Continuing our celebration of Hoodoo Heritage Month: open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

I wrote a little something about learning I was neurodivergent after having kids. Check it out: www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-a...

Good morning! How about some horror with your coffee? ☕️😳 open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

In the mood for horror? The Red Wife is live at Haintland. open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

A little emotional knowing this book is out in the world this week. Sure, some projects I immediately know the readership, editor, publisher, etc. But this one? I saw my kiddo, every step of the way. Thank you for this, @authormargeaux.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

Happy #pubday to EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL by @authormargeaux.bsky.social! Get to know Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, resolute climate activist Greta Thunberg and others in this easy-to-browse book with black-and-white illustrated portraits accompanying each profile. www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

9/23/25 — EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL: INFLUENTIAL NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHAPED THE WORLD by @authormargeaux.bsky.social This graphic biography will inspire with tales of remarkable neurodivergent people who have forged unique paths to success! 🎤🪧⚽️🥊💡 www.bloomsbury.com/us/everythin...

Be careful what you vote for. Episode 5 is live! 🩸🩸 substack.com/@haintland/n...

Election Day is August 1. Only at Haintland.Substack.com

I have a few arcs of my upcoming middle grade book centering neurodivergent folks who have shaped the world. I’d love to send a copy to a librarian, teacher, or neurodivergent kid. Let me know if you’d like one and I’ll message you. ❤️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/everything...

Episode 4 is live! Light the candle. Set your intention. Guard your soul. 🕯️ How to Set Your Altar—only at open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

What to Expect in BONES AT THE CROSSROADS ❌ 🏠 Homecoming vibes 🎓 Frats & sororities 🕯️ Secret magical societies 🌟 New characters you’ll love (and fear) 🎃 Halloween parties 💀 Deadly family secrets Have you preordered? linktr.ee/ladarrionw #Booksky

Chile Canva pissing me off. But Barnes and Noble is now doing a sale of 25% of preorders with code PREORDER25 from now till July 11th! Premium Members get an additional 10% off AND collect stamps to save with Rewards. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bones-at-t... #Booksky

We crossed the 6k mark! Help us meet our goal of 25k to bring this book to a con or fest near you. Check out Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W by Burning Phoenix Press on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Sweetie’s Diner is now open for lunch: open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

Old recipe. Special sauce. Seasoned with rage. Sweetie’s Diner opens June 26 Https://Haintland.substack.com

Happy Friday the 13th! My latest horror story is live— 5 “casquette” girls. 1 cursed voyage to New Orleans. And one monstrous secret. open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

5 girls. 1 ship. And 1 monster? Episode 2 of Haintland drops tomorrow. HTTPS://haintland.substack.com

A new life awaits a group of young women headed to New Orleans…but someone on board has other plans. Can anyone guess the story that inspired next week’s new episode? Hint: They packed their belongings in casquettes. haintland.substack.com

Part 2 of The Last Song of Julia Brown is live! open.substack.com/pub/haintlan...

Let's try this again. 😅 I created a feed for the kinds of publishing news I had a hard time finding in one place here. This inclusive feed curates news that intersects publishing, politics, and power. Follow+pin: tinyurl.com/24dbt3cb Tag industry posts with #PublishingWatch #WritingCommunity

haintland.substack.com Enter if you dare…

This is such a valuable resource! I check for this newsletter faithfully.

Getting the socials up and running for Tessera Creatives. Please give us a follow and then visit the site to support and hire freelance creatives of the Global Majority. And if you're a freelance editor or writer of the Global Majority, consider joining today. tesseracreatives.com

Just 2 days left! The first episode of Haintland is set deep in the South, a place soaked in history and hauntings. Welcome to Louisiana—my home. Tune in tomorrow for a hint about our first story. A storm is coming. Are you ready? Https://haintland.substack.com

Something is coming through the fog… #Haintland #SouthernGothic #Horror Subscribe at the link in the bio. Launches May 15.

I’m conjuring something absolutely haunting. 👀 Stay tuned. #keepthelightson

A few Met Gala 2025 looks as Black YA books:

“Sometimes you gots to lay ya bones down at the crossroads.” Have you pre-ordered the second installment to Blood at the Root? If you like Southern folklore, hoodoo, homecoming, you’ll like this. Order here: tr.ee/D-MqksbYoM #Booksky

Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off pre-order promotion for members, starting today, 4/23, through 4/25. The hardcover and ebook of my upcoming Southern Gothic historical novella PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE are both included in the sale. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/psychopomp... #bookSky 📚 #BlackSky

Me to my son: What ya texting over there? Son (autistic teen): Classified war plans 😅😂

OH HEYYYY y'all said my NAAAAAAAME! Thank you for this opportunity to discuss my two fave subjects: Books and ME. 😍

Hey, #WritingCommunity, ICYMI, these were five of the publishing industry's biggest stories in February, including a new hybrid publishing group and 14 major book deals. #5AMWritingClub

Know what's exhausting? When I talk about systemic representation issues in the publishing industry and as a counterargument, someone mentions one of the ten Black authors publishing has been spotlighting for decades. Please stop playing in our faces: We've got a system to dismantle.

Want to listen to all the 2025 Walter Award books chosen by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social - including THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE? You can at Libro.FM! They've compiled all the winners and honor titles in one playlist! libro.fm/playlists/walter-awards-2025 #booksky #Skybrarians #EduSky

Fall semester at Caiman University, the illustrious magical HBCU is coming. So that means homecoming, drumlines, fraternities and sororities, ancient magical societies and deadly secrets that will change Caiman U forever. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738995... #Blacksky

I am SO thrilled to reveal the US cover of OUR VICIOUS OATHS that’s out next fall! ✔️enemies-to-lovers ✔️dark fantasy romance ✔️there’s spice ✔️Shadow Daddy fae king ✔️fae warrior-princess ✔️Touch her and die Preorder link: linktr.ee/niadavenport @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

📘 WHO WAS ACCUSED IN THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS? TITUBA 📘 WHO SPARKED THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT? ROSA PARKS 📘 MUHAMMAD ALI AND MALCOLM X: THE FATAL FRIENDSHIP adapted by @authormargeaux.bsky.social 📘 EVERYTHING BUT TYPICAL 📘 TODAY I AM: 10 STORIES OF BELONGING edited by Jael Richardson

Calling poets, prose writers, & essayists to submit to the AfroSurrealist Special Issue of @strangehorizons.bsky.social! Eds. @yvettel.bsky.social & Shingai Njeri Kagunda are seeking worlds that slip b/t mundane, uncanny, ghostly, & futuristic. Submissions window is April 15 to April 30.

BOOM - NEW COMIC ALERT! I co-wrote the horror comic "Sunset" with hubby @kundalinisteve.bsky.social for the new SHOOK antholgoy. comicbook.com/comics/news/...

Started a playlist for my WIP and just noticed my 6 year old added songs to my list. He’s obsessed with Freebird—which I’d never heard before. So now there’s Lynyrd Skynyrd and Disney songs on my Vampire playlist. 😑😊

One major lesson from the Tik-Tok fiasco: don't plant your seeds on land you don't own. Only 1% of videos ever go "viral." Going viral on social is *not* a marketing plan. Never was––despite publishers pretending otherwise. Four more lessons in the post. #5amwritingclub #WritingCommunity #booksky

Read a little of my Fannie Lou Hamer book (avl now!) to the babies. We watched MLK deliver the Dream speech, Black Panther, and now watching Lean on Me. I have beef & veggie soup and smothered okra on deck. Enjoying family while appreciating Black culture today and always. #MLKday

We need more movies with dance numbers.

I love Will Trent.

Resharing the Black Women Writers starter pack since someone said Threads & FB folks might be headed over here. I read and champion *all* writers, but Black women have unique obstacles in this biz, so your follows will help. Leave a comment if you want to be added. 💙📚🌴 go.bsky.app/CMkVhBW

My neurodivergent house right now: 5 yr old: Watch Elf! (he’s watched it 6 times since Sunday) 6 yr old: A Christmas Story is about a boy who gets his mouth washed out with soap (he mentions this multiple times a day and really likes that part) Teen: randomly sings “I’m just a pooor boy…” 😳😩

For the last two weeks, I woke the littles up to The Jackson’s Can You Feel It. Now, they request this song daily and went down the Michael Jackson rabbit hole on YouTube. I created little moonwalking monsters…

The cover for this very special project of mine was unveiled, and goodness I’m so proud. Congrats @authormargeaux.bsky.social!

Maybe I’m just not cool, but it’s so off-putting that these robots are being made to resemble humans. I imagined my robots like Rosie from the Jetsons. Now, it feels like some folks are excited by the thought of cosplaying enslavers.