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philothee.bsky.social
French fiction writer ✍️ I write novels with light speculative elements 🪄 Currently querying a book on queer motherhood, artificial wombs, grief and joy When I don't write I sew She / her 🌈
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Avec Lilas Guevara 📸 nous avions rencontré Mushin Hendricks dans sa mosquée, ainsi que plusieurs fidèles, pour un reportage publié dans @usbeketrica.bsky.social. J’en garde un souvenir plein de joie. Je ne sais pas quoi dire d’autre que notre tristesse est grande tetu.com/2025/02/17/a...

Dans un monde où Vincent Bolloré rachète des médias pour servir son idéologie d’extrême droite, «Les Jours» choisissent de faire du journalisme, du vrai. Pour continuer, nous avons besoin de 900 abonné·es annuel·les en plus. On vous explique tout ! lesjours.fr/obsessio...

This is a beautiful tribute.

Éditorialistes : "Le Rassemblement national a totalement rompu avec la personne et les idées de Jean-Marie Le Pen." Le Rassemblement national :

A reminder that T. S. Eliot had the problems of today figured out 103 years ago in his essay and poetry collection "The Sacred Wood."

I received a full request after a *particularly* shitty day, my first one in a long time 🥳 Wondering if I should nudge other agents whose guidelines say "keep us updated about any interest you may have received elsewhere". Does a full request count as "interest"? Who knows? 🤷‍♀️

I will never, ever get over this.

Got a rejection email from an agent who liked the premise but not my writing (ouch). A friend suggested that I rework the style, which I won't, because I cannot possibly make my writing to everyone's taste. She means well but I'm reminded why I don't talk about querying much. It just feels lonelier!

HOWS YOUR BOOK GOING?! HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED WRITING SOMETHING PEOPLE READ? Good luck in the trenches out there today. And remember, all you have to do is self publish a bestseller that becomes a movie and write the newspaper about it

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century

I'm so freaking honored that 1k of you want to hear my chaotic thoughts about writing and publishing, so I'm doing a query critique giveaway as a way to say thanks! To enter like this post, share it, and comment the title of your book! 💜 I'll pick a winner randomly EOD November 21st.

"Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area." Nadine Gordimer (born #OTD in 1923) was a South African writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer #books #literature

Peut-on écrire GOUINES ici ? lesbienraisonnable.com/toutes-les-g...

Photographer Chris Buck Leonard Cohen prepares to make sandwiches

Sur ses pentes on trouve des auteurs affamés, tandis que des éditeurs tentent de les repousser

Vus à la Frankfurt Book Fair, beaucoup de très beaux livres jeunesse, dont celui-ci délicat, joyeux et tout rempli de sensations sur le deuil

"There's a dream I have in which I love the world." Cameron Awkward-Rich #poetry #poem

Quelle police choisir pour plus d'accessibilité ? Sans serif, ok, mais plutôt Accessible DfA (1ère), OpenDyslexic (2e) ou Arial (3e)? Si vous êtes concerné·e, n'hésitez pas à me donner votre avis perso. Si vous avez connaissance d'un consensus scientifique, je prends ! Merci.