Shevi Arnold
@shevi.bsky.social
Author of the YA comedy Why My Love Life Sucks, YA romance Ride of Your Life, epic fantasy Toren the Teller's Tale, picture book Fay Fairy's Very Big Problem, and more (I also illustrate)
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A watershed novelist for me as a teenager. He changed everything I thought about novels. They needn’t be rule-abiding monoliths; they could play and charm and wink. RIP Tom Robbins.
February 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A watershed novelist for me as a teenager. He changed everything I thought about novels. They needn’t be rule-abiding monoliths; they could play and charm and wink. RIP Tom Robbins.
Swype seems to think I wish people "harpy birthday" way more than I do.
February 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Swype seems to think I wish people "harpy birthday" way more than I do.
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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
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January 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
Oh, god. What is hateful to you, do not do to others. Would you want the law to keep you apart from the person you love and who loves you? Let people be happy. This is what love your neighbor as you love yourself means.
We all knew this was coming…
"Idaho Republican legislators have introduced a resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 decision that established marriage equality nationwide."
January 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Oh, god. What is hateful to you, do not do to others. Would you want the law to keep you apart from the person you love and who loves you? Let people be happy. This is what love your neighbor as you love yourself means.
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You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
January 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
That is a lie.
The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.
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Wildfire smoke contains hazardous pollutants that include toxic gases and particulate matter — solid particles and liquid droplets that are produced when these fires burn through trees, buildings and other materials. wapo.st/3C2qyg2
January 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wildfire smoke contains hazardous pollutants that include toxic gases and particulate matter — solid particles and liquid droplets that are produced when these fires burn through trees, buildings and other materials. wapo.st/3C2qyg2
May 2025 bring you health, peace, joy, and only good things.
December 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
May 2025 bring you health, peace, joy, and only good things.
Anxious here, but I'm so glad I left.
December 12, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Anxious here, but I'm so glad I left.
Mad magazine giving AI the middle finger #AIart #illustrators
December 10, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Mad magazine giving AI the middle finger #AIart #illustrators
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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Wanna work in children’s books/know someone who does? Bloomsbury is hiring an editorial assistant!
(Note: I am not involved in the hiring process.)
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(Note: I am not involved in the hiring process.)
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Bloomsbury - Editorial Assistant, Children's Trade
Established in 1998 and located in midtown Manhattan, Bloomsbury USA is an independent, general interest publisher of adult and children’s books which has become known for both its high-quality fictio...
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December 3, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Wanna work in children’s books/know someone who does? Bloomsbury is hiring an editorial assistant!
(Note: I am not involved in the hiring process.)
recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
(Note: I am not involved in the hiring process.)
recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
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The main issue is, the criticism is often that they didn't like the direction a book took or they would have written it differently or make alternative story choices or the villain would have gotten a romantic arc or who knows what.
In those cases, the answer is: write your own story.
In those cases, the answer is: write your own story.
December 3, 2024 at 6:47 PM
The main issue is, the criticism is often that they didn't like the direction a book took or they would have written it differently or make alternative story choices or the villain would have gotten a romantic arc or who knows what.
In those cases, the answer is: write your own story.
In those cases, the answer is: write your own story.
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Reminding myself this week that I don’t sit down to write because I feel inspired. I sit down to write so I’ll be there, working & ready to go when inspiration shows up.
December 3, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Reminding myself this week that I don’t sit down to write because I feel inspired. I sit down to write so I’ll be there, working & ready to go when inspiration shows up.
You just have to be yourself.
Publishing advice on the internet:
You need over a million followers
You have to look professional in your author photo
You have to smile, don't smile, be serious, be approachable, be unapproachable, have a pet, don't have a pet, cross your arms, don't look straight at the camera...
Me:
You need over a million followers
You have to look professional in your author photo
You have to smile, don't smile, be serious, be approachable, be unapproachable, have a pet, don't have a pet, cross your arms, don't look straight at the camera...
Me:
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
You just have to be yourself.
I built my friends a waterpark, library, aquarium, chocolate shop, mobile campsite, and a little slice of heaven. Hope I get them all back in the new game. #AnimalCrossing #PocketCamp #ACPC
November 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
I built my friends a waterpark, library, aquarium, chocolate shop, mobile campsite, and a little slice of heaven. Hope I get them all back in the new game. #AnimalCrossing #PocketCamp #ACPC
November 28, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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Please don't tell kids that old "First Thanksgiving" myth and pass it off as actual history. Share books like these this week instead.
November 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Please don't tell kids that old "First Thanksgiving" myth and pass it off as actual history. Share books like these this week instead.
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It is grimly, grotesquely fascinating that we have evolved this a truly satirical, impossible-to-fictionalize dystopia where tech companies are needing to buy and build their own *nuclear reactors* to power AI systems that can’t even tell you how many Rs are in the word “strawberry.”
November 25, 2024 at 12:37 PM
It is grimly, grotesquely fascinating that we have evolved this a truly satirical, impossible-to-fictionalize dystopia where tech companies are needing to buy and build their own *nuclear reactors* to power AI systems that can’t even tell you how many Rs are in the word “strawberry.”
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“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.”
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New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
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November 25, 2024 at 12:16 PM
“How’d the world die? A pack of no-talent tech grifters created a digital artbarf machine to spew endless artbarf and each time the machine threw up it drank more water, destroyed more resources. Nobody wanted it but they did it anyway! Eat your roach paste.”
www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
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people ask, “how can I recover my sense of wonder?” take an interest in things. visit art galleries, hit up the library and discover-browse. read widely. learn new languages, new words. watch old films. the world is a wonderful place but wonder is a muscle that must be cultivated like any other.
November 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
people ask, “how can I recover my sense of wonder?” take an interest in things. visit art galleries, hit up the library and discover-browse. read widely. learn new languages, new words. watch old films. the world is a wonderful place but wonder is a muscle that must be cultivated like any other.
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If you're struggling with creative work lately, setting bite-sized goals can help.
"Work on WIP" might feel overwhelming.
But "Revise dialogue in chapter 2" or "Add weather details to opening scene?" We can handle that.
What's your One Small Thing for today? Set a 20-minute timer & get started!
"Work on WIP" might feel overwhelming.
But "Revise dialogue in chapter 2" or "Add weather details to opening scene?" We can handle that.
What's your One Small Thing for today? Set a 20-minute timer & get started!
November 18, 2024 at 11:17 AM
If you're struggling with creative work lately, setting bite-sized goals can help.
"Work on WIP" might feel overwhelming.
But "Revise dialogue in chapter 2" or "Add weather details to opening scene?" We can handle that.
What's your One Small Thing for today? Set a 20-minute timer & get started!
"Work on WIP" might feel overwhelming.
But "Revise dialogue in chapter 2" or "Add weather details to opening scene?" We can handle that.
What's your One Small Thing for today? Set a 20-minute timer & get started!