Leta R. Patton ✨️🥀
@ehsleeta.bsky.social
Historical fiction and fantasy author. MFA graduate. Lover of languages, history, and art. Rep: Kaitlyn Katsoupis at Belcastro agency
Actually crazy that I just got engaged on the rooftop of the Vienna Opera while we were there to watch an opera written by Mozart in the 18th century. Like it actually could not have been more perfect 🥲🥲🥲
March 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Actually crazy that I just got engaged on the rooftop of the Vienna Opera while we were there to watch an opera written by Mozart in the 18th century. Like it actually could not have been more perfect 🥲🥲🥲
I am doing an unhinged amount of prep work for my revisions, and it ALL BETTER PAY OFF because my brain has been eggs for a week.
March 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am doing an unhinged amount of prep work for my revisions, and it ALL BETTER PAY OFF because my brain has been eggs for a week.
Keeping up with posting on bluesky is so hard wow. I always forget it exists 😔
Doomed to forever only be able to focus on one (1!) social media platform at a time.
Doomed to forever only be able to focus on one (1!) social media platform at a time.
February 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Keeping up with posting on bluesky is so hard wow. I always forget it exists 😔
Doomed to forever only be able to focus on one (1!) social media platform at a time.
Doomed to forever only be able to focus on one (1!) social media platform at a time.
Honestly my author dream isn't to have a lot of money or fame, it's to be read *just* widely enough that I get to write what I actually want to write instead of constantly worrying about it being marketable enough to sell.
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Honestly my author dream isn't to have a lot of money or fame, it's to be read *just* widely enough that I get to write what I actually want to write instead of constantly worrying about it being marketable enough to sell.
Hit 100k on my WIP ✨️✨️ it took me TWO YEARS to get to this point with my last book, but I hit 100k with this one within five months. Let's gooooo!!
So excited for the future of my Baroque art magic fantasy, all about love and creation and candlelit betryal
So excited for the future of my Baroque art magic fantasy, all about love and creation and candlelit betryal
February 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hit 100k on my WIP ✨️✨️ it took me TWO YEARS to get to this point with my last book, but I hit 100k with this one within five months. Let's gooooo!!
So excited for the future of my Baroque art magic fantasy, all about love and creation and candlelit betryal
So excited for the future of my Baroque art magic fantasy, all about love and creation and candlelit betryal
One thing I learned that has changed my brain chemistry when trying to write active characters is to make sure every major plot point happens because of your MC's decisions. The major plot points cannot just be happening to them, THEY are the ones who have to make them happen.
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
One thing I learned that has changed my brain chemistry when trying to write active characters is to make sure every major plot point happens because of your MC's decisions. The major plot points cannot just be happening to them, THEY are the ones who have to make them happen.
Does anyone else have an absolute bonkers file for their WIP on their phone's notes app that's just pages upon pages of 4am thoughts, hastily jotted down plot notes, quotes, names for people and places, and random research facts all complied together with no rhyme or reason?
January 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Does anyone else have an absolute bonkers file for their WIP on their phone's notes app that's just pages upon pages of 4am thoughts, hastily jotted down plot notes, quotes, names for people and places, and random research facts all complied together with no rhyme or reason?
Reposted by Leta R. Patton ✨️🥀
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
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January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
There is something so unmatched about going to your local Barnes & Noble and finding one of your dearest friends' books 😍😍😍 also had to buy it because you can never have too many copies 🤌🏻
January 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There is something so unmatched about going to your local Barnes & Noble and finding one of your dearest friends' books 😍😍😍 also had to buy it because you can never have too many copies 🤌🏻
Leave positive comments while beta reading! Critique is super important, but it's arguably just as important to tell the writer what is working about their book. They need to know if the beats are hitting and the correct emotions are coming across. All negative is never helpful.
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Leave positive comments while beta reading! Critique is super important, but it's arguably just as important to tell the writer what is working about their book. They need to know if the beats are hitting and the correct emotions are coming across. All negative is never helpful.
Does anyone else every write sections of their book that they KNOW are going to get cut immediately upon revising? Idk sometimes I just have to add some unimportant stuff to get the words flowing, even if it's entire scenes.
January 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Does anyone else every write sections of their book that they KNOW are going to get cut immediately upon revising? Idk sometimes I just have to add some unimportant stuff to get the words flowing, even if it's entire scenes.
Nothing hurts more than spending hours writing a 3k long chapter only to realize the next day that it's completely irrelevant, and the entire thing can be deleted.
January 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Nothing hurts more than spending hours writing a 3k long chapter only to realize the next day that it's completely irrelevant, and the entire thing can be deleted.
How do people actively post on social media multiple times a day???? I can barely manage to post once a day 😩. I'm not cut out for this marketing myself as an author lifestyle just let me live and write my books in peace I beg.
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
How do people actively post on social media multiple times a day???? I can barely manage to post once a day 😩. I'm not cut out for this marketing myself as an author lifestyle just let me live and write my books in peace I beg.
I love girlie pop characters so much. Girlies who love dressing up and who know they can save the world and be unapologetically feminine at the same time. The characters who are happy to be just like other girls. Please keep them coming because I can never get enough ♥️
January 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I love girlie pop characters so much. Girlies who love dressing up and who know they can save the world and be unapologetically feminine at the same time. The characters who are happy to be just like other girls. Please keep them coming because I can never get enough ♥️
Reposted by Leta R. Patton ✨️🥀
*clears throat* My sequel, THE ASHFIRE KING, is now available to request on both NetGalley & Edelweiss! 💙
I've been immersed in this new world for a long time, so it's very exciting for me to finally share it with others!
See below for some of the things you'll find in these pages... 👇
I've been immersed in this new world for a long time, so it's very exciting for me to finally share it with others!
See below for some of the things you'll find in these pages... 👇
January 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
*clears throat* My sequel, THE ASHFIRE KING, is now available to request on both NetGalley & Edelweiss! 💙
I've been immersed in this new world for a long time, so it's very exciting for me to finally share it with others!
See below for some of the things you'll find in these pages... 👇
I've been immersed in this new world for a long time, so it's very exciting for me to finally share it with others!
See below for some of the things you'll find in these pages... 👇
PSA for authors: if you have never studied screenwriting, start TODAY. I'm so serious. Read screenwriting craft books. Read blog posts and listen to lectures by screenwriters. Read screenplays!!! There is a 100% chance that it will help the way you write novels so much I PROMISE.
January 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
PSA for authors: if you have never studied screenwriting, start TODAY. I'm so serious. Read screenwriting craft books. Read blog posts and listen to lectures by screenwriters. Read screenplays!!! There is a 100% chance that it will help the way you write novels so much I PROMISE.
Reposted by Leta R. Patton ✨️🥀
hello friends! my colleague, the brilliant Lorna Hemingway, is on the hunt for new projects! she represents everything in the children's space from board books to YA and is specifically looking for:
- contemporary romance
- coming of age (especially BIPOC)
- gorgeous, punchy graphic novels
#mswl
- contemporary romance
- coming of age (especially BIPOC)
- gorgeous, punchy graphic novels
#mswl
January 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
hello friends! my colleague, the brilliant Lorna Hemingway, is on the hunt for new projects! she represents everything in the children's space from board books to YA and is specifically looking for:
- contemporary romance
- coming of age (especially BIPOC)
- gorgeous, punchy graphic novels
#mswl
- contemporary romance
- coming of age (especially BIPOC)
- gorgeous, punchy graphic novels
#mswl
"I really need to cut thousands of words on my first revision pass of this book because it's going to be WAY too long," I say as I add in a 2k+ chapter that I thought up on a whim that completely diverges from my plot notes.
January 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"I really need to cut thousands of words on my first revision pass of this book because it's going to be WAY too long," I say as I add in a 2k+ chapter that I thought up on a whim that completely diverges from my plot notes.
Wrote 3.2k today and feeling pretty proud of myself as a turtle writer ngl
January 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Wrote 3.2k today and feeling pretty proud of myself as a turtle writer ngl
Does anyone else have to carefully plan out their big writing days? Not because of responsibilities, but because writing completely consumes every facet of their being once they get into a groove, and they cannot think or function like a normal person after a big writing session?
January 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Does anyone else have to carefully plan out their big writing days? Not because of responsibilities, but because writing completely consumes every facet of their being once they get into a groove, and they cannot think or function like a normal person after a big writing session?
Is anyone else's first drafts always just The Most Dramatic Thing Ever™???
January 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is anyone else's first drafts always just The Most Dramatic Thing Ever™???
For those taking the leap and querying for the first time this year, here are a few things to remember:
- Do NOT sweat about miniscule typos/mistakes.
- Only query when your book is READY
- Treat agents with respect and remember you deserve to be treated the same.
- Stay positive! You got this 💕
- Do NOT sweat about miniscule typos/mistakes.
- Only query when your book is READY
- Treat agents with respect and remember you deserve to be treated the same.
- Stay positive! You got this 💕
January 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For those taking the leap and querying for the first time this year, here are a few things to remember:
- Do NOT sweat about miniscule typos/mistakes.
- Only query when your book is READY
- Treat agents with respect and remember you deserve to be treated the same.
- Stay positive! You got this 💕
- Do NOT sweat about miniscule typos/mistakes.
- Only query when your book is READY
- Treat agents with respect and remember you deserve to be treated the same.
- Stay positive! You got this 💕
Honestly, my writing goal for 2025 is the same as it is every year: just keep going and don't give up.
January 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Honestly, my writing goal for 2025 is the same as it is every year: just keep going and don't give up.
Local author devastated to learn that she forgot the bomb-ass line she came up with in bed one night that she didn't write down because she was CONVINCED she would remember it later 😔
December 30, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Local author devastated to learn that she forgot the bomb-ass line she came up with in bed one night that she didn't write down because she was CONVINCED she would remember it later 😔
I think everyone in the writing world underestimates how huge of a motivator pure, raw spite can be.
December 30, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I think everyone in the writing world underestimates how huge of a motivator pure, raw spite can be.