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My acerbicly tongue-in-cheek "How to Go From Book Idea To Literary Agent In Under One Year" just dropped in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !

Want to write a book? Want a literary agent? Are you willing to sacrifice your sanity?

Have I got the article for you.

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How to Go from Book Idea to Acquiring a Literary Agent in Less Than One Year – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Our nominations for Best Microfiction 2026 📝

Thank you all for your stunning micros. 📚
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Link to the magnificent MURALS issue of @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social where you'll find my and Sumitra's stories

Thank you to @monarch.gay for creating this award ❤️💜💛💚💙

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Murals (December 2024) – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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December 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Ahhh how did I miss this one? @pleomorphic2.bsky.social having fun in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social with a discontented madam...

"You have, through TAD™, deprived me of the irritation, disquiet and complaint that is the real spice of life."
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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What a beautiful thing to wake up to! Thanks to the editors Tej, Ankit and @fbereaud.bsky.social - it was such a pleasure to write a story inspired by murals.

Also a joy to read it at the @saloneurope.bsky.social

Congrats to my writing bestie @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and all the other nominees 🏳‍🌈
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Our nominations for the 2026 Monarch Queer Literary Awards @monarch.gay 📚

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December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Was so great seeing everyone! Such good readings tonight - what a span of topics and styles.

These are the links to the stories- forgot to say they've both been nominated for the @monarch.gay award.

The summer of the corn goddess @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
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Murals (December 2024) – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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So excited to have my essay Franklin is the Big Salad in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !!
Read on if you are a fan of Seinfeld!
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers

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Franklin is the Big Salad – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Here are our nominations for the next edition of the Pushcart Prize. ✨️

Thanks to these writers for their gorgeous words.
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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On today's Weekly Features:

Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.

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November 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Check out the latest book reviews on our ASAP Corner!

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November 14, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Hilarious and fun little piece about getting a refund on your dating match by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social !!

Give it a read, and beware spitting out your wine as you crack up!!

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#flashfiction #shortstories #sci-fi #datingapps
To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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First look at the scribes that bring to you this winter 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘈 📢

Stay tuned for our special issue/anthology of short stories featuring the enigmatic Atlas A. 📚
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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And here is a poem that was published in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Poetry Special (Fictile Feelings). The amazing issue can be accessed here
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Fictile Feelings (pg 71) Ronita Chattopadhyay In Anticipation Pilu, like the Hindustani classical music raag, and Punnu and Pintu, which really mean nothing but have followed me from childhood till now. These daak naams (nicknames) and worlds of indescribable meanings and feelings will also disappear when my mother is gone. THR Poetry Special, October 2025
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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“These daak naams”

Tender with memory and the heaviness of the temporary, beautiful new work by @ronita.bsky.social in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
ronita.bsky.social Ronita Chattopadhyay @ronita.bsky.social · Oct 18
And here is a poem that was published in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social Poetry Special (Fictile Feelings). The amazing issue can be accessed here
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Fictile Feelings (pg 71) Ronita Chattopadhyay In Anticipation Pilu, like the Hindustani classical music raag, and Punnu and Pintu, which really mean nothing but have followed me from childhood till now. These daak naams (nicknames) and worlds of indescribable meanings and feelings will also disappear when my mother is gone. THR Poetry Special, October 2025
October 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A bit late in posting my thanks to Sanjeev Sethi the special editor for @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
for publishing my poem. The whole edition is fabulous!
#poetry #WritingCommunity

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October 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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“In Choudhary’s world, masks are more than simply masks; they are life. They are placed on the city, the body, and the soul.”
In @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social‬‬, Wani Nazir reviews Rajkamal Choudhary’s newly translated novel, “The Dead Fish” - thehooghlyreview.com/translating-...
Translating the Ache in The Dead Fish: Mahua Sen and the Many Voices of Rajkamal Choudhary – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
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To the Manufacturer of the Tinder-Arsehole Detector (TAD)™ – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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November 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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“You have, through TAD™, deprived me of the irritation, disquiet and complaint that is the real spice of life.”

Ah, I needed this laugh today. Enjoy the humorous stylings of @pleomorphic2.bsky.social on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
pleomorphic2.bsky.social Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social · Nov 5
Folks, I missed that my humour piece written in a @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social workshop was published by @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social on the weekend! Please check out the plaint of this dissatisfied TAD (TM) dater!
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November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Absolutely agree. @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social @tejaswineerc.bsky.social @ankitrajojha.bsky.social do an amazing job at holding space for diverse creative expressions with their website, lit mag issues and specials.
October 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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In this garbage capitalist society, magazines like @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social , which operates without profit and produces beautiful work to ensure we are able to read it should be protected and celebrated.

It is my favorite magazine. Thank you for always working to give us the best.
October 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I’m absolutely delighted to have a poem in this wonderful poetry special from @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
Alongside some wonderful poets.

My poem “Reunions” is about those friendships that never age despite distance and time
Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025) – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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October 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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SCARS AND STRETCH MARKS
A poem i wrote about our vulnerabilities being indivisible from our essence. 🤍
Published today in-
✨THE HOOGHLY REVIEW.✨
Special thank you to the wondrous Sanjeev Sethi and to all the brilliant editors.
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#scars
#acceptance
#raw
#fromtheheart
Scars and Stretchmarks by Carmella de Keyser
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Poem, "Roseblood," in @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social
"Fictile Feelings" (Poetry Special, October '25) Issue. 🥰 to Guest Editor S. Sethi!

"...turn your blind eyes from this solemn procession / and the roseblood underfoot / some spots aren’t meant to wash away."

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October 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Here's a #nonfiction piece of mine which was published this morning on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social .
All about the humble #seasame seed and its impact on #Indian #culture and #food.

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Few Grains of Sesame – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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October 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM