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#RevPit #10Queries Winners have been drawn at random and assigned to editors (also at random), and emails went out to those whose submissions were selected.

Join us Oct 24 to get tons of helpful querying advice. Anyone can benefit from this feedback, even if you weren't selected or didn't enter

RevPit #10Queries is Now Closed. Don't forget to sign up for Substack. Thank you

Thank you everyone who entered! Our editors are eager to get their hands on these submissions. Keep an eye on this space, and don't forget to follow our editors for their #10Queries posts!

Happy to participate in another round of #10Queries with some of my fellow #RevPit editors! 😊

It’s #10Queries time! If you’ve been needing feedback on your query letter + first 5 pages, this is your chance to win free feedback!

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Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event?

What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it?

We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

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

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/

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)

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!

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.

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

"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/

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 Speculative Detective Agency A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

Please consider supporting The Speculative Detective Agency anthology!
By donating to the Kickstarter you also get the book at a discount.

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Happy 25th Birthday to Strange Horizons

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!

🚨 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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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 🎟️

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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.

"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.

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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.

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#Publishing #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AmEditing

Bindery Books | Why pre-orders matter more for Black an... Dismantling systems of oppression one book at a time.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to advocate for Black and brown authors, read this article.

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. 🙏🏾

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

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#GiantPencilFanClub

ICYMI. Reading tonight at 9PM EST!

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My Neighbor Demon-Tiger

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.

🚨 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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Not-a-review: “Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature” by Becky Siegel Spratford Release Date: September 23, 2025Publisher: Saga PressGenre: Non-fiction Description A love letter to the horror genre from many of the most influential and bestselling authors in the industry. For …

I can't do real reviews of books by friends, but I also wanna promote their awesome stuff. So here's my thoughts on Becky Siegel Spratford's essay collection Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature. Horror fans, def check this out. Out 9/23 from Saga Press
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So excited for #10Queries!

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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…

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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

Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine 2026 A digital literary magazine of horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction.

Just 42 hours left in the @3lobedmag.com Kickstarter! Support another wonderful year of dark, strange fiction!

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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

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