Mersades Bergmann - Independent Publishing

08/28/2026

All four slots are now available for Sunday Critiques!

If you want to have some of your work read live on my Twitch stream, and receive real time feedback, here is the link to sign up!

https://calendly.com/mersadesbergmann/live-twitch-reading-and-critique

All slots are a $20 non-refundable fee.

If your work keeps getting rejected from an agent, you’re not hearing back from publishers, or maybe you just need some non bias feedback from someone other than your friends and family—I’d love to give my professional comments on your work.

Please send your work 1-3 chapters. (We will read what we have time for while making time to critique.)MUST BE: Times New Roman Doube spaced 12 pt PDF or .dox file Email submission to [email protected] SUBJECT LINE MUST BE IN THIS FORMATCritique_YourName_TitleofWork

08/26/2026

Join The Scriptorium at the Bound by a Book Festival & Ball in Glasgow, KY on November 14th.

Don’t forget to grab your early bird ball tickets. $30!

https://thescriptoriumpublishing.com/bound-by-a-book-festival-ball/

08/22/2026

As many know, I read manuscripts that I receive in my submissions live on Twitch. I give live, blunt, and honest feedback. Quite a few people have asked me if I could do this for their work as well, without them submitting for publication. Some were first drafts, some have been turned away from agent after agent with no feedback as to why. If this is you, and you want a publisher who is honest, this could be for you.

Every Sunday on twitch, I will start having critiques for those outside of my submission box and community.

Slots are $20 a piece, one hour long. There will only be FOUR slots every week. First come, first serve. Due to limited spaces, all payments are non-refundable. Please only sign up if you are serious.

Note: I focus on fiction. My niche is fantasy: High fantasy, dark fantasy, weird girl fiction, etc.

https://calendly.com/mersadesbergmann/live-twitch-reading-and-critique

08/15/2026

Well, I started writing. I decided it is important to “practice what I preach” as people say.

How can I keep telling my authors to “just write” if I’m not doing it? So here I am! I am writing.

4200 words in even. 😌

Remember, it’s okay to write not so good parts. We get to read our work after we’re done and rewrite it. We get to do that as many times as we feel necessary. Always making it better. Always learning.

Happy writing, everyone.

08/15/2026

People who get mad at you for being anti Gen AI, are closeted Gen AI users.

Respect yourself, respect other creatives, and respect Mother Earth.

08/15/2026

Did I tell you? I signed an author.🫣😬

08/11/2026

Here are some recent logos I’ve done for a few people who had AI logos. They wanted to use real authentic work instead.

Here’s to helping one person at a time. 🖤

08/11/2026

Send us the raw, the emotional, the forbidden.

08/10/2026

We think you should swipe right. 😉

08/05/2026

I asked what you’re wearing. Well, here is my festival get up.