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Karis Rogerson 🏳️‍🌈
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Writer rep'd by Eric Smith at Neighborhood Literary. Reader. Co-host of The Write Way of Life podcast📍NYC 💜Trieste 🧠A book
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Karis Rogerson 🏳️‍🌈 @karisselizabeth.bsky.social · 16d
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
a graphic that says "announcing NAT & CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA - June 23, 2026 - An indie publishing endeavor from Me, Myself, and I - Head to karisrogerson.substack.com for more information!" the graphic says: "Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this sapphic young adult debut romance. Cami is a 15-year-old lesbian, one of the few out queer students at her conservative boarding school for international students in Italy. She just wants to focus on getting her paintings in a student gallery and kickstarting a vaunted art career—but first, she’ll have to survive the next two-and-a-half years of bullying. Seeking respite from her roommate’s cruelty one night, she hides out in a bathroom—only she’s not the only one there. Nat is a senior, closeted even from herself, whose homophobic, missionary parents are pressuring her to win valedictorian. A year younger than her peers at 16, she’s still the head of her class, the fastest runner on the cross country team, and the captain of the girls’ soccer team, but her depression and insomnia keep her up all night. She takes refuge in the ground-floor bathroom where Cami shows up one night. As they spend time together over the following nights and Cami shows Nat how poorly the school treats queer people, the two girls concoct a mildly hare-brained scheme: to create an undercover Genders & Sexualities Alliance (GSA) where queer students and allies can bond. They don’t expect so many kids to find a home with them. And they certainly don’t expect to fall for each other."
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
11/11 is for ✨making wishes✨ so today i wish NAT & CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA (out 6/23/26) finds success & the hearts of those who could use the comfort or confrontation it provides!!!

add it on GR! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Nat & Cami's Guide to Running an Undercover GSA (Nat & …
Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this sapphic youn…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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karisselizabeth.bsky.social
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
a graphic that says "announcing NAT & CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA - June 23, 2026 - An indie publishing endeavor from Me, Myself, and I - Head to karisrogerson.substack.com for more information!" the graphic says: "Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this sapphic young adult debut romance. Cami is a 15-year-old lesbian, one of the few out queer students at her conservative boarding school for international students in Italy. She just wants to focus on getting her paintings in a student gallery and kickstarting a vaunted art career—but first, she’ll have to survive the next two-and-a-half years of bullying. Seeking respite from her roommate’s cruelty one night, she hides out in a bathroom—only she’s not the only one there. Nat is a senior, closeted even from herself, whose homophobic, missionary parents are pressuring her to win valedictorian. A year younger than her peers at 16, she’s still the head of her class, the fastest runner on the cross country team, and the captain of the girls’ soccer team, but her depression and insomnia keep her up all night. She takes refuge in the ground-floor bathroom where Cami shows up one night. As they spend time together over the following nights and Cami shows Nat how poorly the school treats queer people, the two girls concoct a mildly hare-brained scheme: to create an undercover Genders & Sexualities Alliance (GSA) where queer students and allies can bond. They don’t expect so many kids to find a home with them. And they certainly don’t expect to fall for each other."
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
a graphic that says "announcing NAT & CAMI'S GUIDE TO RUNNING AN UNDERCOVER GSA - June 23, 2026 - An indie publishing endeavor from Me, Myself, and I - Head to karisrogerson.substack.com for more information!" the graphic says: "Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this sapphic young adult debut romance. Cami is a 15-year-old lesbian, one of the few out queer students at her conservative boarding school for international students in Italy. She just wants to focus on getting her paintings in a student gallery and kickstarting a vaunted art career—but first, she’ll have to survive the next two-and-a-half years of bullying. Seeking respite from her roommate’s cruelty one night, she hides out in a bathroom—only she’s not the only one there. Nat is a senior, closeted even from herself, whose homophobic, missionary parents are pressuring her to win valedictorian. A year younger than her peers at 16, she’s still the head of her class, the fastest runner on the cross country team, and the captain of the girls’ soccer team, but her depression and insomnia keep her up all night. She takes refuge in the ground-floor bathroom where Cami shows up one night. As they spend time together over the following nights and Cami shows Nat how poorly the school treats queer people, the two girls concoct a mildly hare-brained scheme: to create an undercover Genders & Sexualities Alliance (GSA) where queer students and allies can bond. They don’t expect so many kids to find a home with them. And they certainly don’t expect to fall for each other."
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
i feel hopeful. in a deep, real way. hopeful that my finances will improve, that i'll be able to take/continue big steps in my mental healthcare, that maybe the years-long depressive darkness i've lived with is clearing — just a bit.

i feel hopeful and it's weird!!!
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
i'm making a ✨big announcement✨ on monday — like, really big. if you're interested, the best way to get the news is to follow me on insta — i'm @karisselizabeth over there!
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
something pretty and ✨exciting✨ landed in my inbox 👀
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
oh my god we did it, NYC!
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
feeling hopeful after voting for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social nearly forgot that was a thing one could feel! on election day!
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
and if i said??? that i would be ✨vague✨ for a bit???
a selfie of me smiling
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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shayalinsusan.bsky.social
STEPFORD WIVES x Tradwife influencers

Max infiltrates a tradwife cult to save her sister. But alongside sourdough and selfies, an ancient evil lurks beneath the cottage-core facade.

👰Cult leader
👹Neolithic god
🩸Sacrifices
👻Feminist horror
🤎POC MC
❤️‍🔥Sapphic Horrormance
#roundtablementor #YA #H #UN
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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meloniewithano.bsky.social
Peep my #agentsguide folks.
All of this AND
🎶music magic
👯complex friendships
🐶puppy love and betrayal
⛪️soft cult vibes
🤦‍♀️coming-of-age
💕good mother-daughter relationship
📸unwanted fame
🫥anxiety/depersonalization
🎧a killer playlist

#roundtablementor #YA #F
Purple background with a tuning fork and wisteria. "An agent's guide to The Apparently Famous Mia Miller. A lower YA Fantasy" (same background) "Pitch: Being the gods' lackey isn't new to 15 year old Mia Miller, an anxious girl with musical powers. But when a quest with her BFF is derailed by a book where she's the MC, Mia must fight to take back her secret before Olympus finds out." (same background) "Comps" (Image of The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan) "Aged-up Riordan. Quest with BFF" (Image of Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria) "Southern Fantasy. Anxiety Rep" (Image of The Truman Show) "Crumbling Worldview. Is my life real?" (same background) "Snippet. My eyes rove upward to those stage lights, like maybe the gods are above the crowd down below, watching the band play while dust particles dance, sparkling like glitter in the blaze of their glory. I let my magic out, let it brush up against the music before wrenching it back with a quick glance at the ceiling. Always watching. Always judging. I shut my eyes. Those assholes."
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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chelseahwrites.bsky.social
BRIDGE KINGDOM x CRESCENT CITY

Monster hunter August Finch is hardly thrilled to work with the most feared monster of all to catch her mom’s killer. But as they close in on answers, she realizes there’s more to the murder—and to the monster she’s falling for.

#RoundTableMentor #A #F #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
Y'ALL!!! @meloniewithano.bsky.social worked so hard on this book this past year and it is a delight!!! check out the pitch for it 👇👇👇
meloniewithano.bsky.social MelonieWithAnO @meloniewithano.bsky.social · Oct 27
PJO XTrumanShow
Being the gods' pawn isn’t new to 15y/o Mia Miller, an anxious girl w/ music magic. But when a quest to Nashville is derailed by a book where she’s the MC, Mia & BFF must find the author & salvage her quest, before Olympus finds out.
#roundtablementor #YA #F #UN
Image grid: Greek statue, a raven, girl crying, girl holding arm up with magic, an oracle, magic lights, a face statue, Nashville at night. Text: "Music will be the death of me."
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
friends! writers! aspiring mentees! check out mine and the other mentors' @roundtablementor.bsky.social MSWLs. reach out with any questions!
roundtablementor.bsky.social Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · Oct 24
Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀

Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!

www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
A blue circle that says, "MSWLS ARE UP!" Around it are graphics of books, and then a line at the bottom reads, "MENTEE APPLICATIONS OPEN ON NOVEMBER 6TH."
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
re-sharing a resource list i put together last year in case anyone is new to following me and wants to see some of the info & resources i've put together over the past decade!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
a graphic with a cutout desktop computer that says PUBLISHING INFO MASTERDOC (KARIS' VERSION) on it
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
i've got an edit letter and the beginning formations of a revision plan for my adult romance WIP. now i just gotta give myself a deadline and start digging deep and making this book as EXCELLENT as i possibly can. wish me luck!!!
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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mikechenwriter.bsky.social
Book pals, help out a bookseller in need. My friend Colleen has been in painful chemo and the cancer has recently spread. Cancer (and capitalism) have taken her job as Books Inc ended her remote marketing job when BN took over. Please boost and/or donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/colleen-ca...
Donate to Colleen Cadiz’s Cancer Journey, organized by Melody Ross
This Go Fund Me has been created for the Cadiz Family, whose wife, Colleen, has been battl… Melody Ross needs your support for Colleen Cadiz’s Cancer Journey
www.gofundme.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
re-opened this gofundme to try to raise enough for 1-2 more treatments. i want to be well!!! so badly!!!! and it's so hard!!!!

gofund.me/e44eb2e80
Donate to Help Karis Survive Depression with a Life-Saving Treatment, organized by Karis Rogerson
Hello all! My name is Karis Rogerson, and I'm a writer and re… Karis Rogerson needs your support for Help Karis Survive Depression with a Life-Saving Treatment
gofund.me
October 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
this is horrible and gross and also necessary reporting. this is what we're up against. this is the ideology and messaging we're fighting. holy shit.
politico.com Politico @politico.com · Oct 14
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
thanks for sharing this, @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social! it was a labor of love to write this piece for @electricliterature.com on book bans and how they hurt authors — and it was a labor of love to try to end on a uplift.
pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Oct 14
Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors | Electric Lit buff.ly/fOJHY4Z
October 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
i love the final months of the year. even though we're racing toward an ending, the whole school-year-beginning of it all just gives me "new start" vibes, and i feel energized by the nip in the air, the gloom in the skies, and i am always ready to do more and get better. i love these months!!!
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
god i hate genAI so much and one reason is because i can't trust anything anymore. i miss the days when i could trust that a photo or a piece of art on my feed was the result of human creativity & ingenuity and not three prompts in a fucked-up trench coat.
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
woohoo! i'm mentoring @roundtablementor.bsky.social againt his year!!!
roundtablementor.bsky.social Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · Oct 10
We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible.

Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon!

📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!
Mentors Part 1: Molly McDonough Deena Helm Julie Lew Megan Bontrager Seren Kilig Natalie Kikić Deandra Davis Christie Curry Eunice Kim Carmeline Melchior Corvin A. Doupagne Rachel Kitch Samantha Chong Fatiha Rais Shepard DiStasio Thea Liu Damara Allen Karis Rogerson Mentors Part 2: Julie Hafsa Derbal Tali Shammas Lilly Lu Cassy Klisch Camille Chong Bayley Mae Amanda Helander Libby Kennedy Taylor Pitts Shaina Cordas J.D. Myall Asia Murphy Grace Morrow Meredith Mooring Ellen Mulholland Chantel Pearson Stephanie Kim Johnson Caitlyn Averett Sabina Martin
October 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it!

electricliterature.com/book-bans-co...
Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors - Electric Literature
There are societal, financial, legal, and emotional consequences to book challenges, and writers are facing the brunt of these attacks
electricliterature.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
karisselizabeth.bsky.social
what a fucking week it's been, huh?
October 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM