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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · 14d

Hello all! I’m taking a peek at pitches during #PicantePit for
Inked In Gray Publishing! If I like your pitch, please submit your query, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to me at [email protected]. Please DM me with any questions!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Aug 21

ICYMI, I have a few items up at the #KidLit4Ceasefire auction! All money raised is going toward families as well as immigrant and trans rights collectives! You can bid on them here: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS.... Thank you to @sandraproudman.bsky.social for organizing as always!!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Aug 8

So excited for this project!! Welcome to Inked!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Aug 2

Hi! I’ve got a speculative short story collection coming out Summer 2026!!

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Jul 11

Here is where you can find me this weekend at the @writehive.bsky.social conference! I'm so excited to be joining for my 5th year in a row!!! See you all soon! #writehive #conference #author

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FEMINIST @feminists.bsky.social · Jun 11

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · Jun 9

1 in 12 Americans live in California.

1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.

LA is America

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · Jun 8

not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns

los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · Jun 7

With the recent success of Andor, I'm getting more questions than usual about how to land a job writing Star Wars books, so let's do the yearly How to Write IP thread, shall we? Firstly, IP means Intellectual Property-- that's shows, movies, plays, even books, any world owned by someone else. 1/

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 3

Friends. Followers. People of Bluesky.

Please check your knowledge of Black and Native history before declaring the US has never

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · May 22

Anyone putting together #awp2026 conference proposals? DM me if you still need a panelist to add to the proposal! 👀

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · May 20

SCBWI and more than 40 organizations representing parents, grassroots organizers, authors, librarians, booksellers, and publishers have signed a statement on the Trump Administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden.

Share and ACT NOW bit.ly/EmailHayden

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Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · May 4

@writehive.bsky.social is putting together a #WriteHive2025 participant starter pack, so if you see someone you like, follow 'em!

(Here's hoping I did this right lol)

go.bsky.app/Pr6CWWy

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · Apr 23

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Apr 19

Hopping onto the #posterpit event! Here's something for my gothic short story collection THE PATRON SAINT OF WHITE MENAGERIES (Creature Publishing, 2026)!

fake movie poster in black, white, and gold. three pictures: ballerinas, a white peacock, and a dark ocean

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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · Apr 9

For everyone concerned about tariffs in book publishing, PW has a great explainer with okay news for now: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Books Escape New Tariffs, At Least for Now

In the cascade of news about massive tariffs imposed on many of America's largest trading partners, books appear to have fared well—although experts say the situation remains very fluid.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Apr 11

Hello! Putting out a call for writers who would like to teach! We are seeking genre fiction writers (YA/adult) and/or contemporary poets! Diverse writers are especially encouraged to apply! All positions are remote + paid! DM with questions! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap...

Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor

www.cognitoforms.com

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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · Apr 5

Interested in writing short fiction for MG or YA readers? @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and I are teaching a 2 night virtual mini-course with the Highlights Foundation! You can read more and register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/int...

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Mar 30

As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked

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Puck Arks @puckarks.bsky.social · Feb 25

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks  The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library

Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship

www.bklynlibrary.org

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Lauren T. Davila @ltdavila.bsky.social · Feb 24

Hello! We are looking to possibly bring in more writing mentors at PocketMFA! If you’re interested in a paid teaching opportunity (especially for genre fiction!), we’d love to see your application! www.cognitoforms.com/PocketMFA/Ap.... Feel free to PM if you have any questions!

Apply To Be A PocketMFA Mentor

www.cognitoforms.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Feb 21

Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Nathan @nathandunbar.bsky.social · Feb 20

Semicolon is a Black woman owned and operated bookshop, and you can support them in many ways.

Visit them if you're in town—an easy walk from the Chicago blue line stop.

Order directly from them online at semicolonchi.org.

Use @bookshop-org.bsky.social to support them.

Or donate here 👇🏼

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Joy Sanchez-Taylor @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hi All! I am a scholar of BIPOC science fiction and fantasy literature. My new book Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre is now available to preoder. I am so excited to see this book, the companion to my first book Diverse Futures, come to life: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre

Examines how authors of color, in writing against white-dominated, Eurocentric fantasy narratives, counteract Christian and colonial tropes and offer alternate versions of morality, race, gender, and ...

ohiostatepress.org

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Feb 16

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com

At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

clarksvillenow.com

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Tehlor Mejia @tehlorkay.bsky.social · Feb 3

sending love to all the revolutionaries who know their personal comfort is not the priority with so many marginalized lives and futures at stake

to all of you pushing past biases and out of your comfort zones to show up for those with less privilege than you, I see you and and I love you 🖤

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