#Authors

Hazel Prior

HazelPriorBooks

I thought I'd share some things I've learned about being published with one of 'the big 5' publishers. Follow the thread if interested! #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfiction https://twitter.com/HazelPriorBooks/status/12594326

RA News

RANewsTX

We're at 76 state Reps. signed on to @juliejohnsonTX's Medicaid expansion bill #HB3871 today! All 67 members of the @TexasHDC have signed on as co-authors. With the addition of @raneyfortexas

Soc_Imagination

Soc_Imagination

A quick publishing question: is it becoming the norm for publishers to invoice authors/editors for the costs of indexing? My previous experience had been that these costs are deducted against

All About Work

all_about_work

I've just finished reading several Canadian newspapers' Saturday editions, including the #book pages. These pages have suffered a lot in recent years (staff cutbacks, reduced space, etc.) But that's not

rachel syme

rachsyme

if you do transcriptions, put your name in the hat below. journalists, authors, researchers etc who still have the ability to hire transcribers, you can find someone below! just trying

Candace Jens

candace_jens

I really enjoyed @toniwhited's talk this week on the editorial process, sponsored by @AEACSWEP and @Affect_Finance. Moderators @anusha_chari and @JuliaAFonseca were outstanding! I'd like to share a few notes I

Jordan Maloney

jordan_maloney

1/4Think of it this way. If the first part was the rule then White/cis/abled authors:1) Can only write books with White/cis/abled MC’s. Which is boring and overdone.2) Must write books

Debbie Ridpath Ohi

inkyelbows

Tip for those posting good news about picture books & tagging author: Pls tag/mention ILLUSTRATOR too, esp if you are using their art to help promote a book. For info

Courtney Milan 🦖

courtneymilan

Ending the pandemic would definitely help increase the bottom line of authors like me, and so I would selfishly love it if we brought it to a swifter close by

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

*Sigh*. Disappointing to see that Guardian, like many media orgs, continues to focus exclusively on the "numbers game" Q, which is a poor way to measure imm attitudes. 1/2https://twitter.com/alexandreafonso/status/1320735350579437

Ben Myers

_BenMyers_

Pedagogical afterword: Doctrine is there to be taught;that's what the word means. Don't rush to "apply" it till you've learned to explain it Half the books on the trinity in

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MagpieLibrarian

Hi authors! My students wrote letters to authors whose titles have been banned or challenged. I will not include their full names, nor any identifying information. They would love a

Adiba Jaigirdar

adiba_j

Nothing makes me cringe more than seeing people refer to the characters in The Henna Wars and me as "Indian." I know when people see the term "Bengali," they want

Victoria/V.E. Schwab

veschwab

When I was 22, I asked a fellow male author if they wanted to trade manuscripts. He told me he’d send me his, but he didn’t want mine because “pretty

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magical_reads

a thread of books by authors of color southeast asia did you know? ummm...that I have a whole list of books written by vietnamese authors/authors of vietnamese descent?https://magicalreads7.wordpress.com/vietnamese-books-authors/?frame-nonce=749bfd44

John Hornor Jacobs

johnhornor

Like all humans, writers tend to form cliques and the nature of cliques are to be exclusionary. This stuff is easily visible at any large and well attended convention. Well