Shouka
@shouka.bsky.social
(She/Her) Shaytoon. Pisces. In the name of the god of rainbows. Writer of chaotic, creepy, and fun things. Rep'd by https://bsky.app/profile/minahamedi.bsky.social
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October 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky
October 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky
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#DVParty is trending! Keep sharing your amazing moodboards & stay tuned all week for more prompts to talk up your work leading up to #DVPit on October 8th!
#writersky #booksky #artistsky
#writersky #booksky #artistsky
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October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#DVParty is trending! Keep sharing your amazing moodboards & stay tuned all week for more prompts to talk up your work leading up to #DVPit on October 8th!
#writersky #booksky #artistsky
#writersky #booksky #artistsky
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fun fact my new YA is a Read Now on netgalley for the next 48 hours if that sort of thing is your jam
One Word, Six Letters
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
fun fact my new YA is a Read Now on netgalley for the next 48 hours if that sort of thing is your jam
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Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET
Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!
Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!
more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky
Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!
Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!
more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky
September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET
Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!
Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!
more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky
Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!
Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!
more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky
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Desi Howl's Moving Castle x One dark window
Sacrificed to an Elder God of the Winter woods, Jules bargains for her life: one fable each night. But every fable reveals a truth about the ritual, the man & the monster. Now she must uncover his secret before her own story meets its end
#preDV #DVpit #A
Sacrificed to an Elder God of the Winter woods, Jules bargains for her life: one fable each night. But every fable reveals a truth about the ritual, the man & the monster. Now she must uncover his secret before her own story meets its end
#preDV #DVpit #A
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Here's a list of 16 famous museums that offer virtual tours you can enjoy for free from your home.
www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/...
www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/...
These 16 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take From Your Couch
Visit the British Museum or the Sistine Chapel—without buying a ticket or waiting in line. These are the best virtual museum tours around the world.
www.travelandleisure.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here's a list of 16 famous museums that offer virtual tours you can enjoy for free from your home.
www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/...
www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/...
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New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
3 (and a half) strategies I use for outlining a book
Presented in increasing order of how unhinged I get
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June 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
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The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25
The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.
reviseresub.com/showcase/the...
The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.
reviseresub.com/showcase/the...
The Gravity of Hope
by Ivy Bard (@ivybeewrites)
Adult Science Fiction
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June 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25
The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.
reviseresub.com/showcase/the...
The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.
reviseresub.com/showcase/the...
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Oh hey what's that oh just the cover for my next YA book! With incredible design by Samira Iravani!! And you can preorder now if you want!! It comes out March 17, 2026!! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
(I've never posted a video before so I hope it works okay lol)
(I've never posted a video before so I hope it works okay lol)
June 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oh hey what's that oh just the cover for my next YA book! With incredible design by Samira Iravani!! And you can preorder now if you want!! It comes out March 17, 2026!! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
(I've never posted a video before so I hope it works okay lol)
(I've never posted a video before so I hope it works okay lol)
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During this last week’s countdown, the winners of RevPit ‘25 would like to share a little bit about our project and experience.
Here is my pitch of The Gravity of Hope!
#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit
Here is my pitch of The Gravity of Hope!
#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit
June 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
During this last week’s countdown, the winners of RevPit ‘25 would like to share a little bit about our project and experience.
Here is my pitch of The Gravity of Hope!
#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit
Here is my pitch of The Gravity of Hope!
#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit
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🌟UPCOMING AUCTION 🌟
The auction will start tomorrow, May 9.
Stay tuned for the link 📷 and please boost and share.
In the meantime, more teasers of what is being offered:
The auction will start tomorrow, May 9.
Stay tuned for the link 📷 and please boost and share.
In the meantime, more teasers of what is being offered:
May 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🌟UPCOMING AUCTION 🌟
The auction will start tomorrow, May 9.
Stay tuned for the link 📷 and please boost and share.
In the meantime, more teasers of what is being offered:
The auction will start tomorrow, May 9.
Stay tuned for the link 📷 and please boost and share.
In the meantime, more teasers of what is being offered:
Go support a good cause!
🌟UPCOMING AUCTION 🌟
I'm grateful to the writing community for launching a literary auction on May 9 to help my survival. Please boost and participate.
Stay tuned for the link in the next few days. 👀
In the meantime, here’s a teaser of what’s being offered:
I'm grateful to the writing community for launching a literary auction on May 9 to help my survival. Please boost and participate.
Stay tuned for the link in the next few days. 👀
In the meantime, here’s a teaser of what’s being offered:
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Go support a good cause!
Congrats to my wonderful and talented friend
AH! I don’t know what to say, I’m in shock! A huge thank you to @innerworlds.bsky.social for nominating my piece “The Flame in You” and to @otherwiseaward.org for longlisting it. Your support & recognition means so much; I couldn’t be more grateful! Big congrats to the other incredible winners ❤️🔥!
And congratulations to the Long List:
SACRIFICAL ANIMALS by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social sky.social
"Vanessa 5000" by Courtney Pauroso
“Scarlett” by Everdeen Mason
“The Flame in You” by @nabangl.bsky.social
THE SAPLING CAGE by @margaret.bsky.social
SACRIFICAL ANIMALS by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social sky.social
"Vanessa 5000" by Courtney Pauroso
“Scarlett” by Everdeen Mason
“The Flame in You” by @nabangl.bsky.social
THE SAPLING CAGE by @margaret.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Congrats to my wonderful and talented friend
boosting. @rukman.bsky.social really knows their shit and will get your story into query ready shape!
Hello friends, I've been hit with an emergency bill, so I'm opening up a few slots for editorial services. I'll cover the details in thread but would appreciate any shares. I'm a Tessera Editorial alum, have several short fiction credits, and have helped several writers with their query materials.
April 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
boosting. @rukman.bsky.social really knows their shit and will get your story into query ready shape!
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So, B&N is having a preorder sale at the same time as Amazon is having a sale, and both are targeting Independent Bookstore Day, which is one of the biggest in-store shopping days of the year.
It feels shitty as an indie bookstore to be targeted by billionaire and venture-backed corporations
It feels shitty as an indie bookstore to be targeted by billionaire and venture-backed corporations
April 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So, B&N is having a preorder sale at the same time as Amazon is having a sale, and both are targeting Independent Bookstore Day, which is one of the biggest in-store shopping days of the year.
It feels shitty as an indie bookstore to be targeted by billionaire and venture-backed corporations
It feels shitty as an indie bookstore to be targeted by billionaire and venture-backed corporations
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SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x CRUEL PRINCE x 4TH WING
❤️Soulmates
🗡️Enemies-to-lovers
👑Assassin x Crown Prince
🔥Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons (but not vampires)
💥REVENGE
🪷C-drama vibe
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #NA #R #F
❤️Soulmates
🗡️Enemies-to-lovers
👑Assassin x Crown Prince
🔥Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons (but not vampires)
💥REVENGE
🪷C-drama vibe
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #NA #R #F
April 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
SONG TO DROWN RIVERS x CRUEL PRINCE x 4TH WING
❤️Soulmates
🗡️Enemies-to-lovers
👑Assassin x Crown Prince
🔥Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons (but not vampires)
💥REVENGE
🪷C-drama vibe
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #NA #R #F
❤️Soulmates
🗡️Enemies-to-lovers
👑Assassin x Crown Prince
🔥Slow burn romance, fast & furious lust
🩸Human vs Vampire-like demons (but not vampires)
💥REVENGE
🪷C-drama vibe
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #NA #R #F
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On a cruise ship, two women pursue romance, but their connection turns deadly when pranksters, fueled by their online audience's sadistic demands, start exploiting passengers for the sake of entertainment. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #R #H #T
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On a cruise ship, two women pursue romance, but their connection turns deadly when pranksters, fueled by their online audience's sadistic demands, start exploiting passengers for the sake of entertainment. #PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #R #H #T
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1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country.
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
April 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country.
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #HF
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To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win a survival competition:
🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth
🚀 build a spaceship from scraps
💫 fly it back to Titan
💔 team up with his ex
🗡️ get rid of him before landing
🖤 DO NOT fall for him again
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #SF #A #LGBT
🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth
🚀 build a spaceship from scraps
💫 fly it back to Titan
💔 team up with his ex
🗡️ get rid of him before landing
🖤 DO NOT fall for him again
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #SF #A #LGBT
April 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win a survival competition:
🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth
🚀 build a spaceship from scraps
💫 fly it back to Titan
💔 team up with his ex
🗡️ get rid of him before landing
🖤 DO NOT fall for him again
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #SF #A #LGBT
🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth
🚀 build a spaceship from scraps
💫 fly it back to Titan
💔 team up with his ex
🗡️ get rid of him before landing
🖤 DO NOT fall for him again
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #SF #A #LGBT
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Since learning #PosterPit is a thing, I am OBSESSED with making movie posters for my books... So, here's one for my upcoming debut about a contract killer who runs a queer karaoke bar (and is staging a musical, as you do). #M #A #PosterPitA
April 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Since learning #PosterPit is a thing, I am OBSESSED with making movie posters for my books... So, here's one for my upcoming debut about a contract killer who runs a queer karaoke bar (and is staging a musical, as you do). #M #A #PosterPitA
THIS IS SO GORGEOUS
✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA IS COMING TO BOOKSTORES JULY '26! ✨
🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity
🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution
⚖️ A university student turned diplomat
🩸 They want to kill each other
🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war
#PosterPit #PosterPitP #A #F #2026debut
🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity
🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution
⚖️ A university student turned diplomat
🩸 They want to kill each other
🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war
#PosterPit #PosterPitP #A #F #2026debut
April 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
THIS IS SO GORGEOUS
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Going to boost the fundraiser for my friend Nermeen who lives in Gaza and hopes to become a doctor - please consider donating and/or sharing this campaign to help!
gofund.me/68a15ae2
gofund.me/68a15ae2
Donate to Support Nermeen's Medical Studies and Help Her Family, organized by Sharareh Drury
Hi, my name is Sharareh and I am based in California, and I am cr… Sharareh Drury needs your support for Support Nermeen's Medical Studies and Help Her Family
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April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Going to boost the fundraiser for my friend Nermeen who lives in Gaza and hopes to become a doctor - please consider donating and/or sharing this campaign to help!
gofund.me/68a15ae2
gofund.me/68a15ae2
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#CampRevPit is BACK! 🎉
Camp Revpit will run between April 21 and May 4, 2025. Mark your calendar!
We hope to turn what started as a community lifeline in 2020 into an annual tradition of feedback, fun, and support for writers revising their manuscripts. 🏕️✍️
Camp Revpit will run between April 21 and May 4, 2025. Mark your calendar!
We hope to turn what started as a community lifeline in 2020 into an annual tradition of feedback, fun, and support for writers revising their manuscripts. 🏕️✍️
April 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#CampRevPit is BACK! 🎉
Camp Revpit will run between April 21 and May 4, 2025. Mark your calendar!
We hope to turn what started as a community lifeline in 2020 into an annual tradition of feedback, fun, and support for writers revising their manuscripts. 🏕️✍️
Camp Revpit will run between April 21 and May 4, 2025. Mark your calendar!
We hope to turn what started as a community lifeline in 2020 into an annual tradition of feedback, fun, and support for writers revising their manuscripts. 🏕️✍️
Love seeing the writing community come together <3 Let's keep it going!
Hey everyone! Thank you so much for all of your support so far! @soumiroy1.bsky.social and I are waiting for the first transfer to hit her account. Once it does we'll post an update with all our receipts. Please keep sharing (and donating!) in the meantime!
gofund.me/9a83b93c
gofund.me/9a83b93c
Donate to Help Soumi survive after she lost her life savings to a scam, organized by Keir Alekseii Roopnarine
Hey all,
My name is Keir and I am a friend of Soumi's.
… Keir Alekseii Roopnarine needs your support for Help Soumi survive after she lost her life savings to a scam
gofund.me
April 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Love seeing the writing community come together <3 Let's keep it going!