this series is SO delightful! 💙📚

My book IN WANT OF A SUSPECT is on sale on @libro.fm! Mrestes hybthe fabulous Morag Sims and Sam Devereaux! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power?

So, so weary of businesses and major entities putting a “happy Pride!” message up on social media only to saunter away and let the comments turn into a festering swamp of bigots and it’s only June 3rd. If you’re not going to moderate your social media, then you’re not creating safe spaces for us.

In case you need a starting place I recently created a list called Banned Books Activism which is just people and organizations that do banned books activism. I’m adding to the list as I discover new accounts to follow. You can find the list here: bsky.app/profile/mali...

this is everybody's reminder for the second time in as many weeks that there are a ton of booksellers who are also writers (👋) and capable of making book recommendation lists to the theme of your choosing for a low and affordable rate with no embarrassing repercussions.

Honestly this Pride month what I really want to see from allies is less “love is love” and more “trans and LGBTQ+ rights are under attack? We ride at dawn.”

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Good. Now do pregnant people and everyone else next.

did you know? a wealthy beach town in southern California now has an all-MAGA city board, and they've been going after public libraries and book access public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...

People will lose vital healthcare coverage if Trump's budget bill passes. One estimate found that this would lead to over 20,000 avoidable deaths per year. Oh, and a reminder that Joni Ernst is up for re-election in 2026.

The worst part about drafting a mystery is you inevitably get to a point where it feels like the ENTIRE BOOK hinges on one small decision about a detail and you just stare at the wall for an hour running through your entire plot as you try to make up your mind.

there are so many amazing middle-grade magical novels for young readers that have come out in the last decade-ish written by people who are not hateful assholes btw, a quick sampling off the top of my head:

0/10 do not recommend having a limb fall on your house causing thousands of dollars of damage. We are all fine but it’s been two weeks and the insurance company only just TODAY returned my call. It’s the first time I’ve spoken to anyone employed by them since I filed the claim. 🙃

Things you can do if you get stuck while writing instead of turning to AI: -change up formats (ie switch to longhand) -write the scene from a different perspective -skip ahead! -brainstorm silly solutions -take a walk -read something you already wrote -read something someone else wrote -take a break

it can feel like everyone knows this about JKR already, but speaking as someone who does a lot of school visits: no

HB 3225 is dead. Texas teens maintain the right to read freely in their local libraries. Grassroots organizing, coalition building, and individual Texas students, authors, parents, librarians, & public library supporters using their voices WORKED.

At this point, when I hear celebrities doing ads for AI (looks pointedly at Matthew Broderick), I assume they are dirtbags.

I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series. Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in. J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.

Happy release day, Molly!

Today’s the day! The first book in the Moonshadow Cove series, THE WRONG WITCH TO HEX WITH, is available on Audible now! #booksky #audiobooksky To order, go to www.audible.com/pd/B0DZQ5HMK...

Steven J. Fleischman, MD, president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said in a statement, “The science has not changed. It is very clear that #COVID infection during pregnancy can be catastrophic and lead to major disability." @acog.org

Do not give this woman a dime of your money. 1. Do not watch the new show. 2. Do not stream any of the movies (yes, that includes Fantastic Beasts) 3. Do not buy any of her books. She has a pen name Robert Galbraith. www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

Once again: RFK Jr is wrong about his job. He is not Lord High Scientist. It is not his place to make scientific determinations. Scientific knowledge is the product of a large community conducting many studies and debating results. When one lone individual claims to know best, we call him a crank.

Authors, you should join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Other orgs that are leading this fight include @penamerica.bsky.social @aclu.org @everylibrary.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social @flfreedomread.bsky.social @letutahread.bsky.social and more — please support these orgs with your $ and attention.

My next event has been rescheduled to 12-2 pm, June 14 at Pages and Grapes in Wyoming MI! Thank you to the store and to readers for their patience with this change! #booksky #mysterysky

This administration really wants women to have more children while pulling this bullshit. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

That sounds like a you problem…

You know what? It's AAPI month, so I might as well try. Looking for some joy? My books are immersive, truly enchanting YA fantasy standalones with Hindu mythology and connected by a magical Night Market. First up: STAR DAUGHTER (a Nebula Award finalist): www.harpercollins.com/products/sta...

Aside from the fact that anyone can get seriously ill from COVID, a key point they are deliberately hiding when removing access is that COVID vaccines reduce transmission. People choose to get vaccinated to protect other people. It is wrong and harmful to take that choice away.

my queer YA dystopian fantasy is out TODAY! THESE VENGEFUL GODS is a book about looking society's ills in the face & saying enough. it's a book about family. about survival in an unjust world. about revenge. I put my heart, anger, & exhaustion into this book. I hope you like it. tinyurl.com/buyTVG

Open AI’s valuation is at $400 billion. They used about 190,000 books to train their plagiarism bot. Randomly saying 25% of their value comes from that stolen dataset, I think they owe the authors about $526,000 per stolen book.

Pride Month 2025. Prioritize the safety of queer kids over the discomfort of adults.

🧵 This is a pathetic position. If your “industry” is contingent on theft, you don’t have an industry. Simple. AI companies don’t currently make money. Their value is entirely speculative. AI is not truly an industry yet. https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick-clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter

my queer YA dystopian fantasy THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out 5/27! want a signed copy? call Boswell's Books (boswellsbooks.com) or Roundabout Books (roundaboutbookstore.com) to get one! or pre-order anywhere else for a signed bookplate & bookmark! just submit your receipt here: tinyurl.com/4svny9r9

"It just really comes as a shock that such accomplished intellectuals, who’ve spent their entire careers pushing the upper bounds of human achievement, could be judgy about a machine that runs the entirety of human imagination through a shredder and glues together what comes out."

Every bit of money you spend on Harry Potter games, merch, theme parks, etc, she is using to destroy trans lives and fund bigotry. Every cent. Every time you talk about it as anything but repugnant, you encourage others to spend money on her goods. It's not harmless. You are part of the problem.

My blood pressure always spikes during episodes of The Last of Us, I swear to god!!!

Update: this session’s school library book ban bill- SB 13 - has been added to the calendar for Monday. 😩 Keep calling your reps to urge them to run out the clock on this horrible bill. If this passes, we will not be able to undo the harm done to TX public school libraries.

A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges. www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...

Remember the really solid local election results in Texas? We have the energy to defeat this bill.

I highly recommend stockpiling a favorite author’s new releases for four years and then marathoning them all when you need a pick me up. It’s been wall to wall Emily Henry books ever here and it’s exactly what I needed.

If you buy her products, this is what you fund. An actual hate movement based on misinformation and right wing substacks. A movement that any even slightly non-conforming woman is now literally in danger from. Actual lives are more important than your Hogwarts House.

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES comes out JUNE 10, which is however many days from now, in any case NOT MANY! It's getting fantastic reviews and is longer than the first two Mossa and Pleiti books, pre-order now!

This news came out last night and I’m not sure how widely it’s been reported so here it is again: 5th circuit court rules patrons have no first amendment right to information (aka “freedom to read”). This directly contradicts well established precedent. www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

Your holiday reminder that if you are a published author, you should join @authorsabb.bsky.social. Work w your colleagues to fight book bans across the country. I promise you it will feel good to fight the good fight, together. Bans are anti-American & utter bullshit. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Supporting local library associations is an easy way to help protect the right to read. (And a quick way to check off your activism for the day, if that's how you do it) Reply with a link to donate to yours & we'll repost.