Tessa Barbosa
@hitessabarbosa.bsky.social
SFF Writer: THE ISLE OF TEETH (S&S Fall 26) and THE MOONLIGHT BLADE (out now!) Rep: Léonicka Valcius
SFWA | Writer Unboxed | Viable Paradise 16 | 🇵🇭 🇨🇦 | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/hitessabarbosa
SFWA | Writer Unboxed | Viable Paradise 16 | 🇵🇭 🇨🇦 | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/hitessabarbosa
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Tessa Barbosa
@hitessabarbosa.bsky.social
· Jul 16
The official announcement is out!
For fans of Chloe Gong and Rebecca Ross, this genre-blending sophomore YA novel from Tessa Barbosa interrogates the difficult choices of a people living under oppression (cont)
For fans of Chloe Gong and Rebecca Ross, this genre-blending sophomore YA novel from Tessa Barbosa interrogates the difficult choices of a people living under oppression (cont)
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In case your family is going down the rabbit hole and you need a break... bookshop.org/beta-search?...
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In case your family is going down the rabbit hole and you need a break... bookshop.org/beta-search?...
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Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
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I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
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I have always been transparent bc aspiring writers need to know.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have always been transparent bc aspiring writers need to know.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
When you’re trying to cut down on the carbs…
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When you’re trying to cut down on the carbs…
Happy Friday from the cat! “May your pillows be soft and fluffy and the sun fall just right to pool on the floor.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Happy Friday from the cat! “May your pillows be soft and fluffy and the sun fall just right to pool on the floor.”
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The thing I want to stress to people: Authors (and other artists you admire) don't *expect* you to be scintillating when you meet us, so don't worry about being clever. What *is* appreciated is if you're nice. Just be nice! Nice is good!
But what if I say something completely stupid?? My anxiety is too high to speak coherently when meeting an author. The most I can manage is something like "thank you for writing and sharing your work. It has become my friend and I brought it here for you to sign, please." Then I flee.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The thing I want to stress to people: Authors (and other artists you admire) don't *expect* you to be scintillating when you meet us, so don't worry about being clever. What *is* appreciated is if you're nice. Just be nice! Nice is good!
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This group has been supporting a soup kitchen in El Fasher. Most of their volunteers were killed by the RSF. Survivors are now at a camp for the displaced in Tawila and seeking assistance to restart their soup kitchens.
www.paypal.com/donate/
www.paypal.com/donate/
Donate to Displacement & Health Relief Network
Help support Displacement & Health Relief Network by donating or sharing with your friends.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This group has been supporting a soup kitchen in El Fasher. Most of their volunteers were killed by the RSF. Survivors are now at a camp for the displaced in Tawila and seeking assistance to restart their soup kitchens.
www.paypal.com/donate/
www.paypal.com/donate/
Yesterday:
5yo: Give me your favorite thing
Me: What for?
5yo: Just give me something
(Find a small figuring of our cat a friend made)
5yo... dissapears behind the couch: "Put it in the middle"
There is a circle of (battery operated) candles set up
Me: Uh, what are you doing...
5yo: Give me your favorite thing
Me: What for?
5yo: Just give me something
(Find a small figuring of our cat a friend made)
5yo... dissapears behind the couch: "Put it in the middle"
There is a circle of (battery operated) candles set up
Me: Uh, what are you doing...
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yesterday:
5yo: Give me your favorite thing
Me: What for?
5yo: Just give me something
(Find a small figuring of our cat a friend made)
5yo... dissapears behind the couch: "Put it in the middle"
There is a circle of (battery operated) candles set up
Me: Uh, what are you doing...
5yo: Give me your favorite thing
Me: What for?
5yo: Just give me something
(Find a small figuring of our cat a friend made)
5yo... dissapears behind the couch: "Put it in the middle"
There is a circle of (battery operated) candles set up
Me: Uh, what are you doing...
As someone who reads historical romance and fantasy this was right up my alley!
It has a Georgian-esque world but with blood magic. 👍🏽👍🏽 There’s even a dancing scene!
It has a Georgian-esque world but with blood magic. 👍🏽👍🏽 There’s even a dancing scene!
It is with great pleasure that we share with the world the cover for Memory and Magic, the romantasy debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler, created by the amazing Tara Bush! Pre-orders will open in July and the release date is October 7th, 2025. @dmbeucler.bsky.social @tarabush.bsky.social
Cover Reveal: Tara Bush for D. M. Beucler's debut, Memory and Magic
It is with great pleasure that we share with the world the cover for Memory and Magic, the romantasy debut novel of American author D. M. Beucler, created by the amazing Tara Bush!
www.lunapresspublishing.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As someone who reads historical romance and fantasy this was right up my alley!
It has a Georgian-esque world but with blood magic. 👍🏽👍🏽 There’s even a dancing scene!
It has a Georgian-esque world but with blood magic. 👍🏽👍🏽 There’s even a dancing scene!
Meetings all day - this introvert is dying inside. I need a nap.
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Meetings all day - this introvert is dying inside. I need a nap.
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Celebrate the #Halloween season with these diverse books! Whether you’re looking for something cute or creepy, this list has something for readers of any age and scare-level 🎃📚
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Celebrate the #Halloween season with these diverse books! Whether you’re looking for something cute or creepy, this list has something for readers of any age and scare-level 🎃📚
At the stage of where I know the book I'm writing is terrible (First drafts always are) and needs so much work to be coherent, but I have to finish it so I can fix it.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
At the stage of where I know the book I'm writing is terrible (First drafts always are) and needs so much work to be coherent, but I have to finish it so I can fix it.
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quick reminder for my writers out there -
(yes... YOU! 😻)
rejection
*does NOT mean*
you are a bad writer!!!!
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
(yes... YOU! 😻)
rejection
*does NOT mean*
you are a bad writer!!!!
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
quick reminder for my writers out there -
(yes... YOU! 😻)
rejection
*does NOT mean*
you are a bad writer!!!!
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
(yes... YOU! 😻)
rejection
*does NOT mean*
you are a bad writer!!!!
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
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Friends, I am currently under the weather, very behind on work, fighting SAD--my heart, it cannot take this. Please, give and get @apexmag.bsky.social to their goal so I can save my dwindling supply of tissues for my nose and not my tears.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Friends, I am currently under the weather, very behind on work, fighting SAD--my heart, it cannot take this. Please, give and get @apexmag.bsky.social to their goal so I can save my dwindling supply of tissues for my nose and not my tears.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
In "I'm officially getting older" news... I've ended up on Beantok.
But it all actually looks good? I need more fibre lol
But it all actually looks good? I need more fibre lol
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In "I'm officially getting older" news... I've ended up on Beantok.
But it all actually looks good? I need more fibre lol
But it all actually looks good? I need more fibre lol
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I really like the Surrey International Writer's Festival. It should be happening right now. But they canceled their event because of the workers who are fighting for a fair deal from the hotel that usually hosts the convention.
It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?
It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
www.gofundme.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I really like the Surrey International Writer's Festival. It should be happening right now. But they canceled their event because of the workers who are fighting for a fair deal from the hotel that usually hosts the convention.
It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?
It was the right thing to do, but the cost to SIWC was $$$$$. help?
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Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who don’t. Tragedy is no more “serious” than comedy. Children’s writing is no less “serious” than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who don’t. Tragedy is no more “serious” than comedy. Children’s writing is no less “serious” than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.
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Audiobook sale! Get The Moonlight Blade for 50% off.
www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/mo...
www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/mo...
50% OFF The Moonlight Blade
I promised my mother I would never come to Bato-Ko . . . and yet here I am.
Narra Jal is one of the cursed, cast aside her whole life, considered unlucky. But with her mother's life on the lin...
www.audiobooks.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Audiobook sale! Get The Moonlight Blade for 50% off.
www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/mo...
www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/mo...
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Friendly reminder that creative work drains you in a way that 'normal' work doesn't so it's totally cool and necessary to have (what seems to be) inordinately longer breaks and/or weird ways of refuelling.
This goes extra if you're a neurodivergent sort.
This goes extra if you're a neurodivergent sort.
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Friendly reminder that creative work drains you in a way that 'normal' work doesn't so it's totally cool and necessary to have (what seems to be) inordinately longer breaks and/or weird ways of refuelling.
This goes extra if you're a neurodivergent sort.
This goes extra if you're a neurodivergent sort.
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They are giving away 50 copies of my debut, The Poet Empress, on goodreads! I hope you'll enter 🥰
#booksky #ThePoetEmpress
#booksky #ThePoetEmpress
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They are giving away 50 copies of my debut, The Poet Empress, on goodreads! I hope you'll enter 🥰
#booksky #ThePoetEmpress
#booksky #ThePoetEmpress
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WE'VE REACHED 60%!! You've just unlocked EARLY ACCESS to "Island of Sea Turtle and Blood" by Angela Liu! 🐢🩸
Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
WE'VE REACHED 60%!! You've just unlocked EARLY ACCESS to "Island of Sea Turtle and Blood" by Angela Liu! 🐢🩸
Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Keep up the good work and help us unlock ALL the exciting exclusive events we have planned for this fundraiser! The next milestone is a real...scream 👀⬇️⏰
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...