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Shersinghzn.bsky.social @sherisingh.bsky.social · May 21
Dear Agents and Editors,
I am an indie published writer academic writer (Oxford University Press), romance fiction writer (Readict) and ghostwriter (Readict/Cyanbird Media). I am presently ghostwriting my third book for Readict. I am a hard working #MG author and #PB author.
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I wanted to show you something kind of fun.
Here's how agents and editors will see pitches next week (minus the blurriness). They'll see your title, pitch, name or pen name, and the colors are age groups, genres, and the optional hashtags.
Blurred image of the PitchDis request site to show the layout.
September 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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annmrose.bsky.social
People looking to work in publishing please be aware this salary is NOT acceptable. 4 days in office in NYC with that list of responsibilities for 42K? As someone who has been an assistant to high level executives & has worked in publishing... No. This is is not a serious offer.
mostly text - job description for an "assistant to the publisher" job in NYC for 42K annually. Job summary includes: an award-winning mid-sized independent publishing house known for quality works of adult fiction and nonfiction, is looking for an energetic and organized person to assist our editorial and publishing team. Essential duties include • Writing descriptive copy for hardcovers and paperback reissues, catalogue and galley / ARC copy, and rights copy • Monitoring, organizing, reading and reporting on submissions • Preparing tip sheets and sales conference / presentation materials, including writing descriptive copy, suggesting comp titles, marketing bullets, keywords, and BISACs • Preparing and transmitting manuscripts to production and liaising with author and production on all stages of the book process, from transmittal to copyediting, proofreading, 1st through final passes • Doing offset/reprint transmittals when needed and liaising with international publishers / agents on all steps of process • Creating cover worksheets and writing long descriptions for sales and art teams • Drafting contract proposals, deal memos, and check requests • Updating quotes and review pulls and marketing materials to Coresource and the website • Assisting with scheduling of titles, creating spreadsheets, and list planning • Active participation in weekly marketing, editorial, and production meetings • Reprint permissions requests or assisting authors in obtaining reprint permissions • Keeping track of book mailings • Clerical work including printing materials, mailing, photocopying, messengering, and keeping contacts up to date • Assisting with travel, scheduling, and other administrative duties for the Publisher Essential Skills: • Excellent organizational skills and ability to juggle many different tasks, prioritize workload and stay on top of deadlines • Widely read and interested in marketplace and business side of industry • 2 years of experience in publishing
September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
sherisingh.bsky.social
When 9yo Rachel sets out to spread Christmas cheer in their apartment building, she has no idea she's a ghost only selected people can see, and that she must solve the mystery of how she died so her grieving mother can move on with her life.
#mg #SelfPromoPit
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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bluepit.bsky.social
#PitBLK is happening on Sept 21-24 on their pitch site!

Follow @pitblk.bsky.social for more information, or visit pitchpitblk.com!

#Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmAgenting
September 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣

Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit!

Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025!

Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7!

Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!
#preDV September 29th, 2025 12PM - 5PM ET Join us for our practice vent, #preDV on Bluesky! Come with your best pitches and receive4 feedback from agented authors. All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before Oct 8th's #DVpit. More info at dvpit.carrd.co #DVparty October 2nd - October 7th 2025 October 2nd (Day 1): Post a moodboard/art October 3rd (Day 2): Introduce your main character October 4th (Day 3): Opening LInes October 5th (Day 4): Your Story as a meme/gif October 6th (Day 5): Your Story's theme song/playlist October 7th (Day 6): Hype your next project Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag. Open all day. Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed. Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit! More info at dvpit.carrd.co
August 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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debbieohi.com
"Children don't need protection from books; they need protection from hate and discrimination."
#BookBanning #BookCensorship #PridePuppy

Read full 🧵👇🏽
robinstevenson.bsky.social Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · Jun 27
Pride Puppy illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social and I wrote a statement on today's SCOTUS decision in the Mahmoud v Taylor case. Here it is.
An image of a family with two moms, a grandma, a baby, a young child, and dog- all characters from the picture book Pride Puppy- stand in front of the US Supreme Court. Text reads, Statement on Mahmoud v. Taylor, by Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin
July 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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bryndonovan.bsky.social
Today is the first day of the second half of 2025. ✨ I hope it's great for you! 🩵
July 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
sherisingh.bsky.social
Revising my #MG #Fantasy #Horror. I can't believe that I figured out what was wrong with the opening pages all on my own. ☺️🌻
June 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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andiesmithbooks.bsky.social
The @litagentsofchange.bsky.social auction is live!! I am honored to be apart of this wonderful event again. This year, I’m donating (1) 50 page critique and (1) query package critique. Let’s make your submissions stronger and support a great mission at the same time. 👏🏼 #amquerying
I donated to the Literary Auction For Change. Save the Dates: June 16 - Jun 23 What: A bookish auction fundraising for Literary Agents of Change, an all-volunteer 501(c)-3 nonprofit. We offer fellowship and mentorship programs geared toward improving access and retention for literary agents from underrepresented groups working in publishing. Query + Synopsis + First 3 Chapters Agent Critique 50-Page Agent Critique
June 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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bluepit.bsky.social
#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!

#BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025!

And #BluePitHype starts July 8th!

#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
Text overlaid on a sunny scene of wildflowers and a trail of bright orange and yellow butterflies. #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype/Pitch Event What It Is: An event designed to uplift storytellers of any media. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage (e.g., Drafting, Editing, Querying, On Submission, or Published). When: July 13th, 2025 and will run the full 24 hours! #BluePit Rules: Limit 3 posts per WIP; multiple works allowed. Include correct emojis to appear in media specific feeds Use appropriate tags (see Tag list) All images must include ALT text. No AI. Everyone is encouraged to like and repost Use the #BluePit feeds to find and support others. Agents, editors, and publishers are welcome to participate and can also use #BluePit feeds without a BlueSky account #Emojis for custom media feeds: Writing (e.g. “#bluepit 📖”) Game Dev (e.g. “#bluepit 🎮”) Comics (e.g. “#bluepit 💥”) TTRPGS (e.g. “#bluepit 🎲”) Questions: BluePit.Carrd.Co @BluePit.Bsky.Social @ZProspero.bsky.social #BluePit Tags MEDIA: #BluePit 💥 - Comics #BluePit 🎮 - Game Dev #BluePit 🎲 - TTRPGs #BluePit 📖 - Writers STAGE: #W - Work In Progress #Q - Querying #OS - On Submission #P - Published AUDIENCE: #PB - Picture Book #MG - Middle Grade #YA - Young Adult #A - Adult #NA - New Adult REPRESENTATION: #OV - Own Voices #LGBT- LGBTQIA+ #DIS - Disabled Creators #WF - Women's Fiction #POC - Person of Color #ND - Neurodivergent #TR - Transgender GENRE #F - Fantasy #R - Romance #H - Horror #SF - Sci-Fi #M - Mystery #PN - Paranormal #C - Crime #HS - Historical #SP - Speculative #PO - Poetry #NF - Non-Fiction GAME SYSTEM: #D20 - 20-sided die based #D6 - 6-sided die based #D100 - 100-sided die based #NAR - Narrative based #DUN - Dungeon Crawler #RO - Rogue-Like
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social
Over at the Writers Helping Writers blog, Liz Alterman shares how to begin your novel with the end goal in mind and avoid mistakes she’s made.

She’s giving away a query critique and an EBook to celebrate her newest release, Claire Casey’s Had Enough.

writershelpingwriters.net/2025/06/begi...
The Importance of Beginning with the End in Mind
Liz Alterman is here to share how to begin your novel with the end goal in mind and avoid mistakes she’s made. Plus…she’s giving away a query critique and an EBook to celebrate her newest release, Cla...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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vickyweberbooks.bsky.social
A thing I see in submissions a lot:

Characters standing in rooms, thinking deeply, walking across the room, running a hand through their hair, walking more...

Y’all. Let them DO STUFF. Make choices. Blow something up. Trip over something. Fight someone. #AmWriting
June 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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elbdot.bsky.social
Last year almost every poster I saw outside for festivals and plays was made using genAI. Today I could only spot a single one between ten. Keep talking down on AI tech bros, keep being loud, keep making it as EMBARRASSING and SHAMEFUL as possible to use this tech, because it is genuinely working! ✊
May 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
sherisingh.bsky.social
Dear Agents and Editors,
I am an indie published writer academic writer (Oxford University Press), romance fiction writer (Readict) and ghostwriter (Readict/Cyanbird Media). I am presently ghostwriting my third book for Readict. I am a hard working #MG author and #PB author.
May 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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ginadobson.bsky.social
I returned home to Decatur shackled & cuffed & taken straight to jail for murder charges. My family hadn't seen me in yrs. But even news headlines & family grudges couldn't hinder their love of the grandchild they never knew while I struggled within a sisterhood behind bars.
#Questpit #Mem #NF #A
Movie covers for The Glass Castle and Orange is the New Black.
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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kananiokelly.bsky.social
JASAD HEIR X CURIOUS TIDES

Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around every corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.

🌊 Pacific Islander Rep
🌊 Elemental Magic
🌊 Endless Banter

#QuestPit #W #YA #F #AgentsGuide
This image is the first of four to showcase elements for my upcoming book, Whispers of the Sea. The picture reads: “An Agents Guide to Whispers of the Sea.” This book will be a young adult fantasy. This is the second image in my guide, and it includes the pitch for my novel. Such pitch reads to say: “Whispers of the Sea follows the story of a teenage girl who embarks on a journey to rescue her uncle after he was mysteriously captured by a group of uniformed men sailing under the royal flags of a faraway kingdom. Maia must voyage across the seas to this mysterious isle where she’ll team up with a local boy to track her uncle’s whereabouts. But in order to understand the dangers that lurk ahead, she’ll be forced to uncover a lifetime worth of secrets—and she must do so before it’s too late.” This is the third image in my guide, and it portrays my comp titles. My book will be perfect for the fans of the Jasad Heir, A River Enchanted, Curious Tides, and the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. This is the last image in my guide, and it showcases the aesthetic and a few elements that can be found in the book. A few of these elements are: found family, secret ploys, outlawed magic, and self discovery.
May 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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goodwords.bsky.social
THE SPELLSHOP x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company.

#QuestPit #A #RF #F #agentsguide #disabilityrep #chronicillnessrep #cozyromanticfantasy
A slide with green leaves and green watercolor stains says "The Pitch: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company." A black cat looks over it's shoulder at the text in the bottom right corner. Tropes and Highlights include: found family, one bed at the inn, witches and familiars, cozy vibes, grumpy + sunshine, bi-for-bi romance, chronic illness rep, and foraging dates. Think, The Spellshop X Howl's Moving Castle. This text is on top of a green slide with green watercolor splotches and leaves. The book covers for The Spellshop and Howl's Moving Castle are in the center of the image. Comps is written in the corner. Four book covers are shown in a row. Under the Whispering Door + Legends & Lattes + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches = Potions Unincorporated. The words The Humor, The Cozy Fantasy Vibes, and The Romance make up the formula for the not yet published book on the far right. The slide is green with green water color splotches. A green vine is on the top right and the outline of a leaf and two mushrooms is on the bottom right. First Lines is written at the top of the slide. The Text in the middle is on a tan, worn looking page background which says: Potions Unincorporated. Twelve vials sat on a shelf where one hundred should rest. Linatta Mosset picked up one of the tapered glasses---thumb-sized and filled to the brim with a warm, green liquid.
May 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
sherisingh.bsky.social
#Questpit #f #mg
An agent's guide to Rewitched featuring:
✨A dyslexic witch
✨A magical coffee shop
✨A school of dark academia
✨Sea monsters, and
✨Family secrets
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
sherisingh.bsky.social
Whodunit?
My #mg #murdermystery features:
🗡️A 12yo framed for murder
🗡️An art thief
🗡️A race to find a murderer
🗡️ Hunter's father returning from the dead 😱
🗡️Cryptic clues
🗡️Plots & schemes that shouldn't go wrong...
🗡️Kids spying on adults, &
🗡️Family secrets
#Questpit
May 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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April 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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bluepit.bsky.social
ALT TEXT is very important on BlueSky for a few reasons:

1. It makes your content more accessible.

2. It increases the likelihood of getting reposted.

3. Search looks for keywords in alt text too, so it increases your post's visibility.

Here's a helpful graphic:
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bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · Jan 9
Welcome to Day 2 of #BluePitHype! Only 4 days to go!

Today is Art Share day! Share your character art, sketches, moodboards, and wahtever images you want that relate to your story or characters!

Be sure to add Alt Text to your images! Today is a great day to practice! Here's a helpful graphic.
#BluePitHype1 Q & A January 9th ART SHARE Share your character art, concept art, sketches, mood-boards, and more! Be sure to use the #BluePitHype tag! 4 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON Mon, Jan 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on top of the capybara's head. Words surround the picture to help people use alt text. Identify Who - "A capybara" Expression - "looking relaxed" Description - "in a hot spa" Color - "Yellow yuzu fruits" Description - "are floating in the water," Interesting Features - "and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head."
April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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bluepit.bsky.social
10 days until the first #PosterPit on April 19th!

Follow @posterpit.bsky.social (or use our handy Pitch Events Starter Pack here to follow all the events we know about: go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV)

See the rules below!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Writers
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Israel kills, lies, and the Western media believe it
The execution of 15 Gaza medics and rescuers demonstrates just how normalised the dehumanisation of Palestinians is.
www.aljazeera.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
sherisingh.bsky.social
🚨 URGENT: Help Teri & Her Family 🚨
Teri lost her mother unexpectedly & is now the sole provider for her aging father & disabled sister. With no access to family funds, she’s struggling to keep food on the table & bills paid.
Every dollar helps! Please donate/share! ❤️
🔗 bit.ly/ForTeri
#Crowdfunding
Donate to Help Teri Rebuild: A Family’s Fight After Loss, organized by Brandee JKth
Life can change in an instant. On March 5, Teri Schuffert and her sister W… Brandee JKth needs your support for Help Teri Rebuild: A Family’s Fight After Loss
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April 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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brianlarossa.com
Hey #kidlit illustrators!

I'm looking for an artist to work on a picture book who can capture both the grandeur of vast arctic landscapes AND the intimacy of a family's story peppered with wildlife. Share samples below. Please no DMs. Agents feel free to email.

💙❤️ #artshare #art #illustration
April 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM