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Natasha Hanova

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YA/Adult Cont Fantasy, Romance & Dystopian Author. Editor. #RevPit Board Member. Cat & Dog person. Reader 📚Writer👩🏽‍💻Crocheter🧶 Rep’d by Amy Giuffrida ✨ NatashaHanova.com

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 23m

👀 It's happening today! #RevPit #10Queries mini-event. Good luck to all who enter!

🦋 100+ creatives will win feedback on Query + 5 pgs
🦋 You don't need a complete ms to enter
🦋 Great opportunity to connect w creatives
🦋 Opportunity to polish query for annual contest

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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

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 23m

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

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 35m

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Carly Hayward @fromcarly.bsky.social · 18h

Tomorrow is the day!

Want feedback on your first pages and query? Getting ready to sub to agents? This is your chance! You can win free feedback from a #RevPit editor (maybe me... if you're lucky 😉)!

#RevPit #10Queries #Editor #BookLightEditorial

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 21h

TOMORROW!!
Who's ready to enter to win? Take the opportunity to get feedback. Even if you don't win, you'll be able to see feedback and tips from our experienced editors on querying and starting off your story strong! #writingcommunity #10Queries #RevPit #amquerying #writersky

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 4d

THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you excited, #RevPit?! If you're gearing up to enter RevPit #10Queries, here's everything you need:

⭐Complete query letter
⭐First 5 pages of manuscript

The query and first 5 pages will need to be uploaded to the form in one document and should be a standard manuscript format

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 17d

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event?

What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it?

We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 10d

So excited for #RevPit #10Queries

I love diving into queries and seeing what everyone's working on 😍

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 27d

🎉We're baaacckk!!!🎉

RevPit's #10Queries October event opens for submissions October 10!

#amwriting #writersky #writersofbluesky

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Carly Hayward @fromcarly.bsky.social · Sep 9

When giving exposition to the reader, share why the information matters to your character. Color it with your character’s opinions.

#WritingTips #AuthorServices #AuthorCommunity #Editor #BookLightEditorial #BookCommunity

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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · Sep 1

Comps don't have to be hard. Curious to know more about how comp titles work and how to find the right ones? There's a blog for that! #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity

www.madheditorial.com/blog/comp-ti...

Comp Titles: Everything You Need to Know — MadHope Editorial

Everything you need to know about comp titles for your book when querying or pitching, including examples.

www.madheditorial.com

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Maria Tureaud 🕯✒️🕯✒️ @mariatureaud.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did someone say #goodreadsgiveaway?? 100 ARCs of THIS HOUSE WILL FEED are now up for grabs on #Goodreads so enter by 9/9 to be in with a chance! #booksky #BookReview #booklover #writingcommunity

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Deanna Winters is Querying @deannaunwritten.bsky.social · Aug 6

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF

Ginevra was remade to be a weapon. But inside, something thorned and grieving is breaking free.

#QuestPit #Df #Q #H

Veins of Calris title, hands with plants growing from stitches in the skin

Stained glass windows behind a woman in a veil, an overgrown window arch, a rose bouquet in a dagger sheath with the dagger on top, and a spiderweb

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Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yes, showing AND telling—you need both.

SHOW: dramatize what happens in real time w/ details. These details impact reader.

TELL: summarize what happens in fewer words, less detail. Tell things reader needs to know but won’t have much impact.

More:
www.jenichappelleeditorial.com/post/how-to-...

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Sarah Beth Durst @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social · Jul 28

COVER REVEAL! I'm so excited to share the gorgeous cover for my forthcoming YA book, THE FARAWAY INN, a cozy fantasy set in a quaint Vermont inn that's hiding a magical secret! Art by Lulu Chen! And those edges! Coming in April! Now available for preorder! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774569...

THE FARAWAY INN by Sarah Beth Durst (YA cozy fantasy, coming April)

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Celestine Martin @celestinemartin.bsky.social · Jul 26

If y'all are looking to celebrate Summerween this monty, I wrote these books and they are freaking delightful💛💜🧡 Borrow them out at your local library, get them from your bookstore or from your TBR pile.

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Carly Hayward @fromcarly.bsky.social · Jul 21

Everyone has typos. We sure do, all the time. You need a copyeditor to catch them, no matter how good you are at doing it yourself. It's about getting a fresh set of eyes on the manuscript.

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AuthorServices #AuthorCommunity #Editor #BookLightEditorial #BookCommunity

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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · Jul 20

Working on a short class about querying + marketing and loving it so far. I'm thinking about offering it on my website 🤔

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jul 20

Yes!!!!

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jul 20

Love this trope!!!

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · Jul 18

New book list is up! Middle grade sci-fi isn't as popular as fantasy, but there are still lots of great titles out there if you and/or the children in your life are sci-fi fans. #Reading #MiddleGrade #SciFi #ScienceFiction #MiddleGradeSciFi www.aealexander.com/post/want-to...

Want to Read Middle Grade Science Fiction? Here's Where to Start

Love children's literature? Looking for fantasy books for your kids? Here are some sci-fi recommendations.

www.aealexander.com

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Natalie G @ngwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

#BluePit 📖
MAGIC FLOWS GREEN

When a summer intern with a traumatic past accidentally strands her team in a magical world, she must face arrogant mages, hide from dragons, and, above all, she must guard her heart against the perfect guy who is promised to someone else.

#A #Q #WF #F

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hope all goes well.

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

new agency, same me!

I've officially signed under Belcastro Agency as a Junior Agent!! super excited to join such a cool team full of amazing agents who I'm looking forward to learning from 💜

I’m Tasneem Motala, a literary agent with The Belcastro Agency focused on marginalized voices, especially BIPOC writers. In keeping with these values, I also volunteer for the Muslim Literary Festival as their official Programming Manager!

Queries will reopen in September! I’m always looking for new clients in poetry, picture books, sci-fi, fantasy, and romance (from KidLit to Adult).

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jun 29

Puzzle completed! The bottom pieces shift and there's a smaller surprise puzzle to build for the center; No picture, vibes only😃

I love how there's four seasons in one puzzle. I kinda don't want to take it apart, but l already have my eyes on the next puzzle 🧩👀

Anyone else enjoy #puzzles?

Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you for sharing this. 🩵

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