"Hot, sexy, dangerous boys—central to virtually all young adult romance novels—cannot be copyrighted."—Judge Colleen McMahon Glad we've got that settled, at least. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/wp-content/u...

Am I the only one who thinks that 4 MILLION BOOKS per year is perhaps too many books? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

ONE MORE WEEK...

How about this? NIGHT SWIMMING is a finalist for the Vermont Book Award, along with some other amazing books by Vermont authors. What an honor! www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS comes out in exactly two weeks! I'm fairly confident that you're also old enough to preorder a copy. So ask your local bookmonger!

Why is it that women only get a day when vampires get an entire weekend?

I have a couple ARCs left of YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS. Want one? Lemme know!

1 month until YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS hits shelves, and yes, PRE-ORDERS matter. But what matters most is that the book is shared with the right readers and that it inspires a religion that transforms the lives of billions and echoes through human history until the Sun swallows the Earth.

It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.

Days 1 & 2 of my 7 Books in 7 Days New Years Challenge! One nonfiction about #wildlifeconservation specifically jaguars, and the other a magical middle grade fiction from local #vermont author @aaronstarmer.bsky.social. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for both. #booksky #bookrecommendations #bookseller #readingchallenge

If you haven't had a chance to see it yet, it appears SPONTANEOUS is now free for any Amazon Prime subscribers. Ring in the new year with some exploding teenagers! www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

If this turns out to be true it's perhaps the greatest true crime scoop in history: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/crime-d...

I saw someone posting about how they wrote nearly 20 books this year. Not read. Wrote. I don't think this included short things like picture books. I guess I can see the financial strategy from a self-publishing perspective (crank 'em out, charge low prices). But what other point is there to this?

I was lucky enough to receive a few blurbs for YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS. The first comes from the incomparable Anne Ursu, author of classics like BREADCRUMBS and THE REAL BOY. Anne is a tireless advocate for authors and young readers and I'm so honored to have her words appear on my book.

Is art subjective? Well, I came across these adjacent Letterboxd reviews for the SPONTANEOUS movie…

★ Aaron Starmer sets up a “unsettlingly strange and seemingly disjointed journey” featuring illustrations by Jaime Zollars in his “genuinely touching” middle grade novel YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS

It's another STAR! This one is from Publishers Weekly. They call the book "genuinely touching." But I have a soft spot for the "unrepentant weirdness of the setting." Ha! I'll take it.

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Appears that THE RIVERMAN is only 4 bits on Kindle (aka 50 cents). Don't know why, but that's a nice price. Get yourself an ebook copy...or 10: www.amazon.com/Riverman-Tri...

Can't wait to write my latest book exclusively with AI, so I can focus on the part of the process that all authors truly love: self-promotion.

Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this. But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!

Apparently it's International Wombat Day, so I suppose I should plug my wombat book. Yes, he's wearing a bow tie. He's also phosphorescent...and immortal.

This week marks the 5-year anniversary of the SPONTANEOUS movie. Due to it being, um, 2020, it didn't get the theatrical run it deserved, but it's built up a lovely following since and maintains its 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. I only wrote the book, but I'm still very proud of the film.

Horrifying

This is a fucking crisis.

So many authors have already shared this, but it's a fantastic distillation of how the industry works for those who don't know.

Friendly reminder that I block people who post some variant of "it won't matter because nothing matters" on sight. Not even because they're wrong, but because I find this habit of saying the most tedious and predictable thing as if that makes you an edgy truth teller incredibly grating.

I'm sorry but you can't just call a movie STEVE. Especially one with Cillian Murphy starring in it.

Found this old Landlord Certificate from 1999. Monthly rent in Colchester was $234. Minimum wage was $5.15/hour, so someone could rent an apartment with a week of work at minimum wage. Wild. I don’t know what Colchester was like then, but it’s very nice now.

New Hemingway story just dropped…

The Newbery committee dropped the ball when they failed to recognize this one…

While it’s sad that people have come to expect censorship in states like Florida, it’s also worrying that some people feel so confident that it could never happen in their state. It can happen anywhere. Pay attention and speak out.

For decades I went through life without knowing anyone (besides my immediate family) that had the same last name as me. Now there's even a term...sigh...

The mixture of gun culture and gaming/meme culture that's been brewing for fifteen years now is really coming home to roost. The preteens raised on this shit are now grown adults with severely warped views of the world and the capability and encouragement to act on their obsessions and delusions.

getting fired from your job because some dipshit student who missed their calling in the Stasi filmed you talking about gender in a class about gender

there simply isn't enough coverage of the fact that, as a matter of ideology and public policy, trump and his administration think domestic violence is good

First reactions are trickling in for YOU ARE NOW OLD ENOUGH TO HEAR THIS. And I'm proud to announce that it's a Junior Library Guild Selection! It's always an honor to be featured in the JLG boxes. This means a lot more kids will find the book in a lot more libraries. In other words: great news!

Was just wondering what the heck the happened to the author DAN BROWN. So went on Wikipedia and saw that he has a new book out…tomorrow!I’m actually surprised he’s not popular again in our stupid “everything is a conspiracy” political moment.

I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.

[sings softly] i see your truuuu colors, shining through.....

Maybe the best one ever.

I usually don’t worry about bacteria in my anti-bacterial soap but I guess I’m a big idiot. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nationa...

Found a file from 2001 where I jotted down ideas for sitcoms: THE WHITES: starring Betty White and Barry White as a married couple OH, YOU!: Two gay young men become the most popular pledges for a football fraternity at Ohio University and change hearts and minds. Title begets concept I guess...

Monopoly really got me believing as a kid that I’d own a railroad AND win 2nd place in a beauty contest…

“NIGHT SWIMMING is a gorgeous novel, a lovely consideration of that last summer after high school before everything changes forever.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @aaronstarmer.bsky.social locusmag.com/2025/07...

A lovely review of NIGHT SWIMMING from Locus Magazine. She gets it. locusmag.com/2025/07/nigh...

Don't ever trust anyone who tells that you putting a fan on oscillating mode is better than absolutely blasting that thing directly at your sweaty body.

Hot summer. Cool books. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/1...

If all the birds in the world disappeared, how long would it take you to notice? They're such a part of the background, you might notice something is off immediately, but your mind might not automatically go to lack of birds.