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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 5h

#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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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 11d

when i think of publishing industry execs who love to prioritize profits over people — and end up fucking over their profits in the process, i have to laugh

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 11d

A must-read 👇 The way the publishing industry prioritizes short term profits over long term sustainability is a train wreck in slow motion.

It's baffling to me that industry execs don't get that investing in writers, being pro-labor, and nurturing a healthy literary ecosystem is good for business.

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Jenny Kiefer @jennykiefer.com · 15h

PUB DAY POSSUM

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 1d

This may sound extreme but I am getting tired of watching white men dismantle things that are important to me for no clear reason besides that they can

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 19h

This is out and you want it, the end

Jenny Kiefer @jennykiefer.com · Mar 21

CRAFTING FOR SINNERS releases October 7! Pre-order a signed copy here: www.horrorbookstore.com/product/craf...

The cover for CRAFTING FOR SINNERS, featuring hand-crocheted art

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 15h

ok but like genuinely, we cooked here

Two editors posed like communist lovers, holding aloft a copy of the picture book My Cabbages

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 15h

lol remember when this happened

Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · May 24

We're manifesting a hot labor summer for publishing 🌞 If you're on IG, you can follow along @ QuirkBooksUnion ✨

Two arms with clasped hands. One arm has text that reads ME, the other arm reads MY COWORKERS and the clasped hands reads UNIONIZING FOR A HOT LABOR SUMMER IN PUBLISHING

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 22h

If I hear a single fucking person talking about how we need to line up behind this shitheads inevitable candidacy I'm going to lost it

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 22h

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Gaby was an absolute DREAM to work with on THE Z WORD and THIS IS MY BODY. If you're looking for a freelance publicist I can't imagine a better option!

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 1d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d

i need google drive to stop messaging me. we are NOT friends

Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d

s-tier cat

orange tabby in the sun looking mad as hell

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d

the GOAT

Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d

Gaby is a damn genius, a hard worker, and also really fucking funny. Hire Gaby if you want your book to pop off!

gaby iori @gabyiori.bsky.social · 1d

...anyway! I am looking for work (and have been for months actually!!) and also soft-launching that I'm doing freelance marketing and publicity. if you have a book coming out that you think would benefit from a thoughtful publicist/marketer, I'd love to help you get it into the world!

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Jessica Yang 🍊 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 1d

Great day to follow Quirk Books Union (@ QuirkBooksUnion on IG) and show your support for unions in publishing! 🙂✊ No particular reason or anything!! 🔗 www.instagram.com/quirkbooksun...

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Enerjax✦ 🔜 Magfest, FF @enerjax.bsky.social · 2d

Armor work🛡️
I want to practice it more 💪

Gouache painting practice for a “Knight of Flowers” study, the painting by Georges Rochegrosse

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 2d

There are many goals—to undercut authors working from the margins, to take access away from young readers who do not yet have full agency over their lives, and especially to dismantle institutions that empower and provide access for the public! They’re all worth addressing!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 2d

I get frustrated with best-selling authors being like “It’s banned books week, buy my book” because one major portion of the project of book bans is administrative overload! It’s to make the job of being a public librarian or teacher feel exceedingly difficult and not worth the trouble!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 2d

It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!

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Katelyn Gadd @kg.luminance.org · 3d

it's not enough to have your slop funded by venture capital money being lit on fire. you have to feel morally superior while eating your slop. rich fascists are attempting to give their for-profit machine learning models more rights than actual humans and it's a war crime to criticize them

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

As you see the Ellisons’ use the husk of Paramount/CBS to hand out fiefdoms to conservatives, remember: This summer Paramount bribed Trump $16m at the cost of 60 Minutes’ integrity. FCC approval of the Ellisons’ takeover bid followed within a few days. Brendan Carr made this statement at the time.

Brendan Carr, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission:
President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape. And the way he's doing that is,
when he ran for election, he ran directly at these legacy broadcast media outlets, ABC, NBC, CBS.
For years, government officials just allowed those entities with execs sitting in Hollywood in New York to dictate the political narrative. And he has fundamentally changed the game. And you see that really having consequences that are just rushing all through media.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 2d

RM starting off Banned Books Week with us 💜 #readbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #kimnamjoon

RM aka Kim Namjoon of BTS wearing a blue plaid flannel and a black baseball cap which says "Read Banned Books" sitting in front of a white couch with a slight smile on his face.

Closeup of RM aka Kim Namjoon of BTS wearing a black baseball cap which says "Read Banned Books Penguin Random House"

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 2d

Medical and legal experts lay out a very clear case for why these are war crimes and genocide. I encourage everyone who cares to listen to this. revealnews.org/podcast/gaza...

US doctors in Gaza find evidence that kids are being targeted by the Israeli military

American doctors volunteering in Gaza report a disturbing pattern of children shot by Israeli forces. Now they’re pushing for accountability.

revealnews.org

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