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GiannaMarie
@giannamarie.bsky.social
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associate agent at Neighborhood Literary, crip autistic book enthusiast, disabled sensitivity reader, ZiMi mask evangelist 😷
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GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · 2d
Happy fall, everyone! 🍂 I am officially open to queries once again! If you've got something in my categories, please submit to my QM at querytracker.net/query/3926 !
Query GiannaMarie Dobson at Neighborhood Literary Agency
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truthout.org
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Happy fall, everyone! 🍂 I am officially open to queries once again! If you've got something in my categories, please submit to my QM at querytracker.net/query/3926 !
Query GiannaMarie Dobson at Neighborhood Literary Agency
QueryTracker.net
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!

For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.

Imagine what we could do with $$$

www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Heads up for local friends.
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social
I'm running a free, virtual event with the Orange County Library System in about half an hour to talk about taking your book on sub! My goal is to put writers' anxieties to rest and demystify one of the most nerve-wracking stages in the publication journey. attend.ocls.org/event/14071355
Going on Sub as a Writer
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss many of the different ways you can be "on sub(mission)" as a writer, including querying, with domestic publishers, subrights, and international submissions.
attend.ocls.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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sfdirewolf.bsky.social
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 13d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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newdisabledsouth.org
we closed this application yesterday. we got an unbelievable 18,588 applications totaling $4,157,600 in $100 and $250 requests.

we have sent $53,000 to 224 people and will continue to send more.

if you are able to donate, you can do so at ndsdj.org/snapdonate

thanks to EVERYONE who has donated!
newdisabledsouth.org New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org · 20d
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.

If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate

We take care of each other ❤️
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October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Continue to commend @ryannorth.ca for writing plots that allow Alicia to be part of the action, to solve problems in unique and useful ways. I continue to really appreciate the care and creativity with which you approach her blindness! This is my fave book every month 😊
October 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
giannamarie.bsky.social
AHHHHHHHH
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
I have been pacing while reciting a pitch letter to myself for so long that when I sat down to look something up in the thesaurus I typed in "thesaurus"
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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ejephess.bsky.social
Thank you so much for the warm welcome, GiannaMarie! I'm so excited to have found an agent who is just as passionate about increasing disability representation in literature as I am.
giannamarie.bsky.social GiannaMarie @giannamarie.bsky.social · Oct 14
So delighted to share today that I've added another wonderful author to my client list! 🤩🥳

Please welcome @ejephess.bsky.social to our growing Neighborhood!
An announcement graphic for E.J. Ephess. A large white woman sits in a white manual wheelchair with rainbow colored spokes. She has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a navy blue sweatshirt and dusty rose pink pants. Half up on her lap is a yellow labrador retriever in a yellow service dog vest with a blue bandana, who gazes dutifully out into the distance. The woman grins at the camera as she cradles the dog's upper body. The background of the image is lilac purple.
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
So delighted to share today that I've added another wonderful author to my client list! 🤩🥳

Please welcome @ejephess.bsky.social to our growing Neighborhood!
An announcement graphic for E.J. Ephess. A large white woman sits in a white manual wheelchair with rainbow colored spokes. She has shoulder length brown hair and is wearing a navy blue sweatshirt and dusty rose pink pants. Half up on her lap is a yellow labrador retriever in a yellow service dog vest with a blue bandana, who gazes dutifully out into the distance. The woman grins at the camera as she cradles the dog's upper body. The background of the image is lilac purple.
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
All right, it looks like October is shaping up to be a delightfully busy month for me! I won't have the time to consider taking any new clients for a few weeks, so I'm going to shut my QM form for a little while, starting THIS SUNDAY, October 12th.
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
I don’t rep GNs, but I’m really rooting for Rachel to get signed! I loved her recent essay in the Disability Debrief newsletter and would love to see more people have access to her art!
racheldl.bsky.social Rachel DL @racheldl.bsky.social · Oct 8
18-yr-old Rachel wants to enjoy college like her peers–seemingly housing & food secure, with family. Instead, an ex-homeless runaway youth, Rachel is thrust into adulthood on her own. To survive, she must rebuild community & confront a dark secret at the root of her new independence. #DVpit #GN #DIS
Two graphic novel pages, representing rachel scribbling in a notebook a cartoon about food insecurity rachel at university health services, the doctor inquiring why she doesn't have health insurance
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Hello again! I suspect, based on my schedule for the day + the hashtag bug I will not be as active in requesting queries for #DVPit as I usually am for pitch events, but here’s all my info anyway!
October 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Novavax secured! ✌🏻💉
October 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Soo glad for Crip News, I totally would've missed that Eli Clare has a new book out!!!!! BRILLIANT IMPERFECTION was one of the very first disability theory texts I read and it holds a special part of my heart for that. Cannot wait to get a copy of UNFURL!!
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
my friend gushing to me about @dirtbagqueer.rocks's OOTB: "when people say 'an unflinching examination of the trans experience' this is what they SHOULD be talking about!!!"
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
giannamarie.bsky.social
Will be calling tomorrow! Thank you for this very informative post @meactnet.bsky.social you've made it super easy to understand what's going on and take action!
meactnet.bsky.social #MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · Sep 26
Take action to save telehealth now! You can call or email your member of Congress.

To make this action easier, we have drafted up a sample script/email wording you can use: www.meactions.org/telehealth

#Telehealth #PwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disability
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September 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
The thing no one tells you about getting serious about garment sewing is that it makes you the most insufferable person to watch TV with. The fit of a garment is a telling story detail and it bugs me to no end when it’s in conflict with the intended characterization
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
giannamarie.bsky.social
A continuation of the electrolytes adventure: I’ve learned that Liquid IV’s price tag is due to the fact that the salt taste is so well hidden. Top flavors so far for me are Firecracker, Blackberry Peach, and White Peach
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
I’m so heartbroken to hear the news about Bluestockings. It was such a comforting place to visit and I miss being a part of the Bluestockings community. So sad to hear it’ll be closing 😭
September 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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luckytran.com
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
September 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
giannamarie.bsky.social
I would really love to see more political disability in my inbox––disability history, disability politics, disability culture, disability art. There's very little overlap between the disability art scene and disability in fiction, and I would love to bridge this gap! #mswl
September 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM