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A. A. Vacharat
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🐌 Autistic Author. Artist. Opinion-haver.
🐌 THIS MOTH SAW BRIGHTNESS - a weird novel - May 2025, Dutton / Penguin
🐌 I also paint fountain pens
🐌 https://aavacharat.com/link-tree
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A. A. Vacharat @vacharat.bsky.social · Aug 12
Hi #booksky

This is my debut novel. I think Bluesky people might like it. It’s a literary incarnation of a rabbit hole.

There’s even a conspiracy-themed discussion guide so your bookclub can talk about Epstein etc even when it’s not talking about all of that.

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This Moth Saw Brightness - A weird novel with conspiracies, neurodivergence, subjectivity of value — A. A. Vacharat: Author & Artist
This Moth Saw Brightness, the novel. Here find a synopsis, a guide to help you decide if you might enjoy this novel, a description of the novel's core themes, and a downloadable discussion guide for c...
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thetobiasagency.bsky.social
1:22 until showtime!

#writingcommunity #askanagent #publishingQA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-0...
October AMA With the Tobias Literary Agency: Firsts - Sentences, Pages, Chapters, Etc.
YouTube video by Literary Lens
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October 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
It’s a good day for a game of cards. #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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therumpus.net
"Don’t let them tell you that you’re not worthy of life."

Charlotte Fleming interviews @vacharat.bsky.social about This Moth Saw Brightness (@duttonbooks.bsky.social for Young Readers).

➡️ buff.ly/tEfoAOz
"Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Conversation with A.A. Vacharat by Charlotte Fleming" written in white at the bottom of Vacharat's grayscale author photo (depicting a black and white cat perched on Vacharat's shoulder, nibbling on her hat).To the right of these words is the book cover for This Moth Saw Brightness beneath the full Rumpus logo in white.
September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
Hi #kidlitartpostcard ! A little cat art for today. I think it captures the current emotional moment 🙃

I’m Amanda. I especially love making illustrations in greyscale, with pen and ink.

Rep @kellydhouse.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
Greyscale illustration of a white fluffy cat atop a fireplace mantel, which is decorated for Christmas. The cat is looking at the viewer while tumping a lit candle over the edge of the mantle, onto a pile of kindling and firewood. The illustration is done with pen and ink line work. The values are flat washes of grey scale.
September 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
My novel was officially deemed a paperweight, never imagined I’d feel so pleased about that.
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
vacharat.bsky.social
Hi #booksky

This is my debut novel. I think Bluesky people might like it. It’s a literary incarnation of a rabbit hole.

There’s even a conspiracy-themed discussion guide so your bookclub can talk about Epstein etc even when it’s not talking about all of that.

aavacharat.com/this-moth-sa...
This Moth Saw Brightness - A weird novel with conspiracies, neurodivergence, subjectivity of value — A. A. Vacharat: Author & Artist
This Moth Saw Brightness, the novel. Here find a synopsis, a guide to help you decide if you might enjoy this novel, a description of the novel's core themes, and a downloadable discussion guide for c...
aavacharat.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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aqaraza.bsky.social
❌ 👑 #NoKings —
As we sift through the many many photos, #Andor signs are absolutely *everywhere* …
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2025/06/14/no-kings-trump-protest-photos/84200945007/
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
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June 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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atimaomara.bsky.social
Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s table of authorities in this filing:
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES [INSERT]
June 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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autisticbooks.bsky.social
May 2025 Book Releases Recap!

Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published in May!
🧵

#AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky 📚
Graphic with text at the top stating Autism Books by Autistic Authors. Published May 2025. In the centre is a collage of book covers, tilted on an angle. Each book is listed in detail in the subsequent graphics and text. At the bottom is the text The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @AutisticBooks. In the bottom corner is a small logo with colourful books and a small plant either side.
June 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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isaiahrmartin.bsky.social
So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!
May 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Little picture book spread about how different autism can look in each person! Sensory-seeking vs sensory avoiding. I've related to both at different times. Sometimes I need loud music or tv playing 24/7 but for now I basically live in my noise-cancelling headphones!

What about you?
May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
Google’s AI summary continues to be wonderfully helpful. I had totally forgotten about all the why-did-the -book-cross-the-road jokes of my childhood.
A screenshot of the search results. The Search term was “before and after book joke,”the result says AI overview: a “ before, and after” book joke, often plays on the concept of dramatic, transformation or unexpected change. Here is a common example: joke: why did the before and after book cross the road? Punchline: to get to the other side! Explanation: the joke relies on the idea that a “ before, and after” book would have a clear contrast between its original state and its final state. The punchline uses that contrast suggest the book is actively changing It’s position, crossing The road to reach a new state or side.
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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tamrakat.bsky.social
Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
I painted an amethyst dragon on a pocket pen. #fountainpens #acrylicpainting
Handpainted purple dragon with pink flowers and green leaves on an iridescent Kaweco Sport fountain pen. Around the pen are white cherry blossoms and bright pink puffy flowers.
May 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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andrewkarre.bsky.social
Lots of authors and book professionals have been saying this for years, but it bears repeating. A sweeping statewide book ban is in no way good. It's not good publicity; it's not good for sales.

It is, however, exhausting, dispiriting, distracting, and deeply wrong.

bookriot.com/south-caroli...
South Carolina Bans 10 More Books From All Public Schools State-Wide
South Carolina now leads the nation in the number of state-sanctioned book bans. 10 more books must be removed from all public schools in the palmetto state.
bookriot.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: A federal judge has ORDERED the North Carolina State Board of Elections to certify the election of Democrat Allison Riggs to the state supreme court! Republican candidate Judge Griffin has 7 days to appeal storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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lizzobeeating.bsky.social
My great uncle was lynched after coming home from WWI because he went to town & wanted a drink and they refused to serve him— a VET who just fought for this country

After missing for hours my granddaddy found him hanging from a tree

THATS why I protect my peace

Every time I shine it’s for THEM
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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writersofrohan.bsky.social
This is the (windstruck) face of a woman who just stood behind the Governor of Colorado as he signed into law a Freedom to Read bill that places stronger protections against book bans for public schools within her state.
Emily, with her purple hair blowing wildly in her face, standing in front of the Colorado State Capitol building with a giant smile on her face and a celebratory hand in the air
May 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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krisfulkart.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I am a children’s illustrator based in NC, USA looking for representation. I work in both traditional and digital watercolors and love illustrating Asian and AAPI cultures. Aside from depicting traditions/ the family unit, I love exploring fantastical elements as well.
Kris Fulk’s postcard with her info. There is a watercolor painting of a girl in red robes holding a spear. She floats above mountains. A phoenix hovers behind her.
May 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
vacharat.bsky.social
Lazy dogs can jump if they want to! 🐶🦊

No need to live by the expectations others have set for you. 🩵

#kidlitartpostcard
Rep: @kellydhouse.bsky.social
At @thetobiasagency.bsky.social
A kid lit illustration, with textured pencil and expressive brush strokes, in teals and greens with pops of warm browns, reds, and yellows. A St. Bernard dog on a motorbike, with drool spewing from their mouth, is soaring off of a roof top above a jogging fox in the street below. The dog is wearing a leather vest that says “Indiana Bones” and a helmet with a sticker that says “Lazy 4 Life,” as well as driving goggles. The city street seems European, quaint, with loosely rendered fruit stalls and arched windows with pigeons, ivy crawling on window shutters and through window boxes, and various animals loitering. On a bench, a bear is enjoying a bag of peanuts while a pigeon looks on. A mother cat is gesturing, explaining something, to her kitten. Another animal is consulting a paper map. Others are shopping at the stalls. In the shadows, a horse and a rabbit are conversing.
May 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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kellydhouse.bsky.social
#amquerying #kidlit #writers! I will be open to queries May 1-7! I am just about through February's queries, and have a several fulls on deck, so if you haven't heard from me, I am still considering. For May, I thought I would do a little #mswl. This month I am looking for #MG and #YA--
April 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM