text me when you have a gap in the schedule and i'll send you an unhinged three-minute note about mass markets and accessibility and price points and building readership and also they should all have bodice ripper covers even the literary fiction books

In addition to short fiction, also open to poetry aimed at a middle grade and YA readership.

drew... if you need me to pop off about how much i miss the mass market paperback...

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

Because while fighting each other might feel good in the moment, it:

- Exhausts you
- Exhausts the other party
- Which (arguably) chips away at our ability to unify
- And that's the last thing we need right now.

There are a lot of things Dems need to be doing, and fighting each other isn't it.

Or am I doing this because I want to feel a certain way?

Are there better things I can be doing to help save the republic? Are there candidates I can support? Can I call my reps? Can I stop book bans in my local community?

Can I inform myself further - e.g. on Vought?

And that's why I'm going to ask all of you right now, especially for those of you that are also on Threads, too:

Before you respond on social media over something you see which causes you to feel a certain way: ask yourself - will responding that way help at all?

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

We’re thrilled to announce that on October 28th at 4 PM ET, PPABB will present its first event, a virtual town hall, Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors. (More in this thread)

We’d love for you to join us. Register in advance for the webinar at this link:

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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

there is a moment like this in sophie jordan's historical romance novel THE DUKE EFFECT that made me laugh so hard that i still remember it despite reading the book four years ago. i can't remember the names of people i met yesterday but i can tell you about that scene!

I am once again begging big 5 publishers to invest in rebuilding book media by starting their own newspapers/journals/magazines. That plus helping keep indie bookstores open would do so goddamn much for the industry

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

I will never stop banging this drum -- publishers (honestly anyone distributing creative work rn), need to try something new! bring back the atrophied part of their marketing brains that involves something other than "post through it"

oh, bummer! well, if you want to give me more details about what your vibe is, lemme know and i'd be happy to hook you up with other recs. xx

the audio will be available on release day (though i am happy to give other recs to tide you over until then; this just seemed v your jam based on that description!). THE EVERLASTING is a fantasy that reimagines a medieval knight trapped in a time loop: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Hello! Just a reminder that if you work for or contract with the federal government and have information you'd like to share securely with a @wired.com reporter, you can use a non-work device to contact me on Signal at timmarchman.01 and I can connect you to someone who covers your area.

*gently pushes towards SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN and the Legend of Eli Monpress series and A LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS*

*gently pushes towards THE EVERLASTING, which comes out later this month and absolutely slaps*

do YOU have an independent bookseller you love, ESPECIALLY one who might need a few extra bucks in their pocket? you can nominate them RIGHT NOW for a james patterson holiday bonus! it's free for you and takes all of three minutes!!! do it, you coward!!! www.bookweb.org/james-patter...

so we partner with our local library on an all-queer, all-kidlit little free library... and for the second weekend in a row, somebody has stolen all the brand new books. we are working on a plan, but if you are a queer kidlit author with some books or swag you'd like to donate, can you message me? 🌈

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

*gently pushes towards FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS and the If Books Could Kill podcast*

correct: new as in new to break out, not new as in, like, debut!