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Just the WORST takes on writing and the publishing industry you’ll ever have to see. #WritingCommunity #WriterSky
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To be honest, I hate trying to write for trends. Pub professionals always say to write what you love, but right now, I’m not loving failing to get a book deal because my stuff won’t fit in the market. (Sorry for the vent.) #booksky #publishing #authors #writesky #authorsky #writingcommunity

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

Imagine if we uplifted libraries and librarians instead of tearing them down, censoring them, and defunding them. Imagine how nice that would be. My librarians are my heroes. #booksky #publishing #librarysky #libraries #books

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It’s really hard to write when it feels like either the world is going to end or everyone just wishes it would. At this point, it’s like… do I even want to try to make this readable? Or are we all going to be dead soon?? #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing #authors

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

It’s been hard recently, needless to say. In these kinds of times, I find myself really appreciating middle grade (MG) for being so hopeful, yet also very real. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing #authors #MG #kidlit

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I thought the future was supposed to be fun, but we live in such a cyberpunk hellhole, now, whenever I use an em dash, I worry people will think that means my writing is AI. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing #authors

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I would love if book bloggers and publications highlighted books (both upcoming and already released) from imprints other than ones from the Big 5. I feel like smaller presses will be especially important in this climate. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing #authors

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I’m embarrassed to ask this, but… how do midlist/smaller authors without huge social media followings gain newsletter subscribers? I swear half my subscribers are, like.. my aunts. (Shoutout to my aunts.) #authorsky #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #authors

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I really feel for MG authors/agents/editors. First there was a slump. Then a drop in interest in reading. Now this whole 2025 mess. WE STILL NEED QUIET, DIVERSE, THOUGHT-PROVOKING MG. Please continue fighting for it. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors #booksky #kidlit

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I’m just saying, if I were a billionaire, even if I had to spend my money selfishly, I would, like, hire way more editors and editing support staff & fund writing grants, not, say, ruin an entire country & its former allies… but that’s just me. :) #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Shoutout to the writers who put their all into pitch events & don’t get as many likes as they were hoping. Don’t give up. Pitching is a very specific skill. For now, just keep writing the story you want to tell. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors #publishing

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

My literary hot take is that you should be allowed to write adult books about identity / feeling like you have no idea what you’re doing in life, w/o romance, body horror, or older affair partners. Let a girl struggle solo. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors #publishing #booksky

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

I doubt editors will see this, but if any do, please don’t ghost agents and authors after saying you’re taking something to acquisitions. Even bad news is better than silence. I feel like I never got over that years-ago ghosting. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors #publishing #editors

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Is it even writing if you don’t consider deleting the entire thing at least two (2) times and/or quitting writing entirely before completing a first draft? #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #authors #publishing

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

To add to this: This is especially true for people who are disabled, neurodiverse, or caregivers. Not everyone falls in love or has affairs or even goes to college or gets a regular job right away. Let’s have books for them too. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I’m really rooting for New Adult. And not just as “spicy YA” but as books about people past college age who still live with and regularly speak to their parents, don’t yet know who they are, and aren’t ready for a relationship. Just me? #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #publishing

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Petty complaint: It’s weird to me that some editors will email agents back and be like “Yeah, I’m passing on this. I’m attaching my editor guide with my MSWL so you don’t send me such trash again.” Like… a no would have sufficed… #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #beingpettynow

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Sorry, but I’m tired of “marketable.” What if I LIKE weird little books about weird little things? If a pub professional likes something, shouldn’t they champion it? Help shape the market? How can anything change if no one takes a chance? #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #authors

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

To add onto this: If everyone in your debut month/year has more (or higher) ratings and reviews, remember there is at least one person out there whose life has been changed because of something you wrote. That’s the best reaction you could ever get. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

As a reader, I pay 0 attention to author blurbs. I genuinely could not care less. As an author, though, I love getting to gush about other people’s books, and I love hoping they’ll gush about mine. I just wish it felt more important. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

With all the awards / “Best of 2024” lists going around, I’m shouting out all the authors/books who don’t win anything, don’t get on lists, & don’t earn out. I get it. I’m there too. But our teams believed in us, & that means something. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The mental scarring resulting from that “My child loved #Wicked, so I bought the book” misunderstanding is just “My child loved #ThePrincessDiaries movie with Anne Hathaway & Queen Julie Andrews, so I bought the book,” amplified by, like, ten million. #books #booksky

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Is it just me or is the kidlit community, esp. the editors, way more warm, accessible, & transparent than the adult industry? I see kidlit editors talking about trends, donating critiques/AMAs, etc. The adult industry is opaque, & that’s frustrating. #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #kidlit

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

When I was in middle school & undergoing religious deconstruction, I wrote a story of a man who said he was gay, then went to church & fell in love w/ a homeless singer girl, & that’s why we need diverse books. To save the children from committing my sins. 😬 #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments