I saw someone say today “I don’t want to live in a country where our disputes are decided by bullets and blood”, and I fought every urge to ask what country they thought they’d been living in. Violence is how the US settles everything. We need to see that if we’re gonna do something different.

“So what if he disagreed with you, he didn’t deserve to die” But he thought I did. This isn’t disagreement. It’s someone who was not only opposed to my existence but was called a good and faithful servant by the church for doing it. I don’t have to mourn that. And asking me to is violence too.

The conversation we’re not ready to have yet is that having empathy for a white supremacist is part of what upholds white supremacy. And by that measure alone, it fails to be empathy at all.

Happy pub day to my amazing agent @annmrose.bsky.social! You’re one of the few people I’ll break my social media hiatus for 😉 Readers, don’t make me regret my decision… go buy it today!!

Happy pub day to my amazing agent Ann Rose! You’re one of the few people I’ll break my social media hiatus for 😉 Readers, don’t make me regret my decision… go buy it today!!

Highlights from the 2025 #rosebudauthor writers retreat last weekend. #writerslife with @annmrose.bsky.social! Thank you and @amaliejahn.bsky.social!

“Sweetly underscores friendship as a lifeline to self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews Listen up 🔊 TEAM CANTEEN ROCKY ROAD is now available via audiobook! @amaliejahn.bsky.social #audiobook #newaudiobooks

Can’t wait to hear what you think of Team Canteen!!

Brothers by chance Lovers by choice

Amid the fire and war I remember St. Kurt Vonnegut, who wrote: “I urge you to notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or or think at some point: ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.”

Did I write new words today? No Did I rearrange plot points on my outline? Yes Did I reread what I’ve already written and confirm I’m not the worst author on the planet? Hell yes

Trying to write but then Fergus demanded cuddles and who am I to deny him

Does it feel like tech is ceasing to evolve in ways that are useful to everyday people, and instead functions to control, placate and diminish us?

I know this is supposed to be a book/writing account but

These two #caturday

My family gets me

sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

Team Canteen 🥹

Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.

Just finished this absolutely phenomenal book from my #RosebudSister @cthomasbooks.bsky.social Can’t wait to get my hands on your next masterpiece, my friend!! 💗

I’m good at ✨some✨ things Determining how much paper a package needs to wrap it completely is not one of those things

Too many cats??? Wtf?

It was only a matter of time…

When your local indie puts your baby right up front for holiday shoppers to find 🥹😭

Good morning to everyone who believes audiobooks count as reading 📚 ☕️

The way the MAHA cult uses autism as a fear mongering point will never stop infuriating me.

The purr 🥹

Join #RosebudAuthors & @thetobiasagency.bsky.social w/ our annual #SpreadTheJoy campaign. To win one query + first chapter critique by @cynthiatimoti.bsky.social Follow go.bsky.app/Kvshpxt, comment below, and repost. Winners chosen at random. (Day 6)

In my happy place

Happy Friday from Fergus!

Join #RosebudAuthors & @thetobiasagency.bsky.social w/ our annual #SpreadTheJoy campaign. To win a MG query letter and first five pages critique by @writtenbysky.bsky.social Follow go.bsky.app/Kvshpxt, comment below, and repost. Winners chosen at random. (Day 5)

Alison is THE BEST

Show me 4 of your necessary December watches

Spotify gets me

Another amazing Spread the Joy giveaway!

Hey! It’s me!! Spreading the joy with a query and first chapter critique!!

DO NOT give your money to Jeff Bezos. He has plenty. Make a list of the books you want to buy as gifts and buy or order from a local bookstore...if you want those stores to continue to exist.

It’s my favorite time of year! #SpreadTheJoy with my agent siblings at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social #WritingCommunity don’t miss out on this great event!

Thought briefly that I’d been chosen by the cat distribution system but luckily I was able to track down Marley’s owner and this morning she’s home safe!

Please enjoy a walk through this magnificent leaf pile with me

Kidlit folks, you’re gonna wanna follow @etraintalks.bsky.social

Please don't tell kids that old "First Thanksgiving" myth and pass it off as actual history. Share books like these this week instead.

This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.

So jealous of everyone experiencing Wicked for the first time. There’s nothing like it.

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER! #literacy #libraries #librarians

Snow in the NC mountains ❄️

I guess I’ve never formally introduced my books here I’ll start with the newest, Team Canteen Rocky Road It’s the first book in a middle grade series about a group of outcasts and a magic feather boa who help each other through life So pretty much a blueprint for making it through the next 4 years

@joannashupe.bsky.social Came to follow you here after your latest tiktok landed on my FYP. I don’t know how readers can expect us to keep who we are and what we believe out of our writing. Art is inherently political. At least the good art. Keep daring 😉

Exciting news 🎉 I am offering three (3) query letter critiques for #bipoc writers at ✨no charge✨ each month! DM for details or check out my website ( carmelinemelchior.com/editorial-se...) #writingcommunity #bipocwriters #writersofcolor #writerscorner #writershelpingwriters

Come for the books Stay for the cats