Leah Rambadt 🦊🌸🍁🍂
@leahrambadt.bsky.social
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Speculative fiction author and editor | ACES & EFA member | #RevPit editor | Manga/anime fan and LEGO nerd | linktree: https://linktr.ee/leahrambadt Website: www.leahrambadt.com Newsletter: https://thecraftyfoxwriterscorner.substack.com/
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ICYMI the #RevPit 2025 showcase is live! 🎉

You can check out my winner @jannatnoor.bsky.social’s first 5 pages + query letter below! Definitely check it out if you enjoy the grumpy-sunshine pairing, slow burn romance, good food, and Pakistani rep!

#WritingCommunity #Querying
jannatnoor.bsky.social
#Revpit Showcase is LIVE. Please check out my fellow #RevPitClassof25

My adult contemporary romance is called Pride and Persuasion.

❤️‍🔥 slow burn
❤️‍🔥 grumpy-sunshine
❤️‍🔥 he falls first and harder
❤️‍🔥 sizzling chemistry
❤️‍🔥 angsty conflict
❤️‍🔥 food lovers
❤️‍🔥 Pakistani rep

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Pride and Persuasion
by Jannat Noor (‪@jannatnoor.bsky.social‬) Adult Contemporary Romance
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titanbooks.bsky.social
We're one month away from FUTILITY by @nuzo.bsky.social hitting shelves! 👁️

This is a monstrous, gleeful, bitingly funny tale of murder, body-swapping and bloody vengeance from the ‘Queen of African Horror’. 🥣

Have you pre-ordered? https://tinyurl.com/2re64uh6
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angelaliu.bsky.social
Got my Nebula Award Showcase copies in the mail! Still so grateful to everyone who read “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon.” I think that was the first time I ever felt like maybe I could make it as a writer (and even if I couldn’t, I still wanted to keep trying)
Covers for SFWA’s Nebula Awards Showcase 60 and 59, edited by Stephen Kotowych
https://www.sfwa.org/product/nebula-awards-showcase-59/
https://www.sfwa.org/product/nebula-awards-showcase-60/ First page of “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” novelette published in Clarkesworld 
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/liu_06_23/
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
We were talking the other day about how the loss of RWA meant it was harder to find good cons and good craft talk. Chicago Sprint Fling has great guests and offers a hybrid online program as well! Do recommend for anyone interested in romance!
pamalaknight.bsky.social
REGISTRATION opens October 1 for @chicagonorthrw.bsky.social Spring Fling 2026 Writers Conference. Join us for 3 days of learning, networking and fun! Come to Chicago or join in your pj’s for our hybrid event ☺️ #romancelandia #writers #conferences #chicago

www.accelevents.com/e/chicago-no...
Chicago-North Romance Writers Spring Fling 2026, Thu, Apr 16th, 2026 @ 8:00 AM Accelevents
Three-day hybrid writing conference hosted by Chicago-North Romance Writers featuring:Pre-conference half-day masterclass taught by Sherry Thomas (additional fee, may attend virtually only without attending conference)Thursday evening Bookseller, Blogger, Librarian, and Podcaster networking eventmasterclasses workshops and webinars for published and unpublished writers keynote speeches pitch appointments with editors and agentsnetworkingOnline and in-person Vendor RoomCoverage by Brown Book Seriesa silent auction benefitting a local charityan open to the public book signing an online and on site book store with The Last Chapter Bookshopa Gala ballSpa in Your Space Wellness LoungeJoin us and our headliners, ADRIANA HERRERA and BRENDA JACKSON, online for virtual only or in person at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Downtown Chicago. In-person attendees will also have access to the virtual platform. Access to all the workshops and recording will extend sixty days post-conference.** CNRW is not liable for changes in workshops, speakers, or conference dates due to unforeseen circumstances.**Please check back once registration opens on October 1. You'll be able to click the AGENDA tab above or go to our conference website to see our workshops, professionals, and hotel information: https://www.chicagonorthromancewriters.com/spring-fling
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spacemagiccon.bsky.social
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...

#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy
How Do You Write When the World Is Falling Apart? Monique Cuillerier, Genevieve Clovis, SJ Groenewegen, Ash Kreider, Rachel A. Rosen. Rainbow Space Magic. October 4–5. RainbowSpaceMagic.org. Logo: A fountain pen draws a circle around the rainbow-colored letters RSM, ending in a little flying dragon and a ringed planet. Background: A starry sky with a rainbow.
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angelaliu.bsky.social
Richard Siken, speaking on poetry better than I ever could. His collection, Crush, was life-changing.

(Read the whole interview on @adroitjournal.bsky.social: theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-...)
"The fundamental power of poetry is the friction between the sentence and the line. The sentence is a unit of meaning. When you break it, you get two or more units of meaning that exist simultaneously with the original meaning. No other form of writing has this quality. Since we’re not really writing in traditional forms anymore, it’s even more important to find ways of saying and writing that make shapes, support voice and music and rhythm, and help build architectures."

https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-seven/a-conversation-with-richard-siken/
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tonimargarita.bsky.social
Please consider supporting The Speculative Detective Agency anthology!
By donating to the Kickstarter you also get the book at a discount.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...
The Speculative Detective Agency
A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases
www.kickstarter.com
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strangehorizons.bsky.social
Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!
Happy 25th Birthday to Strange Horizons
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dreamfoundry.bsky.social
🚨 FoF Reminder for Registrants:

If you entered the lottery, results will be emailed today, Sept 17, even if you didn’t win any seats. Keep tabs on your inboxes (and spam)!
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haileypiperfights.bsky.social
The Nerd Daily had me back to talk about my new collection, TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE DEMONS! 😈

We talk about the challenges to writing these coming-of-rage stories, how the horrors of adolescence can inspire horror fiction, and a tease at my next Titan novel 🎟️

thenerddaily.com/hailey-piper...
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Headline: Q&A: Hailey Piper, author of Teenage Girls Can Be Demons, interviewer Elise Dumpleton
Beneath that is a photo of the author next to her book, art by Julia Lloyd
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reactorsff.bsky.social
"Hey, Dark Academia genre? Cassandra Khaw just said, 'Bet?' and pushed all their chips into the middle of the table."

The Library at Hellebore offers a cutting perspective on community and power in academia, all while presenting an entryway for new Khaw readers.

reactormag.com/book-review-...
The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw Is a Vicious Dark Academia - Reactor
One of Cassandra Khaw's most fascinating, horrifying worlds to date—and a great place for new readers to meet their brilliant mind.
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tanyagold.bsky.social
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
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jenbrownwrites.bsky.social
Don’t sleep on this method!! It can often feel like forms go into a black hole, but purchase requests do get seen. Librarians get excited when folks make their collection development responsibilities a little easier. 🙏🏾
charliejane.bsky.social
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.

But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!

It's easy! Check your library's website.
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edsguild.bsky.social
Allow us to toot our own horn here while showing off the Guild's schedule of upcoming free, virtual editing events for you, our dear edibuddies. Most open to all editors, registration required.

🍻 Copyediting & Proofreading Fiction Happy Hour, 9/17, 4 pm Pacific

(🧵: 1/6)
#GiantPencilFanClub
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angelaliu.bsky.social
ICYMI. Reading tonight at 9PM EST!
angelaliu.bsky.social
Excited to join the launch for @fabulistmag.bsky.social’s weird romance anthology STAR CROSSED on 9/17!

I’ll be reading from my story "The Angel Talks of Beethoven's Genius,“ about someone who sleeps with an angel, alongside other wtf bizarre love stories. Sign up for the free virtual event here:
Launch party — STAR CROSSED vol. 1: Tales of Strange Love & Weird Romance
Join our livestream, with readings by Angela Liu, Loren Rhoads, Elizabeth Stix, Jenny Bitner, Jyotsna Sreenivasan, Alethea Eason and more!
www.eventbrite.com
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angelaliu.bsky.social
If you’re an @sfpoetry.bsky.social member, don’t forget Rhysling Award voting closes on 9/15! (And if you’re not a member, it’s always a great time to check out all the nominees for some great spec poetry!)

My poem “The Final Trick” is a finalist this year in the long poem category.
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dreamfoundry.bsky.social
🚨 FoF Reminder for Registrants:

The lottery is open until Sept 15. Results will be emailed Sept 17, even if you didn’t win any seats. After the lottery closes, everyone can directly sign up for remaining seats.

Haven't registered yet? Now's the time!
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karenyin.bsky.social
On September 10, 2018, I launched the Editors of Color Database to raise the visibility of editorial professionals of color.

Like many POC, I was tired of being left out of projects, interviews, panels, and jobs because the people in charge claimed we don’t exist…

Continue on LinkedIn
On a brownish beige background are the words "Hire, involve, support" over the Editors of Color logo, which has block letters with "of color" enclosed in curly brackets. Below is the EditorsOfColor.com URL, and at the bottom is a digital illustration of colorfully dressed people of color.
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fromcarly.bsky.social
When giving exposition to the reader, share why the information matters to your character. Color it with your character’s opinions.

#WritingTips #AuthorServices #AuthorCommunity #Editor #BookLightEditorial #BookCommunity
Solid black background. On both sides of the graphics, there are blue, orange, and red flowers. The main text says, “When giving exposition to the reader, share why the information matters to your character. Color it with your character’s opinions.”
Solid dark teal background. The main text says, “Disclaimer.” The body text says, “As always, general advice is complicated and hard. There are always exceptions and times when it isn’t applicable. This is why getting individual feedback can be so important. Remember: use the advice that works best for you and your writing!”
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mariatureaud.bsky.social
It's the last day to enter to win an ARC of #ThisHouseWillFeed on #Goodreads so enter the #giveaway today #newbook #irishhorror #historicalhorror #booksky #horrorsky
Goodreads Giveaway. Enter by 9/9 for a chance to win an early reader copy. US only. Image: cover of THIS HOUSE WILL FEED by Maria Tureaud
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speculativeinsight.bsky.social
In which @brendaclough.bsky.social explores the idea of historical science fiction as its own sub-genre, and what different strands appear...

Free to read right now! Share it with your friends!
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Purple background, white text, which says ...is there such a thing as historical science fiction? There must be science fiction set in the past... a little digging turns up enough titles to show it really is a separate genre. So, let's think about historical science fiction. Towards a Taxonomy of Historical Science Fiction -- Brenda Clough