Me: *Hasnt heard back from any agents in almost a year, including those who have had my full for 9 months with no response* Me: *decides to self publish* Agents: “Wait! We’re actually considering your work!” Me:

The hard part about being a BIPOC author is that everyone wants to represent/publish you but only if you mine your culture for the story. I can’t just be a Latino author, my story has to be about being Latino or the monster has to be a reimagining of La Llorona etc. and I don’t love that #Writing

I’ve been in the trenches for five years now and I’ve watched the attention spans of agents narrow considerably in that time. It used to be an inciting incident was necessary in the first 10 pages. Then it was 5. Now I’m seeing it has to be in the first paragraph.

Has anyone here used #Inkshares before? I think Im gonna head that way in the new year. Any and all tips appreciated! #WritersCommunity

I will say tho, it’s not as bad as the one publisher that said they’d auto reject if they see a semicolon in your manuscript because “semicolons don’t belong in novels”. #writing

I’ve come across 3 publishers who are seeking books exactly like mine but they explicitly state they’ll take NOTHING that mentions the pandemic and while mine is not a pandemic book, it is mentioned and an important background detail for the setting. Weird that something so small is such a big deal.

Not me showing up in agent’s inboxes like Duolingo if they’ve had my full for over 8 months.

I would like to actually meet someone who had a publisher sign them and then wanted to make BIG changes to their book because right now all my rejections look like “we loved this novel but you misused a semicolon on page 34 and this is a problem that can’t be overcome by anyone ever.” #Writing

🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

Nothing like receiving a rejection addressed to “Dear Author” 🫠🔫

Sexy venomous puss caterpillar larvae.

Aaaaaand major bullet dodged. Y’all, stay safe out there. A red flag is a red flag no matter how badly you want a book deal.

I may look like I have it all together on the outside, but on the inside I don’t know any other way to indent paragraphs other than using tab.

I feel like agents should have to present themselves according to the same standards they hold authors to. I should know what you’re looking for in the first sentence. And the STAKES! What are THE STAKES Jennifer?? I don’t care where you got your BA, tell me which shelves you can get my books on.

I bring a certain octogenarian vibe to the hangout that just can’t be found elsewhere.

I recently connected with an indie publisher that I was real excited about… and then…

About to spend the whole day explaining “Indigenous People’s Day” to old yt folks at my day job in the sticks. Pray for me.

If you believe that “said” or “asked” are the only acceptable dialogue tags, I assume your chicken is unseasoned.

When you find someone in publishing who is actually nice 😭

Ive always found it awkward to tell ppl I’m a writer, I find either people think it’s a fancy way of saying “unemployed dead weight” or that I’m bragging and think I’m better than them. No matter which direction they are thinking though, I have yet to be asked what my books are about 🫠

As a new home canner I would like recipes to be a lot more clear about their statements. “Roma tomatoes are not recommended for this recipe” why Carol? Because they taste funny or because I’ll die?? Be specific! #Homesteading

When the agency website is purple.

Agents be like “seeking horror!” Then you realize what they mean is dark supernatural romance with a love interest that’s like a ghost or a werewolf and I’m just in their inbox with my horror novel like, hiiiiiiiiii

Wouldn’t even know how if I wanted to.

This is the same information given to the Horror Writers Association members in today's email:

CONGRATS SOLDIER, we've hit 2 weeks of solid #SaveSpeech pressure! Youre doing a great job! Reward yourself! And keep on calling/mailing! stop-paypros.neocities.org yellat.money www.congress.gov/members/find...

VISA CAN'T HANG UP ON YOU UNTIL YOU STOP TALKING. YAPPERS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE. Talk in circles! Loop back to the same points! Take a minute to "remember" a word! Your goal isn't to change their minds, it's to keep talking for as long as possible to waste their money and clog call centers.

I'd like to make a list of Canadian creators who have online stores that sell physical merch. With a bunch of us likely cutting off sales to the US soon, it would be nice to have a spot to find people to support. I'll be setting it up this week, please respond to this post if you'd like to be added!

Dew it. stop-paypros.neocities.org

Nice try, House of Leaves.

Seriously, made a post the other day about not moralizing hating a book that you didn’t like for highly specific personal reasons and it took less than an hour for someone to be like “YOU MEAN NAZI STUFF?? HOW DARE YOU!!” 🙈

A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.

Aaah so helpful!! What a great resourcw thank you

White women 👏🏽 we need your Karen powers cranked up to full force and directed at ICE right now 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 more of this!

Please share as wide as possible, don’t just ‘like’ this message. Lives depend on making sure as many get this as possible. #Tsunami #Pacific #Earthquake #DemVoice1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

So, idk how else to describe this, but I write best in “blue”. I would describe the vibe of my best work and my most comfortable style as “blue”. If I try to write yellow or pink it just… doesn’t work. Does anyone else experience this? #WritersCommunity #WriterSky

(•_•) <) )╯Publique fundinge / \ \(•_•) ( (> of the artes and humanityes / \ (•_•) <) )> doth benefit everyone! / \

Police officer just came into my place of work to see if we could make something for him. Whole time he was talking to my co-worker he kept his hand on his gun. Totally necessary in this here mom and pop shop where we literally sell lollipops. Very danger. Much threat. wtf?

Thank you for teaching me how to feel.

I’m a mostly modern monster but I like some nostalgia, so don’t be frightened if you come across a landline, a vhs tape, or a desktop computer in my work. #HorrorWritersChat

Most of my books take place over a short period of time. My first novel takes place over the course of one week. Others might be over a couple days or even a month or two but that’s a long span for me. I like the pressure cooker if short timelines. #HorrorWritersChat

Hello all! I am Joshua Blackwood, I write mostly Gay, folk/supernatural horror. Family lore, real world witchcraft, farm houses, ghosts, and other odds and ends. Most of my work deals with romantic relationships in some way or another from new loves to marriage. #HorrorWritersChat

Spent all day at Pride yesterday, tending to the bright futures of our Queer family. It was an honor to hold hands, share tears, and receive stories of all who came into my tent. May their Queerness always be a blessing and a source of strength.

We need answers—now. Where is our sister Hilary Rivers? ICE took her the morning after Pride with no warning, no due process, and no communication. This is not justice—this is kidnapping. We demand transparency, accountability, and her immediate release. Read more: 48hills.org/2025/06/drag...

I’m just a girl… Holding a crystal healing book… Trying to become untraumatized…

If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.

UPDATE: having a lot of success with older people. Many have asked me “what is Juneteenth anyway?” And I explain it to them accurately but frame it in terms of it being an important day commemorating freedom in America. Conservative folks love to hear the words “America” and “freedom” together.

Gearing up for a long day of customer service in rural Oregon, where everyone feels that celebrating the end of slavery in America is a huge inconvenience.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.