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Sierra Godfrey
@sierragodfrey.bsky.social
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The ENIGMA CHALLENGE (Viking Penguin), 2026
Also: A Very Typical Family and The Second Chance Hotel (both avail now)
Rep: Melissa Edwards @melissaedwards.bsky.social
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Look at this cover! It's gorgeous! Make sure to enter to win a copy.
Just two more days to enter the Goodreads giveaway for COLIN GETS PROMOTED AND DOOMS THE WORLD!
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May 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’m trying something new and a little scary 🫣 I’ve got a brand-new newsletter about research I’ve come across. If you like history and cool facts, give it a read— today I’m talking about the STUNNING, in-your-face-blue of the Ishtar Gate:
sierragodfrey.substack.com/p/the-ishtar...
The Ishtar Gate
Iraq called and they want their gate back ☎️ 📞 😬
sierragodfrey.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Claire and I were delighted to talk to Jasmine Guillory about her new book Flirting Lessons (out today!) on the podcast. Listen on your favorite podcast platforms.
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Author Jasmine Guillory talks writing process and contemporary romance | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In this episode, we welcomed New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory to talk about donuts, farmers markets, and origins of contemporary romance. Jasmine is the author of six romance novels ...
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April 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
What is the one thing #writers should know about #editing?

We welcomed editor @erinamcclary.bsky.social to the Heartracers podcast to talk about her time as an acquisitions editor for a major publisher to her pivot to freelance editing. Available on Apple podcasts!
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Absolutely delighted to talk to @mikechenwriter.bsky.social on the podcast today - Heartracers podcast is hosted by a bookstore owner (Claire at Wild Sisters Books in Sacramento) and an author (me!) about reading and publishing and selling. Listen everywhere you get your podcasts.
March 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This seems like a major deal.
❗ALERT❗ There are 3 congressional seats up for election (FL-1, FL-6, NY-21), 2 with voting starting in 3 weeks (links below). Media has been strangely silent on this 🤔 Congress is 218 R, 215 D. If we pick up 3 seats, we gain control of the House. A major step towards stopping Trump’s agenda
March 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
So the FAA is now going to use Musk’s Starlink system. That’s some Orban nonsense right there. As intended.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...
www.cnn.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is so nice!! A tiny spark of good news. DeJoy was a tr*mp 1.0 appointee who came in and did not do a good job (shocker). Bye!

apnews.com/article/unit...
US Postal Service head DeJoy to step down after 5 years marked by pandemic, losses and cost cuts
In a Monday letter, Postmaster General DeJoy asked the Postal Service Board of Governors to begin looking for his successor.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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if a woman had her child with her at work or in a meeting like elon musk it would be criticized heavily.
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Writers, I want you to know that querying works. Slush piles work. I signed with my first agent through a query and when she left the business, I queried my now agent. MSWL makes it even BETTER! ❤️
February 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Look, querying writers! Look how cool this is!
Good news! You can search Bluesky #MSWL just as well as Twitter Advanced Search.

We recommend searching #MSWL with:

* Your genre

* Possible comp titles

* Date range (if you do frequent searches)

* Keywords related to your book

Demo here! youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE
How To Search #MSWL On Bluesky: Genre, Comps, Date, Keywords
YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC
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February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy MSWL day to all querying writers!! Instructions below:
February 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely nobody is on SS who shouldn't be. This is a long-time Republican talking point that single handedly radicalized members of my family well before trump 1.0. Anyway it's a big fat lie, just like the thing that spoke it. 😘
Trump on Social Security: "We have people that shouldn't be on, and those people we have to weed out. Most of them, or many of them so far, have been illegal immigrants."
February 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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my favorite thing to ask my cats is “what’s the issue” because they always got some kind of issue
February 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Friendly reminder that "turning the water back on" meant flowing reserves to a dried lake area, wasting precious reserves and possibly flooding a region. Oh and it had nothing to do with firefighting. www.newsweek.com/california-w...
February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Hello friends. Let’s start this morning off with a pep talk.
The overwhelm, confusion, and fear you’re feeling is what they want you to feel. They want you helpless, hopeless, and paralyzed. Do not take their intimidation and do not give them your joy.
February 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
IT ISN’T A BUYOUT!!
There is no severance. The letter says September 30 is your last day or you accept. NO SEVERANCE. JFC get it right
"What they're doing right now in downsizing government is a great first step" -- Steve Daines endorses the Trump/Musk "buyout" offer to federal workers
January 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is not a payout or severance at all. The letter actually says you can just work from home until September 30 and that’s your last day of work if you accept this.
I don’t expect anyone will see this, but this is an important distinction.
Karoline Leavitt: "They have to show up for work ... We are going to ensure that the federal office buildings are filled with productive and excited workers"
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This man speaks in fantasy logic, eerily similar to the way my father spoke in the later stages of his dementia.
almost every single word that Sen. John Kennedy says about Dr. Fauci and covid in this clip is false. It's remarkable how Trumpers have concocted a completely fictional history of the pandemic.
January 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is such an enjoyable article, says the thriller writer in me
January 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Very irritating that the Copilot icon follows me everywhere I go in Word whether I have turned it off or not. Like, sir, this is a professional manuscript! Get your AI crap out of here.

And yes I have tried; there is no option on Mac to make the icon disappear.

#copilot
January 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy #caturday to this silly who fell asleep like this, waiting for me to notice that, ahem, it was one hour until lunch kibble!
January 26, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yes.
Delighted to find this in a stinky stairwell in Berkeley.
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Don't let those assholes take credit for this next week, because you know they're gonna try to rewrite history.
They won't get the credit they deserve, but President Biden and Secretary Blinken just saved countless lives reaching this ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas right before Trump comes in.

Yes, there will likely be future violence, but Trump now can't pour kerosene on this from Day One.
January 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM