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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Piper's father taught her everything she knows about necromancy. But when he's murdered, she must join forces with the season’s most eligible bachelor to infiltrate London’s secret necromancer society and catch the killer.
#DVPit #YA #HF #F

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

thank you so much!! 💜

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

To solve her father's murder, a necromancer & the season’s most eligible bachelor infiltrate a secret magic society. But to get answers, she'll have to uncover skeletons in her father's closet, delve into dark magic, & decide who she truly trusts: her magic or the boy stealing her heart
#DVPit #YA

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

this sounds amazing!!!!! and perfect for spooky season!

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Piper's father taught her everything she knows about necromancy. But when he's murdered, she must join forces with the season’s most eligible bachelor to infiltrate London’s secret necromancer society and catch the killer.
#DVPit #YA

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

thank you!!!! ❤️

Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 3d

To solve her father's murder, a necromancer & the season’s most eligible bachelor infiltrate a secret magic society. But to get answers, she'll have to uncover skeletons in her father's closet, delve into dark magic, & decide who she truly trusts: her magic or the boy stealing her heart
#DVPit #YA

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 9d

And ending the album by saying she’s married to the hustle? The crowd is her king…

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Also is anyone else bothered that she used the orange hearts and not the flaming hearts???

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Coming soon to a query inbox near you...
#agentsguide #amquerying

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 17d

It’s SO pretty, I can’t wait to have it on my shelves! 😍

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 17d

I’m so excited to help reveal the cover for Loretta Chefchaouni’s GORGEOUS debut novel, The Lustrous Dark!! Get ready to fight the patriarchy and dive into this lush, mystical fairy tale world on May 19! ✨preorder now✨

Cover artist: Tom Roberts
Publisher: Peachtree Teen

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

I don’t know what they put in the air at Home Goods, but every time I go in there it’s like I black out, my inner basic white girl takes over, and I come to in the parking lot with a bag full of fall decorations

Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Real footage of me trying to regain control of the scene I'm writing when my characters keep trying to take their conversation in a completely different direction than I planned

a person is petting a dog and a bunch of kittens on the floor .

ALT: a person is petting a dog and a bunch of kittens on the floor .

media.tenor.com

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Aug 27

#DVpit 2025 is coming up!
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

#writersky #authorsky #booksky

#DVpit 2025
Over 70 agents & editors committed to participate and counting
43 agents
31 editors
October 8, 2025
follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Aug 23

Just a sunshine girl with her toys ☀️

Elphie, a black cat with a green collar, is lying on her side in the sun on a couch in the sun. She has a pile of toys next to her and has her head tipped back happily

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm rewatching the vampire diaries again and I know there are a lot of farfetched things in this show, but honestly the only one that truly bothers me every time is how they immediately recognize people they haven't seen in 100+ years

a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

they're SO cute and I'm obsessed with how similar their expressions are in this pic!

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

🍓🍓🍓

A cake with white frosting and a ring of decoratively placed strawberries around the top is sitting on a table in the sunshine

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Lilistrations 🍉 @lilistrations.bsky.social · Jul 1

TODAYS THE DAY Happy Book Birthday to my very first book!! So incredibly excited to have this out in the world. Thank you to the team at @scholastic for making this a reality! Thank you so much for all of you who already pre-ordered, your support means so much! Available where books are sold!

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Loretta Chefchaouni @writerlyme.bsky.social · Jun 26

IT'S PM OFFICIAL!!!!!!! ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨
I'm so excited for all the things to come over the next year, and very thankful to those who are here to share it with me and the ones who played a part in helping me get this far! 😭🫶🏼

#2026debuts #booksky #booksbooksbooks #readreadread #YAfantasy

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jun 13

Stopped to take a picture of this pretty flower, 30 seconds later a bee flew into my hair. Balance, I guess?

A round yellow flower with thin petals and a black center growing among some greenery

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Loretta Chefchaouni @writerlyme.bsky.social · Jun 10

My book combining the lush mythology of This Woven Kingdom with the mother trauma of Snow White is being published! I’m thrilled to work with Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen who gets all the layers of The Lustrous Dark and has the vision to grow this story into its final form!!

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jun 10

Tell me your pet's name with a GIF.

This is one of my cats! The other cat is Annie because she was a foster fail and when I was fostering her, the shelter named her Ant. I didn't like that and called her Annie, and by the time I adopted her she already answered to it ❤️

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s so convenient!!! Except I’m way more nervous now about putting the wrong agent name

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