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Mark O’Brien

@bookmarkobrien.bsky.social

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Associate literary agent at Azantian Literary Agency, queer, neuroscoundrel, he/him Freelance edits: https://bookmarkobrien.com

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 13d

You should book me for a freelance edit. Authors and books I’ve edited have hit the bestseller lists and won major awards. I’ve worked in the book publishing industry for ten years. I’m a thorough, detail-oriented editor. Please check out my services and rates and get in touch! bookmarkobrien.com

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 13d

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 17h

Whether it's Gays Against Groomers, the Women's Liberation Front, or the LGB Alliance, there are LGB groups so desperate to hurt trans people that they are trading in their own protections to do it.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18h

Anti-trans gay people are putting their own rights in danger in their war on trans people - buff.ly/l9JAVPt

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 19h

I hope this email finds itself.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

book bindings on both sides. people keep prying them open from the right side and snooping around. mind your own business

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Graphic novels are fucking magical, man

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Forgive me, Father, for I have prologueposted

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Not to be controversial yet brave, but whenever there’s a prologue with the sample pages, I’m like, “I would like this to be the best prologue in the history of prologues.” Sometimes it is! Usually it’s not.

Nearly all my followers are writers, so, turning off engagement on this one lol

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 3d

girl who doesnt know what an advertisement is so she thinks her spotify is just bugged to hell because it keeps playing this weird spoken word poetry about car insurance between her usual songs

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 3d

How am I supposed to live laugh love like this

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning

A Minion pointing to itself and smiling next to text reading “Your father and I are getting a divorce.”

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 4d

Apply the cat directly to the depression

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Jeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 4d

When God closes a door He opens a window. This drives me NUTS. Terrible roommate. The electric bill is outrageous. There's a bird's nest in the bathroom

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 5d

The duality of Monroe

Low-quality photo of my perfect tabby cat Monroe yawning, mouth wide open, tongue stuck out, teeth looking particularly sharp. She looks like a cuddly demon from hell

Close-up of Monroe cuddling with me in bed, resting her head on my outstretched arm, her paw stretched toward my face, eyes big and wide. She looks like the angel she is.

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 6d

Hi #DVpit! If I like your pitch, please query me with DVpit in the referral line and your pitch included at the top of your query letter. So excited for this—best of luck, everyone, and whatever happens, keep going! querytracker.net/query/3628

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Keanu_reevebooks @jamesgameboy.bsky.social · 8d

*prince voice* little moist towelette

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 8d

Oh how I wish I could share the conversations we’re having about it 😬

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 8d

Yikes! at the Publishing

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 10d

Bookstore cats deserve salaries, benefits, and unions

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 11d

The attack on trans rights in the planned appropriations bill is a canary in the coal mine for impending authoritarian rule, and not enough people are talking about it.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 11d

Republicans made government funding all about trans rights. Democrats need to speak up too. - buff.ly/WUbBYOl

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 11d

Some of what I’d love to see more in my query inbox:

•Gorgeous prose with a strong hook
•Fun and funny books
•Queer romances with a sense of humor, even if they aren’t rom-coms
•Strange, boundary-pushing YA
•Accessible nonfiction with a strong platform

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 11d

Some of what I’ve noticed in my query inbox that I’m enjoying very much:

•Personalization (it’s not necessary, but I like knowing why you’re querying me)
•Weird, high-concept premises
•Queer and autistic authors
•Content warnings (you all are great at this—thank you!!!)

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 11d

Some of what I’ve noticed in my query inbox that’s a tough sell for me:

•Christian books
•Memoirs
•Anything involving cops or the military
•Mysteries and thrillers
•Anything over 100k words

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 11d

Walked into the bathroom and my cat was sitting on top of the back of the toilet

Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · 11d

The diva has arrived

My perfect tabby cat Monroe perched atop her cat tree, looking straight at the camera

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 12d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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