✨Author Marie Lagos✨

I feel seen

Google sold out. Not sure if Apple is holding strong or if they are true to form: notoriously slow on updating their maps.

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The Native Writing Intensive offers an opportunity for manuscript & career development for Native/First Nation/Indigenous creators!

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I am thrilled to share that I have been offered a mentorship with We Need Diverse Books! Their mission is to put more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of readers - and that is my own passion as a writer. Here we go!
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WNDB is proud to join more than 50 organizations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, distributors, and more signed a joint letter expressing concern that the Trump Administration’s executive order from January 20th will lead to censorship of literature. 🧵

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Congratulations again to all our wonderful 2025 mentees! For those interested in the Mentorship Program, we will be re-opening applications for 2026 Mentorships later in the year, so be sure to follow us (and subscribe to our newsletter) for all the latest updates!

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2025 Young Adult Mentees:

Beste Filiz, mentored by Marina Budhos
Tien Taylor, mentored by Ivelisse Housman
Marie Lagos, mentored by Laekan Zea Kemp
Kristie Wang, mentored by Darcie Little Badger

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We’re excited to formally introduce our 2025 Mentees!

Over the course of a calendar year, our mentees work one-on-one with published authors/illustrators to edit their manuscripts and learn about the publishing process, preparing them to navigate this competitive industry.

Our picks of the best children's books coming out in Spring 2025 Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2025. These include picture books, middle-grade fiction, YA & non-fiction.

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Spring 2025 📚👍🏼
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-releases/new-childrens-books-spring-2025/
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Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Spring 2025. These reading recommendations include picture books, early and middle-gra…

Possibly the best compliment I’ve ever gotten is a reader making fan art for my book! If you’re interested, it’s a free (yes free!) short story available on my website. 🫶🏽 #booksky #writersky #authorsky #readersky

I thought it was just me

Have I been under a rock? Never heard of Storygraph. (Also not on Goodreads) but am going to SG now.

lol I can hear the accent

Oooh I love that. Forenoon. I’m adding that to my vocab.

Thank you so much for putting this together! Can I please be added?

What time of day do you say “good afternoon”? My husband informed me he only says it after 12pm. I say it after 11am. Maybe it’s bc I start my workday at 6am and by 11am, the morning feels long over. Plus we have all sorts of old words that have lost their strict meaning over the decades.
#booksky

Hi! So happy to meet you!

Aw thanks. Right now I don’t have a budget for that. I hope I become successful enough one day to need that!

It’s helpful for TikTok (and now RedNote) videos. I suck at creating content and CapCut helped me suck less.

Just looking for more YA book folks to connect to.

Are you one of them? ☺️

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Are there any readers or writers of young adult fiction on here? #booksky #yabooks #yareaders #yawriters #authorsky #writersky

I followed everyone on there - so easy! Thanks again!

I’m a multi-genre reader and an author! How do I add myself? And thank you!

All good over on RedNote

We all believe we’re writing the next great American novel, and that’s ok! It keeps us trying to produce the best thing for our readers!

I should probably let my editor know I’ll be done with manuscript in the next few days now that TikTok and CapCut are banned. All I have is time! #booksky #tiktokban #booktok #authortok

But that’s his MO! He did it last time. He creates a problem, then solves it. It’s the PR of his life.

CapCut is banned too??? I’d heard it was possible but how is an amateur like me supposed to make less-amateur-looking content now?
#tiktokban #booktok #capcut #booksky