C.W. Allen 📚

I'm packing up to head to the Eagle Mountain Writing Conference tomorrow! Will I see you there?

I know for a lot of people public speaking is the stuff of nightmares, but teaching fellow writers is one of my favorite things. Thanks Eagle Mountain Arts Alliance for the invitation!

Text: Cover reveal Image: book cover with gold and red lettering. The Hound of Castle Elsinore, by C.W. Allen. Marbled background in dark teal blue color. Image under lettering: an illustration of a black wolfhound with red eyes, looking backward over its shoulder, to the left

Today's the day -- it's finally time for the cover reveal! The Hound of Castle Elsinore is hitting book shelves this summer. Isn't she beautiful?

I can't wait to share this story with you. I'll be looking for ARC readers soon - followers DM me if you're interested!

#CoverReveal #BookCover

My parents still have a vhs copy but I hadn't watched it since I was 10, so I went into the viewing totally prepared for it to be cringe in hindsight. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it held up!

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They looked at me like I was nuts 😅 Fortunately it's on YouTube, so if it was a fever dream at least it was a shared fever dream. So obviously I forced them watch it 😈
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reeg...
The teens acted like I was pulling out their eyelashes one by one, but the 9 y/o liked it

Am I the only 80s kid who remembers Fluppy Dogs? I never hear anyone talk about it. I was trying to explain it to my kids (like Lilo and Stitch, but the cute fluffy Not-Dogs mistakenly locked in the animal shelter are interdimensional portal hoppers instead of aliens?)
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This book has been in the works for the past two years. It's so different from anything I've done before, but also has threads connecting it to themes that fans of my other books will definitely recognize. I can't wait to share it with you!

I'm buzzing with excitement that I don't have to sit on this news anymore: I have a new book coming out this summer! The #CoverReveal is coming next week, but subscribers to my newsletter will get the first look TOMORROW. If you're not already subscribed, sign up at cwallenbooks.com/contact

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This is how I feel before the holidays! I can't believe it is already November! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I am looking for representation as an illustrator or author.

As a collage illustrator I love to create my own painted papers and then make lovable characters! #kidlit #kidlitart #collage

YES. Finally! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day!
Scroll the hashtag for snapshots of some of the best children's illustrators working today. Don't forget to repost to boost your favorites!

I'm gearing up for my next public appearance! Writers, come hang out with me and learn more about contracts, copyright, fair use, and public domain, plus tips for new writers to come across professionally and strategies for injecting humor into writing of any genre. Tickets at www.emaawrites.com

A copy of The Unfinished Business, showing a night-time cityscape with glowing windows. A girl stares out of one window at three ghosts floating overhead. Next to a copy of the book is a wind-up ghost.

We have ghosts!! The Unfinished Business is now in shops, libraries, or wherever else you get your books today!

Happy reading, friends!

www.amazon.com/dp/1646036751
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February 19, 2026 INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL PERSONS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY As survivors and descendants of the mass removals, detention, deportation, and family separation targeting our community during WWII, we refuse to stand by idly while our friends and neighbors are violently disappeared, forcibly removed, mass incarcerated, and separated from family members. We decry the murders of community members and at least 37 people in ICE custody and enforcement in 2025. We reject false narratives that state violence is "unavoidable," a "justifiable military action," necessary for "national security"—the same arguments used as they forced our parents, grandparents, aunties, and uncles into U.S. concentration camps in 1942. On this Day of Remembrance, we call on Japanese Americans and all people who believe in "Never Again" to demand justice for those we have lost—on the streets and hidden away in ICE detention centers. To break this cycle of state violence. To rise up and resist, together. We bravely commit to being the allies our familes needed during WWII. STOP REPEATING HISTORY. #TsuruForSolidarity #FreeFamilies #FreeThemAll

84 years ago today, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, ordering the removal and incarceration of more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, about two-thirds of whom were US citizens. The Day of Remembrance this year comes as we see DHS buying land and warehouses for more camps now.

Photo of text: Yeah, you can ask a machine to pretend to be storyteller or a lover or a painter. You can pay for a ride to a marathon finish line and throw your arms up in victory. You could 3D print an ear and whisper your hopes and dreams into it. You could mail yourself a love letter or spend an evening singing a lullaby to a plastic doll. You could fake all sorts of human endeavor, but why would you want to? -Jarod K. Anderson

Creatives resort to genAI out of fear - that their efforts won't be good enough, or the process will be difficult. But the resulting output has no soul. (I couldn't call it "work", as none occurred, and certainly not "art".) Don't let impostor syndrome talk you into surrendering to actual impostors

"If fear of being banned is what's keeping you from writing the story, you're doing the banning." 🔥

The 💙 for Clara & the Below has been incredible and I couldn't let you start the weekend without hearing some of the amazing music we're brewing. That's right, TJ Hill, composer of #Amphibia & #TheOwlHouse is BACK. Enjoy this teasiest of teases and follow our KS page below👇

Uhh... this sounds rad. Stop cancelling rad projects, Hollywood!

Crowdfunding this is the ultimate "revenge dress" opportunity to show the studios what viewers actually want (and get a cool thing made in the process)

Don't give up -- there are readers out there who need your book! Manuscripts don't expire. Keep looking for the right home for it

I'm so sorry -- getting that news had to be heartbreaking. MG is having a rough patch but pulling the plug on projects they've already put money into is baffling to me. I think the industry is going to shift to small publishers as big ones keep getting cold feet about anything that isn't a sure bet

Nerdy special interests save the day! Fascinating article on solving a mystery using specialized knowledge of social security number prefixes, and how generative AI is leading to publishers getting overwhelmed with slop proposals

About to place giant book order to finish out my library budget for this school year. Give me allllllll the recommendations.
K-4th grade
Library binding is a must
#teachers #librarian #books #authors
#publishers #kidlit

Happy to! Fingers crossed for lots of new projects coming your way 🤞

My third grader adores this graphic novel series:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/9SC/s...

It's that time again: Kid Lit Art Postcard Day! 🥳 Scroll the #kidlitartpostcard thread to give your inner child a break from doomscrolling. Remember to repost your favorites so agents and publishers looking for new cover and illustration talent can find them!

Illustration of a rabbit reading a book to a panda, owl, turtle, and chick. Text: World read aloud day, celebrate learning, February 4 2026. The O in "world" is formed by a yellow helium balloon held on a string by the chick. Bees are stringing bunting around the other words.

Happy World Read Aloud Day! #WRAD isn't just for schools -- people of all ages can enjoy picture books, and reading ANY kind of writing aloud is a vastly different experience than reading silently. Don't be afraid to try out some character voices, too!

It IS excellent! 🥳

High school lit teachers are out there doing the Lord's work, that's for sure

Yep, that's pretty much how my face looked 😂

Asked my freshman what he's been reading lately. He says it's school reading--fine, that counts. But he can't remember the title.

BOY: There's a bunch of guys in a boat, and then there's like a cyclops or something?
ME: You meAN THE ODYSSEY???
BOY: Yeah, I think the guy's name was Odysseus...
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Congrats! Amazing cover!

Read-In at the State Capitol building on February 13 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Hi readers!! Our annual Read-In is coming up!!

We started this read-in as a way to protest the original book-banning bill--HB29. Through them we've found incredible community with all of you.

We can't wait to see you there!! RSVP at the link in our bio.