Gatekeeping guard: WHOM DO YOU SERVE? Our paladin/warlock: Um... It's complicated? #GameQuotes #D&D

Today @graidh.bsky.social's D&D character earned the title 🍷"Sommelier of the Hells" 🍷

What an interesting coincidence.

New Contributor Profile: Meet @gabrielle-h.bsky.social (Gabrielle Harbowy) www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/cont...

Donut is worth watching.

Okay, lets break down this image! Background; I have a masters in architecture, and I have worked for a firm that specialized in custom built, detached family homes, which is what this is obviously supposed to be. I also worked for a firm drafting custom high end kitchens. So lets analyze this...

Me? Playing Baldur's Gate 3? No, no... I'm "studying narrative structure." *by playing bg3. 😎

Me, a literary agent in Query Manager: Let's see what this next book is about. Queries: A deep and touching story. A masterpiece of epic proportion. Me: But like, the plot? Maybe? Please?* Queries (whispering): ~masterpiece~ ( *note: not an invitation to reply w/ what your book is about.)

"So, you're saying he was the Chen Kenichi of boron chemistry?" "Exactly." #NoContext #ScienceNerdsHere

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

Forgive me, @profanity.accountant, for I have not sworn nearly enough.

Idk but it works wonders when you’re awake.

TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS is a cyberlicious deal. On sale now for only $2.50 through Monday, December 1st! Designed for authors and GMs! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Since this is the season for it, I'm doing a 10% off sale on signed books (including KITEMASTER and SLAYERS OF OLD) and direct-sale ebooks on my Payhip store. Use coupon code: OMG2025WTF payhip.com/jchines

Restroom graffiti. Parowan Gap, UT.

Starting my elements around the USA tour with Sb!

New contributors at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social -- including Yours Truly! www.nerds-feather.com/2025/11/new-...

I'm so excited to represent Lauren and her fantastic writing!

It's this beautiful book's birthday again. Reposting last year's post so you can join me in happy nostalgia. :) www.patreon.com/posts/its-ya...

Come and see us Delve -- tonight! Soon!

All that is gold does not glitter, Not all who wander are lost. Server refused the connection: Port 22 no route to host.

I didn't know about this. Seems like a great thing.

Would love to see death positive NF, big idea books with a ‘speculative’ bent to them, under explored histories, and all things astrology/tarot!! #mswl

Corporeal bodies why

Current mood. I'm happy for everyone who's seeing a light show tonight! (Will happily add credit for the meme if source is on bsky)

It's definitely what proves you're a "real" agent. Most Coveted Screenshot 100%.

Thought I'd demystify publishing language for debuts. 'Structural edit' = rewrite your book 'Line edit' = all these sentences are wrong 'Copy edit' = your chronology is wrong 'Proof read' = there are still loads of errors 'Second proof read' = how the hell is your punctuation still up the spout?

I like to ask what they think they want & where that aligns or differs from their unconscious needs. I like "the unique & personal way in which your protagonist connects with their world." I'm adding that to my q about aspects of life in which they are safe vs the things that weigh upon them.

This thing I'm knitting is just for practice and has no predetermined length. It's going to be a pet blanket for donation, so my sole criteria at this point is "am I sick of it yet? [Y/N]"

Jury duty today. Jury duty tomorrow. Courthouse Plaza selfie.

Today's treat is @fridaytea.com Darcy's Delight www.fridaytea.com/products/dar...

Jury Duty Roulette for next week begins today. I'm not hoping for any particular outcome, just for some certainty. I just want to know what my Monday's going to look like.

Misc agenting stuff: 900 queries processed YTD. I'll hit 1k by the end of November, and I'm looking forward to this year's roundup stats. (I'm not closing my inbox for December, but also, I don't send declines from Hanukkah through New Years.)

I'm making more double sided pendants...

Join us there!

I think this really sums up a lot of dystopian fiction. Hey, what if this shit that has been happening to marginalized people for centuries suddenly started happening… to us!?

Follow titular hero, Professor Walters, as he attempts a desperate gambit to save Arkham in The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters, out now!! Written by @rosemaryjones.bsky.social, The Arcane Gamble of Harvey Walters is the conclusion in The Drowned City series. www.arkhamhorror.com/news/the-arc...

Call for recs! Have your put your favorite SFF media and artists into the Hugo rec sheet yet? :D #HugoAwards

GameDayQuote: "Cursed! There's a curse! Quick, take off all your clothes, any of them might be cursed!"

Trees in autumn reminding us that there's beauty in letting go of the things that no longer sustain us.

The return of Concentration Check: Reroll is today! Featuring special guest: @gabrielle-h.bsky.social ! Come get some work done with us, starting at 4pm pacific! twitch.tv/dungeonscrawlers

Self-pub authors are perennially mad at indie bookshops for not stocking their books or only ordering from Ingram. They fail to grasp that if the books are not purchased from Ingram, the store doesn't make enough to make even unboxing the book worth its time. The self-pub authors (1/5)

cc: @benstiller.redhour.com

BREAKING: Everything

My queries are open, via my QueryManager box, linked in my pinned post. Please don't query me via email, direct message, linkedin, postal mail, or any other workarounds. There's no need for workarounds. My queries are open.

Tl:Dr "AIA is now asking Congress to exercise their oversight powers and investigate how the executive branch is allowed to destroy the historic facade of the White House without adhering to any process or review." Here's the form to write a Congressperson: aia.quorum.us/campaign/145...

It’s the Deadtide for Otari! Come join us as our heroes face the first of many horrific abominations… Abomination Vaults (5e) continues at 6pm PST! twitch.tv/DungeonScraw...

we are going LIVE in 20 minutes (8pm est) for the latest episode of our newest 5e Pathfinder-adjacent Actual Play! Everyone's favorite Baebarian returns in kit this time to rage against a giant spider thing! @dungeonscrawlers.bsky.social

Hi, #booksky -- New patreon post: regarding websites for unpublished authors. You definitely need one, but without a book deal, what do you put on it? www.patreon.com/posts/websit... Free to view with a (free) follow, or a subscription at any level.

you gotta imagine that people protesting with NO KINGS signs in London, a city that very famously does in fact have a king, makes a whole other bonus group of people very mad