Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

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The Wicked and the Just — J. Anderson Coats Young adult historical fiction book set in medieval Wales about two teen girls living in Caernarvon during the leadup to the rebellion of 1295. Available as a pdf download.

At any rate, I’m super grateful for everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported this book during its life, and I’m excited to hear what new readers think. Thanks so much for visiting thirteenth-century Wales with these girls! 8/8 www.jandersoncoats.com/the-wicked-a...

It's a bookbirthday! Go get yourself a Clue at the nearest bookstore if you're ready to write your MG or YA mystery. Cake is on me...!
#bookbirthday #writingcommunity #amwriting #mysterybooks #kidlit

Congrats Fleur! 🥳

Brilliant visual storytelling 😂
Check out more fun posts from talented Kid Lit artists at today's #kidlitartpostcard thread.

The Pre-Quill Conference. A Crash Course in Critique. C.W. Allen, President of the League of Utah Writers. April 18 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center

My next author education event is coming up! Every class at the Pre-Quill Conference is livestreamed and recorded so you can learn from the comfort of your couch anywhere in the world. Thanks @leagueutahwriters.bsky.social for the invitation!
www.leagueofutahwriters.com/pre-quill

I hate to overstep in things that aren't my expertise, but my advice would be that contracts are meant to be negotiated and sometimes you don't know what you can get away with until you ask. On a larger scale: if enough participants in the system call out exploitation tradition stops being an excuse

So I'm gathering! I have no advice on how to buck the system, but wanted to throw in my two cents that no other type of writer would put up with that

Is this for academia or commercial nonfiction, by chance? Signing over your copyright is absolutely NOT a normal request for fiction, even in multi-author collections. Genuinely shocked if this is a standard practice for nonfiction, that sounds so exploitative

Money for illicit buttholes? Illicit money from a regular butthole? Is someone smuggling buttholes across state lines? WE NEED DETAILS

Sad news! It's beyond me why they keep shuttering all these imprints. It's like the execs are trying to figure out how to squeeze money out of publishing without actually publishing any books

This was my first thought! No professional editor rewords whole passages. Any time a change is needed they ask the author to approve it, or to make the change themselves. Even if the excuse is true (questionable) it means she either didn't check the edits or presented a ghostwriter's work as her own

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Lit Kids is officially OPEN to submissions for Issue 10: Folklore/Mythology through 5/15 (for two whole months)! 🤯We accept writing, art, and photography from creative 5-13 y/o kids. Please subscribe, spread the word, and keep shining! ✨
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#kidlit #emag #parents #teachers

Ooo, I spy a Sister Rosetta Tharpe tribute too!

I'm packing up to head to the Eagle Mountain Writing Conference tomorrow! Will I see you there?

I know for a lot of people public speaking is the stuff of nightmares, but teaching fellow writers is one of my favorite things. Thanks Eagle Mountain Arts Alliance for the invitation!

Text: Cover reveal Image: book cover with gold and red lettering. The Hound of Castle Elsinore, by C.W. Allen. Marbled background in dark teal blue color. Image under lettering: an illustration of a black wolfhound with red eyes, looking backward over its shoulder, to the left

Today's the day -- it's finally time for the cover reveal! The Hound of Castle Elsinore is hitting book shelves this summer. Isn't she beautiful?

I can't wait to share this story with you. I'll be looking for ARC readers soon - followers DM me if you're interested!

#CoverReveal #BookCover

My parents still have a vhs copy but I hadn't watched it since I was 10, so I went into the viewing totally prepared for it to be cringe in hindsight. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up!

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They looked at me like I was nuts 😅 Fortunately it's on YouTube, so if it was a fever dream at least it was a shared fever dream. So obviously I forced them watch it 😈
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The teens acted like I was pulling out their eyelashes one by one, but the 9 y/o liked it

Am I the only 80s kid who remembers Fluppy Dogs? I never hear anyone talk about it. I was trying to explain it to my kids (like Lilo and Stitch, but the cute fluffy Not-Dogs mistakenly locked in the animal shelter are interdimensional portal hoppers instead of aliens?)
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This book has been in the works for the past two years. It's so different from anything I've done before, but also has threads connecting it to themes that fans of my other books will definitely recognize. I can't wait to share it with you!

I'm buzzing with excitement that I don't have to sit on this news anymore: I have a new book coming out this summer! The #CoverReveal is coming next week, but subscribers to my newsletter will get the first look TOMORROW. If you're not already subscribed, sign up at cwallenbooks.com/contact

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This is how I feel before the holidays! I can't believe it is already November! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I am looking for representation as an illustrator or author.

As a collage illustrator I love to create my own painted papers and then make lovable characters! #kidlit #kidlitart #collage

YES. Finally! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day!
Scroll the hashtag for snapshots of some of the best children's illustrators working today. Don't forget to repost to boost your favorites!

I'm gearing up for my next public appearance! Writers, come hang out with me and learn more about contracts, copyright, fair use, and public domain, plus tips for new writers to come across professionally and strategies for injecting humor into writing of any genre. Tickets at www.emaawrites.com

A copy of The Unfinished Business, showing a night-time cityscape with glowing windows. A girl stares out of one window at three ghosts floating overhead. Next to a copy of the book is a wind-up ghost.

We have ghosts!! The Unfinished Business is now in shops, libraries, or wherever else you get your books today!

Happy reading, friends!

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February 19, 2026 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY As survivors and descendants of the mass removals, detention, deportation, and family separation targeting our community during WWII, we refuse to stand by idly while our friends and neighbors are violently disappeared, forcibly removed, mass incarcerated, and separated from family members. We decry the murders of community members and at least 37 people in ICE custody and enforcement in 2025. We reject false narratives that state violence is "unavoidable," a "justifiable military action," necessary for "national security"—the same arguments used as they forced our parents, grandparents, aunties, and uncles into U.S. concentration camps in 1942. On this Day of Remembrance, we call on Japanese Americans and all people who believe in "Never Again" to demand justice for those we have lost—on the streets and hidden away in ICE detention centers. To break this cycle of state violence. To rise up and resist, together. We bravely commit to being the allies our familes needed during WWII. STOP REPEATING HISTORY. #TsuruForSolidarity #FreeFamilies #FreeThemAll

84 years ago today, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, about two-thirds of whom were US citizens. The Day of Remembrance this year comes as we see DHS buying land and warehouses for more camps now.

Photo of text: Yeah, you can ask a machine to pretend to be storyteller or a lover or a painter. You can pay for a ride to a marathon finish line and throw your arms up in victory. You could 3D print an ear and whisper your hopes and dreams into it. You could mail yourself a love letter or spend an evening singing a lullaby to a plastic doll. You could fake all sorts of human endeavor, but why would you want to? -Jarod K. Anderson

Creatives resort to genAI out of fear - that their efforts won't be good enough, or the process will be difficult. But the resulting output has no soul. (I couldn't call it "work", as none occurred, and certainly not "art".) Don't let impostor syndrome talk you into surrendering to actual impostors

"If fear of being banned is what's keeping you from writing the story, you're doing the banning." 🔥

The 💙 for Clara & the Below has been incredible and I couldn't let you start the weekend without hearing some of the amazing music we're brewing. That's right, TJ Hill, composer of #Amphibia & #TheOwlHouse is BACK. Enjoy this teasiest of teases and follow our KS page below👇

Uhh... this sounds rad. Stop cancelling rad projects, Hollywood!

Crowdfunding this is the ultimate "revenge dress" opportunity to show the studios what viewers actually want (and get a cool thing made in the process)