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My latest essay talks about what I learned from landing my agent but failing out on submission to book publishers. If you are #amquerying, please read and learn from my mistakes! You only get one bite at the apple.
#writingcommunity #writers #writingtips #querying
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#writingcommunity #writers #writingtips #querying
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What I Wish I Knew Before Landing A Literary Agent and Going Out on Submission to Book Publishers.
How I survived failing at traditional book publishing.
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March 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My latest essay talks about what I learned from landing my agent but failing out on submission to book publishers. If you are #amquerying, please read and learn from my mistakes! You only get one bite at the apple.
#writingcommunity #writers #writingtips #querying
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#writingcommunity #writers #writingtips #querying
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They say Trix are for kids, but that includes big kids too
Do I tell him they are for the kids or just let him feel special? ❤️❤️❤️
#marriedlife #nostalgia #thelittlethings
#marriedlife #nostalgia #thelittlethings
March 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
They say Trix are for kids, but that includes big kids too
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Check out my essay about being Hispanic when you don't speak Spanish. They call me a "no sabo kid"--but I'm doing what I can to preserve my father's culture.
#hispanic #writing
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#hispanic #writing
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Do You Have to Speak Spanish to Be Hispanic?
My life as a “no sabo” kid.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Check out my essay about being Hispanic when you don't speak Spanish. They call me a "no sabo kid"--but I'm doing what I can to preserve my father's culture.
#hispanic #writing
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#hispanic #writing
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Read about the time I was catcalled with my kids while at lunch, teaching me that sexual harassment doesn't end with motherhood!
#writingcommunity #women
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#writingcommunity #women
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Being Catcalled by A Man While With My Children in Broad Day Light
How I Learned Sexual Harassment Doesn’t End At Motherhood
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February 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Read about the time I was catcalled with my kids while at lunch, teaching me that sexual harassment doesn't end with motherhood!
#writingcommunity #women
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#writingcommunity #women
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I’m so conditioned to seeing query rejections that my body has a visceral physical response to the words “Query Reply” in a subject heading and doesn’t know how to reconcile reading positive news in the body of the e-mail…
January 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m so conditioned to seeing query rejections that my body has a visceral physical response to the words “Query Reply” in a subject heading and doesn’t know how to reconcile reading positive news in the body of the e-mail…
Enjoyed the #P2Ppit experience on Bluesky - great to see how vibrant the #writingcommunity is here. Tried to return the favor on support as much as I could without being online all day.
Getting a like from an agent we were already planning on querying when they opened was an awesome cherry on top.
Getting a like from an agent we were already planning on querying when they opened was an awesome cherry on top.
January 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Enjoyed the #P2Ppit experience on Bluesky - great to see how vibrant the #writingcommunity is here. Tried to return the favor on support as much as I could without being online all day.
Getting a like from an agent we were already planning on querying when they opened was an awesome cherry on top.
Getting a like from an agent we were already planning on querying when they opened was an awesome cherry on top.
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Agents/Editors guide to my YA literary sci-fi book
INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE
Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen?
#P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book
INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE
Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen?
#P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book
January 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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JOURNEY TO RALLEM
Josie, Jameson, and their friends travel across the continent in the hopes of bringing back Josie's lovers. They face unexpected challenges from meddling, immortal ancestors with age old vendettas. At each turn, events drive Josie and Jameson closer. #P2Ppit #Q #r #f
Josie, Jameson, and their friends travel across the continent in the hopes of bringing back Josie's lovers. They face unexpected challenges from meddling, immortal ancestors with age old vendettas. At each turn, events drive Josie and Jameson closer. #P2Ppit #Q #r #f
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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In 1950s Texas, Jimmy and Leticia are anything but the norm. Jimmy runs the local beat cafe that locals claim is a front. Leticia is the ideal home maker, just not the ideal color. At a crossroads in her life, Leticia has to choose between past grief or future happiness.
#W #UA #A #HF #U #C #P2Ppit
#W #UA #A #HF #U #C #P2Ppit
January 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hopefully some agents check this out and enjoy Drew and Everly as much as @juliecalidonio.bsky.social and I do…
January 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hopefully some agents check this out and enjoy Drew and Everly as much as @juliecalidonio.bsky.social and I do…
THE GOOD PART x DO I KNOW YOU?
#agents What if I told you my wife & I wrote a book about an unhappy power couple whose impulsive anniversary wish sends them back to their wedding day, where the ceremony has been canceled… #P2Ppit #a #r #q
#agents What if I told you my wife & I wrote a book about an unhappy power couple whose impulsive anniversary wish sends them back to their wedding day, where the ceremony has been canceled… #P2Ppit #a #r #q
a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says " is that something you might be interested in ? "
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says " is that something you might be interested in ? "
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January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
All I want for Christmas is the safe return of the other halves of all the mismatched sock pairs I own
December 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
All I want for Christmas is the safe return of the other halves of all the mismatched sock pairs I own
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social calls me this morning excitedly to tell me that we should join the #5amwritersclub
I place a roughly 0% probability that she actually follows through on this but I’ll keep everyone posted
I place a roughly 0% probability that she actually follows through on this but I’ll keep everyone posted
December 19, 2024 at 2:15 AM
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social calls me this morning excitedly to tell me that we should join the #5amwritersclub
I place a roughly 0% probability that she actually follows through on this but I’ll keep everyone posted
I place a roughly 0% probability that she actually follows through on this but I’ll keep everyone posted
I may or may not have written a draft query letter tonight #writingcommunity
December 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
I may or may not have written a draft query letter tonight #writingcommunity
Happy fantasy football playoffs day to all who celebrate
December 15, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Happy fantasy football playoffs day to all who celebrate
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With #type1diabetes, you can do everything right 99.99% of the time, but it will only take one untreated low to lose my son. Those are not odds I will roll the dice on--ever! Neither should his school district. Click below to learn more.
#type1diabetes
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#type1diabetes
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Why I Filed A Complaint with The Department of Justice Against My Son’s School
Teaching my son, who lives with type 1 diabetes, to advocate for himself and others
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December 12, 2024 at 3:49 AM
With #type1diabetes, you can do everything right 99.99% of the time, but it will only take one untreated low to lose my son. Those are not odds I will roll the dice on--ever! Neither should his school district. Click below to learn more.
#type1diabetes
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#type1diabetes
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What it’s like writing a book with your wife…
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social “I love our new idea for the beginning of our book…
…what was it again?”
#writingcommunity
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social “I love our new idea for the beginning of our book…
…what was it again?”
#writingcommunity
December 8, 2024 at 4:17 AM
What it’s like writing a book with your wife…
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social “I love our new idea for the beginning of our book…
…what was it again?”
#writingcommunity
@juliecalidonio.bsky.social “I love our new idea for the beginning of our book…
…what was it again?”
#writingcommunity
This morning I’ve discovered that I’m “need to wear reading glasses to remove all the pins from a new dress shirt without stabbing myself in the fingers” years old.
November 27, 2024 at 12:36 PM
This morning I’ve discovered that I’m “need to wear reading glasses to remove all the pins from a new dress shirt without stabbing myself in the fingers” years old.
How do I tell Bluesky’s algorithm that I have zero interest in seeing political posts and am only here to find writing community people who left Twitter?
November 20, 2024 at 5:06 AM
How do I tell Bluesky’s algorithm that I have zero interest in seeing political posts and am only here to find writing community people who left Twitter?