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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 2h

I just read Make Me A Monster by @kalynnbayron.bsky.social and The Transition by @transhorrors.bsky.social and Hollow by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social all in four days what are they PUTTING in these horror books lately because oh my GOD🔥🔥

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 2h

She's the snuggliest little girl😭

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 7h

Felt a little weight on my knee and looked down and my kitty is using it as a chin rest🥺

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 7h

Just some Halloween-esque book recs based on some very specific things I love.

What would you add to this list?

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 7h

Ahhhh this sounds so good!

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 15h

#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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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 7h

This is exactly my vibe and I have never wanted to be an agent so badly.

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 2d

I usually work with small presses, but I do have self-pubbed friends that would love this!

Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 2d

Books on the list deal with themes of coming of age, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and more❤️

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Banned Books Week! Here are just ✨some✨ of my faves by authors who are still writing today

More books on the second slide⬇️

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 3d

I'll definitely let you know. Rn all my projects that aren't already being queried by my agent are based on my own multitude of chronic illnesses and neurodivergences, but I have a list of sensitivity readers I loved working with/would love to work with in the future you're on it!

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 3d

Hey! So billionaires are not our friends and there are some real problems with the new Taylor Swift album, and also yelling at Black women who like Taylor Swift for liking Taylor Swift is not doing what you think it's doing! Both things can be true at the same time!

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Charles PM @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 4d

Wrote about the entertainment industry trades trying to will this nonsense into existence

The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop

The point is to normalize generative AI in your mind.

buff.ly

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes I wonder if people really are that horrible, and then I see things like this. Free Palestine now and always❤️❤️

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 4d

Ten days❤️

I can't imagine dating in NY without pain, without being sober, without my body. So Kai has lupus, which I wrote as very similar to how my disabilities affect me AND with a sensitivity reader, who was amazing to work with.

🔗 to signed copies on my page! I can't wait for you to meet Kai.

A graphic of a cityscape with text that reads: A sneak peek of We Are Made of Scars & Starlight (especially for the chronic illness friends).

A graphic of a cityscape with text that reads: Why was it so hard to tell people? It wasn’t a personal failing. It wasn’t something he had to fix. And yet, he didn’t want people feeling bad for him. He didn’t want them to look at him with pity and a twisted relief that their bodies had never turned on them like that. “I don’t know a lot about lupus,” Ray admitted. “It’s an autoimmune condition, isn’t it? Where the body attacks itself ?” Kai nodded. The tissues and organs, specifically. “My body isn’t very good at its job.”

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 4d

**adds to TBR**

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 4d

Reading Rainbow Is Back With a New Host -- @mychal3ts.bsky.social -- And The Same Mission

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/s...

‘Reading Rainbow’ Comes Back With a New Host, but the Same Mission

www.nytimes.com

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 5d

Oh heck yeah! I've been able to listen to no other music for SO LONG since watching it.

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 5d

Also in YA is Ander & Santi Were Here by @jgv.bsky.social.

In adult fiction, we have books by Susan Muaddi Darraj, @devislaskar.bsky.social, and Hala Alyan:

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 5d

Next up, YA fiction by @nataliasylv.bsky.social, Safia Elhillo, @malindalo.bsky.social, and @ibizoboi.bsky.social:

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 5d

Just some books about immigrant families. For reasons. Not like they're more necessary than ever in this specific political moment.

First, nonfiction by @avashianeema.bsky.social, Diya Abdo, Nada Samih-Rotondo, and Jose Antonio Vargas:

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 5d

They are taking brown *and* Black Chicagoans. ICE is terrorizing neighborhoods. They want us to be scared, to obey in advance, to bend the knee. And my city of big shoulders, we need to step up even more. Do not go gentle into that good night.

The more privilege you have, the louder you should be.

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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 5d

After a week of tension and scrutiny surrounding a UNC faculty member and his placement on administrative leave to review potential advocacy of political violence, the university is reinstating him.

Here's the latest on this developing story:

UNC Completes Investigation, Reinstates Professor After 'No Basis' to Advocacy of Political Violence - Chapelboro.com

After a week of tension and scrutiny surrounding a UNC faculty member and his placement on administrative leave to review potential advocacy of political violence, the university is reinstating him. U...

chapelboro.com

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 6d

I just finished and loved this book! It's so profoundly Jewish, not only bc of the mythology and traditions, but because it's a book about storytelling, perspective, and faith. Not just faith in the religious sense, but faith in other people and, through the main character, in ourselves.

THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER by Maddie Martinez.

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 6d

Ahhhh I'm so excited for this!!!

Page 81 please🙏

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