the YOU’RE NO BETTER cover reveal - my new YA about serial killers in the age of true crime - is LIVE!!
Check out @BDisgusting’s exclusive reveal for a short interview & excerpt 👀
Art by the wonderful @egallagher_art - thank you so much for coming back for this amazing piece!!
Bestselling author @ajwhiteauthor is back with horrific YA thriller YOU'RE NO BETTER, a profound portrait of a struggling teen trying to convince the world—and himself—that he’s better than the serial killer who raised him.
We're exclusively unveiling the Deluxe cover.
trying to find decent monster×human media is like rummaging through a pile of shit. no i dont look for a sexy hot buff man with horns, i need this thing to love me:
Needed a new pinned tweet for pride month, but I, your local queer nonbinary author-slash-ferret-thing have two books out and numerous short stories you can find on my website!
My debut gothic fantasy novel has a new title: it is now THE LAST NECROMANCER OF MARNE HALL🫀🥀
The story is still the same haunting narrative surrounding the mysterious deaths of a group of (gay) necromancers in the 70’s, for fans of HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE + THE SECRET HISTORY
@cassbeewrites@AllyScottAuthor OH IM SO GLAD IT GOT THERE OMG, i hope it’s a hit!! I only printed a few of those pre-release promo bookmarks back in the day, and this seemed like a good use for one of the last ones 🥰🥰🥰
Fun fact: the “stay cute don’t die” sticker exists because back when in 2019 when I worked at a big chain bookstore a customer came in and asked for a book titled that. That was NOT the title of the book but “be cute don’t die” has been an inside joke with us for years
YOU’RE NO BETTER promo boxes are on their way 🙏👀🙏 including not just a map of the DC metro, but also recreations of the VISCERALLY ironic true crime paraphernalia sported by the protagonist’s [rival | blackmailer | love interest] lmao
If you get one you have to tag me 🫵
I HAVE A STORY IN THIS!!! Aj did the character art here, but if you wanna read my t4t “3D printing your dead husband’s memories into stitched together corpses because you missed him” piece along with a bunch of other great writing, check this out!!!
So news is out and I can stop chewing drywall keeping this secret since October: my short story “The Two Great Love Stories of Egon Brechtford” is gonna be in @rainbowcrate’s June anthology! Aj did this art for my weird little short story about ghosts, love, and talking plushies
vibe/comp/aesthetic map for my upcoming YA thriller YOU’RE NO BETTER 🔪📸📱🏳️🌈
a deeply unwell kid tries to prove he’s better than his exploitative influencer mother and world-famous serial killer father. it goes badly.
this is the ONLY way I edit these days - Word’s side-by-side is my bestie. plus, it has the added bonus of “freeing” me from my previous draft, so I don’t feel as beholden to earlier (and worse) narrative decisions.
Also why the advice to retype your novel from scratch in a blank word document is useful (if very time-confusing). You're less likely to let a weak sentence stay if you have to actually retype it.