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I've received a few queries since hitting 0 but I'd like to think I've been on top of it since I've only got 5 now. I still have at least 1200 pages to read from partials and fulls but I'm making my way through them slowly and 🤞 I'm on track to open to queries again in August! text in thread!

i am a readers' hit new book (so far). lucky #13!

my sapphic-ace novelette JANE & THE SEA-WIGHT is part of the #PrideBookFair Book Bundle #2: Pride Hard with a Vengeance. get 37 books, zines, and other publications in various genres for just $40! link: itch.io/b/3676/pride...

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The irrational (not that irrational) fear that your messages to authors are going to spam.

ALLYUH, LOOK! I still have lots of submissions (partials and fulls) to reply to but as of right now I have either requested or passed on ALL of the queries in my inbox. Crossing my fingers that June and July are productive and I can get to 100% submissions reply rate, too! (Cat tax in replies)

Wish me luck! Once I get through all the client edits I am working on, I'll be back to query reading and digging in to the last items in the queries! So far, on track to re-open in August but with extra luck, maybe July??

I am officially extending my closed period to August 😔 Mushroom had major surgery and it has been stressful to cope. Why do I mention this? For the cute af cat tax 😂 Cross your fingers that Mushroom is now cancer free y'all! I am still open to referrals and solicited queries!

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since the university isn't paying out sick time or PTO, my boss and I are taking turns taking time off with longer weekend or midweek breaks and honestly I love that for us the higher ups DID say "work with your supervisor to use up any unused time," so 🫡 #WeeknightWriters

300 LIBRARIES!!!!!

if you want to help yell about my upcoming queer cozy horror and would do so as part of a street team, please let me know! I'm not posting the signup sheet publicly for various reasons, but DM me or drop a comment if you're interested and I'll send you the link! #WeeknightWriters

THE LORD OF THE WOOD is about a 43yo autistic guy having a queer awakening after getting lost in an enchanted forest, & his deeply closeted sister going into the wood to find him with the most annoying woman she's ever met please preorder! #WeeknightWriters www.elizmanderson.com/the-lord-of-...

A6: I've opened up murder commissions again! If you've ever wanted to die in fiction, or do some fictional billionaire murder, now is your chance! I've got six regular murder slaughts & six billionaire murder slaughts open and I could REALLY use the funds ko-fi.com/diannagunn/c... #WeeknightWriters

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if you've been waiting to buy my queer cozy fantasy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS, now's the time! now through the end of April, the ebook will be $2.99 across all e-book retailers for more info about the book and additional links, visit my website: www.elizmanderson.com/keeper-of-lo...

convincing you to buy the e-book on sale with this absolutely unhinged yet totally 100% accurate description of the main character that a mutual wrote on tumblr

It's truuuue! I am judging a contest with @writingdaywksp.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳 Submit your first page of your YA SFFH work, according to the instructions at tinyurl.com/wswcon10 and I will choose 3 winners to receive a critique of their first 5 pages via 30min video call 🎊 Deadline April 20th!

Check out contest #10 of @writingdaywksp.bsky.social First Pages contest for YASFF judged by @keiralekseii.bsky.social !! Tinyurl.com/wdwcon10

Who keeps telling aspiring writers that established writers make tons of money? Where are these liars spawning from? Can we get the CIA on this?

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I think you can still nominate this book, and you should! Such an excellent book.

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up

Okay, it is official! I will be closed to unsolicited queries until JUNE. This means if I didn't request it via pitch event or showcase then the only other way to query me is by referral. If I extend my closed period I will let you all know!

9 from October. 8 from November. 2 from December. 11 and 16, Jan and Feb respectively. Priorities remain the same. Since I have so many partials and fulls to read I am considering closing to queries in March and April...

Down to 16 from October, 13 from November, 7 from December. The rest roughly the same and priorities have not changed!

Transphobes get fucked forever

Five years ago @ashoncrawley.bsky.social posted a thing about care that feels really timely again. www.facebook.com/ashon/posts/...

Are you a Supernatural fan? @jimmygaspero.bsky.social’s chat with @runwithskizzers.bsky.social about her project The Supernatural Valentine’s Day Special from @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social is up on the YouTube channel. youtu.be/-d2F5uwDaLM?...

QUERY UPDATES I still have 25 queries from October, 16 from November and 15 from December that I need to reply to (either request more pages or pass). That won't happen for a few more weeks so if this is your query please bear with me (or withdraw if you prefer). 👇🏽

A very professional relationship. No fun here. Deeply unenjoyable. @jemzero.bsky.social

Locus Awards voting is OPEN! Anyone can vote, and you can write in any eligible titles, editors, publishers, artists, magazines, and more! Even the Hugos usually see only two or three thousand votes, far fewer in some categories - your votes matter!🗳️ poll.voting.locusmag.com

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Hey all! Quick GENRE UPDATE... I am TEMPORARILY CLOSING to adult fantasy starting March 2026. I am still OPEN to adult horror, sci-fi, speculative. Also still open to YA SFFH and historical, MG SFFH and New Adult SFFH. I just have SO MUCH adult fantasy in my inbox and 👇🏽

OMG not me being a million years late to BSky for this post 😭 That's okay though, I am JUST as excited to tell the world Jules is my client! (and has been for many moons now lol!) Welcome to Azantian Jules!!!

Thrilled to welcome Rowan to my roster! Fantastic way to close out 2025 as I buckle down to read more of the wonderful work in my inbox in preparation for 2026!

The perfect gift! Register Agent Ascent Day! In-depth workshops, Q&A panels, individual critiques from @mwhatnall.bsky.social @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @vickiselvaggio.bsky.social @jolenehaley.bsky.social @keiralekseii.bsky.social way-wordwriters.com/agent-a...

HAMMAJANG LUCK might not have won the Goodreads Choice Awards, but it's still a lesbian heist worthy of stealing all our hearts! ❤️ Thank you Makana Yamamoto for creating this wonderful story, & Keir Alekseii for boosting its powerful message to the world. HAMMAJANG LUCK will forever be on my shelf

Just reminding folks to go VOTE HAMMAJANG LUCK thank you 😁

MAHALO KEIR!!!!!!!

Hammajang Luck is a Goodreads choice nominee! This was the 1st book I ever offered rep on, ever sold, ever took to auction and the 1st book/author of mine to be nominated for awards! Go VOTE FOR HAMMAJANG LUCK IN THE SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY!!! Heist lesbians ftw! tinyurl.com/HAMMAJANG

Mamdani is going to impose shangri-la law. Everyone will be blindfolded and forced to play Marco Polo

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

This is my client allyuh!!!! Y'all I am SO PROUD of E and their whole pole fitness journey and this is just EPIC !!!