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AS Crowder
@ascrowder.bsky.social
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Writer, nap taker, cat parent, mark
AMM round 9, WriteHive Mentee 2024, WriteHive Mentor 2026
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#HiveMentor applications open TOMORROW NIGHT!

Are you ready?

writehive.org/writehive-me...
Orange and white text on a purple background reads 1 DAY until submissions open for WriteHive! #HiveMentor An image of an astronaut in the bottom right corner points up at the text
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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As a reminder, submissions for #HiveMentor start this week! If you’re on the fence, I encourage you not to self-reject. Take a chance on yourself! I’m looking forward to seeing all the cool things you’re all working on!
What is #HiveMentor? #HiveMentor is a mentorship program by WriteHive for authors across all publishing paths—trad, self, and small press. Thayer than organized by genre, #HiveMentor keeps the focus on author’s writing careers. What do you need to submit? In the application form, you will be asked to provide a submission package—including your full manuscript, a query letter or book blurb, and a 1-page synopsis. Important dates November 3-7 Mentor AMAs November 13-16: Mentee Submission Window November 13-December 30: Mentor reading window January 1: Mentees announced
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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It’s amazing that I ever get anything written.
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I’m. @writehive.bsky.social mentor!

My time as a mentee was vital in preparing me for the query trenches and beyond, and I’m so excited to have a chance to pay it forward. I can’t wait to see what y’all are working on! 💜 #HiveMentor
Text on a purple background: “I’m a mentor for WriteHive!” Lower left corner contains the WriteHive logo and the hashtag #hivementor. White text to the right says swipe to see MSWL and important dates. Centered is a picture of me, a white person with curly brown hair and glasses Text: If it’s our world with a little magic, a little extraordinary structure, or a little horror, I want to see it. Send me your CONTEMPORARY FANTASY, your HORROR (especially SOUTHERN GOTHIC), your SCI FI that is more about the society than the hard science. If it reads like Jules Arbeaux’s CAGE OF STARLIGHT, can be comped to anything by AIDEN THOMAS or feels like the movie HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE, send it my way. Open to: YA, NA, Adult Important dates November 3-7 Mentor AMAs November 13-16th Mentee Submission Window November 13-December 30 Mentor Reading Window January 1 Mentees Announced!
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I went outside. I recommend it.
A creek cutting through some trees A bridge over a walking trail surrounded by green
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I fear she is going to struggle when I go out of town in October
A sweet black kitten curled up agains someone’s arm A sweet black kitten sitting on someone’s lap. She leans her face against the person’s torso and looks up at the camera A sweet back kitten curled up and sleeping against someone’s chest
August 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Manager: “Please turn on your cameras so we can see your smiling faces!”
What my camera sees:
A sweet black kitten sitting on a person’s chest, blocking the person’s view of the camera
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Having cats means sometimes having to answer their riddles three before being able to use your bathroom
A sweet gray cat and a cute black kitten sitting on the tank of a toilet on either side of a toilet paper roll. A blue striped hand towel hangs between them. The black kitten looks directly at the camera, while the gray cat is giving a Kubrick stare. The image is both adorable and unsettling.
August 16, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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It’s Cat Day here are my babies
A sweet gray tabby sitting on a wooden floor looking off to one side. She’s regal. She’s beautiful. She’s never done anything wrong in her life A little black kitten sitting on the lap of someone wearing gray sweatpants and looking intently at something out of frame. She is barely-contained chaos in an adorable, fuzzy package
August 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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PACKIDGE
A pair of cardboard mailing boxes containing the books I ordered
August 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Got two books coming in today,so every time there’s a noise outside I’m at my window like
Meme image of Disney’s Snow White with her face pressed against a window in such a way that it’s pushing her nose and upper lip up. Text reads “Pakidge”
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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We lost our good boy on Friday. I don’t think I’ve ever known a creature more full of love.
A sweet brown and cream furred dog with big brown eyes. He’s resting his head on someone’s arm and looking up expectantly A sweet brown and cream furred dog stretched out on a wooden floor. A pretty gray tabby curls up next to him so they can nap together A sweet brown and cream furred dog lying on a wooden floor next to a blue-gray cat tree. A little black kitten perches on the tree, inspecting the dog from above.
July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It’s been a couple weeks and Brontë has grown so much.
A little black kitten who is not nearly as little as she used to be. She reclines against someone’s blanket-covered leg as she looks at the camera
July 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Sharing (?)
A sweet gray tabby and a little black kitten I probably squeezed onto the top tier of a cat tree. The black kitten is kind of squished to the back and is resting its head on the tabby’s flank
July 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Brontë turned off my work computer does that mean I can take the rest of the day off?
An unrepentant black kitten curled up in someone’s lap, looking at the camera with a “who, me?” Expression
June 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A sad cartoon mushroom on a painted background of a landscape. Text reads What a time to be alive (distraught)
June 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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So excited to help reveal the cover of @cj-dotson.bsky.social next book These Familiar Walls! The book comes out 4/14/26! Find it here: read.macmillan.com/lp/these-fam...
#TheseFamiliarWalls
A green background with flames curling up from the bottom. On the left side, the cover of These Familiar Walls by CJ Dotson: dark green background with the green-tinged image of a house with light in the windows at the bottom and title text that looks like the letters are on fire. Text to the right reads “A spine-chilling, heart-pounding suburban horror novel at the heart of the genre, perfect for fans of T Kingfisher, Cassandra Khaw, and Catriona Ward. On sale April 14, 2026, St. Martin’s Press
June 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Why does she look like she’s about to engage in a hostile takeover of the board I love her
A pretty gray tabby sitting in a chair at the head of a table. She looks out over the surface unimpressed
June 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Just your regular Friday the 13th reminder that some people are assholes and will use today as an excuse to be cruel to black cats and dogs. Keep an eye on your babies today. 🖤
A little black kitten sprawling across someone’s lap and looking directly at the camera
June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The cats are very good today
A little black kitten curled up in the crook of someone’s arm A sweet gray tabby curled into a c shape on the middle level of a cat tree
June 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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How am I supposed to get anything done?
A little black kitten with its paws stretched out asleep on someone’s lap
June 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Get you a guy who can do both (hit 10k on a project and be cat furniture)
Picture of a word count screen in Scrivener. Workout reads 10,009 A small black kitten perched on the neck of a white person with brown hair
June 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A little gothic girl on an adventure. (I love her so much)
A little black kitten perched on top of a pile of books
June 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Her name is Brontë, and I love her.
A little black kitten being cradled in someone’s arms The same little black kitten curled up in someone’s crossed legs The same little black kitten curled peeking her head out from part of a rolling desktop
June 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Playbills for Beauty & the Beast 2001 tour, The Music Man 2002 tour, Fosse 2002 tour, Miss Saigon 2003 tour, Jesus Christ Superstar 2004 tour, Cats 2004 tour, Grease 2004 tour, Les Mis 2004 tour (x2), Phantom of the Opera 2004 tour, Thoroughly Modern Mille 2005 tour, Chicago 2006 tour, Elvira 2006 tour, Hairspray on Broadway (2006), Mamma Mia 2006 tour Playbills for Jersey Boys on Broadway (2007), Journey’s End on Broadway (2007), Les Mis on Broadway (2007), Spamalot on Broadway (2007), Wicked in Chicago (2007), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Chicago (2007), Sweeney Todd 2009 tour, Spelling Bee 2009 tour, The Drowsy Chaperone 2010 tour, A Chorus Line 2010 tour, The Color Purple 2010 tour, The Lion King on Broadway (2011), Billy Elliot on Broadway (2011), Jersey Boys on Broadway (2011), Young Frankenstein 2011 tour Playbills for Shrek the Musical 2011 tour, Wicked 2016 tour, Les Mis 2017 tour, Kinky Boots 2019 tour, Beautiful 2019 tour, To Kill a Mockingbird 2024 tour, Jesus Christ Superstar 50th anniversary tour (2024), Clue 2025 tour, Six 2025 tour, Les Mis 2025 tour
May 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM