Lyz @lyz.bsky.social Men Yell at Me. I write books.
๐ Penance | Sleepy ๐ @penance-xo.bsky.social She/Her | 34 | idk
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Sara Novak @sarafnovak.bsky.social Independent journalist who covers new scientific research on natural history, paleontology, and environmental science Words: NYTimes, Sciam, NatGeo, Discover
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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social Writer in NYC. Former Attorney. EIC Split Lip Magazine. Copper Nickel Editor's Prize | BASS Distinguished Story | Kenyon Review | Ploughshares | Artist-in-Residence @ South 85 Journal | Next up: CHEEKS | http://maureenlangloss.com/
Rachel Vorona Cote @rvoronacote.bsky.social Author of Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today. Freelance book critic all over the place. Get in touch: rachelvorona@gmail.com. @RVoronaCote on Instagram. She / Her.
Erika Ullman @erikaullman.bsky.social 
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Jenna Malaby, Author @jennamalabyauthor.bsky.social Rad retro romance for when youโve been there, done that, BURNED the T-shirt. ๐ Linktr.ee/JennaMalabyAuthor
Luise๐๐ฒ @arkhikernc.bsky.social Writer of sci-fi and random poetry. If you see me out in the wild on my bike, say hello. ๐ฒโจ๏ธ๐๐
Abby @abby-writes.bsky.social Writer, teacher, cat lady, WWU, Northwest Indian College
Stephen Patrick Bell @stephenpatrickbell.bsky.social Chicago | Writer | 2022 Lambda Literary Fellow | Tin House Summer 2023
Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social Writer w FOMO. CLOSER (Regal House). SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES (Propeller). THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau). www.miriamgershow.com
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Spearheaded #100smallpress:
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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social #artist / #author / associate fiction editor - @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. I spend many an hour tinkering with my website https://damicandrea.wordpress.com/.
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Myoflorae @myoflorae.bsky.social 
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Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine @doorisajarmag.bsky.social Quarterly literary magazine of #poetry, short #fiction, #nonfiction, #drama, #art and #bookreviews with cadence and personality to take readers on a journey.
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Alyssa M. Zella | Aspiring Sci-Fi Alien Romance Author @alyssamzella.bsky.social Typically Chaotic Good
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Melody Loomis @melodyloomis.bsky.social Cat mom and writer of weather geek romance books. Is that a thing? It should be a thing. I also write YA. #5amwritersclub ๐
https://www.melodyloomis.com
Joelle McTigue ๐ท @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Writing is Joy @writingisjoy.bsky.social Spreading creative joy through writing workshops, live storytelling, and community meetups in Chapel Hill NC
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Suzanne Miller @activistcalleds.bsky.social ~Physical therapist
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Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb.bsky.social Sr Exec Pipeline Media Group @bookpipeline.bsky.social, EiC @pipelineartists.bsky.social, partner Fringe Press, CoHost @recklesscr8tive.bsky.social #podcast. Prev @scriptmagazine.bsky.social + Writer's Digest. CoFndr #scriptchat on X. #HistFic #18thC
April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social Introvert, travel writer, children's book author, host of Picture Books Postcard blog. Rep'd by Katie Monson of SBR Media. #kidlit #writingcommunity #12x12PB #KidlitChuckleChallenge
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Katherine D. Caldwell @kcaldwellwriter.bsky.social Novelist, Coffee Lover, Wife, and Mother of Three. #5amwritersclub
Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social poet, teacher, sometimes essayist. chapbook, Love That For Us, out now @andchangepoetry.bsky.social. craft book forthcoming @noemipress.bsky.social. two books @boa-editions.bsky.social.
abolish the police & free palestine.
https://www.chenchenwrites.com
Daniel Verastiqui @danielverastiqui.com Author. Something else. Another thing.
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Heather Higdon @heatherhigdon.bsky.social Lover of Human Story. โค๏ธ Literary fiction writer represented by Kat Foxx at The Rights Factory. IG: heatherhigdonwrites
Ash McGrath @ashmcgrathwrites.bsky.social Writer, author, AI optimist ๐ ๐
I publish bi-weekly essays about creativity, AI, and other weird corners of humanity.
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Ben Adams @bentadams11.bsky.social RELATIVITY (BHC Press), EIC Four Leaf Collective, MFA Creative Writing USFCA โ25, Pushcart Nominated benadams.net
Amy Barnes @amygcb.bsky.social Associate Editor: @fracturedlit.bsky.social
Julian Mar @julianmar.bsky.social Reading, writing, and spell crafting.
#writer | bruja | Boricua ๐ต๐ท | tamer of crows ๐ฆโโฌ | photographer
Writing Science Fantasy and witches with knives
Denise S. Valenti @denisevalenti.bsky.social writer, editor, multimedia storyteller
more @ denisevalenti.com
Alden Burgess @aldentburgess.bsky.social I write #Sci-Fi and #Fantasy stories filled with action and comedy to keep pages turning #amwriting #amquerying #scifi #5amwritersclub
@bellajan.bsky.social @bellajan.bsky.social Lover of animals, books, coffee, and pretty things. Fascinated by history, science and psychology. Dutiful attendant to three extraordinary cats named Peewee, Harper Louise and Sputnik. ๐ฆ๐บ๐ณ๐ฑ
Archie @artemwriting.bsky.social UPenn. MBA. Books ๐ Writing โ๏ธ Art ๐จ Cooking & Gardening ๐ฑ Photos my own ๐ธ Married. From California โ๏ธ Got a Wacko Immune System ๐
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Eileen Drennen @eileen527.bsky.social Writer, editor, reader
First mom, Open Records advocate
Binders CNF
Seeking representation for completed memoir.
Write the story only you can tell
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Katy Nicholas @k80writes.bsky.social Author. Perpetually miffed.
Steve Weddle @steveweddle.bsky.social My book about a 1933 outlaw camp in Arkansas: www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine
My book of connected short stories: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Country-Hardball/Steve-Weddle/9781440570803
Reading, Writing & Arsenal
Cville & RVA
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Nadine | Write From My Gut @writefrommygut.bsky.social 4ever evolving creator and creative.
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peaches (they/them) @spicybits.bsky.social luscious black nonbinary writer and vinylhead
Cari O. @cariwriting.bsky.social Writer. Wine taster.
Chapbook prize winner. Memoirist.
Words in Thin Skin, Taos Journal of Poetry, Thimble Literary Mag, Mom Egg Review, Literary Orphans, Spire Light, The Fourth River, Marbled Sigh, Lime Hawk Review, and more. Found in Europe + Florida.
Holly M. Wendt @hmwendt.bsky.social Novel HEADING NORTH (Braddock Avenue Books) out now! Free newsletter: hmwendt.beehiiv.com. Words in Shenandoah, Fourway Review, Memorious, & c. Writer, educator, enthusiast. they/them
Theresa Therrien ๐จ๐ฆ @tdtherrien.bsky.social Shouty writer. Half deaf.
These two things may be related.
SAINT JOAN BLACKHEART Spring 2027 Sourcebooks Fire
Repโd by Rachel Letofsky
S J Snyder @sjsnyderwrites.bsky.social A writer addicted to short story competitions, chronically neglecting novels.
Jonathan Bing @thingsofbing.bsky.social Taller version of boy who lit neighbor farm on fire. Yep. Award-winning author, writing YA MG & PB. Naming/creativity consultant. Born+raised in Japan
VickieWV @vickiewv.bsky.social Retired teacher, pretend photographer, lover of wildlife, jigsaw puzzler, sudoku warrior, writer of family saga/historical fiction
#5amwritersclub
#bluedotredstate
Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social Love You, Miss You, Goodbye Forever (stories, Stanchion), & Stepdad on the Dance Floor (stories, Unsolicited) out now.
All We Knew Were Our Hearts (novel, Unsolicited) coming in '27.
Editor at The Loveliest Review.
timothyboudreau.com.
He/him
Kristin Bonilla @kbonilla.bsky.social Writer | Contributing Editor JMWW
Steve Downes @writerstevedownes.bsky.social Author of Fyre & Stone crime/historical fiction series.
Books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, Apple Books & Google Play
Cindy House @cindyhouse.bsky.social Author of Mother Noise
Katja Presnal @katjapresnal.bsky.social Founder of Crush Movement. Full-time rebel feminist, part-time business strategist.
Author of Big Rich Money.
https://www.crushmovement.com/hello
Ps. Ex Skimbaco Lifestyle
Sarah Turner @scturnerfiction.bsky.social Writer. Short stories in: The Rumpus, Sonora Review, J Journal, Shooter Lit Mag, London Magazine, Fictive Dream, LEON, Litro & others | SL Bridport SS | Read my work at: www.scturnerfiction.com
Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social A voracious #reader. Avid inquiring mind.
#NDwriter I believe people are WIPs. Supporter of edit buttons & sporter of pins #5amWritersClub
Be a ๐ฆnot a ๐งโโ๏ธor ๐ง
say what you meanโญ๏ธ๐ง
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KTLyn (any) @ktlyn.bsky.social Ace/aro, agender specfic writer with an Appalachian accent. Writer for @toughpigs.com Let's make magic: knitting, libraries, hiking, baking, writing, Muppets or some mysterious new thing to learn!
Lisa McCarty @lbmccarty717.bsky.social Writer + Journalist. Health + Wellness.
โ๏ธ Words: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Cut, TODAY Show, HuffPost, Womenโs Health Magazine, Slate, The Guardian, Self Magazine and more. Working on a book.
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IG: @Lbmccarty717
โจNikki Savoy | Thriller Authorโจ @nikkisavoy.bsky.social Nikki Savoy dreams of joy and justice and writes about Black womenโwhat we protect, what we carry, and what it costs.
Some dreams are built on stolen things
https://linktr.ee/NikkiSavoy
Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social Lit Agent Talcott Notch, AALA Member, Editor, Teacher, Writer of Flash Fiction Editor at @fracturedlit.bsky.social Publications: Harpur Palate, Laurel Review, Monkey Bicycle, Ghost Parachute
https://linktr.ee/tommydeanwriter
Hope Henderson @hoperhenderson.bsky.social writer & scientist
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berkeley, california
hoperhenderson.com
writing in river teeth, electric lit, passages north, rumpus, hobart, phoebe, & more
scicomm for @innovativegenomics, views my own
Vera Appleyard @roughmagick.bsky.social Writer | Traveler | Scuba
MFA Dramatic Writing Tisch/NYU
The falcon cannot hear the falconer
Susan Klobuchar @hoosusannah.bsky.social Redhead. Dog lover. Mama. Marketer. 30 Rock fan. Ice cream enthusiast. Book nerd. Early bird. UVA English x UNC MBA. Writer of historical fiction about the women history forgot. NY-OH-NJ-VA-DC-NC-MN-VA #wahoowa #goheels #mpls #cville #crozet
Christen Noel Kauffman @christenkauffman.bsky.social Poetry, Prose, and Visual Art.
THE SCIENCE OF THINGS WE CAN BELIEVE (Ghost Peach Press, 2024)
Poetry Editor at Driftwood Press
www.christennoelkauffman.com
Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social Author of The Lunatics' Ball (Mad Creek Books, forthcoming), American Literature 101: Stories (Cornerstone Press, forthcoming), and The Missing Girl (Black Lawrence Press). Wigleaf Top 50. 9 Notables, Best American Essays, Editor, CRAFT Lit Journal.
Ross White @rosswhite.com Publisher: @bullcitypress.com. Poet: CHARM OFFENSIVE & three chapbooks from Unicorn Press. Professor: UNC #GoHeels. Views my own. Host: @triviaescapepod.com. Goofus. Durham, NC.
> Site: rosswhite.com
Jay Heltzer @jayheltzer.bsky.social Writer of fiction, microfiction and #5amWritersClub devotee, w/ some bass trombone on the side.
I love humor, good humans, and creativity. I ask of at least one from everyone, but all three is fine too.
Low Notes: https://jayheltzer.substack.com
David Allen Pierce @davidallenpierce.bsky.social Have a happy, wonderful day. โ๏ธ
Sam Payne @sampayne.bsky.social Writer โโ https://linktr.ee/skpayne
Dan Murphy @dmurphy.bsky.social dad/poet/educator/tradesman/gardener/bodhrรกn player/former boxer ๐ฎ๐ช๐ธ๐ฎ
Winner, The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in poetry, 2024 (ESTATE SALE: University of Utah Press, 2025)
https://uofupress.com/books/estate-sale/
www.dmurphy.online
Katie Herman @katiehh.bsky.social Independent book editor at www.katieherman.net. Sometime poet. Lefty. Brooklyn, NY.
"Love is still the only revenge. It grows each time the earth is set on fire."
โAyisha Siddiqa
Christine Clemetson @cdclemetson.bsky.social Writes twisty thrillers! Loves books, coffee, and my beach chair. TELL HER SHEโS NEXT (2027) Repโd: The Seymour Agency. ๐๐โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Traci @tabtraci.bsky.social Proud member of the #WritingCommunity โ๏ธ๐๐๐
โTo create something from nothingโฆ itโs heavenโ-Prince โ๏ธ
Working harder on my own dreams now ๐ซ๐๐
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Traci-Tiamo/author/B0BNPS3NK2?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1736689923&sr=8-1&isDr
Jeremiah Lewis @minorfracas.bsky.social No big kerfuffles here.
Kathy Holzapfel @katzap.bsky.social Novelist. Screenwriter. Storyteller.
Published as Lauren Bach/Cate Noble/N. K. Holt
Genres: romance, rom-com, family drama, holiday, middle-grade
Terminally cheerful. #SheLovesLife
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Alison @ajmillernow.bsky.social Writer โข Storyteller
Author of A Better Way
Film & Fiction @Davis Motion Picture Studios
Sharing the journey & the stories in between
Hope โข Faith โข Love
www.davismotionpicturestudios.com
Paul Hayes๐๐ @paulehayes.bsky.social Writer. Fantasy/Science Fiction. #5AMWritersClub #WritingCommunity ๐๐
Favorite themes: Coming of Age, Finding Authentic Life, Self-Discovery, Unlikely/Unwilling Hero, Compassion/Empathy Save the Day
Here for the calm. Staying for the writers.
Pharmacist
MJ Huntsgood @mjhuntsgood.bsky.social vaccine scientist | speculative horror author | loser of various awards | published stories at: https://linktr.ee/mjhuntsgood | rep: Morgan Wilson @ Belcastro Literary | more info www.mjhuntsgood.com | pronouns gg/ez cause gender is a game I'm winning
H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social Writer of romantasy with chaotic anti-heros, forbidden romance, and things that go bump in the night.
๐ฅSNOWDROPS & STONES
โ๏ธRep: Rachel Estep | D4EO Literary Agency
https://linktr.ee/HLDocherty
Pebbles Law @pebbleslaw.bsky.social A #picturebooks #kidlit author who is #amwriting #amrevising. Love nutcrackers, Christmas blow molds & all things festive! A folklorist at โฅ๏ธ๐๐ฉฐ โงโห๐๐ญ เป โงโ๐๐ปโโ๏ธเณเฟ*abracadabra
Nat Baker @natbaker.bsky.social writer of fictional words @NZListener @takahemagazine @HeadlandJournal @NewsroomNZ @millymagazine @Turbine | Kapohau...Occasional reviews @Kete Books...Here for writing and writers...Opinions all mine (She/her)
Intellectual Homer Simpson @scottyramone.bsky.social Iโm Scott: recovering journalist and aspiring late-in-life novelist currently managing a warehouse. Single dad. I contain multitudes. Passionate about dinosaurs. I try to make art sometimes. An absolute delight. He/Him/Yโall
Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner. Micheal L Printz Award winner. National Book Award finalist.
Wrote NAVOLA, THE WINDUP GIRL, THE WATER KNIFE, and SHIP BREAKER, among others.
windupstories.com
Tommy๐ @tommy5.bsky.social traveler ๐ afternoon knows what the morning didn't even suspect
cmcrockford.bsky.social @cmcrockford.bsky.social BIRDSONGS (Alien Buddha, 2024) and WITH ONE'S OWN EYES (Moonstone Press, 2026). AuDHD. West Philly. Cat dad. Anti-fascist.
Buy my book: https://www.cmcrockford.net/store/p/with-ones-own-eyes
Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social Author of 10 books.The latest: A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THE AMNESIAC out 2027. Newsletter here: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com #1000wordsofsummer
Alexandre Ripoll (Author) @alexandre1.bsky.social #Exegete. Collector of rare #Bibles. Professor University of Valencia. #Author #mystery #novel English and Spanish. Graduate in Political Science and Sociology Western Mediterranean (Spain)
Andrew Belfry @andrewbelfry.com (Humor) Writer. Ph.D. candidate in English & Creative Writing. MFA. Words in McSweeney's, HAD, Points in Case, & elsewhere. Father of two. he/him. Tired. https://www.andrewbelfry.com/
Teresa Burns Murphy @teresaburnsmurphy.bsky.social Author of The Secret to Flying (TigerEye Publications)
https://www.teresaburnsmurphy.com
Writing in Chicago Quarterly Review, Evening Street Review, Gargoyle Magazine, Literary Mama, The Opiate, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, The Write City Review . . .
Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social Classic online lit mag (founded 2000). Interviews, fiction, CNF, micro, poetry, etc. We may or may not be edited by a corgi. Read us at identitytheory.com.
W. Todd Kaneko @toddkaneko.bsky.social Author: This Is How the Bone Sings & The Dead Wrestler Elegies. Co-author: Slash / Slash, Poetry: Writers Guide & Anthology. Writing teacher. he/him/dad
https://linktr.ee/toddkaneko
K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com writer. she/her ๐๐ฆ heart's delight: Bmore, bats, & tattoos; Clarion & Tin House '18โก๏ธ kcmeadbrewer.com
fuck AI & fuck fascism
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Sara Noviฤ @novicsara.bsky.social MOTHER TONGUE, out now.
Also TRUE BIZ + GIRL AT WAR
๐ง๐ป deafie | they/she/๐๐ผ |๐Philly
https://buttondown.com/signs+wonders/archive
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