Shannon “STRONGER AT THE SEAMS" Stocker

I cannot even express how humbled I am by this. THANK YOU to the Schneider Family Book Award committee, the whole team at @penguinkids, my incredible agent @allisonremcheck, Devon, & of course @DameEvelyn for trusting me to tell her story.💛 #ALAYMA #LibLearnX23 #Listen

I strongly condemn the senseless attack on Charlie Kirk today. Political violence has no place in the United States of America. It further tears our country apart and sets us back versus moving us forward. Violence is always wrong. Period.

Friends who embrace diversity, equality, inclusion, & freedom of speech: this writer bird has taken to bluer skies. Find me there (at) shannonstocker. Come say hello! 👋

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Brett Baier asks President Zelenskyy on Fox News if he’ll step down after Lindsey Graham said he should: “With all respect to Lindsey…only Ukrainians vote for their president.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@DrNeilStone Also: raise your hand if you’re not vaxxed, proud of it, and put children with cancer at risk because you cannot see past your own “me first” BS? Sincerely, Mother of a child with cancer who had to double mask through chemo to protect herself from you

Who here has had an mRNA vaccine and is absolutely fine? ✋

We will not be erased. #DisabilitiesAdvocate

Great 🧵

@DarlingAxe Just sent a first draft to my editors yesterday. I need to do a search on “shrug” because I know I overuse that. Great suggestions!

9/ Gestures aren’t just filler; they’re a powerful tool for characterization. Skip the shrugs and make your characters act, react, and interact in meaningful ways. Your story—and readers—will thank you. What’s your favorite way to write gestures? Drop a tip or trick below! ⬇️

Ever notice how often your characters shrug, nod their heads, or look at things? These generic gestures don’t bring them to life. Let’s dig into how to write gestures and beats that are fresh, meaningful, and layered with character. A writerly 🧵 #writingcommunity #amediting

My heart is full. Thank you @KaitlynLeann17 for including STRONGER AT THE SEAMS in your amazing list of favorite novels from 2024 (and what a list!). You made my day!!! 💛

Prayer request (or however you send love and peace) for this amazing family, who just lost Caroline, their 11yo brain cancer warrior. She’s the little one in this pic—the big one is my own brain cancer warrior. 💔 #FUCancer

Writing @DameEvelyn's story will always be one of the greatest honors of my career. She is talented, brilliant, and kind beyond measure. Her reading of LISTEN will give you chills (link in her post, below) - check it out! 🥁 #Listen #SchneiderFamilyAward

@JennyTwrites Marty is literally one of the only reasons I stayed here. 😂 So happy you're flying to bluer skies with us!

...and I'm taking my bird with me! 🐦‍⬛✈️🦋 💞#MartyBird

Hello, #WritingCommunity - I write #PB, #YA, and have joined the friendlier #Bluesky community. Not leaving here quite yet, but I'm definitely finding more joy over there. If you're an #author, #illustrator, #librarian, #teacher, #editor, or other bookish soul, find me!

@shess220 @JohnsHopkins Headed to TN now to give a keynote to doctors about the impact of their words on patients! 💛

@ShannonStocker_ @JohnsHopkins So proud of Cassidy

Proud mama moment: My sophomore got a nearly perfect score on her PSAT. Anyone know anything about #ispeed at @JohnsHopkins? She wants to do the summer program there in biomedical engineering. She’s a brain cancer survivor who wants to be an oncologist. 🎗️

@AuthorFleur Mine too!

@ShannonStocker_ I love that, Shannon! We need more YA as its honestly fun for everyone to read! Some of my favorite books have been YA 😃

I keep seeing writers post who aren't leaving- and I think it's great! I love being a part of the #WritingCommunity here. So like we've seen so much this week- If you are a writer- say hi!👋 Or post your book or article! Or tell us what you're working on! #writersunite

Thank you @PublishersWkly for this very cool shoutout of the audiobook for STRONGER AT THE SEAMS. @katerudd - you killed it on this narration! TY!!! 💛 @BlinkYABooks @HarperCollins #StrongerAtTheSeams #WritingCommunity #authors

@lori_huntsman Still here. 💛

I agree with Emily 🍏 Still here and it’s great to connect with educators, authors, librarians, and kind humans 🩵