Yay!! Podcast drops Monday!! It was fun!! 🙌🙌🎉🎉🔥🔥📚📚💀💀🖤🖤

Not writing related, but I have an infection in my throat (Not strep?) & I haven’t been able to talk or eat since Monday! Sooooooo painful… !!

…I forget how valuable health is until moments like these!

Praying I can talk by Saturday for my B&N signing! 😵‍💫🫠🤯😵😭😬😥

Full review dropped from School Library Journal today for The Stricken! Here are some highlights! 💀🖤🌺💀

If I’m not talking about writing, I’m talking about my 16 yo & her composition skills…

…She just completed a viola/piano duet, titled, “Siege of Leningrad” in dedication to Shostakovich & his seventh symphony.

Her genius blows me away!! 🎻🎶🔥

🔥BOOK MAIL🔥

Look what came in the mail. A signed copy of THE STRICKEN by the talented, hard working, never quitting scribe Morgan Shamy 💀📚

Maybe I’ll be chatting with her on the ATaleOfTwoScribes 🎙️ #podcast soon ? 🤔

Order your copy here ⤵️
The Stricken a.co/d/eYdHJ2j

The Stricken spotted in the Algonquin, Illinois Barnes & Noble! A reader tagged me & said it was on the display table right as she walked in!

It still blows my mind that this book is out there in the wild!! 🥹🙌💀🔥🎉🖤

Oh my gosh!! Awwwww… crying!! Thank you!!! 🥹💀🖤🙏🏻🔥📚 !!

Sold out at my signing yesterday & this B&N location invited me back TOO!

I gave out cute little gothic gift boxes to whoever bought a copy! 💀🖤🔥💀🖤🔥💀🖤🔥

I’m CRYING!!! Today I lived a dream.

I got to see multiple SIGNED editions of The Stricken on the SHELVES at Barnes & Noble. I just…

…When you get a rejection, send another query. When you shelve a manuscript, write another book.

Don’t stop. Don’t stop. Don’t stop. 💀🖤💀🖤

BOOK SIGNING today!! Come for free swag & prizes! Midvale location 1:00-3:00!! 💀📚💀📚💀📚

The BEST is when you’ve sold out at a signing and B&N says, “When can you come back?” 💀🖤🔥💀🖤🔥

GIVEAWAY for those who have purchased The Stricken!!

If you have bought The Stricken or purchase now, you will be entered in a giveaway of your choice for one of these books!! 🙌📚🎉🔥

When readers find your book in the library!! 📚🔥📚🔥📚🔥

Morgan is such an inspiration. From bestseller to encourager, she's the best. Very thrilled that she received such a terrific review. Much deserved!

Awwww!! Review just came in from Midwest Book Review!! So kind!! 💀🖤💀🖤💀🖤💀🖤

DYYYYYING… someone ordered a Stricken book box from me, & the only thing that arrived was the lid of the box with a note from USPS saying someone stole the contents…

Someone wanted my book pretty bad!! 😆💀🖤🔥

I once left an agent because she didn’t read any work I sent her in a 2 year period.

I’m getting private questions about this, so I’m asking publicly… How long do you expect to wait for an agent to respond to your MS if you’re a client?

P.S. Most agents are amazing (!)📚💔🔥