Hannah Courtney

Young Adult Writer. Reader. Newsoul! University of Tennessee graduate. SCBWI Midsouth member!

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@LaurenThoman Well me bad at math 😅 but still exciting!

[Amanda McCrina @AmandaMcCrina]

I'm offering a 10pg critique of a YA MS to help raise funds for relief efforts in Türkiye & Syria. Plenty of critique opportunities, signed books, chances to talk w/ authors/agents/editors etc. up for auction!

Bid here: https://t.co/5UMnNJjiJL

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[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@LaurenThoman I just preordered from Parnassus! Can’t wait for your launch! Also, how cool the five participating authors will also do signings!

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

I don’t normally stay up late reading, but I did because I couldn’t put I’ll Tell You No Lies down! I tried! But I kept picking it back up 😅 I did physically stop myself from digging around in my boxes for The Silent Unseen though. I did that this morning 😂

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@ktubb This month has been the longest month I have ever endured 😂😂

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@GinPhillips17 I grew up in Michigan and everyone had a storm door. I moved to Tennessee and it’s not as common in my new neighborhood at all. There are some houses with them, but most don’t.

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

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[Amanda McCrina @AmandaMcCrina]

An orange banner for LIES!

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@PSLiterary The Outsiders 🤩

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[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

It has officially been 1 week since I started writing again & I wrote 15k words, did some major timeline work, minor revisions and plotting. Also had a minor mental breakdown because apparently in the 2 years since I last wrote consistently I forgot books aren't written overnight

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

I'm very thankful they read my first act as soon as I finished it instead of waiting until the end because that would have been a revision nightmare.

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

I am writing a contemporary YA crime/murder mystery...having never read a murder mystery/crime book until a few weeks ago. It's turning out to be much harder than I thought and dang I just need to go back to fantasy. Thankfully my CPs are big fans so they keep me on my toes

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

It never occurred to me I may need a timeline of events. When people being killed, is there a time gap between them dying and their bodies being found? What about the investigation? How does the killer not get caught?
I am on my third attempt at putting the puzzle together

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

On top of reading more books than I have in YEARS, I also somehow found my way back to writing and I'm so happy! In the final week of 2022 I wrote over 14k words and I'm still plugging away. Even 6 months ago I couldn't have imagined this was how my year would end 😭

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

I read 51 books this year 😱 on a goal of 15. Jan-Sept I read 17 book and Oct-Dec I read 34 books.

I have to give a lot of credit to both the Caraval series and Bluebird because I read those books right after each other and they all contributed to bringing back my passion.

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

When your critique partner doesn’t tell you your first draft is perfect:

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

@brainbliss It's SO nice out today!

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

It's easy to forget I have short legs until I go to a coffee shop to write and my feet don't touch the ground while sitting in their booths. -_-

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

70% done with From Blood and Ash, by Jennifer L. Armentrout https://t.co/mrWfahumL9

[Hannah Courtney @Hannah_TBV]

Ending my Christmas Eve writing session with 4107 words written. I honestly don't remember the last time this happened.