Cassie Gustafson 🥀

So thrilled to finally share the cover of my second YA contemporary, THE SECRETS WE KEEP! 🥀✨ More info here: goodreads.com/book/show/5796… Illustrator: the immensely talented Beatriz Ramo! (@naranjalidad) Designer: the incredible Krista Vossen!

@bethrevis Preach!!

@bethrevis Amen! 👏 👏 👏 Was a little disappointed when SHE was consolidating HIM after his atrocious behavior. Like, sure, we haven’t see the woman-in-service-of-manchild-learning-life’s-tough-lessons cliché before! 😂

Agatha Christie had a habit of studying things so intensely that she accidentally became an expert. One time she asked an archeologist, “Who is the world’s leading authority on Mesopotamian pottery? I need to ask them a question.” The archeologist said, “YOU are.”

Happy #BookBirthday to #TheSecretsWeKeep by @cassiegusty! spr.ly/6014Ma6Pa

So proud of my @HollinsLit sister @cassiegusty for her courage, dedication to craft, and passion. An amazing evening to celebrate her and her new book, THE SECRETS WE KEEP. On shelves today! #kidlit #WritingCommunity #YA

★ Cassie Gustafson’s (@cassiegusty) YA novel THE SECRETS WE KEEP is a “vital, heart-wrenching account of one teen’s harrowing experience” with sexual violence pwne.ws/3rosLJJ

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“Anyone can write fast. Writing fast is just the ability to type quickly during specific time slots. But the only way to type out a story is if you already have it loaded into the well, ready to be drained on the page.” @bethrevis on giving yourself ample *thinking time* prewrite

@AshWritesBooks Maybe that line needs to be a book in and of itself?? 🤔🤩

It’s 2022, and 157 House Republicans just voted against marriage equality. That’s where they come down on this issue. In 2022.

"No matter what, you remember to always always always say thank you. Always be grateful. You keep writing, and rewriting. You realize you can be tough on the business but gentle with yourself." -Zoraida Córdova @zlikeinzorro

"You have periods where you cannot believe, you cannot believe that you have made a difference. Maybe you didn’t sell a hundred thousand copies, but the one that you sold changed someone’s life. That life matters." -Zoraida Córdova @zlikeinzorro

"You remember there are people finding your words, here and there like fireflies in the pitch dark." --Zoraida Córdova @zlikeinzorro (If you're not subscribed to her newsletter, you're missing out)

@ShaunieDarko 👏 👏 👏 ALL THE APPLAUSE!!!!

We really all we got because the government doesn't give a fuck. So here's all the places I could find in the last ten minutes that are supporting abortion access:

Abortion is legal in California. It will remain that way. I just signed a bill that makes our state a safe haven for women across the nation. We will not cooperate with any states that attempt to prosecute women or doctors for receiving or providing reproductive care.

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it a thousand times: The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy, a septic uterus, or a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion. If you can’t get those abortions, you die. You. Die.

Abortion is now illegal in Missouri. No exceptions for rape or incest. Right before I was elected, I met a pregnant 11 year old who has been raped by her uncle. What about HER rights?

@harpyella Congrats, Gabry!! 😍

gonna be over the top about being AFFIANCED