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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘

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KidLit author, theatre director, professor, she/ her. MG & YA. SFF. Inkredibles int'l writers group, founded in '22. Aries, ally, bi. SCBWI. BLM. Proud mom of a ND kiddo. Here to cheer on fellow #kidlit folks and writers. doratkinson.com

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 26d

#WIPSnips

The word of the day is #prize.

#WIP #YA #dystopian 🏹🤖💘

Text from my WIP on a purple backdrop: "He glances back, mischief and pride flickering in his human eye. Even here, forced to perform like Venus’ prize gladiator, he can’t help but enjoy his prowess with a bow."

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy the wins 🎉

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

What we know, 10:20pm

—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG
—BIG Dem gains in VA House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—Dems keep PA supreme court
—Larry Krasner & Bragg win
— GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy
—Dems sweep Orlando council
—ME anti-mail vote measure loses

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 4d

Got it. A very cool program / opportunity!

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 4d

I glanced at this once before, but I'm pretty sure this is only for writers in the Rocky Mountain region, right, Laura? 😊 Just making sure!

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #Caturday and day after Halloween! 🎃

Editing on a holiday is tricky. Especially with pets. And kids. Hope to get more witchy work done on ye olde #WIP tonight.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #YA #dystopian #boo

Woman in black witch's costume and gloves with her computer.

Woman in black witch's costume and gloves with her computer and a gold-eyed tabby cat standing in the way.

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to all the friendly #GhostPit folks who liked my pitches. It was nice to feel a swelling of community spirit for a day. Keep going, everyone, your stories look terrific! 🧡🦋🧡

#WIP #writingcommunity #kidlit #amwriting

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 7d

WARCROSS x CINDER x Greek mythology

In a future America, where a myth-obsessed tech CEO turns humans into cyborgs, 18yo Sai must use her psychic powers to find her twin sister and free cyborg rebel Eros from a VR Underworld before the CEO programs him to destroy her.

#GhostPit #YA #DS #SF #R #E 💘

Moodboard: Man with a scarred back, implanting a microchip in an arm, blue glowing humanoid robot, the statue of Eros and Psyche, the phrase "to love is human", cracked ground outside a city, white maze, a cyborg girl with the phrase "Psyche"

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Lee Melillo (they/she) @leemelillobooks.bsky.social · 7d

i will be ~haunting~ the #ghostpit tag tomorrow, if i like your pitch, please send a query my way :)

GhostPit @ghostpit.bsky.social · 9d

Here are the updated hashtags for #GhostPit on October 30th!

Rules are linked in the comments.

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 7d

Psyche & Eros x WARCROSS x CINDER

In a future America, where a myth-obsessed tech CEO turns humans into cyborgs, 18yo Sai must use her psychic powers to find her twin sister and free cyborg rebel Eros from a VR Underworld or become a pawn in the CEO’s game forever.

#GhostPit #YA #DS #SF #SPEC #E 💘

A mood board with these images: a man with a scarred back, someone implanting a microchip in an arm, a blue glowing humanoid robot, the marble statue of Eros and Psyche, cracked, polluted earth around a city, a white maze, and a cyborg girl. The Phrase "to love is human" and the words "Eros" and "Psyche."

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 7d

#amediting #YA

Three chapters were bugging me, so I printed them out. Thought I might eviscerate them. But, in the end, they were better than I thought.

I read one romantic part to my kiddo. I knew I'd get an eye roll and "That's so cheesy!" if I did it well. Happy to report: kiddo delivered!

🤖💘🏹

a man in a star trek uniform is standing in front of a group of men and saying yes .

Alt: Data, from Star Trek, standing in front of a group and saying "YES!"

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 10d

1) FRANKENSTEIN was amazing. Guillermo del Toro is a genius with his ❤️ on his sleeve. Mary Shelley is a rockstar. Why the heck didn't they show it in more theaters?

2) I've decided I will start querying my Eros & Psyche x AI romantic dystopian #YA #WIP on Feb 14, 2026. 💘🏹🤖

Goals. Gotta have 'em.

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 10d

Well, if he was in charge of Spring or any other important thing, we're in trouble now.

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Dr. Amy, PsyD @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 10d

Please help or boost if you're able! One Spirit Lakota is raising funds for the food pantry in anticipation of EBT cards possibly not getting filled for November due to the shutdown.

Funds go to feeding residents of Pine Ridge, which already has one of the worst food deserts in the country.

Feeding the Lakota

The Pine Ridge Reservation is a food desert, and many of the Lakota people there struggle with food insecurity. Even when people on the rez can afford food, they often struggle to find healthy, fresh ...

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 10d

I think this IS an apt metaphor. AND literally what's happening.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11d

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 13d

Writing a novel is saying "Oh!" in your head about seventy billion times.

Some curse words, too, but usually a lot less. 😊

#writingcommunity #WIP #amwriting #kidlit

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 14d

We are listening to the audio book as I type this, and we are now very curious what these new outfits are going to be!

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 15d

I know a lot of people who use SNAP. This is a catastrophe.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15d

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.

So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.

Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 22d

One of the perks of working on a production of Macbeth with your kiddo is that sometimes said kiddo coaxes you to indulge in a little post-rehearsal hot chocolate. ☕🎉🥰

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Joel 🏳️‍🌈📚 @jbrvapdx.bsky.social · 24d

#MatthewShepard
#NeverForget 💜🌈

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 25d

Happy #Caturday!

Why my cats = my #WIP characters:

Peri is impulsive. Sticks her tongue out wile sleeping. So, she's like my MC (minus the tongue) 🤺

Selkie understands complex systems, like how to open the treats can. So, she's like my MC's BFF. 🍃

Pepper's on a mission of love. Like my LI. 💘🏹

Tabby cat peeking out from under fuzzy blanket

Black cat with yellow eyes stares into camera

Tabby cat asleep with tongue sticking out a bit

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you, Laura! 😊

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 26d

#WIPSnips

The word of the day is #prize.

#WIP #YA #dystopian 🏹🤖💘

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 27d

Ok, did not expect “The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe” to feel quite so relevant to this moment.

Here’s Edmund, deciding to side with the leader who he’s been told disappears people.

He did want Turkish Delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay Peter out for calling him a beast. As for what the Witch would do with the others, he didn't want her to be particularly nice to them - certainly not to put them on the same level as himself; but he managed to believe, or to pretend he believed, that she wouldn't do anything very bad to them, 'Because,' he said to himself, 'all these people who say nasty things about her are her enemies and probably half of it isn't true. She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are. I expect she is the rightful Queen really. Anyway, she'll be better than that awful Aslan!' At least, that was the excuse he made in his own mind for what he was doing. It wasn't a very good excuse, however, for deep down inside him he really knew that the White Witch was bad and cruel.

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Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · 29d

Back when Twitter was Twitter, I met tons of writers and editors and made connections within the #writingcommunity through pitch contests. Today, half the amazing authors in my international online writers group are folks I met through Twitter. I never would have imagined that was possible. 🥹😔

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 29d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Dor Atkinson is revising dystopian YA 🏹🤖💘 @atkinsondor.bsky.social · Oct 7

I watched the entire thing. High stakes kitty story! I'm hooked! 😹

Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Oct 4

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 29

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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