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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so glad we got paired up! Your novel is SO COOL!

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Amelia @aemlai.bsky.social · 1d

Having the best time catching up on these! Also need to say a huge thank you to @spacemagiccon.bsky.social and @tanyagold.bsky.social for my Opening Pages Consult - Tanya engaged with my writing with such generosity and I am so excited to dive into the rewrite process with their valuable feedback!!

Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 3d

Did you miss this year's #RainbowSpaceMagic this weekend?

No problem! Recordings of the keynote with @sammaggs.bsky.social, the panels, readings, & the chat with @othersidespec.bsky.social are all on our YouTube channel

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Moth (Em) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @8bitem.bsky.social · 4d

Ahhhh, loving today so much. I missed yesterday due to Pride and looking forward to watching it on YouTube.

Today has been so good!

Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 4d

Starting in 30 minutes!
www.rainbowspacemagi...

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 8d

Wanna connect with all the awesome Rainbow Space Magic people over here?

There's a starter pack just for that!
go.bsky.app/UobYdhe

#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #QueerSFF #RainbowSpaceMagic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social

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K.L. Noone @klnoone.bsky.social · 5d

Doing a reading in a few minutes! Come join us! #BookSky

K.L. Noone @klnoone.bsky.social · 14d

Come join us! It's free! I'll be on a panel about genre & also doing a reading (if you, er, like the things I write?) on Saturday! And there're many other fascinating panels, from writing trans joy to intimacy & consent to how we write as the world is falling apart! #lgbtq #BookSky #scifi #fantasy

Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 29d

Writing with resistance, Imagining a better future

Join us October 4 & 5 for the 6th annual Rainbow Space Magic, a free, virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction.

Details on panels follow...

rainbowspacemagic.org

#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy

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Karen Lord @drkarenlord.bsky.social · 9d

Did you think I was kidding when I said this book is amazing and you should preorder it now? Kudos to coeditors @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social, and our incredible roster of writers and activists, for creating such a marvellous work!

Library Journal Starred Review

We Will Rise Again:
Speculative Stories and
Essays on Protest,
Resistance, and Hope
Saga. Dec. 2025. 384p. ed. by Karen Lord and others. ISBN
9781668095959. pbk. $20. SCIENCE FICTION
Inspired by the groundbreaking anthology Octavia’s Brood, editors Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older present a new collection of essays from current agents for social change, along with visionary and speculative fiction set in alternate worlds where people are fighting the good fight against injustice and oppression. Standouts include Laia Asieo Odo’s “Where Memory Meets the Sea,” a heartbreaker about the manipulation of history and the crush of grief; Jaymee Goh’s “A Brief Letter on the Origins of the Harpy Aviary in the Kirani Citadel,” a wryly satirical story about sanctioned rebellions carried out with the application of a flock of harpies; and Charlie Jane Anders’s “Realer Than Real,” which examines the enforcement of gender norms. Other stories explore social activism, collective action, the fear of change, the possibility of hope along multiple axes from community justice to anarchism, human rights across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and for people with disabilities, the difficulty of combatting crisis fatigue, and the desperation to make others see what they’d prefer to avoid.
VERDICT: This thought-provoking and inspiring collection is highly recommended for readers looking for visions that represent hope and change, as well as anyone who loves the work of Octavia Butler.
— Reviewed by Marlene Harris , Oct 01, 2025

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, I wish they available in previews too. I've been using The StoryGraph to look up content warnings myself.

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Moth (Em) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @8bitem.bsky.social · 6d

Who wants to cozy up this winter to spicy, spooky, or fantastic winter tales with #trans and #nonbinary characters?

Well, me for one.

Calling trans and nonbinary #writers. Submit now to join my Itchio bundle of Trans Holiday Magic! Existing or new stories welcome.

forms.gle/svdATkyeWqQ1...

Magic, warmth, good cheer, love? Holiday hijinks, the spookiness of the longest night, the mysticism of the solstice?

Whether it's a story that uses a winter holiday (including New Year's Eve) or a winter-themed tale, join this bundle of trans-centered holiday stories.

ELIGIBILITY
Who: Trans and nonbinary writers 🏳️‍⚧️
Existing and New Stories:: Already have a wintery story with a trans or nonbinary character or will write a story that is published on Itchio by November 24th to join this bundle? 📖

Themes: A winter holiday or winter setting. Stories may be any genre from retelling winter fables with trans and nonbinary characters to romances to the spookier, fantastic, or more mystical side of the winter (cryptids, anyone?) As long as your story contains a winter setting of some kind and trans and nonbinary characters, please apply! ⚧️

Length: Minimum 5,000 words to full-length novels ⌨️

Price: To be determined by number of stories included 🌲

❄️❄️❄️ New Stories Must be Published on Itch.io by 11:59 PM Central US Monday November 24 ❄️❄️❄️

Bundle Will Run: December 1 - 21

Let's make this season merry and trans!
Hosted by Em Haeger (Moth from Galaxy Moth Press)

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Monique AC @moniqueac.bsky.social · 7d

Join us this weekend for 2 days about queer speculative fiction!

(And my panel 👇 in particular :-) )

Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 7d

This year's RSM is October 4 & 5, and is about writing with resistance, Imagining a better future. Don't forget to register on rainbowspacemagic.org.
#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 7d

Today is DAY 1 of #DVparty, a community event to talk up projects that Diverse Creators plan to pitch during #DVpit! Since it's our inaugural year on Bluesky, we'd like to invite any diverse creator to participate! Share about your beautiful work & let's build a #writercommunity here! #writersky

#DVparty
Day 1 October 2, 2025):
Post a moodboard or art for your project!
Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag.
Open all day!
Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed.
Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit!
More info at dvpit.carrd.co
Follow us at dvpit.bsky social for more updates!

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 8d

Wanna connect with all the awesome Rainbow Space Magic people over here?

There's a starter pack just for that!
go.bsky.app/UobYdhe

#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #QueerSFF #RainbowSpaceMagic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social

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Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 14d

This is just one of the many panels that's happening Oct 4 & 5 at the 6th annual Rainbow Space Magic. This free virtual con is for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction. Full schedule at www.rainbowspacemagi...

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KidLitGN @kidlitgn.bsky.social · 8d

#Agents, #Editors, & #Publishers, #KidLitGN's 2025 pitch event is officially open! kidlitgn.com/submission-d....

Reply to the pitches you are interested in with your sub guidelines, or add your guidelines here: kidlitgn.com/submission-d...

#pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels

Agent, Editor, & Publisher Submission Guidelines – KidLitGN

kidlitgn.com

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Gallaudet University Press @gallaudetpress.bsky.social · 8d

**SALE EXTENDED!** Deaf Awareness Month is over but we’re going to keep the sale running through Oct 10. Use promo code AWARE45 at checkout to get 45% off all books and ebooks. This is the biggest sale we’ll have for a while so stock up while you can! gupress.gallaudet.edu/Publishers/G... #ReadUP

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KidLitGN @kidlitgn.bsky.social · 8d

#GN creators, the pitch window to load your kids-YA #graphicnovel projects closes today, Oct. 1, at 11:59 EDT.

#Illustrators, load a sample from your portfolio in our illustrator section!

www.kidlitgn.com

#pitchevent #kidlit #graphicnovels #comics #KidLitGN

KidLitGN – Hosting Pitch Events For Creators of Kids through YA Graphic Novels

www.kidlitgn.com

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 13d

I just threw out my shoulder hauling a huge pile of books on comics across the room just so I can answer questions about resources with "This book. Read this book."

I've got some other stuff to say about editing comics too. Stuff that hasn't hurt my shoulder—yet.

#Flights2025 #AmEditing #Comics

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 18d

Public service announcement:

ONTARIO SFF WRITERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE OAC RECOMMENDER GRANT

AUGUR IS A RECOMMENDER

WE WANT TO RECOMMEND SFF WRITERS GET GRANTS

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 20d

#Fiction editors!!!

Come on over to this #FictionEditing panel at #ACESVCon25: Oh the Horror! Editing Novels That Make You Squirm by @tanyagold.bsky.social, @cloviseditorial.bsky.social, @racheloestreich.bsky.social.

#amediting #freelanceediting #VCon25 #fictioneditor #bookeditor #bookediting

The Zoom session with Tanya, Rachel, and Genevieve on my laptop, with my bookshelves behind the laptop.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 21d

Next up at #ACESVCon25: Beyond Semantics: Embedding Accessibility Checks into Every Editing Pass by @themonbon.bsky.social!

#amediting #freelanceediting #VCon25

Title slide for the session Beyond Semantics: Embedding Accessibility Checks into Every Editing Pass by Moniqua Paullet, ADS.

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 22d

Are you at #ACESVCon this week? Wanna come hang out and chat about editing horror novels?

Join me, @cloviseditorial.bsky.social, and @racheloestreich.bsky.social for a panel discussion on Friday!

#VCon25 #Horror #AmEditing 🩸📚 @acesediting.bsky.social

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Carey Pietsch @careydraws.bsky.social · 22d

Brooklyn/NYC folks: hyper local indie comic festival DICE is in 10 days (Sat 9/27)! I'm not tabling, but I'm volunteering for the early shift & I'm excited to check it out-- see you there!
dicecomix.cargo.site

DICE!

cargo.site

dicecomix.cargo.site

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 22d

The Writers' Union of Canada is hosting what looks like an amazing panel next Wednesday.

✨ Navigating Publishing as a Writer with a Disability ✨

It'll be recorded and available for a short time after.

writersunion.ca/webinars/nav...

#Publishing #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmEditing

Navigating Publishing as a Writer with a Disability | The Writers' Union of Canada

writersunion.ca

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to catching that recording!

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 22d

Aw, thanks!

I'm looking forward to catching yours when they post the recordings!

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 22d

"tweeting" 🤦🏻

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