QUESTION: Do you like subplots in books? Writers, do you include subplots? In today’s video on my YouTube channel, I’m talking about subplots. Watch on YouTube at Kasy Long Author! The link will be in the comments. 📚 #writers #writingabook #subplots #authors #writingtips #writingadvice

Celebrating love! #HappyValentinesDay to all of you—however you’re celebrating love today. ❤️ A thread of love quotes from my poetry book, “Boats Against the Current.” #poetry #poems #lovepoems #lovepoetry #valentinesday #poetrybooks #poetrybook #poets #lovequotes #love

I'm excited to share my new YouTube channel all about writing! Subscribe to Kasy Long Author on YouTube for writing tips/advice, book chats, live writing sprints, and more fun. Join the community today! 📚✍️ #WritingCommunity #youtubechannel #writers #authors #booktube #subscribe #booktalk

Remington Review is now on Bluesky! Follow this literary journal for writing and community. #litmag #litjournal #writers #poets #artists

Winter storm forecast: Buy books! $3.99 on Kindle! Snuggle up with books and stay safe and warm this weekend. ❄️📚 #winterstorm #winterweather #weatherupdate #bookstagram #kindlebooks #books #authors #tbr #winter #weather #weather #blizzard #snow #snowday #reading

Sorry…😂 The plot twist *is* shocking, though. A mother’s past is finally revealed. Read about it in “Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long! #writers #authors #plottwist #indiebooks #bookstoread #tbr #readers #indieauthors

Books that have shaped me into the person I am today. ❤️📚 #readers #reading #books #childrensbooks #childhoodmemories

2025 was quite a year! I published a poetry book. My dad retired. I traveled to Vermont and to Amherst, Massachusetts to the Emily Dickinson Museum! It was a year of traveling! I look forward to seeing what happens in 2026. ❤️ #newyearseve #2025inreview #thankyou2025 #2025recap #happynewyear

A thread of my favorite books I read this year. I read a lot of poetry this year (mostly due to my Read It Slant poetry group @katebbeall.bsky.social @pounk.bsky.social @dianalog.bsky.social). I look forward to reading more stories and poems next year! 📚 #books #2025reading #2025inreview

I have a book with short chapters! “Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long 📚 #books #shortchapters #bookstagram #readingrecommendations #bookstoread #authors #writers #readers #bookchapters #tbr #reading #indiebooks

Famous last words from a writer. 😂 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #writermemes #authormemes #writerslife

A thread of my favorite Jane Austen quotes for her birthday. 📚🩷 #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250 #JaneAustenBirthday #JaneAustenQuotes #JaneAustenBooks #PrideandPrejudice #literaryquotes

Happy 195th birthday, Emily Dickinson! I’m sharing my current favorite ED poem today. Her poetry will always live [email protected] #emilydickinson #emilydickinsonpoems #emilydickinsonpoetry #emilydickinsonmuseum #emilydickinsonbirthday #poetry #poetrycommunity #dickinson #poets #poems

Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! On this day, December 10, 1830, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, MA. Celebrate this revolutionary poet's birthday by joining us for a virtual program (tonight!), giving a birthday gift, or sharing your favorite poem!

Like road trip books? Books about twins? A good family drama? A shocking plot twist about a mother’s secret life? You’ll like this book! “Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long. Get it today! #books #indiebooks #plottwist #bookrecommendations #booktoread #tbr #toberead #reading

Books make the best stocking stuffers! For your favorite bookworms this holiday season, give them books! You can order my books, “Our Mother, Your Friend” and “Boats Against the Current,” on Amazon. 🎄🎅🏻❄️ #authors #indiebooks #poetrybook #christmas #christmasshopping #stockingstuffers #giftideas

Cyber Monday! Get your copy of my books for $3.99 on Kindle! Today is a great day to buy books. #cybermonday #cybermondaydeal #books #kindlebooks #cybermondaysale #cybermondaydeals #cybermonday2025 #bookstoread #bookstobuy #readers #indiebooks #indieauthors #kindlereads #tbr

337 pages of editing…done! #authors #editing #writingabook #writingprocess #authorscommunity #writers #writerscommunity #firstdraft #indieauthors #indiewriters #writerslife

It always feels like a dream come true to see my book on a bookshelf. ❤️📚 #authors #writers #writerscommunity #WritingCommunity #authorscommunity #library #books #bookshelf #librarybooks #indiebooks #indieauthors #writerdreams

An excerpt of a poem for my sweet Papaw. I wrote this poem five years ago, and the words mean even more now on the ten-year anniversary of his passing. The poem is in my poetry book, “Boats Against the Current.” I miss him so much. ❤️ #poetry #poems #poets #grandpas #memories #poetryquotes

It’s very, very important. 📚 #authors #writers #WritingCommunity #followyourdreams #indieauthors #writingabook #bookwriting

Support an indie author on her birthday. That would mean so much to me! 🎉📚 #birthday #birthdaygirl #writers #WritingCommunity #writerscommunity #authors #authorscommunity #indieauthors #indiebooks #buyindiebooks #supportindieauthors #birthdaywishes #birthdaypresent

I unboxed some book merch for upcoming book fairs! I love how everything turned out. 😍📚 #bookmerch #books #bookmarks #writers #WritingCommunity #writerscommunity #authors #authorscommunity #postcards #bookfairs #authorfair

So many things to do…so little time. This doesn’t even include getting a random idea for another book. 😂 #writers #writerscommunity #WritingCommunity #authors #authorscommunity #writerslife #writingabook #bookwriting #writermemes #amwriting

When someone at work told me goodbye today, I told them to have a good weekend. It’s Tuesday…

Success! Today, I completed the first round of edits of my #WIP! Now, revisions… #WritingCommunity #writers #amwriting #editing #authors

satire/crime/upmarket at 82K #QuestPit A man unemployed so long that the foster home he and his wife own will be foreclosed, must apprentice with his retired master thief father, who has Alzheimer’s, and turn to crime. The score? A portrait of the Prez and $1M in cash. #Q #A #T NoKings Found Fam

Presenting my #agentsguide for 'Beauty is a Brittle Glass' BLUE SISTERS X THE PUSH X THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. 🪞 Adult 82k 🪞 Dual POV 🪞 Speculative Elements 🪞 Beauty & Fashion 🪞 LGBTQ 🪞 Friends to Lovers 🪞 Disability Rep #questpit #A #Q

MAMMA MIA… Faye is planning her wedding. When she finds her mother’s diary, documenting her life up until her death, Faye spirals into an obsession to know more about the mother she never knew. Will there even be a wedding? 💍 #QuestPit #W #A #R #WritingCommunity #writers

YOU’VE GOT MAIL x THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Annie thinks no one cares about her poetry on Instagram. Until she gains a follower who reads every word. But is he the same man threatening her beloved library? 📚 #questpit #QuestPit #W #RF #R #PT #A #WritingCommunity #writers

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA x THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME MY SWEET UNBECOMING, an upmarket gothic romance with: 🕯️Forbidden romance 🕯️High Society matchmaking 🕯️Black Swan-esque awakening 🕯️Obsessive yearning 🕯️European setting 🕯️Secret lake meetings #W #A #R #questpit

It's #QuestPit, so here's an agent's guide to my dark retelling, BEARSKIN 🕯️✨ A tale of winter magic, tragic romance, and embracing the monsters within. WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL X MY LADY JANE #W #YA #RF

ALCHEMY OF A BLOOD MOON 🌙 The dreams that once consoled wall-flower Selene have mutated into blood drenched nightmares. Now she must seek the guidance of her coven and forgive the man that betrayed her—or be swallowed alive in the dark. #questpit #q #pr #litagents #amquerying #WriteSky #agentguide

THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH&THE ORIGINALS An autistic trans teen run away from home—only to wake immortal, feral, and consumed by bloodlust Now trapped in a millennia-old vamp family feud, he must choose a side—has he finally found a family or is he destined to be used again? #questpit #W #DF #OWN

Robin Hood robs the Prez in ‘25 #QuestPit 82K He needs his dad, a retired thief w Alzheimer’s, for the score or his foster home will be foreclosed. #Q #A #T satire/crime/upmarket *How best to stand up to a bully than to mock them? Help me ridicule the orange menace. Support my manuscript.*

BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT - A lyrical voyage through love and the relentless pull of memory. Think THE GREAT GATSBY with dreamy nostalgia. Each poem is a wave breaking against time. NOW AVAILABLE! #QuestPit #P #PT #A #YA #R #WritingCommunity #Writers #questpit

𝕕𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕣'𝕤 ℝ𝔼𝔹𝔼ℂℂ𝔸 𝕩 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕩'𝕤 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℙ𝔼ℝ𝔽𝔼ℂ𝕋 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℙ𝕃𝔼 When everyone she loves has motive for a murder, a PR exec who's always tried to do the 'right thing' must decide how far she'll go to protect them. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband. #Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY

PITCH x THROW LIKE A GIRL When a jeer-fearing quarterback is the first woman drafted to the NFL, she does everything she can to earn respect in the male-dominated sport she’s sacrificed everything for. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Think FULL HOUSE…but the sisters never knew their mom’s past. Twin siblings Jesse and Faye hit the road to uncover their mom’s secrets — and what they find changes everything. They will never be the same. NOW AVAILABLE! #QuestPit #P #YA #A #MY #WritingCommunity #Writers #questpit

I know something you don’t know…😂 Read “Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long! If you love a good plot twist, you’ll enjoy this book. #writers #writerscommunity #authors #authorscommunity #readers #books #plottwist #memes #funnymemes #indieauthors #indiebooks

Hey, fellow writers! Who’s participating in #QuestPit this week? Let me know and I’ll support you! I’m participating, too. I’m looking forward to it. 🫶 #WritingCommunity #writers #questpit

Saying goodbye to October with an excerpt from my poem titled “October,” featured in my poetry collection, “Boats Against the Current.” 🍁🍂 Available now on Amazon and Kindle! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poets #WritingCommunity #writers #fall #october #octobervibes

Sorry not sorry. 😂 #taylorswift #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #writerslife #authorslife #writermemes #swifties #books #writing #relatable #relatablememe

Have any indie/self-published authors been contacted by “book clubs” about their books being featured? I’ve been getting some emails like that this month and it feels like a scam. #WritingCommunity #authors #indieauthors #selfpublishing

I had a lovely day at a book signing! Thank you to the Open Door Christian Bookstore for hosting me! 📚 #books #booksigning #authors #authorslife #WritingCommunity #authorscommunity #writers #indiebooks #indieauthors #bookstore #poetsandwriters

“His Fiddle” - A poem for my sweet Papaw on his birthday. The poem is featured in my poetry book “Boats Against the Current.” I miss him so much. I miss his fiddle music, too. 🎻❤️ #poetry #poems #poets #dailypoems #writers #poetryexcerpt #grandpas #fiddle #fiddlemusic #memories

Building my Christmas book list with indie gems! 🎄 Drop your romance (friends-to-lovers please!) and historical fiction recs with cozy Anne of Green Gables vibes. Indie authors, I want to support YOUR books! #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #authors #indiebooks #bookrecs #books #bookrecommendations

The Life of an Author Girl 📚❤️ #authors #writers #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #authordreams #thelifeofashowgirl #taylorswift #taylorswiftthelifeofashowgirl #ts12

Happy #October1st! This is an excerpt from my poem titled “October,” featured in my poetry collection, “Boats Against the Current.” 🍁🍂 Available now on Amazon and Kindle! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poets #WritingCommunity #writers #fallseason #autumn #fallvibes #october