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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · 12d

happy #DVparty everyone!! i got sick right as it started but im hopping in on day 5 to share some songs and lyrics on my pirates playlist!

see you all soon with the pitch… lots of love…

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Sep 11

submitted my #pitchdis form! (ironically, while in bed with a migraine)

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 27

i’m so excited for this!!

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣

Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit!

Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025!

Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7!

Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!

#preDV September 29th, 2025 12PM - 5PM ET

Join us for our practice vent, #preDV on Bluesky!
Come with your best pitches and receive4 feedback from agented authors.

All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before Oct 8th's #DVpit.
More info at dvpit.carrd.co

#DVparty
October 2nd - October 7th 2025

October 2nd (Day 1): Post a moodboard/art

October 3rd (Day 2): Introduce your main character

October 4th (Day 3): Opening LInes

October 5th (Day 4): Your Story as a meme/gif

October 6th (Day 5): Your Story's theme song/playlist

October 7th (Day 6): Hype your next project

Post on Bluesky with the #DVparty hashtag. Open all day. Please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed. Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit! More info at dvpit.carrd.co

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Aug 27

if you write historical or things with historical influence (or fantasy ig) reminder that the met has public domain works that you can use freely for covers and interior graphics and such. for free. make use of them!!

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 23

happy day 4!!

i once mentioned to my fiancé that i was working on “my siblings story” and he asked, “isn’t that all of them?”

(and i seem to also find just the right time to write each story and put my own struggles onto the characters in their own mixed-up ways, especially in parts of PIRATES!)

#PitchDis @pitchdis.com · Aug 22

Day 4 of 21 Days of #PitchDis! Today’s prompt - Is there a common theme in your books? Make sure to include the #PitchDis hashtag in your post and search the hashtag to find others.

Day 4. Is there a common theme in your books?

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 21

day 3 of 21 days of #PitchDis!!

i’m going to be pitching a historic fiction novel (pirate lesbians forever and always) for this event, but will be promoting some other (still historical) WIPs in the near future!!

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

i wanted to let everyone on #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity as well know that i will be participating in @1stlinepit.bsky.social over on instagram!! below is my user if you’re wanting to see me there too! #1stlinepit

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

day 2 of 21 days of #PitchDis !!

i’ve been writing for forever— i started writing seriously in middle school (shoutout rory and prophecy of four smh) and decided i wanted to be an author when i was 15!

ive always been a notebook hoarder and have 3+ gdocs full of writing from over the years 🫠

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

happy 21 days of #PitchDis !

my name is amanda, and i’m a 24 year old author of siblings and annoying sapphics!!

#amwriting mostly historical fiction, i love medical history, and i’m wayyy too into the locked tomb by tamsyn muir!

i’m so excited to write more and more and interact with everyone!

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨IMPORTANT DVPIT ALERT!🚨

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
All the official information for DVpit only comes from this account, our discord, or dvpit.carrd.co
We implore you to be safe & protect your information

Important Alert! We are being impersonated

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party which is claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
We are NOT affiliated with Cecil Butler or his payday loans.

At this time, please be advised that all the official information for DVpit only comes from @dvpit.bsky.social, dvpit.carrd.co, or our discord server.

We implore you to be safe and protect your information.

Thank you!

Graphic showing dvpit.com is NOT AFFILIATED WITH #DVPIT at this time!

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

When Taleen offers to help her in exchange for a favor, Jonna would be stupid to refuse. Too late, she finds out she's helping a pirate seek revenge- and too late, she finds out she may have more in common with pirates than she thought. #questpit #OS #YA #LF

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Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · Aug 6

1. Be born tranſexual Anno 1645
2. Don 1000 yards of ribbon
3. ???
4. Manhood

In the case that further detail be required, pray consult:
THE DUEL IN 1660, a swashbuckling farce
#W #YA(?) #LGBT #histfic for #QuestPit

Infamous portrait of Duke Maximilian Philipp of Bavaria by Sebastiano Bombelli, 1666, in an elaborate golden Baroque frame. This mustachioed nobleman has very long curly brown hair (possibly a periwig), an open doublet with dozens of tiny silver buttons, massive petticoat breeches, voluminous sleeves and lacy cannons, and a truly terrifying quantity of blue and pink ribbon hanging from every part of his body. He wears shoes with high red heels.

17th century handwriting over the image reads:
This is the ideal male body.
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

my girlie odelia got put on the back burner this summer as i worked on editing pirates and another, more secret project…

but lia, i haven’t forgotten you… (spent lots of time deep on research)

amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · May 8

odelia, in charge of her younger siblings, thought she was ready for the social season after her failed engagement. when her childhood friend wyatt comes back as an anatomy illustrator, her brother framed for taking bodies, lia must chose sides. #questpit #wip #ya #h

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

wait… 👀👀👀

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

When Taleen offers to help her in exchange for a favor, Jonna would be stupid to refuse. Too late, she finds out she's helping a pirate seek revenge- and too late, she finds out she may have more in common with pirates than she thought. #questpit #OS #YA #LF

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⭒Lava Girl⭑ @lava-girl.bsky.social · Jun 30

July is Disability Pride Month
🩶❤️💛🤍💚💙🩶

Happy #DisabilityPrideMonth to everyone with visible and invisible disabilities. To everyone who cares for someone with a disability, and to everyone who is gonna learn about disability pride this month.

Disability Pride is a fight and a celebration⭐

The Disability Pride Flag is a charcoal grey flag bisected diagonally from the top left corner to the lower right corner by five parallel stripes in red, pale gold, pale grey, light blue, and green.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Jun 2

DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!

#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks

Mark Your Calendars #DVpit is returning October 8, 2025. The original pitch event for creators from marginalized communities. Now on Bluesky! Follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates

Agents and Editors participating in DVpit 2025 on Bluesky. Here is an initial list of some of the participating agents and editors

Gallt & Zacker:
Marietta Zacker
Beth Phelan
Linda Camacho
Erin Casey Westin
Sandra Proudman
Saribel Pages
Andrea Brown Literary:
Kelly Sonnack
Jemiscoe Chambers-Black
Jennifer March Soloway
Saritza Hernández
Analía Cabello
Paige Terlip
Azantian Literary:
Shelly Romero
Carey Blankenship-Kramer
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret:
Michaela Whatnall
Folio Literary:
John Cusick
Gelfman Schneider:
Penelope Burns
HG Literary:
Wendi Gu
Jill Grinberg Literary:
Katelyn Detweiler
Mad Woman Literary:
Alex Brown
Danielle Burby
Chelsea Hensley
Neighborhood Literary:
Eric Smith
Rebecca Podos
New Leaf:
Jo Volpe
Suzie Townsend
Sophia M. Ramos
Trinica Sampson-Vera
Jordan Hill
Page Street Publishing
Tamara Grasty
Park, Fine & Brower:
Pete Knapp
Stuti Telidevara
Root Literary:
Melanie Figueroa
Samantha Fabien
Simon & Schuster:
Rebecca Kuss
Sourcebooks:
Mikaela Luke
Triada US:
Brent Taylor
Uwe Stender
Ashley Reisinger
Moe Ferrara
Writers House:
Alexandra Levick
Andrea Morrison

Follow us at #dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!

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The Locked Tomb Bot @thelockedtomb.bsky.social · May 17

Harrow said, “But you’re God.”
And God said, “And I am not enough.”

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · May 8

odelia, in charge of her younger siblings, thought she was ready for the social season after her failed engagement. when her childhood friend wyatt comes back as an anatomy illustrator, her brother framed for taking bodies, lia must chose sides. #questpit #wip #ya #h

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The Locked Tomb Bot @thelockedtomb.bsky.social · Apr 19

He demanded: “Tell me how to do it, and I’ll do it.”
Camilla said, “Go loud.”

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The Locked Tomb Bot @thelockedtomb.bsky.social · Sep 23

It was the morning of the third day in a universe without her cavalier: it was the morning of the third day—and all the back of her brain could say, in exquisite agonies of amazement, was: She is dead. I will never see her again.

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Mar 5

DMed!!

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The Locked Tomb Bot @thelockedtomb.bsky.social · Dec 17

“The only thing that ever stopped me being exactly who I wanted,” she said, “was the worry that I would soon be dead … and now I am dead, Reverend Daughter, and I am sick of roses, and I am horny for revenge.”

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Indi🦋 @industrations.bsky.social · Mar 2

My shaylas🤍💀
#gideontheninth #griddlehark #thelockedtomb

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amanda aug IS QUERYING!!! 🏴‍☠️ @amandaaugwrites.bsky.social · Mar 4

for sure— anyone else still looking to swap?

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