Mitchell Nobis
@mitchnobis.bsky.social
http://mitchnobis.com
Writer (poetry & fiction). Doofus. Old man hooper. Metro Detroit. Posts are my own, obviously—that's why I said it & not my employer, parents, or dog.
Also: WNS @wns-at-ksf.bsky.social & NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social
Writer (poetry & fiction). Doofus. Old man hooper. Metro Detroit. Posts are my own, obviously—that's why I said it & not my employer, parents, or dog.
Also: WNS @wns-at-ksf.bsky.social & NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social
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Hey! Here, have a pinned thread of my writer stuff.
First, my debut poetry collection came out in June. I'm proud of it. Readers have said it's good, so that's cool. You can get it all the usual places—my favorite is asking an indie bookstore to order it for you via Ingram.
First, my debut poetry collection came out in June. I'm proud of it. Readers have said it's good, so that's cool. You can get it all the usual places—my favorite is asking an indie bookstore to order it for you via Ingram.
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protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
Can Duncan shoot his last free throw from the arc?
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Can Duncan shoot his last free throw from the arc?
I haven't been able to watch any of the 4th quarter, walked into the room, & the first thing I hear is Greg Kelser repeatedly saying "good riddance!" because Dillon Brooks fouled out. Actually LedOL.
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I haven't been able to watch any of the 4th quarter, walked into the room, & the first thing I hear is Greg Kelser repeatedly saying "good riddance!" because Dillon Brooks fouled out. Actually LedOL.
Pistons earning technical fouls for acts such as "preventing a brawl" and "having a chest."
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Pistons earning technical fouls for acts such as "preventing a brawl" and "having a chest."
With all the challenges and crazy calls in the first half of tonight's Pistons game, I'm really wishing we could have my man Bill Kennedy healthy and back on the court.
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM
With all the challenges and crazy calls in the first half of tonight's Pistons game, I'm really wishing we could have my man Bill Kennedy healthy and back on the court.
It was very clear on the television broadcast that the technical foul was assessed because...Beef works out a lot and is a strong fella?
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
It was very clear on the television broadcast that the technical foul was assessed because...Beef works out a lot and is a strong fella?
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White people using whiteness to combat white supremacy is key to defeating white supremacy.
A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
what a legend lmao
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
White people using whiteness to combat white supremacy is key to defeating white supremacy.
Dudes rock.
January 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Dudes rock.
(Obligatory bsky disclaimer: I'm aware the country is being forcibly broken and people's lives ruined. I'm trying to hold multiple realities at once and continuing on with my writing BS during this here lucky snow day. Non-fascists will still want sports novels when we've defeated fascism. Again.)
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
(Obligatory bsky disclaimer: I'm aware the country is being forcibly broken and people's lives ruined. I'm trying to hold multiple realities at once and continuing on with my writing BS during this here lucky snow day. Non-fascists will still want sports novels when we've defeated fascism. Again.)
Context: I sent out a small handful last year, but got great editorial feedback from two early readers since then and improved the book a lot in December. I think it's much more ready for agents' eyes now.
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Context: I sent out a small handful last year, but got great editorial feedback from two early readers since then and improved the book a lot in December. I think it's much more ready for agents' eyes now.
Hey writers and esp. literary agents, what's a reasonable number of query letters to have out simultaneously? Is it just whatever the author is comfortable with, or is there an industry expectation for that? Like, is it considered bad form to send 20 at once? 10? 3? None, and I shut up and go read?
Love spending a night digging back into my list of lit agents that for one reason or another I thought might dig my basketball novel, reading their bios & wishlists, getting excited by how cool they sound, and then upon reaching step, like, 19? Seeing that they're closed to queries.
a basketball player with a towel on his head and the number 3 on his jersey
Alt: Steph Curry on the bench with a towel over his head look a little dismayed
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Hey writers and esp. literary agents, what's a reasonable number of query letters to have out simultaneously? Is it just whatever the author is comfortable with, or is there an industry expectation for that? Like, is it considered bad form to send 20 at once? 10? 3? None, and I shut up and go read?
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Hey! I'll be in the lineup a week from Saturday in my town's awesome new indie bookstore. Come by Farmington for me and 3 great poets, including friend of @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, Cal Freeman!
January 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Hey! I'll be in the lineup a week from Saturday in my town's awesome new indie bookstore. Come by Farmington for me and 3 great poets, including friend of @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, Cal Freeman!
Ideal reading conditions for said novel.
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Ideal reading conditions for said novel.
Thanks, Patrick! And good to know about your books' lengths. Thanks for sharing that.
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Thanks, Patrick! And good to know about your books' lengths. Thanks for sharing that.
Yeah, I'm thinking I do one big agent querying push to see how that goes and then quickly pivot to self-submitting to indies. This book took me 20+ years, so I'll be wildly impatient about getting it into the world. 😆
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, I'm thinking I do one big agent querying push to see how that goes and then quickly pivot to self-submitting to indies. This book took me 20+ years, so I'll be wildly impatient about getting it into the world. 😆
That said, I do loves me an uphill climb...
January 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM
That said, I do loves me an uphill climb...
I LOVE short books and wanted to make a sports novel for that audience. But there are books like Gatsby verging on novella, & there are literary family dramas of 500 pages. There do not appear to be any books at 60,000 words. Like, articles about novel lengths DON'T EVEN MENTION that word range. 😆
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I LOVE short books and wanted to make a sports novel for that audience. But there are books like Gatsby verging on novella, & there are literary family dramas of 500 pages. There do not appear to be any books at 60,000 words. Like, articles about novel lengths DON'T EVEN MENTION that word range. 😆
Buddard, it is wild writing the novel you wanted to write and THEN researching how the industry works. It would appear that I've written a word count that simply does not exist in publishing.
(Lest ye judge, it's on the short side for audience purposes. I stand by it.)
(Lest ye judge, it's on the short side for audience purposes. I stand by it.)
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Buddard, it is wild writing the novel you wanted to write and THEN researching how the industry works. It would appear that I've written a word count that simply does not exist in publishing.
(Lest ye judge, it's on the short side for audience purposes. I stand by it.)
(Lest ye judge, it's on the short side for audience purposes. I stand by it.)
Thank you. I had to make it to get it out of my head.
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Thank you. I had to make it to get it out of my head.
I could have chosen to use this morning to bury $50 under the snow for the plows to jam into the curb where it would eventually dissolve and shlump down the drain, but instead I sent a poetry manuscript to a couple of book prizes.
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I could have chosen to use this morning to bury $50 under the snow for the plows to jam into the curb where it would eventually dissolve and shlump down the drain, but instead I sent a poetry manuscript to a couple of book prizes.
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It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It's release day for my book! Thank you so much to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and @fulmerford.com
UPPER MIDWEST, BABY
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
UPPER MIDWEST, BABY
Broiler pan body armor. Just, f*&^ing, hell yeah.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Broiler pan body armor. Just, f*&^ing, hell yeah.
Hot damn, this might be the most Upper Midwest thing I've ever seen. Go on, lady with the broiler pan. Just an absolute 1,000% hell yeah. Tomorrow somone throws a green bean casserole at the fascists.
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Hot damn, this might be the most Upper Midwest thing I've ever seen. Go on, lady with the broiler pan. Just an absolute 1,000% hell yeah. Tomorrow somone throws a green bean casserole at the fascists.