Silhouette of woman's face with backdrop of trees. Book cover of debut mystery Not The Killing Kind
Come and meet award-winning Latinx author, Maria Kelson at the Dublin, CA Barnes and Noble tomorrow at 1pm. Maria will be signing her debut mystery NOT THE KILLING KIND. #AuthorSigning #WritingCommunity #amreading #booksky #latinxbooks
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
Our WD Bootcamp starts next week! Sign up to work 1-on-1 w/Liz Kracht, @dorianmaffei.bsky.social or me! Includes:
–> Webinar on submission materials
–> 2-hr live Q&A
–> Review of query letter, one-page synopsis & 1st 10 pgs of the manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
Happy #MSWL Day! Pasting the link to my wish list for when I open in spring (dates TBD), along with a thread of a few specific things I'd love to see in both adult and YA!
manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/do...
Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2026! 🎉
This is our second ever #MSWL Day on Bluesky. We’re happy you’re here!
You can, as of TODAY, search Bluesky and ManuscriptWishList.com posts at once: manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search. All posts are verified by a human who works in publishing. ☕
Maria Kelson's NOT THE KILLING KIND is a Kindle monthly deal for the month of February! 👀
We are three months away from A RIVER FROM THE SKY by @aijiang.bsky.social! 🌀
A lyrical and moving follow-up to A Palace Near the Wind, as Lufeng and her sister Sangshu fight to protect their culture and their world.
✨ Pre-order: https://tinyurl.com/y3fbxrse
🚨 Have you signed up for this yet?! 🚨
What's included:
-a webinar on submission materials
-a 2 hour live Q&A
-review of your query letter, one-page synopsis, and first 10 pages of your manuscript
writersdigestuniversity.mykajabi.com/how-to-craft...
A Palace Near the Wind on a desk mat with cloud/wind and ring patterns
Owl (tawny cat) with a copy of A Palace Near the Wind
Phantom (Light champagne cat) with a copy of A Palace Near the Wind
IT IS OFFICIALLY RELEASE DAY FOR—
🍃🌬️🏰A Palace Near the Wind 🏰🌬️🍃
—a big thank you to everyone who made this book possible from start to finish 😭🤍
@titanbooks.bsky.social
Story Circle calls @MKelsonAuthor’s NOT THE KILLING KIND, a mystery that “ratchets up the tension so smoothly that readers simply won’t be able to put the book down.” www.storycircle.org/book_review/...
Screenshot of “The best new science fiction books of March 2025” in New Scientist
Screenshot of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in a New Scientist article
excited to see A PALACE NEAR THE WIND mentioned in @newscientist.com 👀🙇🏻♀️🤍🌬️🏰
forthcoming April 15, 2025 — @titanbooks.bsky.social
The ebook of NOT THE KILLING KIND, a multicultural mystery novel featuring a Latina education reformer in rural NorCal, by debut Chicana author, Maria Kelson is now on sale for $2.99!
shorturl.at/5pQiC
Finalizei leitura de "A Palace Near the Wind (Natural Engines, #1)" - Ai Jiang
🟠 surtada | 🟣 conectada | 🟡 apaixonada
@maratona.app 💙📚 https://maratona.social/estante/cm5cr3hmu00ahhyudlau78298
The cover of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND on floral background Text: Natural Engines #1 Titan Books Book #2: A River from the Sky
We’re about 3 months out from PALACE’s release!! If y’all are looking for something to add to your 2025 TBR… 👀💫🌬️🏰
(preordered already? go to the link in my bio to fill out the form for swag! 🤍🙆🏻♀️)
Pre-Event Content for #BluePit #BluePitHype We can hardly wait until Jan 13th to see everyone’s amazing pitches, so to celebrate we’re going to be doing pitching tips & a little Q&A leading up to the big day! So mark your calendars! Any questions just ask at @BluePit.bsky.social #BluePitHype Q&A Schedule Jan 8th - Introduce Yourself Jan 9th - Artwork Share Jan 10th - Character Interviews Jan 11 - Share Advice Jan 12 - Build Your List Jan 13 - #BluePit Begins!
Happy New Year! #BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We'll be sharing tips & tricks and starting Jan 8th will our #BluePitHype Q&A begins!
We can't wait to see all your great pitches!
2024 Writer’s Wrapped:
What a wild time year 🫣
— won the Nebula and Stoker award
— was a finalist for the Locus, BSFA, Aurora, Hugo, Astounding awards
— got a 2-book deal for my debut novel
— wrote 1.5 novels + turned a novelette into a novella
— wrote 10+ short stories
— read 70+ books
Roasted rack of lamb crusted with herbs and spices.
White chocolate raspberry cake and piece of the cake on a plate.
What’s Christmas without a bit of food coma? Daughter made an incredibly delicious rack of lamb for our Xmas dinner. Dessert was a yummy white chocolate raspberry cake 😋
Close up of the face of a black and white cat
A Merry Catmas boop to all from this goofball 🎄🐾🎁
#christmas #catsofbluesky #cats
Siamese cat and black and white cat asleep and snuggling together.
Good night and sweet dreams on this Christmas Eve 🎄🧑🎄 🐾
#catsofbluesky #happyholidays
Margaret Atwood Solstice poem on a gray background beneath a wintry night scene of northern lights. ...This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar...”
Margaret Atwood, poet: "This is the solstice, the still point
of the sun, its cusp and midnight,
the year’s threshold
and unlocking, where the past
lets go of and becomes the future;
the place of caught breath, the door
of a vanished house left ajar...”
❄️Happy winter solstice❄️
Time to slow down. Time to enjoy candlelight, mystical stories and crafts.🔮🕯 #witchsky
Soup with cabbage, tomatoes, onions,and herbs simmering in a stockpot
I decided to make cabbage soup to go with the cornbread since it’s such a cold and rainy day. #comfortfood
Sweet potato cornbread baked in a square aluminum pan
Made sweet potato corn bread. Not too bad for my first time 😋
Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social , @premeemohamed.com , & @amalelmohtar.com: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... (att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social)
Thank you to the wonderful team at @titanbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of A Place Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading it.
The lovely folk @titanbooks.bsky.social have sent me A Palace Near the Wind by @aijiang.bsky.social which is a novella I’ve been desperately wanting to read
This is set in a world where the Feng (tree-like) race are oppressed & beholden to humans & their king. I’m so intrigued by this!
Out April
Black and white cat with green eyes sitting in a cardboard box
Why bother with a fancy cat bed? If it fits, he sits. 😍🐾
#caturday #catsofbluesky #cats
🧵🎅🏼😂
A Palace Near the Wind cover. April 8, 2025. Titan Books.
Publisher’s Weekly “Spring 2025 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: SF, Fantasy & Horror” screenshot and A Palace Near the Wind listing screen shot.
LibraryJournal’s “Science Fiction & Fantasy | Prepub Alert, April 2025 Titles” screenshot and A Palace Near the Wind listing screenshot.
A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (@titanbooks.bsky.social) mentioned in LibraryJournal’s prepub alert and the long list for Publishers Weekly’s spring 2025 preview 👀🤍🫶🏼🙇🏻♀️
Let's talk synopsis.
The synopsis tells what happens in the book from beginning to end with full spoilers. It includes the plot arc and character arc. It is not just a longer version of the query letter.
I've been seeing a lot of synopses that tease the end - they should tell the end!
The Texas Institute of Letters has 3 awards for authors of books for young readers, each with a $1,000 prize & a 1/6 submission deadline:
Jean Flynn Award for Best YA
Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG
Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB
texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit
