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My hand holding a hardcover copy of Behooved by me, M. Stevenson

Happy UK pub day to BEHOOVED! Now available wherever you get your books across the pond!

Gonna go hunt for it in Waterstones. Happy book birthday, Marina!!! 🥳💓🤩

a collage of images and quotes around a picture of me with the title "vibes i bring to the function." some included: word girl show, super why show, arthur holding a library card, quote "january 29: again tried to write, virtually useless."

✨vibes i bring to the function✨
#booksky

discovering the absolute wondrous joy of my work existing and being discussed beyond me (a post from a stranger came up on my feed on upcoming books they're excited about, and mine was in it!)

A graphic that says 260+ items #KidLit4Ceasefire 2025 Auction (January 15-31st) Visit Auction: https://bit.ly/kidlit4ceasefire2025auction

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It is live!!!

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! 🇵🇸

Link:
bit.ly/KidLit4Cease...

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

Thank you, Haley!

How could they have had such similar starts, and branched off so violently?

Years after two Ethiopian writers’ lives diverge, one comes back to take back what she feels was rightfully hers.

For fans of:

✨ the publishing intricacies of YELLOWFACE
✨cultural and publishing critique of AMERICAN FICTION
✨ familial dynamics of MAAME

#W #A #WF #T #BluePit 📖

haha thank you!

Still have about a quarter left to go, so hoping to do it justice 🤞

thank you, ziv! appreciate that <3

R.F Kuang's Yellowface x Jessica George's Maame. Title: Honey Girls

They'd been the same girls, two Ethiopian friends w/ dreams of becoming writers. It all changes when one goes viral & becomes publishing's new darling, leaving behind the other in the town they'd vowed to escape.

Years later, she decides to bring her down & take her life.

#W #A #WF #T #BluePit 📖

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It's still a skill I wish I had in my repertoire, but the learning curve is so steep that I've kind of given up. For me it's been better to focus on lotion and sunscreen. Not sure across different generations, and it might just be my friends, but everyday makeup isn't actually too common among us

I always thought I would figure it out for the big occasions in my life (graduations, bdays, vacations) but the most I've managed is lipgloss and mascara, or v rarely, eyeliner. The one time a friend put a full beat on me, it looked textured and odd, plus was a pain to get off.

🥰🥰anahita <33

Pinterest Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

Bonus: Most of y'all know these ones but just in case: CANVA to make aesthetics, and PINTEREST to find them (not just to grab some photos for but to create aesthetic boards for different parts of your book - setting, characters, quotes, etc.)
pinterest.com

PubTips: A Traditional Publishing Writing Community PubTips is the go-to place for traditional publishing news and professional AMAs with authors, agents, editors, publicists, etc. We offer query critiques and answer writing and publishing questions wi...

9. Querying: R/PUBTIPS
reddit.com/r/PubTips/

A wonderful community of writers, authors, and publishing professionals offering free advice and spot-on critiques. (this is actually how I got an offer of agent rep!)

8. Drafting & Revising: SCRIVNER
literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/do...

This is the only program on the list that has a cost - a one time time $50 fee, but it has a 30-day free trial. It's brilliant, esp for revising. Does have a bit of a learning curve tho

Start writing Start writing...

7. Drafting: BLANK PAGE
blank.page

I hate distractions when I write so I need my screen as clear as possible. I don't use it often now that I draft on scrivner which has a similar function! (Also, this doesn't autosave)

Tropes - TV Tropes A trope is a storytelling device or convention, a shortcut for describing situations the storyteller can reasonably assume the audience will recognize. Tropes are the means by which a story is told by...

6. Brainstorming plot: TV TROPES
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...

5. Coming up with terms relevant to your story: REVERSE DICTIONARY
reversedictionary.org

Esp helpful if you're writing a time period or genre you don't often, because it can be difficult to get into the style if you're not used to it

4. Describing characteristics: DESCRIBING WORDS
describingwords.io

I use this during revision to enliven characters and descriptions. There are only so many times you can say "warm brown eyes"

3. Settings: ATLAS OBSCURA
atlasobscura.com

Great for if you're trying to brainstorm settings or get inspiration. You just click around and it shows you different locations around the globe, images, and descriptions of the place.

Vectary - Build interactive 3D and AR solutions online Create and share 3D design content and experiences for the web. A fully-featured 3D modeling tool with photorealistic real-time rendering, augmented reality, interactions and animations.

2. For worldbuilding/creating 3D models of your location: VECTARY
vectary.com

If you have a hard time visualizing things, this can be really helpful. Esp if it's a complicated setting.

The Most Dangerous Writing App The Most Dangerous Writing App. If you stop typing, all progress will be lost. Now with over 500+ writing prompts to choose from.

1. For fast drafting: MOST DANGEROUS WRITING APP
squibler.io/dangerous-wr...

You set a timer, then start writing. If you stop writing for longer than a few seconds, all your words disappear. It's chaotic and brilliant and I can scream it's so good!

9 free websites* that've helped me immensely as a writer🧵

*these are not ads! I've used and can vouch all of them.

thank you, ry!