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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be reading at the evening Gather In, alongside other authors from @crayfishmag.bsky.social's inaugural issue.

Come see us this Thursday, 10/16, at 7 pm in the McDonough Museum of Art! 💙📚

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 8

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be reading at the evening Gather In, alongside other authors from @crayfishmag.bsky.social's inaugural issue.

Come see us this Thursday, 10/16, at 7 pm in the McDonough Museum of Art! 💙📚

Lit Youngstown @lityoungstown.bsky.social · Jun 8

Fall Lit Fest in Youngstown, Oh! A close look at writer intent
Writing for the Stage w/ Lilace Mellin Guignard, Judith Sornberger
What the Writer Thinks They Wrote w/ Cherise Benton
@ShantiArts @WilkesUWriting
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #writesky
www.lityoungstown.org/2025-festiva...

Festival Details | Lit Youngstown

Lit Youngstown's 2024 Fall Literary Festival laid out, day-by-day, presentation-by-presentation.

www.lityoungstown.org

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

the protagonist isn't always the hero. they are just the person the book is about. sometimes authors write books about people who are bad and it does not mean that the author is bad

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d

Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 2d

Said my next task tonight was to reread 1660's manuscript, but first I guess I instead create this file to celebrate PlotTober the 13th.

Screenshot of the first line of a manuscript in Ellipsus. It reads:

1. Uxbridge Road

Amidst and beneath the cloaks, the hats, the boots, the shoes, the bands, the hose, the gloves, the gloves, the gloves, and, at last, the little square box that rested heavy on his lap, sat Alexander Aldridge.

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 2d

It is the last day and the last chance to grab this awesome Itch-io bundle of 63 hidden gems for just $38.

It would be great if this bundle hit its goal! 🙏🏻

itch.io/b/3305/under...

📢📚🪐 | #BookSky | 📦📚

Graphic that reads "Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle, Oct 9th-13th, Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." Text is brown on an off-white background with five yellow stars bordering it above and below. Around the text box are the following book covers: Predators by H.S. Kallinger, Zinmages by M.C. Burnell, The Spider's Friend by M.C. Burnell, Disappearance and Other Short Stories by PD Loupee, Memories of Sorcery and Sand by Joanna Maciejewska, Kranlian Rendezvous by Simon Wolfe, The Shadow of Arcadia by Alan K. Dell, Devil Deal by Janina Franck, The God Sun by Alan K. Dell, Water's Edge by Ellie Lieberman, The Third People by Lee Burton, The Crimson Knight by Zeta K. Pierce, The Lion by Lee Burton, Adventures In GameWorld : Game Start by Robert Rumery, All Through the House and Other Tales from a Random Place by Joachim Heijndermans, Soft Reboot by Joachim Heijndermans, Blue by Niranjan, Wizard's Debt by Niranjan, Ambushed by Natasha O'Connor, At First Belonging by Rob

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Joachim Heijndermans @jheijndermans.bsky.social · 3d

One more day! Get in on that bundle!!!

Janina Franck - "Old Ghosts" out now 📕🔥💅! @xilaya.bsky.social · 3d

Just one more day for you to get these under-rated books on your radar 😁

68 books for only $38 - and there's some real gems in there!

Any reviews for any of these books will be super appreciated, too ❤️

#itchbundle #books #indiebooks #booksky #writersky

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✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon

From chapter six of DeadGirlsWIP ❤️

Selba cracked open her trunk and dug her hands inside. “What’s the weather like over in the big city?”
“Cooler than here. There’s no hills or valleys to trap the day’s heat after dark.”
“So… layers?”
“Layers.”

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · 5d

#LGBTQWriteAThon

My debut novella is included in the Under-Rated Itch Bundle rn, alongside 60+ other titles w/ under 15 ratings and reviews! Only $38 for a curated collection of the best books you've never heard of.

Give it a looksee here: itch.io/b/3305/under...

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

writing is a definite… and now maybe ice cream is too lol

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

I really appreciate your earlier input! ❤️

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

ahh, thank you, I am choosing to see it as a redirection to something good ❤️

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

update: it was fake 👍

feeling great feeling normal 👍

💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

experiencing genuine terror because i can't currently tell if the amazing job I was just offered is real

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

Me too! Currently waiting on a reply to my request for a phone call...

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✨Eliza Mares✨ @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Introducing the Under-Rated Book Bundle! 💙📚

Over 60 indie books, each with under 15 reviews on Goodreads or the 'Zon, bundled for only $38 on Itch! Mark your calendars and enjoy 83% off a collection of the best books you've never heard of.

LINK: itch.io/b/3305/under...

A collage of indie books for sale in the Itch.io Under-Rated Bundle. Runs 10/9 to10/13, bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of.

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OTHERSIDE - Kickstarter is LIVE! @othersidespec.bsky.social · 5d

YOU DID IIIIT! NOW WE HAVE MORE ART!! This means pretty interior illustrations, small divider details, the little flourishes that will allow us to hire more queer artists per issue! Thank you so much.

Our NEXT stretch goal is NONFICTION 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Over a hazy purple background, there's the header "stretch goals." Five goals, of $6900, $8300, $9700, $11000, $12000, and $13000 are now illuminated in rainbow with a picture of an open lock next to them. The remaining goals of $14000 (Nonfiction) and $15000 (+1 Reprints!) show a closed lock next to them.

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

I applied! I was shortlisted after a while of waiting + was asked to fill out some questions about me, my exp, workflow, etc, seemingly in lieu of an interview. Now I have an offer w/ an amazing rate but still haven't spoken to anyone other than via email. That + sparse details is giving me pause

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 5d

experiencing genuine terror because i can't currently tell if the amazing job I was just offered is real

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 7d

#DVPit #A #R #F

After witnessing the assassination of a VIP client, candle-seller Minot follows a familiar stranger into the den of a monstrous god, where she uncovers the ancient lie at the heart of her nation’s history — and the budding truth that could save its people from a deadly plague.

💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · Mar 18

🌳 An Agent's Guide to BETWEEN VIRIDIAN TREES 🌳

A lush, folkloric monster romantasy between a downtrodden candle-seller and the mysterious stranger whose reappearance turns her life upside down. Suddenly embroiled in an ancient conspiracy, Minot must choose: tell the truth now, or lie forever?

Agent's guide page 1. Upon a dark and mysterious forest background is the text: "An Agent's Guide to Between Viridian Trees, a novel by Regan Schell. 130,000 words | Adult Romantasy | Complete Manuscript"

Comp Titles: Princess Mononoke (Environmental destruction, vengeful forest spirits) and Blood Mercy by Vela Roth (forbidden love, misunderstood magical beings).
Tropes, Themes, & Features: cyclical violence, generational trauma, historical narrative, fate versus choice, humans versus nature, magical disease, strange dreams, monsters in the forest, budding industrialism, high stakes, and complex female antagonist.

Excerpt:

Each time Minot’s father told the story, its beginning was the same. A long, long time ago, deep, deep in the woods, before even the ancient witches ruled the primordial land, there existed nothing but monsters and chaos. The sky was an endless sea of black; the oceans vast and bubbling. Humans had not yet risen as the masters of the world, but were still like to creatures themselves. And it was then, in that benighted time, that the beasts of eld laid claim to the forests.
Auguste Cardevine recited the tale almost every night, but unfailingly, Minot listened with bated breath. He spoke the words with his jaw set hard, voice thin, like he was recalling a memory rather than telling a fairy tale. And when he reached the part about the mountain, his timbre grew dark as the night, and Minot had to lean in close to catch each rumbling syllable. This was her favorite bit; the one she replayed in her mind during the smallest hours, when she was meant to be sleeping.
For in that far off time of fantasy, nestled in the bowels of a rocky crevice, there was a boiling vat of pure, untamed magic. From its mouth sprang a never-ending stream of horrors — all shaped and birthed by the evil spirit-god Ashira.
The Mother of Monsters.

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 7d

HI CHAT. DID YOU KNOW IT IS INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY? BECAUSE I TOTALLY FORGOT.

Please look at Erika, my dumpster fire lesbian lead of the Azaes Realm series, and her girlfriend Abby. Art by @bmwillows.bsky.social.

And maybe buy the books too please?

anotherindiewriter.itch.io

A colored digital sketch of two women. On the left is Erika (fair-skinned, brown eyes, light brown hair tied in a messy bun, orange shirt, blue jeans). On the right is Abby (light/warm complexion, long dark straight brunette hair, gray-blue crop tank top, dark blue leggings). Erika looks somewhat coyly over her shoulder at Abby as Abby kisses her shoulder and teases down the collar of her boatneck shirt.

A drawing of two women sitting on a bench. The one on the left (Abby) has very straight brunette hair. She's wearing red and black flannel with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She has a black shirt underneath the open flannel and black leggings. The one on the right (Erika) has light brown hair that is mostly hidden under a grey beanie hat. She's wearing an orange hoodie and blue jeans. Erika is resting her head on Abby's shoulder and looking at her lovingly.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 7d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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💕Regan Schell💕 @reganiswriting.bsky.social · 7d

Parchment magic you say 👀

This sounds so so so good

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taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 7d

today's dvpit! remember YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE OR RETWEET PITCHES if you are not an interested agent or editor!

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