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Wooo check out the cover reveal for my debut MG fantasy, How To Free A Jinn! (Sep 3 2024 publication date, Allen and Unwin) instagram.com/p/C8fFzNHSmQG/

Jesus Christ what the fuck what the fuck

As a water engineer, I cannot emphasize enough how devastating losing this team is to a region. Water is life and it can be extremely complicated to fix. These men tried to bring water back to thousands, and Israel killed them.

NEW—Yesterday, the US echoed Israel's claim that the Red Crescent didn't comply with Israel's "investigation" into the killing of Hind Rajab. I asked if the US verified the claim—they said no. So I asked the Red Crescent. They said Israel never reached out.theintercept.com/2024/06/25/isr…

Check out the cover for The Serpent Called Mercy by Roanne Lau: "buy THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY!". This DAW Books fantasy novel promises battle-tested friendships, monsters, and heart-pounding battles. nerdist.com/article/the-se…

“By declaring them state lands, the Israeli government has opened them up to being leased to Israelis and prohibited private Palestinian ownership.” Land theft is a component part of colonial genocide as a social process.

What if I told you the first one is 6,000 words?

You can still save Word docs locally right now. Meanwhile Google Docs willingly denied several romance authors’ access to their own manuscripts for being too smutty wired.com/story/what-hap… Every writing software has issues

Super excited to be a part of this! For those who've struggled to understand a world that's hostile to them, I hope my own story of "Why I Wear the Mask" resonates.

I thoroughly enjoyed Why I Wear the Mask and hope everyone picks this horror anthology up!

Can someone please explain if R4A accomplished anything? Because all I’m seeing is a statement from that press that accomplishes nothing, helps no one, and has zero consequences Maybe being off twitter for so long, I’ve missed something?

Unethical query tip: In case anyone does want to requery this agency, change the title of your book. QM saves/flags titles it’s seen before I’m not saying you SHOULD do this, but that agency’s policy is weird and their agent was rude

I’m so excited and grateful to announce that my MG fantasy is joining my dream imprint Salaam Reads! Thank you Deeba Zargarpur and @allidhellegers 🤩 Friends in the US, UK and Canada - Insyirah is coming to bookstores near you in Sept 2025!

I have snagged my handle on the 🦋 site -- this site will likely become for updates only 💚

🚨🚨update🚨🚨 Ahhh! My "werewolf smut book with middle-aged sluts" now has preorder links on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Smashwords. Still waiting on Google Play, but 5 links today beats the 0 from yesterday! Starting the new year off right! TO 2025! 🙌🏿🍾🥂