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H.L. Schiff
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Writer, video game and language nerd, lover of fantasy and literary fiction. Well, all genres really. Terrible at social media but I might post now and then about cats and writing. Would love to connect! She/Her

Formerly Linnea Schiff.
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H.L. Schiff @hlschiffwriting.bsky.social · Jan 31
An Agent's Guide to CALL OF THE ELDER.

🐉 Jewish Fantasy
🐉 Agent interest
🐉🐉 DRAGONS 🐉🐉

When a dragon elder summons Eila, the last priestess of her people, she must travel across hostile lands to find him before insanity sets in and she fails her family.

#QuestPit #A #Q #F #agentsguide
Cover slide for an agent's guide to the high fantasy novel, "Call of the Elder." It has the tagline, "She must answer his call or face a fate worse than death. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. Pitch for Call of the Elder. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. The Pitch Reads: Fifteen years after violent raids stole her people’s magic, Eila lives a lie. Hiding her forbidden magic, she does everything she can to keep her disabled father warm and fed. The tattoo on her back marks her as dangerous–the ones on her wrists hide her as safe. When, one night, a dragon elder summons her, Eila has no choice but to travel across hostile lands to find him. On the way, she is joined by a king’s soldier from her hometown and a bounty hunter from the east, both of whom want to help her, though their motives are their own. The three of them must work together to get Eila to the vast mountains, find the elder, and deliver an omen to all of the world before the call of the elder breaks her. For Fans Of: with five book covers: The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin, A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, The Jasmine Thrown by Tasha Suri, and An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. Underneath is a list of book features: Epic fantasy stories, dragons, female power, slow burn romance, compelling characters, jewish stories, intricate world building, inherent queerness, and religious critique. Between each feature is a little golden dragon. The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. First Line: "Based in the light of a cracked oil lamp, Eila struggled to breathe." The background is a glacial lake at night with star borders in white. There is a mood board in the center with varying pictures depicting elements of the story, such a dragons, romance, a pistol, prayer, fire, and a woman in a dress. In the center is the phrase: But the gods heard them, the gods pitied them, the gods intervened. On each side is a list of story attributes: Multi POV, Adult Second World Fantasy, First in a Series, Political in Nature on one side; 1800's Aesthetic, Non-Western Cultures, Has made every beta yell at me, Queer MC and LI on the other.
hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
Just wanted to thank the @pitchdis.com team for their transparency and hard work. Technical difficulties are never easy, and you're all handling it with such grace! Really proud to be participating in something so beautiful!
September 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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No YOU wrote a synopsis at 3:30 am because you woke up in a panic that you didn't have a good one yet.
September 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
Thank you for all you're doing! Software issues are evil and I hope that it resolves soon! Thank you for keeping us updated!
pitchdis.com #PitchDis @pitchdis.com · 2d
I really need everyone's patience today. Emails won't get a reply because I literally can't reply to them due to the software issues
I've just emailed registered agents and editors from my personal account. Requests will (hopefully) resume tomorrow and the window will be extended through the weekend
September 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
Finally getting back into revising. Looking forward to sharing this project with everyone!
September 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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September 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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jodyhouser.bsky.social
This. When an IP is owned by a living person who is using the money from said IP to inflict lasting harm on a vulnerable minority, there is no possible way to separate the art from the artist.
theverge.com The Verge @theverge.com · 15d
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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September 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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I will never use AI in my creative process. Not for brainstorming, not for writing, not for marketing. Nor will I work with anyone who does--artists, designers, editors, anyone.

All of my works will be 100% human-made. Now and always.
jametc.bsky.social jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 17d
Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it.
No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this".
We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now.

NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made
August 31, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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geekfilter.bsky.social
If you know what JK Rowling is doing & still choose to give money to the Harry Potter franchise, you’ve made your priorities pretty damn clear. I wondered if it was my imagination that HP references were multiplying. Nope! Check out @jessiegender.bsky.social's video.

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Harry Potter Is Manufacturing Your Complicity
YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark
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August 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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MY SON
chikasaurus-x.bsky.social chikasaurus-x.bsky.social @chikasaurus-x.bsky.social · 20d
[Off-hand comment by my roommate] + [my inability to have any chill] =

#sora #sorakingdomhearts #kingdomhearts #sketch #digitalart #art #norted #fanart #silly
Sketch of Sora (Kingdom Hearts) with golden cat eyes.
August 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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chikasaurus-x.bsky.social
[Off-hand comment by my roommate] + [my inability to have any chill] =

#sora #sorakingdomhearts #kingdomhearts #sketch #digitalart #art #norted #fanart #silly
Sketch of Sora (Kingdom Hearts) with golden cat eyes.
August 28, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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kodys-writing.bsky.social
THE WRONG ONE KEEPS DYING. WTF
August 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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metaltxt.bsky.social
Well, what I always say, "I just want everybody to be treated good." I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it. I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I've got transgender people. I've got gays. I've got lesbians. I've got drunks. I've got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge. And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That's who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If there's something to be judged, that is God's business. But we are all God's children and how we are is who we are.
August 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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esqueer.net
In the meantime, you can access the censored Amnesty reports on gender critical groups here. Make sure they cannot erase these documents from the internet.

Like a snowball.
dn711306.ca.archive.org/0/items/amne...

A growing threat.
archive.org/download/rep...
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August 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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My week just went from shitty to amazing.

Kingdom Hearts 4??? NEXT YEAR????
Scream Excited
ALT: Scream Excited
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August 15, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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August 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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sherylstein.bsky.social
LORETTA: YOU IN DANGER, GIRL!

3 words: Creepy. Haunted. House!

Congrats @jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social on your cool cover reveal today! Anyone who likes a good scare? Get this book!

Don't delay your terror. Click on the pic and PREORDER NOW! #BOOKSKY 📖 #FICTION #READERS #HAUNTED #SCARY
This House Is Not a Home
An inventive haunted house story with an uncanny twist, in which a woman mourning the recent death of her abusive mother takes a housekeeping job with incre...
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August 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social
🏡COVER REVEAL🐺

I’m pleased to reveal the cover of my debut adult horror, THIS HOUSE IS NOT A HOME!! It’s an eerie tale of a woman trapped within the jaws of a sentient, malevolent house.

You can enter the haunted house on April 6, 2027. Enjoy your stay 😈

Artist: @dappermouth.bsky.social
August 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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gooiemuffin.bsky.social
Here’s the last official AF attack I could manage before work and personal obligations dragged me away kicking and screaming - for @skyestuff.bsky.social ‘s OC Ixone! #gooieart #oc #ocsky #ocart #comic
Three-panel comic of Ixone, a leonin-crab Simic hybrid scientist, is running tests on frogs to enhance their performance. Panel 1: Ixone, arms and crab claws up, “We can make them bigger…” Panel 2: Ixone is spotting a frog lifting weights. Ixone: “stronger…” Panel 3: dramatic close-up of Ixone’s face, her green goggles showing the reflection of a rainbow pride flag and smiling wickedly, “GAYER.” The speech bubbles is jagged, pink, and sparkly
August 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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New substack coming out tomorrow.

I have...a lot of thoughts about substack and the politics behind it, but that's for another day. Right now, the one I have coming out is about AI and my feelings surrounding it.

Spoiler alert: I'm not a fan

substack.com/@hlschiff
H.L. Schiff | Substack
Writer. Reader. Lover of video games and stories in general. Unable to sit still for too long and obsessed with culture and language. One day I'll have books to share. I hope.
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July 29, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.
July 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
I've laughed at this way too many times
chikasaurus-x.bsky.social chikasaurus-x.bsky.social @chikasaurus-x.bsky.social · Jul 26
Mistakes are bound to happen when the dyslexic roommate is reading aloud to the one with an auditory processing disorder.

#FourthWing p 233

#yarros #fartjoke #dyslexia #auditoryprocessingdisorder #art #comic #webcomic #fancomic #booktok #readers #reading #booksky #writer #fiction #romantacy
Short comic from a miss-read scene of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros in which the word "voice" is mistaken for "fart"
July 26, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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jessicalewisauthor.bsky.social
HEY YOU 🫵🏾

Would you like to help me with a cover reveal? It’s for my adult debut, THIS HOUSE IS NOT A HOME, about a woman trapped inside a malevolent haunted house intent on devouring her. You get some fun goodies if you do (eARC widget, bookmarks, and more)! Sign up here!
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This House is Not a Home Cover Reveal Team
Join me in helping usher the haunted house book into the world! If you'd like to help me with a cover reveal (and see it earlier than everyone else!), please add your info below. I'll provide all the ...
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July 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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July 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
hlschiffwriting.bsky.social
Reposting for anyone who needs to hear it. I'm far away from perimenopause (I hope), but I know people who have used HRT and it SAVED THEM. It can also really help bone density as you get older which is SO IMPORTANT.
jenichappelle.bsky.social Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · Jul 21
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you are in perimenopause and miserable, ask about HRT.

Do it.
July 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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chikasaurus-x.bsky.social
Attack!

@soraya-udw.bsky.social's wolf, bullet! I loved drawing this guy for @artfight.net. He seems like a hilarious character.
I've been reading #wolfsrain too, and I think you can see it's influence, lol

#wolf #wolves #artfight2026 #teammystery #teamtragedy #wound #comiccharacter #art #artist
July 20, 2026 at 12:13 AM