I got my copyedits for my debut novel and for this (almost) final pass I’m listening to it with Word’s voice feature and I have CAUGHT SO MANY TYPOS 🙃 it’s so helpful, 10/10 would recommend 🫡
yayyyy!!! 🥰🥳 the biggest congratulations!!! 🎉 welcome to the familyyyy 🥹🥰
“I have personally explained the process to you Debra” lives rent free in my mind.
every single time I watch a book review of a fantasy book, I end up wanting ~desperately~ to write one of my fantasy stories 🥲 (don’t worry I’m not. this too shall pass 🫣)
In case you were wondering what Second Book Syndrome is...
Someone just asked me for writing tips, and my gut level response was "all writing advice is fake, just read books you like and write as much as you can and eventually something will be good" but then I thought about it and I had some actual advice!
1. Read! Your work! Out loud!
may I please be added? 👀 @cannfloyd.bsky.social thank you 😊
and a lil about me, the author ✍️
can’t wait for yall to meet my girls 🥰 luca (my anxious sweet angel girlie) & juliette (my messy firecracker with a manufactured chip on her shoulder)
A publishers marketplace announcement for BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS over a slightly blurry tennis court. The announcement says (Katie Chandler's BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS, the author's debut, a sapphic romance with a speculative twist following two professional tennis rivals who have been trading insults in the press for months and are horrified to discover they're destined soulmates, to Melanie Iglesias Perez at Atria, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in June 2025 and summer 2026, by Trinica Sampson-Vera at New Leaf Literary & Media (world English).)
a light blue background with BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS’ cover. arrows point to the tropes (dual pov, ensemble cast, anxiety rep, forced proximity at a charity event, sapphic & spicy, professional tennis tour, rivals-to-lovers, hilarious tweets included, soulmates & soulmates on the wrist, sexy massages to heal injuries) the cover is of two women tennis players with rackets on the court and a crowd behind them with the title and author name in big font.
I can think of no better way to introduce myself than a lil thread on my book baby, BACKHANDED COMPLIMENTS (coming June 10th, 2025 with Atria!) 🎾🌈🍋
