One of the luckiest parts of my writing life is getting to be in regular conversation with A-M McLemore @exrpan.bsky.social @ryansara.bsky.social & @novarensuma.bsky.social. This season, we're talking about how we’re making space for creativity & adjusting to the unexpected in this particular moment

Happy summer solstice with a new issue of The Eavesdrop! Anna-Marie McLemore, @exrpan.bsky.social, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social and I are talking about Routines and Disruptions: www.thisistheeavesdrop.com/issue-4-rout...

Online generative workshop with me this Sunday! Write some strange places with me!

I have an online generative writing workshop coming up May 17 called Strange Places. Come for some worldbuilding exercises, sparks of inspiration, and the chance to get some writing done free from your inner critic. Register here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/stra...

In Issue 3 of The Eavesdrop (w/Anna-Marie McLemore, @exrpan.bsky.social, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social & me) we’re talking about PLOT, from the ways we define, conceptualize & approach it to the strategies that save us when we're stuck. www.thisistheeavesdrop.com/issue-3-plot/

The spring issue of The Eavesdrop (a quarterly newsletter about writing process & craft by authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @exrpan.bsky.social, @ryansara.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social & me) comes out tmrw, so subscribe now (free!) to get it in your inbox. This season, we're talking about PLOT.

GIRL REFLECTED IN KNIFE comes out in 4 weeks, and 5 authors whose work I admire read it & said nice things. Thank you, @kathleenglasgow.bsky.social @ambersmithauthor.bsky.social @exrpan.bsky.social @novarensuma.bsky.social & @shauniedarko.bsky.social for these generous words that make my heart beam

Registration is open! Join me this spring for my online speculative novel workshop called The Speculative and the Fantastic! For writers of all speculative genres & for novels of all age levels. Flexible & asynchronous! Starts March 31! continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/crea...

Registration is open! Join me this spring for my online speculative novel workshop called The Speculative and the Fantastic! For writers of all speculative genres & for novels of all age levels. Flexible & asynchronous! Starts March 31! continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/crea...

I'm teaching my online 🔮 Speculative Novel Workshop 🔮 with Stanford Continuing Studies again in spring! (New name, same course w/ updates!) Registration starts 8:30am PT on Feb. 23. Begins March 31. Asynchronous w live opps! You'll get ms feedback from me + a one-on-one! novaren.com/2026/02/spri...

Applications for the Oregon Summer Workshop (formerly known as the Tin House Summer Workshop) are due February 9th (this Monday)! ⁠ ⁠ The BIPOC Scholarship is open to anyone identifying as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color.⁠ ⁠ Apply: mccormackwritingcenter.submittable.com/submit/13081...

YA & MG writers: Join me & @exrpan.bsky.social for a generative retreat at the magical Boyds Mills @boydsmills.bsky.social (formerly known as Highlights) this June! Register now for Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel while there are still cabins & rooms available: boydsmills.org/workshop/spo...

Issue 2 of The Eavesdrop, a quarterly newsletter about process and craft with authors Anna-Marie McLemore, @anicarissi.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @exrpan.bsky.social and me, is out today! We're discussing VOICE. Sign up here (free!) to get it in your inbox: www.thisistheeavesdrop.com

What an honor! Thank you, Chicago Public Libraries and all the Chicago librarians who read my book and uplifted it in this beautiful way!

One more day to get $100 off on the Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel retreat w/ me & @exrpan.bsky.social at @highlightsfound.bsky.social June 11–14, 2026! This generative writing retreat is for published & pre-published novelists of all genres... www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/spo...

Are you working on a YA or MG novel? Want to explore the middle of your novel in a generative writing retreat at the beautiful @highlightsfound.bsky.social this June? @exrpan.bsky.social & I are hosting Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel June 11–14! www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/spo...

Are you working on a YA or MG novel? Want to explore the middle of your novel in a generative writing retreat at the beautiful @highlightsfound.bsky.social this June? @exrpan.bsky.social & I are hosting Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel June 11–14! www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/spo...

I am so very honored by this review of WAKE THE WILD CREATURES in @locusmag.bsky.social!

I'm one of the @tinhouse.bsky.social faculty doing a reading in the coming days and you can attend online for free! I'm reading this Saturday, Oct. 4 at 3pm PST (6pm EST), sharing from my latest WAKE THE WILD CREATURES. I'd love to see some friendly faces there! All readings are open to the public!

I'm making a newsletter with my friends @exrpan.bsky.social, @novarensuma.bsky.social, @anicarissi.bsky.social & Anna-Marie McLemore! It's called The Eavesdrop. It's free, quarterly, on Ghost. Our first issue comes out on the autumn equinox, and you can subscribe here: thisistheeavesdrop.com

Ever wanted to eavesdrop on a conversation with five writers? @anicarissi.bsky.social @ryansara.bsky.social @exrpan.bsky.social, Anna-Marie McLemore, & I are launching a new newsletter so you can do just that! Subscribe to get our first issue on Monday! www.thisistheeavesdrop.com/about/

I've been making something fun with friends, and our first issue drops on September 22. If you're interested in craft, process, and the creative life, I hope you'll subscribe! (It's free.) Find us at thisistheeavesdrop.com. Here's the pitch: 🧵

LAST CHANCE! I have a webinar on Friday with @thewritingbarn.bsky.social. Join me for a deep dive into character-driven coming-of-age stories! Friday, Aug. 22 at 11am Central / 12pm Eastern... But if you can't make it live, you'll still get the recording! Just $35!

I have a Craft Webinar with The Writing Barn coming up on August 22! This is webinar features my own personal tips, tricks, and creative exercises to develop and deepen the young characters in your novels. If you can’t attend live, not to worry—you can still register to watch a replay.

"How to Report ICE" zine editions now available for free printable download: NYC Philly Durham, NC Pittsburgh, PA All of Massachusetts Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties! More to come! Please share widely. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

🔮 Registration is now open for my 10-week online Speculative Novel Workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies! There are only a handful of spots left so sign up today if you want to join me: continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/crea...

I wrote about how I only ever want to read novels written by humans even after our corporate overlords shove AI down our throats and destroy our communities and livelihoods and abandon us to what's left of our planet. Plus I mention a book I recently loved. newsletter.novaren.com/a-novel-only...

I’m teaching a new 10-week online course with Stanford Continuing Studies this fall. It’s called Speculative Novel Workshop: The Unreal, the Surreal, the Fantastic, and registration opens Monday, Sept. 18 at 8:30am Pacific! continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/crea...

I'll be sharing prompts and ways of looking at character that I used when writing my new novel WAKE THE WILD CREATURES, for writers of all genres looking to create dynamic, layered characters in your coming-of-age stories. See you there maybe? Register here: thewritingbarn.com/class/compel...

How does a writer change lanes after such a successful career? Listen to my discussion with the exceptional @novarensuma.bsky.social about how she discovered what truly matters in her writing life. #writingcommunity #authorshelpingauthors #writingadvice 7amnovelist.substack.com/p/nova-ren-s...

I have a Craft Webinar with The Writing Barn coming up on August 22! This is webinar features my own personal tips, tricks, and creative exercises to develop and deepen the young characters in your novels. If you can’t attend live, not to worry—you can still register to watch a replay.

Domestic terrorists…

The latest on my newsletter: I Hope You Read This: On expectations (and hopes) when publishing a new book, some thoughts on worldbuilding and estrangement, and some news. newsletter.novaren.com/i-hope-you-r...

Cover reveal! GIRL REFLECTED IN KNIFE is coming on April 7, 2026, from Dutton/@penguinteen.bsky.social & I’m thrilled to share its gorgeous cover, which perfectly captures the sharp intensity of Destiny’s fracturing story. Cover art by David Roy Ocotla. Cover design by Kaitlin Yang. I feel so lucky

Happy book birthday, Sabrena. 🩵 Releasing from Greenwillow Books today on hardcover or audio, this middle grade fantasy is perfect for readers who enjoyed The Last Mapmaker, Mañanaland, and Graciela in the Abyss.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

It’s honestly so disrespectful and irresponsible that the national media has mostly ignored the DC33 city worker strike in Philly so far. It’s a huge story with massive implications for the 6th biggest city in the country. Hell, I’ll write about it for ya! Email me! www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

CANNOT WAIT to read this book! A new YA from @anicarissi.bsky.social!!

Buy their books, buy their books, buy their books; ask your libraries to buy their books

Graffiti along Minnehaha Creek.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

the president just opened a concentration camp

hard to exaggerate just how personally this strike is going to hit so many people in Philadelphia, even beyond the looming citywide trash apocalypse. closed libraries, community centers, and pools… a skeleton crew of 911 dispatchers… it’s truly so grim that the workers have to fight this hard

wildly pissed off that I can’t pick up my library holds because our evil mayor won’t pay the goddamn library workers properly

This is a concentration camp

📚 This post is for book people and librarians! 📚 So ALA is in Philly and I'll be around at the conference on Saturday! I'm local this time and don't have my usual conference stress about an overstuffed suitcase that I'm barely able to zip up... which means I can bring home books this time!

Will you be at the ALA Conference in Philly this week? I’ll be signing my new book WAKE THE WILD CREATURES (*and also THE WALLS AROUND US!) on Saturday, June 28, 11:00am–12:00pm! I’ll be at the Little, Brown Young Readers Booth 205. Come say hi! @lbschool.bsky.social #ALAAC25

I love recycling

ICE raided LA elementary school in an attempt to kidnap small children.