Feminist Lord of the Flies x CIRCE A lone woman stranded on an island w/ a cargo ship’s crew. The rise of savagery, the loss of social decency. She must fight to keep her autonomy & escape the island or risk losing not only her freedom but her life #PitMad #A #MA #T #S #AD

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (at a hotel) 🗝🏝 If only Claudia’s husband wasn’t fed up with her social anxiety. If only he didn’t vanish from their blood-sodden hotel room during their marriage-mending, beach vacation. If only she could remember the last 24 hours… #PitMad #A #T #S

SWING KIDS X STAR IS BORN 1932, Munich. A struggling 18yo soprano reconnects with a Jewish director who helps her recover from grief & shine onstage. But when fascists pressure Anni to sing for them instead, she must decide whether to go along or take a stand. #PitMad #A #HF #WF

Funeral Crashers Inc. Penniless pensioners, Pip and Clara crash funerals for free meals. No invitation required. But when funerals slow down they decide to generate a few. Their target market - abusive husbands. Thursday Murder Club X Fargo X Palm Beach Finland #PitMad #A #HA

WARM BODIES X WILDER GIRLS Mara is dead—mostly. Rory is alive—barely. One zombie apocalypse later, the girls are reunited. On an Island of survivors that want to put reformed zombie Mara down, old feelings and grudges are the least of their worries. #YA #LGBT #PitMad

I AM FAMOUS + HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDMA #pb #pitmad When a family sleeps through the a.m. wake-up call, spunky 7-year-old Aurora, must take charge of her sleep deprived family, or risk missing the best—field—trip—ever!

Fifteen-year-old MARA must escape the island, though she’s told no other place exists, but girls are disappearing and her cousin is dead. The more secrets she uncovers, the more she realizes her world is a lie and no one is safe. #PitMad #YA #M #R

#WritingCommunity can anyone recommend horror books for my 15 year old son? He likes Stephen King and is really into the Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor shows. #HorrorCommunity

#WritingCommunity To everyone #amquerying #amwriting - you are amazing. It takes a special person to write your heart out, not knowing where it will go. I can't wait to read your books someday!

#WritingCommunity Does anyone have any #pitmad success stories to share? Cry, brag or celebrate here!

New blog posts #writing community? Let's read and support each other! Here's mine: jenniferlauren.net/post/the-great…

Nursing school and CNA certifications should be publicly funded and free to anyone who qualifies for the foreseeable future. We were in a nursing crisis before Covid. Now it’s a freaking disaster. #medical #nurses #nursingcrisis #nursingcrisis

30% of Ohio rape victims are children aged 12-17 ~16% are children 6-11 ~13% are children under 6 #YostIsUnfitForOffice ocjs.ohio.gov/links/ocjs_Sex…

We avoided this damn thing for two years and now my 13 year old daughter has Covid because of course she does. Please send ideas to get her through this quickly. She’s so bored and lonely.

Congratulations to the 2022 Page One Prize Winners! Fabulous work by Janice Mamukwa (@JaniceKmk), Tom Howard (@dcprose) and Jennifer Lauren. Read their winning entries and see the full list of honorable mentions & finalists: bit.ly/POPWinners #WritingCommunity #amwriting

I am happy for those who will benefit from loan forgiveness. But it’s so short sighted. I’d rather see tax money go toward eliminating interest and making college more affordable for everyone. #studentloanforgiveness

Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Gorgeous and poetic prose about trauma and poverty. I want to bathe in this book.

I never understood why Republicans were so anti government until I moved to a red state and experienced Republican led government. Ridiculous taxes, obscenely bureaucratic rules, even local school boards unable to function. Government worked in my blue state. #BetoForGovernor