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27!

Y’all, it has been a SEASON in my house. Please send us some good juju.

Yesterday, 3,896 covid deaths were reported in the United States, the tenth deadliest day of the whole pandemic and the deadliest since the pre-vaccination surge last winter. Over the last four days, the total is 12,957. newsnodes.com/us/

I have an #askanagent question: I’m writing a MG that *could * stand alone but would be better in a series. I’ve been told not to pitch series as a querying author (but that was for YA). is this true of MG?

I’m watching Netflix’s SURVIVING DEATH again and holy moly this documentary is so great. I srsly recommend it, y’all.

There’s a lot of sports happen, I hear

Calling all YA thriller book lovers: I'm launching a street team for my 2nd YA thriller Pretty Dead Queens! Apply now-Feb 4 to join. More details at the link. bit.ly/pdqstreetteam

Happy birthday to my spouse who made his own birthday cake and his own birthday pizza because I had to work until 6 and we have no vaxxed childcare.

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Just me sobbing in the office while listening to the ENCANTO soundtrack.

Birthdays when you're a parent are basically just days. I don't think I was really prepared for that.

I am so busy with all the literal and figurative fires at work that I haven't gotten to spend time in my adventure-horror-lite middle grade. I miss it. I miss the atmosphere, friendship dynamics, magic, and fart jokes

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well, goodbye for another long while twitter. Be excellent to one another. *dives into veritable mountain range of paperwork*

LISTEN IF I KNOW THESE DANGEROUS BISEXUAL VAMPIRES THEN YOU WANT THEM

A retelling of The Crow, but with 19 elementary school students who return to destroy the pro-gun politicians and lobbyists who did nothing to prevent their deaths. #kidlit #gunviolence

Weird thing grief: somehow all my feelings (or inability to feel feelings) has made space for me to write again. Working on a spooky lower MG ghost story that's GHOST SQUAD X LOCKWOOD & CO

Union busting bosses once paid private security a lot of money to come up with compromising info on organizers. Don't gossip.