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Eric Smith

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🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary. 📚 Award-winning Author. 👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad. Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now! 🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Mar 18

So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities.

🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.

Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...

Come on in. — Neighborhood Literary

Well, here we are. The news is out, the agency is open. Welcome. There’s a lot to potentially say in an introduction post. But I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. I’ve always been driven to make...

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 6h

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning #DVpit! While I’m closed to submissions, I’m here looking for projects.

If I like your pitch, send a query on over to my email, and I’ll follow up to request pages shortly. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/about

Good luck today! ❤️

About — Neighborhood Literary

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

Omg 😂😂

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

Emma! Thank you!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

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We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

Giving this a little bump. Next month is gonna be fun! 👇🏽

Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.

Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.

These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...

Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH

Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

❤️❤️❤️

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Jhanteigh Kupihea @jhanteigh.bsky.social · 1d

Quirk authors, if you’re finding out about this news on social media and are feeling distressed about where this leaves you, I wouldn’t hesitate to email Dave since it sounds like he‘s the only person he saved in the sale of the company.

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 1d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 1d

Well. I have thoughts. Good lord.

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 1d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
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Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, my heart. I will never get over this. Congrats @kaylaancrum.bsky.social! 🥹

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 4d

FYI - @authorsguild.org has an upcoming webinar for authors & illustrators. "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know" looks very worthwhile for those whose books were involved. authorsguild.org/event/anthro...

Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild

Copyright holders recently secured preliminary approval of a $1.5 billion class settlement in the Bartz v. Anthropic case, in which authors Andrea Bartz, Kirk Johnson, and Charles Graeber led a class-...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 4d

Yup! I’ve got two panels and then I’ll just be at my table

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 5d

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a new resource-sharing community affiliated with Authors Against Book Bans and geared toward industry insiders, will host its first virtual town hall, “Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors,” on October 28.

Publishing Pros Band Together to Root Out Censorship

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a new resource-sharing community affiliated with Authors Against Book Bans and geared toward industry insiders, will host its first virtual town hall on…

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6d

COVER REVEAL-

But it’s just me in bed under the covers showing you this new quilt I purchased because it’s autumn and I’m not writing.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6d

Oh hey, it’s in PM, so in case you missed it…

So excited for this gorgeous book, especially because we need more kid-lit that addresses what children have been through in the pandemic.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6d

Every single day, just more fresh new reasons to yell at the glowing rectangle in my hand.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 6d

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 6d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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GINA NÄUMAN • جینا نعمان @entertheunseen.bsky.social · 6d

How evil must one be to intercept a benign aid ship on its way to innocents gripped by famine & bombs? It should be extremely clear to the world that these genocidaires are very intentional in their aim to starve Palestinians. Solidarity with the flotilla. They’re the best of us.

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 6d

I'm gonna do an @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and remind people who create stuff to have a website with contact info and a comprehensive bio. I wouldn't have been approached about doing the TV show and additional pilot if I didnt have that

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6d

Loving this for you.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 6d

Was venting to my local Dad group chat about being anxious over my kiddo moving into a new classroom.

They stressed that we need to let our kids spread their wings and fly, and then everyone said “go birds” multiple times.

Ah, Philadelphia. 🦅