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AJ Van Belle (they/them)

@ajvanbelle.bsky.social

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Preorder A Dozen Dystopias and How to Dodge Them! https://linktr.ee/ajvanbelle

Writer & scientist who cuddles dogs, builds worlds. Rep: Lauren Bieker. https://ajvanbellenews.substack.com/
Rhysling & BSFA nominee.
Lit agent.
Nonbinary/transmasc ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

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@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 5:47 PM

Husband and daughter are talking about the paper she's writing on Nietzsche and I yelled out, "Nietzsche, Nietzsche double featcha!" and maybe this is why they're going to the coffee shop to have their discussion ๐Ÿ˜‚

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:37 PM

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:31 PM

Yes 100%!

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:31 PM

It's funny when it's a rejection, but I worry that one day somebody is going to have slotted it into their next issue and send me an acceptance after I've already sent a withdrawal! But glad I'm not the only one! ๐Ÿ˜…

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:58 PM

If I had a nickel for every time I've received a rejection on a story I've already withdrawn because it was accepted elsewhere, I would be up to...three or four nickels now? Plus an extra for the time I got an R&R on a story I'd withdrawn. Maybe that one gets a dime!

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:43 PM

Ah awesome! I'm on the opposite coast so I can't drop by unfortunately, but I would love to hear how it goes! I recently let the staff at our local coffee shop know that I was just finishing a book and I'd written most of it there, and they loved that

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:28 PM

This is such a great idea!

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:28 PM

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that St. Martin's Essentials has acquired FUTURE PULL, a life-changing body/mind/spirit book by my incredible client and Reality Revolution founder, Brian Scott. This book will help a lot of people, and I'm so honored to be a part of bringing it to the world.

A publisher's Marketplace deal announcement. FUTURE PULL by Brian Scott. Imprint: St. Martin's essentials. Podcaster and founder of The Reality Revolution movement Brian Scott's FUTURE PULL, teaching readers how to make shifts in their life through the future self method, based on retro causality, where future events influence the present, to Sarah Stanton at St. Martin's Essentials, by AJ Van Belle at Booker Albert agency (world). Nonfiction: body, mind and spirit
@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:06 AM

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@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:06 AM

Thank you! โค๏ธ

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:41 PM

IT IS ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:31 PM

Good thing I have deadlines to keep me occupied or I would be hitting refresh on PM all evening ๐Ÿ˜…

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:24 PM

In agenting news, I just submitted a VERY exciting deal to Publisher's Marketplace. Announcement coming soon... ๐Ÿ‘€

@heatherweidner.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 11:11 AMReposted by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social

Hmmm....

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 11:44 AM

Well, that was a first: I woke up and mentally criticized a plot hole in my dream. ๐Ÿ˜‚ You know you're a writer when...

@moniqueac.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social

Hey! I have a new story out, "The Orchard-Bay" in Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds, edited by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social

You can find and/or order it at all the usual book places or directly from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social at www.wordsmakeart.com/collections/...

An image of a book cover that is in darker colours. In the foreground is a large spaceship above what appears to be a planet, with another planet at the top and behind, which shows light emerging from behind it.

The text on the image says: Stellar Parallax: Human Hope in Grimdark Worlds, Edited by A.J. Van Belle
@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 7:27 PM

Formatting the bibliography for From Mushrooms to the Moon is oddly satisfying. That is all.

@ajvanbelle.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:25 PM

I haven't seen this but your post makes me want to check it out!

@artfuldoodling.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 1:52 PMReposted by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social

Wanted a chill drawing activity, so I started designing little creatures inspired by plants n leaves. (Currently going by Leaflings.)

These are Dogwood and Alder :) ๐Ÿƒ

#kidlitart #nature #fantasy

Woodland creature inspired by Dogwood leaf, large eyes and long cylindrical nose, leaf ears, and leaf atop head.Woodland creature inspired by Alder, body made from a brown alder cone, and head based on leaf, with cylindrical nose growing from the stalk. Creature holds a little wooden staff.
@bpal.bsky.socialAug 31, 2026, 2:19 PMReposted by @ajvanbelle.bsky.social

Well dang, shouldโ€™ve just memed it in the first place

An illustration by Gustave Dore for Danteโ€™s Divine Comedy that shows two silhouetted figures standing on a tall summit gazing up at a great celestial conflagration of souls in heaven. Text reads โ€œWe already had free art for people who are broke or bad at designing things. Itโ€™s called the PUBLIC DOMAINโ€
BBlack Phoenix Alchemy Lab@bpal.bsky.socialAug 31, 2026, 1:52 PM

We already had free art for people who are broke or bad at designing things, it's called the PUBLIC DOMAIN

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