Danny DeRock

Unfortunately small presses close all the time, and their baby bird books need to find a new nest. My fledgling sun-vampire queer cannibal novella, SUNBATHERS, now needs a new home, as does my sapphic pirate novella QUEEN O'NINE TAILS. If you know a toothy little home for either, please hit me up!

If you don’t follow me on Instagram, you might not have heard about the Psychedelic Writing Retreat. I still haven’t gotten the hang of Bluesky, but here’s an update for everyone here. 🌀 Head to psychedelicwritingretreat.com and @ psychedelicwritingretreat (Instagram) for more info!

Hi, friends! I’m organizing a psychedelic writing retreat this summer — the kind of magical thing that can only happen here in the Netherlands. Dates are now confirmed for July 19-25 and the website will be live soon. For now, the best way to stay posted is Instagram (@psychedelicwritingretreat) 🔆🪶🌌

I genuinely forgot Bluesky existed for a while. Hello, everyone!

Hey, do you need a fiction editor? Maybe an affordable and extremely detail-oriented one? I might be able to help. This is pretty spontaneous, but I'm just going to jump in. I recently started an editing business aimed at academics in the social sciences. Academia is my day job, though. (1/6) 🧵

Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) 🎉 HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!

If you're an autistic, ADHD, or AuDHD academic (like me), you face challenges that others just don't understand. I've been there. Now I want to share what I've learned and create a space where you feel truly supported. Visit flowstateediting.com/workshops/ for more details about this workshop.

"Our sister went to help the people who came out of the volcano." Buckle up, folks, because @rpmirabella.bsky.social has an incredibly imagined story for us this week. Wondrous, human, and beautifully written, "Volcano People" ends on a note of perfect melancholy. Absolutely do not miss this one! 🌋

I'm actually working on a short story for the first time in [???].

How did I not know about this mag? “Speculative stories about our inner lives” are very much my kind of thing.

shittttt

Is that…are we brewing up a new sub call? 👀

ICYMI our first piece of the year is LIVE BBY and it’s written by none other than @kevinrmaloney.bsky.social and @femmeintheory.bsky.social!! www.icebreakerslit.com/read/how-to-...

Did you know that my queer, erotic sun-vampire horror novella SUNBATHERS is *free* today?? Did you also know that over 1100 copies have been downloaded JUST TODAY?? (what) Be part of the action (pun intended) and get yours here! www.darkmodesyk.com/winter24/sun...

The past few months I've been out of the literary world loop. I *have* been doing a lot of reading, but not much writing. Anyway, I finally updated my author website and that feels like a step in the right direction: danielderock.com

Top 10 books of 2024 Bookthreads 1. Tender Hoof 2. Below the Falls 3. Some Things You Love With Your Insides, Your Guts 4. Julie, or Sylvia 5. Spark Bird 6. Escaping Emily 7. Trailer Park Ocean 8. If I Were God I Would Also Start With Light 9. This is How They Mourn 10. Repeat 1-9

Find a friend and get weird 🛸💜

Icebreakers fam starter pack & still adding 🗣️ go.bsky.app/AFdqqxE

Now feels like a good time to mention that we are currently open for general subs! Buddy up and send us your magic ✨ icebreakerslit.submittable.com/submit

So my new eco-horror collection, Haunted Ecologies, out February 2025, got a wonderful review from @raforall.bsky.social in this months BookList in which she compared it to the works of Jeff VanderMeer, T Kingfisher, and Cassandra Khaw…reader, I died :) raforall.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...

Help us find our writer friends from Twitter!

The first tiny haunting has materialized!

I would love to get a few more adds on Goodreads for THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET so I'm asking the community for help: if you're into historical romance, queer Austen-esque works, or you just love love (or know someone else who does) please add the book to your lists and tell you friends!

The puppy has learned how to walk up the stairs, but not down. Very interesting situation.

👻SURPRISE! HAUNTED POP-UP SUB CALL👻 *details in thread* Our 2nd annual Halloween sub call has begun! First, we need writers to create settings (ARCHITECTS). Next, we need another round of writers to haunt these settings (HAUNTERS). (1/3) [we don't know how to make a thread, so continued in replies.]

Hi, friends! We haven’t been on Bluesky for a while, but dropping in to say hi. Hold tight for some exciting updates (potentially Halloween-related 👻).

Is anyone here? Twitter is really getting too weird now.

“I hope my email finds you in a well.”

This summer. The Ternion will be published. 3 novels, 3 authors each. Titles coming soon. It's how we do #antiwrimo

I’m probably not describing this the right way, but can anyone think of examples of collaborative memoir/CNF? Like memoirs or personal essays that braid/juxtapose multiple lives, written collectively by two or more authors?

1. Open poetry craft book 2. Craft book advises starting a journal 3. Spend an hour online shopping for new notebook until head hurts 4. I am a writer!

stealing writing time before the work day steals me

My new goal is to write thinly veiled Zelda fan fiction and get it accepted by an elite literary journal.

back up your WIP right now

A novel is a(n) _____________.

This year will be: Finishing novel edits and querying Getting back to short stories (I miss them) More essays More poems Equally likely: new novel idea comes along and tornadoes these plans

Me: This is the FINAL edit of the novel. Just tiny tweaks. It's all about voice. Me: Creates two new characters.

Does anyone want to be mutual lit agents? We can make a publishers marketplace announcement every time we get a story or poem acceptance. Like, “Writer [your name]’s [STORY NAME], a flash fiction piece about dogs, to [EIC at lit mag], in an unremunerative deal, by their friend Danny”