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CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 6h

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

Diane Keaton, famed for roles in “Father of the Bride,” “First Wives Club” and more, has died at 79

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 1d

I threw in The Emerald Queen. It's a science fantasy adventure full of:

🐉Dragons
🐉Psychics
🐉Enemies to Lovers
🐉Love Triangles to Why Choose
🐉Rebellions & Rebel Leaders
🐉Everyone gets second chances
🐉Girls kick ass in a matriarchy.
🐉Dinosaur planet

A mountain on fire against the backdrop of a peaceful lake.

The texr reads "Kit and her dragon were almost murdered in Valentina Nyraxa's uprising. Now, they're ready to reclaim their homeland as The Emerald Queen. But first they must overcome the dragonknight who betrayed them. The one they still love...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Friends! RevPit's #10Queries contest is open today! If you haven't heard, it's a raffle style contest anyone can enter to win feedback on your query and first five pages.

No complete manuscript required.

Jump in!

www.reviseresub.com/mini-events/...

October 2025 10Queries

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Are you preparing for this year’s RevPit event? What better way to know if your query an

www.reviseresub.com

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 2d

This is the world they want back, where there's no recourse, no one will say it's wrong, and she'd be fired over anyone finding out.

If you weren't grossed out enough.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 3d

This book is so good! 😍

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 3d

This book is so cool! 😍

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 3d

Love it!

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 3d

This is such a great book. Agents, pick this up!

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 3d

Yay! Banshee!

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · 3d

The banshee’s cry means death, but Ciarán’s family doesn’t believe he heard her. He’ll do anything to prove himself—if he doesn’t fall for the banshee first. As the black plague closes in, he must choose between fighting for the living or embracing the seduction of death.

#DVPit #A #H #HF #JV #LGBT

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 5d

Literally down the street from me. To make it even crazier, a police station is right next door, and the complex is on a closed cul-de-sac.

king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 5d

King’s Co-op Bookstore: Won’t Shoot You in the Face

U.S. Postal Service mail carrier shot by Amazon driver
Altercation at apartment complex escalated into violence, witnesses say

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 11d

Victoria is great, insightful, and needs some help. Utilize this awesome opportunity, friends!

Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 11d

Offering query package editing services!

I just got an enormous medical bill, and as you all know, i’m unemployed due to my health. But I love editing query packages, and I’m pretty good at it too.

Please DM me if you’re interested! Shares are welcome.

Editing services query package

$15–Query Letter
$20–First Five Pages
$30–QL & First Five
+$10 per additional 5 pages—up to 50 pages
$300—Whole package including agent guide, pitch posts, 50 pages, query letter, and synopsis
@victoriajayneoh on all socials

Credentials

summa cum laude B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in political philosophy
sensitivity reader for trans, lesbian, neurodivergent, disabled storylines
26 requests across 3 projects
Big Five Editor interest (x2) based on pitch and agent guide
agent interaction from every pitch event
autistic special interest in writing
autistic special interest in editing
@victoriajayneoh on all socials

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 11d

Victoria is great. Utilize this opportunity, friends!

Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 11d

Offering query package editing services!

I just got an enormous medical bill, and as you all know, i’m unemployed due to my health. But I love editing query packages, and I’m pretty good at it too.

Please DM me if you’re interested! Shares are welcome.

Editing services query package

$15–Query Letter
$20–First Five Pages
$30–QL & First Five
+$10 per additional 5 pages—up to 50 pages
$300—Whole package including agent guide, pitch posts, 50 pages, query letter, and synopsis
@victoriajayneoh on all socials

Credentials

summa cum laude B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in political philosophy
sensitivity reader for trans, lesbian, neurodivergent, disabled storylines
26 requests across 3 projects
Big Five Editor interest (x2) based on pitch and agent guide
agent interaction from every pitch event
autistic special interest in writing
autistic special interest in editing
@victoriajayneoh on all socials

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 11d

We could save a lot of money by figuring out what the military is actually spending money on.

The warfighter's cursed accounting protocol.

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 14d

When will Portland return from the war?

Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 14d

War ravaged Portland.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 16d

My mother sent me a YouTube video of the president of Finland giving a speech she liked and while I have not watched it, I assume it would piss off Trump, so I honestly wondered if he thinks IKEA is from Finland and that is what is happening.

Somehow I'm sure the real reason's even dumber.

Megs @megshensley.bsky.social · 16d

Wait. Is this the Overstock cabinet thing all over again?

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 17d

You're exactly right. This is like Tumblr's "everyone's a little neurospicy." They simultaneously co-opt ADHD as something "cultural" for "everybody" while trivializing the disorder itself, and use it as a point to shift blame outside themselves. "It's mental illness, you see, out of our control."

CE @obsidianmichi.bsky.social · 17d

a woman gives a thumbs up with the words yes yes yes

Alt: a woman gives a thumbs up with the words yes yes yes

media.tenor.com

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 18d

#unhingedpit #ya #f #q

introducing the cast of a harmony of witches:
zenora—elphaba but trans and autistic
melody—glinda but actually nice
audrey three—audrey two but bostonian
fern—fern

Elphaba

Glinda

Audrey two

Boston fern

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · Jul 9

#UnhingedPit #SF #LGBT #R #Q

The lowercase word "book" in a fancy serif font. That is all.

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K.A. Hela ✨ Prepping for edits...again✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 18d

So anyway "The Stranger's War" is almost out of beta.

GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL X FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS X SOME RANDOM PSYCHIC BULLSHIT

#UnhingedPit #F #CS #Writingcommunity #WriteSky

almost did a beta reader feedback post but it turned into me reading all my feedback in one session all at once and put my brain in a weird space where I wanted to rip the entire MS apart.....so unhinged pit made me a bit unhinged....success?

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · 18d

SNEAKERS (1992) x SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977) x THE UNUSUAL (DR. PEPPER COMMERCIAL, 1985)
#UnhingedPit #SF #LGBT #R #Q

A pixelated JPEG infographic:
STOP HIRING HUMANS

1. HUMANS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEIR TERRITORY
2. Incredible strength and speed, constant hunger for flesh, etc.
3. Humans have OVER 160 TEETH
4. Insist on counting to TEN instead of normal amounts like eight
5. “PLACENTAL MAMMALS”??? (Laziness related?)
6. Irresponsible, addicted to TERRIBLE breakfast stimulants
7. Humans cause their crewmates to have WEIRD FEELINGS (You all get that too, right?)

LOOK at what your crewmates have to deal with (These are REAL Human traits, done by REAL Humans):
Gun, bad at space, sharp teeth, unsolicited nudes

“Hello I would like to eat food and stare at you”

They have played us for absolute fools

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 18d

Looks like most online word cloud generators won't post swears. My book has 150 instances of "fuck." All are necessary.

#UnhingedPit #SF #R #Q

Word cloud with too many words to paste here. Big ones: library, book, lab, portal, time, world, reaction, family, synthesis

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 18d

Antagonistic coworkers try to save the world in ChemPortal.

Obstacles: angry cults, greedy corporations, the laws of physics, themselves.

The stakes: Nothing less than their hearts. (And the future of humanity.)

#UnhingedPit #SF #R #Q

(Character art done by me. I'm sorry.)

poorly drawn cartoon of two people. The man is wearing slacks and a sweater vest. His thought bubble says, "I just want peace and quiet." The woman is wearing jeans, red shoes, and a lab coat. Her thought bubble says, "I'm gonna blow shit up."