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Lillie Lainoff

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Dec 4

YA authors: I'm worried that I've written a main character too dramatic to be considered realistic

One of my teenage students yelling at her younger brother: YOU KNOW I WILL NOT HAVE CHILDREN MY BLOODLINE DIES WITH ME

@XiranJayZhao

same student still yelling 30 seconds later: LOVE IS WAR

in case anyone was wondering yes this is the student who recently read @XiranJayZhao's Iron Widow

I don't know if this student has read my book yet, but my students who have read it really liked it, so I can only assume my main character met a requisite dramatic threshold
bit.ly/3cz1fCD

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Lillie Lainoff

@lillielainoff

Jul 13

It's time for my favorite part of #DisabilityPrideMonth: the Disabled Kidlit Writers Anniversary Giveaway! This year's features books out now AND ones available for preorder.
RT by August 1st to enter. 3 winners (for our 3rd anniversary! 2 books each (titles in replies)
Open INT

@gow_robin_frank

The titles listed are by Disabled Kidlit Writers, in order as depicted in the graphic, from left to right, in four rows:
A MILLION QUIET REVOLUTIONS by @gow_robin_frank: us.macmillan.com/books/97803743…
UNSEELIE by @IveHousman: epicreads.com/books/97813354…
...

@eabwrites

STOLEN CITY by @eabwrites: us.macmillan.com/books/97812507…
THE MOTH GIRL by @shakieranthem: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623424/t…
THE RAVEN HEIR by @stephanieburgis: bloomsbury.com/au/raven-heir-…
DREW LECLAIR GETS A CLUE by @katrynwrites: harpercollins.com/products/drew-…
...

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Lillie Lainoff

@lillielainoff

Jul 11

I don't have words for how horrified and repulsed I am by that garbage POTS study.
This kind of stuff is why I was so ashamed and terrified of telling anyone I was chronically ill. This is why I will be unpacking internalized ableism for the rest of my life.

I could write a very long thread about why this kind of BS in the medical and scientific community surrounding POTS defined my adolescence and made me into the writer and person I am today, but ONE FOR ALL's author's note says it best.

perhaps, and I'm just thinking out loud here, if my middle school science fair project required my volunteers than a 'scientific' study had subjects, perhaps the study is not so 'scientific.'
But who am I to say it's not like I've had POTS for over half my life oH WAIT

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Lillie Lainoff

@lillielainoff

Jul 11

I'm not saying that *every* book you include in a #DisabilityPrideMonth post has to be written by an openly disabled author... but maybe at least half the list/stack of books should be? And if it isn't, you should reflect on why that is?

Also maybe read what disabled folks have said about the representation in the titles you're featuring?
Seeing books with actively harmful representation be recommended for #DisabilityPrideMonth over books by disabled authors writing about their lived experiences is a gut punch.

This is the bare minimum. The lowest of bars.
And yet.
And yet, this applies to half the IG posts with book recommendations/displays for #DisabilityPrideMonth.

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Lillie Lainoff

@lillielainoff

Apr 16, 2021

I feel like I blinked and all of a sudden Disabled Kidlit Writers went from 30 authors to nearing 300. What a gift this group has been. What an absolute gift it's been, this past year and a half, to cheer on all these talented authors.
I will be forever thankful.

The day Disabled Kidlit Writers went live, I received a pass on ONE FOR ALL. Like many of the previous passes, much of it was praise of the book, my writing, what OFA would represent. But that, when it came down to it, they didn't know how to fit OFA on their list/market it.

@sackettstreet

I'd just finished a class that was part of a @sackettstreet workshop. I was sitting on the subway and thinking how, even though I was willing to fight for my dream as long as it took, that didn't mean I wasn't tired.

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Lillie Lainoff

@lillielainoff

Apr 14, 2021

@tracydeonn

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@tracydeonn

https://twitter.com/tracydeonn/status/1382013854419390469

when I am fully awake I will hopefully be able to verbalize my thoughts more but currently all I have is AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

@tracydeonn

okay still not fully awake (curse you jetlag), but.
Watching @tracydeonn receive the accolades and success that she and LEGENDBORN deserve has been a highlight in this very difficult year. Not only because of the rep LB provides, not only because Tracy's my friend...

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