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Manda Cherry
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I just got to tell a young adult (20-something as best I can tell) on TikTok, who posted about the idea of queer & neurodivergent escape fantasy stories about The Wayward Children and I am so excited for them to be finding those books for the first time.
I *think* I know what anthology this must be - because as I search my memory I can only think of a couple that I've sold stories to that don't have firm titles.
But whether or not I'm right, I'm excited to share a TOC with you!!
I ordered these so long ago... I think they were from Oriental Trading but I can't say for sure. They have been in my cupboard waiting for their time to shine.
Why yes, I *did* put light-up fiber optic hair clips in for glow-in-the-dark jersey night....
This is 10/10
My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Ok, why not...

Starting now & through the month of November, anyone who sends me (email or DM) proof that you bought one of my books from @bookshop.org I will send you a signed bookplate for free.
And if it's one I co-wrote, I will get my co-author to sign it too.
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
I'm sending a note to my kid's drama teacher and stressing over which sticker to use for sealing the envelope.
In case anyone is wondering if "I hope the teacher likes me" is a feeling that eventually goes away....
Ok but does that *ruin* the candy, or just make it spicy? 🤣
Change one letter, ruin a candy:

SPITTLES
Change one letter, ruin a candy:

SARS
Change one letter, ruin a candy:

KNICKERS
I hope to someday get to be mean to her in person, tbh
Being mean to Riley Gaines is praxis
Have you preordered yet???
Okay, this may not be as ridiculous a goal as I thought it was. Please, pre-order, encourage your friends to pre-order, and spread the word! We can actually get there!
If we can sell between 5,000 and 10,000 copies of OMENS OF CHAOS, we will debut comfortably on the New York Times Bestseller list, which is a very normal thing for a book to want (and will send a very clear message about what we want as a community). We won't, but a girl can dream.
I have an hour and a half to go from full bed rot mode to camera ready....
Reminder!
Also a reminder to check with your ( + family & friends) employers to see if they match donations.
As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
This is a bad weekend to have hardware in your body or to own a sailboat.
Apparently we're having something called an Atmospheric River and that is the likely culprit behind how terrible I am feeling today.
Awesome.
LOL Not in the scene this song goes with 😋
Sometimes a piece of music comes into your life at the moment of maximum emotional resonance. And when you write books, sometimes the emotions technically belong to fictional people. But the music is no less powerful.

This post brought to you by Joni Mitchell.
Preorders are open. You should definitely buy this book.
Just saying....
If we can sell between 5,000 and 10,000 copies of OMENS OF CHAOS, we will debut comfortably on the New York Times Bestseller list, which is a very normal thing for a book to want (and will send a very clear message about what we want as a community). We won't, but a girl can dream.
Seconded.
I barely use OG autocorrect....
I will never use spicy auto-correct in my writing, because if I can't be arsed to write it myself, how can I ask you to read it? All the fuck-ups and typos are my own, and always will be.
This makes me want Premee to blurb my next book, tbh
Regret to report that I cannot physically finish all the blurb reading I'm supposed to do for the next few weeks and all the blurbs are going to be like "Seems fine, idk"