Sarah Nicolas
@sarahnfisk.bsky.social
Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
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4 years ago today, I got my offer of pub for CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. 3 years ago today, it went to the printer (1 year is an extremely rushed production cycle for a cookbook oof).
Today is the perfect day to buy it for yourself or the disabled people in your life!
julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...
Today is the perfect day to buy it for yourself or the disabled people in your life!
julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...
Crip Up The Kitchen • Jules Sherred - Author
Crip Up the Kitchen is a comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks.
julessherred.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
4 years ago today, I got my offer of pub for CRIP UP THE KITCHEN. 3 years ago today, it went to the printer (1 year is an extremely rushed production cycle for a cookbook oof).
Today is the perfect day to buy it for yourself or the disabled people in your life!
julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...
Today is the perfect day to buy it for yourself or the disabled people in your life!
julessherred.com/crip-up-the-...
I'm offering this class for the first time ever on Sunday! Please share with anyone who might find it helpful
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm offering this class for the first time ever on Sunday! Please share with anyone who might find it helpful
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
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"The Grand Rapids Area Library [MN] will be open three days a week in 2026, after budget cuts forced a significant reduction in staff time."
That's a cut of 15 hours a week. It'll be open M-W, 10:30-5:30. That's it.
www.kaxe.org/local-news/2...
That's a cut of 15 hours a week. It'll be open M-W, 10:30-5:30. That's it.
www.kaxe.org/local-news/2...
Grand Rapids library shifting to 7-hour days, 3 times a week in new year
Budget cuts are forcing the library to be open just Monday through Wednesday. But a new fundraising effort aims to offset the cuts in the future.
www.kaxe.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"The Grand Rapids Area Library [MN] will be open three days a week in 2026, after budget cuts forced a significant reduction in staff time."
That's a cut of 15 hours a week. It'll be open M-W, 10:30-5:30. That's it.
www.kaxe.org/local-news/2...
That's a cut of 15 hours a week. It'll be open M-W, 10:30-5:30. That's it.
www.kaxe.org/local-news/2...
I dont know if it was my first one but i did get a request 15 years ago.
That book was so bad....
That book was so bad....
15 (!!) years ago, I got my first query rejection
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I dont know if it was my first one but i did get a request 15 years ago.
That book was so bad....
That book was so bad....
I think that there is no one who understands practical mechanics and dynamics as much as a woman who lives on her own. The furniture we can move by ourselves is miraculous
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I think that there is no one who understands practical mechanics and dynamics as much as a woman who lives on her own. The furniture we can move by ourselves is miraculous
I have to figure out a way to do query critiques where it doesnt take me 3-5 hours to do one.
a stuffed animal is sitting on a large rock .
Alt: Baby Yoda falls over slowly on top of a boulder
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I have to figure out a way to do query critiques where it doesnt take me 3-5 hours to do one.
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Look I can absolutely conceive of a world where automated transcription works and provides a valuable service to doctors, patients, and caregivers.
That isn't the world we are living in though.
This world of AI bots is a privacy nightmare.
Stop using them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That isn't the world we are living in though.
This world of AI bots is a privacy nightmare.
Stop using them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Look I can absolutely conceive of a world where automated transcription works and provides a valuable service to doctors, patients, and caregivers.
That isn't the world we are living in though.
This world of AI bots is a privacy nightmare.
Stop using them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That isn't the world we are living in though.
This world of AI bots is a privacy nightmare.
Stop using them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
The end of TRAVELERS has me effed up. I'm honestly depressed.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The end of TRAVELERS has me effed up. I'm honestly depressed.
Tell me if I'm wrong... I have been going to some political meetings and decided to officially sign up for the local dems group.
The 2nd step after filling out the form is to come to an orientation that is hosted once a month at the same time/day each month.
Party of working folks where? (Cont)
The 2nd step after filling out the form is to come to an orientation that is hosted once a month at the same time/day each month.
Party of working folks where? (Cont)
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Tell me if I'm wrong... I have been going to some political meetings and decided to officially sign up for the local dems group.
The 2nd step after filling out the form is to come to an orientation that is hosted once a month at the same time/day each month.
Party of working folks where? (Cont)
The 2nd step after filling out the form is to come to an orientation that is hosted once a month at the same time/day each month.
Party of working folks where? (Cont)
The report an offer feature on query manager should only be used to report an offer of rep or pub
It should not be used to report a full request (esp for agents who say don't contact them for requests)
This has been happening a lot lately, so if someone is telling you to do this, don't listen
It should not be used to report a full request (esp for agents who say don't contact them for requests)
This has been happening a lot lately, so if someone is telling you to do this, don't listen
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The report an offer feature on query manager should only be used to report an offer of rep or pub
It should not be used to report a full request (esp for agents who say don't contact them for requests)
This has been happening a lot lately, so if someone is telling you to do this, don't listen
It should not be used to report a full request (esp for agents who say don't contact them for requests)
This has been happening a lot lately, so if someone is telling you to do this, don't listen
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@librarianjones.com @sarahnfisk.bsky.social some local to me coverage of the doc!!!
(For people seeing this, Amanda and I have the same agent, who is Sarah)
(For people seeing this, Amanda and I have the same agent, who is Sarah)
“It’s 2025 and the book burners are back. Along with a form of neo-McCarthyism that is tantamount to a witch hunt.” 📚 #canpoli #uspoli
‘The Librarians’ Traces the Battle of a Lifetime | The Tyee
As rightward forces campaign to pull books from library shelves, a gripping new documentary exposes what’s at stake.
thetyee.ca
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
@librarianjones.com @sarahnfisk.bsky.social some local to me coverage of the doc!!!
(For people seeing this, Amanda and I have the same agent, who is Sarah)
(For people seeing this, Amanda and I have the same agent, who is Sarah)
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Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations!
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE.
Imagine what we could do with $$$
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/
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I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
Was about to congratulate myself for taking a whole day off work, but then realized I spent three hours reading queries today... I need to be better at this taking time off thing
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Was about to congratulate myself for taking a whole day off work, but then realized I spent three hours reading queries today... I need to be better at this taking time off thing
I've responded to all queries sent on or before 8/2. As always, still working on fulls sent before then.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I've responded to all queries sent on or before 8/2. As always, still working on fulls sent before then.
Roger Ebert has named @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social (featuring @librarianjones.com and @sassylibrarian.bsky.social) one of the best documentaries of 2025! www.rogerebert.com/collections/...
The Best Documentaries of 2025 | Roger Ebert
www.rogerebert.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Roger Ebert has named @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social (featuring @librarianjones.com and @sassylibrarian.bsky.social) one of the best documentaries of 2025! www.rogerebert.com/collections/...
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Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful
There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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When leftists in florida smugly say "that's why I'm a registered independent" I only say "because you don't want a say in who the florida dems run?"
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When leftists in florida smugly say "that's why I'm a registered independent" I only say "because you don't want a say in who the florida dems run?"
Imagine being a retiring senator and your swan song, your big move, the one thing you do cuz you can't be punished for it is.... to make Healthcare even more unaffordable.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Imagine being a retiring senator and your swan song, your big move, the one thing you do cuz you can't be punished for it is.... to make Healthcare even more unaffordable.
Am reading EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson and came across this quote ripe for the moment:
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Am reading EXORDIA by Seth Dickinson and came across this quote ripe for the moment:
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
"only weasels play trolley games. Heroes jump down there and start pulling people off the tracks. Heroes pass laws regulating better trolley brakes. That’s how you make a society."
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Emailed and called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov asking thrm not to cave. Also left a msg for @schumer.senate.gov saying that if this deal goes through, any money I would’ve given to Senate Dems will go instead to primary opponents of the people who caved.
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Emailed and called @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov asking thrm not to cave. Also left a msg for @schumer.senate.gov saying that if this deal goes through, any money I would’ve given to Senate Dems will go instead to primary opponents of the people who caved.
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Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Official statement from @jamestalarico.bsky.social on shutdown negotiations
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Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.
USDA orders states to stop paying full SNAP benefits and "immediately undo" steps taken to issue them for November. Follow live updates.
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
https://cnn.it/47LOq3z
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Literally every dem should be shouting from the rooftops that republicans are giving Americans two choices: die from starvation or from a lack of affordable healthcare.