"Everyone keeps telling me how my story is supposed to go. nah, imma do my own thing."

My biggest advice for authors is get you an agent who will stand up not only for your work but you as a person. The agent who when you say, “I’m struggling” about you and will go to war for your mental health over profit. That’s worth than 6 figures. I’m so blessed and lucky.

yoooooo Nonbinary 😎

Yes, pals, your fevered speculation is correct: there will be a gorgeous ✨ Illumicrate special edition of He Who Drowned the World! ✨ The reverse dust jacket features two iconic scenes of different couples by the incomparable glassbearer. Presale from 29 June. Get in quick!

Tbh I’m too exhausted myself rn to manage a full thread on this but: FFS there’s a huge difference between making time for writing (good!) and throwing away EVERYTHING in your life that isn’t writing (bad!). STOP. GLORIFYING. THE. PATH. TO. BURNOUT.

Obligatory "I am alive" post! Between working on my latest book this summer for my Latinx in Pub mentorship program, writing grants, content creation, and getting ready to go to Botswana in a month as well as studying for my qualifying exams I'm doing great, but also —

writers wanting to write vs. the day job they must keep bc publishing pays no bill

ARE YALL SEEING THIS??? THE ANGLES OMG! THIS IS HOW YOU DO A TRILOGY

I feel so incredibly lucky to have made it into a free mentorship program bc - yeah. Absolutely is there no way I could afford a writing retreat or something like that. Almost all of my training thus far has been through reading, writing, + watching Youtube story dissections.

I see your “Where's MY WIFE!” trope in marriage of convenience and I raise you "Don't touch MY KIDS!" shouted by the reluctant parental figure of the Found Family that wouldn't even admit their protective of the random hoard of children that follows them around

Happy pub day to YOMI AND THE FURY OF NINKI NANKA, which is now available wherever books are sold. Illustrated by the fantastic Adougiebagofdrawings. Thanks to my agent Davinia Andrew-Lynch, editors @Mattie2507 and Karelle Tobias and the rest of the team at Little Tiger Books.

I may be doing a thing tomorrow 👀👀👀👀

I have THE BEST MENTOR EVER?????? HOW COOL IS THIS??? 👀👀👀👀 I'm in a Star War??? dj (no longer here)