Autistic writer currently querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS! Published in SOMEONE LIKE ME, avail in bookstores Website: ivylin.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mlefmsgq5s2qThink you know a lot about languages like the polyglot love interest in my book? 🤔🤔 Take the quiz to find out! ivylin.co.uk/language-quiz08 May 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlefmsgq5s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mldohpw65c2wI'm very proud to announce that I've built and launched my own author #website: ivylin.co.uk I am a professional web dev, unfortunately laid off, and available for freelancing! More info on the Services page 🙂 https://ivylin.co.uk08 May 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldohpw65c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mk5oygwavk2gI just sent my manuscript for my 13th full request and honestly I'm so nervous and excited 🫣 I hope an agent loves my book as much as I do!23 Apr 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5oygwavk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mk4baszwmc2uStill buzzing!! Thank you so much for this opportunity. What a wonderful competition and resource! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4baszwmc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mk34s5vpns2xSo excited to announce that I am a shortlisted winner for Undiscovered Voices 2026! @scbwi.bsky.social22 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk34s5vpns2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mgubzolii226I am so happy to announce that THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS has been longlisted for the 2026 Undiscovered Voices competition! @scbwi.bsky.social @uvcompetition.bsky.social12 Mar 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgubzolii226https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3mffdaygvos2lThis CNY I met author Maisie Chan who visited #Liverpool to promote her #book, Nate Yu's Blast From the Past. Highly recommend it—it's a positive take on the city and the British Chinese diaspora! She also bought a copy of Someone Like Me 😄21 Feb 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffdaygvos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m6kbweqkjs2gI just received my eleventh request, in the form of very effusive fanmail. 😵 The entire agency read it and said I write well and they are rooting for my characters?? I am shocked. This is SO surreal.26 Nov 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kbweqkjs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m6hepi6kpc2pI finally beat my personal record!! Just received my tenth agent request 😄25 Nov 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hepi6kpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m6f2jrxzjs2mOK WOAH FOURTH FULL REQUEST TODAY AND IT'S ONE OF MY DREAM AGENTS SHE REPS ONE OF MY LITERARY HEROES WHAT24 Nov 2025 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6f2jrxzjs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m6euzla7cs2tLast week was a week full of rejections and I literally just got 3 full requests today bringing my total to 8 omg24 Nov 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6euzla7cs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m5wlhrjvqs2mWhy are the ghouls at Reform complaining about autistic kids wearing ear defenders when we should be tackling social, economic, and health inequalities that autistic people face every day?18 Nov 2025 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wlhrjvqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m5fbvdqpzk2gI just got a fifth agent request and at this point I think I need to say something. First of all: *EXCITED SCREAMS*. Now that that's out of the way... A few weeks ago, Elle McNicoll @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social posted a message on Instagram: "I just want people to buy autistic books." ...11 Nov 2025 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5fbvdqpzk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m5ekx3q74s22I just got a fourth full request https://media.tenor.com/pUW_A10-46MAAAAC/toddlers-and-tiaras-big-grin.gif?hh=376&ww=49811 Nov 2025 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ekx3q74s22https://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m5bnoopr222tA third full manuscript request! 😄 Needless to say I am positively overwhelmed!10 Nov 2025 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bnoopr222thttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m54jy64pp22rAnother full request 😅 I'm loving these fast responses!08 Nov 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54jy64pp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m4qtbcbcxs2lI'm getting whiplash. That partial request just turned into a full. I submitted it last Friday. That was SO fast!03 Nov 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qtbcbcxs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m4j64rvwk22lThree days in the trenches and I got a personalized rejection and a partial request! Can't wait to hear from more agents! 😁31 Oct 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4j64rvwk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m4grnj4eus2qI am officially querying THE LOVE IN YOUR WORDS, a YA Romance complete at 70,000 words! Here is my up-to-date Agent Guide. #ya #romance #neurodiverse #ownvoices #agentguide #agentsguide30 Oct 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4grnj4eus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m2p4mvoi7q2d16yo Lena Mei falls in love with an autistic polyglot who helps her reclaim her Chinese heritage, but is their bond strong enough to survive a devastating family secret? 🔥 Slow Burn 🧠 Neurodiversity 👥 Overcoming Loneliness 🌍 Immigration & Diaspora #DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian08 Oct 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2p4mvoi7q2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m2ozczygil2xWhen 16yo Lena Mei befriends an autistic polyglot to learn Mandarin, she doesn’t expect to fall in love or learn that she, too, is on the spectrum. ❤️ Friends to Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy/Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 😶 Forbidden Romance #DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian08 Oct 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ozczygil2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ivy-lin.bsky.social/post/3m2ovvl4phm2dWith her grandma visiting from China—maybe for the last time—16yo Lena Mei enlists an autistic polyglot for help learning Mandarin so she can speak to her. As their bond deepens, she begins to question whether she is autistic too. #DVpit #YA #CR #OWN #POC #IMM #DIS #ND #MH #Asian08 Oct 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:ite44bwzlliwdcqswnbl4f2k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ovvl4phm2d