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Amanda Carbonell
@amandacarbonell25.bsky.social
Puerto Rican. She/Her. MG, YA, & NA Writer. Rep: Sandra Proudman at Gallt & Zacker. Usualls falls for the villain 📚.

Author Site: amandacarbonell.com
Substack: https://substack.com/@amandacarbonell
Misc: linktr.ee/amandacarbonell
As I continue to work on edits with my agent @sandraproudman.bsky.social I fall in love with this story more and more, I didn't think that was possible. In honor of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, here's a deeper look at my new adult cozy fantasy romance, True Apothecary. Mi vida 🩷
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I just finished writing and editing my 5th full length book. I love it, I'm obsessed, it's everything and it had SO many instances of the main character furrowing her brows that I wanted to scream but y'all...True Apothecary is done and sent to my agent! 🎉🥲

Art by: @microplaid.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My NA Cozy Fantasy WIP:

Puerto Rican Practical Magic x Shameless antics in a Gilmore Girls town.

Has bits of:
Tea magic
Accidental mishaps 💀
Romance
Multigenerational relationships
Tackling gentrification & today's economy

Agent:
@sandraproudman.bsky.social

Art by
@microplaid.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Meet Delila Ramos, the vampire slaying MC of my YA Spec (on sub)

A Puerto Rican Buffy x Vamp Diaries x Gilmore Girls

VATW has:
- Fangs (vampire, specifically)
- Witches & Werewolves
- A bite of romance
- A curfew 😬

Art By:
@microplaid.bsky.social
Agent:
@sandraproudman.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Meet Mileena Vega, the MC from my NA cozy fantasy WIP True Apothecary 🍵

A Puerto Rican Practical Magic x Shameless antics in a Gilmore Girls town.

Has bits of:
Tea magic
Accidental mishaps 💀
Romance
Multigenerational relationships

Agent: @sandraproudman.bsky.social
Art by @microplaid.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Another meet the MC this time for my cozy fantasy that I’ll be drafting this summer (plus a YA/NA horror) 🩷 still not sure if I want it YA or NA but I’m obsessed!

I hope you all fall in love with Mileena in this 🇵🇷 Practical Magic with some Shameless aspects, romance & more!
May 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Beyond inspired by all of the incredible "meet the mc" posts on Instagram and had to jump on board!

Meet Emiliana "Emmy" Carrasquillo my 13 year old protagonist in my MG horror novel which is currently out on sub! 🖤

Art by the wonderful joleanart
Agent: @sandraproudman.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My current situation during the thunderstorm. My Newton in a red t-shirt tucked into a blanket trying to brave the storm while my other dog is completely calm on the floor playing with the peanut
May 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🇵🇷 Practical Magic x Shameless vibe

- Local brujeria shop family owned since ????
- MC is stuck working to save the family shop
- Fight against gentrification
- Accidental death
- Romance w/ HEA

This is like a YA/NA could go either way 😂🩷

#questpit #WIP #AG #YA #NA #F #cozyfantasy #RF
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Meet my GOOSEBUMPS x STRANGER THINGS MG Horror in this editor's guide 💗

So beyond happy to say that this project is out #OS
#questpit #MG #H #PR #AG
May 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Take out the *if* here. Today has been the longest day ever and it’s only 9:57. Peanut (human) barely slept then did not want me to leave at daycare (ripped my heart out) then my furry peanut (dog) decided she had no mother outside and rebelled against coming back in all on my 3 hours of sleep 🫠
May 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Overdue for a reintroduction.
Hi friends! My name is Amanda, I write KidLit & Adult speculative fiction, horror, paranormal and sometimes other genres like cozy fantasy. All of my stories unapologetically feature Puerto Rican MCs who are funny but also don't take any shit and can be morally grey.
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Girls just wanna have fun...but they have to prepare a hexing potion by morning.
Practical Magic x 🇵🇷 Shameless vibe
- Local brujeria shop family owned since ????
- FMC stuck working to save the family shop
- Fight against gentrification
- Accidental death
- Romance w/ HEA
#writingcommunity 1/2
March 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My YA Puerto Rican-centered dark academia bruja book 🫀

AHS Coven x 🇵🇷 Chilling Sabrina

It's a Paranormal Dark Academia mashup with a sprinkling of horror and focuses on tackling elitism, burning the patriarchy, embracing power & the fight over it, and much more.

#questpit #AG #YA #H #PR #WIP
February 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My 25 for 25 in no particular order and definitely not ALL the books I want to read this year 🖤
January 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A few projects I’m working on in 2025 plus a super secret one AND possibly my NA supernatural thriller Annabel Lee retelling 👀🖤

This is going to be the year it happens.

✨🕯️The year I get a book deal 🕯️✨ #booksky
December 31, 2024 at 10:19 PM
A soft re-launch for my YA Puerto Rican-centered dark academia bruja book for 2025. It's a Paranormal Dark Academia mashup with a sprinkling of horror and focuses on tackling elitism, burning the patriarchy, embracing power & the fight over it, and more! #BookSky #amwriting #books #amagented
December 27, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Writing my YA dark academia 🇵🇷bruja book

When the bodies of hybrid witches begin piling up, Nicole Santiago will not only learn how to lead her coven but also how to spot the snake.

This story tackles:
Elitism
Power
Burning the patriarchy

Features:
Friends-to-lovers
Found family
Unlikely Allies
November 25, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Just wanted to post this here for any new followers not from Twitter originally! I have a free query crash course link that breaks down querying - query letters, synopses, what an agent is, and more 🩷 it will always available and updated regularly! Link in next post 🩷 #writingcommunity
November 14, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I’m excited for both my agent & editors to fall in love with the whimsy, light hearted-ness, tea magic, and tropes of the YA/NA cozy fantasy I’m drafting AND to love the cut throat, burn the patriarchy, tackling of elitism with a cunning and skilled b—witch of my other spec-fic YA/NA 👀🖤 #writing
November 13, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Just wanted to share all of my socials here for any new faces here while I continue to follow others back and find my people from Twitter/X 💗 so excited to keep connecting with other writers! #writingcommunity #authors #writers #writingtwitter
November 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Moving to here more from the bad place (X/Twitter) so I’m saying hi again 🩷 my name is Amanda Carbonell I am a Puerto Rican (Latinx) MG, YA, & NA speculative fiction & horror author represented by Sandra Proudman! My aesthetic is sort of whimsical goth mixed with 2000s MySpace backgrounds
November 11, 2024 at 1:44 PM