a few years ago, I attended my first publishing conference, and the advice was so good I spent the whole time frantically writing it all down. wanted to circulate them again, and so:

✨here are 11 advice from editors✨ editor advice 1/11:

"Sometimes we pass on books because it comes down to imprint speciality--if we can publicize and market, etc. So there are books we love that we haven't been able to acquire and that isn't the fault of the writer."

📚✨200+ books by Black authors releasing in 2024* (breakdown by genre + age group in thread)

*for a goodreads list - link in my bio. general fiction (1/12)

god this made my heart ache saw the quote in a tiktok and I’ve been wracking the internet to find the author of it. the account/tweet has since been deleted but I think this was the original poster. i can’t believe we get some of the most heart wrenching sentences on sites like this

things that broke my brain: understanding that at the end of the day, publishing is a workplace, and other writers are colleagues, and that just because someone is mutuals doesn't mean they like you, and just because twitter agrees doesn't mean publishing does, and how our posts reach circles a lot wider than we thought, and how gatekeepers of this industry are always watching you even when you don't know they are, and not just watching you but judging you (good/bad),

did you guys know how ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by gabriel garcía márquez came about? my math prof just told me this story after I spent our lunch lamenting about publishing and writing, so I shall pass it on (1/8) okay so it was the 60's, and mans was *struggling*. he writing columns, doing small things here and there to keep afloat. he was stressed and gloomy all the time, and he was smoking 60(!) cigaretts a day. (2/8)

📚✨2022 Latinx book releases —titles by [1/10]

RECLAIM THE STARS edited by @zlikeinzorro
THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL by R.M. Romero
HIGH SPIRITS by Camille Gomera-Tavarez
THE SUPERNATURAL SOCIETY @RexOgle
THE LOST DREAMER @lizzhuerta
BALLAD & DAGGER @djolder
BLACKWATER @JaymamonJ & @rentgraham

📚✨July 2022 Black book releases —titles by [1/3]

OUR GEN by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
SISTER MOTHER WARRIOR @VanessaRiley
THE ACCIDENTAL PINUP @DJacksonBooks
TWICE AS PERFECT @louisaonome_
BIG GIRL @mecca_jamilah

12 websites that've helped* me immensely as a writer🧵

*like i can't function without some of them 1. Character/Visual Inspiration: ARTBREEDER artbreeder.com/create

An AI that allows you to input multiple photos and it combines them into one. So helpful if you want to create a mashup of different character art or locations.

10 things to do when you* feel stuck in your writing 🧵

*based solely on what's worked for me 1. starting from the end of the chapter, write "but" and continue off it. sometimes we're stuck because we hole ourselves into a boring part of the book where it's just "this happens and then this happens"; the excitement comes in when there's a "but suddenly!"