THIS COVER IS GORGEOUS I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY HANDS NOW

ALERT: PRODIGAL TIGER cover + shiny release date of March 17, 2026! Thank you to Kelly Chong for this brilliant illustration, Kaitlin Yang for helping design the cover, and of course @penguinteen.bsky.social‬ for sharing! I WEPT when I saw this cover. (Actually first I screamed. and then I wept)

sent my newest book to my agent! first time doing so since i got agented. does anyone know what i’m supposed to do now? please don't say rest.

i was playing a silly dating game and suddenly now i’m reading about magical realism and hyperreality, and how representations of reality through images had gradually led to a dissimulation of reality—and implicitly, to society's alienation from it.

Two weeks until #SEAsianPit 2025 👀 Have you scheduled your pitches? Do you still have questions? Ask anything below 👇

Here’s a preview of our upcoming Dark Fantasy anthology, Into the Dark! www.allworldswayfarer.com/anthology-in...

i’m in this 🤭

What to expect from GENERATION ZOMBIE, my 86K YA thriller/horror: 😬 Chronically anxious main character 🤬 Toxic father-daughter relationship 🕵️‍♀️ Journalist enemies to lovers 💀 Armageddon-causing cult 📲 Social commentary like BLACK MIRROR #QuestPit #W #YA #T #H

A new #agentsguide for my revised version of A FEAST FOR LAMBS(made by @authorkateduarte.bsky.social) coming back to agents inboxes real soon 👀 🏳️‍⚧️Transmasc MC ❤️‍🔥Poly monster romance 🥩Cannibalism 🩸Religious horror 🫀Body horror 🔥Trans rage #questpit #A #H #RF #querying

Brian’s MS got me staying up at night reading. it’s SO SO SO good. @ agents watch this space !!

BLACK MIRROR x HELL FOLLOWED WITH US When a seventeen-year-old aspiring reporter discovers a mysterious social media app turning young people into zombies, she must expose the truth or lose her generation forever. GENERATION ZOMBIE is an 86K YA thriller/horror. #QuestPit #W #YA #T #H

Into the Dark Anthology 34 character-driven dark fantasy and fantastical horror stories by some amazing authors! Throw off the shackles of the safe and mundane and delve Into the Dark. Kickstarter coming soon!

you won't want to miss this 🙂‍↕️

Join a selection of RTM mentors TOMORROW for a panel on debuting! The panel will stream to our YouTube channel!

Guys, I love all of you, but the answer to RFK, Jr. is not that autistic adults hold jobs, pay taxes, and get laid, it's that everyone deserves to live even if they can't work, pay taxes, or get laid.

it's long overdue but (almost) a year ago, i re-entered the query trenches and made it to the other side. maybe it's time for a HIGMA post?

“until the very end, i would’ve loved to be on your side.” revealing the art of my Martial Arts fantasy set in 1920s Hanoi !! art by the talented @shizunpilled.bsky.social

BEYOND thrilled to announce @helenzdong.bsky.social and i will be mentoring @brianbyrnewrites.bsky.social & his absolute feast of a YA horror manuscript for @roundtablementor.bsky.social Brian’s MS got us screaming in our DMs since the logline. Many congratulations to all applicants this year! 🎉

Here are our mentees from the Young Adult category:

IT'S HERE!!!! Our newest Round Table Mentor cohort has landed—and we're excited to get started. Remember to browse the whole thread for the full list of mentees, and please check your inboxes for next steps from your mentor. Congratulations! Here are our mentees from the Adult category:

ONE. MORE. DAY. Are you excited? We're excited!!! Our mentors are buzzing, and we can't wait to open our doors tomorrow, Feb 1!

i'm physically holding myself back from changing the law of physics so Feb 1 would come faster.

happy lunar new year 🎊 in the vietnamese zodiac, it's the year of the snake, more specifically fire snake (Phú Đăng Hỏa) aka the bright fire from the lantern. wishing everyone a bright year ahead!

If we're gonna date, you may have to defeat my seven unfinished WIPs

as Tết (lunar new year) is approaching, i'm going back to my layout from last year 🧧 i'm not in the country to celebrate it this year but still just as red, still just as lucky 😙

back in germany, slept for 12 hours, brain churned out a whole synopsis. sometimes you just have to step away from the screen to refuel, even if it's a jam-packed 40 hours of conference & team building activities in 4 days.

okay this is a CALL FOR ESSAY PITCHES! I'm looking for freelance writers for Reactor Mag, a long-running SFF website (formerly tor dot com not the publisher). Im the senior editor for book content, focusing on contemporary sci-fi, fantasy, gothic, horror, and genre-defying books. (details below)

fascist governments ban apps

i love being able to read multiple languages 'cause wym i just read a Viet folk horror book where people in one village just got haunted the shit out of them because their ancestors did something wrong

CHECK YOUR INBOX (and spam folder) BECAUSE REVERENT ANTHOLOGY ARC IS RELEASED TO THE WILD 🪽🎉 If you haven't signed up, ARC applications close THIS SUNDAY and I know you don't want to miss out 😉 check @itsquinnli.bsky.social 's bio for more the ARC form.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 📅 #SEAsianPit is back in 2025 ‼️ May 31, 2025 (all day, all time zones) The event will run on both this platform and the 🐦 app. Resources and FAQ's are up in our website (please check 🔗 in bio)

announcement this time tomorrow? 👀

do authors really know how to take a break? asking for a friend.

i wrote my 2024 writing wrapped! read full recap in the link below. 🔗: solarhoang.substack.com/p/2024-writi...

salivating for this snippet

inspired by the thai ghost story of the krasue, LIKE MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER is a horror short story about a family desperate for what they’ve lost, and the price they’ll have to pay to get it. #ShortPit #H #F #SUB

Inspired by the Vietnamese folk story Tấm Cám, Tấm's three deaths had changed her and she's seeking divine retribution upon her step-sister. THE QUEEN'S JUSTICE is what happens after a fairy tale begins to show its teeth. #ShortPit #F #H #SUB

started reading @roundtablementor.bsky.social 's apps and i am FLOORED with the quality of these applications. if you are an applicant, check your email for a link to the discord server so you won't miss out on a great pool of resources and connections!

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY TO A WRITING MENTORSHIP (ft the old guard of mentorships, my experience as a mentee, and Roundtable Mentor) in 2022, I was a mentee hopeful with a manuscript that would later become my debut novel. Why did i choose to do a mentorship?

☀️ 2024 WRITING WRAPPED ☀️ 2024 has been a memorable year for me. looking back, i should also mention the friends that have been with me throughout this whole year, thank you !!! i can't wait to be with you through more milestones !!

Thrilled to announce that my short story, inspired by Viet folklore, will be published in INTO THE DARK anthology by @awwlitmag.bsky.social ! This story reflects the life of a woman in the feudal time, female rage, and revenge. Ty for giving it a home.

Applications are open now! If you are an unagented author seeking mentorship in trad or indie publication, we hope you'll consider applying to Round Table! We close to mentee applications at 12pm EST on December 15th! Mentees will be announced February 1st. #writingcommunity #querying #mentorship

*opens a blank doc to begin writing a blurb* I'M BACK IN THE BUILDING

mmm an acceptance-shaped email in my inbox 😏

the voice messages i leave my agent somehow always start with “HEAR ME OUT”

go get your application in 🗣️

We are officially open to mentee applications! Go to the website to apply! And don't worry if you need some time--mentors will not be reviewing applications or requesting manuscripts until after the application window closes at 12pm EST on December 15!

a little c*mission a*t shaped thing in my inbox 🫦

sorry for the delay, but we've finally moved over to bluesky! our first pitching event takes place on DECEMBER 18, feel free to review our pinned rules and hype each other up!!