Danny DeRock
@dannyderock.bsky.social
writer and editor. co-EIC @IcebreakersLit.bsky.social
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flowstateediting.com
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flowstateediting.com
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Hey, do you need a fiction editor? Maybe an affordable and extremely detail-oriented one? I might be able to help. This is pretty spontaneous, but I'm just going to jump in. I recently started an editing business aimed at academics in the social sciences. Academia is my day job, though. (1/6) 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hey, do you need a fiction editor? Maybe an affordable and extremely detail-oriented one? I might be able to help. This is pretty spontaneous, but I'm just going to jump in. I recently started an editing business aimed at academics in the social sciences. Academia is my day job, though. (1/6) 🧵
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Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) 🎉
HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
September 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) 🎉
HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!
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If you're an autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD academic (like me), you face challenges that others just don't understand. I've been there. Now I want to share what I've learned and create a space where you feel truly supported.
Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.
Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.
September 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you're an autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD academic (like me), you face challenges that others just don't understand. I've been there. Now I want to share what I've learned and create a space where you feel truly supported.
Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.
Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.
Hey, do you need a fiction editor? Maybe an affordable and extremely detail-oriented one? I might be able to help. This is pretty spontaneous, but I'm just going to jump in. I recently started an editing business aimed at academics in the social sciences. Academia is my day job, though. (1/6) 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hey, do you need a fiction editor? Maybe an affordable and extremely detail-oriented one? I might be able to help. This is pretty spontaneous, but I'm just going to jump in. I recently started an editing business aimed at academics in the social sciences. Academia is my day job, though. (1/6) 🧵
Hi, friends. Some big changes: I quit my tenure-track assistant professor job and I'm jumping fully into editing and writing. I'll be focusing on academic editing, but would love to eventually add fiction and CNF. If you want to see what I've been up to, head over to flowstateediting.com
Home - Flow State Editing
Support for scholars at every step of the writing process Daniel DeRock, Ph.D. The path to academic publication doesn’t need to be so stressful. Whether you’re staring at a blank page or nearly ready ...
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September 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hi, friends. Some big changes: I quit my tenure-track assistant professor job and I'm jumping fully into editing and writing. I'll be focusing on academic editing, but would love to eventually add fiction and CNF. If you want to see what I've been up to, head over to flowstateediting.com
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Will be offering a generative writing class in late July. Learn more and sign up here:
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What Horror Is This?: Generative Writing Class
This two week online and self-paced class will look at writing spooky stories with a focus on strange facts. We'll have an eye towards enriching your horror writing, understanding tropes, creating dre...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Will be offering a generative writing class in late July. Learn more and sign up here:
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"Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano."
Buckle up, folks, because @rpmirabella.bsky.social has an incredibly imagined story for us this week. Wondrous, human, and beautifully written, "Volcano People" ends on a note of perfect melancholy. Absolutely do not miss this one! 🌋
Buckle up, folks, because @rpmirabella.bsky.social has an incredibly imagined story for us this week. Wondrous, human, and beautifully written, "Volcano People" ends on a note of perfect melancholy. Absolutely do not miss this one! 🌋
Volcano People by Richard Mirabella
Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano. She told us she was going to leave at the 4th of July picnic, while we sat around eating corn, our hands fatty with butter, silk in our ...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano."
Buckle up, folks, because @rpmirabella.bsky.social has an incredibly imagined story for us this week. Wondrous, human, and beautifully written, "Volcano People" ends on a note of perfect melancholy. Absolutely do not miss this one! 🌋
Buckle up, folks, because @rpmirabella.bsky.social has an incredibly imagined story for us this week. Wondrous, human, and beautifully written, "Volcano People" ends on a note of perfect melancholy. Absolutely do not miss this one! 🌋
I'm actually working on a short story for the first time in [???].
January 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm actually working on a short story for the first time in [???].
How did I not know about this mag? “Speculative stories about our inner lives” are very much my kind of thing.
We're open for submissions to our sixth issue through January! 🌟
Read the guidelines and submit here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g...
#SFF #SpeculativeFiction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Read the guidelines and submit here: inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g...
#SFF #SpeculativeFiction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
January 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How did I not know about this mag? “Speculative stories about our inner lives” are very much my kind of thing.
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Is that…are we brewing up a new sub call? 👀
January 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is that…are we brewing up a new sub call? 👀
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ICYMI our first piece of the year is LIVE BBY and it’s written by none other than @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social and @femmeintheory.bsky.social!!
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How to Fall in Love When You’re a Twice-Divorced Middle-Aged White Guy and a Queer, Sex Worker Artist and Neither of You Are Looking for Anything Serious — Icebreakers
By Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney
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January 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
ICYMI our first piece of the year is LIVE BBY and it’s written by none other than @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social and @femmeintheory.bsky.social!!
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...
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Did you know that my queer, erotic sun-vampire horror novella SUNBATHERS is *free* today??
Did you also know that over 1100 copies have been downloaded JUST TODAY?? (what)
Be part of the action (pun intended) and get yours here!
www.darkmodesyk.com/winter24/sun...
Did you also know that over 1100 copies have been downloaded JUST TODAY?? (what)
Be part of the action (pun intended) and get yours here!
www.darkmodesyk.com/winter24/sun...
Sunbathers | Dark Mode Books
Available 12.27.24 USA/PST
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December 27, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Did you know that my queer, erotic sun-vampire horror novella SUNBATHERS is *free* today??
Did you also know that over 1100 copies have been downloaded JUST TODAY?? (what)
Be part of the action (pun intended) and get yours here!
www.darkmodesyk.com/winter24/sun...
Did you also know that over 1100 copies have been downloaded JUST TODAY?? (what)
Be part of the action (pun intended) and get yours here!
www.darkmodesyk.com/winter24/sun...
The past few months I've been out of the literary world loop. I *have* been doing a lot of reading, but not much writing. Anyway, I finally updated my author website and that feels like a step in the right direction: danielderock.com
About me - Daniel DeRock
Welcome to my no-frills author website! You can find most of my published pieces, along with interviews and podcast episodes, on the “Writing and interviews” page. I primarily write fiction but occasi...
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December 26, 2024 at 8:29 PM
The past few months I've been out of the literary world loop. I *have* been doing a lot of reading, but not much writing. Anyway, I finally updated my author website and that feels like a step in the right direction: danielderock.com
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Top 10 books of 2024 Bookthreads
1. Tender Hoof
2. Below the Falls
3. Some Things You Love With Your Insides, Your Guts
4. Julie, or Sylvia
5. Spark Bird
6. Escaping Emily
7. Trailer Park Ocean
8. If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light
9. This is How They Mourn
10. Repeat 1-9
1. Tender Hoof
2. Below the Falls
3. Some Things You Love With Your Insides, Your Guts
4. Julie, or Sylvia
5. Spark Bird
6. Escaping Emily
7. Trailer Park Ocean
8. If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light
9. This is How They Mourn
10. Repeat 1-9
December 19, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Top 10 books of 2024 Bookthreads
1. Tender Hoof
2. Below the Falls
3. Some Things You Love With Your Insides, Your Guts
4. Julie, or Sylvia
5. Spark Bird
6. Escaping Emily
7. Trailer Park Ocean
8. If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light
9. This is How They Mourn
10. Repeat 1-9
1. Tender Hoof
2. Below the Falls
3. Some Things You Love With Your Insides, Your Guts
4. Julie, or Sylvia
5. Spark Bird
6. Escaping Emily
7. Trailer Park Ocean
8. If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light
9. This is How They Mourn
10. Repeat 1-9
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Find a friend and get weird 🛸💜
November 17, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Find a friend and get weird 🛸💜
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I'm Matthew and I'm an autistic human living in Paris.
I build neuro-affirming autistic communities online for autistics all over the world to connect.
I help my fellow autistic adults learn about leaning into their strengths while acknowledging their challenges in order to thrive in this world.
I build neuro-affirming autistic communities online for autistics all over the world to connect.
I help my fellow autistic adults learn about leaning into their strengths while acknowledging their challenges in order to thrive in this world.
November 16, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I'm Matthew and I'm an autistic human living in Paris.
I build neuro-affirming autistic communities online for autistics all over the world to connect.
I help my fellow autistic adults learn about leaning into their strengths while acknowledging their challenges in order to thrive in this world.
I build neuro-affirming autistic communities online for autistics all over the world to connect.
I help my fellow autistic adults learn about leaning into their strengths while acknowledging their challenges in order to thrive in this world.
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November 13, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Now feels like a good time to mention that we are currently open for general subs! Buddy up and send us your magic ✨
icebreakerslit.submittable.com/submit
icebreakerslit.submittable.com/submit
Icebreakers Lit Submission Manager
CollaborationAt our minty liquid core, Icebreakers is about fostering connection within the lit community. As such, general and themed submissions should be the work of two or more authors / artists (...
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November 14, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Now feels like a good time to mention that we are currently open for general subs! Buddy up and send us your magic ✨
icebreakerslit.submittable.com/submit
icebreakerslit.submittable.com/submit
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So my new eco-horror collection, Haunted Ecologies, out February 2025, got a wonderful review from @raforall.bsky.social in this months BookList in which she compared it to the works of Jeff VanderMeer, T Kingfisher, and Cassandra Khaw…reader, I died :) raforall.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...
What I'm Reading: Strange Stones and Haunted Ecologies
The current issue of Booklist has 2 reviews by me. Details below, including my three words and bonus appeal information to help you book tal...
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November 13, 2024 at 11:52 AM
So my new eco-horror collection, Haunted Ecologies, out February 2025, got a wonderful review from @raforall.bsky.social in this months BookList in which she compared it to the works of Jeff VanderMeer, T Kingfisher, and Cassandra Khaw…reader, I died :) raforall.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...
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Help us find our writer friends from Twitter!
buzz lightyear from toy story is surrounded by green aliens and the word friend is above him
ALT: buzz lightyear from toy story is surrounded by green aliens and the word friend is above him
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November 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Help us find our writer friends from Twitter!
The first tiny haunting has materialized!
BOO! IT’S TINY HAUNTINGS TIME!!! 👻
First up, we have a tiny hot tamale for you from @mmkaufman.bsky.social and @tiffmzlee.bsky.social.
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/hobbies...
First up, we have a tiny hot tamale for you from @mmkaufman.bsky.social and @tiffmzlee.bsky.social.
www.icebreakerslit.com/read/hobbies...
Hobbies in the Afterlife — Icebreakers
Tiny Hauntings Fiction By MM Kaufman (Haunter) & Tiff Lee (Architect)
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October 27, 2024 at 6:11 PM
The first tiny haunting has materialized!
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I would love to get a few more adds on Goodreads for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET so I'm asking the community for help: if you're into historical romance, queer Austen-esque works, or you just love love (or know someone else who does) please add the book to your lists and tell you friends!
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet
"After procuring several fervent assurances that his wi…
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October 19, 2024 at 10:45 AM
I would love to get a few more adds on Goodreads for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET so I'm asking the community for help: if you're into historical romance, queer Austen-esque works, or you just love love (or know someone else who does) please add the book to your lists and tell you friends!
The puppy has learned how to walk up the stairs, but not down. Very interesting situation.
September 27, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The puppy has learned how to walk up the stairs, but not down. Very interesting situation.