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Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 3h

A few quick things!

Authors, please treat agent interest as an invitation to query, not a requirement. Pitch events are a great way to discover agents who weren't on your radar yet. Another is the @litagentsofchange.bsky.social's Equity Directory: www.equitydirectory.org

Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 20h

Looking forward to #DVPit tomorrow! If I heart your pitch, please query as normal (letter + ~25 pages), but add "#DVPit" somewhere in the subject line, and include the text of the post I hearted somewhere in your query letter. Can't wait to find projects I didn't know I wanted.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 7h

5. And remember, if you believe that Covid is 'gone', you will, by definition, never, ever consider that you may have Long Covid.

/end

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 11m

like whatever lyricists you like

but if you can only think of past generations of white writers

and are asking yourself whether you should count out a majority black genre

you need to be better

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 2d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 5m

Taylor Swift is a greater lyricist than Stevie MFk'n Wonder?!?!?! Stop playing in my face.

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#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 59m

This young Black person lives in a home where they are at risk DAILY of being threatened of sexual abuse by their OWN sibling.

Please understand that this is a serious EMERGENCY than needs to be supported RIGHT NOW. #ProtectJhordin

#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 5d

Help free Jhordin of the familial abuse they've been facing for years.

14% of progress has been made so far. Please contribute:

• gfm: gofund.me/8fc4a39f
• ca: cash.app/$discobops
• pp: paypal.me/br4tzcore
• vm: venmo.com/urdream333

Repeated text that reads "help Jhordin escape abuse" with a cutout image of Marlene Clark smelling a rose from the movie Ganja & Hess in front of the text, a black line border, and a white background.

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 5h

For the morning crowd: I'm one of the federal workers affected by the shutdown. I'm the sole earner of my family rn and have no idea when I'll get paid again.

Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Since I'm going to be broke as a joke for a little while, I'd love to get some work. I'd love to do covers but I do fantasy maps and pinups too. Or if you just want to help out, here's how:

www.ko-fi.com/sarahamacklin
paypal.me/SarahAMacklin
📧 [email protected]

Storm from the X-men in a night sky with a lightning bolt striking her outstretched right hand.

The Marvel comics villain Taskmaster in the conspiracy wall meme pose. His wall has pictures of other Marvel characters and papers with items and subjects from the Marvel universe.

Four older women in their fifties stand menacingly on a staircase. The closest on the left is in a pink shirt and jeans, holding a gun. She has white hair, fair skin and green eyes.The woman on the right is of persian decent and is holding magical fire in her left hand. The next closest on is Black with a blue shirt and jeans. She's adjusting her glasses. The woman farthest away is grinning wildly up with an orange aura around her.

In a dark ominous cave three Black women adventurers walk along while a huge spider lurks behind them. The woman closest to the viewer is dressed like a warrior with a west African styled sword and purple, brown, and red outfit. She holds a lit torch. The woman in the middle is very short, wielding a large ornate axe and wearing furs and leathers. The woman to the rear is an elf, holding a glowing staff and in a blue gown with a collar that looks vaguely Egyptian. On the ceiling behind them the spider is brown and tarantula-like. The light shines off its many eyes.

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 2h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Ubernegro @ubernegro.bsky.social · 3h

Can we highlight that the ICE officer was trying to kill this dude? He was not just spraying him in the ass but through the air filtration. That could have turned his suit into a gas chamber.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 2h

I just really wish someone in the world of punditry would say, out loud, that Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize is entirely because That Black Man got one.

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Sean Padilla @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 3h

This is something that White people could look up and find out for themselves instead of popping up in random Black people’s mentions to argue about it

dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 5h

non-black users using the blacksky.app handle is a bannable offense

BUT non-black users are welcome to join the blacksky SERVERS (not the blacksky feed) under either "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles

source: docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

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Penelope Burns @penelopekayb.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning DVPit! I'm so excited the event has returned. If I like your pitch, please feel free to submit your query and first three chapters via this link: querytracker.net/query/penelo...

Query Penelope Burns at Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents

QueryTracker.net

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 2h

Ever known someone who can't stand to see other people rest?

Ever had a manager like that? 🙃

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Louay 🍉🍉 @louaylouay85.bsky.social · 1d

Thank God, my wife gave birth to our new baby girl a little while ago and she needs care and healthy food, please help 🙏

Louay 🍉🍉 @louaylouay85.bsky.social · 3d

My wife is 9 months pregnant and has not given birth to our new baby due to malnutrition. She is likely to give birth at any moment, so I need urgent assistance of $500 for the delivery, the baby and proper nutrition.
Please help 🙏👇💔
www.chuffed.org/project/128329

Help Louay and his family save their lives.

Hello, I am Louay Aziz, from Gaza, I am 55 years old, married with children and grandchildren, but because of the war I lost my job and my home, and now we are homeless, I always look at my children a...

www.chuffed.org

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 10h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, it sucks right now.

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Paula Weiman @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social · 5h

I'll be participating in DVpit today! While I'm currently closed to unsolicited queries, I've opened a temporary link on QueryManager specifically for this pitch event. If I like your DVpit post, that's an invitation to query me: querytracker.net/query/paulaa...

Query Paula Weiman at ASH Literary

querytracker.net

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🦈 Liz, shark queen 👑 @thesharkqueen.com · 1d

The Kickstarter strike is deeply affecting our campaign. This is your reminder that the workers are not asking you to boycott. But also that campaigns aren’t being seen outside their immediate spheres of followers (of which I do not have many)
Can you share the campaign today, please?

S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser: Tales from Beyond

Volume 2 of S.E. Ransdell's illustrated erotic horror and dark tales from the other side- of the veil, of sanity, and of revenge.

www.kickstarter.com

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 5h

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

www.neighborhoodliterary.com

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 5h

For the morning crowd: I'm one of the federal workers affected by the shutdown. I'm the sole earner of my family rn and have no idea when I'll get paid again.

Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Since I'm going to be broke as a joke for a little while, I'd love to get some work. I'd love to do covers but I do fantasy maps and pinups too. Or if you just want to help out, here's how:

www.ko-fi.com/sarahamacklin
paypal.me/SarahAMacklin
📧 [email protected]

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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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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 9h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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The Delicious Legacy Podcast @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social · 2d

Two week till this!
Book yer tickets!
It's online so you can watch from wherever you are in the world!
www.eventbrite.com/e/serve-it-f...

#foodhistory
#foodfestival
#historyoffood

With @alessandrapino.bsky.social @mrssbilton.bsky.social @neilbuttery.bsky.social

Serve it Forth Food History Festival 2025

Join us for Serve it Forth Food History Festival 2025 for a fantastic day of discussion, chat and learning about food history and traditions

www.eventbrite.com

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 1d

Additionally depending on how this Chicago deployment unfurls closing out this fundraiser will give me the space to not go to a gig if it means passing through multiple troop checkpoints that are not safe for me.

Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 20d

Oh Hai 👋🏿

If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.

This is what I came for.

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Munah @heathenqueen.blacksky.app · 18h

🚨🚨🚨🚨
MOTHER NEEDS HELP.
Tonisha was laid off and is at the end of her savings. Can we getnsome traction on her fundraiser, please!! Give what you can and share widely. Thank you so much!!

gofund.me/ccb8b992b

tlb8275.bsky.social @tlb8275.bsky.social · 18h

I might delete my GoFundMe because it has received no traction. I've only received $100 from it. Far from my goal.

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Sarah M. - Blerdy Baddie @killianfantasy.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks!

I ain't doing nothing in this book but making people horny. Lol

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