#rosebudauthor reveal 🔥🔥🔥

After 10 years of querying, 8 failed manuscripts, and +500 rejections, I'm finally sharing the cover of my debut novel!! Join me in my Cover Reveal Countdown where I share one comp title each day until the final cover is revealed next Thursday with Penguin Teen Penguin Workshop

'In the world of storytelling, pacing is akin to the heartbeat of your narrative.'

An excellent resource on incorporating cinematic storytelling into your prose.

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Reminder that I would love a YA mermaid book. Atmospheric unsettling mermaids. Mermaid amusement park. Mermaid Dysphoria. #MSWL

Congratulations to my fellow #rosebudauthor , Charlene Thomas *mainly updates* and agent Ann Rose!

Engagement bait has gotten out of hand on social media and #WritingCommunity is not immune. If you see someone making claims about publishing that stoke your rage, take a couple seconds to evaluate because people really are lying for RTs.

We strongly condemn the harassment and death threats that have targeted the owners of Liberation Station, the first Black-owned children’s bookstore in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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FREE 90 second #kidlitart #portfolioreview for Melissa Kenny (melissakennyillustrator.com @melissa_kenny_illustrator on IG). If you'd like a chance to get a FREE 90-second #kidlitart #portfolioreview or pitch packet review, drop your link in the comments.

The winner of my patron poll for which of my #fanart -based #mockbookcover #kidlitartpostcard designs got turned into limited-edition, signed and numbered prints to send out to my COLLECTOR patrons was #panslabyrinth . The vote has begun for April: tinyurl.com/y2mm3u5p

Two of the best advocates for libraries and reading in one place?! ☺️🥹 Heart. Is. Full. ❤️📚 Thank you both for all that you do!

I bet there are other schools that would really find Sydney Dunlap’s book and presentation on social media extremely valuable. #rosebudauthor

I love this! More adults should read middle grade! The storytelling, economy of language, and thematic richness of a good MG book is on par with any category...and at 50k words, you just might finish it in one sitting 😎

The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, April 9th, 2024. It's no secret that LLMs are still actively scraping the internet for training data. Fight back! Don't make it easy for them! Check the rest of this thread for tips to protect yourself if you choose to participate.👇

BREAKING: The Biden campaign just put together this ad slamming all the scammers, racists, and extremists at Trump’s billionaire fundraiser tonight. Retweet to ensure all Americans see this.

😳😳😳 AUTHORS, THIS IS WHY WE MUST HAVE AI PROTECTIONS IN OUR CONTRACTS!

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

At Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, managers, lawyers and engineers last year discussed buying the publishing house Simon & Schuster to…

One page left on my inks! #comic #childrensbook #graphicnovel #kidlitart #aapi

Hooray, another new kidlit publisher accepting manuscripts directly, without an agent! Check out the revised list that includes over 80 others:
BitsyKemper.com/publishers #amwriting #kidlit #WritingCommunity

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