Emma Côté | Author

Nature, novelties & novels | Winner of the 43rd annual @3daynovel contest | UNREST, a dark comedy about a road-tripping mortician, is out now. 👇👇👇

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

Thank you so much to @fictionophile for reading and reviewing UNREST.

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"Unrest" by Emma Côté - Book Review #NovNov23 #Unrest @emmacoteauthor @AnvilPress #Novella #BookReview #NovellasInNovember @cathy746books https://t.co/gQmlWkqqDW via @fictionophile

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Now open: Nominations for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2023🏆

The award recognizes publishers and initiatives working to improve access to books for persons who are blind or print disabled

Make nominations at https://t.co/zX1N1YcwJU

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

5 of 5 stars to Mary by Nat Cassidy https://t.co/pEwLxS0pFx

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2 of 5 stars to The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay https://t.co/Im3aYMPZsX

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4 of 5 stars to How to Stop Time by Matt Haig https://t.co/itYhXAKh2R

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3 of 5 stars to The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor https://t.co/Q0NmpQxutT

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5 of 5 stars to Yellowface by R.F. Kuang https://t.co/5eETsPIszv

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@LauraB7 @mtamblyn Not the Sage!!!! Oh god the horror!

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

5 of 5 stars to Yellowface by R.F. Kuang https://t.co/5eETsPIszv

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

4 of 5 stars to Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe https://t.co/oE3F51aEOK

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

I read Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison https://t.co/AfpjgjjDrF

[Alyssa Matesic @AlyssaMatesic]

Even w/ the best story idea, compelling characters & a solid plot, your story won’t resonate if the writing falls flat.

In editing hundreds of novels, I’ve compiled 5 common examples of weak writing I often see, so you can identify & correct them in your own WIP (#amwriting 🧵):

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

I'll take two!!

[Lisa WhittingtonHill @nerdygirly]

Very, very excited that this will be out in the world in October! Pre-orders are available now (which I am very grateful for). Many, many thanks to @cstarnino and @VehiculePress!

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

5 of 5 stars to The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk https://t.co/OndTQM457Z

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#booktwitter #readers

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

Readers or Twitter, how much exposition and backstory do you like at the beginning of a novel, if any? #amreading #amwriting #readingcommunity

[Alyssa Matesic @AlyssaMatesic]

Here’s one mistake I see in almost every novel I edit: too much narrative distance, or space between the reader & the characters/events in the story.

Here are three ways you could be creating narrative distance & weakening your manuscript – without even realizing it (a 🧵):

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

3 of 5 stars to The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi https://t.co/X1KL4AqqGy

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4 of 5 stars to A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay https://t.co/kOdKL05ylL

[Emma Côté | Author @emmacoteauthor]

She's wakin, up!

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