Aiden Thomas @YALLWEST 🇵🇸
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author of NYT Bestsellers THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, CEMETERY BOYS and LOST IN THE NEVER WOODS. queer. trans. nb. latinx. he/they. Oakland native. rep: @marchsoloway
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FRIENDS!! i’m teaming up with Always Here Bookstore — a queer bookstore based in Portland! — for personalized preorders of ✨Celestial Monsters✨!! 🥳
buy your copy here! they ship internationally! and hang onto your invoice for the preorder campaign! 👀
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JUST FOUND OUT I'VE BEEN WATERING A FAKE PLANT FOR FOUR FUCKING MONTHS.
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this is the FIRST time a trans author with a trans book has made it onto the New York Times Bestsellers list!
while i am BLOWN AWAY and SO GRATEFUL, it's 2020 and i should NOT have been the first —
and i'm sure as hell NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST.
TRANS FAM — KEEP WRITING! 🏳️⚧️💖
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poor scholastic: “book bans are making us segregate LGBTQ and/or BIPOC stories — it’s that or we can’t send any books at all 🥺”
as a multi-million corp, take a fucking stand AGAINST bigots and censorship and fight for kids who NEED THEM.
grow a pair or fuck off, cowards.
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Joe Biden specifically recognizing trans folks after living under a dictatorship that’s been trying to dehumanize and destroy us for 4 years is hitting hard.
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sir, that is my emotional support em dash—
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sorry but isn’t this the person who was *checks notes* trying to medically transition to korean in order to look like their favorite kpop star?
PREORDER📕Detransition: A Memoir
“How one man's struggles with self-identity & detransition lays challenge to the very foundations of the gender ideology movement”
Simon & Schuster
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
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my poor editor: can we get some more romance scenes between [redacted] and [redacted]?
my demi ass: THEY'VE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE 12 TIMES IN THIS SCENE IT'S BASICALLY PORN —
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after like 1.5 years eyeballing this bookshelf i FINALLY BOUGHT IT!
i thought it’d fit the books on all 3 of my shelves but it only fit 2 so oh well lmao i also got a new tv unit, bed frame and side table and i’m SO HAPPY
MY WRITING NOOK HAS NEVER BEEN COZIER. 💖🌿✨❄️
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one of the coolest things about being non-binary is i can look at an attractive person an be like “IM GAY” and NEVER be wrong. 😌🙏🏽💖
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my Ghost-Story-Turned-Gay-Rom-Com, CEMETERY BOYS, is out TODAY!
it's got:
🏳️⚧️a trans MC
👻a ghost LI
🌈GAY romance
🔮latinx magic
☠️set during Día de Muertos
🌎with an ENTIRELY latinx cast
read reviews, check out character art and PURCHASE YOUR COPY here!
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if you're an author/publisher working on covers and care about supporting human artists, here's a quick guide to not being duped by AI generated art!
if you want to test your skills or getting better at spotting AI art, here's a fun test i found online!
both publishers and authors need to be trained on how to spot AI covers cuz the amount i’m seeing on social media rn is getting ridiculous 🤨🤨🤨
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the REAL fucked up thing is that owlcrate decided to make this HP statement during the month where A LESSON IN VENGEANCE, is the 1ST book by a trans author they’ve EVER had.
let me explain why this is so fucked and what ACTIONABLE THINGS you can do!
(pls RT/share!🏳️⚧️💖)
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i am absolutely DISGUSTED by JKR and Hachette. i am filled with rage and hate. she is pushing narratives that get trans folks discriminated against, brutalized and murdered.
this is an aggressive act of violence against the trans community.
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i get why some authors just disappear into obscurity and silently publish books.
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nothing makes me feel more like a fraud than remembering Suzanne Collins had Prim reaped on PAGE 20 OF THE HUNGER GAMES.
HOW?? A MASTER OF WORDS. A GODDESS OF FICTION. A CHAMPION OF WORLD BUILDING.
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my way of surviving quarantine was to write a story about a trans boy starting college, experiencing the foibles of being stealth in a co-ed dorm, and falling in love with the cute boy who offered to tutor him in math
and now i get to share it!
🎨 by the amazing
@mavilez_
!
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UUUUH “CEMETERY BOYS” IS UP FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD????????? HOLY HECK!!!!
The 2020 National Book Awards Longlist: Young People’s Literature
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unfollowing people who insist on erasing trans people from discussions of reproductive rights.
i’m tired of asking for our existence to be acknowledged.
we should be teaming up instead of y’all forgetting about a VERY large and INCREDIBLY vulnerable population in this fight.
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hearing aids aren’t considered “essential” medical supplies, so health insurance doesn’t cover them
for the first time in my life, i’m able to finally afford a pair because of YOU ALL supporting me and my books
THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH! you’ve helped change my life!
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IM JUST ALONE IN MY TINY 500 SQFT APARTMENT AND TOTALLY FREAKING OUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF LKDJSHFGKLJDHFGJKH
THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH!!!! I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE?!?! IM BLOWN AWAY!!!
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friendly reminder that the only people who get mad about you setting boundaries are the people who benefited from you not having them before 💖
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HECK!!!!!! 😍😭💖
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Welcome to... ✨THE SUNBEARER TRIALS✨
this stunning over was designed by
@LizDresner
and
@mmarsloud
is back at it again with this GORGEOUS cover art featuring our main character, Teo!
add on GR:
preorder:
COMING 9/6/2022!
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embraced my ~narcissism~ and vandalized a bunch of copies of CEMETERY BOYS and LOST IN THE NEVER WOODS at
@Powells
😌🙏🏽💖
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be a use of YOU — my amazing readers — i get to move into my dream apartment, complete with corner unit windows, a wrap around balcony, and views of Mt. Hood.
growing up i NEVER thought this would be possible. thank you all so so much for helping me achieve my dreams
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cute. this is why we don't fucking trust y'all.
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general PSA: white queers, for the love of fuck, don’t compare the struggles of queer people to the systemic murders of Black people. STOP centering yourselves holy shit.
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i wish people would stop asking authors who’ve had our books banned “what would you say to people who are actively trying to remove these books from shelves?” because the answer is “eat my ass” and that’s not appropriate to print.
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still looking for someone to help me co-create DRUNK LITERARY where we get authors drunk while they tell us about their favorite books.
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i wrote CEMETERY BOYS to give POC trans kids some god damn reprieve.
to let them see themselves as a hero — as POWERFUL, as LOVED and SUPPORTED.
society can keep trying to hold them down but im here to fucking lift them up and im not going ANYWHERE, sweetie.
my Ghost-Story-Turned-Gay-Rom-Com, CEMETERY BOYS, is out TODAY!
it's got:
🏳️⚧️a trans MC
👻a ghost LI
🌈GAY romance
🔮latinx magic
☠️set during Día de Muertos
🌎with an ENTIRELY latinx cast
read reviews, check out character art and PURCHASE YOUR COPY here!
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BOOHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!
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y’all treat trans people like fucking animals and villains and then expect us not to grow teeth and fight back.
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kinda bullshit that they don’t make a Simone Biles jersey for me to wear while i yell at my TV during the olympics.
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it must really be hard to be cishet and love HP more than trans people.
asking a stranger to forgive for something they already said is unacceptable is something i encounter OFTEN and centers you instead of the real trans lives that are at stake here.
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IM SCREAMING!!!!
Y'ALL SAID
#HappyTransVisibilityDay
AND IM ABSOLUTELY BESIDE MYSELF!
THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH I LITERALLY CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!
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publishing as an industry needs to realize that when they have an audiobook to produce with languages other than just english, the author needs to be looped in and seen as an asset instead of an obstacle.
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I WROTE 2600 WORDS TODAY. IT NEARLY KILLED ME BUT I DID IT. PLEASE CLAP.
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HOLY?! HECK?!?! "CEMETERY BOYS" DEBUTED AT
#2
ON THE INDIES BESTSELLERS LIST?!?!?!
WHAT! IS! HAPPENING!!!!!!!
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anyone who makes a bookstagram post of CEMETERY BOYS with an HP book owes me $500.
and an additional $1,000 if i’m tagged and get it DMed to me.
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dunno which white author needs to hear this but—
BIPOC asking you not to write a BIPOC main/POV character does not mean we don't want you to have ANY BIPOCs in your book.
absolutely have BIPOC characters in your book, make the cast diverse, just stop colonizing our stories.
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booktokers are selling the books, not tiktok.
readers loving books and being excited about them and then TALKING about them on tiktok. it’s still just word of mouth being the best marketing.
Tiktok sells a lot of books. Now its parent company, ByteDance, is launching a publishing company, leaving many in the book world to wonder if it would will create an uneven playing field.
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one of the EASIEST THINGS you could do right now to support trans folks with LITTLE TO NO EFFORT — allies, PLEASE DO NOT STREAM NETFLIX TODAY!
Netflix trans employees and allies release a list of demands ahead of the walkout
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this is terrifying and we saw this coming.
queer folks are being stripped of our rights and now we’re being sued for writing stories trying to uplift and support queer kids.
i’ve been worrying about this for a long time and it has impacted not only my heart but choices i make🧵
Attorney Tim Anderson, who filed a lawsuit against Barnes & Noble in Virginia Beach last month, is now suing Oni Press and author Maia Kobabe over GENDER QUEER:
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i dont know who needs to hear this but —
don't request an interview with an author to talk about their book just to only ask them to educate/explain/defend their identity for you and your audience without financial compensation.
i'm Tired.
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WHY DID I GO WITH “CEMETERY BOYS” WHEN “GRAVEYARD GAYS” WAS RIGHT THERE?!!?!!??
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*trying to use my Disability Access Pass at disney world*
cast member: do you have a (inaudible)?
me: what?
CM: (inaudible)?
me: *guessing* yes!
CM: *scan doesnt work*🤨 (inaudible)?
me: what?
CM: LIGHTNING LANE?
me: OH sorry, DAS pass!
CM: 😒
me: sorry i’m Deaf 😅
CM: OMG SORRY
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i just wish we had enough VARIETY of queer holiday movies that i could choose to watch one where homophobia wasn’t a plot point.
i’m not gonna dictate what kind of a stories we should or shouldn’t have, i just want more to pick from.
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🌈HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!💖
enjoy this gay af art of Yadriel and Julian from my debut, CEMETERY BOYS (9/1/20).
it's got:
🏳️⚧️a trans MC
👻a ghost LI
🌈GAY romance
🔮latinx magic
☠️set during Día de Muertos
enter the preorder campaign!
🎨 by
@mmarsloud
!
AND —
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it’s
#ComingOutDay
and whether you’re or not, you’re valid af.
if you have shitty parents guess what IM YOUR DAD NOW.
here’s a pride flag, a pronoun pin and tire pressure gauge to keep in your car. treat yourself to some iced coffee and get home safe. i love you.
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adulthood is just doing never ending loads of laundry until you DIE
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i got the new iMac and it matches everything in my apartment perfectly!!! 😭😭😭
this is the first Big Boy purchase i made with my ~business~ credit card! LOOKIT ME ACTING LIKE A PROFESSIONAL AUTHOR OR SOMETHING.
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HE MADE ME A VALENTINE AT SCHOOL TODAY. 💖😭💖🥹💖
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in classic himbo fashion THIS is how i found out CEMETERY BOYS listed again (THANK YOU
@casey_mcquiston
!!!)
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3 books on the new york times bestseller list and i still can’t get verified lmao
Twitter keeping me humble with a rejection in 13 minutes!
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PINK VELVET COUCH
PINK VELVET COUCH
PINK VELVET COUCH
PINK VELVET COUCH
PINK VELVET COUCH
PINK VELVET COUCH THAT TAKES UP MY WHOLE STUDIO APARTMENT!
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this is so sad Alexa play “mm whatcha say”
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told y’all i had something pretty to show you, welp, MY FINAL COPIES OF “CEMETERY BOYS” CAME IN!!!
they are absolutely STUNNING!
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it hasn’t even been out for a year yet and CEMETERY BOYS is going into its ✨10th PRINTING✨!
thank y’all SO SO MUCH — never in a MILLION years would i have thought i could publish a book about a gay trans latinx boy, let alone one that’s gotten so much love from readers 💖🥺💖
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Brokeback Mountain came out 15 years ago today and im remembering how when i was in high school, i was too scared to get caught watching it at home so my (queer) english teaching brought in the short story and screenplay so i could read it in her classroom during lunch.
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OH HEY! IT'S 2021 AND I HAVE A NEW BOOK COMING OUT THIS YEAR!
LOST IN THE NEVER WOODS, my dark reimagining of Peter Pan, if coming your way March 23rd!
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HAPPY
#TransDayofVisability
!!!
i’m trans and i write trans books for young adults! and i wanted to share some of my absolute favorite trans stories with y’all! (a 🧵)
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felt right to get my HP tattoos covered with marigolds.
the fantasy world i longed to fit into, to the fantasy world i created for myself 💖
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM THE CEMETERY BOYS! 💕💜❤️💙💝💚💘
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good reads out here bringing us a white christmas early
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realized i haven’t done a plant/apartment update in a while! 🥰🌱💖
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deleting my dating apps because I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (accidentally summon a cute ghost and then can’t figure out how to get rid of their obnoxious ass)
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hey y’all, there’s been some comparison between Jordan Ifueko’s terrific book, RAYBEARER, and my forthcoming book, THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, and i want to address it directly — please see image with alt text, and text also threaded below:
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every time someone throws a temper tantrum about fanfic i grow 10 times more powerful. ALL i wrote was fanfic and online RP posts.
now, i’ve only written 2 books and both have been published, so.
FANFIC FOLKS: YOU’RE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIE. 🥰🌈💖
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“where are the cops? why aren’t they stopping them?” cuz they’re the same fucking people. they’re not stopping them because they’re on the same team what have we been saying this whole fucking time??
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FINALLY i get to tell y’all!
CEMETERY BOYS was selected for
@BNBuzz
’s YA book Club for October!
this EXCLUSIVE edition was released today, featuring a stunning GOLD FOIL cover under the dust jacket by
@mmarsloud
!
stay tuned for MORE exciting announcements! 👀😘💖
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having to be a functional adult EVERY DAY seems a bit excessive.
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happy
#TransDayOfVisibility
from me and little book about a trans boy who falls in love with a ghost that pubbed exactly 7 months ago!
here’s a list of local organizations doing the work on the ground in places like Arkansas, Alabama, and South Dakota that you should support ⬇️
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honestly NOT an email i thought i’d be sending to my publisher on a sunday night fjskfjdkcj
the issue has since be resolved! shout out to the reader who noticed and told me 🥴
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THERE’S A NEW MASC-PRESENTING PERSON IN MY BUILDING AND THEYRE VERY HANDSOME.
THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT MY DOG I JUST AWKWARDLY STAMMERED?
THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD GET ON THE ELEVATOR SO I WAS LIKE “YEAH GO AHEAD” AND LET THEM GO. REALIZED AS THE DOORS CLOSED THEY MEANT *WITH* ME.
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EVERGREEN TWEET:
OTHER TRANS/QUEER/BIPOC AUTHORS ARE NOT MY COMPETITION — THEY ARE MY *COMMUNITY*!
a win for one of us is a win for all of us. i will not participate in toxic b.s. 😌🙏🏽🌈💖✨
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“where’s the SUNBEARER sequel??” “when’s it coming out??” “when can i read it??”
HE’S WORKING AS FAST AS HE CAN, YOU MONSTERS. 😭
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if i wasnt an author i would hands down want to be a professional cookie decorator!
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☀️THE SUNBEARER TRIALS☀️ COMES OUT IN 3 DAYS AND IM SO EXCITED FOR Y’ALL TO READ IT SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND MAKE MEMES
THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I WRITE BOOKS.
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i get to officially say the first book in my secondary world YA fantasy duology is coming out THIS YEAR!!!! 😱😱😱
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a publisher dropping $7,000 to put a model (who isn’t a booktok/reader/reviewer) on a cruise ship with a copy of a book, only for it to get a weekly sales bump of 50 is fucking embarrassing 💀💀💀
PLEASE READ THE THREAD
When TikTok influencer and self-described nonreader Marc Sebastian asked to be sent on the “ultimate world cruise,” Atria Books answered the call—and picked up the tab. The publisher’s marketing stunt has proven divisive.
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OH MY GODS, WE DID IT Y'ALL!
#3
! 😭😭😭
THANK Y'ALL SO SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, I AM CONSTANTLY BLOWN AWAY BY THE BOOK COMMUNITY! I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING MORE STORIES AND ADDING TO THE INCREASINGLY QUEER LEXICON ON YA STORIES!🌈💖🏳️⚧️
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THERE’S A NEW DUNGEONS & DRAGONS BOOK FILLED WITH ONE SHOTS WRITTEN BY BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS SHOWING OFF THEIR CULTURES
AND THERE’S A DÍA DE MUERTOS ONE!!!!
SCREAMING CRYING AND THROWING UP 😭💖🪦🕯💀
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me: i’ve been buying toys i had when i was little on ebay a lot.
my therapist: it makes sense that you would want to surround yourself with things that comfort you during these stressful times.
me: yah. wait —
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what do i have to do to get kissed by andrew garfield the way he kissed stephen colbert
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LIBBY. LIBBY YOU LEFT YOUR COPY OF LITNW ON THE SHELF AT POWELL’S.
LIBBYYYYYYYYYYYYY
also this is the most chaotic placement for a book plate i have ever seen i am OBSESSED
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anyone who doesn't understand that book bloggers are the backbone of this industry is a FOOL.
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today is October 29th, which is a VERY special day, because it's when the story of CEMETERY BOYS begins!
tonight, somewhere in an old, abandoned church in the middle of East L.A., an anxious brujo summoned an annoying ghost, and they had this very romanic meet cute. 😍✨💖
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