LL McKinney (mostly) Updates

Teller of tales. Writer of words. Bestseller. Other more active social media profiles at linktree, ya gurl has left the building.

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I write stories about queer Black girls, in case you’re into that sort of thing. #PrideMonth.

https://t.co/5BFmvjKCRe

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Bringing back this tale from last year.

Happy Pride!

🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🌙✨

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Had a conversation today about whether or not children “know” they’re queer. I said, of course. This person disagreed. I explained how I knew in the 4th grade. They asked how I could have a memory so specific from that time. I told him that’s when Sailor Moon came out in America.

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Folk love to tell us that we’re making it up, reading into things, acting dramatic and/or sensitive, on and on and on. Being gaslit by an entire industry is something else. Just playing in our faces. Let me go back to work.

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So publishing just (not so) quietly walking back all the supposed progress they were committed to making back in 2020.

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

BREAKING: Hachette Book Group has laid off a number of editorial staffers at Little, Brown, including Tracy Sherrod, VP and executive editor at Little, Brown. A representative at HBG confirmed a restructure at the imprint but declined to comment further. https://t.co/5cpIgrMlb5

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#HappyPride

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I write stories about queer Black girls, in case you’re into that sort of thing. #PrideMonth.

https://t.co/5BFmvjKCRe

[TheVirtuousCon @ConVirtuous]

Calling all sci-fi and fantasy authours - learn to attract loyal readers from our panel of bestselling authors including at #VirtuousCon2024's "Fantasy In Reality" panel. Tix and info here: https://t.co/BPTqdtjuCb See you this weekend! #virtuouscon #onlineevent  #amwriting

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…it’s better than the movie.

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Hey. You. C’mere.

Closer.

Lil bit closer.

If your Black History Month book list/store display only features stories about dealing with racism and oppression, you’re doing it wrong.

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🩷💜Y’all really behind this Jane Eyre reimagining, huh.💜💙

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…I guess I wrote a romance? I really ain’t look at it like that. @BCMorrow had to convince me.

[HarperTeen 📚 @harperteen]

Have you read Escaping Mr. Rochester yet? There's so much to love about it that we know you'll thank us later 🔖 https://t.co/S0usXwuqa2

[Boston Public Library Teen Services @BPLBostonTeens]

Love retellings and not sure what to read next? Check out Escaping Mr. Rochester by @ElleOnWords for a new take on Jane Eyre: https://t.co/QW6MyP6Qtj

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Escaping Mr. Rochester is in the Times~

This Month, Warm Up With a Sizzling-Hot Romance Novel https://t.co/yhNXt8IHKw

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Then I’ll be at Loyalty Bookstores with THE @BCMorrow on 1/18 at 7pm et!

https://t.co/wtB4P0nV7O

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ESCAPING MR. ROCHESTER comes out next week!

I’ll be signing copies at a couple of my favorite indies! Pre-order links below.

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I’ll be at the Raven Bookstore on 1/16 at 7pm ct!

https://t.co/1nnCrBMFDI

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Y’all remember that meme that went something like “if you don’t like/hate on this character, it’s a red flag.”? This one right here.

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Crying at @BCMorrow as I rewatch the Planet of the Apes series.

That’s it. That’s the tweet.

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Last tweet of the year. Going back to mostly updates for 2024. Find me elsewhere at LL_McKinney. Thank you God for all I’ve seen and done in 2023. Here’s to more words in the New Year. 🎉🍾🎊

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The era of Guitar Hero.

You had to be there.