NewPages @newpages.bsky.social NewPages.com is your best guide to literary magazines, indie publishing, university presses, creative writing programs, writing and literary events, writing contests and submissions, independent bookstores, and more.
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Calaveraswatchdog @calaveraswatchdog.bsky.social CalaverasWatchdog.com: A government accountability publication based in Calaveras County, California, investigating and reporting on allegations of misconduct by government officials and nonprofit organizations in the Core Mother Lode Region.
Alex wang @alexwang127.bsky.social Simple, discipline, loving and caring
Daily Novel Writing Festivals @novelfestivals.bsky.social All of these contests give you 3 options to submit: Full Novel; 1st Chapter; Performance video readings.
https://festivalreviews.org/daily-novel-festival-contests/
Tamara Matthews @tamaramatthews45.bsky.social 
Christopher @c007goat.bsky.social Vancouverite. 2001. Pescatarian. Screenwriter. Songwriter. Playwright.
Patreon.com/JustChristopher
SJMEditing @sjmediting.bsky.social Developmental editor for humanities scholars, specialized in historical subjects and working with non-native English speakers. I help secure grants & create impactful publications.
Brown PhD, former Assoc. Prof Art History.
www.SJMoranEditing.com
Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Gavin Newsom @gavinnewsom.bsky.social Husband and father. 40th Governor of California. Former Lt. Governor of California. Former San Francisco Mayor. Personal account.
David R. Yale @davidryale.bsky.social Writes award-winning novels about working folks organizing 4 their rights, resisting fascists, winning strikes. Pro-union, anti-racist, pro-feminist, progressive, working class outlook.
Website: DavidRYale.Com.
Authors Guild.
#1u #BookSky #WritingCommunity
The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
JusticeWithJean @jeantrounstine.com Novel Debut: SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE TO ME, May 12, 2026. Running Wild Pub. Prof.& Prison Activist, Author/ed 8 books including SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS (St. Martins), BOY WITH A KNIFE (IGpublishing). Truthout, BINJreports, BostonMag--www.jeantrounstine.com
PJ McIlvaine @pjmacwriter.bsky.social Writer. Screenwriter. Author. Dragon Rider. My personal website is https://pjmacwriter.com/ I'm a writing beast. And I make good trouble. Looking for a champion for her screenplays.
Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com Author, “Tune in Tomorrow,” “We Interrupt This Program,” “The Only Song Worth Singing,” “Leave No Trace"
Journalist: Variety, LA Times, Today
AI-free forever
https://linktr.ee/RandeeDawn
Carrie Classon @carrieclasson.bsky.social Carrie Classon is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer, and performer who champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent oneself in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Her debut novel, Loon Point, will be released by Lake Union in February 2026.
James H Lewis @jameshlewis-author.bsky.social I write mysteries, historical novels, and short stories. I'm a former journalist, public media executive, and nonprofit consultant. While I've lived all over the country, I now call Pittsburgh home. I'm also a husband, father, and grandfather. Love Canada.
Mary Batten @marybattenauthor.bsky.social Author, nature/science books, articles, TV documentaries. Emmy nominee for work on Children’s Television Workshop’s series, 3-2-1 CONTACT. Recent book, Life in Hot Water: Wildlife at the Bottom of the Ocean. #AuthorsGuild Website: MaryBatten.com
Tricia Vita @triciavita.bsky.social Writer, oral historian, reminiscence facilitator, teaching artist. Former carny kid. Coney Island, carnivals, fairs, amusement business. It's the front of the show that gets the dough! Authors Guild member.
https://linktr.ee/triciavita
Luanne Oleas, Author @authorluanneo.bsky.social Book lover, storyteller, AG member & cat person.
Querying upmarket contemporary romance: SHEDDING CATS
Two published #novels:
🛩️ FLYING BLIND, A CROPDUSTER'S STORY
🌺 A PRIMROSE IN NOVEMBER
https://luanneoleas.com/
Vicky Pinpin-Feinstein @vpinpinfeinstein.bsky.social Writer, can't live without books and music. Author of A Thousand Little Deaths. New book, Beyond Fear and Suspicion: The New Americans in Little Ethiopia (Atmosphere Press, May, 2025). Member of The Authors Guild.
https://www.vickypinpin-feinstein.com
Isabel Tutaine @isabeltutaine.bsky.social Novels about ordinary people who summon the courage to take control of their lives
Deborah Johnstone @deborahjohnstone.bsky.social Speculative fiction writer and Explorer mapping ideology, myth, and power
https://deborahjohnstone.com/
https://deborahj.wordpress.com/
https://www.alchemywritinglab.com/
Paige Tyler Author @paigetylerauthor.bsky.social New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author
Romantic Suspense | Cozy Mystery | Paranormal Romantic Suspense
SEALs of Coronado | Pupcakes and Peril | SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team
https://paigetylertheauthor.com/
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social Researcher and author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Trafficking in the American Economy http://beacon.org/Unbroken-Chains-P1926.aspx
she/her
melissaditmore.com
Karla Huebner, Author @karlahuebnerwrites.bsky.social Novelist & art historian. Books: Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic (U Pittsburgh, 2020); In Search of the Magic Theater (Regal House, 2022); Too Early to Know Who's Winning (Black Rose, 2023); etc. No DMS!
Beth Dotson Brown @bethdotsonbrown.bsky.social Author, gardener, cook and lover of life
Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social Renegade Bonhoeffer scholar. General editor, Bonhoeffer Works (English). I write about churches in Nazi Germany & the Holocaust. Here to discover new research, interesting books, poetry, music & occasionally the humor. www.victoriajbarnett.com
Beverly Thorn @drbeverlythorn.bsky.social Psychologist, neuroscientist, end-of-life doula, dementia caregiver, author of upcoming book entitled “Before I Lose My Own Mind: Navigating Life as a Dementia Caregiver”
Author Meredith Forde @meredithforde.bsky.social I am a #fiction #thriller #author & channel my experience as a crime victim into the stories I create. I love reading #books, especially #crimefiction, #psychologicalthrillers and #suspense.
https://MeredithForde.com
Kai Maristed @kaimaristed.bsky.social Novelist, playwright, translator. Ploughshares, AGNI, Iowa, Five Points. Prize-winning fiction collection, The Age of Migration, coming in July. Anti-poverty and climate activist. I brake for spiders. https://substack.com/@kaimaristed, www.kaimaristed.com
Deborah Vinall, PsyD @dvinall.bsky.social Author, psychotherapist, lover, fighter, survivor
Books:
- Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide to Heal from Emotional Abuse
- Trauma Recovery Guide for Teens
Author M.E. Blaustone 📚✍️ @authormeblaustone.bsky.social Writer and lover of storytelling ♥️📚
Debut Novel: For the Love Of My Enemy:
Amazon https://a.co/d/87Dwuq9
W.I.P. Nora Brite 📝✍️
https://linktr.ee/meblaustone
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@julesolder.bsky.social @julesolder.bsky.social 
Mimi Drop @mimidrop.bsky.social Writer, hopeless optimist.
Joie Davidow @joied.bsky.social Author, freelance book coach and editor, living in Italy after a career in Los Angeles. Founder of the L.A. Weekly and L.A. Style magazines. Known for the memoir Marked for Life and the historical novels An Unofficial Marriage and Anything But Yes.
Arnie Bernstein @realarnieb.bsky.social 🟦 Narrative nonfiction author. Writing teacher & coach. Speaker, talking head, raconteur. Voracious & ferocious reader. Movie maven. Long-suffering White Sox fan. Proud Jew. Proud Zionist. A Brothers Marxist. https://www.linktr.ee/arniebernstein ✡ NO DMs!
darkdel @darkdel.bsky.social actor, author, horror business owner, writer, consultant
Cole Nicole LeFavour @idahocole.bsky.social Writer & queer human (they/them) former state senator, writing on conscience & the wild & sending love from Idaho. http://4idaho.org
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Author of forthcoming:
In The Arms of Mountains: A Memoir of Land, Love & Queer Resistance in Red America
Laurie Kaye - @lauriejoke.bsky.social Confessions of a Rock 'n' Roll Name-Dropper:My Life Leading Up to John Lennon's Last Interview - my Writer's Digest Award-Winning memoir! https://www.confessionsofarocknrollnamedropper.com-the story of my rock radio related life&career plus rock I-views!
MaryAnn Shank @maryannwrites.bsky.social Treasures Gaia, friends and natural world. Sometime poet, and author. SOR JUANA, MY BELOVED (2024). Former #PeaceCorps Volunteer, with tales of Somalia in THE MYSTICAL LAND OF MYRRH.
#litfic #AuthorsGuild #womensfic
Taryn Rivers @tarynrivers.bsky.social Taryn Rivers writes small town romantic suspense from her home in Central Arkansas. When she's not writing, she loves to sail or go on long road trips with her husband.
Kathleen Alcalá @alqalaqat.bsky.social Author of fiction and nonfiction. Descendent of Crypto-Jews and Ópata. 3 novels set in 19th Century Mexico @chroniclebooks.bsky.social re published @ravenchron.bsky.social. Next is from Rosarium Publishing. Opinionated but quiet. All about peace, justice.
Cherilyn Chin @protectoceans.bsky.social Children's Book Author (YA, middle grade, chapter books & early readers) about the oceans, Blogger at Ocean of Hope, Science Journalist, Marine Biologist
My 8 book early reader series , Lily Lu to the Rescue, came out 1/1/26!
https://oceanofhope.net/
Stanley Stocker @stanleystocker.bsky.social He/Him. PEN America/Dau Prize, Creative Power Award, Best Spiritual Literature. “Writing is an act of patient endurance; it is a spiritual pursuit, and curiosity is the god that oversees it all.” - Paisley Rekdal
Maggie Schein @maggieschein.bsky.social Moral psychologist; Independent Scholar (philosophy/psychology), Author (fiction, non-fiction, scholarly), Educator, Story-Monger, Consultant, and Human concerned with how we get better at trying to better at trying to be what we are...&how we belong
Patrick Andersen @pwandersen.bsky.social Former journalist, editor, communications manager. Author of three novels: Second Born; Acts of the Women; and The Ambassador: Queen of Influence.
D. M. S. Fick - now with more cake! @dmsfick.bsky.social Minnesota
#AuthorsGuild
LEWIS SINCLAIR AND THE GENTLEMEN COWBOYS from CamCat Books
Emmy-nominated/grant-awarded
Educated in 12-student school
Rode bus thru France w/retired showgirl
Extra in movie Fargo
Slept through London hurricane
Joyce Yarrow @jyarrow.bsky.social Award-winning author of historical and contemporary suspense fiction.
https://www.joyceyarrow.com - visit to claim your free gift!
DM only if I know you.
Mike Krentz Author @mjkauthor.bsky.social Note: No DMs, please.
Retired emergency physician and US Navy medical officer.
Author of Medical Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, and Military Fiction.
Most notable: The Dr. Zack Winston Series of Medical Conspiracy Thrillers.
Carrie Golus @carriegolus.bsky.social Editor of The Core, the alumni magazine for UChicago's College • YA author on sub • Rep: Jes Trudel, The Rights Factory • carriegolus.com • #AuthorsGuild • #SCBWI • 💙 📚 🌱
Lawrence Coates📚🐦📚💙📚🖋️📚 @lwcoates.bsky.social Writer, teacher, walker of many trails. Novels published with @unvpress.bsky.social. Novella published with @miamioh-press.bsky.social. Novella forthcoming with @regalhouse.bsky.social. #authorsguild https://lawrencecoates.com/
Lawrence Dudley, author of New York Station & The Hungry Blade @writerldudley.bsky.social Former newspaper writer, reviewer & campaign manager. Did you know in 1940 the Nazis tried to rig the US election? But why Americans would help the Nazis is what really interested me. Novels from Blackstone Publishing. www.lawrencedudley.com 
Judith Lindbergh @judithlindbergh.bsky.social AKMARAL "a crackling novel" (Publishers Weekly) about ancient Central Asian women warriors | Founder/Director of The Writers Circle creative writing center in NJ
Courtney Davis @authorcdavis.bsky.social Award winning author of speculative fiction-romance. Teacher. Submissions coordinator for 5 Prince Publishing.
Www.authorcourtneydavis.com
Jude Atwood @judeatwood.bsky.social Writer & cartoonist.
Author of the spooky middle grade mystery MAYBE THERE ARE WITCHES.
Cassandra Dunn @cassandradunn.bsky.social Author of The Art of Adapting (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), freelance manuscript editor, cassandradunn.com, she/her
Dan DeNoon @dandenoon.bsky.social Currently writing fiction after earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Drexel University. Former healthcare journalist and CDC communications consultant. Lives in Atlanta with psychotherapist wife Debbara Dingman, PhD, and border collie Luna.
Pamela Kelley @pamelakelleyauthor.bsky.social Foodie, avid reader and author of romantic women's fiction and mystery/suspense. Newest release--The Christmas Inn, St. Martin's Press, a multi-generational holiday story set on Cape Cod.
Lenore Hart (she/her) @lenorehartauthor.bsky.social Novelist, poet, Night Bazaar series creator. Historical Novel Society grand prize winner; Shirley Jackson Award & Exeter Novel Prize finalist. IWU/AG member. Ossabaw Island Writers Retreat faculty. Serving 3 cat overlords. https://www.lenorehartbooks.com/
Susan McGuirk @susanmcguirk.bsky.social For fans of epistolary novels like "The Correspondent", try Amazon Best Selling author Susan McGuirk's historical fiction "Dear Missing Friend." Follow your favorite Hist Fict heroines on her free Substack “The Storied Sisters Society" on Wednesdays.
Susan Cole @susancoleauthor.bsky.social Writer. Traveler. Sailor. Half-Marathoner. Nana. Author of Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss. Newly relocated to the Pacific Northwest and loving it. https://www.susan-cole.com/
#TNRT
Angela Page @angelapage.bsky.social Writer and producer, President WNBA So Fl chapter, and Authors Guild member. http://angelapage.net
iamshirleyneal @iamshirleyneal.bsky.social I'm an Author, Ghostwriter, and TV/Film Producer. My book "AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture" is a must-read for anyone passionate about the influence of Blackness in pop culture.
My website: https://shirleyneal.com
Linda Perlman Fields @lperlmanfields.bsky.social Writer, poet, journalist, Peabody winner, book lover; more at https://www.LindaPerlmanFields.com
Nita Sweeney, Author (she/her) @nitasweeney.com Bestselling #author of #memoir thinly veiled as wellness or self-help. Success coach. Ultrarunner. #MentalIllness #MentalHealth #Bipolar warrior. #Dogs mom. Wife. #angret #alttext #sober #Buckeyes #booksky #writingcommunity
Banner AltText: Nita's 4 books
Jennifer M. Lane @jennifermlanewrites.com Anxiety in a meat suit with a writing obsession. Historical Fiction about badass women. Member: Author's Guild, IBPA, Historical Novel Society. Wrote an award-winning book about a Jeep. She/Her.
https://jennifermlanewrites.com/link-in-bio/
Naomi Shibles @worldsofnaomi.bsky.social mom & author
Authors Guild member
Steven Mayfield @stevenmayfield.bsky.social Novelist
Teresa Michael @teresaauthor.bsky.social Author of the Harrington House B&B Mystery series and the Mariposa Cafe Mystery series.
Dan Kohanski @dankohanski.bsky.social Long-time computer programmer, also a retired Foreign Service Officer. Most recently the author of A God of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World (Apocryphile Press, 2023); Kirkus Reviews says "Get it!"
Liz Gauffreau @lizgauffreau.bsky.social Fiction Writer in Poet's Clothing ~ https://lizgauffreau.com ~ https://substack.com/@lizgauffreau
I have published a historical coming-of-age novel and 2 photopoetry collections. My latest novel was inspired by the closure of the last poor farm in VT.
Anne Carrole @annecarrole.bsky.social Author of Contemporary and Historical Romance. Love animals, history, books, tea, pickleball, golf, and writing my next novel. Member of the Authors Guild, RWA, and NJRW. No DMs please.
@miltonst.bsky.social @miltonst.bsky.social 
Peggy Price @peggyprice.bsky.social Writer, photographer, lover of sand and surf and happy New Yorker. 
Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social Technologically challenged and mechanically disinclined #writer of award-winning, Amazon best-selling fantasy and contemporary romance. https://amzn.to/3TWGQfE
Authors Guild member, Romance Writers of America (RWA) Bestseller Honor Roll Inductee.
Shelagh Connor Shapiro @shelaghvt.bsky.social Author (A Toast to the Afterlife, 3/27; Shape of the Sky, 2014). Sometimes I'll post writing prompts from my former show, Write the Book: Conversations on Craft (2008-2023) shelaghvt.substack.com https://writethebook.podbean.com/ #Books #Writing #Vermont
jhecht.bsky.social @jhecht.bsky.social Jeff Hecht -- science and technology writer, journalist, author of books on lasers, fiber optics and sea-level rise, and writer of short science fiction, among other things. Rainbow from Peabody Pond Maine, the sun and a shower. 
Dr. Scott Catey @scottcatey.com Creator & Host, The Sum of All Wisdom Podcast | Music IS the Sum of All Wisdom: I Help Artists Bring Their Wisdom to Light | Felinetrovert. Corvidophile. Need a mountain.
Cornelia Amiri, Author, Ghostwriter @corneliaamiri.bsky.social #Ghostwriter & #novelist /My superpower is Enthralling #readers, #writing 40+ #scifi #fantasy #romance #books for #women & #Ghostwriting memoirs and fiction 
@efremseeger.bsky.social @efremseeger.bsky.social 📚✍️ Former TV writer (Fresh Prince, Queer as Folk and others) turned novelist. Working on fifth thriller. Repped by Victoria Skurnick at LGR. #booksky #author #thrillers
Nikki McCormack @authornikki.bsky.social Narrative temptress (author) of epic fantasy, steampunk, and sci-fi. Jumping spider whisperer. Devoted cat mom. 💙 True blue.
🚫 No Gen AI
Check out www.elysiumpalace.com to learn more and read the first chapters for free.
#Author #EpicFantasy #BookSky
Tess Gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social Thriller novelist, traveler, gardener, proud Mainer. Oh, and medical doctor. Author of the Rizzoli & Isles series and the Martini Club series.
Michelle @thequillster.bsky.social Award-winning writer and poet; playwright; healthcare professional; avid golfer. Member: The Authors Guild; Dramatists Guild. Writer's Digest 2023 18th annual poetry competition finalist.
Sarah Mosseri @sarahmosseri.bsky.social Working independently to bring critical workplace research into public conversation— Pre-order Trust Fall now: https://www.smosseri.com/trust-fall
sid sibo @sidsibo.bsky.social writing rooted stories of people and planet
www.sidsibo.com from Bison Books: The Scent of Distant Family: a novel
kurius1 @kuris1.bsky.social Shawn Thompson: journalist, book author, retired prof., podcaster/ Writing a book about curiosity/ Published books on orangutans, federal prisoners/ expert witness in an orangutan trial https://www.youtube.com/@theoldcuriositypodcast/podcasts
Jen Knox @www.jenknox.net Author, RADICALS (Library Tales, Dec 26) & AT WORK (2027, Cornerstone Press - University of Wisconsin; Creativity & Mindset Coach; Founder, Unleash Creatives; dog mom; anti-extremist; a believer in the value of human stories.
jenknox.com
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Ruth Laney @ruthlaney.bsky.social Author of CHERIE QUARTERS: THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE THAT INSPIRED ERNEST J. GAINES. Former stringer for People Magazine. Fan of libraries, vertical files, Oxford comma. Collector of books, magazines, and art. Drive a stick shift. 
Laura Bonazzoli @laurabonazzoli.bsky.social Author of Consecration Pond: A Novel in Stories, published by Toad Hall Editions in 2022. Editor, ghostwriter, writing teacher.
Stephen Wise @stephenjwise.bsky.social Award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, and author
If you need to reach me privately, please visit my website stephenjwise.com and use the contact form there.
Dana Alexander @danaalexander.bsky.social #Writer of fiction. Survivor. Autism mom. Fond of good stories, fine tea, performance cars and Labradors. https://danaalexander.net/ AG member
suerussellwrites @suerussellwrites.bsky.social Indie Journalist/Author. "Lethal Intent" re serial killer Aileen Wuornos +"The Illustrated Courtroom". #AuthorsGuild, #IRE. Awards. Brit in SoCal. #Justice Lover. #Resister. #Democracy. #Ukraine +Mum 2 Moggies. www.suerussellwrites.com. NO DMs.
Karen A. Wyle @karenawyleauthor.bsky.social novelist, picture book author (collaborating with incredible artists), long-transplanted Connecticut Yankee, quasi-retired lawyer, mother
Liz Crowe Author @lizcroweauthor.bsky.social Rescue pets.
Books.
Beer (and wine).
Louisville sports. Go Cards.
Detroit Lions.
Yep. That’s me.
Margaret Porter @margaretporter.bsky.social Award-winning, bestselling author of 15 historical novels, 2 contemporaries. Historian, rosarian, gardener, world traveller, ex-actress, TV producer & co-presenter. 1 husband. 1 dog. 200+ rose bushes. #AG, #SoA, #WFWA, #HNS member. margaretporter.com US/UK
Debbie Russell @debbiesstories.bsky.social Lawyer turned award-winning author. I write about life and the law!
Crossing Fifty-One:Not Quite a Memoir available where books are sold!
www.debbie.russell.com
debbierussell.substack.com
Linda Rae @lindaraeapolzon.bsky.social writer
dog lover
Ellen Meister 💙 @ellenmeister.bsky.social Busy bestselling novelist who was once a clue on Jeopardy. (I couldn't believe it, either.) Admin of Dorothy Parker FB page, mother of 3 humans and 2 dogs. Proud dem, angry feminist. DMs closed.📎
Ellen Birkett Morris @ellenbirkettmorris.bsky.social Author of Beware the Tall Grass: A Novel, winner of the Donald L. Jordan Prize selected by Lan Samantha Chang, Lost Girls: Short Stories, poetry chapbooks Abide and Surrender. https://www.ellenbirkettmorris.com, https://linktr.ee/ellenbirkettmorris