#alternahaircare #ultaclubcaviar

Congrats, @authorjwilck.bsky.social on your release day! Happy book birthday, A Fortune with Benefits! ♥️🇨🇱🤠👢

Congrats @anniemcquaid.bsky.social on your book release day! Happy Book Birthday, Crash Landing! ♥️🌴🛩

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently at 86,005, down from 98K. Only 8k to meet my goal. I still have 12 chapters to go. That's about 650 words to cut per chapter. (I have been averaging at least that so far.) Wish me luck! #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently at 89,338. I only cut 422 words today. I'm hoping to get back on track this week. My original goal was to cut 600 per day, but I've proven I can do twice that. Must. Keep. Going. #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: Time for an update! Currently 89,760, down from 98k I've been slow this week (spring break shook things up a bit). 1660 words cut since Monday. Not my best, but it's progress. Anyone else off target for spring break? #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: Monday update! Today I cut 1587 words, my biggest daily slash yet. I'm down to 91,420 from 98k. I don't dare send this MS to my agent @charmstrong.bsky.social until it's slashed & pretty. IYKYK #CathieMadeMeDoIt #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: Update from yesterday. I'm at 93,007. My end goal is 78k. I cut 1111 words yesterday 💪 I'm up to chapter 8 and have consistently been able to cut 20% of each chapter. Am I an overwriter? Yes. Do you overwrite or underwrite? #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 94,118. My end goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. That's 1336 cut since yesterday. Over double my daily goal. 🎉 Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 95,454. My end goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. That's 1213 cut since yesterday. Double my daily goal. 🎉 Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Daily #WordcountCheck: I'm at 96,667. My goal is 78k. Aiming to cut at least 600 every day. Feel free to join me with a word count goal (positive or negative.) #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

Well, I'm editing and I really need to cut about 20k from my manuscript. So here's my attempt at accountability. My goal is to chop 600 words a day. Let's see how I do. Anyone else have a word count goal (positive or negative?) Let's do this! #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity

My pre-order just arrived! So excited! It's beautiful 😍 Biggest congrats, @vvmontalban.bsky.social ♥️♥️♥️ #TheseVengefulWishes

Happiest book birthday, dear @vvmontalban.bsky.social I'm so excited for you and your amazing book These Vengeful Wishes!!!!

Congrats to @jckenney.bsky.social and book birthday to Murder Under the Marquee!

Im so excited to go on submission to publishers soon for my historical fiction set in 1800s Sweden. #onsub #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #sweden taralundmark.com/f/researchin...

My mom just sent me a picture of a watercolor she found at my aunt's house. I painted this portrait of her cats, Cleo and Sheba, thirty years ago when I visited her the summer of my senior year ♥️ #caturday

@shameezwrites.bsky.social Happy book birthday / release day, Shameez! So excited for you and for the world to meet your darling, nerdy characters 💕 Hope your day is wonderful!

Hello #writingcommunity ! As we are close to the end of 2024, I'd like to offer some querying advice for those planning to submit their work to agents in the new year. This will encompass how to write a standout query letter.

good morning.

the dream agent, publisher, whatever is the person or company that is a champion for you and your career, period, and often you won't know that till you're working with them so don't put them on a pedestal before they've even shown you their worth

Dear #WritingCommunity & #QueryingAuthors I know some have been waiting for me to reopen. Unfortunately, I'm still getting through partials & fulls, & I owe it to those authors to finish those out before reopening. Right now, estimated open date is mid-late December. www.tinyurl.com/cathiesmswl

One of the best ways for #writers to gauge the literary market is to read recent releases from DEBUT authors. Why? These are writers whom publishers are willing to take a risk on, who don’t yet have a following, which means publishers believe their book has market value.

‼️ Friends! The Support Trans Kids book auction is LIVE!!! ‼️ From now until FRIDAY 12/5, you can bid on all sorts of incredible bookish items in support of charities that provide support to queer youth, INCLUDING an hour-long mentorship session with me! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 www.32auctions.com/organization...

#kidlitchat Goals for the next 3 months -Cut 20k words from Manuscript #6 and send to critique partners -Revisit Manuscript #2 and polish to send to agent -Go on sub with Manuscript #4

##amquerying reminder

Please share widely 🙏🏼 I am taking item donations (literally anything from the publishing community or readers) for the next #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser to run Jan 15th through 31st. I am at about 100 items, trying to get to at least 500. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

#kidlitchat Late to the game, but here we go: I finished a full draft of manuscript #6. I polished manuscript #4 to get ready for submission & polished manuscript #1 to send to my agent. I updated & made my website pretty with editor guides for each of my manuscripts. Hoping for a successful sub!

Great writing tip #amwriting ##amquerying #writingcommunity

@staciquigleycox.bsky.social you made it! 😘

I've had a couple writers recently withdraw immediately saying they signed with another agent, so I thought I'd do a mini chat on what's expected once you receive an offer. 1) thank the offering agent. Let them know you still have materials out and ask for 2 weeks to make your decision.

#kidlitchat Also, who remembers 1linewed on Twitter? I made some many wonderful contacts and learned so much about my own writing while searching my manuscripts for lines. It truly helped me look at line edits with a very critical eye and improved my writing so much.

#kidlitchat I have had several great CPs over the years, but there are a few really special ones @vvmontalban.bsky.social @tjbentonwalker.bsky.social @casiebazay.bsky.social @writerannestubert.bsky.social @lasleymatt.bsky.social @pamelasvincent.bsky.social Carolyne Topdjian & Ellen McGinty

TOPIC: Tonight, we're thanking those individuals who have meant the most to us in our careers: a mentor, a critique partner, a reader who wrote a glowing review, a professor who pushed us to succeed, a spouse who never stopped believing, or... you tell us! #kidlitchat

No one: 18yo son: We should really divide up the Lego cups so when Mom and Dad die, we won't have to argue about who gets to keep which ones 23yo daughter: Dibs on Vetruvius, but where is the Uni-kitty cup? Kids are now searching the cupboards for Uni-kitty #happymealtoys #happythanksgiving

Re-posting these authors to follow!

Critique partners who give you encouragement and say they love what you’re doing, but also give you helpful feedback on what’s not working are the best people! They help me make my work better but also help me have the courage to keep going. I love you folks! 💜 #kidlit #amwriting #kidlitart

It's release day for my first Fortune's of Texas book--Fortune's Holiday Surprise. I was honored to be asked by Harlequin to contribute to this ongoing multi-author series by writing a Jewish romance. I hope you'll take a look: www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9... #booksky 💙📚

Hey #WritingCommunity! A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! This is the weekly newsletter @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I write for authors wanting to know more about querying, agents, submission, etc. Enjoy! agentantics.substack.com/p/you-askedi...

Post a quote from your book that would appear on merch #writingcommunity #booksky

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

Hello peoples. I was told that there were sad humans recently. So I decided to come here to change that, my humans tell me I’m very cute so I hope this helps your day.

As I have watched my writer friends over the years, I've seen talent and skill, but a more frequent pattern to success has been watching writers overcome challenges. What challenge(s) have you overcome in your writing journey? #writing #writingcommunity #amquerying #kidlit

Someone out there needs your words, your story. Human connection in a sea of digital indifference. Don't give up. Move forward in whatever way you can to put your message in a bottle--a lifeline adrift and waiting to be uncorked. #writing #writingcommunity #amquerying #amediting

Miami Book Fair people, this is where I'll be tomorrow signing copies or A Tall Dark Trouble AND I have some ARCs of These Vengeful Wishes to give away 👀👀👀

I think I successfully made a Starter Pack… I may have missed a few (more like a ton) Latinx KidLit Creators. If you wish to be added or removed please let me now! Comment section and DMs are open. #kidlit go.bsky.app/Ug7wAZg

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

a few years ago, I attended my first publishing conference, and the advice was so good I spent the whole time frantically writing it all down. wanted to circulate them again, and so: ✨here are 11 advice from editors✨

I'm BEYOND excited to share this Publisher's Weekly review of PLAYING FLIRTY by @shameezwrites.bsky.social!! I'm so excited for her, & can't wait for this to release into the world so y'all can fall in love with it like I did! #WritingCommunity #Romancelandia www.publishersweekly.com/9781538768389

I'm seriously OBSESSED with this video for my client, @authorjwilck.bsky.social's Jewish Romance, DEADLINES, DONUTS & DREIDELS! So many thanks on @glannie.bsky.social at Harlequin for taking a gamble on this author! #WritingCommunity #Romancelandia www.instagram.com/p/DCjqif6tuaq/