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Christopher Mannino
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Author of parenting and fantasy books. I write kidlit and adult.
Repd by Ramona Pina www.ChristopherMannino.com
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Always a great event!
March 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Currently in the blurb request phase for my patenting book. Feels soooo similar to the query phase all over again! #publishing
February 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Posted a vid about going on submission youtu.be/Slbmr4EBEAs?...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Posted a vid about going on submission youtu.be/Slbmr4EBEAs?...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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duckduckgo.com is there a good list of alternatives floating around? DuckDuckGo seems to be a good start (i recall seeing ads for it).

Please be gentle with yourself and others looking to make the move. It’s not easy changing tech routines and behaviors!
DuckDuckGo - Your protection, our priority.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
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February 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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THE BARGAINER x SIX OF CROWS x THE LOST APOTHECARY

A Reader’s & #LitAgents Guide for NIGHT BIRD, an adult romantic fantasy ft:
🕰️dual timeline
✴️invisibility & intangibility magic
🔪FMC vigilante for wronged women
💞friend or foe?
☠️poison & female rage
🫂found family

#QuestPit #Q #RF #F #A #AgentGuide
A Guide to Night Bird An adult romantic fantasy novel The Pitch Ava can become invisible and walk through walls but can’t escape her warded cage. Destined to follow in her dead mother’s footsteps as a courtesan and spy, she’s trained to get close to—and betray—those in the highest levels of society. But alone at night in her room, she listens to the steam engine’s whistle, plays her cello to the night birds, and dreams of escaping her prison. Until one stormy evening, a boy, Zev, breaks through her window and gives her a taste of life beyond the bars. Their chance meeting spawns two years of secret friendship until her eighteenth birthday, when her seduction training will begin. Instead, she wakes up to a grisly scene—a bloody trail, dead guardians, and broken wards. Given what she knows of Zev’s powerful abilities, she assumes her freedom came at his hand. She waits for his return, which never comes. Eight years later, Ava has reinvented herself as Night Bird, a vigilante for wronged women. She’s assisted by a group of former street kids who’ve matured into a misfit gang. A botched mission finds them in the crosshairs of a shadowy man known as a high-powered fixer. That man turns out to be the boy who’d disappeared years earlier. It’s unclear if he’s friend or foe. However, when she takes on her biggest target—the last man to see her mother alive—Zev may be the only person keeping her from going up in flames. For Fans of: Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa—dual timeline & lost love The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner—female rage & poison Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo—found family & misfit crew Chapter One Only the night birds provided company in my caged existence. They sang for me after the sun dipped, gliding beyond my window’s metal bars as their trilling tunes wove through the moon’s light. They were my link to the outside world, a fragile tether to life beyond my warded room. My self-given name—Ava—was an homage to them, the beautiful creatures that kept me sane. During the day, when I was granted time away from lessons, the noise and bustle of the street scared them beneath the eaves, into the holes and crannies of buildings. I’d sit, fists clenched, ears straining for their hopeful notes. But I was alone. The lectas didn’t count. They were caretakers, not company. When streetlamps glowed in the satiny darkness, the night birds’ warbles piercing the quiet, I’d pull out my cello. My bow swept the strings like a feathered wing, and the resonant chords danced with the birdsong. They’d swoop and dive, triumphant in their freedom—something I’d never known and never would.
February 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Clara’s never been anywhere wilder than a soccer field—until she answers a letter from her mysterious aunt and is transported to a world where everyone can use plant magic. Botanical shenanigans ensue 🌱

🍄 Stardew Valley vibes
🌻 cozy, whimsical, cottagecore
🍄 found family

#Q #MG #F #questpit
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February 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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NAME OF THE WIND X SHERLOCK HOLMES

Every nation manufactures one type of weather. Edan is the son of a famous detective, whos ill. He hunts a renegade threatening all weather, only to find she mightve been closer than he thought.
Enemies>Lovers
Mystery+fantasy
#questpit #F #AG #YA
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February 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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When everything Belan learned about vampires turns out to be a lie, deciding whether or not to trust a handsome vampire lord is more than just a life or death decision- her research, the mysteries of her childhood, and her heart are all on the line.
#QuestPit #Q #F #R #PR #FR
NINTH HOUSExEMILY WILDE
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February 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I am still very new to bluesky. Author here. Going on sub this week via agent with a new MG. Parenting release Jan! #author #writersky
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February 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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NAME OF THE WIND X SHERLOCK HOLMES

Every nation manufactures one type of weather. Edan is the son of a famous detective, whos ill. He hunts a renegade threatening all weather, only to find she mightve been closer than he thought.
Enemies>Lovers
Mystery+fantasy
#questpit #F #AG #YA
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February 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Boy moves. Begins to suspect his neighbors might be dragons. He confronts them.
And reveals he wanted to live by dragons. As hes one too.
Delightful, funny, rhyming picture book.
#questpit #AG #PB
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February 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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FOURTH WING X GODKILLER

A nameless girl targets the eight remaining gods one by one, seeking to bring her parents back. A masked boy confronts her. As each grows more powerful they realize theyve both been manipulated by a far more sinister force.
#questpit #AG #W #F #RF
February 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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LAKESEDGE X HILL HOUSE
Chloe has 3 weeks to escape the haunted house, where she is trapped, marked as the future bride of the beautiful, but ruthless Underworld prince.
-ASD rep
-A ghostly love triangle
-Morally gray villain
-Dragons
-Horror
#QuestPit #OS #A #RF #gothic #OWN
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February 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Which Familius titles were select d for @publisherswkly.bsky.social sneak preview?

Click on the link below to find out!

#PW #PublishersWeekly #SneakPeak #KidLit #PictureBook #ComingSoon
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See highlights of the children's and YA titles due out next season—including highly anticipated debuts, follow-ups to bestselling novels, and collaborations between favorite authors and illustrators—in our exclusive roundup.
Fall 2025 Children's Sneak Previews
See highlights of the children's and YA titles due out next season—including highly anticipated debuts, follow-ups to bestselling novels, and collaborations between favorite authors and…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Making it Up is a game changing #parenting book!
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Making it Up COVER REVEAL
February 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Yes! Only 99c!
January 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Cited in last nights US News and World Report! money.usnews.com/money/person...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#books
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Anyone else see this? I agree, it is such a bizarre practice... maybe this trend moves the needle? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #authors #publishing
Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore
In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.
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January 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Im here and new! Where are my fellow parenting peeps and #Bluey Fans?
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January 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Familius is at the Las Vegas Market!

We love seeing all of our books displayed in the Stephen Young Showroom for buyers and store owners to shop.

Do you see any of your favorites?

#GiftShow #LasVegasMarket #BookDisplay #KidLit #PubHouseLife #PublishingHouse
January 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM