So excited that City of Laughter is out today in the UK! ❤️

November’s debut book list = 11/11

Best debut books of 2024 = 11/14

Most anticipated of 2025 = 11/21

Books will keep us sane baybeeee

i'm sitting in the dark because i refuse to turn on the light; what do you mean it's pitch black in my apartment at 4:40pm huh huh??!

I couldn’t blurb as many debut novels this year as I did last year bc I was busy touring but - here are 5 coming in 2025! Debut novels need a lot of support to thrive, especially now, so I hope you’ll consider picking one or a couple up!

(My blurbs threaded below)

Big Chief by @jonvhickey via @SimonBooks and Waterline by @AMrjoian via @HarperViaBooks

All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett via @PutnamBooks

I simply do not understand how we are already booking events for mid 2025. In my mind it is March 2024

Every time I read a book by a friend and it ends up being a book I really love, regardless of our friendship, a part of my soul lights up

This month I barely drank, made salads for lunch, read ten books, and worked out 3-4 times a week and i feel great. Please don't tell me, of all things - balance is the secret to health

Hey y'all, I'm not on this site much anymore, but just in case it's helpful, I'm posting my updated #MSWL here! Check out our submissions instructions to send me your brilliant work :) trellisliterary.com/natalie-edward…

The Masquerade is tomorrow! Join EL editors @HalimahMarcus, @TheDenneMichele, Jo Lou, @katie_a_rob, & Preety Sidhu, along with hosts @AskMateo, @vanjchan, @frumpenberg, @DeeshaPhilyaw, & @csestanovich to celebrate 15 years of Electric Literature. Tickets: buff.ly/4dFxbl6

I have just started reading Annie Bot and it is very good

Now accepting applications for our 2025 Summer First Book Residency. This residency is intended for debut writers who have yet to publish a full-length book.
tinhouse.com/workshop/resid…

Ah yes, letter of recommendation season has begun again

A plea once more to institutions to eliminate this antiquated and problematic gatekeeping tradition

and yes I will write letters, i always say yes - but what about the people who don't have network? Who don't live in the US?

When i was applying to MFA programs I had to get letters from a coworker and my undergraduate RA bc i didn't know anyone

I said what I said and they put it on the front cover!!! Congratulations @AMrjoian and here's to Waterline!!! 🌊

Don’t mind my messy bed, but the 2025 debut novel cohort is looking cute

Have been stuck for a month, unable to move forward on a book, so I moved to a former manuscript I had paused, and here we are, 1500 words down today. Is this the literary equivalent of f-king your ex? How the writing gods keep us writing but prevent us from finishing anything

If you’re my agents look away you didn’t see this