Taryn Skipper

Writer, Illustrator, Portrait Artist, Realtor, Mommy, etc. She/her. #amquerying, #amwriting. Storymakers BOD. Open for limited portrait commissions.

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@jtewwrites @JoyRevBooks @GetUnderlined @jenazantian This is moving to the top of my tbr right now. So Gorgeous!

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@LivIvanov I just queried my novel set in Denver, and then saw you're in the Springs. I'm headed down there to visit family today, I live just up in Castle Rock, so cool! My (3rd) chapter also ends on exactly page 53, coincidentally.

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@penelopekayb @TitanBooks YAAAAAYYYYY EMILY!!!! And congrats to Penelope for a deal well done. It's just stunning!! Ordering now (and steering clear of the tracks 😁)!

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@Michelle4Laughs Oh, this is wonderful. I wish every agent did this! Like our own personal query tracker for subs

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@LindsFlanagan @sabinewrites Huge congrats!!

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This is good advice for those of you up for awards or nominations, also. I have had to use a very specific set of skills to track down authors!

[Michelle Hauck @Michelle4Laughs]

I did get in touch through email and they needed more time (talking ten days), but they still haven't sent anything. So... I've done my part.

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@penelopekayb wait isn't that the same thing? =)

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192 official nominees this year for the Whitney Awards! I'm thankful for my committee, to the hundreds who nominated, to my 75+ first-round judges (I can't wait to see our finalist picks!) and to get to be a part of another record-breaking year celebrating authors and novels!

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@clgslr Love this! I have one but it's YA and (light, contemp) sci-fi and I know you're not looking for either of those. Just excited for what you'll find!

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3 other ladies and I took about 15 teenage girls on a high adventure trip. Dispersed camping, canyoneering, Via Ferrata, a difficult hike. Every one of them had a reason it was challenging specific to them. Every one of them succeeded. Girls can and should do hard things!💪🩷

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Playing with TikTok, I have had multiple AI filters turn me into an old dude with facial hair when I'm not wearing makeup, and a beautiful woman when I am. Do I have a super masculine face, or is AI already taught sexist stereotypes? Both?

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@amandarhill32 Thank you!

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Working on R&R & have another full request. It's been a month, but I had an awards program/gala to run, 3 kid b-days to get through, a new committee to set up & train, etc. Now I'm going on vacation w/little/no reception for 2 weeks. Am I taking too long?😓 #WritingCommmunity

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My fellow Whitney Awards president homies @Kara_Reynolds7 , @EmilyInouyeHuey and me at the gala. I was thrilled when I could finally announce that Emily had won three(!) awards for BENEATH THE WIDE SILK SKY after two rounds of judging from our academy of almost 1000.

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Congrats to @jancipatterson and @BrandSanderson for the award for Evershore! He couldn't make it to the Gala this year so we surprised him with his @whitneyawards in the book signing line at @storymakerscon

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There's a free bookstore near me that also has a few stuffies. My 4-yr-old thinks it's amazing (she's right). She found a bear with a cupcake, but her bunny is named Cupcake, so she named it "Amazing Books," and now she says she can't sleep without Amazing Books (right again!) ❤️

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@PSLiterary @WritingExcuses @grammargirll I meant @grammargirl. Who knows where that extra l came from 😆

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@PSLiterary I also love @WritingExcuses and I geek out to @grammargirll

[Hana Lee (not here) - see hanalee.bsky.social @K_Hana_Lee]

In the spirit of financial transparency in publishing, I built a little web calculator to help trad pub authors calculate how many copies they need to sell to earn out their advance. Link below ⬇️

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@PSLiterary @EmilyInouyeHuey @briellums @MathildaZeller @JoannaHoWrites And Blue Shadows Fall by @lenowastutz - I found her Twitter handle and got to see most of these debut authors on a panel last night. Congrats, all, on being @whitneyawards finalists!

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@PSLiterary Beneath the Wide Silk Sky, by @EmilyInouyeHuey
Jester, by @briellums Brielle D Porter
The Revenge of Bridget Cleary, by @MathildaZeller
The Silence That Binds Us, by @JoannaHoWrites (her debut novel, she does have picture books) to name a few, and more who I can't tag. 😍