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Get 25% off preorders at Barnes & Noble with the code PREORDER25 and I will love you forever if you throw WHAT WAKES THE BELLS in your cart.

And if you want to give a little eff you to a certain orange man, this is also a great way to support a queer, Canadian author.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS!!!

y'all don't want to sleep on this one!!! 😍

You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What? For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

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There are over 260 AMAZING items to bid on in the 2nd annual #KidLit4Ceasefire auction from year-long mentorships to signed books to full manuscript critiques to art commissions the fundraiser has you covered! 🇵🇸

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please keep your eyes on 🍉 tonight. the 24 hrs after any ceasefire deal goes through will be CRUCIAL. and please for the love of everything good, do not abandon your support till the occupation is over and 🍉 is rebuilt.

If you are a #writer & decided to publish under a pen name, what was your reason & do you have any regrets?

Me, from December 23rd-January 5th

DANNY!!!

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande posing for ‘WICKED’ press.

‘WICKED’ will release digitally on December 31st.

Writers at every holiday gathering when someone asks what their book is about:

I have been wracking my brains trying to come up with a single instance where privatizing a government service has ever either improved the service or saved any money at all.

Can anyone help me think of an example?

i hope that writers who believe writing is resistance are also reading books beyond what represents their own demographic and sharing those books. i realized post election that a lot of people don't. writing to resist also means we should read to expand our own views.

#writingcommunity #booksky

The idea of moving Sesame Street to a “for pay” platform defeats the entire purpose 💔

Attention #nurses, I have a question for anyone who’s ever worked I the ER of a hospital related to what happens to a patient’s clothing, shoes, jewelry etc, if they’re covered in blood but the patient comes in & is then rushed into surgery? This is book research & Google is unhelpful.

TIA!

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

…what if we want to order from them, but w’ve already got the best agent around? 👀👀👀

Give me your favorite dumb comedy films. The more obscure the better.

Hello fellow writers! If you are a 2026 Debut Author being traditionally published, don't forget to join the 2026 Debut Discord here: forms.gle/KtSnFmXSquCA...

and also connect with other folks from your year with this starter pack here: go.bsky.app/9Sw356k

#writingcommunity #2026debut #amwriting

Me trying to force myself to take a break between finishing my first draft & starting revisions

Agents, Authors Question HarperCollins AI Deal HarperCollins has become the first Big Five publisher to strike an AI licensing deal, which authors and agents appear to be approaching with caution, skepticism, and a measure of hope.

Our most recent AI licensing alert to members is linked within this PW story. We ask agents to consider carefully: if you and your clients are willing to hand rights over to a publisher for them to administer, what is appropriate compensation to the publisher for their admin of those rights?

I’m already done with the first season 😂

a woman standing in front of a computer with the words " the level of incompetence in this office is stag-ger-ing " ALT: a woman standing in front of a computer with the words " the level of incompetence in this office is stag-ger-ing "

I’m watching VEEP for the first time & oh my gosh im obsessed already.

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A list of Bowen Yang’s amazing lines in #Wicked:

• I don’t see color
• We need a pastry!
• That’s the worst way to cook an artichoke
• Fiyero’s going to lose whats left of his mind
• We have to go rouge our knees
• Love you and your shoulder pads
• I’ll make a hand umbrella
• such braverism

Me, the moment I finish the first draft of a new book:

Proud of you for advocating for yourself & knowing your worth! 🖤🖤🖤

🎶 Tell them how IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII am defyyyyyyying graaaaaavityyyyyyyyyyyy, im flyyyyingggg hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh and defyyyyyIIIIIIIIIIIIng graaaaaavityyyyyyy🎶

Supernatural outcasts collect trinkets that could save a soul, but might accidentally bring about the apocalypse…

Been thinking a lot lately about that episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie and Tom have to rebrand fluoride in the water as TDazzle in order to get the public to support it.

Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT…

IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!

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