Amy Oates is querying

THE FORK IN THE ROAD AGENT GUIDE #amquerying #writingcommunity #writersky

Gah nothing more terrifying than hitting "upload" into QT and just crossing your fingers you uploaded the right thing and that it's not randomly a picture of your mom or something...

No. Ghoulish like that ad of AI ‘Audrey Hepburn’ for chocolate. Don’t puppet people’s minds or bodies. Why would I bother to read something nobody bothered to write? I’d love a favourite writer’s REAL insight on a beloved franchise. This is the loser irl version of faerie gold: it isn’t even leaves.

Me trying to figure out if any of the #10queries #revpit drops are mine:

If anyone else is obsessively refreshing their #10Queries feed and has both ADHD AND Type A personality.... I have compiled all of the editors into one spot. bsky.app/profile/did:...

TOMORROW! Join us for our fun #10Queries event for anonymous feedback and amazing tips from our editors on query letters & your book's opening pages! We start at 9am EST Reminder: Each editor will post their 10Queries on their own account, so be sure to follow! #writingcommunity

If you looked at the total and went "not needed," now's a good time to look again. Sammy--the other void in play--has tested badly, and may be in early stage heart failure. The trouble with checking for problems is that sometimes you find them.

Memento Mori 💀🦋🏛️🐈

Ladybug is literally $25 CDN away from being able to get the most basic tier of the dental care she needs!

Drop a VAMPIRE

Your occasional reminder that polls don't mean shit, you have to show up and vote, preferably early and in person if you can

@klawls.bsky.social went scorched earth on Shane Gillis's bullshit misogyny and it is the read I needed this morning. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

"I miss when Avatar wasn't so political!" The whole show is about a genocide survivor overthrowing a tyrant. It's always been political.

If I'm ever not recommending Lost Boys on broadway, I've been replaced by a clone and you can quote me on that.

I'm looking for more feedback on my query package to get it in good shape for the next round of querying, so I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages. @reviseresub.bsky.social

Today is the day! Looking for a change at free feedback on your query letter & opening pages? Submit TODAY ONLY!! forms.gle/kEva6UBKdYLS...

You do NOT want the flu. It is not just a cold, it is way, WAY worse. Get vaxxed.

Please don’t use AI to do your ballot research. It will make shit up.

I wrote up some more details about my evil novella ENEMIES TO WORSE on ze blog! msscarlet.substack.com/p/wicked-gla... #booksky

May I suggest you start your spooky season off right #booksky

Official announcement for ENEMIES TO WORSE, coming to you as a villaintine February 9th 2027, a novella in audiobook and ebook, set in the LONG LIVE EVIL world but also stands alone for those who might enjoy ‘Romeo and Juliet if Romeo fell for Tybalt’ fantasy ice raiders. #booksky

If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

don’t know why that link turned terrible! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

The news as announced by @bookbrunch.bsky.social - a novella in the Time of Iron universe is coming your way in early spring. Doomed love, fan favourites, stands alone or works as another portal into the epic portal fantasy… please await ENEMIES TO WORSE… l1nq.com/cjjuku1 #booksky

and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

If you're a @cornelluniversity.bsky.social alum, please sign this.

Happy #fanartfriday pls look at my evil babies #booksky! Stunning, tender and sad drawing of an imperial daydream by lyyzis_art - I absolutely love the rendering of Rae’s smile with beauty mark rising and Key’s focused attention!

then despair 😌 ‘definitely read this book and enjoy the ride, then despair’

From your lips to the doors of the sky

PLEASE SHARE! Writers! Uncanny Magazine will be open for short story submissions from August 24 to September 7! WE ARE CLOSING AT THE END OF TODAY! buff.ly/xM2cQce

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions open on the 1st of October, 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC! The max word count per story will be 5,000 words. There will be a 1,000 story cap. Once we reach that number of submissions, the window will close. Link to more information ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

[Exit Queen.]

What if we...

Oh hey, just to be 100% clear in the wake of recent industry news: I have never used AI in my writing or in my cover/character art, and I never will. Gen AI was built on stolen work (including 47 works of mine!) and every single use damages our environment. I find it morally repugnant in every way.

Daily affirmation for writers: No matter how rough what I just wrote was, it's better than anything the AI plagiarism machine could ever spit out 💜✨

My most loved meta reference I think… you have suffered star warriors! #booksky #isekai

this is a knight’s tale energy and I like to see it

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

ooh poesy

This cover is going to be controversial so I wish to be clear I was the one who asked my publishers for the controversial element… as usual I’m the problem it’s me… 🫠💙 #booksky

'The Odyssey': What Scholars Are Saying About Christopher Nolan's Epic share.google/UQK8tKo1pMVG...

I have determined that my only hope is to keep writing.