are shorter YAs a thing anymore?

the overwhelming consensus is yes, and shorter YAs very much have a place/would be appreciated and this makes me really happy! i personally LOVE shorter YA books even though i tend to be a lil..... verbose. lollll. but my latest MS is around 62k 😅

migraine folks when it's 80% humidity with a chance of thunderstorms every day

Crystal Maldonado - Updates only's NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES Holiday House Publishing, Inc. is a #massachusettsbookawards Must Read! A hilarious #youngadult #novel of love, social media & race. See: ow.ly/PQFe50PbKPv #summerreading #bookstagram #CenterForTheBook Massachusetts Library Association 📚 MBLC New England Independent Booksellers Association

with books by very talented people, including malavika kannan Sabina Khan Daniel Tawse (updates only) Owen Lach 🏳️‍🌈 Queer YA Author @adriennetooley Tiana Warner | sapphic romance author LL McKinney (mostly) Updates David Fenne ~ OVEREMOTIONAL TRILOGY OUT NOW! 🤯 benjamin dean Meriam Metoui 🇵🇸 Julio Anta Jacoby Stephenson Jessica Mary Best alechia dow Cassandra Jean Mosskat (planning to leave x soon) Jen Bailey / j. leigh bailey 🏳️‍🌈📚 💛 (1/?)

Yes, let’s be transparent, authors! 65K/year for my teaching fellowship at UT 15K advance for print book 6K advance for audiobook 2K advance for Polish translation rights -15% agent cut on advances

In case you missed it...pack your duffle bag and get ready to go back to Camp Sylvania! Congratulations, Crystal Maldonado - Updates only & Julie Murphy! 🥳 Tamar Rydzinski John Cusick Updates Only @BalzerandBray Alessandra Balzer

💗💗 hungry for sapphic fiction? here are hundreds and hundreds of sapphic books releasing this half of 2023! 💗💗 readsrainbow.com/2023/07/book-r…

Did you miss yesterday's panel, "How to Write a Novel"? You can watch it any time on the website! Two novelists, Crystal Maldonado - Updates only and @amyshearn, discuss the novel writing process, from starting to sticking with a draft to submitting to agents & editors. bit.ly/47ellMY

We're over halfway thru 2023, here's a list of Latinx YA books releasing during the summer & fall for your tbr― from fantasy romance, romcoms and chilling mystery reads you can't miss!✨ ― clicks & rt's appreciated!💗 24hryabookblog.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/lat…

Applications for 2024 WNDB Mentorships are now OPEN! Diverse illustrators and writers, don’t miss out on your chance to work with one of our amazing mentors next year. Info and application: bit.ly/WNDBMentorship

NOTHING ELSE BUT MIRACLES arrives 9/5! I’d love to share some real-life sites from the story. First up, the Statue of Liberty! ‘Libby’ is a sort of confidante for our protagonist, Dory. I visited her myself recently… first time since elementary school! curiousiguana.com/product/nothin…

can’t today; all booked up

interested in being my We Need Diverse Books mentee?? IT’S TIME TO APPLY!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Crystal Maldonado (Crystal Maldonado - Updates only) is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. She is the author of romcoms for fat, brown girls, including The Fall of Whit Rivera, which will be released Oct. 10, 2023. Michele Kirichanskaya interviewed Crystal buff.ly/457xZfe

The Books for Maui auction starts today! I'm offering: ✨ A query critique ✨ Signed copies of my books plus stickers. Bid on these items and/or any of the incredible items donated by fellow authors and make a difference to Maui relief efforts! 32auctions.com/BooksforMaui

i'm about to see if i can sit in on this class lolol

⁦Crystal Maldonado - Updates only⁩, look who I said hi to in the book store at DC airport. 📘✈️

The most fall 🍁🎃🥮🍂 #YA #book ever! I adored this #romance by Crystal Maldonado - Updates only amzn.to/3X4Bqll #librarytwitter #BookTwitter #bookrecommendation #librarian #librarians