Caroline Lavoie 🇨🇦
@lavoiecwrites.bsky.social
YA speculative fiction writer. French-Canadian. She/Her. Small-time homesteader. 💔 19.01.2025-Brain cancer sucks. DEVIL BY THE TAIL (Deep Hearts YA) 2024. Lheidli T'enneh land/BC
https://linktr.ee/caroline_lavoie
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À propos of nothing, my spooky YA paranormal novel Devil by the Tail released today.
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My contributors copy of The Kindread Coast finally arrived! Very excited to be a part of this anthology of writers from Western Canada! Thanks to @shanonsinn.bsky.social and @lavoiecwrites.bsky.social for inviting me to take part in this!
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My contributors copy of The Kindread Coast finally arrived! Very excited to be a part of this anthology of writers from Western Canada! Thanks to @shanonsinn.bsky.social and @lavoiecwrites.bsky.social for inviting me to take part in this!
The French adaptation of my novel is sitting in a dozen editors’ inboxes right now, plus one hard-copy in transit. I should hear back anytime between a few weeks and never! 🤞
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
August 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The French adaptation of my novel is sitting in a dozen editors’ inboxes right now, plus one hard-copy in transit. I should hear back anytime between a few weeks and never! 🤞
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
I always wanted to translate my work into French, but I was always too lazy to do it. 😅 But finally, the deed is done and I’ve revised two chapters so far (and having fun!). I hold the translation rights, so I will try my luck with francophone publishers this fall.
July 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I always wanted to translate my work into French, but I was always too lazy to do it. 😅 But finally, the deed is done and I’ve revised two chapters so far (and having fun!). I hold the translation rights, so I will try my luck with francophone publishers this fall.
I’m on the strawberry diet. Happiness in every bite! 🌱
June 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I’m on the strawberry diet. Happiness in every bite! 🌱
Today’s soundtrack: wind chimes with a side of hungry raven fledglings. 🐦⬛🖤
June 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Today’s soundtrack: wind chimes with a side of hungry raven fledglings. 🐦⬛🖤
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Send $upport - Urgent
💔 3 in 5 Black Trans Women are homeless.
Lets get them all off the streets.
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💔 3 in 5 Black Trans Women are homeless.
Lets get them all off the streets.
🏠 donorbox.org/hbtranswomen-fund
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Send $upport - Urgent
💔 3 in 5 Black Trans Women are homeless.
Lets get them all off the streets.
🏠 donorbox.org/hbtranswomen-fund
💔 3 in 5 Black Trans Women are homeless.
Lets get them all off the streets.
🏠 donorbox.org/hbtranswomen-fund
Did I mention how thrilled I am @gravesidepress.bsky.social acquired my short story Winter Wings for their upcoming #YA & #MG horror anthology?
What's more, #kidlit writing friends, submissions for their Gradeside Stories young readers program are still open. 🖤
graveside-press.com/call-for-sub...
What's more, #kidlit writing friends, submissions for their Gradeside Stories young readers program are still open. 🖤
graveside-press.com/call-for-sub...
Call for Submissions: Gradeside Stories | Graveside Press
We're asking for your tales again, this time not for Graveside Press, but for Gradeside Stories!
graveside-press.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Did I mention how thrilled I am @gravesidepress.bsky.social acquired my short story Winter Wings for their upcoming #YA & #MG horror anthology?
What's more, #kidlit writing friends, submissions for their Gradeside Stories young readers program are still open. 🖤
graveside-press.com/call-for-sub...
What's more, #kidlit writing friends, submissions for their Gradeside Stories young readers program are still open. 🖤
graveside-press.com/call-for-sub...
Reposted by Caroline Lavoie 🇨🇦
Some days when you are writing you have the whole world to choose from in a story. Other days you only have the few words you can eke out for that day. #amwriting ..Keep #Writing, the story will grow and change as you do. - Wrtr #writer #author #authorsky
March 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Some days when you are writing you have the whole world to choose from in a story. Other days you only have the few words you can eke out for that day. #amwriting ..Keep #Writing, the story will grow and change as you do. - Wrtr #writer #author #authorsky
Going to the store for carrots on this fine spring day, in a snow storm, uphill both ways. The woods are windy and deep, and something is watching. 🌱
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Going to the store for carrots on this fine spring day, in a snow storm, uphill both ways. The woods are windy and deep, and something is watching. 🌱
Reposted by Caroline Lavoie 🇨🇦
🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting
🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting
🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🤍 estranged husbands
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting
🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
[ 💙📚🪐 ]
[ 📚🌈 ]
🥺 close brothers x2
🗡️ an mc who is 100% done
🐺 a love interest ready to grovel
🏫 a haunted, gothic school
🔍 buried secrets
❄️ snowy setting
🔖 universal link: mybook.to/aBMB
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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I only managed to read one book so far this year, but I can already tell it will be one of my favourites of 2025. It’s a YA supernatural horror rooted in Indigenous culture, and it’s also about coping with grief for lost loved ones. This aspect of it spoke to me one a deep level. 📚💙
March 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I only managed to read one book so far this year, but I can already tell it will be one of my favourites of 2025. It’s a YA supernatural horror rooted in Indigenous culture, and it’s also about coping with grief for lost loved ones. This aspect of it spoke to me one a deep level. 📚💙
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#Writers, #readers, and #authors of #writesky and #booksky, who wants to help me decide my #novel tagline? The title of the #book is "The Witch of Toledo."
I want to hear which one would make you want to read the blurb or the book! Here are the finalists. Cast your vote in the comments.
I want to hear which one would make you want to read the blurb or the book! Here are the finalists. Cast your vote in the comments.
March 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dystopian/sci-fi nightmares are the worst! Thank goodness this fearsome goof was in there with me!
March 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dystopian/sci-fi nightmares are the worst! Thank goodness this fearsome goof was in there with me!
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We're all hooked by rejection and negativity. Kids (just like adults) feel rejection.
Clinging to rejection leads to missed opportunities staring you in the face.
I wrote BEST FRIENDS as a response to an experience my daughter had.
Please share.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPLTF3S
Clinging to rejection leads to missed opportunities staring you in the face.
I wrote BEST FRIENDS as a response to an experience my daughter had.
Please share.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPLTF3S
February 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're all hooked by rejection and negativity. Kids (just like adults) feel rejection.
Clinging to rejection leads to missed opportunities staring you in the face.
I wrote BEST FRIENDS as a response to an experience my daughter had.
Please share.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPLTF3S
Clinging to rejection leads to missed opportunities staring you in the face.
I wrote BEST FRIENDS as a response to an experience my daughter had.
Please share.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYPLTF3S
Reposted by Caroline Lavoie 🇨🇦
Looking for Canadian #KidLit #YALit authors, illustrators, organizations as well as book bloggers who focus on boosting #CanKidLit? I've created a Starter Pack to help get you started:
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March 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Looking for Canadian #KidLit #YALit authors, illustrators, organizations as well as book bloggers who focus on boosting #CanKidLit? I've created a Starter Pack to help get you started:
go.bsky.app/CzuFhAd
go.bsky.app/CzuFhAd
I was waiting in line at the store and feeling sad, then an old man walked by me and said, "Tomorrow will be a better day."
I hope he's right, but he made today a better day too. 🥲
I hope he's right, but he made today a better day too. 🥲
March 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I was waiting in line at the store and feeling sad, then an old man walked by me and said, "Tomorrow will be a better day."
I hope he's right, but he made today a better day too. 🥲
I hope he's right, but he made today a better day too. 🥲
February 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Grief was hitting hard this morning. Later, I went to get some firewood from the huge stack my husband made sure we had. Riding out of the woods, I saw a bald eagle sitting in the big cottonwood, and I like to think it was a sign that he’s watching over me. 🩶
February 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Grief was hitting hard this morning. Later, I went to get some firewood from the huge stack my husband made sure we had. Riding out of the woods, I saw a bald eagle sitting in the big cottonwood, and I like to think it was a sign that he’s watching over me. 🩶
#writingcommunity, what's your least favourite thing about writing?
For me, it's all the sitting involved, but I finally did it!
I invested in a standing desk and walking pad!
So far, I've written 0.45 miles :)
For me, it's all the sitting involved, but I finally did it!
I invested in a standing desk and walking pad!
So far, I've written 0.45 miles :)
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#writingcommunity, what's your least favourite thing about writing?
For me, it's all the sitting involved, but I finally did it!
I invested in a standing desk and walking pad!
So far, I've written 0.45 miles :)
For me, it's all the sitting involved, but I finally did it!
I invested in a standing desk and walking pad!
So far, I've written 0.45 miles :)
Reposted by Caroline Lavoie 🇨🇦
Have a reader that is starting to move on from middle grade but isn't quite ready for older-skewing YA books?
My novels Pirate Island and Witch Test are perfect for readers 12-15 years old!
#kidlit #bookrecs #middlegrade
My novels Pirate Island and Witch Test are perfect for readers 12-15 years old!
#kidlit #bookrecs #middlegrade
December 16, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Have a reader that is starting to move on from middle grade but isn't quite ready for older-skewing YA books?
My novels Pirate Island and Witch Test are perfect for readers 12-15 years old!
#kidlit #bookrecs #middlegrade
My novels Pirate Island and Witch Test are perfect for readers 12-15 years old!
#kidlit #bookrecs #middlegrade
“Don’t give up” might not always be the best advice, but after 2 years, 53 subs, 5 long lists, and one declined acceptance, my short story found the perfect home. 🎉 I am thrilled!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
December 14, 2024 at 7:31 AM
“Don’t give up” might not always be the best advice, but after 2 years, 53 subs, 5 long lists, and one declined acceptance, my short story found the perfect home. 🎉 I am thrilled!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
It costs me to cut a living tree, but I don’t want a plastic one, so here’s my zero mile/tree spacing Christmas tree.
December 13, 2024 at 8:37 PM
It costs me to cut a living tree, but I don’t want a plastic one, so here’s my zero mile/tree spacing Christmas tree.
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Does anyone have useful tips or resources for creating a Moodboard for #pitch events?
A free app, article, template, etc…
#writer #amquerying #writingcommunity
A free app, article, template, etc…
#writer #amquerying #writingcommunity
December 12, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Does anyone have useful tips or resources for creating a Moodboard for #pitch events?
A free app, article, template, etc…
#writer #amquerying #writingcommunity
A free app, article, template, etc…
#writer #amquerying #writingcommunity
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Celebrating being an Amazon #1 New Release Best Seller!
I love my publisher! Thank you for all you do! 📚🔥
#WritingCommunity
IT’S “THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE”!
I love my publisher! Thank you for all you do! 📚🔥
#WritingCommunity
IT’S “THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE”!
Welp... Mr. #Bestseller did it again! Congratulations,
@brclothwrites.bsky.social, on blowing minds with "THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE"!
#youngadult #magicalrealism #fantasybooks
@brclothwrites.bsky.social, on blowing minds with "THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE"!
#youngadult #magicalrealism #fantasybooks
December 12, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Celebrating being an Amazon #1 New Release Best Seller!
I love my publisher! Thank you for all you do! 📚🔥
#WritingCommunity
IT’S “THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE”!
I love my publisher! Thank you for all you do! 📚🔥
#WritingCommunity
IT’S “THE BOOK THAT SHOCKS EVERYONE”!
"A trickster cursed Alex to lose someone she loves, but her fear of loss is a curse of its own."
My #YA novel, Devil by the Tail, looks pretty under the Christmas tree. For lovers of wilderness adventure, cursed girls, and tricksters! Set in snowy northern BC!
books2read.com/Devil-by-the...
My #YA novel, Devil by the Tail, looks pretty under the Christmas tree. For lovers of wilderness adventure, cursed girls, and tricksters! Set in snowy northern BC!
books2read.com/Devil-by-the...
December 11, 2024 at 8:48 PM
"A trickster cursed Alex to lose someone she loves, but her fear of loss is a curse of its own."
My #YA novel, Devil by the Tail, looks pretty under the Christmas tree. For lovers of wilderness adventure, cursed girls, and tricksters! Set in snowy northern BC!
books2read.com/Devil-by-the...
My #YA novel, Devil by the Tail, looks pretty under the Christmas tree. For lovers of wilderness adventure, cursed girls, and tricksters! Set in snowy northern BC!
books2read.com/Devil-by-the...