I’m a Chickasaw romance writer with my MBA from USC. My debut is coming out with Berkley Pub and it’s the first Native American romcom to be published by a major publisher: starring Natives, written by a Native, set in OKC!
Here is the list of books Scholastic says schools can exclude. Sadly, Efren Divided is amongst them.
Scholastic, please help us feel seen and valued, not excluded. Don't pander to those who wish to erase/marginalize us further. @Scholastic
https://t.co/a1GfWcdelG
I know a lot of indie bookstores follow me, so if your store can offer a book fair in schools similar to what @Scholastic does, please drop your store name and location in the replies ☺️
Informative piece in @TheAtlantic re: generative AI
https://t.co/id1rtFBdq4
Fun fact, many books used to train the AI are from pirated sites; thus, not only did the AI creators not receive consent, they used stolen books.
4 of my books were used. 🥺
My reply to the board members of @FishersIN and @NoblesvilleIN seeking to remove my books (and over a hundred others) from the young adult literature shelves in their libraries. Heartbreaking for this to happen in Central Indiana, where I live and strive to support.
WATCH: “The people of Ohio said to Republicans — uh, I think I’ma vote for my vote SHOULD count… this is all about the future of American democracy, y’all… it is THIS close.” 🇺🇸
As always Tennessee’s own @traecrowder has the best takes on everything 🔥
Massively under-reported science story because there's so much going on right now but...it turns out that we might have figured out what's causing this very scary spike.
Quick thread, on how WE'VE BEEN ACCIDENTALLY GEOENGINEERING FOR DECADES...but then we stopped:
This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.
Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.