Janet Best Dart
Writer, mother, grandmother, cult survivor, Master Gardener.
@victoriastrauss.bsky.social
Adult/YA novelist, fanatical gardener, co-founder of SFWA's publishing industry watchdog group Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic) https://writerbeware.blog https://victoriastrauss.com
@kathmschmidt.bsky.social
President, KMSPR. Book publishing, marketing, consulting, strategy. I write Publishing Confidential on Substack.
@posth.me
Liccium (@liccium.com) – Digitally sign your original creative works, regain control over your content and protect your copyright. Register at liccium.com.
@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
@simonowens.bsky.social
Media industry journalist who runs a newsletter and podcast. You can reach me at simonowens@gmail.com
@doctorsyntax.bsky.social
Alter ego of Peter Ginna. Editor, writer, & occasional blogger on books & publishing. Former editor & publisher at several houses. Author of WHAT EDITORS DO: The Art, Craft, and Business of Book Editing. Website: peterginna.com
@katepullinger.bsky.social
Writer of fiction - books and digital. Inanimate Alice, Breathe, Forest Green. Academic - Bath Spa University. Books. Food. Sleep. Canadian living in UK. www.katepullinger.com and https://buttondown.email/katepullinger
@loudpoet.com
Sometimes loud, formerly poet, always opinionated. As in guillotine. Gen X. He/Him. #NewJersey https://loudpoet.com | https://gardenstate.social/@glecharles
@paulbogaards.bsky.social
PR guy. Former Publisher. Representing authors and companies. Knows the business. Find me @ http://instagram.com/paulbogaards; and here http://paulbogaards.substack.com; and here bogaardspr.com.
@katyhersh.bsky.social
Work at Publishers Lunch. Writing at NYTBR, Washington Post, LitHub, Slate, Longreads, etc. KatyHershberger.com
@cassmannes.bsky.social
Writer. Founder & director at Pine State Publicity. Mom to P & E. 🐝 http://pinestatepublicity.com Pinestatepublicity.substack.com
@sarahlapolla.com
Freelance editor of YA & Adult fiction (sarah@nextchapteredits.com). Writer, optimist, all-around bookish. Editing: https://www.nextchapteredits.com/ Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/SarahLaPolla Everything Else: https://linktr.ee/sarahlapolla
@margotatwell.bsky.social
Writer, editor,publisher, creative funding expert in Brooklyn. Editor of ABSOLUTE PLEASURE. Previously @feministpress & @kickstarter. She/her 🌈📚 https://margotatwell.com/
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
@laurastanfill.bsky.social
Author, SINGING LESSONS FOR THE STYLISH CANARY (Lanternfish) and IMAGINE A DOOR (out April 2025). Publisher, Forest Avenue Press. Reader. Freelance publishing consultant. Disabled.
@ejwenstrom.bsky.social
🖤s complicated heroes, horrifying monsters & standing to the right on escalators so the left side can walk. #SFF author. Cohost @SFFGirlPodcast. #ADHD. She/her
@darcypattison.bsky.social
Author of over 70 children’s books, including A LITTLE BIT OF DINOSAUR series, the Moments in Science series, and the Another Extraordinary Animal series. See more at MimsHouseBooks.com #STEM #NextGen #Kidlit #TLsky #EduSky
@annasplat.bsky.social
Founding Partner, Neon Literary. Get in, loser, we're making it art. www.neonliterary.com
@megireid.bsky.social
Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social Canadian in the South 🍁
@luciennediver.bsky.social
Literary agent, #author, travel-junkie, part-time singer, full-time fed up with the rolling back of our rights. www.knightagency.net www.luciennediver.com
@sarahnfisk.bsky.social
Literary Agent. YA Author as Sarah Nicolas. Queries Qualms & Quirks host. Disability in Publishing Board. 💛🤍💜🖤 linktr.ee/presidentsarah
@paperhaus.bsky.social
Books books books. Editor, writer, Los Angeles. Latest: 1996 in Books https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-04-14/1996-infinite-jest-oprahs-book-club-festival-of-books-2025
@thegernertco.bsky.social
The Gernert Company is a literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Our client list is as broad as the market. 📚 https://www.thegernertco.com/
@publisherslunch.bsky.social
Trade publishing's daily rundown, and sibling of the source of Deal Reports.
@independentpublishersguild.com
The IPG is the UK's largest association of independent publishers, supporting 600+ members with events, resources, training and much more. https://linktr.ee/IndependentPublishersGuild
@litagentsofchange.bsky.social
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping people from underrepresented groups become literary agents. linktr.ee/literaryagentsofchange
@irisblasi.bsky.social
Book lover and literary agent at Arc Literary. Say hi here: iris@arcliterary.com. arcliterarymanagement.com/the-agents#iris
@jasonsanford.bsky.social
Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
@katemckean.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Morhaim Literary 📚 Newsletter: Agents & Books at agentsandbooks.com. 📚 WRITE THROUGH IT out June ‘25 📚📚 picture book called PAY ATTENTION TO ME out in ‘26! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Write-Through-It/Kate-McKean/97816
@bigjosh84.bsky.social
Poet. Bard. Pragmatist. Spiritual Nomad. A soul untamed and a heavy heart, making sense of the madness. Searching for truth, peace, and answers until all humankind is free. .
@ramseym.bsky.social
Storyteller and poet. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0D8R9MKRK
@kathleenmchugh.bsky.social
☘️Baltimore girl, living in the South. Homesick, hon. 🔵 in Deep Red Sea. Democracy Democrat. OH FFS! This has been the longest decade- and the next one is shaping up to beat that record
@sunflowermum.bsky.social
#Resister 🇦🇺 🇺🇦 #NoDemUnder10K No DMs. Live in Australia. Despise Donald Trump. Live, Love, Life. Nature is beautiful, let's fight for her. Democracy must not be taken for granted. #SlavaUkraini
@janefriedman.com
I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
@raynehall.bsky.social
"In a world of AI, bots and fakes, Rayne Hall will always be real." #NoAi #Writer of non-fiction and #Gothic #fiction. #Publisher of Gothic fiction anthologies. Teacher, coach. Avid #permaculture gardener. Lives in #Bulgaria with #rescuecats.
@authorsalliance.bsky.social
Promoting authorship for the public good by supporting authors who write to be read. authorsalliance.org and authorsalliance.substack.com for updates.
@authorsguild.bsky.social
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
@gladeyepress.bsky.social
A traditional independent press specializing in a diverse selection of fiction and nonfiction books. Visit us at www.gladeyepress.com
@briankarem.bsky.social
Husband/Dad/Gdad /WH columnist/best selling author/dog lover/singer/ reporter Host @jatqpodcast Nerd Avenger and occasional standup comic. 1st amendment activist Author "Free The Press" http://amzn.to/3pfAKZ3 "Just gimme some truth,"-John Lennon.
@dstpeter.bsky.social
Author of 1 finished Novel - The Twilight Cap - One in progress - Heart Stop City - Writing supernatural and hardboiled detective fiction.
@cindywriter.bsky.social
When I’m not procrastinating I’m at least thinking about writing. 🇨🇦
@armillner.bsky.social
Fiction writer, sometimes poet. Killing my inner demons one word at a time while navigating the hardships of middle age. https://linktr.ee/armillner She/They non-binary weirdo
@manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social
📚The new, non-Twitter home of #MSWL! We are a way for agents and editors to tell writers what they *wish* they had in their inboxes. Full agent profiles here: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/ Newsletter: https://manuscriptwishlist.com/subscribe
@ljamesnc.bsky.social
Happy grandma, decent mom, avid gardener, ex-engineer, new writer & very concerned citizen.