Madeline Wahl
@madelinehwahl.bsky.social
MLitt in Fantasy Literature, University of Glasgow. Dissertation on grief and grief theories in The CW's The Vampire Diaries.
Querying: INTO THE BOOKVRSE (The Magicians x The Eyre Affair for a YA audience feat. enemies-to-lovers, dark academia, & STEM)
Querying: INTO THE BOOKVRSE (The Magicians x The Eyre Affair for a YA audience feat. enemies-to-lovers, dark academia, & STEM)
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NEW: More than a dozen borrowers told @tennesseelookout.com and ProPublica that Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow more money after making minimum payments.
The lender went on to sue them once they couldn’t pay back the loan.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
The lender went on to sue them once they couldn’t pay back the loan.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
Tennessee Lawmakers and Lenders Said This Law Would Protect Borrowers. Instead It Trapped Them in Debt.
Borrowers say the lending company Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow back the value of almost all of the payments they made, tearing a hole in the safety net the law tried to create.
www.propublica.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: More than a dozen borrowers told @tennesseelookout.com and ProPublica that Advance Financial encouraged them to borrow more money after making minimum payments.
The lender went on to sue them once they couldn’t pay back the loan.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
The lender went on to sue them once they couldn’t pay back the loan.
By @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
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This is the second time ProPublica has sued the FDA in recent years.
Along with @post-gazette.com, we filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the agency for withholding records related to the massive recall of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics. The FDA ultimately provided the documents.
Along with @post-gazette.com, we filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the agency for withholding records related to the massive recall of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics. The FDA ultimately provided the documents.
ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs
The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the…
www.propublica.org
June 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is the second time ProPublica has sued the FDA in recent years.
Along with @post-gazette.com, we filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the agency for withholding records related to the massive recall of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics. The FDA ultimately provided the documents.
Along with @post-gazette.com, we filed a lawsuit in 2023 against the agency for withholding records related to the massive recall of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics. The FDA ultimately provided the documents.
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I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Just finished the second hour of @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social's 24-hour writing sprint! Making great progress already. Thanks for the space, @pretavoyager.bsky.social & @Luludotcom. #24hourwritingsprint
April 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just finished the second hour of @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social's 24-hour writing sprint! Making great progress already. Thanks for the space, @pretavoyager.bsky.social & @Luludotcom. #24hourwritingsprint
"Into the BookVRse" - by Madeline Wahl
Amelia finally meets her fictional BFF and protagonist of her story, Grayson. But when a character assassin kidnaps him, Amelia dives into the interconnected fictional stories of the BookVRse in order to save him.
#YA #PitMad #YAFantasy #querying #amquerying
Amelia finally meets her fictional BFF and protagonist of her story, Grayson. But when a character assassin kidnaps him, Amelia dives into the interconnected fictional stories of the BookVRse in order to save him.
#YA #PitMad #YAFantasy #querying #amquerying
April 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Into the BookVRse" - by Madeline Wahl
Amelia finally meets her fictional BFF and protagonist of her story, Grayson. But when a character assassin kidnaps him, Amelia dives into the interconnected fictional stories of the BookVRse in order to save him.
#YA #PitMad #YAFantasy #querying #amquerying
Amelia finally meets her fictional BFF and protagonist of her story, Grayson. But when a character assassin kidnaps him, Amelia dives into the interconnected fictional stories of the BookVRse in order to save him.
#YA #PitMad #YAFantasy #querying #amquerying
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Watch actors Oscar Isaac, Kathryn Erbe and Bill Camp perform ProPublica article “I Don’t Want to Die: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network" by reporter @maxblau.bsky.social.
RSVP to attend this FREE event by Theater of War & WNYC on Zoom:
RSVP to attend this FREE event by Theater of War & WNYC on Zoom:
"I Don't Want to Die." Theater of War Productions, Presented by WNYC
A powerful conversation about health insurance, ghost networks, and the challenges many American face accessing mental health care.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Watch actors Oscar Isaac, Kathryn Erbe and Bill Camp perform ProPublica article “I Don’t Want to Die: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network" by reporter @maxblau.bsky.social.
RSVP to attend this FREE event by Theater of War & WNYC on Zoom:
RSVP to attend this FREE event by Theater of War & WNYC on Zoom:
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Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit
Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳
reviseresub.com/editors
Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳
reviseresub.com/editors
Editors
In this contest, authors will be eligible to receive feedback and full edits on their manuscript from professional editors, ensuring their works are polished and ready for those agent inboxes.
reviseresub.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit
Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳
reviseresub.com/editors
Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳
reviseresub.com/editors
If things don't go your way, just remember: you can always pivot. #amwriting #friends
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March 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If things don't go your way, just remember: you can always pivot. #amwriting #friends
My YA Fantasy Into the BookVRse has been read by beta readers and edited by a dev editor! #amquerying #amwriting #litagent #YA #YAfantasy #writingcommunity
📚 Into the BookVRse 📚
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
March 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My YA Fantasy Into the BookVRse has been read by beta readers and edited by a dev editor! #amquerying #amwriting #litagent #YA #YAfantasy #writingcommunity
📚 Into the BookVRse 📚
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
March 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📚 Into the BookVRse 📚
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
The Magicians x The Eyre Affair
YA Fantasy, 89k
What if you could bring your fictional story to life? Amelia Tennant must face a character assassin and her past in order to save her kidnapped fictional protagonist and the BookVRse story worlds. #agentguide #agentsguide
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Listen to our Editor-in-Chief @sengelberg.bsky.social break down the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices, and why the untrue statistic matters.
📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
When an Untrue Stat Shapes Federal Policy
YouTube video by ProPublica
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March 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Listen to our Editor-in-Chief @sengelberg.bsky.social break down the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices, and why the untrue statistic matters.
📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of staying at Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland for a few days to sink into solitude, restoration, and nature. I've since returned back to my flat and city life, and really miss it. Highly recommend. #solotravel
March 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of staying at Pluscarden Abbey in Scotland for a few days to sink into solitude, restoration, and nature. I've since returned back to my flat and city life, and really miss it. Highly recommend. #solotravel
What happens when your second parent dies? I was a caregiver for my mom who died from cancer in 2022, and then my dad died two years later in 2024 from advanced dementia. Losing one parent to a major illness is rough, and losing the second to a different major illness is rough, too.
What happens when your second parent dies
Or: When you become an orphan
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February 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What happens when your second parent dies? I was a caregiver for my mom who died from cancer in 2022, and then my dad died two years later in 2024 from advanced dementia. Losing one parent to a major illness is rough, and losing the second to a different major illness is rough, too.
Can't wait to pick up my copy of Single by Nicola Slawson (@nicolaslawson.bsky.social) from Waterstones! So happy to have followed along your journey with @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social (including today's interview!) and your newsletter. Congratulations!!
Single by Nicola Slawson | Waterstones
Buy Single by Nicola Slawson from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Can't wait to pick up my copy of Single by Nicola Slawson (@nicolaslawson.bsky.social) from Waterstones! So happy to have followed along your journey with @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social (including today's interview!) and your newsletter. Congratulations!!
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Writers -- share this wonderful event!
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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January 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Writers -- share this wonderful event!
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NEW: Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home.
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream
Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
NEW: Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home.
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
Reposted by Madeline Wahl
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States
According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North…
propub.li
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
See what changes are in store for your county.
By @shaw.al , @abrahm.bsky.social & Jeremy W. Goldsmith
Reposted by Madeline Wahl
Today's Words of Wisdom from Julia Cameron - "If we eliminate the word “writer,” if we just go back to writing as an act of listening and naming what we hear, some of the rules disappear.."
December 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Today's Words of Wisdom from Julia Cameron - "If we eliminate the word “writer,” if we just go back to writing as an act of listening and naming what we hear, some of the rules disappear.."
Reposted by Madeline Wahl
My short story, "Abracadabra" is out in New Scientist (@newscientist.bsky.social). It's medical science fiction inspired by the shittiness of mammogram technology and the possibilities of AI and nanotechnology.
You can read the whole thing here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
You can read the whole thing here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
December 13, 2024 at 5:49 PM
My short story, "Abracadabra" is out in New Scientist (@newscientist.bsky.social). It's medical science fiction inspired by the shittiness of mammogram technology and the possibilities of AI and nanotechnology.
You can read the whole thing here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
You can read the whole thing here: www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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1/ You may have seen us talk about formaldehyde — a chemical that causes an inescapable cancer risk for everyone in America.
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
December 9, 2024 at 3:04 PM
1/ You may have seen us talk about formaldehyde — a chemical that causes an inescapable cancer risk for everyone in America.
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
It’s in the air we breathe. And it’s in our homes: our couches, our clothes, even babies’ cribs.
So what can you do to reduce your exposure? THREAD 🧵
The journey to becoming a published writer begins (and ends) with AHHHH!
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December 9, 2024 at 4:13 PM
The journey to becoming a published writer begins (and ends) with AHHHH!
Hot take: Can Miley Cyrus become a rock star already?
Miley Cyrus - Heart Of Glass (Live from the iHeart Festival)
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December 8, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Hot take: Can Miley Cyrus become a rock star already?
I'm being a bit vulnerable in sharing this, but I'm currently in the query trenches and it's exactly like they say: it's rough! Sending warm thoughts and hugs to anyone else who is also querying literary agents.
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December 8, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I'm being a bit vulnerable in sharing this, but I'm currently in the query trenches and it's exactly like they say: it's rough! Sending warm thoughts and hugs to anyone else who is also querying literary agents.
A bit strange that Twitter's co-founder and former CEO is Jack Dorsey, the same person who created bluesky. He left the bluesky board only six months ago in May '24.
bluesky is nice, but I wonder: After the success of Twitter and bluesky, will Dorsey create the next place people will flock to?
bluesky is nice, but I wonder: After the success of Twitter and bluesky, will Dorsey create the next place people will flock to?
X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?
Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 4:05 PM
A bit strange that Twitter's co-founder and former CEO is Jack Dorsey, the same person who created bluesky. He left the bluesky board only six months ago in May '24.
bluesky is nice, but I wonder: After the success of Twitter and bluesky, will Dorsey create the next place people will flock to?
bluesky is nice, but I wonder: After the success of Twitter and bluesky, will Dorsey create the next place people will flock to?