Everyone out there have a teetering #TBR pile like me? For writers, reading what today's readers are reading is essential. Check out this post from @janetsfox.bsky.social janetfox.substack.com/p/what-are-y...? #amwriting #amreading

Returning to some Gothic faves as I draft my new #YA project! #yalit #gothiclit #haunting

"All women are magic. Literally all of us. It's in our nature.” Kelly Barnhill - When Women Were Dragons #booksky

Hello my spooky-writer lovelies -- submit your short death-centered fiction here!

This one always hits... ;) #daylightsavingtime #morecoffee

Beyond excited to announce that my writing is now represented by Diego Harrison of SBR Media ! His enthusiasm for “The Haunting of Sia Wix” and his belief in my career as an author made me sure he was the one – looking forward to our shared success! #kidlit #amwriting #mg #spooky #horror #amquerying

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

*screams*

Hey friends - remember don't pitch your project with the #mswl tag! "Like, share, & RT agent and editor #MSWL’s to help boost visibility & help your friends Do not post or pitch in the feed – agents & editors have been instructed to block writers who do." www.manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

For fun, a moodboard in my antagonist's POV! Shapeshifter Liraz served under the God of Chaos' command up until his master's demise. After tricking the last surviving gods and stealing their powers, he went into hiding. Now centuries later, he's back and has set his sights on Keira #Questpit #RF #F

Can't wait to read this!

HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025 That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.

GHOSTSxTWISTERxNANCYDREW Anxious & sassy 12-year-old Sia begins hearing strange voices over her weather radio. The voices of the dead. Local ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia’s courage & weather smarts help overcome her anxiety & save her dead friends? #q #mg #h #m #Questpit

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

And lastly, we are very proud to share that @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social received the ALSC Children's Literature Lecture Award! Congrats!

Worried about the future, 2 BFFs discover a magical orchard that thrusts them into a time-bending, reality-questioning adventure where they must escape the dark Shadow, save the orchard & get back to their own timeline before fading out of existence. #P2Ppit #Q #YA #C #F #R

BRIDGERTON X ATLA A hero's side quest is a life-shattering experience for someone else. When a legendary hero crashes into a young lady's life, she finds herself questioning everything she ever knew as the two try to save her town from a mystical murderer. #P2Ppit #Q #A #RF

🖤🕯️Gothic Horror🕯️🖤 Set in the Scottish Highlands, ONLY MONSTERS LIVE HERE blends legends, folklore, and personal experience. If Wuthering Heights and The Picture of Dorian Gray had a baby, this would be it. #P2Ppit #W #A #H #HF

Love this mood board!

GHOSTSxTWISTERxNANCYDREW When anxious Sia visits America's most haunted town, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio. Ghost voices. The ghosts are being hunted by a dark spirit. Can Sia's courage and weather smarts save her friends—living & dead? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q

The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

When a Halloween ghost hunt goes wrong -- awakening a haunting family legacy -- 12 y/o Casey must figure out who he is beyond his recent grief, who he refuses to be, and save his sister and their small town from the grisly ghosts of their past. #P2Ppit #MG #H #AW #onsub

My agent’s guide for my newly #amquerying project, THE SECRETS OF THE FERNERY. In the life of a Victorian noble, society will rip you to shreds—but in Greer Manor—so will the flowers 🥀 🥀Botanical horror 🪦Young detectives 🥀Plant obsessed family 🪦Victorian era #P2Ppit #Q #MG #M #H

GHOSTSxTWISTERSxNANCYDREW When anxious weather buff Sia visits the most haunted town in America, strange voices begin to talk over her weather radio. Ghost voices. The ghosts are being hunted and eaten. Can Sia's courage and smarts save them...and herself? #P2Ppit #MG #H #M #Q

Where do you fall on the #DND alignment chart as a writer? I am the entire Chaotic column, depending on the project. Or sometimes the phase of the project. Or sometimes my mood.

Thanks to the Bluesky community for their help in compiling these #BlueSkyTips for newcomers as well as those seeking more engagement on this platform: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... Feel free to share with anyone who needs it!

Where was Gondor when the marketing team responsible for CRIMSON PEAK's theatrical release placed it as a "Halloween" movie rather than an alternative Valentine's Day release as the pinnacle of a genius Gothic romance/Psychological Suspense and not a Horror Film? In this essay, Gondor, I will-

Started a baby Starter Pack for SCBWI Eastern Up! members. Let me know if I need to add you. #kidlit #scbwi #easternup go.bsky.app/AzqKBk7

Super excited for this! Anyone else? @tananarivedue.bsky.social www.steven-barnes.com/store/p/writ...

BREAKING: Walmart's CFO signals that price hikes may be coming because of Donald Trump's tariffs. This is what they voted for. www.cnbc.com/2024/11/19/w...

Join me!

You don’t bury an ethics report that would exonerate Trump’s pick. You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide. See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.

With the recent closure of Vinspire Publishing, Dragon's Truth is no longer available from booksellers. Third-party shops (on Amazon, etc.) may have copies, but please know, authors don't receive proceeds from such purchases. I do have plans to re-release Dragon's Truth in the future, so stay tuned!

Vote in the Goodreads Choice Awards! We have 5 ABLA-sold titles and/or ABLA-repped authors on the lists: (A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS in Fantasy, FOR SHE IS WRATH & IMMORTAL DARK in YA Fantasy, & I HOPE THIS DOESN'T FIND YOU and MOST ARDENTLY* in YA Fiction) *sold prior to ABLA-rep

Fabulous breakout session by @cherylklein.bsky.social on voice at #scbwiSummer24. Love that Cheryl listed her Bluesky id in her socials. Takeaways & highlights in the SCBWI Conference Blog: scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2024/08/brea... #KidLit #MGLit #YALit