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tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
Manifesting this for every queer, trans, and bipoc author to tradpub after today
Meme from it's always sunny in Philadelphia. Devito yells into a phone, "so you come crawling back, you cheap sack of shit."
November 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
nebulia.bsky.social
if every post is whining about how much you miss fic of your blorbo or every post is smug about how much tradpub you're reading that's kind of a dick move because you control your posting but also missing fic of your blorbo & reading tradpub are both morally neutral things to do! do either one/both!
November 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
feliciadavin.com
I keep going back and forth about how to publish my current manuscript. Selfpub, tradpub, secret third thing? Selfpub feels more difficult these days because of AI slop, but then it turns out tradpub ALSO feels more difficult these days... because of AI slop

you can't win
October 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
velnica.me
The other is the explosion of popularity of certain fandom with mainstream masses. HP did this, then Twilight. Danmei was next, then Heated Rivalry. This brought the 'booktok' crew in, and because they were traditionally a tradpub circle they brought that tendency where the thing you read was—
November 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM
velnica.me
Correct, it's the mainstream tradpub readers going into fandom and expecting to be able to treat fanfics the same way.
November 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
li0ness.bsky.social
the existence of this series gives me great appreciation for editors, who very plainly were not allowed to touch the source material when it hit tradpub. bless them for what they save us from.
November 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
cometkins.bsky.social
I tell you what, readers are already getting fed up with this reskinned fanfic shit that tradpub has going on. Idk if it’s because they’re fed up with Reylo/Dramione/Marauders specifically or if any reskin is doing it, but they are getting MAD
October 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
rajanithindiath.bsky.social
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November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
effiegreenwrites.bsky.social
Hey does anybody know if an agent would go for a novel that used to be published for free on a defunct website? I want to figure out whether I could shop my Tapas novel around to agents or, if it's futile, self-publish it instead?

#authorsky #booksky #indieauthor #writesky #tradpub #romantasy
October 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
velnica.me
The fandoms you listed are still mostly closed off from tradpub readers. I'm talking more about things like Heated Rivalry, HP or danmeis, which are making the audience crossover between the two sides and increase concerns about turning fanfics into commodities.
November 4, 2026 at 11:23 AM
chaoskirin.art
Publishers have so much fucking power in the tradpub sphere, and that really has to stop. Something needs to give. Authors shouldn't be subject to bullying because they speak up about issues that concern them, and they shouldn't be afraid to speak up for fear of being blackballed.
victoriastrauss.com Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3d
One writer’s account of retaliation by a toxic publisher. (But in situations like this, there is never just one writer.)
slashnburnett.bsky.social emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 3d
As of this morning, Ex Partum has been discontinued. After a four month print run, Atthis Arts has decided to cancel the book.

Find this surprising? You're not alone. This has been a rollercoaster experience.

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November 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
nyonsuperstar.bsky.social
I think writers should have a place in fandom. Which sounds like "yeah duh, everyone should" but I mean like. Talk to them.
We don't get to monetize, we rarely get to be in zines or big projects, and 99.999% of us will never tradpub or be able to jump into it professionally or whatever.
October 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
rajanithindiath.bsky.social
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Long-haired white and brown dog looking appalled - Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash TEXT: …There are querying stats quoted in the query trenches. This % of requests from agents for full manuscripts is *fire emoji* These many pitch party likes? Whoa! Or. First person point of view trending. No, only third person works. Are you…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
ladzwriting.bsky.social
The line about staffers using Gemini to evaluate literary agent submission letters would've honestly made me rage quit, go fuck all of yourselves if I was still pursuing tradpub
October 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
effingunicorns.bsky.social
at the very least Lulu has been letting people do that for a good 20 years now (uuuugh) but print on demand is so easy these days that even Amazon and B&N use it for tradpub, so the landscape's definitely changed
November 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Crown-wearing long-haired white dog - Photo by Yuliya Strizhkina (Cartier) 🇺🇦 on Unsplash TEXT: …Acquisitions team that looks at the bottom line. Whatever the voice, character or world, their question is Will it sell? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So, we can’t lose sight of who we are chasing things out of our control. We…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
Thank you for covering this. Most tradpub authors are struggling under these conditions. If we receive material that seems to be genai, there's no way to politely ask an editor, who holds your career in their hands, "Is this ai or are you just bad at this?"
October 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Brown and white long-haired dog with its tongue out gazes at the camera - Photo by Gennady Zakharin on Unsplash TEXT: …Kidding? Second person pov is rad! Ha! All that is so last year. It’s the tense that matters. Go, present tense. Pick up the pace. Nope, character is key. Immersiveness. What about lush world building? And so on. The point is…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Long-haired black pup looks up from orange and yellow decorations in the outdoors - Photo by Taylor Cole on Unsplash TEXT: It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the ‘world’ has as many rules as it has types of folks. However, each of us decides which ones we want to follow. For example, when querying literary agents for our books…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
velnica.me
Also have a read of this article, which does have some of the points I mentioned above especially re: fic readership and tradpub readership (and coverage) blurring lines:
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The Endless Appetite for Fanfiction
In 2024, everyone wanted a piece of fic, from AI grifters to traditional publishers to ravenous audiences. Where did that leave the people who write it?
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November 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Cream-coloured labrador pup stares at the camera - Photo by Rhaffe Dayday on Unsplash TEXT: …Can’t lose sight of the reason we do anything in the first place. In this case, write the stories that we want to, regardless of what motivates us. Whether that is by…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
caterfree10.bsky.social
The Hurricane Wars is my GOAT among the reylo to tradpub pipeline books and I need more like it alkfjhsdlkfjhsdkl

(like, contemporary romance is fine and all, but I am a fantasy nut first and foremost and that's why fantasy romance and romantasy do it for me best)
October 30, 2026 at 6:06 AM
saathi1013.bsky.social
I think this also explains the uneven successes of "filing the serial numbers off" fanfiction for tradpub - there's as much foundational reworking you need to do as if you were taking a hard SF story and making it into a Romantasy!
October 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Brown and white dog looks into the camera - Photo by Geoff Oliver on Unsplash TEXT: …None are wrong. Neither are all right. It depends on the writer. As, there are writers with different styles, so there are literary agents & editors who prefer certain styles. And then, there’s the…
November 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
shu.etheirys.social
Had to chew on all this a bit. Maybe? The first I can definitely see. However, tradpub readers don't come across as the kind to scrap Ao3 and mass upload works. While fandoms have become more mainstream, things like FFXIV, or BG3, or various otome, require context not likely present to passersby. 🤔🤔
November 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM