It would be so funny if I started a “writing advice” social platform because every post would be like “figure out what works best for you and do that.”

Worth sharing, I think: most successful writers, especially those from a marginalized background, also have privileges that allowed them to develop their skills. Author branding often emphasizes the difficulties overcome, not the structural support given.

“Read books published by major imprints in your genre in the last two years” is good advice if you want a trad deal. “Read widely across genres and decades” is good advice to develop your craft.

Signed some copies of BEASTS at Chevalier’s in LA today. It is so encouraging to see stores still stock this book I care about so much and believe in so deeply.

Note: At the end of the month I will be closing my query inbox briefly to catch up on submissions.

Putting this out there: I don’t care if you personalize your query. You don’t need to do this for me. Unless you have a good reason (like you’re reminding me we met at an event) it’s not necessary

LOS ANGELES - URGENT! I'm heartbroken that my friend and neighbor has only a few days to live. We must find a loving forever home for her 2 kitties, Kit (F/grey/white) & Caboodle (M/black). Both 3-4yrs old, total sweethearts. Please ask around and send anyone interested my way, thank you ❤️

Because the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth, if you build your habitat on some plot of near-side regolith you can put the little Earth anywhere in the sky you want & it’ll stay there, lazily meandering around just a little as the Moon wobbles in its orbit. A view of Earthset from #Artemis II.

FWIW, I don’t use AI to read submissions and never will.

With all due respect, if you’re going to make a list of YA fantasy authors who support trans people, please make a list of *trans authors who write YA fantasy.* Times are tough for us RN, between book bans and the shrinking midlist. I love Pierce and Pratchett, but they don’t need your support RN

Reminder that I wrote a YA fantasy novel about a boy wizard who hooks up with a puppet boy while slowly transforming into an anthropomorphic fox (it’s also about labor unions and how cycles of abuse manifest in politics)

The first chapter of Gideon the Ninth is a masterclass in how to get an agent to request your MS. It immediately gives you a witty, irreverent voice, a character, a dilemma, and a sense of plot

Oh it’s THIS guy again. Let’s break down some of the false claims. “Literary agents receive thousands of query letters per month, sign less than a dozen clients per year, and fill 90 percent of their slots through referrals, so we’re talking about sub-0.01% chances here.”

Building off this—the best way to get me to request a MS is for your opening pages to showcase smooth, professional prose with a clear and interesting voice, and then to introduce me to a character and give me an emotional hook

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

The number one reason I reject an SFF manuscript has nothing to do with big things like worldbuilding or plot. It’s often that the first few pages don’t do the micro-level work of emotionally hooking the reader and then developing that hook

Just announced a new house ban list for commander night! But seriously, my local game store customer base is like 10% trans people, and we won’t go for this shit. If WotC tries to force a HP set on their distributors it will be a Bad Time

Good morning! I’m drawing a Neolithic pig cauldron

This is honestly what makes a difference between a reject and a request from me. Do the sample pages make me feel something?

Note: I am not open to YA queries at the moment; please do not send me YA.

This is as finished as it's going to get lol I need to pivot back into commissions. 💜 #dragon #fantasyart #bookart #authorartist

Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.

This book is the only thing I’ve ever read that made my skin crawl (in a good way!) and also contains one of the best allegories for transness I’ve ever read. It’s surreal, unsettling, and evocative

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As an agent, I absolutely do not use AI to do any of these things, and I recommend not working with any agent who would. You need a human to do this.

Merry Christmas, and may you know the pleasure of imprisoning your enemies in a magical snowglobe through the power of dance

Anyways, if you want to help trans people, please give to a GoFundMe instead of buying MAY THE BEST MAN WIN. I make about a dollar per copy and I don’t really need it right now anyway. Help trans folks in direct need.

I think it’s an (understandable!) error to frame the way bigots talk about trans people as “invalidating” or as thinking we’re “not real” They know we exist! The point is that they want to exterminate us, in whatever ways they can, because they’re seeking a world where that’s no longer the case

Just saw the Nutcracker for the first time in ages and my god I cannot believe that in the year 2025 a professional ballet company *with Asian ballerinas in the cast* decided to put two white dancers in yellowface!

@zrellor.bsky.social heyyyyy look who I just spied on a library endcap in the Canadian wilderness 💅💅💅

Every time a new James Cameron Avatar movie comes out I am reminded that one of my biggest #MSWL items is books by Indigenous authors about space exploration/exploitation

On reflection, it was a bad idea for Britain to tie its sense of national identity to a series of mediocre children’s books written by a bigot.

Okay, so the Mystery Box technique (coined by J. J. Abrams, I believe) is one where you catch the interest of an audience by introducing a mystery that promises a compelling twist to come. The mystery hints at a larger, more high-stakes story beyond the one presented to the audience at face value.

This is a very good episode about the depressing shortness of most authors’ careers. I might talk a bit more about how this feels if people are interested

I was at Cornell in 2014 and absolutely none of this fucking happened.

hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card

Paperbacks of BEASTS! One day, I hope I’ll be able to speak more openly about my experiences publishing this book about queer teens in unaccepting communities, the ravages of capitalism, and the cycles of abuse and trauma. For now, I’ll say this is a good and important book that I’m very proud of.

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The local #NoKings protest has merged with the local Halloween festival, much to my delight

It really does bother me that my most well-known book is in this style. It’s not something I would have written (at least, not in the same way) if it had not been for this pressure.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

Trans literature has value because trans authors are human beings telling stories in their unique ways. It is profoundly frustrating to see trans authors are only valued when we write about transphobia or when we write hopeful trans stories intended to serve as an antidote to transphobia

We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away. We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

It feels so fucking insane to be scolded about how leftists need to tone down our rhetoric while the world's richest man endorses this shit

As trans people are under assault in this country — e.g., being falsely blamed for the Kirk murder — California is strengthening protections for them. Two bills I’m authoring (SB 59 & 497) to protect trans people’s health & court record privacy passed the Legislature & are heading to the Governor.