David Newdorf Is Querying
david-newdorf.bsky.social
David Newdorf Is Querying
@david-newdorf.bsky.social
Former journalist, practicing lawyer & writer. DADDY ISSUES (a murder mystery/generational family trauma saga) is on query with Lit Agents now!
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Dear Hot Agents and Editors:

New manuscript in town. Single, bisexual, and GGG. Word count proportional to depth. Seeking something long term.

I can put on a hard cover for a night at the bookstore but just as happy to stay home and Kindle a fire in the hearth.
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Politicians lying is nothing new, but the determined, relentless lying in the face of irrefutable proof is a far more recent development. This is not normal. It’s basic gaslighting. It is abusive boyfriend behavior plain and simple. We need to breakup with these sorts of leaders immediately.
March 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
April is the cruelest month. My English BA was wasted on youth. I get it now. Spring is the rebirth of nature and of memory. Shame, pain, disillusion. Eliot was our bard of despair. I grow old, I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. He was 22 when he wrote that. *sigh*
March 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I call Mark Sarvas the Novel Whisperer. Check out his newsletter.
I have FINALLY gotten off my ass and launched my new Beehiiv newsletter. Would love to see some of my Bluesky family over there, please feel free to check it out. Subscriptions are always and only free.

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Brave New World, 2025 edition
Farewell, Substack. Hello, Beehiiv!
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March 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Best time of day at Lake U.S.A. (formerly Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA) within the semi-autonomous SpaceX-Starlink National Wild Libtard Zone, the last remaining home of free-range traitors, drag queens, trans men and women, non-binary, and similar folx. 🧵👇🏻
March 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Big event tomorrow night @boulderbookstore.bsky.social! Come on down! Live on the radio @kgnu.bsky.social (which is a shame because my natural beauty will be wasted on the listeners).
March 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I fall asleep howling at the moon, regardless of phase. I jolt awake drenched in sweat even when not sleeping. They watch my every move but pretend they don't know me. I compulsively hit refresh while viewing an Etsy auction for chrome-plated pentagram cuff links. Pity me. I am a writer on query.
March 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Can confirm. Former USAID here, and I’ve been approached twice in the last 30 days.
March 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Flawed and unscrupulous: words used to describe me AND my protagonists. Join me for at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop and learn the art of madness. Sign up link in comments.
Thrills and Chills Fest: From Morally Gray to Black—Creating Flawed and Unscrupulous Protagonists
Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, claims: “The best way to create a memorable character is to make them both repellent and fascinating at the same time.” Indeed, more crucial than the lika...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Who knew a noir suspense/thriller about a retired porn star beaten, left for dead, and framed for murder by Romanian mobsters would have so many memorable and provocative lines?

Money Shot by @christafaust. Last installment of the Angel Dare trilogy coming soon from @penguinrandomhouse
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I have my ticket. Meet me in Denver. I'll be wearing a grey fedora and a red carnation on my lapel. Shoutout (fedora tip?) to Lighthouse Writers Workshop (lightousewriters.org) for a great lineup (and a snazzy brochure to boot).

#noir #mysterybooks #suspensethriller
February 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
News Flash: Trump declares himself Editot in Chief of the Big 5 publishing houses and winner of the American Booksellers and National Book Awards. Tells Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview his sales figures are "beautiful" and higher than Obama and MLK.
February 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dear Hot Agents and Editors:

New manuscript in town. Single, bisexual, and GGG. Word count proportional to depth. Seeking something long term.

I can put on a hard cover for a night at the bookstore but just as happy to stay home and Kindle a fire in the hearth.
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM