MirandaPitcher
@mirandapitcher.bsky.social
Auntie, hat lover, always looking for the work worth doing.
(Photo credit: Millinery By Anna: www.etsy.com/shop/MillineryByAnna)
(Photo credit: Millinery By Anna: www.etsy.com/shop/MillineryByAnna)
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I broke this out further with a thread, for the curious:
I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I broke this out further with a thread, for the curious:
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(I should have added that our take from hardcovers can be a bit higher than that, at today's prices. Not a LOT higher, but a few bucks.)
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
(I should have added that our take from hardcovers can be a bit higher than that, at today's prices. Not a LOT higher, but a few bucks.)
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Hi, traditionally published author here! We make about $1 or $2 off each regular priced sale, depending on format. The added value is that it encourages stores to keep stocking it, and it keeps bookstores alive, which is huge for us, and sales determine whether publishers offer us more book deals.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hi, traditionally published author here! We make about $1 or $2 off each regular priced sale, depending on format. The added value is that it encourages stores to keep stocking it, and it keeps bookstores alive, which is huge for us, and sales determine whether publishers offer us more book deals.
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Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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“Staggering rise of the Working Homeless”
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Staggering rise of the Working Homeless”
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
In the richest country on earth.
This is a policy choice.
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For example, one thing that Sen Schiff has done to stand up to attacks on his people is voting to confirm several Trump judges and members of his administration, as recently as an AL district judge on 10/24/25.
“But amanda how is that standing up to attacks on his people” he does it while frowning
“But amanda how is that standing up to attacks on his people” he does it while frowning
When it comes to standing up to attacks on our people and our democracy, my advice is this:
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
For example, one thing that Sen Schiff has done to stand up to attacks on his people is voting to confirm several Trump judges and members of his administration, as recently as an AL district judge on 10/24/25.
“But amanda how is that standing up to attacks on his people” he does it while frowning
“But amanda how is that standing up to attacks on his people” he does it while frowning
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
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📚💙 Just finished reading The Holdout by Graham Moore, which was recommended to me by a librarian using Boise library’s Personalized Picks. It’s a very well-written thriller, and I enjoyed it a lot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
📚💙 Just finished reading The Holdout by Graham Moore, which was recommended to me by a librarian using Boise library’s Personalized Picks. It’s a very well-written thriller, and I enjoyed it a lot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"This book will keep you guessing until the last chapter. The plot jumps back and forth between two connected stories: one about a human author and one about a robot obsessed with human stories."
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Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel
A Novel
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November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"This book will keep you guessing until the last chapter. The plot jumps back and forth between two connected stories: one about a human author and one about a robot obsessed with human stories."
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9000 words down, somewhere around 30,000 words to go.
This weekend I will be locking myself away to work on Chapter 1, which will be a highlight reel of animals commonly found in north American cities.
This weekend I will be locking myself away to work on Chapter 1, which will be a highlight reel of animals commonly found in north American cities.
Big news: I’m writing a book!!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.
Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
9000 words down, somewhere around 30,000 words to go.
This weekend I will be locking myself away to work on Chapter 1, which will be a highlight reel of animals commonly found in north American cities.
This weekend I will be locking myself away to work on Chapter 1, which will be a highlight reel of animals commonly found in north American cities.
"A novel that shyly dips its toes into the supernatural while anchored in crime fiction, this story of desperate men caught up in a strange situation with a child who may or may not have special powers is raw and violent."
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Lay Your Armor Down
Check out Lay Your Armor Down - <b>A "prophetic, propulsive" tale of one mysterious, messianic child with untold powers who draws three desperate souls into acts of mercy and mayhem. (Scott Blackburn)...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"A novel that shyly dips its toes into the supernatural while anchored in crime fiction, this story of desperate men caught up in a strange situation with a child who may or may not have special powers is raw and violent."
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Review: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Son of the Morning (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel
A Novel
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November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Erotic horror is a double yikes from me, but this one will definitely be someone's cup of tea! What a creative jumping-off point for a story.
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Spread Me
Check out Spread Me - <p>An instant <i>USA Today</i> bestseller! Named one of the Best Horror Books of 2025 by <i>Vulture</i>!<br><i><b><br>Spread Me </b></i><b>is a darkly seductive tale of survival ...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Erotic horror is a double yikes from me, but this one will definitely be someone's cup of tea! What a creative jumping-off point for a story.
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This isn't my genre, but I got to see this book in person recently and WOW is it a gorgeous cover. Credit Bree Archer and Elizabeth Turner Stokes.
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(I'm sure the inside of the book is fine too. 😂)
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(I'm sure the inside of the book is fine too. 😂)
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Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Check out Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) - <p><b>Discover the instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.<b...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This isn't my genre, but I got to see this book in person recently and WOW is it a gorgeous cover. Credit Bree Archer and Elizabeth Turner Stokes.
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(I'm sure the inside of the book is fine too. 😂)
bookshop.org/p/books/onyx...
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(I'm sure the inside of the book is fine too. 😂)
bookshop.org/p/books/onyx...
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I could not be prouder to contribute to funding our national yaoi. consider it a gift from us to you
Well thank you taxpayers of Canada!
(Airing on HBO in the US)
Heated Rivalry 🔥
(Airing on HBO in the US)
Heated Rivalry 🔥
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I could not be prouder to contribute to funding our national yaoi. consider it a gift from us to you
Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President
One Woman vs. a President
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November 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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I was living in a cargo van and storage unit when I started stocking shelves at a Walmart when the pandemic started. I’d found a better place to park overnight by then, but I spent more than a few nights in that Walmart parking lot
"Homelessness today isn't just the person sleeping outside a Walmart. It's often the cashier or worker stocking the shelves inside."
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
I joined @pbsnews.org to talk about There Is No Place for Us and the staggering rise of the "working homeless":
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I was living in a cargo van and storage unit when I started stocking shelves at a Walmart when the pandemic started. I’d found a better place to park overnight by then, but I spent more than a few nights in that Walmart parking lot
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
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This disability education law turned 50 today. Disability advocates want more.
"Our civil rights are not up for negotiations," Rep. Lateefah Simon said.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The federal government has never lived up to its commitment to shoulder 40 percent of the cost. Now, advocates want the feds to pony up, @juliametraux.bsky.social writes.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Yikes: "From a teenage girl in Taiwan who plans to kill and cook her neighbor into soup...to an American au pair who moves to Paris to find herself but becomes obsessed with her French doppelgänger, each premise is dark and mesmerizing"
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Where Are You Really From: Stories
Stories
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November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yikes: "From a teenage girl in Taiwan who plans to kill and cook her neighbor into soup...to an American au pair who moves to Paris to find herself but becomes obsessed with her French doppelgänger, each premise is dark and mesmerizing"
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