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Amy Hagstrom
@amyhagstrom.com
Author of THE WILD BETWEEN US and SMOKE SEASON. Repped by The Lark Group and The Independent Artist Group. Living my best life in Western Mass, lover of books and nature. 🏳️‍🌈 📚 🌲
My pup Bonnie says Happy #Pride month!
June 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happy #Pride, all! To celebrate, I'm excited to be included in a HUGE sapphic book giveaway this month with @jaeauthor.bsky.social. Join in! open.substack.com/pub/amyhagst...
Can we talk about @hairforhumans?
Happy June! This month, we're here for the wholesome Instagram content, Pride month goodies, and more!
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June 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Have you manifested your truth today? #transawareness #trustisforeveryone 🏳️‍🌈
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I hope you’ll join me over on Substack to read about my latest shenanigans on the homestead. I really am ridiculous. amyhagstrom.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Can't wait for this one! Cover reveal for Ellen Won Steil's upcoming title! #coverreveal
March 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's always hard to sit on deal announcement news! Excited to share the premise of my third novel, coming in early 2026! 💙📚 #authorsofbluesky
#fictionwriters #amwriting #pubdeal
March 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Some art to reflect the moment from #Vermont artist, Meredith Gratton:

If you haven't read #Sugarbush Condition's Reporter Lucy Welch's dispatch yesterday, you can find it here:
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March 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Who else is in that 'sandwich' era between young adult kids and older parents? I'm feeling it this week. amyhagstrom.substack.com/p/take-offs-... #amwriting #genX
Take offs and landings
I’m writing this from the plane, heading back home from Oregon, where I was visiting my young adults and helping to prepare my parents’ house to sell.
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March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Love talking to book clubs…especially local ones! (And if you’re not, I’m always happy to zoom)! #lakeunionauthors #booksky #bookclubs
February 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New post up at Substack. Come join me there to talk creativity, boundaries, and peace. 💙📚 `
#authorsofbluesky
#fictionwriters amyhagstrom.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
SO many great books in this #giveaway package! I'm honored to be included. Better yet, the winner will be announced on International Women's Day. 💙📚
#authorsofbluesky
#fictionwritershttps://www.universalbydesign.com/enter-win-13-books/
Enter to Win 13 Books! - Universal By Design
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January 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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It can be challenging to understand evil in our characters (or in real life, for that matter)--harder still to write truly bad characters believably and with depth. How to develop, deepen, and humanize even your most evil villains in today's blog. foxprinteditorial.com/2025/01/30/u...
Understanding Evil Characters (and Writing Them Real)
So many stories in some way deal with the conflict between good and evil. As authors we’re urged to find nuance and depth in our antagonists, to make them more than just flat cardboard-cutout represen...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This teaser for SMOKE SEASON still gives me shivers! Thank you to all my early readers who have been reviewing! 💙📚 #booksky #authorsofbluesky
January 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sometimes, in the dead of winter, to keep yourself sane and away from endlessly depressing news cycles while remaining creative, drastic measures must be taken. Learning a new hobby. Trying to channel patience. Also: don’t laugh. I’ve never embroidered before! 😂 #creativity #am(not)writing
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As I settle into my new community, I'm thinking more and more about rural life, and how it informs my writing. Would love others' thoughts on the nuance of place in fiction. open.substack.com/pub/amyhagst... #writing #authorsandwriting #fictionwriting #wfwa
Writing rural America
And why it matters now more than ever
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January 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Walking through (our) woods on a snowy (morning). Channeling some Robert Frost vibes today in our back acreage. We call it The Rafters because of all the wild turkeys who take shelter here. #homesteading #westernmass #winterwilderness
January 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you're a reader of upmarket fiction, an author, or just interested in rural life in the Berkshires, join me over at Substack! amyhagstrom.substack.com #authorsofbluesky #fictionwriters 💙📚
January 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fiction writers, share your leaving-Facebook-success-stories. Will I need the connection there while trying to sell books? Or can I let it go for good? #fictionwriters #amwriting
January 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thoughts on Fable? Is it 'just another platform' to keep up with, or worth venturing over to from Goodreads? I'm a reader but also an author. 💙📚
January 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My sister-in-law’s book club made ornaments featuring every book they read this year, and I am so here for it. #bookclubgoals #bookclub
December 27, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Happy solstice from the Berkshires! We're getting our #wintersolstice #wintercabinvibes on!
December 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Hello fellow book lovers! For anyone organizing a book club in 2025, I want to put it out there that both my novels, THE WILD BETWEEN US and SMOKE SEASON, have book club packets available to download on my site! Happy reading! #bookclubfiction #bookclub 💙📚 amyhagstrom.com/news-events/
News & Events - Amy Hagstrom
Amy Hagstrom is available for book club talks, and readers can keep up-to-date by subscribing to her Substack, Beyond the Books.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Welcome to BookSky! 💙📚

1️⃣ save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it
2️⃣ repost to help us find more bibliophiles
3️⃣ use 💙📚 or 📚💙 to post to feed
4️⃣ more niche feeds on my profile (some are NSFW)

FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ
December 17, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Favorite read of 2024? I can never pick just one, but perhaps most memorable for me was Demon Copperhead. Thoughts? 💙📚 #booksky #imreading
December 9, 2024 at 9:30 PM