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Darcy Marks

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Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things. www.DarcyMarks.com Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3 Order Afterlife: https://bit.ly/44t4MKB IG: https://www.instagram.com/darcy.marks/

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · Oct 20

Hello Bluesky! Time to create a pinned post. I'm Darcy, kidlit author, fangirl of many things, & horror lover. I have two MG books out at the moment about kids from Hell & their adventures, which I hope you'll check out. I post about books, tv shows & movies I love! (I might also show you my pets)

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Kayleigh | Developmental Editor ✍🏻📚 @editsinthemargins.com · 2h

Michelle Steinberg, M.Ed @michellesteinberg.bsky.social · 2h

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 19h

Chuck, I have a serious question. Do you secretly run this site? applerankings.com

Home - Apple Rankings by The Appleist Brian Frange - Comedian Brian Frange

The industry-standard, definitive, inarguable guide to ranking and reviewing munching apples. Curated by comedian Brian Frange.

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 20h

Had a great time chatting about all things spooky kids books! Why they matter, what traumatized us as kids, whether vampires or werewolves are scarier, you know, all the good stuff. 🎃
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Witching Hour: Why Scary Stories Matter by PJ Gardner

The season of ghosts and ghouls is upon us and people everywhere are excited to be scared out of their socks. Young readers are no exception...

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Laura Parnum @lauraparnum.bsky.social · 1d

'Tis the season for spooky stories! I had a great time talking about why scary stories matter with some of my fellow spooky middle grade authors on the SCBWI blog. Check it out! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social
#kidlit #spookymiddlegrade #spookymg #SCBWI

The Witching Hour: Why Scary Stories Matter by PJ Gardner

The season of ghosts and ghouls is upon us and people everywhere are excited to be scared out of their socks. Young readers are no exception...

scbwi.blogspot.com

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robrenzetti.bsky.social @robrenzetti.bsky.social · 1d

PJ Gardner asked us @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social authors Why Scary Stories Matter. The answers may surprise and horrify you (but in a good Halloween Season way)
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

The Witching Hour: Why Scary Stories Matter by PJ Gardner

The season of ghosts and ghouls is upon us and people everywhere are excited to be scared out of their socks. Young readers are no exception...

scbwi.blogspot.com

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 2d

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone who has regularly read 300-500k word fanfics know serialized stories aren't necessarily shorter! LOL

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

One of the reasons Crime and Punishment is so long, yet ends so abruptly, is that it was serialized, Dostoyevsky had gambling debts and strung it along to get paid, and finally his editor told him to wrap it up, already

Witchy Cthulhu @lostshadows.bsky.social · 3d

The last time I saw someone pushing the idea, they claimed it would stop books becoming so padded with filler to make them longer.

As an owner of an unabridged copy of the Count of Monte Cristo, I don't think they really understood how this actually works.

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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 3d

For those wishing to read more about this historic milestone, you can read more here:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity - BBC News

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 3d

There are so many of them!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 3d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

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We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 3d

100%. Also, like this..."A study by The Washington Post found that in 2021-2022, "Just 11 people were responsible for filing 60 percent" of book challenges."
www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1...

Report: Last year ended with a surge in book bans

According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 3d

Honestly, I get heartened every time I see stuff like this. The bigots are loud, but they are not the norm. We outnumber them, and we should make it clear that their hate is not supported by the rest of us.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 4d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 3d

Now this is how you do it! This sign caught our eye at the roller derby, so we had to pick up a few stickers! Love to support actual artists, not the plagiarism machine.
www.dianamarieclarke.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

A sign with a smiling potato, reads "All designs are hand-drawn by me, a real live human artist! Absolutely no AI is used here. Ever."

A opossum with the words. "First of all...I'm a delight!!"

A stack if book with a long bookmark. The books say, "Read banned books" the bookmark reads "gain forbidden knowledge."

A sticker in the shape of Vermont with a clover. It says, "Brave little state."

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 4d

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

A thread!

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 5d

LOL!

Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 6d

I love this movie!

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 7d

I had a dream last night that we got to recall the president in the midterm vote and it won overwhelmingly.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 7d

The list of works eligible for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement has been posted on the settlement website. I've updated my blog post on the settlement with inks, general info, and what happens next writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors - Writer Beware

The searchable list of eligible works is available at the settlement website (also see the update below): https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup BACKGROUND A year ago, a group of autho...

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 7d

Ooh, this sounds delightful!

Rachael Gray @rachaelgray.bsky.social · 8d

🎄🎉 Out today! 🎉🎄

A brand new old-fashioned murder mystery 🔎

It's five days to Christmas, thirteen guests are trapped in Elderwick Hall... and one of them is a killer 💀

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best cosy series out there"

Get your FREE copy here: shorturl.at/YcEiY

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