Johnna Matook
@johnnatries.bsky.social
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romance writer + reader all spelling errors are my own she/her
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*anotha one*
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Why You Don't Want to Give Up, Actually
I’ve writen a couple substacks about pondering whether I should give up an idea and rejections during querying.
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17 days ago
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did not intend for homestuck to be the cover photo of this post
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Reacting to TFIOS Years Later
"Maybe okay will be our always."
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19 days ago
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there's a moment in one of my favorite childhood YAs where the mmc squeezes the fmc's arm before exiting the scene and i live for that kind of thrill in my books every now and again (the lonely hearts club by elizabeth eulberg)
about 1 month ago
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Jenny Lane
about 1 month ago
COMPLETELY OBSESSED with this character art from Odette Locke!! EXTRA INNINGS is a love letter to baseball and teaching and second-chances and coming home —but it's not a sports romance. Don't let all this baseball talk fool you ⚾️ 👨❤️💋👨
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who the hell are these guys that go fishing on NESN and how can i get a production position on their show
about 1 month ago
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Should I Just Give Up?
Tales from an Author Doing Revisions
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about 1 month ago
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here's to the highlights when I was convinced/ that this was much more to you than some night shit
about 1 month ago
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:( trying to remember the B plot after the mc's have been making out for like 2.5 chapters straight :(
about 1 month ago
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Dallas Rose 🌹
about 2 months ago
I'd rather write my own books, even if they never get read by a SINGLE person outside of my betas/CPs, than "generate" (steal) other people's hard work with AI.
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Erin Rose 🍉 - Updates Only
about 2 months ago
Need a little romance this February? Add Sparring Partners on Goodreads and enter to win a free paperback copy 💙 Giveaway runs through the 27th — 20 copies, US & Canada only.
#goodreadsgiveaway
#sportsromance
#sparringpartners
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scrolling through my bsky and most of my posts are in all caps whoops
about 2 months ago
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JANUARY READING WRAP-UP
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The Books I Read in January
I read NINE books in January alone.
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about 2 months ago
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5 MORE SUNDAYS UNTIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
about 2 months ago
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hbd harry styles THANK GOD IT IS FEBRUARY SPRING WE ARE GETTING CLOSER
about 2 months ago
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🗣️DON'T CALL ME KID🗣️DON'T CALL ME BABY
about 2 months ago
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Writing question: How do you format texts between characters? For context, I have a HP laptop and use word.
2 months ago
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Finding Your 'Why', Writing Slumps, and Where I've Been
I needed a third thing; i don't think it's much of a mystery of where i've been because I haven't been gone long lol
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2 months ago
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Dallas Rose 🌹
2 months ago
How many more people need to be murdered in the street? How many more children ripped away from their parents? As a mother and just as a human being, I feel so sick all the time. This needs to stop. ABOLISH ICE.
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Courtney Milan
3 months ago
It is normal to feel scared in times like this, but if you are able to do so, get into community with people. Other people help you keep in touch with hope, help you understand that you can and will make a difference.
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just shouted "and now…THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!" and hopped into bed with a book
3 months ago
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Dallas Rose 🌹
3 months ago
Now
#amquerying
: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜 YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER When budget cuts threaten her dream job, new high school English teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place—and avoid falling for him.
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called my senator rep today and you should do
3 months ago
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Tim Onion
3 months ago
You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.
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"When my depression works the graveyard shift All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room" is hitting a little too accurately right now
3 months ago
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besties what are we reading this year?
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2026 Reading Goals
A loose idea of what I'd like to accomplish in the reading world for the year 2026
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3 months ago
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i hate when i'm revising a chapter and it's like, where are their sunglasses? on their head or did they already put them away? Oh they're tucked into their t-shirt? Since when?
3 months ago
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lowkey yearning for 2009
3 months ago
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madge
3 months ago
the barnes & noble pre-order sale is back! members use promo code PREORDER25 to save 25% off one of next summer’s steamiest sports romances, THE PADDOCK CLUB 💕 starts today, ends 1/1! full details on B&N’s site. 🔗 below
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MY 2025 READING WRAPPED
What's the point of having a blog if I don't talk about a few of my FAVORITE books of the year?!
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3 months ago
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We're all we've got
Winter Break 2011 I finished reading Mockingjay and I remember, vividly, being heartbroken and sad and having a terrible book hangover.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnatriestowrite/p/were-all-weve-got?r=1vwftw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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oh shit did the doomsday trailer drop
3 months ago
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happy pajama day for all who celebrate (last day of public school in the U.S. for 2025).
3 months ago
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Wild take but a man wearing a quarter-zip with a quilted vest over it is--not a red flag, exactly--but it's SOMETHING OK
3 months ago
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time to share one of my favorite videos on the internet!!! Happy first night of hannukah
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Dreidel - Hanukkah song - Shir Soul - Hanukkah 2025
YouTube video by Shir Soul Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtlLHwk9_Rw&list=RDDtlLHwk9_Rw&start_radio=1
4 months ago
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In the Case of Being Embarrassingly Honest...
I don't know what I'm doing and this cannot be understated!
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4 months ago
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Brad Lander
4 months ago
Happy Hanukkah! Thank you to Chabad of Park Slope for shining light in times of darkness, and showing we will never yield to hate.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
4 months ago
4. All the evidence that is not anecdotal here, all the research, supports teacher burnout from too much tech and too many demands, but it keeps coming back to more training. It does provide a voice asking for fewer demands and less tech.
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random bread every 10 minutes
4 months ago
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Meghan Rainey
4 months ago
Introducing my latest book: STRANGE WEATHER ⚡️ black cat X golden retriever 🌧️ age gap ⚡️ friends to lovers 🌧️ magical recluse X skeptical professor ⚡️characters who haunt the narrative 🌧️ weather superpowers ⚡️navigating grief + depression 🌧️career vs family obligation conflict
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plotted out my book up until fun and games. now i'm beyond that and don't know what happens next like an asshole
4 months ago
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oh yup clock it
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Feeling Connected
One month (or so) without Instagram
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4 months ago
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don't have to tell me twice!!
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4 months ago
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guys i am COOKING with my holiday shopping this year
4 months ago
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I was approved for a Berkley title on netgalley. today is literally historic (SUNK IN LOVE by HEATHER MCBREEN)
4 months ago
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go read my queried but professionally unedited and now shelved manuscript on wattpad (lmao)
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Love and Other Words x Tis the Damn Season x The Family Stone
my shelved manuscript I posted to wattpad and now posting here
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnatriestowrite/p/love-and-other-words-x-tis-the-damn?r=1vwftw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 months ago
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Today is Brought to you by the Letter 'R'
I got a rejection today on a full manuscript with an agent I was really excited about.
https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnatriestowrite/p/today-is-brought-to-you-by-the-letter?r=1vwftw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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LMAO i love you!!!
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5 months ago
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Appreciation post for the lovely and awesome
@elliemayauthor.bsky.social
for looking at my messy 0 draft and incomplete blurb and giving me ideas that make me feel like "okay, i can DO this!"
5 months ago
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happy last day of baseball. a very bittersweet day
5 months ago
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hit 30k baby, happy halloweennnnnn!!! let's get a jays win, please
5 months ago
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