Colin Brooks
@colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social
Queer writer, cat dad, and an all-around fool ✨🏳️🌈Check out my debut novel, PAINT, anywhere books are sold!
www.colinbrooksauthor.com
www.colinbrooksauthor.com
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Posting an updated #amquerying guide to my dual-POV YA LGBT Romance, FOR THE LAST TIME, featuring a diverse cast of messy high school teens, an underdog theatre program, a competition setting, and the choice between being authentically you or giving in to others’ expectations
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If you got to the end of Stranger Things and said "I wish I had more stories with a gay sorcerer from a small town fighting an eldritch power while crafting a found family," then I've got you covered. Three series, urban/rural and high fantasy available however you read.
davidrslayton.com/books/
davidrslayton.com/books/
January 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
If you got to the end of Stranger Things and said "I wish I had more stories with a gay sorcerer from a small town fighting an eldritch power while crafting a found family," then I've got you covered. Three series, urban/rural and high fantasy available however you read.
davidrslayton.com/books/
davidrslayton.com/books/
Yet another reminder that AI sucks and does not belong in the arts. What a slap in the face 🙃
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yet another reminder that AI sucks and does not belong in the arts. What a slap in the face 🙃
Gave up my free Friday to listen to Gaga’s new album instead of writing and I don’t have a single regret. We’re so back 😍
March 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Gave up my free Friday to listen to Gaga’s new album instead of writing and I don’t have a single regret. We’re so back 😍
I think I’m into Magic the Gathering now 🫣🫣🫣
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I think I’m into Magic the Gathering now 🫣🫣🫣
Made some bookish Paint-themed valentines just in time for the holiday! 🤪
February 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Made some bookish Paint-themed valentines just in time for the holiday! 🤪
When theatre program rivals Felix and Simon are forced to compete together, they must learn to put aside their differences in order to earn the top score & leave a legacy after graduation, their newfound chemistry creating romantic tension on & offstage
#QuestPit #Q #YA #R #MSWL
#QuestPit #Q #YA #R #MSWL
February 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK
Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic & the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.
#P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q #F
Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic & the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.
#P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q #F
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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TENDER IS THE FLESH + THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
As a wild human, Rachel’s flesh is considered a delicacy. Captured & sold at market, her fate now rests on her ability to convince her not quite human buyer that she is worth more alive than on his dinner plate #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #H #SpecFic
As a wild human, Rachel’s flesh is considered a delicacy. Captured & sold at market, her fate now rests on her ability to convince her not quite human buyer that she is worth more alive than on his dinner plate #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #H #SpecFic
January 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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It’s Only Me, a YA contemporary romance: Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #R #C #ComingOfAge #bipoc #writingcommunity #amquerying
January 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It’s Only Me, a YA contemporary romance: Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #R #C #ComingOfAge #bipoc #writingcommunity #amquerying
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Agents/Editors guide to my YA literary sci-fi book
INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE
Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen?
#P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book
INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016) & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE
Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen?
#P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book
January 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When two theatre program rivals are forced to compete together their senior year, they must learn to put aside their differences in order to earn the top score & leave a legacy after graduation, their newfound chemistry creating romantic tension on & offstage
#P2Ppit #YA #UW #R
#P2Ppit #YA #UW #R
January 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
YA writers, check out this opportunity!
New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Winners get an agent critique of their work.
New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Winners get an agent critique of their work.
First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: Judged by Agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary
Submit the opening of your unpublished YA novel to our First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: judged by agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary.
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January 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
YA writers, check out this opportunity!
New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Winners get an agent critique of their work.
New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social Winners get an agent critique of their work.
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First book review of 2025 - PAINT by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social ! PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story w/ a relatable main character, a well-told story & plenty of heart. Can college freshman Tucker Peterson find love, happiness & a place he feels celebrated? www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Bruce Buchanan's review of Paint
5/5: PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story with a relatable main character, a well-told story, and plenty of heart. Tucker Peterson is a small-town Florida kid starting college in Orlando, having n...
www.goodreads.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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First book review of 2025 - PAINT by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social ! PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story w/ a relatable main character, a well-told story & plenty of heart. Can college freshman Tucker Peterson find love, happiness & a place he feels celebrated? www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Bruce Buchanan's review of Paint
5/5: PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story with a relatable main character, a well-told story, and plenty of heart. Tucker Peterson is a small-town Florida kid starting college in Orlando, having n...
www.goodreads.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
First book review of 2025 - PAINT by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social ! PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story w/ a relatable main character, a well-told story & plenty of heart. Can college freshman Tucker Peterson find love, happiness & a place he feels celebrated? www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Posting an updated #amquerying guide to my dual-POV YA LGBT Romance, FOR THE LAST TIME, featuring a diverse cast of messy high school teens, an underdog theatre program, a competition setting, and the choice between being authentically you or giving in to others’ expectations
December 16, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Posting an updated #amquerying guide to my dual-POV YA LGBT Romance, FOR THE LAST TIME, featuring a diverse cast of messy high school teens, an underdog theatre program, a competition setting, and the choice between being authentically you or giving in to others’ expectations
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I wrote a fantasy series where a twelve-year-old Black gay boy gets to be a superhero.
And he goes up against the four horsemen of the apocalypse with two Black queer friends.
Inspired by X-Men: Apocalypse and perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, who want more Black queer rep. #booksky #blackbooksky
And he goes up against the four horsemen of the apocalypse with two Black queer friends.
Inspired by X-Men: Apocalypse and perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, who want more Black queer rep. #booksky #blackbooksky
December 11, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I wrote a fantasy series where a twelve-year-old Black gay boy gets to be a superhero.
And he goes up against the four horsemen of the apocalypse with two Black queer friends.
Inspired by X-Men: Apocalypse and perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, who want more Black queer rep. #booksky #blackbooksky
And he goes up against the four horsemen of the apocalypse with two Black queer friends.
Inspired by X-Men: Apocalypse and perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, who want more Black queer rep. #booksky #blackbooksky
Two chapters in for my new holiday romance and it’s super cute so far! 😍
December 4, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Two chapters in for my new holiday romance and it’s super cute so far! 😍
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Give the gift of QUEER REBELLION this year!
Now thru Dec. 16, you can get my book SURRENDER YOUR SONS for 50% off by using the code GIFTOFREADING at checkout at my publisher's site: northstareditions.com/flux/surrender-your-sons
Now thru Dec. 16, you can get my book SURRENDER YOUR SONS for 50% off by using the code GIFTOFREADING at checkout at my publisher's site: northstareditions.com/flux/surrender-your-sons
December 2, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Give the gift of QUEER REBELLION this year!
Now thru Dec. 16, you can get my book SURRENDER YOUR SONS for 50% off by using the code GIFTOFREADING at checkout at my publisher's site: northstareditions.com/flux/surrender-your-sons
Now thru Dec. 16, you can get my book SURRENDER YOUR SONS for 50% off by using the code GIFTOFREADING at checkout at my publisher's site: northstareditions.com/flux/surrender-your-sons
Blue Sky add a bookmark feature so I can come back to this post when I finally have an agent offer challenge
I've had a couple writers recently withdraw immediately saying they signed with another agent, so I thought I'd do a mini chat on what's expected once you receive an offer.
1) thank the offering agent. Let them know you still have materials out and ask for 2 weeks to make your decision.
1) thank the offering agent. Let them know you still have materials out and ask for 2 weeks to make your decision.
November 29, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Blue Sky add a bookmark feature so I can come back to this post when I finally have an agent offer challenge
Lol kinda forgot I had this account. Welcome, book friends migrating en masse from The Other Place™️!
November 17, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Lol kinda forgot I had this account. Welcome, book friends migrating en masse from The Other Place™️!
Is Tw*tter not working for anyone else? 👀
December 21, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Is Tw*tter not working for anyone else? 👀
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Volume 2 of our spooky short story series Reading in the Dark is out now! Listen anywhere you stream podcasts!
https://anchor.fm/horrorstruck/episodes/Reading-in-the-Dark-Vol--2-e27te5l
https://anchor.fm/horrorstruck/episodes/Reading-in-the-Dark-Vol--2-e27te5l
Reading in the Dark Vol. 2 by Horror Struck
On this week's episode, listen to some more spooky tales from 2 great authors read by your horror parents. Stay spooky!
Authors-
Collin Brooks : Any social media platform @colinbrooksbooks. Website,...
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August 9, 2023 at 5:28 PM
Volume 2 of our spooky short story series Reading in the Dark is out now! Listen anywhere you stream podcasts!
https://anchor.fm/horrorstruck/episodes/Reading-in-the-Dark-Vol--2-e27te5l
https://anchor.fm/horrorstruck/episodes/Reading-in-the-Dark-Vol--2-e27te5l
Y’all ready for some gays and gore? 🤭🧟♂️🩸
Get hyped! Volume 2 of Reading in the Dark is out this week!
Featuring stories by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social & #NicoBell
Featuring stories by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social & #NicoBell
August 9, 2023 at 12:16 AM
Y’all ready for some gays and gore? 🤭🧟♂️🩸