Jason Hussong
@jasonhussong.bsky.social
Dad Husband #Writer #VCFA student #Library guy doing the teen programs #SCBWI #SFF Love to #travel And occasionally I play #chess
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A large part of writing for children is trying to work out what level of swearing is acceptable to publishers
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A large part of writing for children is trying to work out what level of swearing is acceptable to publishers
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Writers - the scam predators are changing up their tactics. If you don't follow Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware, why on earth not?
New #WriterBeware blog post: An army of bots on Discord, flashier websites, impersonations: the Nigerian marketing scams are not just proliferating, but morphing. I've never seen anything like it. writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/a...
Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has swept over the writing world in the past year or so. A hallmark of these scams has been how...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Writers - the scam predators are changing up their tactics. If you don't follow Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware, why on earth not?
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New scholarships available for incoming students in the Writing for Children & Young Adults low-residency MFA program at VFCA (where I teach), funded by kid lit legend Katherine Paterson.
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
October 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New scholarships available for incoming students in the Writing for Children & Young Adults low-residency MFA program at VFCA (where I teach), funded by kid lit legend Katherine Paterson.
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
Thinking about applying? I'm happy to chat! vcfa.edu/admissions/v...
This is huge! If you've been thinking about applying to #VCFA, here's a great opportunity for incoming #WCYA students. An amazing program. I'm learning tons, and so thankful for all of the shared wisdom and connections. #kidlit #amwriting
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October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is huge! If you've been thinking about applying to #VCFA, here's a great opportunity for incoming #WCYA students. An amazing program. I'm learning tons, and so thankful for all of the shared wisdom and connections. #kidlit #amwriting
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Loved this book. #amreading
Katherine Rundell’s middle grade fantasy Impossible Creatures takes to the skies with Disney 🐉
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Disney Plans to Turn Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures Into Its Next Big Fantasy Franchise - Reactor
The company closed a seven-figure deal with Rundell to adapt the middle grade series.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Loved this book. #amreading
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“Every NO is a breadcrumb leading you to a YES.” @ecfeinberg.bsky.social at @SCBWIOhioNorth #kidlit
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Every NO is a breadcrumb leading you to a YES.” @ecfeinberg.bsky.social at @SCBWIOhioNorth #kidlit
Love the pic! School is at CalArts north of LA now. A great facility for the residency programs #VCFA runs all at once. Love going there for #kidlit. #amwriting
Loose line and wash of VCFA College Hall in Montpelier, VT. (The college has actually moved in recent years. I think it's in Colorado now)
#art #watercolor #watercolour
#art #watercolor #watercolour
October 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Love the pic! School is at CalArts north of LA now. A great facility for the residency programs #VCFA runs all at once. Love going there for #kidlit. #amwriting
Yay! So excited to read Sunward when on holiday break from school. #amreading #VCFA
Ottawa! We’re privileged to have @willalex.bsky.social among us! He’s at Perfect Books signing his adult debut SUNWARD until 3PM! Swing by & say hello!
October 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yay! So excited to read Sunward when on holiday break from school. #amreading #VCFA
Kinda my strategy in a nutshell. Or on a chessboard. Either, really.
Opening tips:
- pawn(s) out to control center
- develop horses and bishops
- castle (magic move)
- do whatever looks fun
- pawn(s) out to control center
- develop horses and bishops
- castle (magic move)
- do whatever looks fun
October 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Kinda my strategy in a nutshell. Or on a chessboard. Either, really.
#amwriting and #amquerying friends!
October 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#amwriting and #amquerying friends!
It arrived! Excited to read Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. Had to wait for the local shop to order it for me, so a little delayed from the release date. But...yay! 🎉🎊🎉 #amreading #SFF #scifi
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It arrived! Excited to read Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. Had to wait for the local shop to order it for me, so a little delayed from the release date. But...yay! 🎉🎊🎉 #amreading #SFF #scifi
Kind of a crazy thing my wife just shared with me from the James Webb Space Telescope Facebook page. #science #astronomy
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Kind of a crazy thing my wife just shared with me from the James Webb Space Telescope Facebook page. #science #astronomy
My friend just sent me a copy of a book she published. So excited to read this! The drafts were amazing. Congratulations, Katherine! a.co/d/i5EItfI #amreading #kidlit #sff
September 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My friend just sent me a copy of a book she published. So excited to read this! The drafts were amazing. Congratulations, Katherine! a.co/d/i5EItfI #amreading #kidlit #sff
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September 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Happy book birthday, @willalex.bsky.social! Excited for my copy to arrive at my local bookstore. #amreading
Happy book birthday to SUNWARD, a cozy scifi adventure by award-winning writer William Alexander (@willalex.bsky.social)! 🎉
SUNWARD follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth’s moon.
SUNWARD follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth’s moon.
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Happy book birthday, @willalex.bsky.social! Excited for my copy to arrive at my local bookstore. #amreading
Got mine on order through my local bookstore. #amreading
🎶 The world is still consumed in flame,
but I must joyfully proclaim:
Tomorrow you'll discover
what my novel SUNWARD has in store!
One more dawn.
One more day.
ONE DAY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE...🎶
but I must joyfully proclaim:
Tomorrow you'll discover
what my novel SUNWARD has in store!
One more dawn.
One more day.
ONE DAY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE...🎶
🎶One week more.
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Got mine on order through my local bookstore. #amreading
🤔🤔🤔 #amwriting
Happy honkin weekend send us ur words 🪿🪿🪿 sillygoosepress.submittable.com/submit
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🤔🤔🤔 #amwriting
Dear Santa, would it be a bother to come a little early with this one on your sleigh? #amreading
🎶One week more.
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶
Another seven days remain my friends,
until the lengthy wait for SUNWARD ends.
What secrets do these pages hold?
What lunacy will soon unfold?
One week more...🎶
September 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Dear Santa, would it be a bother to come a little early with this one on your sleigh? #amreading
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Yup.
My early thoughts on the Anthropic settlement:
a) good, fucking pay us
b) no, that’s not enough
c) shouldn’t have stolen our shit to train your stupid mediocre plagiarism artbarf robot in the first place, you fuckers
d) this isn’t something to celebrate; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best
a) good, fucking pay us
b) no, that’s not enough
c) shouldn’t have stolen our shit to train your stupid mediocre plagiarism artbarf robot in the first place, you fuckers
d) this isn’t something to celebrate; it is a Pyrrhic victory at best
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yup.