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rihdara klay 📖

@rushaida222.bsky.social

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author ✍️ // OUR BODIES ARE MADE OF SUGAR (OBAMOS), 96k // RTM mentee '25 // 🇧🇩🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

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livi ❤︎‧₊𖦹⋆°✩ @bunnyfangs.posts.love · 1d

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 2d

hi augur! have the winners already been contacted? thanks!

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 3d

#firstline of renaissance italy WIP that is quite rough but fuck it we ball

Snippet from WIP.

Chapter One: Jewels, Or So She Should Be Called

Featuring: a cat whose curiosity neither killed nor benefitted it; a woman who suffered from an unrequited love for gold and diamonds and a yearning for a man that never existed; and a song that opened a door to a time before.

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 3d

whtc is still in the works ... at 30k right (knock on wood i wont suddenly find the urge to drop it in the future)

and ive been cooking up another wip about a brown woman getting stuck in fifteenth century italy because of a family curse ...

so many ideas, so little time!! 🫀🏰

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

Two more weeks until our #roundtablementor mentee pitch party. We’re busy getting our best party supplies ready… you should, too!

A calendar graphic for Round Table Mentor’s Mentee Pitch Party, with Oct 27 circled. Big numbers note that there are 14 days left.

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 6d

all my fellow writers - applications open soon!!!

Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · 6d

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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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 7d

congrats!!!

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday's #DVpit was amazing & inspiring!
Thanks to everyone who participated, supported, & any agent/editor who came!
Speaking of, agents & editors are invited to keep perusing the hashtag the next week to request!
If you got requests, please check out our "After DVpit Guide" dvpit.carrd.co#after

DVpit

pitch event for creators from marginalized communities.

dvpit.carrd.co

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

LET THEM *BE* CAKE 🍰

Her touch turns bodies into sugar. Her monarchy allows for no delinquency.

A grieving translator who finds solace in forbidden books must escape the queen’s saccharine clutches and become the face of the revolution—before her majesty swallows her whole.

#DVpit #A #F

There is a blue-and-pink-tinted portrait of a noblewoman in French aristocratic garments with her face scribbled in pink ink. A border in the same pink ink of illustrations of flora and cake surrounds the woman.

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

agents pick this up!!!

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

wow this sounds incredible!

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

🫶🫶🫶

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

oh this sounds fantastic omg

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

why havent i asked to read this one yet!!! this is my formal ask/demand!! let me read!!

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

ooo i love a good heist!!

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

thank u!!!

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

💖💖💖

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

ooo 🧛‍♀️🐺🫶🔥

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

thank u!!

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

gemstone magic !! 🫶💎

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

anything comping buffy is gold!!

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

again this pitch is fire but u know i love it already!! 🫶🔥

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

electromagical murder?? sign me up!!

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rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

🎂🧁LET THEM *BE* CAKE🧁🎂

Under a fascist empire led by a queen whose touch can turn bodies into sugar, a grieving royal translator finds solace in outlawed books. But when caught, she must escape and lead the revolution inspired by her defiance, or face being turned into royal dessert.

#DVpit #F #A

rihdara klay 📖 @rushaida222.bsky.social · 8d

awwh thanks so much !! 😭🫶 i really appreciate the love!!