My latest essay talks about what I learned from landing my agent but failing out on submission to book publishers. If you are #amquerying, please read and learn from my mistakes! You only get one bite at the apple. #writingcommunity #writers #writingtips #querying medium.com/middle-pause...

They say Trix are for kids, but that includes big kids too

Check out my essay about being Hispanic when you don't speak Spanish. They call me a "no sabo kid"--but I'm doing what I can to preserve my father's culture. #hispanic #writing medium.com/middle-pause...

THE GOOD PART x DO I KNOW YOU? An impulsive anniversary wish sends an unhappy power couple back in time, rewinding two decades of deception and offering them a chance to explore what might’ve been if they hadn’t married #cupit #a #ttr #rc

Read about the time I was catcalled with my kids while at lunch, teaching me that sexual harassment doesn't end with motherhood! #writingcommunity #women medium.com/middle-pause...

I’m so conditioned to seeing query rejections that my body has a visceral physical response to the words “Query Reply” in a subject heading and doesn’t know how to reconcile reading positive news in the body of the e-mail…

Enjoyed the #P2Ppit experience on Bluesky - great to see how vibrant the #writingcommunity is here. Tried to return the favor on support as much as I could without being online all day. Getting a like from an agent we were already planning on querying when they opened was an awesome cherry on top.

Agents/Editors guide to my YA literary sci-fi book INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen? #P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book

JOURNEY TO RALLEM Josie, Jameson, and their friends travel across the continent in the hopes of bringing back Josie's lovers. They face unexpected challenges from meddling, immortal ancestors with age old vendettas. At each turn, events drive Josie and Jameson closer. #P2Ppit #Q #r #f

In 1950s Texas, Jimmy and Leticia are anything but the norm. Jimmy runs the local beat cafe that locals claim is a front. Leticia is the ideal home maker, just not the ideal color. At a crossroads in her life, Leticia has to choose between past grief or future happiness. #W #UA #A #HF #U #C #P2Ppit

A guide to Away from Beyond 📚Teen starting at her new school 👾AI that believes in magic ❓Unsure of who they can trust at school or online Chobits + The Velveteen Rabbit + A.I. Artifical Intelligence #BluePit 📖 #W #YA #SF

THE GOOD PART x DO I KNOW YOU? After a power couple’s impulsive 20th anniversary wish sends them back in time and erases their unhappy marriage, they make a pact to help each other fulfill the lost dreams of their youth. #P2Ppit #a #r #q

Hopefully some agents check this out and enjoy Drew and Everly as much as @juliecalidonio.bsky.social and I do…

THE GOOD PART x DO I KNOW YOU? #agents What if I told you my wife & I wrote a book about an unhappy power couple whose impulsive anniversary wish sends them back to their wedding day, where the ceremony has been canceled… #P2Ppit #a #r #q

THE GOOD PART x DO I KNOW YOU? An impulsive anniversary wish sends an unhappy power couple back in time, rewinding two decades of deception and offering them a chance to explore what might’ve been if they hadn’t married #P2Ppit #a #r #q

All I want for Christmas is the safe return of the other halves of all the mismatched sock pairs I own

@juliecalidonio.bsky.social calls me this morning excitedly to tell me that we should join the #5amwritersclub I place a roughly 0% probability that she actually follows through on this but I’ll keep everyone posted

I may or may not have written a draft query letter tonight #writingcommunity

Happy fantasy football playoffs day to all who celebrate

With #type1diabetes, you can do everything right 99.99% of the time, but it will only take one untreated low to lose my son. Those are not odds I will roll the dice on--ever! Neither should his school district. Click below to learn more. #type1diabetes medium.com/middle-pause...

What it’s like writing a book with your wife… @juliecalidonio.bsky.social “I love our new idea for the beginning of our book… …what was it again?” #writingcommunity

This morning I’ve discovered that I’m “need to wear reading glasses to remove all the pins from a new dress shirt without stabbing myself in the fingers” years old.

How do I tell Bluesky’s algorithm that I have zero interest in seeing political posts and am only here to find writing community people who left Twitter?