I don't have pets sadly, but I live in Australia and recently traveled to NZ and there are so many cool birds in both countries! All of these have inspired a lot of the fantasy bird species that are in the novel

Ooh sounds awesome, I love clashing worldviews as a theme

Yay for sapphic romance! What's yours about? And omg you are a pigeon parent, so cool. They're the cutest little fellows

Absolutely! And flipped gender norms where the men wear beautiful gowns and display for the women 👗

Hey team! I can't start the day without an earl grey followed by stovetop coffee. Fave author of all time is Virginia Woolf, but recently I've been obsessed with Natasha Pulley's gorgeous queer sff. My wip is a sapphic romantasy where ppl imitate bird courtship, so have some birbs
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As an Australian I feel this pain too haha

Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.

Our general submissions for Issue 2 are NOW OPEN until April 21st!

If you are a 2SLGBTQIA+ writer, send us your work! You can submit one story and up to three poems. Wondering what we like? Issue 1 is free to read on our site! But please don't self-reject—we can't wait to read your work 🗡️🪐🌈

Thanks to the editors who made the #revpit process so fun and helpful, regardless of the outcome.
Thanks to the discord writing community I'm part of who are the best people in the world, no bias here these are just the facts!
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I like that the answer is always “read more books”!

This sounds so good but I've told myself I'm not allowed to read big books until I get out of the habit of writing them :')

Lots of questions about this advice! OF COURSE it’s the post that missing a word lmao so it should be “your story.”

But let’s go beyond that 🧵
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I know that feedback isn't very helpful, so I'll add this.

General advice:
Lean hard into what makes your marketable.

Tough love:
If you can't pinpoint what that is, how can you expect an agent to?

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I love this q. Something that feels a through line with all my stuff is darkness but with heart and hope, character focus, banter, and love (platonic as well as romantic)

a man in a suit says gimme all you got in yellow letters ALT: a man in a suit says gimme all you got in yellow letters

As I've devoured books during #RevPitwaiting it has got me thinking about my writing style/voice.

With that in mind...

How do you want your author voice to be described? How do you hope to hook readers into coming back over and over? Book after book?

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We have started working on launching a new anthology with the amazing @faerywhimsy.bsky.social! Our newsletter subscribers got more info earlier this week, but we will release more details-including the real anthology title!-when we launch on April 14th!

We have decided the world needs short fiction clubs instead of just book clubs. All those people who don’t finish a book in time and fumble their way through the meet-up can switch over and live a shame free life. Selfishly I recommend picking your material from a plucky, small press magazine.

What Nobody’s Telling Querying Writers About What’s Happening to Publishing Right Now I’ve started this post four times.

Hi #RevPit friends, I’m posting this for those of you who would like to read it. This is so well put and important, though hard to read. Remember, I’m an author just like you. Especially to my friends writing MG and YA, NEVER STOP. Love you guys. vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/what-nobod... 💜

I write everywhere, but my true happy place is this little nook — yay for libraries!
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okay I ADORE this, did you draft an actual fic on ao3 to create this masterpiece?

RL and fandom friends with happy flails and fb
Discord writers' group with query + 5p fb
@trutherford.bsky.social who gave great concrit on the full
A course beta who clearly didn't like it but had great insight, taught me about med and read the original 150k behemoth
THANK YOU 🥹
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

Louder for the people in the back.

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Thank you! Currently stuck in the dreaded midpoint but I know where I’m going - just have to get the silly characters there

Ooh impeccable vibes and tropes 👀

Oooh I am 👁️👁️

Having read the start can confirm this is sooooo fun

My wip is a sapphic NA romantasy: THE GIVING LIES OF IORY
☁️In a floating land founded on kindness
🐦‍⬛that prays to birds
🚲an ex-con bike mechanic
👗collides with an outrageously femme amnesiac
👑running from nobles who want her divine magic
⛓️and learns their kind kingdom is a lie
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Yesss synchro let’s go! And love your moonboard as always, great colour scheme

#AskEditor Roundup for RevPit 2026 — Allison Alexander Your questions on writing, editing, querying, and publishing, answered by professional freelance editors.

If you missed some of the #AskEditor sessions or simply didn't have time to read them all, I made a roundup post full of helpful advice from #RevPit editors: www.aealexander.com/blog/askedit...