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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 12h

DJ Lily's #music of the day
#MusicChallenge
#20SongsByYear. 1985

Track 8

youtu.be/iKAginGVpVI?...

Go West - We Close Our Eyes (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Chrysalis Records

youtu.be

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 13h

mybook.to/SantasEarlyC...
This is a beautiful book and a welcome addition to any child’s pile of Christmas books.'
#picturebooks #childrensbooks

Cover of Santa's Early Christmas by Lily Lawson. Its a children's picture book with Santa on his sleigh flying through the sky. With the words 99c/p this week only on a background of the sky image from the cover.

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting concept

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P.S.C. Willis 🌈🖋️ Crying Out for Magic - Out Now! @pscwillis.bsky.social · 15h

When people-pleaser Jay gains guardianship of a curious tree spirit, she must find the joy in being human. But if Jay can't confront the lies and insecurities eroding her oldest friendship, she risks teaching the birch that life is about hiding who you really are.

#DVPit #YA #LGBT #F #CF

Left column: The trunk of a tree with a person’s figure in it, a heart made of daisies, a snapped tree, a bicycle.
Middle column: a white girl with freckles and bobbed brown hair standing in a field of flowers.
Right column: a dish of ice cream with two spoons in it, a dark toned shot looking over someone’s shoulder as they fill out a complicated looking form, phone with text messages reading ‘He’s my bf not yours’ ‘Stay away from him,’ a Black person with paint smeared over their face.

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Jeanne Roland @jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Try it free on #KindleUnlimited
mybook.to/MyArchersSer...

#Booksky #adventure #romance #histfic #fantasy #YA

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Jeanne Roland @jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social · 1d

#OctoberThrills 7
Tuesday #snippet share

From Cloaks & Daggers, my Renaissance Rival Rapier Academies RomCom Adventure,
which is the story of Alessandro's daughter & Jacopo's son, in the next generation 🗡️🗡️
#ComingSoon maybe?

#Booksky #romance #WIP

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 1d

thank you

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Fi Phillips @fiphillipswriter.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time of year again: spooky month. So in the run up to Halloween/Samhain, here's a little scary tale I prepared earlier.

Four old ladies walk into a pub (in three parts):

fiphillipswriter.com/2023/10/

#HalloweenTales #FantasyReads #AmWritingSpooky #BookSky

a table with a reserved sign in a traditional pub decorated for Halloween

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Pumpkin Spice Laura @slowlaurus.bsky.social · 1d

Old school pitching rules reign tomorrow!

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 23d

Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules!
For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co
See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025!
#writersky #booksky

#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.
Your pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use #DVArt)
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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Pumpkin Spice Laura @slowlaurus.bsky.social · 1d

THE BOYS x THE CONSTANT RABBIT

Joey is the Chosen One. It’s a job 🤷‍♀️

But when an innocent bystander is gravely injured & no one cares, he worries he’s working for the wrong side. When his colleagues start dying, he must choose “good” vs evil — or he’ll be next. #DVParty

Can’t wait to write it 💕

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 1d

#vss365
#clash

'What do you think of my new outfit?' Sabrina twirled.
Diana raised her eyebrows.
'Very brave of you to wear those colours together, they do clash a little'
'That's made up my mind I'll take the lot.' Sabrina went back into the changing room.

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 1d

'A perfectly fun book to read as part of your family's Christmas traditions.'
mybook.to/SantasEarlyC...
#christmas #picturebook

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's early but this guy's been chomping at the bit to say hello again after his brief appearance. He doesn't get out much for a lot of the year. I thought he could have a week to himself - his story is Santa's EARLY Christmas after all.
#christmas #picturebooks #99c
mybook.to/SantasEarlyC...

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 1d

DJ Lily's #music of the day
#MusicChallenge
#20SongsByYear. 1985

Track 7

youtu.be/LQiOA7euaYA?...

Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere (Official Video)

YouTube video by Talking Heads

youtu.be

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Jeanne Roland @jeannerolandwrites.bsky.social · 2d

HUMOR, ROMANCE, & ARCHERY TRIALS 💞🏹
mybook.to/MyArchersSer...
Unique, Original, & on #KindleUnlimited
Marieke disguises herself at the all-male archers' guild where her father was once a star archer—before his mysterious accident
"Let the mystery & shenanigans begin!"
#Histfic #Romance #YAlit

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Joanne Paulson 🍁 @joannepaulson.bsky.social · 4d

BLUESKYERS
Fantastic #author interview with MG/YA author S.P. O'Farrell. Great insights applicable to authors of all genres.
And for #readers, this series for youngsters is FABULOUS. SERIOUSLY.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sHB...

S.P. O'Farrell: Award-Winning MG Author on YA, Production Deals & Writing Simone 5.

YouTube video by The Writing Community Chat Show

www.youtube.com

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

#LuaViEr Day 1097

Sparkling
Highly visible
Illuminating
Non fading
You can see.

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Allyson Joule @allysonjoule.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Monday!

The #7syllablesentence prompt for October 6 is #scythe

Contact @poetguygabe.bsky.social if you want to host #7SyllableSentence
October 12-18 ?
October 19-25 ?

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Check out my poetry book on Kindle!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT4MJ11S

Shattered: Poems for the Brokenhearted

Amazon.com: Shattered: Poems for the Brokenhearted eBook : Joule, Allyson: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

Be you because who you are is great.

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for sharing this.
It will help people understand.
I understand a little bit more but I am still learning.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not alone in self diagnosing with ADHD (or autism 😉) later in life. I'm of a generation where ADHD was a 'naughty white boy thing.' Much of how it presents for me wouldn't have been recognised.

And the way autism interacts with my ADHD makes identifying both harder. But I got there in the end 😄

Neurodivergent Self Diagnosis. ADHD? Autistic?

I've never considered myself to be 'normal' or 'just like everyone else'. When you're a nonbinary person, and an asexual, aromantic in a world of binary gender adults interested in romantic relationsh...

elisecarlson.com

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Fi Phillips @fiphillipswriter.bsky.social · 2d

When the weather turns cool and you want a reason to stay indoors, why not dive into the Haven Chronicles? There are three books out already and two more on the way.

Buy them here:

www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Fi-Ph...

#BookSky #FantasySeries #MagicWithASciFiTwist #AmWritingFantasy #AutumnReading

Haven Wakes on a mobile phone, Magic Bound on a tablet, Haven's Deceit paperback, all written by Fi Phillips, against an autumn backdrop

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

I know it's early but this guy's been chomping at the bit to say hello again after his brief appearance. He doesn't get out much for a lot of the year. I thought he could have a week to himself - his story is Santa's EARLY Christmas after all.
#christmas #picturebooks #99c
mybook.to/SantasEarlyC...

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 2d

DJ Lily's #music of the day
#MusicChallenge
#20SongsByYear. 1985

Track 6
youtu.be/52iW3lcpK5M?...

Madonna - Into The Groove (Official Video)

YouTube video by Madonna

youtu.be

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Lily Lawson @lifelovelily22.bsky.social · 3d

You hung the moon
in a star-filled sky.
Made me feel
as if we could fly.

#poetry #poem