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Adaptation Contest - Book Pipeline

Got an unpublished manuscript ready for publishers and agents?

Book Pipeline are running their 2025 Unpublished Contest, closing August 20.

All the details are here →
https://bookpipeline.com/contest/adaptation-contest

#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS @bookpipeline.bsky.social‬

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a helpful guide that explains publishing, writing, feelings, and more! Preorder now for every writer in your life who won't stop talking about query letters!
www.strandbooks.com/write-throug...

Congratulations! I just saw that you’re sitting down with @bookpipeline.bsky.social and I could not be more excited. Just preordered your book as Christmas gifts for all the struggling novelists I know.🥂

!!!!!!

Glad we were able to make this connection for one our most recent contest winners!

Sam won the First Look Project (Scifi category) for his script Purebred.

Wonderful writer, wonderful manager. Eager to see how things move forward!

scriptpipeline.com/shop/first-look-project

Special early deadline THURSDAY for unpublished authors and comic creators.

Learn more: bookpipeline.com/shop/unpublished-contest

Off the Beaten Path: An Interview with Michelle Lerner ... what we think of as a novel is actually just an accident of history.

"... what we think of as a novel is actually just an accident of history."

Matt J. Misetich interviews author Michelle Lerner, previous runner-up in the
@bookpipeline.bsky.social Unpublished competition.

pipelineartists.com/off-the-beat...

#amreading #WritingCommunity #scriptchat #BookSky

A ceramic mug with black text reading “your story has only begun.” With a line drawing of an open book with blank pages beneath the text.

Current user pic is swag from #LeftCoastCrime2024 - Seattle Shakedown courtesy of @bookpipeline.bsky.social with thanks!
I had hoped to be at #LeftCoastCrime2025 - Rocky Mountain High Jinks this week, but my bills held me hostage, demanding payment.
@sincnational.bsky.social
@lcc2025

Authors!

Just for you…especially those on their second (or third or eighth or final) drafts:

symposium.pipelineartists.com

#AuthorSky

Early deadline for the “main” competitions:

This Wednesday.

Register now for a low entry fee, submit your script any time before May 31st.

#Screenwriting - scriptpipeline.com/shop/screenwriting-contest

#TV - scriptpipeline.com/shop/tv-writing-contest

For all the rewrite junkies--and those who secretly are allergic to rewriting--this workshop will help bring sanity and boundaries to this messy, fraught process. I'll help you get out of your own way...to an extent. #booksky #authors #writers #writingcommunity #editors

AUTHORS:

A once-a-year @PipelineArtists Symposium! Coming this Tuesday.

Every attendee receives a personal query review from editor Zoe Quinton.

Learn more and register soon, as space for this one is limited—

symposium.pipelineartists.com

👋 film and TV writers...

Early registration (only $25!) ends tomorrow.

Learn more about this season's Pitch Competition and what we do to help develop new projects:

scriptpipeline.com/shop/pitch-contest

Thank you to @bookpipeline.bsky.social for officially kicking off my memoir journey that culminated in my signing with @lakedrivebooks.bsky.social yesterday! #writer

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Had a few messages after the contraction of another platform, so just to clarify, Pipeline is:

- independently owned and not under the umbrella of the corporation consolidating their services 🏴‍☠️

- not going anywhere any time soon (we’re sorry or you’re welcome) 🦊

Onward.

scriptpipeline.com

This week THE INITIATES was featured in several national book lists and is a best-seller on Amazon.

Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy or provided a blurb or early review. Your support is greatly appreciated.

amazon.com/Initiates-Ry...

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A special deal for authors ENDS TUESDAY.

$50 off Pitch Package reviews.

Learn more:

bookpipeline.com/shop/workshop

New "The Story Will Save You" episode!

Writer Erin Hemenway shares her path from circus youngin' to screenwriter to self-published author—who created a Naughty Mrs. Claus.

@jeannevb.bsky.social and Ciara Duggan even learned some new #writing tricks.

https://buff.ly/4hA1eNG #BookSky #ScriptSky

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Some news! Yes, it deserves an exclamation point!

Our 2024 finalist "Deafblind," written by Jeff Williams, is now under option!

In August, a few weeks after being announced as a finalist, Jeff signed with Pipeline industry partner Josh Dove.

Updates to come! 🥳

Water to Water, Sea to Sea When I’d imagined my own death, I suppose everyone does sometimes, it wasn’t like this.

Thrilled that my new (weird) short story, "Water to Water, Sea to Sea," is out today with the amazing @pipelineartists.bsky.social! Thanks to @spmjm.bsky.social and @jeannevb.bsky.social! You'll never think of the sea lamprey the same way again. #flashfiction
pipelineartists.com/water-to-wat...

Dear #Booksky

I’ve been receiving this newsletter for a couple of years and I find Kate’s advice and style to be one of the best snapshots of the publishing industry available. It is the best $5 I spend monthly.

Saturday marks the start of our 26th year.

To the writers we’ve discovered, to the industry we’ve had the chance to support, and—most importantly—to those who have championed our efforts in building new bridges across Hollywood and beyond:

25 years was only the first act.

🥂 🦊

scriptpipeline.com

RELEASED: the 5th Book Pipeline winner/finalist published since 2022. “Ring” by Michelle Lerner.

Incredibly excited for this one. And just as excited for the FOUR MORE Pipeline authors releasing this year, 2026, and (we just found out) 2027!

🥳🍾📖

amazon.com/Ring-Novel-Mic…

Wild short story comin in hot….

We’ve had overwhelmingly positive feedback on our Symposium events.

The reasons:

🗣️ fantastic, professional hosts

✅ options for low-cost and free sessions

🏛️ grounded topics many other "webinars" (hard yawn) don't tend to cover--but should

Stream over 100 events:

symposium.pipelineartists.com

3 Aspects of Managing the Clutter-Tidiness Continuum | Jane Friedman When a project itself is confusing to its creator, here’s a quick look at ways to unclutter stuff, people, and the words we write.

Do you know how much chaos you thrive in? Where are you on the clutter-tidiness continuum? As Dahlia Lithwick so succinctly asked, are you a Chaos Muppet or an Order Muppet?

More insight here from @amcarley.bsky.social.

Google’s Word-like program works just as fine.

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The OG #podcast for reckless artists ... find all our episodes here. Listen and subscribe.

We take the reckless part seriously.

www.recklesscreativespodcast.com

#scriptsky #filmmaking #screenwriting

New @recklesscr8tive #podcast! Mario O. Moreno chats about writing routine, turning his script into a novella... that's a rap... + #selfpublishing + so much more.

Join @jeannevb.bsky.social + Sadie Dean for the fun. Stay for the rapping. #scriptsky

www.recklesscreativespodcast.com/1753117/1334...