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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 3d

Had an amazing time at a conference this weekend and came away with my brain full of things to mull over and share.

One thing, that I also keep seeing: Questions in a query letter. Yay or Nay?

Answer: nay
Real Answer: It depends. But usually nay. #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersky

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 2d

What are you doing to get ready for #RevPit #10Queries?

What do you plan on sending in? Let us know and connect with fellow writers! #amquerying #amwriting #writersky #writersofbsky #writersofbluesky

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 27d

🎉We're baaacckk!!!🎉

RevPit's #10Queries October event opens for submissions October 10!

#amwriting #writersky #writersofbluesky

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ButtPoems @buttpoems.bsky.social · Jul 17

embarrassing myself

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · Jul 23

shower thoughts--

the first time you read a good story that sweeps you away, you get to live in it

when you re-read it, you're haunting it

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Jim Milligan @chronopunk.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey. Hey.

Please don’t wait for an indie book series to be finished before you pick up the books. Just buy them. Don’t wait.

So MANY indie series never get finished because the author gets zero sales on the opening volumes and gives up.

Give them a reason to keep going.

Buy the books.

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · Jul 29

as lady bracknell famously said, magic is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. the whole theory of modern fantasy is radically unsound

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · Jul 29

if I ever write a book that fully explains its magic system you have permission to throw rotten fruit at me

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Jul 30

I literally said to my students last semester, "Instead of using ChatGPT, just hand your neighbor a water bottle and ask them the question. The accuracy is basically the same."

lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · May 1

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 31

“Some of us aren’t creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!” Well then maybe you should sit this one out.

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Jun 9

Here it is! The #RevPit2025 Showcase is LIVE!!!

Congratulations to all of our authors and editors!

reviseresub.com/showcase

Showcase

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Rakan Khashman @rakanrrk.bsky.social · Jun 9

Daggers, death and dance!

Check out my entry in the #Revpit showcase below!

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jannat ♡ @jannatnoor.bsky.social · Jun 9

#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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Wera @eggqueenwera.bsky.social · Jun 9

My #RevPitShowcase materials are live! LET HER INHERIT RUIN features:

💎 🪽/🐊 forbidden 💜
💎 enemies-to-lovers
💎 forced proximity,
he falls 1st
💎 gemstone magic & transformations
💎 mixed race rep
💎 mythical creatures of 🇹🇭
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#LitAgents #Editors
#RevPitClassOf25

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · Jun 10

The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25

The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter.

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The Gravity of Hope

by Ivy Bard (@ivybeewrites‬) Adult Science Fiction

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Leah Rambadt 🦊🌸🍁🍂 @leahrambadt.bsky.social · Jun 9

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

jannat ♡ @jannatnoor.bsky.social · Jun 9

#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

reviseresub.com/showcase/pri...

Pride and Persuasion

by Jannat Noor (‪@jannatnoor.bsky.social‬) Adult Contemporary Romance

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · Jun 9

#Revpit Showcase is LIVE. Please check out my fellow #RevPitClassof25

SECOND CHANCES, my adult contemporary romance is up for grabs(sounds weird to say)

🏝️ he fell first & never stopped
🏝️ romancexhorror author combo
🏝️ LOVE ISLAND
🏝️ reality chemistry
🏝️ secret child

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Second Chances

by Charisma Williams (‪@charismawilliams.bsky.social‬‬‬) Adult Romance

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Elizabeth Droppers @elizabethdroppers.bsky.social · Jun 9

Check out the first five pages for Hazel Davies's Good Goodbye in the #RevPit showcase! Also, all the other showcase entrants because they're all fantastic 🎉
#booksky #revpitclassof25 #writer
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Hazel Davies's Good Goodbye

by Elizabeth Droppers (@elizabethdroppers.bsky.social‬) Adult Contemporary Romance

www.reviseresub.com

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Kala Godin @kala-g-writes.bsky.social · Jun 9

Check out the first five pages for @judeatwood.bsky.social How to Handle a Haunting in the #RevPit showcase! This was such a treat to be a part of! reviseresub.com/showcase/how...

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Megan Records丨Editor @meganrecords.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #revpit showcase is finally here! I think you'll fall in love with Lorelai and Travis (spoiler: he's the biggest green flag ever) reviseresub.com/showcase/unr...

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm exciting for readers to meet Jesutoni & Naeem! Find a sneak peek of the opening pages of Second Chances by Charisma here.

✨This adult, multicultural rom-com is best described as LOVE ISLAND meets BEACH READ ❤️‍🔥

www.reviseresub.com/showcase/second-chances
#RevPit @charismawilliams.bsky.social

Second Chances

by Charisma Williams (‪@charismawilliams.bsky.social‬‬‬) Adult Romance

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Raquel ⟡ Fiction Editor @raqueledits.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #RevPit showcase is up💫
Check out WITH DEATH AND DANCE, a swashbuckling fantasy by @rakanrrk.bsky.social. Working together was fantastic & I can't get enough of this book!
Cursed friends, a sprawling seaside city, heists—& a fun, gritty tone that's just magic! 🗡✨

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With Death and Dance

by Rakan Khashman (@rakanrrk.bsky.social‬‬) Adult Fantasy

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Rakan Khashman @rakanrrk.bsky.social · Jun 9

Congratulations #Revpit authors and editors!

The hard part is over, now it's the harder part. I am kidding. (Partly😄). You all did great work and should be proud.

My name appears the second second. Couldn't have done it without @raqueledits.bsky.social and ##RevpitClassof25 Thank you!

Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · Jun 9

It's #RevPit showcase time! Congratulations to all the authors and editors on another great year! reviseresub.com/showcase

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Hanna R. Neier @hannaneier.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s here, it’s here!!! 🎉

The #RevPit Showcase 2025 is LIVE!

#Agents go check out our fabulous winners and request your favorites!!

#RevPitClassof25 #writingcommunity

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Hanna R. Neier @hannaneier.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #RevPit showcase is live!!!

To read more from @lauriemurph.bsky.social’s quirky heartfelt middle grade novel BEYOND THE MOON, follow the link below! #Agents can request via the form at the bottom of each submission!

www.reviseresub.com/showcase/bey...

#writingcommunity #kidlit

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