SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with April Henry, Deborah Hopkinson, and Leslie Barnard Booth When: Sept 16th at 7pm PDT. Where: Online The price is only 10$ for SCBWI members or 15$ for all others. For more info and to register, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...

It’s 4am and I’ve been up all night reading The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss. I can’t put it down!

Authors, do any of you work on more than one book at a time? Curious as I need to work on 3 and wondering if I will stifle any inspiration by having too wide a focus. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writers

#WritingCommmunity #YA Writers and readers, I’m looking for your favorite YA book recommendations. I’m mainly looking for romance, sci-fi, and thriller genres. Recommending your own book is fine, just no fantasy. Not in the mood for it right now.

I’m realizing that I’m not of the Hemingway “the first draft of anything is shit” kind of writer. Anyone else not able to just power through that first draft? I keep trying to increase my daily word count, but it feels wrong to rush it. #WritingCommunity

Day 1,382 of reminding myself that story is about what your character wants, why they want it, and what is/will prevent them from getting it. You’d think I’d remember this by now. #WritingCommunity #writing

#youdeservepit #DRAFTING #EDITING #WIP #R #DR #SOUTHASIANFMC #LATINOMMC VICIOUS PRINCE X RECKLESS X GOD OF FURY X KING OF SLOTH Every villain needed his muse.

After a false report sent me jail, my estranged family came forward to protect my son from my abuser while I struggled to save my humanity in jail. #Questpit #Q #NF #A #MEM

For fun, a moodboard in my antagonist's POV! Shapeshifter Liraz served under the God of Chaos' command up until his master's demise. After tricking the last surviving gods and stealing their powers, he went into hiding. Now centuries later, he's back and has set his sights on Keira #Questpit #RF #F

When Keira's sister is taken, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land & sea, & her own dark powers to find a shapeshifter who could be anyone & whose price for her sister will have her choose b/w love & duty ✨️ #Questpit #RF #F #Q #A 🌗

PITCH: Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone. Blue Bloods x Yakuza #PR #Q #questpit 💙📚📖

Grim Portents HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of 📖 #UW #Q #A #DF #MY #Hu #H #QuestPit

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

Introducing the three POV & the lovely Widow for my novel Threads of Aerythel: Dragonfly - a dark epic fantasy. Check out all my questpit posts for a full picture! #questpit #A #Q #DF #LGBT Post 2/4

-Ryan, a ghost hunting 13-year-old boy who can’t cope with his mom‘s death -Libby- his best friend who loves him -Thomas, the new kid with a haunted house problem - A good dose of humor Ryan was looking for his dead mother, but finds how to move on in this ghost hunting tale. #questpit #AG #MG #Q

The Golden Kite Awards will be presented live on Zoom on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 7 pm EASTERN/4 pm PACIFIC. Join us to see who among your peers will take home this prestigious honor! Register to watch the Awards here: www.scbwi.org/celebrate-ex...

After 20+ years in the publishing industry, I’m finally doing my own thing. If you’re a publisher needing help getting a better bottom line or an author needing a book coach or editor, don’t hesitate to reach out. I specialize in MG and YA as well as professional books. #Writers #writing

Hey there! I’m looking to connect with MG and YA authors. If you are one, please follow and I’ll follow back :-) #Writer #YA #MG #Kidlit

Don’t ask what happens next. Ask your characters to tell you what happens next. #writers #YA #MG #kidlit