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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!

Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 1d

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 2d

Wrangle them
Into line!!

Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 2d

Yessss

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

YW!

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

Books are books!!

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

Absolutely. Spam folders are a bane of- and there can be more than one! Check all those “update” and promo folders too!

Michelle Witte @michellewitte.bsky.social · 8d

Hey writers, if you are querying, make sure to keep an eye on your spam folder. Query Manager has an issue that messages from agents requesting materials are sent to spam by some email programs. It's happened again to several author recently, so be aware.

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

That’s brilliant! Congrats!!

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

YES!! Power house.

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

I always miss the good stuff.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 8d

In case you're wondering if that book review offer or marketing pitch or friendly message from a well-known author are genuine (the short version: probably not)...my collection of blog posts on the new Nigerian marketing scams will help you decide writerbeware.blog/tag/nigeria/

Nigerian scams Archives - Writer Beware

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

I mean… I hope so. 🤞☕️

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

This!! We just want to read sometimes for fun?

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Sofia Aves @sofiaaves.bsky.social · 8d

I always worry about this. What if I just want to write about people covered in the sorts of scars no one else gets to see but their person they have to find for themselves with a side serve of redemption and smut? Can we do that?

C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 8d

I worry about writing something meaningful. Epic. Consequential. Something that will take people's breath away.

Perhaps I'm not that kind of writer. Perhaps my books will merely entertain, steal away the darkness for a few moments.

Perhaps that's enough.

#writing

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Shaya Lin Susan @shayalinsusan.bsky.social · 8d

🩸SHE IS A HAUNTING + THE HONEYS🐝

When 18-year-old podcaster Max infiltrates a tradwife cult in rural Utah to save her sister, she expects to fight barefoot farm girls with ring lights…

Instead, she comes face-to-face with an ancient god that eats women.

#roundtablementor #YA #H #UN

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FT Zahra @ftzahra.bsky.social · 8d

ADDIE LA RUE X BEFORE I FALL

On the verge of death, Safa makes a desperate bargain with a mysterious jinn. Now she has 3 obscure clues, 0 memories and 1 month to win back her life.

💘 Reluctant Allies-to-lovers
🔍 Amnesia with a twist
🇵🇰-rep & folklore
⏳ ticking clock

#roundtablementor #ya #f #un

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Taylor ✨querying a horror rom 👽♥️🎲✨ @taylorkowens.bsky.social · 8d

To save her sister, Destiny joins a luck-bending alien in a dangerous Vegas con. His borrowed human body is breaking, her heart is unraveling, and every win brings them closer to ruin. Now it’s love or family. Either choice could destroy them both.
#roundtablementor #A #H #R #UN

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Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era @weavinguptales.bsky.social · 8d

SAILOR MOON x THE UNTAMED but sapphic x Indonesian mythology

A hero has enough issues like yearning over her soulmate, having a pact with a queen of monsters, saving her cursed family from death, but that involves stealing the heart of her true love

#roundtablementor #YA #F #UN

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EMBlaauw @emblaauw.bsky.social · 8d

AMARI x MEGAMIND

When a magical villain school recruits (aka kidnaps) 12y/o Carsen, she must win her freedom by becoming the best villain in her grade, or else the school will use Carsen’s strange magic to return her supervillain aunt to power. #MG #F #UN #roundtablementor

A mood board with the title "The Villainous Institute for Better Education" in the center, surrounded by graphics of dark towers, kids fighting with magic, and robotic creatures and dragons. Beneath the title it says "a middle grade novel".

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MelonieWithAnO @meloniewithano.bsky.social · 8d

Peep my #agentsguide folks.
All of this AND
🎶music magic
👯complex friendships
🐶puppy love and betrayal
⛪️soft cult vibes
🤦‍♀️coming-of-age
💕good mother-daughter relationship
📸unwanted fame
🫥anxiety/depersonalization
🎧a killer playlist

#roundtablementor #YA #F

Purple background with a tuning fork and wisteria. "An agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy"

(same background) "Pitch: Being the gods' lackey isn't new to 15 year old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF is derailed by a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out."

(same background) "Comps" (Image of The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan) "Aged-up Riordan. Quest with BFF" (Image of Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria) "Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep" (Image of The Truman Show) "Crumbling Worldview. Is my life real?"

(same background) "Snippet. My eyes rove upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods are above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles dance, sparkling like glitter in the blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes."

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Emily Bennett @emilybennettwrites.bsky.social · 8d

The Greek gods X Jenny Han

The goddess Aphrodite risks losing her powers and her title if she can’t get the grumpy god of craft and fire to fall in love with her by the end of the school year

❤️‍🔥 reluctant romance
❤️‍🔥 first love
❤️‍🔥 grumpy / snarky
❤️‍🔥 ex-best friends
❤️‍🔥 HEA

#roundtablementor #ya #un #r

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L. Amariti @lamaritiwrites.bsky.social · 8d

High school freshman Izzy navigates familial tensions, the status quo and the quest to be her authentic self, with

🧡 messy aroace coming of age
💛an even messier family
🤍 chaotic queer found family
🩵 FASHION AS SELF EXPRESSION
💙creating your place in the world

#roundtablementor #YA #Con #UN

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Sonja J Kaye @sonjajkaye.bsky.social · 8d

Being a good girl? Overrated.

Hurting people—intriguing.

But that’d risk Natalie’s rep at her elite boarding school and her desired spot at Yale.

She’s got it all under control, until pretty new girl Aylin sees right through her mask.

Now, to kiss or to kill her?

#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN

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Kyla Whitelock @kylawhitelock.bsky.social · 8d

SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME X ARCANE

Druids go through the Inflection, where an element will bless them with power 🍃💨💧

Industrialists are subjected to the Test of Attunement, where crystals can enhance their speed, strength, or senses 🔮💪🏼😈

But what if you aren't chosen?

#roundtablementor #A #F

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hanna @hhoshino-writes.bsky.social · 8d

Nisha J. Tuli’s NOT SAFE FOR WORK x SUITS

⚖️ law school rivals to lovers
🤌 forced proximity
💼 workplace romance
❤️‍🔥 slow burn
🌶️ banter as foreplay

#roundtablementor #A#R #UN

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