hi agents and editors, #dvpit is on Oct 11 on discord. head to dvpit dot com to learn how to participate. look out for hashtags like BIPOC and don't you dare use the words "couldn't connect" if you reject any people of color you request material from Tweet added by Amanda Woody 🍉 @AmandaWoody_

Amanda Woody 🍉

8 months

hi agents and editors, #dvpit is on Oct 11 on discord. head to dvpit dot com to learn how to participate. look out for hashtags like BIPOC and don't you dare use the words "couldn't connect" if you reject any people of color you request material from

Jessica V Aragon’s Twittter Account

@JVA_writes

8 months

All right, fuck it. I wasn't going to do this on main but this just kicked me over the edge. I've spent the last year recording every english language fiction deal in Publisher's Marketplace, googling over 4000 authors, and this is what the current book deal landscape looks like

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Goh Low

@GohLower

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ Discord pitch events are a thing now? That sounds way more easy to manage than doing it on Twitter. Really hope DVPit helps a lot of good authors finally get their shine.

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@GohLower same here! fingers crossed it's more manageable than it is on twitter

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Shardai is on Sub! 🍉

@shardai_smithh

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ I will add that BIPOC isn't on the list of hashtags. They're more specific to race, for ex. Black writers will use BVM - Blalx voices matter. I suggest agents check the list of hashtags on the DVPit site/discord 😊 hope to see more major change

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@shardai_smithh sorry, hashtag wasn't the right word - meant "abbreviations" as indicated by the website!!

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Melly | e.mellyberry

@themellyberry

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ Nearly all my rejections on Full is : "can't connect" 🫠😰 though they praise the voice/international setting/culture/characters. They even enjoy the read 😭

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@themellyberry i can't imagine how frustrating it is especially when they have nothing but kind things to say about the rest of the book!!

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Andrew Hiller

@AndrewHiller

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ Oh, that's interesting. Are a lot of the #pits moving to Discord?

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@AndrewHiller this is the only one i'm aware of!

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Glis 🍉 is ✨️ready for vague era✨️

@realglisrivera

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ I've been ghosted on two fulls from the last DV pitch event 💀 I'm going to try again and hope for the best

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@glisiswriting honestly that just feels unacceptable to me

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ada.storyteller

@mistybloombyai

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ I got a response 3 days ago with the literal words, "I'm afraid that I struggled to connect with your writing".

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@mistybloombyai it's the same excuse every time s2g

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Andrew Verlaine

@AndrewVerlaine

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ Must "couldn't connect" have a particular undercurrent? Like, if someone wants to represent more (e.g.) writers from South-East Asia, they won't necessarily connect with ANY/EVERY writer from that background/their characters? Isn't it homogenising to suggest otherwise?

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@AndrewVerlaine go away

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Amanda Woody 🍉

@AmandaWoody_

8 months

@LucBess84771395 Ooh the straight white people getting mad about this 😙

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Adrianna Schuh

@author_aschuh

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ The amount of times I've gotten a "couldn’t connect" 🙄

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( ♡ ) ( 🌙 miraculous witch of fate )

@basicbaka

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ also "i don't know how to market this" because hm

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AshArya | ऐशआर्या (on hiatus, kinda)

@iamAshArya

8 months

@AmandaWoody_ Failure to connect shouldn't be a reason for rejecting a story I never connected with the entitled crybaby that's Dr. Strange or, say, the sexist ones that populate GRRM's fiction, yet, I love those stories...

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