Ani Waggoner

Officially an MSW. Author of RUINS OF ALOMERE and LAND OF SHADOWS. Casting Dept, Eating Disorder Activist/Advocate. INFJ-T. She/her. #invisibledisability #BLM

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

When I meet random strangers in an elevator and they ask what I do for a living only to find out that he was an English major and loves fantasy. Check out my patreon and enjoy the first draft of my novel! I think he will. https://t.co/kqIVnxtt3v #YAFantasy #amwriting

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Waiting at the loading screen for #Dragonflight to get to the best part. The main reason I love the dragonriding races is to hear that music. Chills every time with a massive smile on my face, feeling like I'm soaring through the air. It's something beautiful.

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

@Mayh3w_ Please tell me you're not just now realizing that.😅

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Spent a bit of the early evening out at the pool reading. No swimming, but a lounge chair and some shade were very nice. Been a while since I've done that, and we finally had a day that wasn't 110 degrees.😌

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Just finished the first chapter of a new New Adult fantasy novel concept I had. Feels good to be able to finally write again.

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Thought I'd just go ahead and answer my own question. No. No, I do not. 😂This work got me like 🙃

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

A year ago I started LoS with Nanowrimo. The question is, am I going to have the mental capacity to start working on book 2 of the series? 😅

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Honestly though, if you're not wanted, then why stay? Let's just stick with the norm and keep everything how it is because that's easy. But that isn't me. I don't do easy. I'm the person who says let's cause a wave that they'll never see coming. Staying stagnant is not an option.

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

When everything I've worked towards for the past eight months gets insulted and trampled in five minutes. Sure, I seem happy and like things are going well, but newsflash: It's a very well-placed and threaded together lie.

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Fun note, the last chapter of LoS went public to the rest of my readers last month. Full circle much?

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

A year ago I started LoS with Nanowrimo. The question is, am I going to have the mental capacity to start working on book 2 of the series? 😅

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

You know when you're screaming but literally, no one answers or even seems to care? Yeah. I'm in that nightmare, and I have been for a while.

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

Happy #BannedBooksWeek! I remember the time a Texas school district banned The Hate U Give, and I sold tens of thousands of copies in a week in that same district.

Keeping banning my books. I have a second home to buy 😂

[Kwame the Gr8 @KSekouM]

I talked about the power of names a lot this weekend, and watching the halftime crew laugh at Terry Bradshaw butcher names from different cultures was something else. Imagine seeing your child on a highlight and hearing the announcer stumble over his name and then go “Yeah…him.”

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

That final episode was very underwhelming. Still, I'm going to miss that chemistry.

[NASW Texas Advocacy @naswtx_advocacy]

Do you know a young adult aged out of foster care 18-26 who experienced financial hardship due to covid?? They might be eligible for assistance through #panaid. Apply: https://bit. ly/3Bs32nI Learn more: https://t.co/lFR59YA5m9 Closes 9/15. #PandemicAid #fosteryouth #txlege

[Kwame the Gr8 @KSekouM]

You know what's cool? The paperback of TRISTAN STRONG DESTROYS THE WORLD (Book 2 in the GBU, the Gum Baby Universe) goes on sale the same day as TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING (Oct 5th).

Preorder both and finish the trilogy tiny sticky dolls everywhere have called *precoffinary*

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

@MrE2887 Uh huh...

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@MrE2887 @RRollplaying 🤨

[NASW Texas Advocacy @naswtx_advocacy]

Social workers continue to oppose attempts to marginalize trans youth through #SB2.

Mental health professionals know the outcomes of exclusionary policies.

Mental health outcomes worsen when LGBTQ+ youth do not feel included & accepted.

#SB2 is not necessary for TX. #txlege

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

I should probably add to this that we had the "you're allowed and encouraged to say no" discussion. Saying no truly is a skill.

[Ani Waggoner @AniWaggoner]

Proof that I'm a vampire. One of my students: "But when you ask me to do something, I feel compelled." See? I'm compelling, therefore, vampire. 😅😂