Megan Clark
@mclarkwrites.bsky.social
romance writer, romance reader
here for your unlikable heroines
rep: The Knight Agency
she/her
here for your unlikable heroines
rep: The Knight Agency
she/her
Pinned
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Just a few days until the ENTER HERE anthology opens for submissions! Sub details here!
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Enter Here Anthology
Enter Here Anthology – Submission Guidelines GENRE: Speculative Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror TITLE: Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals For untold years, the door has been …
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May 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just a few days until the ENTER HERE anthology opens for submissions! Sub details here!
cjsubko.com/enter-here-a...
cjsubko.com/enter-here-a...
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Writing a novel right now feels like I'm doing it on the deck of the Titanic as a comet is headed to Earth and also I'm covered in fire ants. I'm sure it's fine. Just don't blame me if every fifth paragraph is something like WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS THIS HAPPENING IS ANYBODY EVEN READING THIS OH GOD
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Writing a novel right now feels like I'm doing it on the deck of the Titanic as a comet is headed to Earth and also I'm covered in fire ants. I'm sure it's fine. Just don't blame me if every fifth paragraph is something like WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS THIS HAPPENING IS ANYBODY EVEN READING THIS OH GOD
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Happy Pub Day to me and my pub-mates @richardwriteson.bsky.social and @synithiaw.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Treat yourself (shelf) today!!!
Treat yourself (shelf) today!!!
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy Pub Day to me and my pub-mates @richardwriteson.bsky.social and @synithiaw.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Treat yourself (shelf) today!!!
Treat yourself (shelf) today!!!
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
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January 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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"Using AI robs you of your own aha! moment, of deepening trust with your own creative instincts, of getting better at what you do." @jeannakadlec.bsky.social
on artistic effort and endurance in the age of AI
an essay / rant
jeannakadlec.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:47 PM
"Using AI robs you of your own aha! moment, of deepening trust with your own creative instincts, of getting better at what you do." @jeannakadlec.bsky.social
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Hit us up @hallmarkchannel.bsky.social @netflix.com 🙏
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Writing and reading romance is an act of positive psychology and an act of resistance. Keep pissing them off, #Romancelandia!
November 8, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Writing and reading romance is an act of positive psychology and an act of resistance. Keep pissing them off, #Romancelandia!
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One of the best pieces of advice to hear for basically everything is: the time will pass anyway.
Whether it is transitioning, or a health goal, learning how to play music or make art or speak a language or whatever.
No matter how long that'd take to do: that time will pass anyway
Whether it is transitioning, or a health goal, learning how to play music or make art or speak a language or whatever.
No matter how long that'd take to do: that time will pass anyway
December 9, 2024 at 4:24 PM
One of the best pieces of advice to hear for basically everything is: the time will pass anyway.
Whether it is transitioning, or a health goal, learning how to play music or make art or speak a language or whatever.
No matter how long that'd take to do: that time will pass anyway
Whether it is transitioning, or a health goal, learning how to play music or make art or speak a language or whatever.
No matter how long that'd take to do: that time will pass anyway
I need to feel something. Please tell me your favorite first kiss scene in a romance novel!
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
December 9, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I need to feel something. Please tell me your favorite first kiss scene in a romance novel!
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.”
December 5, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I’m only a failure by human standards. if I was a children’s book badger in an apron I’d be like “whoa this house is massive, and I own so many cheeses and jams.”
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Time again for the NYT’s Best Romances of 2024, as chosen by me: A single fallible human reader, admittedly widely read, but with a finite amount of time and energy after the events of this horrible year.
In sum: lotta romances about grief in here.
#Romancelandia 💙📚 #RomanceColumn
In sum: lotta romances about grief in here.
#Romancelandia 💙📚 #RomanceColumn
The Best Romance Books of 2024 (Gift Article)
Here are the novels our columnist loved most.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Time again for the NYT’s Best Romances of 2024, as chosen by me: A single fallible human reader, admittedly widely read, but with a finite amount of time and energy after the events of this horrible year.
In sum: lotta romances about grief in here.
#Romancelandia 💙📚 #RomanceColumn
In sum: lotta romances about grief in here.
#Romancelandia 💙📚 #RomanceColumn
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The post if anyone is interested
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Trans Historical Romances for Trans Joy Across Time
Taking part in the Romancelandia University’s Historical Romance Challenge this past few months I tried to focus on trans & sapphic books…
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November 24, 2024 at 2:02 PM
The post if anyone is interested
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From Secrets of a Summer Night:
“Let me spoil you,” he whispered. “Let me take care of you. You’ve never had anyone to lean on, have you? I’ve got strong shoulders, Annabelle.”
I’VE GOT STRONG SHOULDERS 🫠
“Let me spoil you,” he whispered. “Let me take care of you. You’ve never had anyone to lean on, have you? I’ve got strong shoulders, Annabelle.”
I’VE GOT STRONG SHOULDERS 🫠
I read a book recently where the MMC tells the FMC that she’s indispensable to him and that line just hit so hard for me. Kind of similar in vein to the “not five fucking minutes” line in Marrying Winterborne. What are some of your favorite or most memorable romance novel dialogue?
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
November 24, 2024 at 3:49 AM
From Secrets of a Summer Night:
“Let me spoil you,” he whispered. “Let me take care of you. You’ve never had anyone to lean on, have you? I’ve got strong shoulders, Annabelle.”
I’VE GOT STRONG SHOULDERS 🫠
“Let me spoil you,” he whispered. “Let me take care of you. You’ve never had anyone to lean on, have you? I’ve got strong shoulders, Annabelle.”
I’VE GOT STRONG SHOULDERS 🫠
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It will never not annoy me that anything grim is automatically seen as subversive, whereas anything joyful is seen as pedestrian or even conservative, when oftentimes it’s the other way around.
November 21, 2024 at 7:49 PM
It will never not annoy me that anything grim is automatically seen as subversive, whereas anything joyful is seen as pedestrian or even conservative, when oftentimes it’s the other way around.
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#MSWL I'm closed to queries at the moment, BUT...I will ALWAYS be open to INDIGENOUS VOICES. This is a special passion of mine, yet I don't have a single Native American author or story. If this describes you/your project, PLEASE REACH OUT! I will open a link for any Indigenous creator (fiction).
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ALT: a lucas & friends logo with the word please
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November 20, 2024 at 10:17 PM
#MSWL I'm closed to queries at the moment, BUT...I will ALWAYS be open to INDIGENOUS VOICES. This is a special passion of mine, yet I don't have a single Native American author or story. If this describes you/your project, PLEASE REACH OUT! I will open a link for any Indigenous creator (fiction).
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This is really lovely.
Tree.fm allows you to listen to a random forest. This is beautiful.
November 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This is really lovely.
Pre-orders are so important!
When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
More detail: When booksellers get pre-orders, it's a quantitative and qualitative signal that there is like *something here* about a book. The avalanche of new books out there is hard to communicate if you're not in the industry, and pre-orders are one of vanishingly few signals. It is a real thing!
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Pre-orders are so important!
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Something that I think is VERY important to emphasize is, regardless of the size of the offer, HarperCollins is acknowledging they do NOT have the right to use authors work for AI or LLMs without a new license.
“To call this bleak is an understatement.” HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Something that I think is VERY important to emphasize is, regardless of the size of the offer, HarperCollins is acknowledging they do NOT have the right to use authors work for AI or LLMs without a new license.
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Y'all, discoverability is harder than ever. With Twitter all but gone and publishing being --in a mood-- your favorite authors are floundering. We don't know how to reach our fans or find new readers. Telling someone about a book you love is a really big deal. That's the #1 reason people buy books!
November 6, 2023 at 7:51 PM
Y'all, discoverability is harder than ever. With Twitter all but gone and publishing being --in a mood-- your favorite authors are floundering. We don't know how to reach our fans or find new readers. Telling someone about a book you love is a really big deal. That's the #1 reason people buy books!
Cannot wait
I can finally show everyone my ZOMROMCOM cover! It captures the fun, funny, romantic, action-y, and slightly goofy tone of my book so perfectly, and I can't stop staring at it. I hope you love it too!
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/Zamz
Other vendors: go.oliviadade.com/Zprh
Goodreads: go.oliviadade.com/Zgr
AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/Zamz
Other vendors: go.oliviadade.com/Zprh
Goodreads: go.oliviadade.com/Zgr
November 19, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Cannot wait
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Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.
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i made a lil lgbtq+ writersky starter pack! added some folks already, but pls let me know if you would like to be added <3
November 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
i made a lil lgbtq+ writersky starter pack! added some folks already, but pls let me know if you would like to be added <3
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Maybe, just maybe, one more viewing of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings will fix me
November 17, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Maybe, just maybe, one more viewing of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings will fix me