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Middle school librarian by day. Author of twisty crime books evenings and weekends. South Bay, CA Links: https://linktr.ee/mwdooley
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A group of wolves is called a pack and a group of Nazis is called a CPAC.

Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳 reviseresub.com/editors

I did not paywall this; I’m trying not to do that, because we need to share such things in times of crisis. This is going to members of my family. Maybe you need it, too. It’s hard. But it’s time. 🏳️‍⚧️🧪🗃️♿️ #justice brandy-schillace.medium.com/the-letter-b...

Elektra of Melniboné #NewAmalgamUniverse

Richard!

As long as we're speaking of the good ol' days... (And you ignore smoking.)

muskferatu

The ref vs the art

I'm always curious about why headlines say trains strike people. Isn't it that a pedestrian / car move onto the train track? Is this some kind of a feral train that jumps the track to kill a person then gets on the track again?

If you see this repost with something red from your gallery.

Happy Valentine’s Day

"Given what we've seen here, it is clear what AI is meant to be. AI is meant to be ignored, discarded, rejected in favor of the shelter of community and the warm embrace of a friend."

We’re excited to formally introduce our 2025 Mentees! Over the course of a calendar year, our mentees work one-on-one with published authors/illustrators to edit their manuscripts and learn about the publishing process, preparing them to navigate this competitive industry.

Literary groups, publishers, and and professional writers' orgs issue joint statement condemning Donald Trump's recent anti-trans executive order www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

WNDB is proud to join more than 50 organizations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, distributors, and more signed a joint letter expressing concern that the Trump Administration’s executive order from January 20th will lead to censorship of literature. 🧵

And that's how you get in the Christmas spirit! Kidding. Love this. If you know who the performers are, post it up so I can express my appreciation.

Sabra Field

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. Saturday afternoon, I’m in Ma Vu’s poker game raking daddy’s tuition money off some frat boy down from Stanford.