#Birds #animal #video

Eros & Psyche x Warcross x Cinder When a 16 yo orphan infiltrates an AI corporation to rescue her sister, she is forced into a deadly myth-based game and must join with an imprisoned cyborg to smash the system. #YA #scifi #dystopian #amquerying #retelling #myth 💘🏹🤖

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

I want to give a big shout out to the generous agent who gave me all kinds of actionable feedback on my pages. Query Tracker doesn't allow messages after a query is settled, which is logical, though I very much wanted to thank this agent for her time. I hope this "thank you" will reach her! 🏹🪶🌼

Meet some of the Inkredibles! We spent the morning editing picture books, doing character outlines, submitting to contests, drafting new projects, developing synopses, and editing final drafts. #writingcommunity is the best. 🧡❤️🧡

If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.

Inspired by my writers' group, I've recently created Theatre Thursdays. I've noticed that us kidlit writers feel pretty comfortable sharing our hopes and challenges, but theatre professionals seem to be less so. My goal is to create space for revitalization, creative ideas, and caring connection 🧡

Sharing some kitty love from sunny Santa Cruz this morning. 😽🌞🧡

These "Inkredible" authors remembered my birthday with balloons, ramen, and carrot cake!! 😍 (Please note the AMAZING artwork of @amynelder.bsky.social in the background) Writer friends. Don't know what I'd do without them 🥲😭🥰 #writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting

ONE DAY MORE... Guess what I'm taking my kiddo to see on Sunday. If you're in the know, hit me with another line... 🎭

💛 her sweet kitty is magic 🪄 💛🖤💛🪄 #caturday 🪄💛🖤💛

In the in-between hours when I'm not writing or teaching the acting process, I'm helping kids with breath and mindfulness. My Spring class ends next week, and I'm going to miss it...! 🥲

For years, my mantra has been "Do one thing a day that scares you." I'm realizing this philosophy may be the only thing that forces me to jump-start my painfully cautious querying process. I did the work. I'm proud of it. I need to get it out there. 🤖🏹 #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

I had one of those days where I got to know myself better. You know the ones? Oh, that's what matters to me. Oh, that's the sort of thing I struggle with. Oh, that's what I'm really passionate about. Learning days. 🧡 Meanwhile, two queries sent. One job interview down. Breathe in. Breathe out.

Well, if anyone's looking for a YA dystomance taking the no-teacher school thing to the next level, I've got you covered. #amquerying

So, it's been a full month, and I've only sent 3 queries. Guess I better get cracking! 🏹

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "You're all fabulous. Now go home and memorize your lines."

Spoiler: Toward the end of my YA sci-fi, my MC discovers she has seven siblings. Of a kind. And yeah, maybe it is a bit autobiographical. Even weirder, I didn't even notice the connection until I was writing it. Not sure what's weirder: life or the writing process. #writingcommunity #amquerying

Philip K. Dick: In my short story "Sales Pitch" I invented the fasrad, an autonomous commercial AI that destroys your life and drives you insane, as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the fasrad from classic sci-fi short story "Sales Pitch"

"We must not allow ourselves the luxury of surprise. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power." - Timothy Snyder, March 8, 2026

My antagonist is the CEO of Mythos Corp. Picture Ariana Grande as Glinda with a scalpel. Work IS play, and that involves teetering around on sparkly pink heels while replacing a victim's organic parts with circuitry. In the end, ta-da! Myth-based cyborg 🔱🤖🩷 #awesomecharacters #amquerying #writesky

I think everyone should probably stop what they're doing and look at @kameronhurley.com's adorable duck posts. I'm up coughing at 4 am, and it's all my brain wants or needs right now. #writingcommunity

Looking forward to kicking this dastardly illness so I can do things like work, talk, write, and query again. Oh, and breathe deeply... without dissolving into a wheezing, coughing, aching, so I can't rest, ocean floor creature. Below, actual footage of me. #amquerying... next week?

"...two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president." - Timothy Snyder, Feb 28

This is tomorrow, folks! A great opportunity to see who's looking for a book like yours. 🤖🏹💘 #amquerying #kidlit

Is anyone else watching Sandokan? Okay, the writing feels kind of predictable, but somehow it has managed to hold our attention up to the end. Even with the large amounts of eyeliner and heavy-handed theme song, it's pretty entertaining! P.S. Speaking of pirates, @billeisele.bsky.social...! 🏴‍☠️

Met a new pal at a party last night. It still happens in America! Bonded over post-apocalyptic fiction and we agreed to swap recommendations. Made me think of all the literary folks here and I would love to get more recommendations! #BookSky Here's my personal fave list:

She was amazing! You can't fake joy like this 🧡

The laws in my MC's city force citizens with no tech in their bodies into a fenced-in slum. Like clones, they're limited in the type of jobs they can access. If you commit a crime, you're bound to end up in cyber-cells which are absolutely no fun at all. #februaryworldbuilders #amquerying #YA 🏹

In a dystopian future, CEO Venus converts humans into cyber-soldiers. When 17yo Psyche is caught infiltrating Mythos Corp. to find her sister, she is forced into a deadly AR Underworld game & must rely on her electric connection with cyborg Eros to survive. #cupit #YA #SFR #DTR #LGBT #amquerying💘🤖

THE MYTHOS GAME (dystopian YA): 🔱Greek myth retelling - Eros & Psyche 🏹streetwise rebel-in-distress LI (with wings) 💘 slow burn legendary romance 💗PINKaholic jealous CEO 💉forced cyber-conversion 🩸deadly Underworld AR game 🐑vicious golden sheep-bots #cupit #YA #SFR #DTR #LGBT #amquerying

#cupit #ya #rf #wip #AgentsGuide to my YA Cozy Romantasy pitched as WICKED meets LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS -20 agent requests -2 big five editor full requests -winner of two mentorships (Writehive and RT) -in revisions now!

HELL IS WORK Virgil Mora, Hell's consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell to save the angel he's fallen for. Feat. ❤️‍🔥 Grumpy X Sunshine ✍️ Magical Contracts 🦋 AuDHD Rep 🖤🐘🤍💜 Ace Romance 👨‍💼 Cosmic Power, Imposter Syndrome #CuPit #W #A #F #LGBT

🧁 She's a jaded pastry chef 🍰 He's a charismatic baker ❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies turn to bitter truths, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for burst into flames? Coming soon to a bookstore near you 👀 #Cupit #CR #POC #BIR #NA #A #W

WARCROSS x CINDER x Greek mythology Tormented by screams in her augmented mind, fiery 17yo Psyche must use her telepathy to find her sister and free rebellious cyborg Eros from an AR Underworld game before the jealous CEO Venus programs him to destroy her. #cupit #YA #SFR #DTR #LGBT #scifi 💘🤖🏹

SPELL BOUND x THE SUNBEARER TRIALS Mother Nature's dying. Cheerful summer prince Ray (16yo) battles brooding Jack Frost (17yo) to inherit her powers. With Jack's frozen 🩵 melting in a world of climate change, Ray may have to lose the contest to save the boy he loves #CuPit #YA #RoFa #LGBT #CliFi

Today, Feb 14th, I begin querying THE MYTHOS GAME, my #dystopian #YA #scifi retelling of the myth Eros & Psyche. 💘🤖 Eros hopes you all have a good philter (love potion) ready to imbibe and will be participating in the #cupit pitch fest today! 🏹 🧃💝 Excited to begin! #amquerying 💖🥀#venusiswatching

In The Mythos Game, my MC is psychic, and one of her friends receives visions of the future. It makes them targets of the main antagonist, who wants to use them as myth-based cyber-soldiers. #WIP #FebruaryWorldbuilders #YA

These last couple of weeks have been nutty. Some exciting theatre projects took over my life and slowed my editing process. But my kiddo just got cast as Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher, this whimsical, bare bones interpretation of Peter's origin story. I'm so proud of her! #kidlit #WIP #YA 🍃🍃🌟✨

For some reason R.E.M. was the vibe I needed for my #dystopian #YA #WIP. Still trying to figure out why. What music are you all listening to as you write your #kidlit?

Waving to @billeisele.bsky.social, my CP, who keeps me sane and helps me feel like I *might* know what I'm doing!😅 And I can share this reading material now that he's made it past a certain point! One theme in my #YA #WIP concerns AI and the misogyny that spawns distorted fabrications of women.

This week: Casting the Tempest. Re-editing the script. Teaching a 4-hour workshop. Kiddo's 3 birthday events, film class, and auditions. I'm ZONKED! But I'm on track to start querying my dystopian #YA on Feb 14. 💘Bots and clones and mythology, oh my. Here's some reading material that inspired me.

I love that "hee hee hee, so what?" 😆 You gotta laugh at the absurdity

My beloved 4 years in Minneapolis (before work and life took me to New York) are why, amidst all the atrocities of this land, I will *never* give up on the hope of what this country can be. Because of this right here. This right here.

The harbor seal of the apocalypse applauds this message 🤣🦭

I understand that jd vance will be visiting my city today. I hope he leaves quickly, feeling humiliated. Exit, pursued by a bear.

I, have, some, concerns, about, AI 🤖 But, maybe, that's, how, bots, talk #WIP #dailyamusement #writingcommunity #amediting

Um, kitties. I need to write!! 😹🙃😅 #WIP #notcaturday #YA #kidit #amediting #writingcommunity

What if Pygmalion, in the future, looked like this? 💗🌺💗🌺 What if she was the crafty CEO? 💻 And what if she was more than meets the eye? 😉 #mythosgame #YA #dystopian #valentinesday #Feb14

Listening to Prince's demo version of Manic Monday www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnPX...