙 after the 📚. Then the post goes into both the genre feed & BookSky. A horror book post with the
🩸📚💙 emojis would go to the horror feed & the BookSky feed.
January 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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janefriedman.com
Understanding the main types of foreshadowing is the foundation for executing it well in your novel.

Tiffany Yates Martin discusses 7 types here, both direct and indirect methods.
Key Methods for Direct and Indirect Foreshadowing in Your Story | Jane Friedman
In story as in art, what’s hinted at in the shadows can add intriguing layers of depth and interest.
janefriedman.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
I used to get caught up in writing the same plot elements in all my stories (as I think many of us are prone to doing). Mine were always feelings of worthlessness and a redemption arc. What were/are yours?
January 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
I never made an introduction post, but I'd love to make more friends! Below are some of my interests/hobbies. Comment if we have anything in common.
#writing #reading (getting back into it) #tarot
#anime #bass and cozy #gaming
January 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
Not to open this can of worms, but is an MFA in Creative Writing worth the hype?

#writing #publishing #MFA

amycarrino.substack.com/p/is-a-creat...
Is a Creative Writing MFA Really Worth It?
An opinion from a recent graduate.
amycarrino.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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youdeservepit.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT: With all of the social media changes for the #writingcommunity , this winter we are going to do something different! There will be a #YouDeservepIt pitch event day on X and a separate day on 🦋(the next day). Dates and information below! (🧵) #writers #agents #editors
December 4, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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path2pub.bsky.social
🔊 The #writingcommunity voted & we’re Announcing Path2pub’s 2025 Pitch Event: #P2Ppit

2025’s first pitch event!!

#P2Ppit stands for Path to Publication Pitch. It’s a Twitter/Bluesky pitch event for writers to post pitches of their books either for industry participation or 🧵
P2Ppit stands for Path to Publication Pitch, and is a Twitter/Bluesky pitch event for writers to post pitches of their books either for industry participation or simply to test, promote, and celebrate their ideas. Pitch events are one of the joys of the online writing community. As Path2pub has always been community-oriented, this idea that celebrates writing and builds camaraderie was one we couldn’t shake off when it came up! Pitching Guide • #P2Ppit begins at 9am EST and ends at 9pm, on the 17th of January, 2025. • It will take place on both X and Blue Sky. • Add the hashtag #P2Ppit to your post to partake. • Writers can post 3 pitches in total. • Unagented, agented, and published writers can all partake. However please use the below hashtags for clarity: Unagented Writers #UW Agented Writers #AW Published Writers #PW • Moodboards are allowed, encouraged, but not compulsory. Adding ALT Text to images is highly encouraged. • Agents and editors can like tweets (♥️) to indicate interests. Participating professionals often leave guidelines on how to submit on their pages so check for instructions! • Keep your pitch to 240 words. The shorter it is the more likely people are to read it!
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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oliviariesling.bsky.social
📖 Yeehaw!Supernatural

Morn's chased her fair share of outlaws across the desert, but a hellcritter cult creates a threat unlike any she's ever seen. To save her city, she has to place her trust in a pair of renegade brothers and find an absent god.

#W #A #R #F #Dis #OV #BluePit (looking for betas)
a 9 panel mood board with southwestern aesthetics. It features silhouettes of a man and woman separately against a sunrise and together in front of a fire, a desert landscape, a california condor, books with illustrations of monsters in them, and a variety of civil war weapons. It includes the snippet "need build in my veins. The need to have him, to be the one responsible for protecting someone so fundamentally good. Not something motherly, something carnal. If I could open my ribs and hide him between my lungs, I would."
January 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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amycarrino.bsky.social
Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win x Fates And Furies

Amber was raised to be the perfect wife, but her fiance breaks things off on their wedding day. Vowing revenge, she'll discover more than retribution along the way: she'll uncover her voice.

#BluePit #W #A #WF
Moodboard featuring the following photographs: New York City Times Square, a wedding dress being zipped up, a wedding invitation, drinks being held up, a redhead laughing, a couple in bed, a cat on the street, a redhead in a field of daisies, and a beach town.
January 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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zprospero.bsky.social
THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

Virgil Mora, Hell's consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell to save the angel he's fallen for.

Feat.
❤️‍🔥 Grumpy X Sunshine
✍️ Magical Contracts
🦋 AuDHD Rep
🖤🐘🤍💜 Ace Romance
👨‍💼 Cosmic Power, Imposter Syndrome

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #F #LGBT #Hu
A 3x3 grid surmounted by the words "Hell Is Work" in yellow on an orange background. Images are: 1 - A black pawn topples a white king on a chessboard. 2 - A man in a white suit is back to back with a man in a black suit. They are holding hands. 3 - A puppet about to have it's strings cut. 4 - An angel with a glowing orange halo casting him in a red light. 5 - A lit lighter being held in a man's hand. 6 - A businessman with steepled fingers. 7 - A weeping man is crouched in a tunnel hiding from the light. 8 - A businessman stares at his shadow which has horns and a tail. 9 - Sand running through a person's fingers.
January 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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faithawrites.bsky.social
An agent's guide to FOLIE DU CORPS, my BLACK SWAN X HILL HOUSE horror (with Big 5+ editor interest)!

I now officially #amquerying so if you've liked a pitch for this project, check your inbox! And if you'd like to see it too, let me know👀🖤🩰
#writingcommunity
A blurry picture of a ballerina with the text: "An agents guide to Folie Du Corps by faithawrites" pitch: "Sapphic adult horror. If Eden wants the ballet solo of a lifetime, she just has to survive the freak accidents that keep killing the other ballerinas, a forbidden attraction to her idol—legendary ex-ballerina Leanora, and her chronic illness. Oh, and the dormant haunted house someone brought back to life." for fans of: "Black Swan, Suspiria, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, Catherine House, Bunny." A moodboard with a house on fire; a ballerina clutching an injuried leg; a door with dripping blood; two legs poking out from a tub with flowers stuck to them; a quote "I'd bleed for anything if it held me the right way"; a group of ballerinas dancing in black costumes; two women silhouetted very close together; a partially frozen lake; a woman with dark, wet hair. And the tropes: "liminal spaces final girl haunted house sapphic student x mentor (deadly) competition winter horror toxic, doomed relationship isolated settings all-female cast chronic pain rep “do i want her or do i want to be her?” slow-burn horror" "Eden thought she’d know when Leanora Karagianni arrived at the manor. Like gravity would shift or bells would ring through the mountains. She would feel Leanora coming, the very bones of the manor and the bases of the mountains readying themselves for her presence. But Eden wakes to the muted buzz of her alarm, lost somewhere in the heap of blankets piled high on her narrow, stiff bed. The window behind her is smaller than the one in her apartment, but it still manages to be at the perfect angle for the rising sun, barely creeping above the horizon, to sneak through the burgundy curtains and strike right at her eyes. None of this is abnormal: the same alarm, a little earlier. A different angle, same piercing glare. Nothing is revelatory as Eden props herself up on one elbow to the tune of cracking vertebrae, and the chill that seems to be ever-present here slips into her little pocket of warmth."
January 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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oliviariesling.bsky.social
📖 Demigod Bonnie’s attempted jump to 1969 leaves her stranded in 1464 where she forges an unlikely alliance with Gil, an ambitious knight, on her quest to find a new portal while evading monster hunters and the wrath of her mother.
#OS #A #R #F #Dis #OV #BluePit
a mood board made to look like a collection of poloroid photos with retro and medieval vibes. It includes photos of a Route 66 town, an old English town, a pet rock, a discarded sword and chainmail, a couple embracing, an old church, a man asleep among books, and a woman with flowers in her hair. Hand drawn berries, flowers, sparkles, hearts, and a speaker playing music are scattered throughout.
January 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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dannysdaydreams.bsky.social

👽🌸 FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN 🌸👽

Liam fled. Duncan stayed. 10 years later, a reunion makes sparks fly. But Duncan doesn't recognize Liam post-transition, and Liam isn't talking. As grief sweeps their small town, can they put their pasts behind them?

📖 #BluePit #A #R #LGBTQ #OS
A graphic on a light blue background covered in stars. The title of the book FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN is framed by a forget me not on one side, and a Martian head on the other. Below the title, a line reads: character meet & greet. The text is on a white background. A pitch for FLOWERS FOR A MARTIAN that reads as follows: Liam Dawson fled at 18, leaving behind everything and everyone, so he could start a new life in LA. 10 years later, his parents die in a car accident, and he is forced to return. He thinks he's ready for who he has to face. Duncan Lange never left his small hometown. Since the sudden disappearance of his best friend 10 years before, his world has felt monochromatic. Then Liam stumbles (back?) into his life, and suddenly everything is screaming with color. Maybe he's falling in love again. Maybe Liam is, too. There's only one problem: Liam never told anyone he is trans, assuming his parents would. Now, no one recognizes him. Including Duncan. A character sheet for Liam Tyler Dawson. Art of Liam is on the left side of the graphic, under an arrow pointed to his character stats. He is a tall man with brown hair, a full close cut beard, and green eyes, wearing blue overalls and a white shirt. His character sheet has the trans flag, and has the following information: Nicknames: Marshmallow/Mars, ActualMartian Traits: grumpy, loner, closed off, soft center Hobbies: lifting weights, listening to music, running Special trait: good with hands ;) A character sheet for Duncan Everett Lange. An image of Duncan is on the right side of the graphic, sitting on top of an arrow. Duncan is a fat man with honey colored hair and big brown eyes, wearing a purple sweater vest over a white button up, jeans, and purple converse. His character sheet has the bi glad and contains the following information: Nicknames: Dunbun, TheDunkman Traits: sunshine on the outside, sad on the inside Hobbies: coding, roller skating, community work Occupation: data architect Special Trait: good with people
January 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win x Fates And Furies

Amber was raised to be the perfect wife, but her fiance breaks things off on their wedding day. Vowing revenge, she'll discover more than retribution along the way: she'll uncover her voice.

#BluePit #W #A #WF
Moodboard featuring the following photographs: New York City Times Square, a wedding dress being zipped up, a wedding invitation, drinks being held up, a redhead laughing, a couple in bed, a cat on the street, a redhead in a field of daisies, and a beach town.
January 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
Amber Lynn Martin is going to be the perfect bride: she dresses in pure white, memorizes her vows, and radiates positivity. That's all ruined when her fiance, Kyle, breaks up with her through text message the day of their wedding. Instead of dealing with her emotions, she vows revenge.
#meetmymcs
Moodboard with various pictures of a blonde woman surrounded by pink.
January 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
amycarrino.bsky.social
Hello my fellow writers, teachers, and/or neurodivergents!

I'm happy to announce that I have opened a Substack and intend to post weekly about writing, teaching, and mental health.

#writing

open.substack.com/pub/amycarri...
Informative, Fun, and Occasionally Witty
Introduction from a writer, teacher, and neurodivergent.
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January 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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janefriedman.com
I have overhauled my cornerstone article/handout on key book publishing paths. For the last 10 years, it's been 1 page. Now it's 2 pages. It better covers the finer distinctions writers now encounter in the market. Free to use/share/distribute, no permission required. Link below.
2025–2026 Key Book Publishing Paths by Jane Friedman (traditional publishing) 2025–2026 Key Book Publishing Paths by Jane Friedman (other paths, non-traditional)
January 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM