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Leslie Varney - Agent/Cofounder

@virtuallyleslie.bsky.social

Prentis Literary Agency πŸ–¨πŸ“š β€’ Representing diverse, inclusive voices in modern literature β€’ SF, Fantasy, Romance, Horror, Thriller, Mystery, YA, MG

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Post image 22.12.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ²πŸ“š Perfect holiday gift for #dragon lovers! To Shape a Dragon's Breath paired with the pre-order of sequel To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose! Epic #fantasy with #diverse voices and #anticolonial attitude! Grab both now!
#FantasyBooks #DragonFantasy #IndigenousAuthors #DiverseFantasy

20.12.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ©΅β€οΈπŸ’™πŸ©·πŸ’šπŸ§‘πŸ’›

20.12.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ²πŸ“š Perfect holiday gift for #dragon lovers! To Shape a Dragon's Breath paired with the pre-order of sequel To Ride a Rising Storm, by Moniquill Blackgoose! Epic #fantasy with #diverse voices and #anti-colonial attitude! Grab both now!
#FantasyBooks #DragonFantasy #IndigenousAuthors #DiverseFantasy

20.12.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wasn't the Republican Party up in arms over a former President's blow job? But fucking little girls is okay?
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05.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

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05.11.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's one of the rare times I really wish I were back home!

05.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's still going to need pushing everywhere, so keep the pressure on! But also, great work getting here πŸ‘

05.11.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am on The Cozy Nook on Tuesday! I'm very much looking forward to this!!

#sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculative #fiction #book #podcast #publishing #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife

20.10.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

WA was the state to go left in the last election and we have no income tax

28.09.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...

This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement β€” dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

27.09.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12
Is MAGA really a fascist movement?
YouTube video by Matthew Cooke Is MAGA really a fascist movement?

Is MAGA a fascist movement? NEW VIDEO. You tell me?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0om...

23.09.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 15
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Arizona Special Election 2025 Live Results View results from the 2025 Arizona House Special Election. Follow live outcomes as votes are added up on Election Day.

BREAKING: Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won the special election in AZ-7 to fill her late father's US House seat. The discharge petition to release the Epstein files needs one more signature, and she's expected to sign it. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

24.09.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5855    πŸ” 1229    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 95

When the people who should be your community cancel you for standing up to someone for their histrionic attention-seeking behavior and contribution to making events unsafe, it's hard to stay loyal and support them.

22.09.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's hard to stay loyal to those who won't stay loyal to you.

22.09.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What liberals are experiencing right now is complicity; and they are not capable.

So they imagine the fascism they’ve enjoyed and minimized their whole lives is the result of the uncouth man, not of decades of incrementalism ratcheting us into accepting evil as a given, lesser evil as the standard.

03.02.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

I disagree. Look at the actions of some of the most staunchly conservative coming out to denounce Trump's censorship overreach. That said, many can't rip off their blinders.

20.09.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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This is the most tortured metaphor I've ever created! Shout-out for all the labored, tormented literary devices!

20.09.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ§šπŸΎβ€β™€οΈπŸ€πŸ€΄πŸ»πŸ€πŸ§Ÿ

20.09.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so frequently critical of the Authoritarian Right, but I admit, I am so proud of those who've said no, this we won't support! You have restored a small part of the faith I once had.

I would ask you to do the same with the Epstein information, as Mr. Kirk advocated for. It's time we know

20.09.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHe says, β€˜We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,’” Cruz quoted FCC chairman Brendan Carr.

β€œThat’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, β€˜Nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”

19.09.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1923    πŸ” 549    πŸ’¬ 220    πŸ“Œ 58

Turns out most of the self-righteous Right are Wonderbread Fluffernutters: tasteless white squish on the outside, synthetic white glop on the inside, and a thin layer of appropriated and emptied Brownness

20.09.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The #Right sprinting to embrace #fascism so to prevent #socialism is so on-brand. They want smaller #government & no Nanny-state…until they don't, because it hurts their #feelings. Meaning they finally feel the same pain they've been inflicting or ignoring.

20.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Who else wants to place bets on how long it takes the #RadRight and #MAGA to start comparing #CharlieKirk's widow to #RosaParks or #HarrietTubman?

19.09.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans.

18.09.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1933    πŸ” 487    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 42
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We now have Karl Rove to thank for defending civil liberties from Presidential overreach coming from the far right. The infinite parallel universe theory has been proven!

18.09.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a bit unclear on what we are and are not allowed to say right now according to the government

18.09.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 510    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 9

Grimly humorous, I suppose. The blind killing the blind, and it not having any effect on the outcome whatsoever.

15.09.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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