Johnna Matook

Johnna Matook

@johnnatries.bsky.social

romance writer + reader all spelling errors are my own she/her https://linktr.ee/johnnatries

66 Followers 64 Following 340 Posts Joined Aug 2023
2 days ago
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Why You Don't Want to Give Up, Actually I’ve writen a couple substacks about pondering whether I should give up an idea and rejections during querying.

*anotha one*
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4 days ago
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Reacting to TFIOS Years Later "Maybe okay will be our always."

did not intend for homestuck to be the cover photo of this post open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

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2 weeks ago

it's my version of the hand flex i guess

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2 weeks ago

there's a moment in one of my favorite childhood YAs where the mmc squeezes the fmc's arm before exiting the scene and i live for that kind of thrill in my books every now and again (the lonely hearts club by elizabeth eulberg)

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3 weeks ago
Extra Innings
THESE TWO FINALLY HAVE AN EXTRA CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT.

COMPLETELY OBSESSED with this character art from Odette Locke!!

EXTRA INNINGS is a love letter to baseball and teaching and second-chances and coming home
—but it's not a sports romance. Don't let all this baseball talk fool you ⚾️ 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

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3 weeks ago

who the hell are these guys that go fishing on NESN and how can i get a production position on their show

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3 weeks ago
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Should I Just Give Up? Tales from an Author Doing Revisions

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3 weeks ago

here's to the highlights when I was convinced/ that this was much more to you than some night shit

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1 month ago

:( trying to remember the B plot after the mc's have been making out for like 2.5 chapters straight :(

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1 month ago

I'd rather write my own books, even if they never get read by a SINGLE person outside of my betas/CPs, than "generate" (steal) other people's hard work with AI.

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1 month ago
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Need a little romance this February?

Add Sparring Partners on Goodreads and enter to win a free paperback copy 💙

Giveaway runs through the 27th — 20 copies, US & Canada only.

#goodreadsgiveaway #sportsromance #sparringpartners

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1 month ago

scrolling through my bsky and most of my posts are in all caps whoops

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1 month ago
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The Books I Read in January I read NINE books in January alone.

JANUARY READING WRAP-UP

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1 month ago

5 MORE SUNDAYS UNTIL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

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1 month ago

hbd harry styles THANK GOD IT IS FEBRUARY SPRING WE ARE GETTING CLOSER

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1 month ago

🗣️DON'T CALL ME KID🗣️DON'T CALL ME BABY

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1 month ago

thank you!! So i basically do the same but started overthinking it! (as if formatting fictional texts should be at the forefront of my editing concerns lolol)

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1 month ago

Writing question: How do you format texts between characters? For context, I have a HP laptop and use word.

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1 month ago
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Finding Your 'Why', Writing Slumps, and Where I've Been I needed a third thing; i don't think it's much of a mystery of where i've been because I haven't been gone long lol

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1 month ago

How many more people need to be murdered in the street?
How many more children ripped away from their parents?
As a mother and just as a human being, I feel so sick all the time.

This needs to stop.
ABOLISH ICE.

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2 months ago

It is normal to feel scared in times like this, but if you are able to do so, get into community with people.

Other people help you keep in touch with hope, help you understand that you can and will make a difference.

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2 months ago

just shouted "and now…THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!" and hopped into bed with a book

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2 months ago

as if i am not plotting my escape DAILY!!

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2 months ago

looks so good!!!

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2 months ago
Title slide: LEARNING FOR YOU Agent Guide Pitch (abbreviated for alt text): New high school teacher Jules Clark’s dream job is in jeopardy before it's even begun: looming budget cuts mean each department is set to lose one recently hired employee. Her direct competition is Adrian Pierce, the annoying(ly handsome) and smug former lawyer who breezes through everything she struggles with and one-ups her every chance he gets. She must compete with him to keep her place at the school—and try to avoid falling for him in the process.
Tropes/elements: golden retriever love interest, workplace rivalry, karaoke league, complicated family dynamics, forced proximity, strong female friendships. Comps include You Between the Lines, One on One, and The Makeup Test Moodboard featuring warm hazy images of books, a classroom, rumpled bedsheets, a woman studying, men’s glasses on a book, and a silhouette of a couple about to kiss

Now #amquerying: LEARNING FOR YOU, the teaching/karaoke romance of my heart 💜

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER

When budget cuts threaten her dream job, new high school English teacher Jules must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place—and avoid falling for him.

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2 months ago

called my senator rep today and you should do

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2 months ago

You have to go through Congress for anything resembling this type of war. Round up Massie and Paul types and have him removed. The people in this administration are on actual drugs and have insatiable bloodlust and bespoke mental illnesses. He has to go, and everybody with him.

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2 months ago

"When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room" is hitting a little too accurately right now

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2 months ago
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2026 Reading Goals A loose idea of what I'd like to accomplish in the reading world for the year 2026

besties what are we reading this year? open.substack.com/pub/johnnatr...

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2 months ago

i hate when i'm revising a chapter and it's like, where are their sunglasses? on their head or did they already put them away? Oh they're tucked into their t-shirt? Since when?

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