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lit agent tasneem motala

@seraphecda.bsky.social

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literary agent at belcastro agency + programming manager for the muslim literary festival 💜 kpop multistan and d20 enthusiast queries: closed til 2026 my freelance author branding biz: litmotif.ca find me everywhere: https://linktr.ee/seraphecda

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 27d

anyway! my queries are officially closed, but if you're a BIPOC author I have a special form that's open year round just for you!

check out my linktree (in my bio) for the link!

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 1d

now booking litmotif.ca services!! check em out

#writingcommunity #debutauthor #socialmediaforauthorz

consider: hiring me

now booking for November, my DM's are open!

tis the season for book buying
make sure yours is one of them

i get: money
you get: my best
social media marketing strategies, custom designed templates, content pulls, and launch calendars...
your pick!

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Karuna Riazi @karunariazi.bsky.social · 8h

AI scraped my books.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Sonia is an Ignyte and Ember Award winner! @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 8h

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 14h

#QueryTip - Authors, if you fail to include how the book ends in the synopsis (and yes, I mean synopsis not the query letter itself) I can only assume that is how the book ends—without an ending.
Synopsis should contain spoilers. They are expected in a synopsis.

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 11h

so glad you got the care you needed!! 🫂💜

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 1d

now booking litmotif.ca services!! check em out

#writingcommunity #debutauthor #socialmediaforauthorz

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

youtu.be

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

when she says "don't cook but i got good taste" im like... ok but i CAN cook i just prefer not to, actually, wait does she mean she can't or she doesn't?? is nayeon a passenger princess??

the other part of my brain: omg it's a pop song plz chill

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

me loudly singing nayeon's solo like DON'T DRIVE BUT I LOVE THE CHASE literally while driving my car home

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

I GOT SHOTS FOR JEALOUSY AND A BOTTLE FOR YOUR PAIN 🎶

a woman wearing a black sweatshirt with a picture of a cat on it giving a thumbs up

Alt: a woman wearing a black sweatshirt with a picture of a cat on it giving a thumbs up

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

the nezuko drink specifically is "strawberry yogurt with mochi" and i ordered it half sugar, regular ice because i knew the strawberries and mochi were gonna be SUPER SWEET!!

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

spent the afternoon with @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social going thru queries, and then went out for another work block to get boba and work on litmotif 💚✨

tried the nezuko flavour at the alley and it's so goooood. I haven't even watched demon slayer but all the collab drinks look 🤌🏽✨

the alley milk tea, nezuko's collab flavour!

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

no lies to be seen!! not a one!!

Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly it feels like a lot of popular romantasy is a backlash to diverse YA books

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · 2d

This whole thread!!! when I talk about YA authors getting picked up to write romantasy, it's overwhelmingly white authors writing het romance. but that represents just a fraction of what's actually happening in the YA space.

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

nooooo omg the heartbreak!! TT__TT one day... they're so so pretty!! the only fountain pen I have is this one but in a lavender colour that doesn't seem to be on the site anymore

ferriswheelpress.ca/collections/...

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 2d

psst this pen matches your novel's vibes immaculately imo!!! 👀
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Sailor 1911 Standard - Ninja 2nd Series - Star

Sailor 1911 Standard - Ninja 2nd Series - Star The second series of Sailor's Ninja Maki-e fountain pens now features the 1911 Standard model in four different limited editions. The second collection...

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

there's another one called nookspeak which does text-to-talk omg imagine reading manuscripts like this

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

am i about to add a bunch of animal crossing extensions to chrome............ (yes)

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

omg plz try it, it's called "animalese"

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

THEY GET LOUDER AND HIGHER PITCHED WHEN YOU'RE TYPING IN ALL CAPS OMG

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

i just downloaded this chrome extension that makes animal crossing voice noises whenever you type anything and im obsessed

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

lrp everyone (actors, singers, writers, etc) is being cancelled over support for palestine and it's just a huge sign that no artist regardless of media format is an exception.

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

www.theguardian.com

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 3d

just had a dental checkup and cleaning for the first time in maybe 6 years, thank u CDCP

lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 4d

"you double text??" yes. I'd give an example in the form of the story i just sent, uninterrupted, to @jestrudel.bsky.social but that's too many words to put into the alt text.

tl;dr i wanna do an escape room

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