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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my goodness thank you for your kind words 🥹 it means a lot!!

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · 3d

excited to be returning as a mentor this year for fantasy & romance! MSWL to come 👀

#amquerying authors, watch this space! In a world where a lot of industry knowledge has been lost to the vicissitudes of twt, mentorships like this are invaluable! (They’re how I got agented & found friends!)

Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 3d

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.

Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!

📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

Mentors Part 1:
Molly McDonough
Deena Helm
Julie Lew
Megan Bontrager
Seren Kilig
Natalie Kikić
Deandra Davis
Christie Curry
Eunice Kim
Carmeline Melchior
Corvin A. Doupagne
Rachel Kitch
Samantha Chong
Fatiha Rais
Shepard DiStasio
Thea Liu
Damara Allen
Karis Rogerson

Mentors Part 2:
Julie Hafsa Derbal
Tali Shammas
Lilly Lu
Cassy Klisch
Camille Chong
Bayley Mae
Amanda Helander
Libby Kennedy
Taylor Pitts
Shaina Cordas
J.D. Myall
Asia Murphy
Grace Morrow
Meredith Mooring
Ellen Mulholland
Chantel Pearson
Stephanie Kim Johnson
Caitlyn Averett
Sabina Martin

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Chris Loar @chrisloar.bsky.social · 3d

Scholars of eighteenth-century topics: consider submitting your work to *Digital Defoe*. We publish essays on Defoe, but also on his "contemporaries," which we're inclined to interpret broadly. More info here:
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...

cfp | call for papers

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu

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Taylor ✨querying a horror rom 👽♥️🎲✨ @taylorkowens.bsky.social · Sep 6

Now for BlueSky! After being selected as a Round Table Mentor finalist, and 7 long months of revisions, I'm back! And I’m proud to announce this author is back in the query trenches! To kick it off, I’m reposting a revised version of my pitch deck. 🥳🥂 #writer #querying #horror #romance

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

Today is the day 📣📣📣 I donated a query critique and a 30-min publishing journey tarot reading!!! Please find HUNDREDS of publishing items up for bid to benefit #kidlit4ceasefire, trans and immigrant rights 🏳️‍🌈💗🍉

www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

#writingcommunity #amquerying

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Deena 🇵🇸 دينا @deenahelm.bsky.social · Aug 18

This has started today - you can bid on over 380+ items now! I’ve donated three 30 page critiques but there are lots of other great items out there: www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jul 24

I wrote about the role of literature (as an author and a lit prof) in these hard times.

#writingcommunity

substack.com/home/post/p-...

writing in hard times

thoughts on the role of literature right now

substack.com

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · Jul 4

We have new poetry on #EnbyLife Journal! Read Lilly Lu’s vivid piece ‘O to be gaysian!’

@lillyluwrites.bsky.social

💖 READ MORE: enbylife.net/2025/07/04/o...

Social media tile with an abstract artwork featuring vibrant, textured brushstrokes in neon pinks, oranges, blues, yellows, and purples. Overlaid on the left side is a pale pink text box with the following poem excerpt: ‘arms wound / around the / wondrous sounds / of tata tatata / 他她X也.’ Below the poem, in bold black text: 'O to be gaysian!' by Lilly Lu.

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 20

6 more hours to bid & some query critiques still unclaimed!!! #amquerying #writingcommunity 📣📣📣

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

How to enter: donate to one of the orgs listed, dm me a receipt, $10 is 1 raffle ticket

Query critiques from Amanda Carbonell, Ashyle Jordan, and Noelle Monet

Query critiques from authors Yuva Harish, Tesia Tsai, Kayla Morton and Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

AMA from Michelle Jing Chan and Jessica Yoon

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 20

Bidding closes Friday at 12pm PT, and we have SO MANY QUERY CRITIQUES LEFT 📣📣 donate to an LA mutual fund, dm me the receipt, and enter for a prize! #amquerying #writingcommunity

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Noelle Monét | ADD BOUND BY FURY ON GOODREADS @noellemonet.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wanna chance to win a query package critique from me???

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 18

so many unclaimed AMAs and query critiques for #amquerying #writingcommunity! Donate to a mutual aid fund and bid for an item! Help us reach our next $100 goal 💜📣

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Tesia Tsai @tesiatsai.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm donating a query critique, and there are other amazing offers from authors, illustrators, and agents! 💕

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

More prizes to bid for!

Tarot reading from Lilly Lu, custom pet art from Jane Kim Testa, book signed by Deandra Davis

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hey #amquerying #writingcommunity! We are doing a mini fundraiser for mutual aid in LA/OC! Donate to an org below, DM me the receipt, bid on items, win prizes like query critiques, AMAs, & tarot readings! ⭐️ Thanks to @michellejingchan.bsky.social for co-organizing 💜

How to enter: 🧵

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

aww thank you! hope you enjoy 💜

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Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social · Jun 3

So proud to be ace and to have done this round table with my fellow aces in publishing!!! Thank you @amandasbrews.bsky.social for having us!!! 💜💜💜

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

Expanding the script: ace stories, structures and perspectives in publishing

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marina m @witchm.bsky.social · Jun 3

excited to be included in such a rockstar group for a great convo. check it out!

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · Jun 3

🖤💜🤍

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

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Leanne (L. A.) Schwartz @schwartzwords.bsky.social · Jun 3

It was such an honor to join this conversation, which was so illuminating and affirming of writing acespec stories!💜🤍🩶🖤

Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

It’s on my list to read this summer!!! 💜

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

🔗 bookishbrews.com/ace-stories-...

Expanding the Script: Ace Stories, Structures, and Perspectives in Publishing – Bookish Brews

A roundtable of ace storytellers discuss writing, publishing, and ace representation in books and the publishing industry.

bookishbrews.com

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

also special shoutout to @avenofficial.bsky.social whom all of us thanked in this piece haha! 💜

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Lilly Lu✨is 👀👀👀!!! @lillyluwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

@michellejingchan.bsky.social & i organized a panel of ace creatives to talk about asexuality & publishing! thanks to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social @schwartzwords.bsky.social and @witchm.bsky.social for sharing your words with us, & @amandasbrews.bsky.social for giving this piece a home💜🏳️‍🌈

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