What’s the number one thing to avoid in a Writers’ Room? Gossip. You don’t have to navigate Hollywood alone. I offer coaching for writers serious about breaking in: www.carolekirschner.com/coaching #EntertainmentIndustry #FilmIndustry #CareerAdvice #Filmmaking #Screenwriter #Screenwriting

My new show, THE BOROUGHS, is out now on Netfilx! It’s produced by the Duffer Bros (Stranger Things) and stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman. Variety calls it: "delightful, heartbreaking, funny and endlessly fascinating." Please watch and smash the like button!

Thread, especially for writers. I myself would not be doing this.

What’s the secret to successful pitching? 🤔 Make it conversational. I’ve sat through hundreds of pitches — here’s what actually works: www.carolekirschner.com/pitching-ebook #EntertainmentIndustry #FilmIndustry #CareerAdvice #WritersNetwork #Filmmaking #Screenwriter #Screenwriting #Pitching

“Since 2020, the Mississippi Free Press has identified hundreds of polling-place changes and heard repeatedly from voters who said they did not receive notifications. In many cases, local officials did not update information on polling-place locations…”

An exciting life update: I am now an associate literary agent at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social … and I’m opening to queries! Send me all your weird, genre-mashing books; I’m currently open in several genres in Adult books, from horror and fantasy to romance and scifi. querytracker.net/query/4283

ICYMI: Check out my Forbes recap of this year's Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) gala, where EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI from KPop Demon Hunters were honored with the Trailblazer Award and performed "Golden" live! 💫😍 Happy AANHPI Heritage Month! ✌️ #AAPI #KPopDemonHunters #AsianAmerican

It's pubday for my debut picture book! Everyone come say hi to Edgar, a cat who knows his angles. With amazing illustrations by Rob Justus and published by @sourcebooks.bsky.social Kids, I hope you check out PAY ATTENTION TO ME! www.sourcebooks.com/978146423312...

Oh, while it's on my mind. If you're gonna partake in Free Comic Book Day at your local store tomorrow, and if you are able to, please buy something as well. Even if it's a single issue of Batman, that goes a long way to helping the store especially during these awful economic times.

Episode Five of SEE YOU IN HELL is out to the cast today, including two new members I think you'll be excited about when they're revealed soon...

WRITERS: Have a pilot idea you’d like to turn into an outline? Been hoping to fill your Monday nights by virtually meeting with other writers? I got you. Televisionary. Starts May 4th. #scriptsky #ScriptAnatomy scriptanatomy.com/product/2026...

Happy National Independent Bookstore Day! And a hearty thank you to the booksellers who curate books and host readings and connect readers and authors to one another 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾(Photo is at Reparations Club Bookstore, LA)

Don’t judge a book by its review count. I met a fellow indie crime author who exchanged books with me. He only had 1 review. Started reading & it’s damn good! Review count doesn’t = quality. Sometimes great books just haven’t been discovered yet. Give indie books a chance. #AuthorSky #BookSky

Thank you to the kind person who sent the book for my classroom! 📚✨ There wasn’t a note. Reading Forever Riley aloud feels like such a great way to kick off next year 🌟 I’m so excited to have this as the first new book in my classroom library as I move back to elementary. Thank you so much! 😊

Look who gets to explore the haunted mall a day early! Get your copy of DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL, a new Choose Your Own Adventure by @jendiagammon.bsky.social, tomorrow!

It’s launch day for Even Steven! Steven wants everything to be perfectly even, but learns that sometimes things can be even, but not fair, or fair, but not even. Sharing is complicated! You can order anywhere books are sold. Signed copies available here: belmontbooks.com/book/9780593859001

I’ll just leave this here… writingandwhatnot.com/blog/diy-new...

With 23 years of continuous work as a letterer, and over 30 years of print/production experience, I’m now unable to find any new lettering work in comics. Please keep me in mind when staffing your creator-owned projects and please consider requesting me on your WFH projects 🙏

Listen up: I am one of those rare sex assault victims who actually took the guy who did it to court. It was a local scandal that put my initials on the front page of the local paper (not my whole name because I was a minor). You have no idea what happens to women on the stand or in the press.

Hello all, I'm thrilled to announce that the 2026-2027 Paramount Writers Mentoring Program is now open for submissions. The deadline is May 1st. You can find out more about the program and access the application here: www.paramount.com/writers-ment...

If you saw the Netflix #BTS documentary "BTS: The Return" & were surprised by how raw & eye-opening it was, check out my @vanityfair.com interview w/ director Bao Nguyen & co-producer Jane Cha Cutler about how they brought the film to life 👇 Enjoy! 🫰💜 #BTSTheReturn #BTSdoc #Netflix #BTSArmy #kpop

The WGA Negotiating Committee has unanimously approved a tentative agreement w the AMPTP for the 2026 MBA. This deal protects writers’ health plan & puts it on a sustainable path, builds on gains from 2023 & helps address free work challenges. Members will receive more info in coming days #WGAStrong

Ahhh you guys I just got my first cheque for TV writing!

Hello, I wrote a fun middle grade novel about ghosts, letting go, and chocolate gateau. It's called The Unfinished Business, and it's in shops now! bookshop.org/a/975/978164... www.amazon.com/dp/1646036751/

Want to learn how to structure your novel the way I do mine? We have live Saturday classes. We build community, work hard, and everyone's novel explodes into a kind of brilliance! www.uclaextension.edu/writing/crea...

HEY WRITERS (not just SF/F writers) HAVE YOU BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON MAKING YOUR ANTHROPIC SETTLEMENT CLAIM? SFWA is running a webinar event OPEN TO ALL WRITERS (not just members! not just SF/F writers!) on Thursday. Sign up here: www.sfwa.org/events/anthr...

We got a DM the other day with a fun request from a local family: Could we find this nice BART train operator who always waved and beeped at this special little rider? And if we found him, could we deliver him a thank you card!?  So we got to work …

#Duster won a @saturnawards.bsky.social for Best Action/Adventure TV Show! Congrats to our entire cast and crew for this incredible honor! So proud. deadline.com/2026/03/satu...

In accepting his WGA award, Stephen Colbert named and said something funny about each of his 20 writers so they’d be hired when his show ends 🥹 @wgaeast.bsky.social #WGAAwards

Oh yes! Let's talk about this! "A reasonable conclusion is that most screenplays submitted to the Black List website are competent but not exceptional, and those that are exceptional are quite rare (which roughly mirrors what most of us know instinctively if we’ve read a lot of screenplays)."

The best write-up I’ve read that voices what we’re all feeling. Reading Trump’s rambling this time is staggering. Worth a few minutes of your time and a repost.

Important thread

Austin area folks: Austin Animal Services is over capacity & needs help with foster & adopt. Additionally there is a Central Texas wide name your adoption fee event coming up, March 6-8. Please consider fostering if you can't adopt. Homes without children & pets are unicorn homes for some dogs.

Your personal essay for TV programs isn't filler—it's your third writing sample. Decision-makers (myself included) weigh essays heavily. A compelling, engaging story can be the difference between an interview and a pass. Give it real creative effort. #scriptsky

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported. He finally died. I am so angry. www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

You’re writing a script about a killer shark, reach Act 3 and need to figure out how to kill this unkillable monster. What if it chomps on an oxygen tank and blows itself up? That could work but must be set up earlier. So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is on PLANTS AND PAYOFFS. 🧵1

She's live! My short film Woman Dies Alone is now available to watch on YouTube! Happy Galentine's Day to all who celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=siqK...

NEW: A federal tool meant to find noncitizens on voter rolls is consistently marking citizens as noncitizens, especially if they were born outside the U.S., causing chaos as election clerks try not to disenfranchise voters, @zachdespart.bsky.social and I found. 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/save...

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! #lunarnewyear www.mamababymandarin.com/picture-book...

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained. She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families. She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

If I were a film studio head I’d be moving heaven and earth to produce a Spanish-language buddy spy comedy with these two adventuring around the globe.

Award-winning episodic director CARL SEATON droppin game on screenwriters rant room y’all! 🔥🎙️🔥 HOW TO BUILD YOUR AUDIENCE youtu.be/9WtvsYKjCVo #screenwritingtips #driectingtv #podcast @Balance510 @tracygrant.bsky.social

You just caused this bookseller to order for our store! reachandteach.com

For so long Amazon has had a monopoly on selling self-published books. Good to see that @bookshop.org is ready to compete in the space! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

BLACK GAME DEVELOPERS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES AT LARGE I NEED YOU TO BE LOUD THIS MONTH*. I NEED YOU TO SHARE YOUR WORK LIKE YOU WILL DIE OTHERWISE, DO NOT BE PRECIOUS ABOUT ABOUT IT *This message also applies to every other month of the year, but the extra attention should be leveraged

Amount of time CBC News’s The National spent covering the US protests (and Lemon): 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Telling that CBC covers American opposition to Trump better than CBS. (This is a great report, btw. TV news is so much better in Canada) youtu.be/KBnCbCAscP8?...

We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

Let's not be afraid to call a lie a lie: