congrats to alejandro varela, a genius king 👑, and eternal applause to @rasheed.bsky.social for being an incomparable conversation partner 🥄 get your copy of this beaut—out now! 🩷

My 10 yr old daughter asked me to escort her and her friends from the beach back to the house we’re renting. Her instructions: “Walk behind us and don’t talk to us please.” I was proud she said, “please.”

When you get your novel back from the copyeditor, you have to explain some of your linguistic choices. A common thread has emerged in my notes….

Congratulations to 2025-26 Visiting Fellow Rasheed Newson! @rasheed.bsky.social At the Library, Newson will work on a novel about a gay, African-American, male runway model who becomes a brief international sensation during Paris Fashion Week in 1992. degrootfoundation.org/visiting-fel...

OMG it's here! I just received a box of incredibly beautiful author copies of my upcoming novel Lessons in Magic and Disaster, coming 8/19/25 A young trans witch teaches her heartbroken mother how to do magic. It's about families, queer survival, and learning to see clearly the people you love most

The American Library in Paris selected me to be one of its 2025-2026 Vistiting Fellows. I am honored! I am elated! I may never return from Paris… americanlibraryinparis.org/visitingfell...

I LOVE LA! No Kings

We had fun! Thanks to Bel Canto Books and Kubo LB for hosting a book event to celebrate GAYSIANS, the beautiful, sexy, and insightful graphic novel by @mikecurato.bsky.social. GO BUY THIS BOOK!

Post a Queer Book Every Day of Pride Challenge, Day 10: MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME, by @rasheed.bsky.social

Happy Pride Month! This year, LGBTQ Reads is partnering with @bookshop.org for a sale on over 100 books by LGBTQIA+ authors using code PRIDE25! bookshop.org/info/pride

Thank you to @savidgereads.bsky.social for your kind words. (I love that my book is a “corker”) youtu.be/hfhl0pMMf1w?...

Today is my birthday. I’m 46, and it dawned on me recently that if I want to write all the books and screenplays currently taking shape in my imagination, I’m going to need to live another 46 years — maybe longer. Time retains an urgency for me. I still have so much to do.

Today is #ReadAbook Weds!! Here are a few suggestions from:📚📚📚📚 @leslea.bsky.social @rasheed.bsky.social @tyhunter.bsky.social

It’s my honor to share words of support for The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery from bestselling author, screenwriter and showrunner @rasheed.bsky.social. Ever grateful.✨ A glam horror urban fantasy available for preorder now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clare...

Yesterday was Independent Bookstore Day, and I had a blast celebrating it at DYM BOOKS & BOBA with the brilliant @carolynkhuynh.bsky.social!

Hi #booksky I am going to be celebrating Indie Bookstore Day at DYM BOOKS & BOBA today at noon. How are you celebrating?

THIS SUNDAY! Want 2 Sell Your Pilot?! ONLY 2 SPOTS! Join @rasheed.bsky.social, E.P. of “Bel-Air,” Apr 27. He’ll dive into creating compelling hooks, building powerful story turns & sharpening your pilot’s premise/subtext in this group session. fadeinonline.com/rasheed-news... #scriptsky

THIS SUNDAY! Meet Showrunner @rasheed.bsky.social (“Bel-Air”) in person via Zoom. With years in writers’ rooms, Rasheed knows exactly what it takes to thrive in this industry—& he’s sharing that knowledge directly with u. Apr 27 | Group Session 12-2PM PT fadeinonline.com/rasheed-news... #scriptsky

Last night @ BookSoup, the tall and talented Seán Hewitt enthralled everyone during a conversation with @jasonblitman.bsky.social of @gaysreading.bsky.social Go buy Seán’s novel OPEN, HEAVEN. (I stayed up way too late reading the opening chapter. It is mesmerizing!)

Want your pilot to stand out? Take a tip from @rasheed.bsky.social, exec producer of “Bel-Air.” He knows what it takes to create scripts that get noticed by showrunners, producers & execs. Sign up 4 Rasheed’s April 27 Group Zoom to elevate your pilot! fadeinonline.com/rasheed-news... #scriptsky

Want 2 Sell Your Pilot?! Join @rasheed.bsky.social, E.P. of “Bel-Air,” Apr 27. He’ll dive into creating compelling hooks, building powerful story turns & sharpening your pilot’s premise/subtext in this intimate group session. 20% Off April 4-10 #NLS1YEAR NextLevelScribe.com #scriptsky

Los Angeles! At Chevalier's Bookstore on Friday, March 28th, come to GAY DUDES BOOK CHAT! We'll be celebrating the release of Rex Ogle's WHEN WE RIDE featuring Rasheed Newson, Marcelo Verdad Gallardo, Aaron Aceves, and myself! RSVP: bit.ly/GDBC2025 ⬅️ #AWP #Gay #GayBooks #QueerBooks

New Mentor @rasheed.bsky.social! Co-Showrunner of "Bel-Air” He has sold pilots to HBO, Amazon & CBS & knows what it takes to craft a TV pilot that stands out. Now, he's bringing his expertise to u! Hooks, Surprises & Subtext: April 27 • 12-2PM PT via Zoom NextLevelScribe.com #scriptsky

I had a wonderful time @butleru.bsky.social reading from “My Government Means to Kill Me,” and my next novel “There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood,” coming out in 2026.

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

I got my first library card from the Indianapolis Public Library when I was six years old, and I still have it. I’ll be back in Indy on Tues, March 4 for a @butleru.bsky.social book event at 7:30pm at the Schrott Center for the Arts. If I swing by the library, will my 40 yr old card still work?

The legion is growing. #StarWars

My mother is an Actress.

Somehow, more than two years after publication, “My Government Means to Kill Me” just debuted on the USA Today Bestseller List!  I am surprised and thrilled! www.usatoday.com/booklist/boo...

Can you believe it? I am part of the Visiting Writers Series @butleru.bsky.social and I will be reading, speechifying, and answering questions at the Schrott Center for the Arts on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30pm. The event is free — come join us!

The poem doesn’t begin “first they came for the immigrants,” but you’re supposed to have enough horsepower in your skull to know that the first group in the poem doesn’t actually matter.

This interview was so much fun and intellectually satisfying. With MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME, @rasheed.bsky.social wrote a vibrant, sexy, soul-stirring queer historical epic.

New #podcastepisode: Rasheed Newson, television writer and producer and author of My Government Means to Kill Me, discusses the fallout from the HIV/AIDS crisis, in conversation with host @codysiscowrites.bsky.social www.bookswell.club/podcast/20-r... #bookdiscussion #BlackHistoryMonth

I had a great time at “Our Voices Our Stories: Celebrating Black Authors” in Palm Springs presented by Palm Springs Public Library, Brothers of the Desert and The Mizell Center with books on hand thanks to the Best Books Store in Palm Springs! What a wonderful way to start Black History Month.

It is complete!

My son and I have our Lego work cut out for us…

I 100% confirm MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME should be “required reading” for EVERYONE, especially my fellow queers, now more than ever. @rasheed.bsky.social expertly places footnotes for factual context throughout this fictional historical narrative, solidifying it as a best book of the century.

On Monday, January 20, come see me and @bmanuel.bsky.social discuss HELLO STRANGER, his insightful, sexy, cinematic musings on modern intimacies at 7pm @ Skylight Books.

In these books, queer love is as messy and complicated as it is in real life. https://buff.ly/3DlrDA6

2025 Book Tour Dates! Excited to meet friends & strangers alike in the coming year! @catapultbooks.bsky.social

This year, I am looking forward to reading the following six novels by Black LGBTQIA+ Authors 🧵 #Books #BookSky

MY FAVORITE #BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

My son is trying to get a headcount of his Star Wars Lego mini-figures…

My holiday book haul!

I stopped by the lovely DYM book & Boba — a new independent bookstore in Pasadena! — and singed a few copies of “My Government Means to Kill Me.” The selection is superb, and their merch is cute! Go out and support them! (And please excuse my chipped nails in the last photo.)

We asked 12 writers to tell us their favorite books read in 2024! debutiful.net/2024/12/17/1...

As a writer, you don’t always kill your darlings; LA WEEKLY editors murder them against your wishes. I’ll show you exactly what I mean during Empty Trash at the Ruby Fruit on Thur., Dec. 19 at 7pm when I join a gaggle of talented writers reading our amazing work that didn’t make it to print.