Miranda Schmidt

Debuting: How Do You Measure Success? A Conversation with Roohi Choudhry (part 2 of 3)

In this second part of my conversation with my pub date buddy, Roohi Choudhry, we try to figure out what standards we want to use to measure the success of our first novels and how things are going two months in.

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pals spotted on the Small Press Featured Titles shelves at Powell’s—Film Elegy by @laura-n-paul.bsky.social, Leafskin by @mirandarschmidt.bsky.social, & Show Me Where the Hurt Is by @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Such good company!! Thanks for the pic 💚 So happy to be on a shelf with you @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social!

I've been immensely lucky to work with Stillhouse press for my debut novel. Read about their process and projects in this interview with stellar publicist Taylor Schaefer!

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Still need a copy of Leafskin? Storygraph is hosting a giveaway of my debut novel about climate change, queer love, motherhood, poetry, art, forests, and selkies. Enter by May 18!
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I can't wait to talk hybrid writing with Ellene Glenn Moore for Brown Bag Lit! Ellene and I did our PhDs together, exploring poetry and prose, and we both have books out this spring.

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Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed the list.💚

In these novels, you can feel the folklore reaching out to pull you in. I loved writing about works by @arielgore.bsky.social, @rachelyoder.bsky.social, @alissahattman.bsky.social, @poingu.bsky.social, and more incredible authors for @electricliterature.com!

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Slow Growth and the Novel My first book comes out tomorrow

I wrote about the slow pace of novel writing, trees, my first book coming out.

Dogs Don’t Break Hearts by ‘Nathan Burgoine
Leafskin by Miranda Schmidt
The Prince & the Player by Nora Phoenix
A Gardener's Guide to Love and Loathing by Chelsea Pennington
A Basic Binary (Not So Normative Book 2) by D.C. Emerson

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Legend of the Quill (The Prophet's Tale Book 1) by Astra Crompton

my amazing partner Miranda Schmidt's debut Leafskin is out imminently from Stillhouse Press! Release date 3/25, preorders open. Queer family, sequoias, bodies and climate change, and the blur of it all. It's so so good and definitely worth a look! #booksky

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