Sona Charaipotra
@sonesone2.bsky.social
Author Symptoms of a Heartbreak, How Maya Got Fierce, Tiny Pretty Things, The Rumor Game | Screenwriter | Journalist | Senior Editor, Scholastic | traveler @ishqinabackpack | #adhd creative | #Chaitime | mama
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
In addition to short fiction, also open to poetry aimed at a middle grade and YA readership.
Haven’t posted much here in my Scholastic capacity (kid and Clifford for the algo), but I’m an editor at SCOPE and assigning short stories and Flash fiction and more, paid, to middle grade and YA authors. If you’re interested, reach out. We’re assigning 2026 now. #writers #authors #middlegrade
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In addition to short fiction, also open to poetry aimed at a middle grade and YA readership.
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Just giving this lil’ workshop a bump. Still have some space! 👇🏽
Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter.
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished.
These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...
Winter Workshop: Building the Nonfiction Book Proposal — ERIC SMITH
Hey friends. So my first attempt at a self-run workshop this summer was a really wonderful success. A few dozen folks signed up, we worked on query letters and opening pages, and at the end of the si...
www.ericsmithrocks.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just giving this lil’ workshop a bump. Still have some space! 👇🏽
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good morning, if you live in Georgia I highly recommend double checking your voter registration today!!
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
(they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
(they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)
Elections Portal
mvp.sos.ga.gov
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
good morning, if you live in Georgia I highly recommend double checking your voter registration today!!
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
(they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)
mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
(they sent out a bunch notices over the summer & if you didn't login, it auto moved to you over to being inactive and you won't be able to vote in upcoming elections)
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Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
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Happy release day to The Macabre by @kosokojackson.bsky.social!! @mcflycahill90.bsky.social spoke with Jackson about art ownership, Hereditary, and the inspiration for his adult debut. Check out their full conversation at Reactor!
reactormag.com/author-inter...
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Art & Legacy in The Macabre: A Conversation With Author Kosoko Jackson - Reactor
"Horror to me is all about taking the intangible and making it tangible and something that can be defeated"
reactormag.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy release day to The Macabre by @kosokojackson.bsky.social!! @mcflycahill90.bsky.social spoke with Jackson about art ownership, Hereditary, and the inspiration for his adult debut. Check out their full conversation at Reactor!
reactormag.com/author-inter...
reactormag.com/author-inter...
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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"Stop thinking of COVID as if it's an acute cold. Think of it as a neuroinvasive virus you can get every year or two that slowly degrades your brain in ways that will harm your abilities and quality of life throughout your life." (thread with studies)
I just read my tenth #COVID19 research study in the past month or so that demonstrates COVID infections cause brain changes that may accelerate Alzheimer's disease, are associated with cognitive decline, and cause fatigue, memory impairment, and sleep disorders. (1/?)
September 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Stop thinking of COVID as if it's an acute cold. Think of it as a neuroinvasive virus you can get every year or two that slowly degrades your brain in ways that will harm your abilities and quality of life throughout your life." (thread with studies)
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I’ve learned more about being a better advocate for my son, through the questions children have been kind enough to ask.
A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...
A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...
People Love To Ask Invasive Questions About My Son's Autism. These Are The Only Ones I'll Answer.
"I’ve never liked talking about my son’s autism with other people."
www.huffpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’ve learned more about being a better advocate for my son, through the questions children have been kind enough to ask.
A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...
A little essay for The Huffington Post, and how I learned to shed my “it’s not my job to educate everyone” armor, for the child who needed me to. www.huffpost.com/entry/answer...
Haven’t posted much here in my Scholastic capacity (kid and Clifford for the algo), but I’m an editor at SCOPE and assigning short stories and Flash fiction and more, paid, to middle grade and YA authors. If you’re interested, reach out. We’re assigning 2026 now. #writers #authors #middlegrade
August 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Haven’t posted much here in my Scholastic capacity (kid and Clifford for the algo), but I’m an editor at SCOPE and assigning short stories and Flash fiction and more, paid, to middle grade and YA authors. If you’re interested, reach out. We’re assigning 2026 now. #writers #authors #middlegrade
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I don’t know who needs this today, but here you go..
August 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don’t know who needs this today, but here you go..
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Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist based in Portland, Oregon. Consider applying and/or passing along to those who might be interested!
bookriot.com/hiring-digit...
bookriot.com/hiring-digit...
We're Hiring a Digital Content Specialist
Good at making internet? Love books? Come work with us as a digital content specialist.
bookriot.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist based in Portland, Oregon. Consider applying and/or passing along to those who might be interested!
bookriot.com/hiring-digit...
bookriot.com/hiring-digit...
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It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
Name a non-musical movie with a dance scene or musical number.
My fave….
My fave….
July 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Name a non-musical movie with a dance scene or musical number.
My fave….
My fave….
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
July 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!
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the world sucks so bad right now that it’s hard to know where to begin - but here’s one thing you can do, if there’s room in your heart and home 👇
The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.
By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
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By @janettev.bsky.social 🐕
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July 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
the world sucks so bad right now that it’s hard to know where to begin - but here’s one thing you can do, if there’s room in your heart and home 👇
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And evergreen reminder - watch the documentary Street Gang if you want the receipts - that it all started from supporting Black and brown children. What serves the underrepresented serves all.
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
July 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And evergreen reminder - watch the documentary Street Gang if you want the receipts - that it all started from supporting Black and brown children. What serves the underrepresented serves all.
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’
CBS said it planned to cancel Stephen Colbert's Late Show after next season, citing the weakening finances of late night
variety.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What a time for CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” and blame it on a “purely financial decision”: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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if a company came out and was like "we will not shove AI down your throat, we will not redirect funds towards AI, and we will just make sure this thing you use keeps working the way you like it" I think I would give them a lot of money
July 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
if a company came out and was like "we will not shove AI down your throat, we will not redirect funds towards AI, and we will just make sure this thing you use keeps working the way you like it" I think I would give them a lot of money