Justine Manzano

The author / the first page / the book

Check out the adorable Lego Robin earrings my Gangxiety Writing Crew sent me for my birthday (it got a little lost on the way). Love you Jerusha, @kialeep.bsky.social,
S. Kaeth, and Hannah Kates. Get yourself a writing group that loves you and gets you this much.

Spent Wednesday evening with the tremendously talented and well-deserving @maria_tureaud at a book signing and author conversation about her latest release This House Will Feed. Had a wonderful time at her book signing and dinner with her and my sister Megan.

If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.

The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:

thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/

Signal boost!

They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.

I know I'm late on this, but this is infuriating.
1) We need to support indie book publishers and self-publishers who are releasing LGBTQ books.
2) Keep buying ALL the LGBTQ books. Make sure these chicken-shit spineless publishers lose all the money for this decision.

thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

I truly apologize if you have ever sent me some kind of business prospect and I missed it, because I receive about 15 of these emails a day, and they’re getting lazier and lazier. 

But if you really want to read one of my books for your book club, I’ll do a visit!

This quote feels apt these days. #strongertogether #instabookstagram #instawriters #indieauthors #instawriting

A reminder: even amid the chaos and the horrors, the world still needs you. Your kindness. Your art. Every bit of good that you put into the world.

Please don’t forget this.

Editing should never feel like a kick to the shins. It’s supposed to be about lending a helping hand in realizing your true vision.

Well, with the right editor, it will be very nice editorial criticism. 😉

No spoilers!!! lol

However, editors are good for catching those things. We have a distance from the story and we are reading it straight through fresh, which is something the writer never gets to do. It comes out of the writer in increments and then when they reread, it’s a story they already know.

Guess who saw a cover proof for my short story collection Tales of the Dawn!!!! Just a wee sneak peak for you, friends! Full cover reveal soon to come!
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#coverreveal #igwritersclub #indieauthors #newbookalert #writelife #ireadyalit

Introducing Logan to the X-Men cartoon from the 90’s and spotted this. A frame perfect pause later and we found this gem. 🤣

#xmen #xmenanimatedseries #animationerrors

So happy to help! ❤️

As the editor for the WriteHive anthologies, may I just say…send me your stories of defiance!!!! I want characters who give the finger to death and keep on moving!

Thank you! ❤️

This is 43. This year was rough, but I’m excited for the next step of the journey. ❤️

Thank you!!! ❤️

OH that would be awesome!

a woman is covering her face with her hands while sitting in a red chair . Alt: a woman is covering her face with her hands while sitting in a red chair .

OH NO. I hope it was just this one!

My Keys & Guardians short story collection, officially titled Tales of the Dawn, got this wrap-up comment from my wonderful editor, Jennia. I hope this means you’ll love it too! Stay tuned for the release date, coming soon!

The WriteHive Silent Auction is almost complete! Have you had a look at the offerings? Check it out!

(I have donated some stuff there, but there are a bunch of other wonderful things there as well!)

Join me and a whole slew of other authors for the @strongwomen_strangeworlds Holiday Extravaganza, tomorrow December 13th on Zoom! I’ll be there for the kickoff game at 10am ET. We’re playing Mad Libs with our stories, and it’s going to be a blast.

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-stron...

Justine Manzano's Mo Space Justine's Motivation: The health of my husband and my son mean the world to me.

Hi friends! I’m writing 500 words a day as part of the Movember challenge for team Alpha FMC to raise funds for men’s health! Living with two guys (my husband and my son) men’s health is super important to me! So join me for my challenge!

movember.com/m/15365267?m...

It's okay to vary up the pattern if it will help the flow of the story. If you do well to solidify the protag at the beginning of the chapter, readers will follow along.

Happy to chat it through with you if you need it. :)

Fair enough. 😉