Only a few scenes left and I will have a completed draft of the sequel to The Mysterium. Current word count: 95,578. #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingya
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29 Oct 2025
I illustrated a scene inspired by an as-yet-unpublished YA story I wrote about musical kids who accidentally travel through time to save their hero Frรฉdรฉric Chopin. ๐ฉ๐น๐ต
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.#illustration #illustrator #amwriting #amwritingya #books #bookcover #classicalmusic #chopin #timetravel
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9 Sep 2025
Iโm beyond thrilled to announce that Iโve signed with @SlantBooks to publish my debut young adult novel, Light in the Canyon.
Sometimes, it seems, dreams spanning a lifetime do come true.
#amwriting #amwritingfiction #amwritingya #yafiction
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19 Jun 2025
Itโs not REJECTION, itโs REDIRECTION. ๐๐๐ซถ Shout out to the #writers โ๏ธ Rejection is a huge part of publishing. How do you cope/keep hope alive?
#violetlemay #amwriting #amwritingya #amwritingmg #comic #comix #cat #writing #author #publishing #illustration #illustrator #kidlit
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16 Jun 2025
Welcome to your week. Letโs make it a good one. ๐ #violetlemay #amwriting #amwritingya #amwritingmg #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #mbartists #writer
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6 Jun 2025
Happy Friday!
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#violetlemay #illustration #illustrator #amwritingya #amreadingya #mbartists #friday #read
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14 Mar 2025
My mentor suggested I switch tenses, but I'm on the fence.
I know it's popular, and I've written in both, but I also know a lot of readers hate present tense.
Just out of curiosity, which do you prefer? (for YA fiction)
#WritingCommunity #amediting #amwritingYA
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Fifteen years. 23 published winners. Could you be our 2025 winning author? ๐
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#timeschickenhouse #submissionsopen #amwritingYA #amwritingmiddlegrade @chickenhsebooks
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Thinking my MC and her love interest will finally kiss this chapter. #amwriting #writing #amwritingfantasy #amwritingya #writer #author
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8 Oct 2024
A big congratulations to our client @gfeinz on the release of his new novel. UNDER THE FAMILY TREE is a young-adult mashup of a touching family drama with a murder mystery.
Grab your copy here:
amazon.com/dp/B0DJJYT42H
#writingcommunity #amwritingYA #amreadingYA
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23 Sep 2024
Ebook and physical copy drop tonight!!!!
Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat & Crime
#writing #writer #writerscommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingscifi #amwritingya #amwritinghorror #fightwrite #fighwriteround2 #amwritingcrime
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3 Sep 2024
A little coffee shop crush to get your week off to a good start. โคโ Hope you all had a lovely long weekend! #violetlemay #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #middlegrade #amwritingya #amreadingya #cafe #coffeeshop #crush #mbartists
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31 Aug 2024
Hope you all enjoy the long weekend. Happy Labor Day! โ๏ธ๐๐ #violetlemay #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #amwritingya #amreadingya #books #laborday #mbartists
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23 Aug 2024
Writing Thank You cards to my teen Beta readers.
#Yafiction #yabook #ireadya #youngadultbooks #yareads #newauthor #yaauthor #Novelwriting #Writingabook #amwritingya #Aspriringauthor #writersdigest
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9 Aug 2024
Doing my hands-free read for my novel-in-progress at our campsite just outside Yosemite National Park
#yosemitenationalpark #campinglife #Yafiction #yabook #ireadya #youngadultbooks #yareads #newauthor #yaauthor #Novelwriting #Writingabook #amwritingya #Aspriringauthor
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19 Jul 2024
Passed the 60,000 work mark. Woot! โ๏ธ #violetlemay #amwriting #amwritingya #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #writers #writerslife #amquerying
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13 Jul 2024
When your favorite pen dies 56,000 words into your novel. RIP, Courtyard Marriot ballpoint. Next at bat, La Quinta Inn. Hotels have the best pens. โ๏ธ #violetlemay #amwriting #amwritingya #writer #writing #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
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3 Jul 2024
40K words down, 20K to go! On track to complete a 1st draft this summer. What are you all working on? โ๏ธ #violetlemay #amwritingya #writer #5amwritersclub #amwriting #amquerying
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