Leah Rambadt 🦊🌸

Sidewise Award Judge Application The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. Established in 1995, the Sidewise Award honors excellence in fiction that explores “what if” scenarios t...

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee.

This is the first time in the 30 year history of the award that they've made an open call for awards judges.

I want to see an awards panel that represents the field.

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It’s here (and everywhere else August 19th)! So thick. So dark. So full of friends who are amazing writers. Thank you for making it happen, @briankeene.bsky.social and @cgolden.bsky.social. And thank you for letting us play in your universe, @stephenking.bsky.social. A career highlight for me.

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

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

Congratulations to all of our authors and editors!

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I’m so grateful for my mentor Leah. Her thoughtful & thorough edit truly made my story shine brighter.

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Thank you for your insight, support, and the time you poured into my manuscript. It means everything to me! 🥹

#RevPitClassof25 #writingcommunity #RevPit

Thank you Jannat! 🥰

What I learned from #RevPit and @leahrambadt.bsky.social:

I learned a lot from Leah & her feedback. The main thing I learned was the balance between pacing vs stakes vs emotional payoff and how to make it land better for impact. She’s a wonderful editor. I’m in awe of her skill.

#RevPitClassof25

#RevPitCLassof25
Thank @demimschwartz.bsky.social enough? Impossible. Flatline is 1,000% better because of Demi!
She:
Eagle-eyes areas of low yield
Sparks creativity in her encouraging manner
Allows my own style to shine (she'd have chosen sparkle here, but she lets me be who I am)
Thank you!

Huge thanks to @raqueledits.bsky.social for all her work on my manuscript throughout #revpit, responding to my endless emails and discussing ideas on long, long meetings. Anyone working with her in the future is lucky, I do have to say. #RevPitClassof25

She kept #TeamDaggerato sharp!

To #RevPit class of 2025, it had been a blast and an honor getting to know each of you so thank you!! 💙✨

Louie was a pleasure to work on and working with @reeaugustine.bsky.social made my first experience as a #RevPitEditor a memorable one. Thank you for choosing me as your editor.

Already looking forward to #RevPit 2026.

#RevPitClassOf24
#WriterSky
#AuthorSky

Working with @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social has been such a gift. She’s competent, curious, and insightful. Everything a writer could want in an editor.

Nicole, THANK YOU! I take a lot of comfort walking into this rewrite with your insights at the ready.

#RevPit #RevPitClassof25 #writer

A longer version is available on my Instagram (@eggqueenwera). Thank you to RevPit for hosting & @tiffanygrimes.bsky.social for your insight & support 💜

#RevPit #RevPitClassOf25
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky

Meet my #RevPit MCs! #RevPitClassof25 #cozyfantasy

Linatta Mosset:
🌱 Plant lover
🧪 Potion maker
💔 Trust is hard

Marik Simblonc:
🐕 Golden retriever energy
❤️ Heart on his sleeve
💰 Thief

Toad:
😾Snark level = 1000
🐈‍⬛ Looks like a cat but DON'T TELL HIM I SAID THAT

More about Linatta in the graphic 👀

#RevPit #RevPitClassof25 #writingcommunity

There aren't enough characters allowed on BlueSky to say all of the things I learned from RevPit 😅

The truth is, it's still not done teaching me! ❤️The opportunity to work with an editor is of such an amazing experience. More on that on my post on Sunday!

RUIN helped me develop an appreciation for crocodiles, so much so I can't stop watching videos of their precious smiles 🐊. Who says all crocodiles are evil?

#RevPit #RevPitClassOf25
#booksky #writing #writingcommunity

#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit #writingcommunity #gargoyles

Blue background with RevPit logo and line drawings of books and sparkles. The winners of RevPit 2025 would like to share a little about our projects and experience. #RevPitClassof25 June 2 - Pitch your book June 3 - Share an aesthetic or playlist June 4 - Introduce your MCs June 5 - Share a snippet June 6 - What you learned from RevPit June 7 - Show us your writing space June 8 - Say thank you to your editor June 9 - Showcase

#RevPitClassof25 Day 5: What You Learned From #RevPit

📝Edits aren't always as scary as they seem
👀The importance of fresh eyes on your writing cannot be overstated
👯Community really helps with the ups and downs of writing (and the RevPit community is fantastic)

What I learned from RevPit: plot needs to plot. #revpitclassof25

Tackling story structure head on has been one of the hardest inward evolutions for me as a writer, but also one of the most worthwhile.

Forever thankful for @jenichappelle.bsky.social & #revpit for enduring support in this process📖

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#RevPitClassof25 4 days till the showcase! today is snippet day: first impressions of the manor house upon arrival 🐊 from my creepy MG 💚

Day 4. Share a snippet. #RevPitClassof25 #RevPit #writingcommunity #gargoyles

I really enjoyed working with @jannatnoor.bsky.social on her story, PRIDE AND PERSUASION, for #RevPit2025! Make sure to check out the #RevPit showcase TOMORROW to see (and celebrate!) what she and the rest of #RevPitClassof25 have been working on! 🎉

a cat with a heart and the words thank you ALT: a cat with a heart and the words thank you

Another year, another #RevPit successfully completed! Thank you to the RevPit board and my fellow RevPit editors for your support during #RevPit2025!

Here’s a snippet between my stubborn FMC and suave MMC

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#RevPitClassof25 #RevPit #writingcommunity

Looking into the Future This year has not gone as planned. On January 14th, 2025, Diamond Comics filed for reorganization under Chapter 11. Years of bad business practices had caught up with Diamond Comics as they owed milli...

2025 has been a hard year so far for Apex.

In the interest of transparency, we want to share what happened, the current state of things, and how you can help. We're determined to keep publishing great stories for many years to come, and your support is what will make that possible. 🖤👽

Book deal announcement

If I tell you I’ve spent years reading these deal announcements, you might feel a hint of the excitement and overwhelming emotion I felt when I saw my debut listed on Publishers Marketplace this morning. I don’t think this feeling will ever get old.

#writingcommunity #writerslife #mgbooks #kidlit

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell: 9780756419547 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books "This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. Wearing the Lion establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantasy landscape." —T. Kingfisher, Hugo...

It's June! That means my next novel comes out this month. Come hear the story of a Heracles who refused to kill any of those monsters, and instead built the world's weirdest found family out of them.

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the new, renewed, published by us issue of @fantasymagazine.bsky.social just dropped!

go read amazing, fantastical short stories, flash fiction, poems, and interviews put together by Co-Editors-in-Chief @shingai-be-like.bsky.social and @arleysorg.bsky.social with special thx to @ecatherine.com

Novelette Submission Guidelines On June 4th, we will be opening for speculative fiction novelette submissions between the word count of 10,000 and 18,000 words. We will cap submissions at 300.

Our next fiction window opens on June 4th at 9am UTC!

This window will be dedicated to novelettes (10,000 and 18,000 words). The story cap will be 300.

HAPPY SUBMITTING!

NOTE: Writers may only send one story across all three 2025 windows.

A moodboard with 5 images and the title, Myth, Muse, Magician. The images include: a black and white photo of a woman’s back with pearl necklaces draped while a man hugs her; a low lit speakeasy with shelves holding backlit, glass alcohol bottles; a black and white photo of a man and woman holding hands, and the man is wearing black leather gloves; a photo of a man’s chest and arm, where he is wearing a buttoned up shirt and tie with a wool vest reminiscent of 1920s fashion; a photo of an opera theatre with rows of balconies with red velvet seats, leading up to an ornate, circular ceiling with gold painted beams.

A blue background with the RevPit logo in the top left hand corner. The RevPit logo is a blue circle with an open book and a sapling growing out of it. The text on the slide reads: The Winners of RevPit 2025 would like to share a little about our projects and experience #revpitclassof25. June 2 - Pitch your book June 3 - Share an aesthetic or playlist June 4 - Introduce your MCs June 5 - Share a snippet June 6 - What you learned from RevPit June 7 - Show us your writing space June 8 - Say thank you to your editor June 9 - Showcase

For fans of Divine Rivals: MYTH, MUSE, MAGICIAN is The Night Circus x Peaky Blinders. #revpitclassof25 #revpit

Featuring:
✨STANDALONE New Adult Fantasy
✨Slowburn romance
✨Cut-throat Crime Families
✨Stage Magicians
✨Forced Proximity
✨”Who did this to you?” but she says it 👀
✨He falls first ❤️‍🔥