Emily Krempholtz 📚

Thank you so much on all counts! 🥰

the book cover for VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE on a pastel ombre background, with the text "Thank you librarians for your continued support!"

Huge thank you to
@libraryreads.bsky.social
for naming VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE one of their top 10 picks for November!

One of my favorite things is when you compliment someone in public and then everyone around you suddenly feels free to speak the kind things they've been thinking about each other and the line for the women's bathroom or whatever just becomes a huge hype space and everyone leaves with a smile

Back atcha, Tara! 💚

Authors Against Book Bans Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

And learn more about @authorsabb.bsky.social, and how you can help fight censorship, here: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Celebrate (and Protect) Your Right to Read Stand up for free speech during Banned Books Week, October 5-11.

Read our op-ed in Denver Westword here: www.westword.com/opinion/cele...

Celebrate and protect your right to read, an excerpt from an op Ed in Westword magazine about banned books week

This year for Banned Books Week, I teamed up w @taradairman.bsky.social & Kellye Crocker, my co-leaders of the Colorado chapter of AABB, to showcase some of what we've been up to in Colorado this year, as well as why everyone should be thinking about banned books and some next steps for our state.

Nonstop enjoyment: VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE by @writersofrohan.bsky.social Cozy romantasy with a twist in the plot (villainess redemption) and an even tastier twist at the end. Coming November 18. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Thank you so much for reading! 💚🪴

I can tell autumn is on its way because the giant jar of coconut oil in my pantry has solidified again.

also I'm grading him A+ on his pitching skills, he's got the two-sentence version DOWN and even threw in a "What other books do you like to read?" and gave her some comp titles and names of authors who blurbed me omg he gets a gold star

Just took off my headphones and caught my partner pitching my book to one of his colleagues in a work call and I am blushinggggggg

Had to turn in my phone to get the battery replaced. Guy at repair shop told me they'd send me a confirmation email. Immediately tried to check email on phone. 🙃

the book cover for VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE

Anyway here's something else that also has all of those things:

The new Superman movie is a cozy fantasy, hear me out:
🐶 animal companion
❤️ wholesome characters
☕ warm beverages as a source of comfort
🌥️ grumpy x sunshine romance
🫂 found family/learning to depend on your community
🥹 the power of choosing to be good and kind

HOLLOW by Taylor Grothe

THE PRINCESS KNIGHT by Cait Jacobs

DANIEL DECONSTRUCTED by James Ramos

It's Non-Binary Peoples Day, so let me shout out my some of my favorite enbies, with books you can order AND preorder!

HOLLOW by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social
THE PRINCESS KNIGHT by @caitsbooks.bsky.social
DANIEL DECONSTRUCTED by James Ramos

you know where to shop: bookshop.org

Goodreads giveaway for VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE. Enter for a chance to win 1 of 10 physical ARCs!

Boromir saying "It is a giveaway" and below, the council of Elrond, with a copy of VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE on the central podium

A trope list for the Goodreads giveaway for VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE.

📣 Hey BookSky! Want a chance to read VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE a few months early?

@berkleypub.bsky.social is giving away 10 copies on Goodreads. Enter now thru August 4! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Tell your dog! Then give your dog a hug from me!

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Supreme Court Says Parents Can "Opt Out" Of Positively-Affirming LGBTQ+ Public School Lessons Mahmoud vs Taylor asked whether or not parents could opt their children out of public classroom lessons that positively depict LGBTQ+ people.

What does Mahmoud v. Taylor mean for LGBTQ+ books, curriculum, and students in American public schools?

A look at the ruling, its ties to where and how the Establishment Clause is interpreted, the chilling effect this will have, and what we need to be doing.

bookriot.com/supreme-cour...

(It was a pothos because of COURSE it was a pothos... I'll have to check later to make sure all the the sharp glass is accounted for. iykyk 🪴🔪)

Propagating plants on top of your bookshelf is all well and good until you knock one over and have to scramble to save your books from spilled water and shattered glass

the insatiable urge to reread your favorite books, all while your tbr grows ever larger

A goose wearing shades on a pink background with text that says "people pleasing is over, become unacceptable"

The tension between lefties and the perpetual ink stains on our pinkie fingers.

“No worries if not” I say, fading deep into the forest from all my worries if not

Congratulations!! This sounds so good!

It was a thing of beauty

"Emily what are you going to do once you turn in your manuscript?"

Sleep. I will be sleeping for approximately 5-7 business days.

every new book i write teaches me just how much i still don't know about scrivener

Title: How to focus on writing your book There follow eleven tiny images telling a story. The captions read: Turn your devices off (a writer with a phone and laptop. The screens are dark). Put them in a drawer. Lock the drawer. Throw away the key. Leave the house. Do not look back. Keep to backroads and hedgerows. Feel your old life slip away. (the writer has shed his clothes) Sleep by day. Forage in the evening. Write by the light of the moon When you have a passable first draft, commit a minor crime and use your phone call to contact your agent. (the naked writer is in a prison holding a phone while an unamused police officer looks on).

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books