welp. I'll just keep answering questions for whoever has them since I'll be home sick again tomorrow and this is about the only fun thing I have energy for

Possible new AI-driven impersonation scam spinning up: someone contacts you out of the blue w/ praise for your work, recommends you contact a (real) literary agent & provides an email addy--but of course it's fake & results in a referral for editing or marketing. Example below 1/2

Had fun at the local Ren Faire with my now 21 year old (sobs!) stepdaughter and Ben and Ollie (who was royally spoiled all weekend)! ❤️

“The goal of the health system is to increase GDP” No. The goal of the health system is to help people. There’s many ways to flourish without engaging in the workforce. This is eugenicist rhetoric. Don’t work? Disabled? You’re not flourishing. You’re not helping the bottom line.

Nice review for One Level Down from Asimov’s! “An intriguing story, with a satisfactory kick at the conclusion.” @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social www.asimovs.com/current-issu...

One Level Down is a Spotify Editors’ Pick for October! Fantastic narration by Si Chen! Check it out! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

I'm absolutely delighted to announce that I'm now represented by the wonderful agent @jenazantian.bsky.social ! ☺️✨ I can't wait to see what the future holds on this exciting new journey! ✨ PS: I'm new here at Bluesky, but you can always find me on Instagram ( @d.danika.b) for more content!

Hey #portfolioday!! I'm Jayme, a queer disabled kidlit illustrator, cartoonist, and comics colorist open to new projects! 🌻 jaymebrodie.com 🌻 [email protected] 🌻 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social

Happy #portfolioday all! I’m Cassidy. Illustrator & Cartoonist of On Guard! I love making comics & books for kiddos, and recently have been leaning into watercolors again :3 Rep’d by @jenazantian.bsky.social [email protected] cassidywasserman.com

One Level Down is now an audiobook published by Spotify! Also available from other audiobook retailers!! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social

Happy fall, #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Angela, illustrator and author. I'd love to draw your covers and interiors! www.angela-hsieh.com Rep'd by @jenazantian.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #fall #autumn

Watched bits of the UN speech and am screaming

forgot to drop my newsletter here from this morning but ayyyyyyyy we have a full book description now also I kinda came out to a nun this month buttondown.com/elizmanderso...

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You can’t unfriend reality. I’ve Noticed some people have unfriended me on facebook and unfollowed me on instagram the last couple of weeks, and it’s okay, I get it.

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. He is actively working on destroying the US's entire vaccine infrastructure. The HepB vote will be tomorrow, where they will get rid of the birth dose and recommend it at 30 days, dooming a bunch of infants to chronic infection ft. cirrhosis, cancer, and death.

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard, it's been a while! I'm Angela, illustrator and author. This is one of my favorite spreads from my graphic novel, LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY. I want to draw your covers and interior illustrations! www.angela-hsieh.com Rep'd by @jenazantian.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart

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Go read this webcomic!! Fall in love with the characters, drool over the art, roll around on the floor waiting for them to kiss.

Delighted to share this Book Launch for ALA creators @malecowgirl.bsky.social & Paige Tompkins (THIS SAT!) for I'm Just a Little Guy based on the viral sensation Paul Bog the small frog that shows us a softer, sillier, & sunnier way to be! Get tickets now! www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...

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Hello #portfolioday 💕 I’m Jayme, a queer disabled artist making cute and colorful illustrations and comics! Looking for new freelance projects including covers, coloring, and projects geared towards kids! 🌼Rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social 🌼jaymebrodie.com 🌼[email protected]

🌼Need a colorist?🌼 I’m a queer published illustrator in Brooklyn open to new projects long and short term!! Repped by @jenazantian.bsky.social Portfolio: jaymebrodie.com 💌 jaymebrodie at gmail

So excited to be working with Rebecca on her lightly magical historical about two women on opposite sides of the Napoleonic Wars, one who hates and one who loves Napoleon—and everything beyond, as well! 🎉

my "how i got my literary agent" post. it's long, and it's live and hopefully, it is inspirational. plus, one monty python reference! #writingcommunity #writers #writing #literaryagents #agent #query #booksky 📖 #chronicillness #dis #raredisease @jenazantian.bsky.social @shellyromero.bsky.social

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

“Thompson’s first adult SF novel brilliantly blends colonies on other planets with the quest for personal autonomy while trapped in a hellish version of cyberspace.” Great to see One Level Down reviewed in Analog! @tachyonpub.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social www.analogsf.com/current-issu...

Welp, sobbing my little heart out over Andy Weir’s PROJECT HAIL MARY. I think this is one of my all-time favorite reads. Appreciate the rec @akaweiss.bsky.social. Thank ❤️

Folks - it is so so easy to become disabled. The human body is fragile It could be you. And you will want kindness and support

35/2025 was Demon Song by Kelsea Yu, coming 30 Sept from @titanbooks.bsky.social, an IRRESISTIBLE morsel of Phantom of the Opera-inspired gothic horror set in a decaying Beijing Opera House. SO GOOD. You'll want to read this one.

PM announcement for my next book, PRECIOUS CHILDREN! This book is about one of my favorite subjects: CLONES GONE WRONG! Coming July 2026 from @tachyonpub.bsky.social! @jenazantian.bsky.social

RFK Jr has cancelled funding for a bird flu vaccine, no doubt because “only the sick” will die of H5N1. He’s restricting access to the Covid vaccine to those over 65 or with “preconditions”. He’s pushing raw milk, exercise and “wellness” There’s never been a better time to wear a respirator.

It’s genuinely hard to believe these articles aren’t satire at this point. It’s not a puzzle. It’s not a mystery. Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’re still in a global pandemic. It’s a mass disabling event that society is ignoring because they wanted to go “back to normal”

The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?

New pins!! NEW PINS!!!!! Coming soon to my shop 🩷🐊

before you ask: -it’s carrot cake -yes I will be distraught about cutting into it

Today at 3pm! The cake is a reality! (photos in thread)

SQUEE! I'm now rep'd by awesome Shelly Romero at Azantian Literary! Can't wait for y'all to know documentary director Skye Storm, her mom & aunt (the imperfect Storm sisters), their cult-fave band, & their messy film & lives. @shellyromero.bsky.social @jenazantian.bsky.social #writingcommunity

✨🖤📕BOOK DEAL!! 🌊👻✨ Absolutely thrilled to share that my very first horror novel, STORMRAVEN, will be coming out next spring with @simonandschuster.bsky.social (US) & @titanbooks.bsky.social (UK)!!! 🥳

Thank you @jenazantian.bsky.social, @ed-schlesinger.bsky.social, & @dancarpenter.bsky.social 🧵⏬ 👀

My heart just grieves every day. abc7.com/post/gaza-pe...

I feel like every week I want to do an @akaweiss.bsky.social appreciation post. If you all wonder how I can do some of what I do while having my health issues, it’s Alex. 🥹

BU School of Public Health showed the CDC data in this Economic Times article is "vastly undercounted." CDC revised "Covid-associated" death classification in Nov. 2022 lowering counts 10-20%: preparedness.cste.org/wp-content/u... 2024 studies found more undercounting: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

some pieces from a lil mock middle grade cover series I did a while back! Had a blast with these and open to working on cover projects now, too! my rep is @jenazantian.bsky.social and you can find more of my work here: jaymebrodie.com

Thank you. Today is the last day to leave a public comment in support of keeping the Covid vaccine. bsky.app/profile/libe...

Authors, agents should give you a *minimum* of two weeks to get back to them about accepting or declining an offer of rep. If you need more time, ask for it! No agent should be pressuring you to sign immediately. Take the time you need and DESERVE.

I'm dazed. My heart aches so, my whole body is flooded with anxiety, my brain racing to get ahead of what it means, for Jews here, for Gaza, for my family, for everything, what can I say, what will be helpful to say, about the murder of two Jews leaving an event convened to coordinate aid to Gaza.

Had my very first school visit today with some lovely kiddos, could not have been better. The sweetest, funniest kids, and amazing librarian/teachers. We learned about Environmental Storytelling, comics, and created a character together! Thank you Sít' Eetí Shaanáx̱ Glacier Valley Elementary!