Hi publishing friends! 👋 Emilia Rhodes and I are looking for an editorial assistant to come work for us at Atria Books. A passion for all kinds of fiction is a must! If that’s you (or someone you know!) check out the job posting for details. us241.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

1. 19yo Harvard Econ student Wesley Wang spends 2+ years on a short film

2. Posts the 12-min video on YouTube in Sept

3. Darren Aronofsky watches it in Oct and emails him “watched your film, can you drop out of Harvard?”

4. TriStar buy rights and Wang will adapt for big screen

IT WAITS IN THE FOREST is out TODAY!!!

A supernatural thriller inspired by Caribbean folklore, about a fake psychic who must team up with her ex-boyfriend to investigate a string of strange murders.

Writing this book has been a joy and a challenge. I hope you enjoy it!

Double trouble on release day! THE GIRL IN QUESTION concludes Nora's long-con (grab your crow call and your machete) and the paperback of 6 TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED has a special short story about Penny and Tate's first date! bit.ly/thegirlinquest… and bit.ly/6timeswealmost…

they arrested more students peacefully protesting against genocide than they did the mob on January 6th who attacked the capital. That should tell you everything

it would suck to live in Ancient Greece. you’re making a smoothie at Greek Jamba Juice and a customer goes “you’re so good at making smoothies! perhaps even better than the gods” and suddenly Opora, the goddess of fruit harvests, has turned you into a mango

Whenever I talk about POLITE SOCIETY no one seems to listen but LISTEN. This movie is brilliant and funny and surreal and also violent in an interesting way, and if you’re a Jane Austen fan drawn to her social commentary and snark I think you will love this movie

“Make no mistake—these historic gains mark an important step in organizing animation. Writing for children’s media and animation isn’t easier than other forms of screenwriting, and those workers deserve the same protections.” - WGAE President WGA East Prez Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

wgaeast.org/wga-members-at…

Can’t go into it but I’ve never been more livid in my whole life. I’ve been crying all night.

Know this: your POC friends are being abused at work. Mentally. Financially. When you get a job or promotion, we get less & HAVE to fight to be valued equally & survive.

& we lose.

Baby writer Sona at the #Paramount lot a hundred years ago with stars in her eyes.

🚨Some exciting Kiranmala news! So excited to work with Freida Pinto, Freebird Films and the amazing teams Rebel Maverick, Submarine Entertainment and writer Michael Ryan on the Kiranmala animated series!

Let’s talk about original writing sample strategy. Having a sample is step 0 but what should you write?

Write the story youre most passionate about. Not only will it be the one youre most likely going to finish, but that will come through. This is your 1st sample, focus on…

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Let's talk about the market contraction we're seeing in middle grade. I don't think it's alarming. I think it's an evolving market that requires innovation. The factors at play:
- Information Age distractions
- evolving reader market
- pandemic backlog
- B&N dropping MG
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This would be a very dark day. Paramount’s lot is special.
It’s our history - I don’t just mean Hollywood’s.
I mean America’s.
Epic moments happened there.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

What are we doing to these poor kids?

OMFG.
I don't think I understood Gen Z until this very moment.

why read zadie smith’s nonsense when you can read this beautiful and devastating poem by noor hindi (peep the relevancy of the title)

Pause for processing is a concept I’m teaching my kids. Before you respond to anything, before you agree to anything, before you make a decision, give yourself a moment to pause for processing.

It’s turning these babies into critical thinkers and I love it!

This is a really common question, probably because the library/author relationship can seem pretty opaque from the outside. But libraries do benefit authors! A lot! Here’s how-

My name is Isabelle Friedman, and I'm the editor in chief of the Daily Bruin, UCLA's independent student newspaper. It seems like I've only just now had a chance to sit and truly reflect on the events of the past week.