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@AshiaMonet
essayist. novelist: THE BLACK VEINS, ALL THESE SUNKEN SOULS. if it’s darkness we’re having, let it be extravagant. rep: @EmilyKaitlinnn
Apr 9, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
As requested, here’s a thread of unspoken publishing “rules”/tips that aspiring writers should know about!

These are things I’ve learned from my mentor, or my industry network, or my agent, or personal experience! I’ve already spoken about this one but please be cautious about tweeting about going on sub/querying—it can work against you
Sep 26, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Here’s a thread of querying tips, especially for young authors of color, from someone who spent a long time in the trenches 🧵 1. Make a separate email for querying! It’ll help with anxiety from thinking every email notification is a response when it’s actually just Bath and Body Work’s 18th sale of the season.

After you sign, it can function as your literature-specific, professional email address!
Jul 4, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
My favorite tenet of gothic storytelling is how present the past is. You cannot escape it. There is something here that should be gone—a ghost, an immortal vampire, a memory that causes madness—but it isn’t. And that is terrifying Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is such a good example of this because the titular character is dead before the story starts. There is no ghost. And yet her memory, her death, her absence, is the center of the book
Sep 15, 2018 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
There is barely anything left for queer POC because queer spaces are dominated by white queers--especially white queers claiming to be advocates for POC while speaking over our voices. And this shows in current diverse/inclusive stories

A thread. The most widely shared diverse stories generally focus on one or two marginalizations--ethnicity OR queer identity. This means I (and other queer POC) have to choose between a "black" book or a "bisexual" book

The real-life queer POC experience has no choice. I am always both
Aug 6, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Y'all know there's a difference between "this is problematic" and "this doesn't encapsulate my personal experience as X marginalization" right A work featuring your marginalization in a way YOU PERSONALLY have not experienced does not make it problematic. Labeling it so could mean silencing someone who has lived that experience. Don't take away their right to seeing representation