My latest newsletter is all about how to be a resilient writer in the face of career setbacks, ego death and creeping fascism. I offer 17 handy tips on how to hang onto yourself and keep going when the challenging times just don't seem to stop. buttondown.com/charliejane/...

It’s finally here! Thank you so much to @reactorsff.bsky.social for ushering into the world the cover for my gothic horror THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED! Welcome to Villa Sepulveda…hope you survive your stay. 11/25/25 from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social. Preorder info ⬇️ reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Hey y'all! Unc editor here. We say "don't self reject" all the time. For some of us it's baked into the process already, but for others it might get lost in the sauce. So lemme repeat: Get your subs out there. Treat it like building a muscle, or a callus. When/if it comes back as a pass/

Thanks @wcp.bsky.social for letting me interview rapper Ruby Ibarra (winner of the @npr.org 2025 Tiny Desk Contest! It was life to talk to with someone I've admired for so long, who represents the immigrant experience fearlessly. I didn’t come off as cool. washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7677...

Anyway, you know what to do. bywaterbooks.com/product/crim...

CRIME INK: ICONIC is coming this September! It’s an anthology of crime fiction inspired by queer icons and I’m so proud to be included!

I just received a contract on Docusign for review and signing, and it offered to give me an AI-generated summary that I could read instead to save time. That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.

This is so true. 99% of book bans have the intended effect: you never hear about those books again. The 1% of banned books that become infamous bestsellers elsewhere are not the norm.

I was featured (very briefly) in this piece on Restoried Bookshop, a Chicago indie bookstore that focuses on work by AAPI and other BIPOC storytellers 💜 The launch party for DEATH IN THE CARDS is at this store on May 17 from 3-5pm, so I hope you can join us! abc7chicago.com/post/restori...

Woohoo! Death in the Cards is now here! Here's my interview with @mpmthewriter.bsky.social about her new series. Go and get it at your local independent bookstore or library now! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/13/d... #books #mysteries #yamysteries #yabooks #youngadult #murdermysteries #tarot

"[Tarot] is all about making choices, right? Each choice is not necessarily wrong; it just leads the story in a different way." Elisa Shoenberger's interview with @mpmthewriter.bsky.social on her new novel, “Death in the Cards” (Delacorte Press) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/13/d...

The latest Crime Writers of Color Coming Attractions kingsriverlife.com/04/19/crime-... @crimewoc.bsky.social #mysterybooks #books #cozymsytery @vgauthor.bsky.social @legalthriller.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @torieldridge.bsky.social 💙📚

The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo! 🃏 Join Mia P. Manansala on May 20th discussing DEATH IN THE CARDS with Ali Hazelwood. 🕵️ More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @mpmthewriter.bsky.social

🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 55 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: April-June 2025 🌟 popgoesthereader.com/55-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit

I have an item in this amazing auction! If you'd like to name a character in my next book or check out all the other offerings, go to the link in the OG post

Can't believe one of my favorite authors said this about House of Monstrous Women. 🥹💜 You can get a copy free in the Goodreads giveaway! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Writing this GFM request was the most important writing I've done today (or in a while, TBH). For reasons that are clear in the GFM, I can't share this person's identity, but this is someone I know personally who really needs our help. www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bel...

This also goes for digital books and digital audiobooks you get from the library--they pay for the licenses, and the more copies available at once the more they are paying/"purchasing." Go use Libby and Hoopla, it counts as support!

Had a great time talking ALTER EGO with Fox 26 Houston's Jonathan Stenvall! You can grab the novel wherever books are sold. This interview will by syndicated across the country, too! www.fox26houston.com/video/1596998 @flatironbooks.bsky.social @zackwagman.bsky.social @sandyjarrell.com

@storystudiochicago.bsky.social’s genre for March is MYSTERY! Join @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, Susanna Calkins, @mpmthewriter.bsky.social, and moderator @elisehartkipness.bsky.social on Zoom for a free panel (but RSVP online) on March 5. www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/clas...

Help public libraries today by: ✅ Downloading an ebook ✅ Registering for a program ✅ Sharing a post from your library ✅ Emailing staff and thanking them ✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting ✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same

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Join us in 2 weeks at ERIS Brewery and Cider House for a stellar (and recently updated) lineup of Chicago crime fiction. See you there! @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @reganmacarthur.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social

we need to make cynicism uncool. like having doubts in your heart and being overwhelmed is one thing, but a lot of us got trained by twitter to post our most cynical snark for engagement and that broke something in a lot of us. (me included!) giving up is not actually that sophisticated!

do not put your crimes in writing, even on Signal

Not only is Gail 100% correct that Themyscira would welcome trans women, @stephwilliams.bsky.social, @definitelyvita.bsky.social and Alitha Martinez gave us our first trans Amazon with Bia!

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

if you call today, I basically said the post below and then added that we need loud, angry leadership to reflect the actual needs of the constituency and for ossoff added that i know he's up for reelection lol

Called my rep and basically used this post as a script. I'm still feeling the anxious adrenaline rush from this like, 5 sec call (millennials do NOT like making phone calls!) but if I can do it, I hope you can too

Clarion West Announces Scholarship for Trans Writers locusmag.com/2025/01...

My YA debut, DEATH IN THE CARDS (out May 13) is now the first in a series, and I've sold the sequel, MURDER UNDER THE FULL MOON (out Fall 2026) 🔥🌕💀 Shout out to @michitrota.bsky.social for introducing me to the world of firespinning & helping w/ my research. You're the best! 😘

youtu.be/zCclqKqoWHg Today's "10 Questions for Crime Writers of Color" video I'm highlighting is with Cindy Fazzi. @cindyfazzi.bsky.social Her thriller "Multo," is part of her Domingo the Bounty Hunter series. The new one will be out in 2025. @crimewoc.bsky.social

Don't miss the latest Crime Writers of Color Coming Attractions www.krlnews.com/2025/01/crim... @crimewoc.bsky.social #mystery #books #CrimeWritersofColor 💙📚

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Just an FYI for people who may be new to the book banning stuff, when your books are banned it does not mean you’re on “the right side.” It means that your art (and probably you too) is being targeted by right wing extremists for erasure. It means you are being silenced. It’s NOT GOOD.

We are delighted to announce a new Six-Week Workshop scholarship for Trans writers. The Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for the Six-Week Workshop, has been offered by an anonymous donor and will be available for the first time this year.

Hey guess what protects against TB (it's an N95)

Your answer should be zero, btw. You will be buying zero copies. The publisher should be providing you with a certain number of copies as determined by your contract, and you shouldn't be paying for any of them. Not until you've run out of the contracted number you were given, that is.

In the words of @andrewkarre.bsky.social, "No, actually, book bans don't sell books" azmirror.com/2022/04/21/n...

Just made the switch. Huge thanks for this info!

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-... maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

There are multiple non-amazon companies making & shipping 95s/94s that are not cost prohibitive. A lot of pharmacies (esp chain pharmacies like CVS, and Walmart) carry them too. Here's a site that aggregated reliable mask suppliers (they used to straight up sell em but now just link):

Libraries BUY the books they stock (thanks to our taxes), including ebooks and audiobooks (for which they buy a limited number of licenses to digitally loan out to one reader at a time just as a physical book would be). So ask your library to buy books you want to read before they come out!

Thanks to @writesloud.bsky.social for mentioning my upcoming event with DCPL and Pen Faulkner in her @wcp.bsky.social column! Which is must read for all DC writers and readers: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7567...

www.bookbub.com/books/the-ca.... TODAY ONLY! Ride along with Harriet for just 19 cents or $5.99 in current dollars! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

Writers BEWARE, PageTurner Press is a scam outfit - theplatformnews.com/top-stories/...

Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.

Back in 2020-2021, I wrote a book about how to survive scary hard times by writing your own stories and getting lost in the imaginary worlds you create. So this feels like good timing: Never Say You Can't Survive is just $2.99 in ebook formats for just one day. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

🌈 Attention LGBTQIA+ writers! 🌟 Join us for a free event on Jan. 21st at 7 PM ET to learn everything you need to know about querying, publishing, & presenting your best author self. @lambdaliterary.org @publishingtriangle.bsky.social 👉 More info here: www.queercrimewriters.com/queerying