All my love and support to everyone #pitching today! Even if you don't get the request/interest you want, remember that events like DVpit can still be a huge positive. I didnt get my agent from a #pitch event, but I did meet some of my best friends😊

Me: My hands are sore, I should take it easy with them today. Also me: I WILL TYPE ALL THE WORDS!! #Writing #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Seriously! Tell the people you love what they made!! It's makes creators SO happy to know we had an impact on someone.

Even setting aside ethics (but, yknow, THAT) - I just don’t want AI bullshit. I don’t want an AI pop star, movie, book, video game. Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?

"I just didn't fall in love with it" doesn't stop once you get an agent. Editors say it all the time. That's why it's so important that YOU don't fall out of love with your stories. Celebrate them and the wonderful work you've done! Because the world might not always get it. But you do. #Writing

Some gorgeous covers here (mine included 😁)

A Senior Editor at a major publisher said my newest book is so good it should comp #AvatartheLastAirbender, which may be the best feedback I've ever received. Top 5 for sure. Look out folks, some more good stuff coming soon!! #AtLA #amwriting #Books #Fantasy #MiddleGrade #WritingCommunity

Readers, if you enjoy an author's work, you should never feel shy about reaching out, via the methods they make publicly available, to let them know. You'd be amazed how often a tiny bit of positivity can turn a bad day around.

Well, I pet 2 kangaroos and fed some elands, llamas, a camel, and a giraffe named Izzy. I expected to do none of those things when the day started lol

Holy jacket design in my inbox!! #Mythspeaker is looking AMAZING. I can't wait for you all to meet these incredible kids and the fantastic world they call home. Preorder here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780694...

"And they ate the thieves and there was much rejoicing."

After weeks, I FINALLY have hit the right beginning to this new book and it's SO good!! #amwriting #fantasy

“For readers who are Indigenous, what I would want them to know is that they are part of a community. That cord is never severed completely, though it can be stretched”: Angeline Boulley on how she hopes her new YA novel ‘Sisters in the Wind’ impacts young Indigenous readers buff.ly/yciIt9J

The number of ways this is both incredibly dumb and incredibly worrying are countless.

That's why my secret is to never be witty at all! HaHA! ... Wait.

Oof. This.

Counterargument: If you feel sad enough to cry, then cry. Express how you feel. Embrace vulnerability and find wholeness in yourself. And then look up and enjoy the shining lights of the heavens, made all the more beautiful by your heart and tears.

To quote my 3-year-old: Being patient is really hard.

No matter how many books I've written I still feel completely lost when I start a new one 😅 I think that's just part of my process at this point. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Big 👀 energy going on this week.

What a catastrophically awful night. Wow.

The author blurb I just got for #Mythspeaker is so kind and wonderful that I legitimately teared up. Oh my goodness. There are so many wonderful people in the world.

I really think this new book I'm editing is the best one I've ever written. Which is such a fantastic thing to be able to say about my 10th(!) completed manuscript 😊 #amediting #amwriting #Author #WritingCommunity

Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley is one of the most beautiful things I've read in a long time. Wow. So lovely. So moving. #RedBirdDanced #NativeVoices #NativeBooks

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Them: What's the hardest part of being an author? Me: *instantly opens mouth to answer* Them: Probably writing the whole book, right-- Me, shouting: THE WAITING!! IT'S THE WAITING. #WritingCommunity #Books #Author

What is The Long Walk and how did it impact Native American cuisine? Find out on #EatMyGlobe as we chat with Chefs Lois Ellen Frank & Walter Whitewater. Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts or via the links below dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3... EatMyGlobe.com/LEFandWW #FoodHistory

Another benefit to having a great agent besides their help selling your books: their help keeping you sane while you're being patient during the selling of said books.

I think I just cracked the fundamental mythology of my next book. Oh MAN, this is so metal 😆 #WritingCommunity #amwritingfantasy #brainstorming #BookSky

Ooh! I have a good (and similar) one! Very many traditionally published authors--even through major houses--never "earn out": meaning their book sales don't reach the numbers necessary for them to see ANY royalties. You don't get royalties until your book sales equal out your advance.

Expecting some potential 👀 news this week...

I've read that there are a lot of people who are never really anxious about anything that isn't actually a present danger and I literally cannot fathom how quiet their minds must be. Seems nice.

Somehow, this feels more appropriate (and stunningly beautiful) every single day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0yt...

One of the absolute coolest things about being an author is getting to meet (and even be friends with) other authors. #WritingCommunity #author

Urge to start writing new book... RISING!

There's something utterly hilarious about literally writing dramatic things for a living and still getting outdone by what's ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

I am delighted to introduce the cover for my debut #MiddleGrade #Indigenous #Fantasy novel MYTHSPEAKER... AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER RIGHT NOW: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780694... #Books #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Debut

I am delighted to introduce the cover for my debut #MiddleGrade #Indigenous #Fantasy novel MYTHSPEAKER... AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER RIGHT NOW: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780694... #Books #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Debut

I have no specific reason to expect a good news email today but I REALLY WANT ONE.

Why is childcare SO hard to get sorted?? Every time I think we've got it worked out... NOPE.

Happy Mother's Day to all the most amazing people in the world!

To quote something @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social said recently that is living, quite happily, in my head: "Hope is correct." And if I may add one word to that: Always.

MY AGENT LOVES MY NEW BOOK YAAAAAAAAAAAAY🥳🥳🥳

I just got First Pass Pages for the first time and HOLY CRAP! IT'S MY BOOK! IT'S SO PRETTY!!! #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #Mythspeaker

Reminder to check your public library to borrow stuff for free like video games, books/ebooks, movies (including digital/streaming), and possibly even free museum passes and other goodies

And with that, my long-awaited #WIP is in my agent's wonderful hands! And I will eat a Blizzard because I deserve it 😂

#SouthofMidnight feels SO MUCH like a YA book turned into a game and I ADORE it for that.

I'm nearing a point on this #WIP that I need to send it to my agent just so I have someone else to have feelings about it with. 1 chapter to go!! #amediting

Please share this opportunity for writers!

THIS BOOK IS SO GOOOOOD And it's coming your way so very soon @melaniefigueroa.bsky.social 😁 #amediting #fantasy