Sabrina is writing
@sabrinawrites.com
Odd duck. Tired Mom.
A little bit spooky.
I write software manuals & #KidLit.
AuDHD human & neurodiversity advocate.
1st Place YA ‘24 KidLit Kid's Choice Writing Contest.
Creator of #KidLitSundayScaries.
sabrinawrites.com
A little bit spooky.
I write software manuals & #KidLit.
AuDHD human & neurodiversity advocate.
1st Place YA ‘24 KidLit Kid's Choice Writing Contest.
Creator of #KidLitSundayScaries.
sabrinawrites.com
The "em dash evangelist" label on my website is more amusing these days, as The Internet is now convinced that people using em dashes in their writing are all using AI.
SOME OF US JUST WRITE LIKE THE #ADHD IS WINNING -- BECAUSE IT IS -- Y'ALL.
#NotAI #IJustHaveALotOfThoughtsInsideMyThoughts
SOME OF US JUST WRITE LIKE THE #ADHD IS WINNING -- BECAUSE IT IS -- Y'ALL.
#NotAI #IJustHaveALotOfThoughtsInsideMyThoughts
May 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The "em dash evangelist" label on my website is more amusing these days, as The Internet is now convinced that people using em dashes in their writing are all using AI.
SOME OF US JUST WRITE LIKE THE #ADHD IS WINNING -- BECAUSE IT IS -- Y'ALL.
#NotAI #IJustHaveALotOfThoughtsInsideMyThoughts
SOME OF US JUST WRITE LIKE THE #ADHD IS WINNING -- BECAUSE IT IS -- Y'ALL.
#NotAI #IJustHaveALotOfThoughtsInsideMyThoughts
Welp. @johnnyvengeance.bsky.social and I both completely forgot today was our 12th wedding anniversary until my mom wished us a happy one. So I think we're killing it in the marriage department.
#ADHDMuch? #ImportantDatesAreHardToRemember
#ADHDMuch? #ImportantDatesAreHardToRemember
May 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Welp. @johnnyvengeance.bsky.social and I both completely forgot today was our 12th wedding anniversary until my mom wished us a happy one. So I think we're killing it in the marriage department.
#ADHDMuch? #ImportantDatesAreHardToRemember
#ADHDMuch? #ImportantDatesAreHardToRemember
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It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!
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Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
May 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Texas conservatives who've championed book bans & anti-LGBT policies suffered big losses tonight in school board races.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
And They seem to have lost their working majorities to pass their policies in big school boards.
I tracked these results in FOUR boards tonight. So a 🧵 on each ICYMI.
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"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"These $25,000 grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected data or writing, thoughtful project closure with community partners, or preparing grant proposals to continue the research."
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“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.”
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Eugenics isn’t just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it’s about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication.”
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti-blackness from @imanibarbarin.bsky.social
Today's excerpt from my current WIP, a sentence we can all agree is a true example of literary excellence:
"I stood standing."
Catch my future bestseller soon.
"I stood standing."
Catch my future bestseller soon.
a woman in a red dress and a denim jacket is saying crushed it .
ALT: a woman in a red dress and a denim jacket is saying crushed it .
media.tenor.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Today's excerpt from my current WIP, a sentence we can all agree is a true example of literary excellence:
"I stood standing."
Catch my future bestseller soon.
"I stood standing."
Catch my future bestseller soon.
Figuratively, the MC in my current WIP has to embrace his differences, and let go of his desire to fit in. Literally, he has to let go of his mom.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
So what do you think? Beltane is just around the corner, and in fact upon some parts of the world. At the time of such an important Sabbat, we need to think about the thin veils of the world. What burns your characters to transform?
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Figuratively, the MC in my current WIP has to embrace his differences, and let go of his desire to fit in. Literally, he has to let go of his mom.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
I'm Sabrina and I write kid lit -- I have a bunch of PB manuscripts but most recent WIPs are middle grade horror.
I write horror now because I kept trying to write soft and magical picture books but CB/MG horror kept coming out instead. It wasn't really up to me.
#HorrorWritersChat
I write horror now because I kept trying to write soft and magical picture books but CB/MG horror kept coming out instead. It wasn't really up to me.
#HorrorWritersChat
April 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm Sabrina and I write kid lit -- I have a bunch of PB manuscripts but most recent WIPs are middle grade horror.
I write horror now because I kept trying to write soft and magical picture books but CB/MG horror kept coming out instead. It wasn't really up to me.
#HorrorWritersChat
I write horror now because I kept trying to write soft and magical picture books but CB/MG horror kept coming out instead. It wasn't really up to me.
#HorrorWritersChat
A desperate plea for my local bookstores.
Can anyone, for the love of any god, stock more adult horror than Stephen King?
And, for the love of the same or another god, can the kid-lit section include more than award winners/nominees & required reading from 1995? MAYBE EVEN SOME HORROR?
Can anyone, for the love of any god, stock more adult horror than Stephen King?
And, for the love of the same or another god, can the kid-lit section include more than award winners/nominees & required reading from 1995? MAYBE EVEN SOME HORROR?
April 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
A desperate plea for my local bookstores.
Can anyone, for the love of any god, stock more adult horror than Stephen King?
And, for the love of the same or another god, can the kid-lit section include more than award winners/nominees & required reading from 1995? MAYBE EVEN SOME HORROR?
Can anyone, for the love of any god, stock more adult horror than Stephen King?
And, for the love of the same or another god, can the kid-lit section include more than award winners/nominees & required reading from 1995? MAYBE EVEN SOME HORROR?
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OR you could read these Black vampire novels:
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.
Just a thought.
#booksky #blackbooksky
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🤎
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.
Just a thought.
#booksky #blackbooksky
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🤎
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
The Game of Thrones author writes more than great fantasy stories
www.polygon.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
OR you could read these Black vampire novels:
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.
Just a thought.
#booksky #blackbooksky
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🤎
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson.
Just a thought.
#booksky #blackbooksky
📚💙 📚🏳️🌈 📚🤎
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if you're a writer feeling down, just remember, you can always make your characters' days even worse
April 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
if you're a writer feeling down, just remember, you can always make your characters' days even worse
You know it’s serious when the neuro-affirming orgs are publicly aligning with Autism Speaks .
This might be the first time ever! All this organization agreed on something and joined up. RFK Jr. in trouble
ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You know it’s serious when the neuro-affirming orgs are publicly aligning with Autism Speaks .
I wanted to write something about RFK’s eugenics-minded absolute garbage speech on autism but all that came out was a tirade of profanities.
Friendly reminder: you don’t have to produce something for the capitalist war machine to be a worthy member of society. You are enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
Friendly reminder: you don’t have to produce something for the capitalist war machine to be a worthy member of society. You are enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
April 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wanted to write something about RFK’s eugenics-minded absolute garbage speech on autism but all that came out was a tirade of profanities.
Friendly reminder: you don’t have to produce something for the capitalist war machine to be a worthy member of society. You are enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
Friendly reminder: you don’t have to produce something for the capitalist war machine to be a worthy member of society. You are enough.
#ActuallyAutistic
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The reason you don’t see anything ‘wrong’ with me is because there is nothing wrong 👌🏽♾️ #autismacceptance #autismawareness #actuallyautistic #blackandautistic #differentnotbroken
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The reason you don’t see anything ‘wrong’ with me is because there is nothing wrong 👌🏽♾️ #autismacceptance #autismawareness #actuallyautistic #blackandautistic #differentnotbroken
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I woke up to 90 responses to my critique group match. If you are looking for a critique group, don't miss out. I only do this every few years.
Looking for a kidlit critique group or hoping for one that better aligns with your interests? The Kidlit 2025 Critique Match is here: forms.gle/HsoHLUbQnMEH...
Kid Lit Critique Partner Meet-Up 2025
This is for children's writers looking to join an online critique group. Writers will be organized into groups based on common interests and receive an email the first week of May 2025 introducing the...
forms.gle
April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I woke up to 90 responses to my critique group match. If you are looking for a critique group, don't miss out. I only do this every few years.
Took the kids (Stitch and Charizard) to #kidsconne today and got to chat with @jldurona.com for a minute — what a treat! All the kid lit writers I know live in my computer, so it’s always a bit surreal to see anyone IRL!
April 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Took the kids (Stitch and Charizard) to #kidsconne today and got to chat with @jldurona.com for a minute — what a treat! All the kid lit writers I know live in my computer, so it’s always a bit surreal to see anyone IRL!
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Thought today was Friday. It's not.
The #KidLitSundayScaries prompt for this weekend is:
***JOY***
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
The #KidLitSundayScaries prompt for this weekend is:
***JOY***
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
April 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thought today was Friday. It's not.
The #KidLitSundayScaries prompt for this weekend is:
***JOY***
✅ hashtag
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
The #KidLitSundayScaries prompt for this weekend is:
***JOY***
✅ hashtag
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
Camp Cretaceous has me stressed out. Who, in their right mind, sends a teenager to sleep-away camp on a remote island with genetically-modified prehistoric dinosaurs?
That’s objectively bad parenting.
That’s objectively bad parenting.
a boy is running from a dinosaur in a netflix advertisement
ALT: a boy is running from a dinosaur in a netflix advertisement
media.tenor.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Camp Cretaceous has me stressed out. Who, in their right mind, sends a teenager to sleep-away camp on a remote island with genetically-modified prehistoric dinosaurs?
That’s objectively bad parenting.
That’s objectively bad parenting.
If there's one thing I can do, it's survive. When my brother died. When my parents left. When the earthquake hit.
Maybe I should be afraid that the sky went dark, & the animals are dying, & all the adults are gone. But I'm not. If anyone is going to make it out alive, it's me.
#KidLitSundayScaries
Maybe I should be afraid that the sky went dark, & the animals are dying, & all the adults are gone. But I'm not. If anyone is going to make it out alive, it's me.
#KidLitSundayScaries
March 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If there's one thing I can do, it's survive. When my brother died. When my parents left. When the earthquake hit.
Maybe I should be afraid that the sky went dark, & the animals are dying, & all the adults are gone. But I'm not. If anyone is going to make it out alive, it's me.
#KidLitSundayScaries
Maybe I should be afraid that the sky went dark, & the animals are dying, & all the adults are gone. But I'm not. If anyone is going to make it out alive, it's me.
#KidLitSundayScaries
When watching movies, 8 likes to declare what she thinks is coming next out loud. 5 likes to spoil whatever is coming if he’s seen it, or ask what happens next if he hasn’t.
My sincerest apologies to my children’s future friends and partners.
My sincerest apologies to my children’s future friends and partners.
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When watching movies, 8 likes to declare what she thinks is coming next out loud. 5 likes to spoil whatever is coming if he’s seen it, or ask what happens next if he hasn’t.
My sincerest apologies to my children’s future friends and partners.
My sincerest apologies to my children’s future friends and partners.
"It's a cliche, but she lights up the whole room." He once said to me when I asked why they stayed friends. He was lost in a memory of her while he held my hand.
All the blood drained from my face.
And that was it.
That was the day I knew I had to kill her.
#KidLitSundayScaries #YA #VSS
All the blood drained from my face.
And that was it.
That was the day I knew I had to kill her.
#KidLitSundayScaries #YA #VSS
March 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"It's a cliche, but she lights up the whole room." He once said to me when I asked why they stayed friends. He was lost in a memory of her while he held my hand.
All the blood drained from my face.
And that was it.
That was the day I knew I had to kill her.
#KidLitSundayScaries #YA #VSS
All the blood drained from my face.
And that was it.
That was the day I knew I had to kill her.
#KidLitSundayScaries #YA #VSS
“This is THE dumbest idea you’ve ever had.” I told my sister.
“For old time’s sake? Before you leave for school?” Her eyes begged me to give in.
And I did.
We closed our eyes & said the chant three times.
When I opened my eyes, she was gone.
I never saw her again.
#KidLitSundayScaries
“For old time’s sake? Before you leave for school?” Her eyes begged me to give in.
And I did.
We closed our eyes & said the chant three times.
When I opened my eyes, she was gone.
I never saw her again.
#KidLitSundayScaries
March 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“This is THE dumbest idea you’ve ever had.” I told my sister.
“For old time’s sake? Before you leave for school?” Her eyes begged me to give in.
And I did.
We closed our eyes & said the chant three times.
When I opened my eyes, she was gone.
I never saw her again.
#KidLitSundayScaries
“For old time’s sake? Before you leave for school?” Her eyes begged me to give in.
And I did.
We closed our eyes & said the chant three times.
When I opened my eyes, she was gone.
I never saw her again.
#KidLitSundayScaries
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This weekend's #KidLitSundayScaries prompt brought to you by the law the #DoEd oversees that's important to my family.
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See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
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See you on Sunday!
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March 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This weekend's #KidLitSundayScaries prompt brought to you by the law the #DoEd oversees that's important to my family.
*IDEA*
✅ hashtag
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet
*IDEA*
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🚫 AI
See you on Sunday!
#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #ArtPrompt #KidLit #KidLitArt #VSS #VSSPrompt #Poetry #HorrorSky #microfiction #WIPsnippet