Leanne Pankuch
@talelady.bsky.social
Addicted to books. Mother of dogs, dragons, ghosts. Music lover. MG and YA author repped by @agentdiegoh @sbr_media 🪶 #amwriting #amreading #kidlit
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Leanne Pankuch
@talelady.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Everyone out there have a teetering #TBR pile like me? For writers, reading what today's readers are reading is essential. Check out this post from @janetsfox.bsky.social
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#amwriting
#amreading
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#amwriting
#amreading
What Are You Reading?
The Staggering TBR Pile
janetfox.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Everyone out there have a teetering #TBR pile like me? For writers, reading what today's readers are reading is essential. Check out this post from @janetsfox.bsky.social
janetfox.substack.com/p/what-are-y...?
#amwriting
#amreading
janetfox.substack.com/p/what-are-y...?
#amwriting
#amreading
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hello my spooky-writer lovelies -- submit your short death-centered fiction here!
I'm editing an issue of @thedeadlands.com and subs are now open! Please do send me things.
Plus! I will be one of the Guests of Honour at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social this year, along with Sheree Renée Thomas and Anna Martino. #Flights2025 will be in September. vajra.me/2025/04/02/d...
Plus! I will be one of the Guests of Honour at @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social this year, along with Sheree Renée Thomas and Anna Martino. #Flights2025 will be in September. vajra.me/2025/04/02/d...
Death and Dream
Subs are open for my issue of Deadlands! Plus I’m GoH at Flights of Foundry 2025.
vajra.me
April 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hello my spooky-writer lovelies -- submit your short death-centered fiction here!
March 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Beyond excited to announce that my writing is now represented by Diego Harrison of SBR Media !
His enthusiasm for “The Haunting of Sia Wix” and his belief in my career as an author made me sure he was the one – looking forward to our shared success!
#kidlit #amwriting #mg #spooky #horror #amquerying
His enthusiasm for “The Haunting of Sia Wix” and his belief in my career as an author made me sure he was the one – looking forward to our shared success!
#kidlit #amwriting #mg #spooky #horror #amquerying
March 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Beyond excited to announce that my writing is now represented by Diego Harrison of SBR Media !
His enthusiasm for “The Haunting of Sia Wix” and his belief in my career as an author made me sure he was the one – looking forward to our shared success!
#kidlit #amwriting #mg #spooky #horror #amquerying
His enthusiasm for “The Haunting of Sia Wix” and his belief in my career as an author made me sure he was the one – looking forward to our shared success!
#kidlit #amwriting #mg #spooky #horror #amquerying
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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*screams*
'Hansel and Gretel' Picture Book Due This Fall from Stephen King and Maurice Sendak https://buff.ly/42QmuL3
February 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
*screams*
Hey friends - remember don't pitch your project with the #mswl tag!
"Like, share, & RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility & help your friends
Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who do."
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
"Like, share, & RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility & help your friends
Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who do."
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey friends - remember don't pitch your project with the #mswl tag!
"Like, share, & RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility & help your friends
Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who do."
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
"Like, share, & RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility & help your friends
Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who do."
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...
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For fun, a moodboard in my antagonist's POV!
Shapeshifter Liraz served under the God of Chaos' command up until his master's demise. After tricking the last surviving gods and stealing their powers, he went into hiding. Now centuries later, he's back and has set his sights on Keira
#Questpit #RF #F
Shapeshifter Liraz served under the God of Chaos' command up until his master's demise. After tricking the last surviving gods and stealing their powers, he went into hiding. Now centuries later, he's back and has set his sights on Keira
#Questpit #RF #F
February 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Can't wait to read this!
HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
February 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Can't wait to read this!
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HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
GHOSTSxTWISTERxNANCYDREW
Anxious & sassy 12-year-old Sia begins hearing strange voices over her weather radio.
The voices of the dead.
Local ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia’s courage & weather smarts help overcome her anxiety & save her dead friends?
#q #mg #h #m #Questpit
Anxious & sassy 12-year-old Sia begins hearing strange voices over her weather radio.
The voices of the dead.
Local ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia’s courage & weather smarts help overcome her anxiety & save her dead friends?
#q #mg #h #m #Questpit
February 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features
This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
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And lastly, we are very proud to share that @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social received the ALSC Children's Literature Lecture Award! Congrats!
January 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And lastly, we are very proud to share that @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social received the ALSC Children's Literature Lecture Award! Congrats!
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Worried about the future, 2 BFFs discover a magical orchard that thrusts them into a time-bending, reality-questioning adventure where they must escape the dark Shadow, save the orchard & get back to their own timeline before fading out of existence. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R
January 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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BRIDGERTON X ATLA
A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer.
#P2Ppit #Q #A #RF
A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer.
#P2Ppit #Q #A #RF
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Love this mood board!
January 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Love this mood board!
GHOSTSxTWISTERxNANCYDREW
When anxious Sia visits America's most haunted town, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio.
Ghost voices.
The ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia's courage and weather smarts save her friends—living & dead? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q
When anxious Sia visits America's most haunted town, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio.
Ghost voices.
The ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia's courage and weather smarts save her friends—living & dead? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q
January 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN
X SHE IS A HAUNTING
17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed
But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit.
🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤
#YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit
X SHE IS A HAUNTING
17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed
But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit.
🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤
#YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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My agent’s guide for my newly #amquerying project, THE SECRETS OF THE FERNERY.
In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds—but in Greer Manor—so will the flowers 🥀
🥀Botanical horror
🪦Young detectives
🥀Plant obsessed family
🪦Victorian era
#P2Ppit #Q #MG #M #H
In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds—but in Greer Manor—so will the flowers 🥀
🥀Botanical horror
🪦Young detectives
🥀Plant obsessed family
🪦Victorian era
#P2Ppit #Q #MG #M #H
January 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
GHOSTSxTWISTERSxNANCYDREW
When anxious weather buff Sia visits the most haunted town in America, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio.
Ghost voices.
The ghosts are being hunted and eaten. Can Sia's courage and smarts save them...and herself?
#P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q
When anxious weather buff Sia visits the most haunted town in America, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio.
Ghost voices.
The ghosts are being hunted and eaten. Can Sia's courage and smarts save them...and herself?
#P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q
January 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM