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Coming soon to the #querying trenches: LEARNING FOR YOU, an adult contemporary romance complete at 90k words about two new high school English teachers competing for a single spot in their department due to impending budget cuts. #agentsguide #agentguide #writingcommunity #amquerying

We get sudden death baseball from noon to 8 PM PT and then a new Taylor swift album at 9 PM PT??????

ben and leslie were into each other from the JUMP i love them

my characters are always looking at each other idk what else to make them do

how can anyone not dance and smile while listening to SAPPHIRE

Nothing else seems to be working, so I'm going to have to actually *write* my book. I appreciate your understanding at this difficult time.

I do not hate fall but i do hate seasonal depression

i might not be a gilmore girls stan but that doesn't mean i didn't snatch the last name palladino and give it to one of my mmc's (and it's the most fun name because it has so many syllables)

I hate when i'm trying to determine a scent on the bath and body works website and the description says "smells like crisp air and leaves" like actually no you're not answering my question and if that's the case then why don't i stick my head out the window

"johnna, what's your wip about?" "not this....but not not this either." www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYAq...

it's a good day to love yourself

"Guys, what are we gonna do?" - me talking to my jellycats

i actually have nothing of substance to say and this one reads kinda like a diary open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

Schools can do many things to help children stay and feel safe. The problem for schools in the US is that they are in the US, where we aren’t able to keep children safe anywhere from the threat of gun violence, a leading cause of child death. This is not a school problem. This is a gun problem.

I don’t care about Taylor cosplaying as an English teacher. It’s the best job in the world! What I do care about is the silence of multi-millionaires & billionaires as actual teachers consider how to pay for groceries while praying we’re not gunned down at work or arrested for teaching books.

The weather isn't the strangest thing in Guthrie, KS. It's Colette Franklin. After being stuck by lightning and granted the ability to create storms, stirring up trouble is what she does best. Until Reid Wyndham, a scientist embroiled in an academic scandal, becomes desperate to figure her out.

I’m beyond thrilled that my debut romcom, LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES, will be published with Alcove Press in Fall 2026!! I was blown away by their enthusiasm and can’t wait to work with their incredible team!! A HUGE thank you to my brilliant agent Morgan Hughes and FinePrint Lit!!

AHHHHH CONGRATS to @christiecurry25.bsky.social on this book deal 🥳🎉🥂!!! I LOVED reading this hilarious, swoony, important story (and your others that I’m sure will quickly follow in getting published!). SO WELL DESERVED. I CANNOT WAIT for everyone to read LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

This isn’t bad luck or coincidence or predestination. This is our choice. To live in a nation where our leaders teach hate, and military style guns are everywhere.

"hey there delilah what's it like in rack city"s a tumblr post i saw once in 2012 and think about weekly

HER FAKE WEDDING DATE IN SICILY is officially out in the world!!! I can't wait for you all to meet Mia and Eliza 🩷

is it basic if my fmc smells like vanilla? and by basic i mean will readers roll their eyes and judge me (bc obviously vanilla is basic, that's the meaning of the word!)

where can i shop for back-to-school clothes (as a middle school teacher lol)

Here, fixed it.

This is so deeply depressing but not surprising. My back-to-school letter from our superintendent mentioned instruction in and integration of ai as a district-wide teaching goal for the year. Not in my classroom

gonna need a romcom about this www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Anyone who needs help focusing when writing or studying, I highly rec Lo-Fi music. Don't know why, but ALWAYS helps me. I also put it on in the classroom when students are working indepdently. Here's a cutie fall themed one :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJWn...

does anyone else feel like the season/time of year of their story has a strong presence? it's 5:01 am (my birthday time) be gracious to me if this is a dumb question ok lmao

you know how they bastardize popular songs for commercials? i can't help but wonder if in 40 years we're going to be hearing Not Like Us in a downy softener commercial

If you love FANGIRL by rainbow rowell, please just jump right to the end and fangirl with ME! open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

Cath reading The Outsiders to Levi in FANGIRL was always one of my favorite fictional scenes. Rereading it in the Graphic Novel format only cemented how precious this book is.

GOOD MORNING www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWH_...

new chance the rapper album coming in about 4 hours (est) and i am hoping for a studio version of space and time SO BADLY.

The people who say "third time's the charm" have obviously never had to write a synopsis.

In a 1940s film a white man was just hit in the ass by two giant swords and exclaimed, "What's the big idea?!" u cannot make this up

i'm at a cafe in barnes reading a first chapter for a friend and the women at the table next to mine are DEFINITELY plotting

Whoopsie, made a oopsie open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

my fmc is rowan and my mmc is manny and their ship name....is rowmance HELLO? PULITZER PRIZE? YEAH...YOU'RE GONNA WANNA HEAR THIS.

why i love to read books that haven't been pubbed yet open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

at my usual coffee shop (with signature wobbly table) and there's a group of bros here and honestly GOOD because it makes my romcoms feel more real when i also have bros just hanging out in a coffee shop.

ngl sometimes i read my writing and crack myself up

in my current wip i'm trying to craft a mmc who is protective and quiet but not supposed to be grumpy. however, i think i can only write himbos and golden retrivers. which i'm defintitely ok with. (Idk who to write someone who is "quiet" and still give them a personality 😭)

Hey! What's everyone up to?! Besides doing yard work at the most inconvenient times i mean

New newsletter dropped open.substack.com/pub/shameezw...

new substack open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

i get to read a new manuscript written by one of my friends!! today is a GREAT day.

having sunflower seeds while writing a book with a baseball subplot it's called getting into character