Lauren Bajek
@laurenbajek.bsky.social
Literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates / open to queries / art, sewing, native plant gardening / another world is possible / she pronouns
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Lauren Bajek
@laurenbajek.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Publishing is a business where you have to be good AND lucky-- so I feel very, very lucky to have had a good year in 2024. A roundup of this year's PM announcements:
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Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2025 - Reactor
Reactor’s regular book reviewers talk about notable titles they read in 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Welcome to THE BEST BOOKS OF 2025: REVIEWER'S CHOICE!! Reactor's book reviewers have come together to recommend their favorite 2025 reads. How many have you picked up?
that's 12/18 for we yanks 🫡
🚨NEW DATE - REARRANGED EVENT!🚨
18/12 at 7pm GMT, Solaris Presents an event with World Fantasy Award-winner @csecooney.bsky.social & Caskey Russell as they explore the Bravery of Hope in Fantasy worlds in crisis.
Watch FREE wherever you are in the world. Live or on catch up https://geni.us/SPCSECCK
18/12 at 7pm GMT, Solaris Presents an event with World Fantasy Award-winner @csecooney.bsky.social & Caskey Russell as they explore the Bravery of Hope in Fantasy worlds in crisis.
Watch FREE wherever you are in the world. Live or on catch up https://geni.us/SPCSECCK
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
that's 12/18 for we yanks 🫡
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I published 2 speculative poems in 2025!
If you're nominating for the Hugos, I'd love it if you checked out "Beyond the Standard Model," a theoretical physics poem that was in Analog last January:
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If you're nominating for the Hugos, I'd love it if you checked out "Beyond the Standard Model," a theoretical physics poem that was in Analog last January:
web.archive.org/web/20250117...
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Poetry - Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I published 2 speculative poems in 2025!
If you're nominating for the Hugos, I'd love it if you checked out "Beyond the Standard Model," a theoretical physics poem that was in Analog last January:
web.archive.org/web/20250117...
(1/2)
If you're nominating for the Hugos, I'd love it if you checked out "Beyond the Standard Model," a theoretical physics poem that was in Analog last January:
web.archive.org/web/20250117...
(1/2)
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
readjumpscares.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
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I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...
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WHAT WE ARE SEEKING got a starred review in Library Journal! A perceptive one, too. Bujold's ETHAN OF ATHOS is definitely a book I thought about while writing it
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING got a starred review in Library Journal! A perceptive one, too. Bujold's ETHAN OF ATHOS is definitely a book I thought about while writing it
What I love about reading is the autonomy. I can engage in whatever content I want, yes-- but more importantly, I can have whatever relationship I want with that content. I can be swept away, I can be distantly observing, I can be in a tug of war with the text. It's playful and free.
It doesn't take a lot for people to start reading. But year after year, what keeps you coming back? In this week's Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses reading as a lifelong habit:
What Keeps You Reading? - Reactor
Becoming a reader is different than *staying* a reader...
reactormag.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
What I love about reading is the autonomy. I can engage in whatever content I want, yes-- but more importantly, I can have whatever relationship I want with that content. I can be swept away, I can be distantly observing, I can be in a tug of war with the text. It's playful and free.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.
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Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
Plastic, Prism, Void by Violet Allen — Debut trans romantasy — LittlePuss Press
A time-skipping quick-quipping trans romantasy supernova!
"An utterly essential, astounding new voice." —Charlie Jane Anders
www.littlepuss.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Friends! I bring good news of the world to come!! My novel is coming out May 19, 2026. And it is available for pre-order now! Either at your local bookstore or at the link below!
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btw I got the official notice of the Anthropic class action (and my unique ID!) last night, so authors who were also expecting that, check your email, which I know is probably currently a garbage fire like mine thanks to all the promotional crap
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
btw I got the official notice of the Anthropic class action (and my unique ID!) last night, so authors who were also expecting that, check your email, which I know is probably currently a garbage fire like mine thanks to all the promotional crap
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romantasy fans, meet romorror. meet romience fiction. meet surrealmance. meet postmoderomance. meet tom clantasy
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
romantasy fans, meet romorror. meet romience fiction. meet surrealmance. meet postmoderomance. meet tom clantasy
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Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hearing reports that some of you have not been informed that we are casting the net far and wide to determine the science fiction and fantasy favorites of the year. Here's me amending that:
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale
And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future!
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Can you imagine 50 people a day, I said 50 people a day, walking into an ICE office, singing "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant" and walking out?
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can you imagine 50 people a day, I said 50 people a day, walking into an ICE office, singing "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant" and walking out?
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
AMATKA by Karin Tidbeck
(and also it's horror and poetry is illegal, for surprisingly good reasons)
(and also it's horror and poetry is illegal, for surprisingly good reasons)
I don’t know if a comic counts as a meme but this still makes me laugh so there it is.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
AMATKA by Karin Tidbeck
(and also it's horror and poetry is illegal, for surprisingly good reasons)
(and also it's horror and poetry is illegal, for surprisingly good reasons)
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An unflinching and erotic story that examines abusive relationships and their emotionally fraught nature, loneliness and the need for connection, and the fabric of space time as a partner!
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
Timelike Curves, Spacelike Curves - Reactor
Is it bad to cheat on your boyfriend with the fabric of space and time?
reactormag.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
An unflinching and erotic story that examines abusive relationships and their emotionally fraught nature, loneliness and the need for connection, and the fabric of space time as a partner!
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
(Insert joke about "hard" science fiction here.)
by @p-h-lee.bsky.social in @reactorsff.bsky.social
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These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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In line with Native American Heritage Month, author Caskey Russell has written a beautiful article on his debut novel THE DOOR ON THE SEA, out now from Solaris
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhbbauwx
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhbbauwx
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In line with Native American Heritage Month, author Caskey Russell has written a beautiful article on his debut novel THE DOOR ON THE SEA, out now from Solaris
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhbbauwx
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/nhbbauwx
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see