I had the honor of being a guest on the Unfortunately...Podcast! If you're a writer who has ever gotten an "Unfortunately..." message, this podcast is for you! It's a writer to writer discussion about craft and how we learn from failures. Here's my episode, but you should listen to them all!

How about a little preview of our next episode (out Friday!) for your Tuesday scroll? We chatted with @sasahawk.bsky.social about identifying your own patterns, plotting vs pantsing, writing synopses, genre labels as marketing tools, promo strategies, and more! #WritingCommunity #WritingPodcast

SURPRISE, readers in the Chattanooga area!! There are now several ✨signed✨ copies of UNLOCK THE DARK at B&N Hamilton Place! 🥰 #UnlockTheDark #YAfantasy #signedcopy #debutnovel #barnesandnoble

My last scheduled signing for UNLOCK THE DARK is Saturday, May 3rd at 4:00pm at @booksamillion in Cleveland, TN. I'm so excited to meet any readers who want to stop by!! I'll have bookish swag for anyone who wants it! #UnlocktheDark #bookevent #booksigning #debutnovel #booksbooksbooks #booksky

Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday April 26! It's a great day to support local businesses & stick it to The Zon, who is trying to poach sales with their own event. As for me, I'll be signing UNLOCK THE DARK (and shopping) at Plenty Bookshop and A Little Bookish this weekend! #ShopIndie #Booksky

UK readers: UNLOCK THE DARK releases TODAY!!! I'm so thrilled to share this story with you! I've always wanted to travel all over the UK, and it makes me so happy that this little piece of me is out there living my dreams in UK bookstores. Now go grab the book and let me take you on an adventure! ✨🗝️

Canadian friends, please pay attention to this. As a US citizen who is horrified by the crumbling relationship between our countries, I understand why Canada is retaliating our tariffs with their own. But this one hurts Canadian authors too!

TOMORROW!!! Come meet me and @bethrevis.bsky.social at Fable Hollow in Knoxville!! I'm so excited to chat with Beth and meet everyone at Fable Hollow! And I may be bringing goodies for whoever attends! 😁

Release week collage!!! (because bluesky limits the number of pics you can post 😅) I had such a great time at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social and The Bookshelf!! UNLOCK THE DARK is in readers hands now! Happy reading everyone! 🎉 #booksky

Nashville readers: come celebrate the release of UNLOCK THE DARK with me at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social TOMORROW!!! I'll be in conversation with Erica Ivy Rogers, and we're going to have so much fun! RSVP here: www.parnassusbooks.net/event/unlock...

Weekend surprise!!! 🥳 @waterstones.bsky.social is having a 25% off sale for preorders this weekend! Use PREORDER25 to get the discount. The sale ends Feb 24th, and Unlock the Dark comes out Mar 25 in the UK! 👀🏃‍♀️📚 #wpreorder @harper360uk.bsky.social @harper360ya.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social

9 days until my debut novel UNLOCK THE DARK releases!!! Don't miss your chance at a free copy! #booksky

Only TWELVE DAYS until Unlock the Dark comes out!!! (February 25) #booksky

MY BABY!!!!!! I can finally hold her!! (Awkward unboxing video on ig if you want lol) It's so exciting to be so close to release! You can hold her too on Feb 25 🥰 #booksky

Look what came!!! Two boxes from HarperCollins! 👀 Inside is years of work and hope and relentless pursuit of my dreams. Maaaaybe I'll be brave and make an unboxing video later. I've never posted a video of myself online, but for this, I might! 😅 #booksky

Look!! A preorder sale at B&N! Unlock the Dark comes out on February 25, so this is perfect timing! #booksky

Look!! 👀👀 A Goodreads giveaway for UNLOCK THE DARK!!! Enter to win 1 of 5 printed copies! I may also be sending something a little special for the winners! 😁

Announcing the preorder campaign for my YA Fantasy debut UNLOCK THE DARK!! Order from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social or The Bookshelf Thomasville to receive 2 art prints, a bookmark, a signed bookplate, and a signed copy of the book! #booksky #preorder #YAfantasy #writersky #debut #readersofsky #books

Only 30 days until my YA Fantasy, UNLOCK THE DARK, releases!! I can't wait!!!

Even if it's (⏰) back, I distrust it now. 😒 I'm rooting for the next thing!

Since it looks like we're losing Booktok 😭, I went ahead and reserved my username on Tome! If you do it before the ban, it will auto-follow your faves on Tiktok. Idk if this is the app of the book community's future, but I'm happy to participate if so! claim.tomebooks.com #booksky

Aren't these bookplates for UNLOCK THE DARK gorgeous?! The artist is mariamarcelw on ig. She did an awesome job capturing so many symbols and images from the book! If you preorder from The Bookshelf Thomasville or @parnassusbooks.bsky.social it will be included with your preorder swag! #booksky

Look at the countdown blocks my CP got me for Christmas!! 😍Also OMG ONLY 40 DAYS?!?!?!! In just over a month, my debut novel, UNLOCK THE DARK, will hit stores!!!! 😲 #writingcommunity #debut #WriterSky #booksky #yafantasy

The book I just wrote takes place in a magical mountain region in summer. Somehow the meta algorithm figured this out and has been showing me travel reels and ads for Switzerland. Idk what I googled to get these stunning videos, but I don't mind one bit. I think I need to visit...for research! 🤓

🏆 turned in book 2 on time!!! 🤫 Now I'm on deadline for a secret project related to Unlock the Dark 📣 After that, I have all kinds of fun promo planned for release month! #amwriting #writingcommunity #readersofbluesky #books

One day left on my deadline!!! My house is a mess, I'm a mess, and my kids are half feral because everything I've got is going into the book! But it's*going* to get done! LET'S GOOOOO!!! #amwriting

It's 2025, and there are a TON of amazing debut authors releasing books this year! Here's a starter pack with a bunch of debut authors you should definitely follow! #writingcommunity #books #debutauthor #whattoread #readers #authors go.bsky.app/H13XQTN

NEW ART FOR UNLOCK THE DARK!!!! Trys in Elia's shop! 🥰 This gorgeous art was created by @mariamarcelw (on ig) & will be included with pre-orders from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social and @bookshelftville (on ig). Details soon! Unlock the Dark is my YA fantasy debut, out Feb 25, 2025 from HarperCollins!

Happy New Year!!! It's officially my ✨✨DEBUT YEAR!!!✨✨ 2025 is going to be amazing!

Regular guys: I love you Hozier: If I held in my hands everything gold could buy, I'd still not have a thing worth giving you. You tell me the sun is shining in paradise, and I have to watch your lips turn blue. I'd burn the world to bring some heat to you.

Here's a quick formula to help with developing a short pitch for your novel! It's also useful for drafting and making sure you have all the pieces in place. In order to [goal], MC must overcome [obstacle in the way of the goal]. Otherwise, [stakes or what happens if the goal is unmet]. #amwriting

My YA Fantasy debut, UNLOCK THE DARK, is on sale for $11.21 at Audible! That's cheaper than the monthly credit! I didn't realize they would include preorders in the site wide sale. Caitlin Davies is going to rock this reading, so y'all should jump on this! 😁📕🎧✨

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community. Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

Get a special thank you gift with your *signed* copy when you preorder UNLOCK THE DARK from Parnassus or The Bookshelf bookstores! Gift giving season is a great time to support indie bookstores. I'll share more details about this offer soon! Join my newsletter to find out before everyone else!

Tell me your bookish goals for 2025! I'll start: 🗝️ Give my debut YA F, UNLOCK THE DARK, the best launch I can! 🌲 Finish my wip: the sinister enchanted forest story currently kicking my tail 🎨 Commission more character art! 🔥 Outline my Azula-coded book 3 📚 Read 100 books #BookSky #writingcommunity

If we were #writingcommunity mutuals on twitter, esp if we were in DM groups together, I wanna be mutuals here too! I want to cheer for you! I want to know if you're querying or on sub or waiting for feedback and what you're working on. The best part of that place was connecting with other writers!

Yallfest and YALC just happened, and they looked so fun!! I've only been to a couple of literary cons in my life (because of money and work schedules etc), but it's on my author bucket list to go with my books someday! I want to meet other authors and bookish people and collectively nerd out! 🥹

My 4 year old got his first library card today! He was so excited! He chose a shirt specifically for this (not sure why it was a Christmas dino shirt but whatever), discovered the agony of finding the perfect book only to discover it's checked out, and checked out 2 books on his own. I'm so proud! 🥹

I see a lot of new people here, so I figured I'd reintroduce myself! Here's a little about me and my writing! I hope this space is safer and kinder for everyone, but especially for marginalized people. And now for a shameless plug, here's a link with more book info: sasahawk.com/books/unlock...

Checking in over here! I am so sad today, but I'm holding space for others who need it. If you are disappointed, angry, afraid, or uncertain after the election; if (like me) you live too deep in red country to speak about it irl; if you need a place to grieve, you're safe with me. 🧡

Want to read Chapter 1 of UNLOCK THE DARK? 👀 Sign up for my newsletter at sasahawk.com, and get an exclusive download when my 1st issue goes out in early Nov. I have so many fun secrets to share about this book, and subscribers will be 1st to know! I can't believe it releases in less than 4 months!

I started off last week 13,000 words behind on my weekly word count goal. That meant in addition to the 8200 I had to write for the week, I also needed to write 13k. As of today, I'm back on track!!! Phew! 💪🏻 #finishurbookfall #writingcommunity

Hi everyone! I sort of forgot about this app for a year. Oops! 😬🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm going to do better about posting here. I'm also on ig, threads, and twitter (for now) with the same handle. Here's the latest on my debut YA Fantasy UNLOCK THE DARK coming 2/25/25 from Harper Collins!!

Do y'all remember the #5amwritersclub from the bird app? I'm thinking about participating again, but I wasn't sure if that's a thing here yet!

I'm back on deadline until November 1st! One thing I'm focusing on for this round is increasing the danger and trauma. I keep having to fight my mama instincts to baby proof their world. But sometimes when you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. And my magical teens play a lot of stupid games!

Book update! UNLOCK THE DARK has been pushed to Spring of 2025. This gives me more time with my editor to make it the best book it can be!

Took a very spontaneous road trip to run away from a hurricane today! I hope everyone in Idalia's path stays safe tonight.

Hi! I'm Sasa! I write YA fantasy with lots of adventure, monsters, magic, friendship, romance, and humor. My debut novel, UNLOCK THE DARK, is coming out in the fall of 2024. I love connecting with writers, readers, and all kinds of creatives! I look forward to learning how to navigate this place!