An-Mari | Author + Editor

YA Author & Developmental Editor | Jesus Follower | #actuallyautistic | Cult Survivor | 28 | INFJ + En 4w3 | "Toe als groen was" out now!

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

I’m never on here, so find me elsewhere:

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[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

@EBee40 I’m very curious to read this book but there’s no way I’m spending money on it

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[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

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[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Me: * has a degree in English, reads 60+ books a year, has been working several years as a Senior Editor in publishing
Also me:

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

One of the best parts of being an autistic author is the trove of knowledge from all my past special interests 😂 I can authentically write stories about photographers, horses, dog trainers, music teachers etc without actually having to do much research 👀#AutismAcceptanceMonth

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

hello darkness, my old friend
#stage6

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Last night I unlocked a new form of Procrastinating Writing: customising my Scrivener theme to make it #aesthetic 👀

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Me: I want to make my fantasy villain hot but I don’t want people to Darklingfy him and end up shipping him with the MC
Bestie: Just make sure the good guy is hotter

Me: 👀 okay that is actually some solid advice

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Me, writing a book proposal: Wow, having to provide 3 different summaries (1 sentence, 3 paragraphs, 5 pages) for my story seems a little excessive. You have to be a REALLY determined author to go through this whole process just to … oooohhh. That’s probably the point.

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Thinking of my manager who, when I told her I’m autistic, let me info dump about autism because she wanted to learn, asked me how she can support me at work, and said she was going to go educate herself further. Corporate needs more people like her 🥺 #AutismAcceptanceMonth

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

My villain origin story will be IT Support telling me to “just restart your computer” after I told them in my e-mail I’ve already restarted it FOUR TIMES.

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

I can so clearly see how I just progressively lost all motivation as I was writing this thing 🤦🏻‍♀️ The last 30% is an absolute train smash

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Nothing makes me hate past me more than trying to rewrite a disastrous first draft. That bish screwed up and now I gotta deal with this mess.

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Okay but John Wick isn’t really dead, right? I have trust issues with these kinds of movies … He’s probably off with Mr Nobody somewhere, playing with the puppy … the real star of this movie.

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

My reactions to watching John Wick Chapter 4, as someone who has seen exactly half a John Wick movie before - a 🧵

Spoiler alert: it doesn’t take long for it to dissolve into me fangirling about the Belgian Malinois puppy

And spoiler alert: spoilers. Obviously.

[An-Mari | Author + Editor @anmaridocarmo]

Mr Nobody is all of us watching this duel 🍿