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Audrey Gonzalez
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By day I edit; by night I write. Co-founder of @richincolor.bsky.social
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jamteayang.bsky.social
If you're new here, this is what my deal is, professionally speaking:

🔗 jamyangbooks.com
Website screencap of an About Me section and a photo of an enraged tabby cat and an editor holding a teeering stack of books: I'm a Taiwanese American kidlit and romance editor with a zest for storytelling and scallion pancakes. I've previously worked as a game writer at Pixelberry, and as an editor at Quirk and CYOA. I'm also a speculative fiction writer and the co-author of the Avatar: The Last Airbender picture book My Cabbages!
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
I quit my job and am entering my freelancer era! If you know someone who might be interested in bespoke editorial work from a kidlit editor, send them my way 🙇

More info at my freshly baked website: jamyangbooks.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
The Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser kicks off tomorrow! 💥 If you know someone who might want a manuscript critique or publishing AMA from a professional kidlit and romance editor, send them my way!

🔗 www.32auctions.com/organization...
Social media graphic with a photo of yours truly holding a teetering stack of books. The text reads: I DONATED: 50-page manuscript critique + 1-hour publishing AMA to Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction. Auction opens Thursday January 29th www.32auctions.com/publishingforMN
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
Michael L. Printz Award

▪︎ (Honor Title) “Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley
▪︎ (Winner) “Legendary Frybread Drive-In” ed. by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the Michael L. Printz Award honor title, “Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley. Angeline Boulley is a 2019 WNDB Mentee and a 2022 Walter Award Winner. Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the Michael L. Printz Award winning title, “Legendary Frybread Drive-In” edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith. This title is published under the Heartdrum imprint and Cynthia Leitich Smith is also the curator for Heartdrum.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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John Steptoe New Talent Award

▪︎ (Winner) “Under the Neon Lights” by Arriel Vinson
Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the John Steptoe New Talent Award winner “Under the Neon Lights” by Arriel Vinson. Arriel Vinson is both a LitUp Fellow and a 2020 Walter Grantee.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Schneider Family Book Awards - Young Adult

▪︎ (Honor Title) “The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar” by Sonora Reyes
Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the Schneider Family Book Award honor title “The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar” by Sonora Reyes. Sonora Reyes is a 2023 Walter Award Honoree.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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American Indian Youth Literature Awards - Young Adult

▪︎ (Honor Title) “Sheine Lende” by Darcie Little Badger
▪︎ (Honor Title) “Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley
▪︎ (Honor Title) “The Unfinished” by Cheryl Isaacs
▪︎ (Winner) “Legendary Frybread Drive-In” ed. by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the American Indian Youth Literature Award honor titles “Sheine Lende” by Darcie Little Badger, “Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley, and “The Unfinished” by Cheryl Isaacs. Darcie Little Badger is a 2025 WNDB Mentor, Angeline Boulley is a 2019 WNDB Mentee, and Cheryl Isaaces is an author published under the Heartdrum imprint. Gold graphic spotlighting a title honored at ALA’s Youth Media Awards that was written by an author in the WNDB Network. This slide is spotlighting the American Indian Youth Literature Award winning title “Legendary Frybread Drive-In” edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith. This title is published under the Heartdrum imprint and Cynthia Leitich Smith is also the curator for Heartdrum.
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.

I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.

My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Jan 3
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.

So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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indivisible.org
Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...
(above images of the Target, Amazon, and Home Depot logos that have been crossed out) We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEl; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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sltrib.com
The map submitted by Republicans “does not comply with Utah law,” Judge Dianna Gibson wrote.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/11/11/gerrymander-utah-judge-rejects-gop 
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November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
On October 1st, Quirk Books became an imprint of Andrews McMeel Publishing, and as a result, the positions of all the remaining union members have been eliminated. We were scheduled to begin bargaining our contract on October 2nd. We're dismayed that this has happened-we truly love the work we have done and the books we have helped create at Quirk, and the union was our effort to ensure that those books could continue being made sustainably and well. Given the acquisition of the company and the layoffs, Quirk Books Union will no longer exist. Despite how this is ending, we greatly value the experiences we've had and the knowledge we've gained through the unionization process. To anyone else thinking of unionizing: Please don't get discouraged! As we've learned, it's a hard fight that doesn't always end well, but we believe that unionization efforts will only serve to make publishing and labor better for all. If you're interested in unionizing, check out the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers for resources and support! Thank you all for your support and solidarity! It's meant a lot to every one of us who has been part of this unionization process
November 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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newschambers.bsky.social
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
So, I'm making a video game based on Palestinian folklore. It's called Thursday of the Dead, and you can talk to a Palestinian ghouleh. It will have branching narrative, and art all made by a human (me). I need exactly $100 to launch it on Steam when it's finished.

ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman
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October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
ICYMI, the cover reveal for @jesserbest.bsky.social's next book, You Pierce My Soul, is here! This upcoming sapphic dystopian YA looks gorgeous, thanks to illustrator @klimtsonian.bsky.social + designer Elissa ✨🌈

Revealed by audiobook legend Natalie Naudus on IG 🔗 www.instagram.com/p/DOv2tByDbU...
Book cover titled You Pierce My Soul by Jessica Mary Best, featuring two teen girls looking at each other longingly over their shoulders. They're in a futuristic greenhouse
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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marthawells.com
Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000.

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Did I mention this anthology is a Lambda Literary Award finalist? Yes, that's right, I'm 1/20th of a Lambda finalist. 💁 But like genuinely, it is such a gorgeous anthology packed with queer joy and green life. Check it out! There are no bids on it rn so you can get it for cheap 👀
jamteayang.bsky.social 佳美 Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · Aug 25
If you like queer fiction, may I offer you: a plant-themed queer spec fic anthology? 🌱

My contributor copy is up for grabs in the We the People fundraiser, and it comes with a couple of cool stickers that I handpicked ✨

Check it out! 🔗 www.32auctions.com/organization...
Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth anthology
Auction item 'Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth anthology' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Hey 👋 Your local Philly kidlit editor here! I've got a few things up on the We the People fundraiser:

📚 A queer anthology
✍️ 50-page critique
💬 Publishing AMA

Hope you'll check it out and consider bidding for several good causes! 💖 www.32auctions.com/organization...
sandraproudman.bsky.social Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · Aug 11
✨Please share and bookmark!✨

In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!

www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
August 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Want to support our laid off Quirk Books Union members?

Well, we have some very talented folks looking for work in Sales, Marketing, & Publicity, plus in entry level editorial/agenting. They're all rising stars and delightful to collaborate with — please consider them for work if you're hiring!
jamteayang.bsky.social 佳美 Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · Jul 3
Some personal news: As of Monday, I am no longer a kidlit editor at Quirk Books. I was laid off last week along with the other acquiring editor and every full-time union member on the Sales, Marketing, & Publicity team.

Here's me on my last day with ~60% of the books I had the privilege to work on:
A kidlit editor holding a teetering stack of children's books (plus two adult books) and wearing a Newsguild union t-shirt
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Some personal news: As of Monday, I am no longer a kidlit editor at Quirk Books. I was laid off last week along with the other acquiring editor and every full-time union member on the Sales, Marketing, & Publicity team.

Here's me on my last day with ~60% of the books I had the privilege to work on:
A kidlit editor holding a teetering stack of children's books (plus two adult books) and wearing a Newsguild union t-shirt
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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jamteayang.bsky.social
Want to support Quirk Books Union? Follow and boost our account (@ QuirkBooksUnion on IG), and support our Quirk authors! 🔗 www.instagram.com/quirkbooksun...

Thank you so much for caring 🥲♥️
"but we need the audience to follow the account" meme
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM