Rachel Stark
@syntactics.bsky.social
Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them
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You’re gonna cry and you’re gonna thank me for it, just trust
March 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
You’re gonna cry and you’re gonna thank me for it, just trust
What are/were your family’s cleaner alternatives to curse words—the words you say in front of the kids or that your polite grandma uses? Asking for a book.
We had “seashells” instead of “shut up” and my grandma says “good NIGHT.”
I need some alternatives for “shit”/“damn it”/“fuck” specifically.
We had “seashells” instead of “shut up” and my grandma says “good NIGHT.”
I need some alternatives for “shit”/“damn it”/“fuck” specifically.
February 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What are/were your family’s cleaner alternatives to curse words—the words you say in front of the kids or that your polite grandma uses? Asking for a book.
We had “seashells” instead of “shut up” and my grandma says “good NIGHT.”
I need some alternatives for “shit”/“damn it”/“fuck” specifically.
We had “seashells” instead of “shut up” and my grandma says “good NIGHT.”
I need some alternatives for “shit”/“damn it”/“fuck” specifically.
Returning from my BlueSky absenteeism to share I’ve been promoted to Senior Editor at Disney-Hyperion 😁 Grateful to my brilliant authors and visionary, supportive colleagues, who make my job feel like play. Here’s to doing this work forever! Or at least until I retire to a life of luxury.
January 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Returning from my BlueSky absenteeism to share I’ve been promoted to Senior Editor at Disney-Hyperion 😁 Grateful to my brilliant authors and visionary, supportive colleagues, who make my job feel like play. Here’s to doing this work forever! Or at least until I retire to a life of luxury.
I’m seeking a couple of authenticity readers for very specific experiences:
1) Terminal illness (unnamed/invented, so flexible on exact illness)
2) Limb difference (both congenital amelia & amputation)
Recommendations, anyone?
1) Terminal illness (unnamed/invented, so flexible on exact illness)
2) Limb difference (both congenital amelia & amputation)
Recommendations, anyone?
September 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
I’m seeking a couple of authenticity readers for very specific experiences:
1) Terminal illness (unnamed/invented, so flexible on exact illness)
2) Limb difference (both congenital amelia & amputation)
Recommendations, anyone?
1) Terminal illness (unnamed/invented, so flexible on exact illness)
2) Limb difference (both congenital amelia & amputation)
Recommendations, anyone?
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✨Cover Reveal✨
ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL, illustrated by the incredible Asiah Fulmore!
The graphic novel is an adaptation of @farrahrochon.bsky.social's novel of the same title. I adapted it into a script, it’s illustrated by Asiah Fulmore, and edited by @syntactics.bsky.social.
ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL, illustrated by the incredible Asiah Fulmore!
The graphic novel is an adaptation of @farrahrochon.bsky.social's novel of the same title. I adapted it into a script, it’s illustrated by Asiah Fulmore, and edited by @syntactics.bsky.social.
June 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM
✨Cover Reveal✨
ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL, illustrated by the incredible Asiah Fulmore!
The graphic novel is an adaptation of @farrahrochon.bsky.social's novel of the same title. I adapted it into a script, it’s illustrated by Asiah Fulmore, and edited by @syntactics.bsky.social.
ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL, illustrated by the incredible Asiah Fulmore!
The graphic novel is an adaptation of @farrahrochon.bsky.social's novel of the same title. I adapted it into a script, it’s illustrated by Asiah Fulmore, and edited by @syntactics.bsky.social.
Niche publishing question: Has anyone ever printed the Schneider medallion on a cover? How did you handle the braille? Would embossing work?
(If you’ve printed [rather small] braille on a cover for other reasons please also share!)
(If you’ve printed [rather small] braille on a cover for other reasons please also share!)
April 4, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Niche publishing question: Has anyone ever printed the Schneider medallion on a cover? How did you handle the braille? Would embossing work?
(If you’ve printed [rather small] braille on a cover for other reasons please also share!)
(If you’ve printed [rather small] braille on a cover for other reasons please also share!)
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ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL comes out in June 2025!
Illustrator: Asiah Fulmore
Writer: Me!
Editor: Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
The GN is an adaptation of Farrah Rochon’s novel: books.disney.com/book/almost-...
Illustrator: Asiah Fulmore
Writer: Me!
Editor: Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
The GN is an adaptation of Farrah Rochon’s novel: books.disney.com/book/almost-...
Almost There
The 13th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Tiana made a deal that changed everything? Sometimes, life in the Big Easy is
books.disney.com
January 29, 2024 at 5:22 PM
ALMOST THERE: A TWISTED TALE GRAPHIC NOVEL comes out in June 2025!
Illustrator: Asiah Fulmore
Writer: Me!
Editor: Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
The GN is an adaptation of Farrah Rochon’s novel: books.disney.com/book/almost-...
Illustrator: Asiah Fulmore
Writer: Me!
Editor: Rachel Stark @syntactics.bsky.social
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
The GN is an adaptation of Farrah Rochon’s novel: books.disney.com/book/almost-...
I thought I knew joy, but nothing compares to the ever-evolving gift that is editing Codie Crowley’s #HereLiesAVengefulBitch
February 2, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I thought I knew joy, but nothing compares to the ever-evolving gift that is editing Codie Crowley’s #HereLiesAVengefulBitch
Out-of-context headlines to explain my mental health to my therapist
January 20, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Out-of-context headlines to explain my mental health to my therapist
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Here’s what I tell my student when they express this anxiety:
Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too.
Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too.
Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
January 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Here’s what I tell my student when they express this anxiety:
Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too.
Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too.
Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
Come on, y’all, don’t do Chuck like this. Not Chuck Tingle, purest and best of us all.
just when you buckaroos thought 2024 would be a break from book drama, here comes chuck tingle in the mix. recently i was asked to be a featured speaker for the TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION conference. a few days ago they rescinded my invitation. here is what happened.
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January 9, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Come on, y’all, don’t do Chuck like this. Not Chuck Tingle, purest and best of us all.
Does it make you a real New Yorker if you do something unbelievably stupid, risking life and limb, to make the arriving train and not have to wait 18 min for the next?
Anyway, ask me why I started 2024 with a bruised tailbone, a black eye, and broken glasses.
Anyway, ask me why I started 2024 with a bruised tailbone, a black eye, and broken glasses.
January 2, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Does it make you a real New Yorker if you do something unbelievably stupid, risking life and limb, to make the arriving train and not have to wait 18 min for the next?
Anyway, ask me why I started 2024 with a bruised tailbone, a black eye, and broken glasses.
Anyway, ask me why I started 2024 with a bruised tailbone, a black eye, and broken glasses.
Thanks to From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors—one of my fav kidlit blogs!—for spotlighting my books and advice as an editor at Disney-Hyperion! Hope writers of all genres & age levels find this post helpful 😊
Editor/Agent Spotlight: Editor Rachel Stark of Disney-Hyperion - From The Mixed Up Files
Interview with Disney-Hyperion children's book editor Rachel Stark on publishing, the editor-author relationship and more
fromthemixedupfiles.com
December 29, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Thanks to From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors—one of my fav kidlit blogs!—for spotlighting my books and advice as an editor at Disney-Hyperion! Hope writers of all genres & age levels find this post helpful 😊
Bluestockings literally saves lives with their Narcan training and free supplies. More than that, they allow everyone the dignity of a bathroom and a warm place to sit. But it makes people privileged enough to have a home uncomfortable so…
December 23, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Bluestockings literally saves lives with their Narcan training and free supplies. More than that, they allow everyone the dignity of a bathroom and a warm place to sit. But it makes people privileged enough to have a home uncomfortable so…
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This is blood-boiling. www.curbed.com/2023/12/blue...
Bluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out Narcan
The bookstore’s harm-reduction program and free store have made enemies of its neighbors and its landlord.
www.curbed.com
December 23, 2023 at 4:53 AM
This is blood-boiling. www.curbed.com/2023/12/blue...
Home sweet Maryland home
December 23, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Home sweet Maryland home
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Taylor, what radicalized you? Shit like this. I’ll never forget when a company strung me along for years as a temp and why I asked for a full time position, they said it wasn’t in the budget. This was minutes after an email about “record year and record profits”.
Companies really have some nerve to dole out glowing annual reviews and follow up with raises lower than inflation.
December 5, 2023 at 2:42 AM
Taylor, what radicalized you? Shit like this. I’ll never forget when a company strung me along for years as a temp and why I asked for a full time position, they said it wasn’t in the budget. This was minutes after an email about “record year and record profits”.
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a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
A letter to our readers
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December 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM
a note to Washington Post readers: On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
Companies really have some nerve to dole out glowing annual reviews and follow up with raises lower than inflation.
December 5, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Companies really have some nerve to dole out glowing annual reviews and follow up with raises lower than inflation.
Step 1: Buy a book as a gift
Step 2: Oh damn that book is Buy One Get One 50% off. It would be silly not to get myself something
Step 3: If I buy two *more* books for myself I’ll get free shipping 👀
Step 4: Profit 💵
Step 2: Oh damn that book is Buy One Get One 50% off. It would be silly not to get myself something
Step 3: If I buy two *more* books for myself I’ll get free shipping 👀
Step 4: Profit 💵
November 25, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Step 1: Buy a book as a gift
Step 2: Oh damn that book is Buy One Get One 50% off. It would be silly not to get myself something
Step 3: If I buy two *more* books for myself I’ll get free shipping 👀
Step 4: Profit 💵
Step 2: Oh damn that book is Buy One Get One 50% off. It would be silly not to get myself something
Step 3: If I buy two *more* books for myself I’ll get free shipping 👀
Step 4: Profit 💵
Is anyone else getting calls from Optimum asking about their satisfaction with the service and offering deals? Is this a scam?
Given that after the sale to Altice you had to basically create a summoning circle to even chat with a rep, it *feels* like a scam.
Given that after the sale to Altice you had to basically create a summoning circle to even chat with a rep, it *feels* like a scam.
November 23, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Is anyone else getting calls from Optimum asking about their satisfaction with the service and offering deals? Is this a scam?
Given that after the sale to Altice you had to basically create a summoning circle to even chat with a rep, it *feels* like a scam.
Given that after the sale to Altice you had to basically create a summoning circle to even chat with a rep, it *feels* like a scam.
“Stories do more than tell us how to live in this world; they tell us how to make this a world worth living in.” — Roshani Chokshi at #ALAN23 #NCTE23
November 21, 2023 at 9:40 PM
“Stories do more than tell us how to live in this world; they tell us how to make this a world worth living in.” — Roshani Chokshi at #ALAN23 #NCTE23
“The further along I got in my coming out journey, the less I saw myself in Shakespeare.” Molly Horton Booth reimagines Shakespeare so kids like them can see they’ve always been in these plays. #ALAN23 #NCTE23
November 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
“The further along I got in my coming out journey, the less I saw myself in Shakespeare.” Molly Horton Booth reimagines Shakespeare so kids like them can see they’ve always been in these plays. #ALAN23 #NCTE23
“The book talks about lynching, the book talks about racial profiling, the book talks about police brutality—because these are things adults are talking about and we are fooling ourselves if we think kids aren’t listening.” — Angie C. Thomas #NCTE23
November 21, 2023 at 1:33 PM
“The book talks about lynching, the book talks about racial profiling, the book talks about police brutality—because these are things adults are talking about and we are fooling ourselves if we think kids aren’t listening.” — Angie C. Thomas #NCTE23