Julia Watts

Author of Needlework, Quiver, and lots of other novels, PhD student, parent, owner of two recalcitrant pugs and many cats

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Tomorrow (Saturday, Dec. 11), I'll be reading from my new novel NEEDLEWORK at Kentucky Creative in Corbin, Kentucky, at 5:00 p.m. If you're in that neck of the woods, come on over!

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About to do a Twitter Takeover at Young Entertainment Magazine! #YAAuthorTakeover

[Three Rooms Press: Diversity, Dada, Punk, Passion @threeroomspress]

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! On Oct 6, join LAMBDA Award-winning author @JWattswriter in conversation with award-winning queer YA author #AimeeHerman for the Official NYC Virtual Book Launch of Watts' newest novel NEEDLEWORK—livestreamed on Facebook & YouTube: https://t.co/DJ3xFYGDOZ📚🧶

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@threeroomspress It's a great cover. Kody would love it...and Lil Nas X's Dolly tribute butterfly earrings, too!

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@JeanetteBradley Thanks, everybody! And if you do order Needlework, show indie bookstores some love!

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@JeanetteBradley I have a lot of great craft books with exercises I like. One I especially recommend is Ursula K. LeGuin's Steering the Craft. I go back to her exercises again and again. #queerkidlit

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@DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley A symbolic burning. If you want to induce a panic attack in me, tell me about one of the novelists who wrote in the pre-computer days, and their ONLY copy of their manuscript was accidentally burned or destroyed. I can't even. #queerkidlit

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@DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley Don't burn it! I find going back to writing exercises helps when I'm stuck. One thing I often do is write journal entries from my main characters' points of view. Sometimes they solve the problem for me. #queerkidlit

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@rachelrossbooks @aj_irving @DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley Yes, overthinking can suck the juice right out of an idea. But I think it's something all writers are guilty of sometimes. #queerkidlit

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@amyfranklinwill @JeanetteBradley Talk about superheroes! Dolly definitely is one. Of course, I live in East Tennessee, and we're all ABOUT Dolly here. #queerkidlit

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@JeanetteBradley The cover and the blurb are up on Amazon already: https://t.co/BYAnxAGw23 #queerkidlit

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@JeanetteBradley Yes! I'm very happy with it. Will see if I can find it and post it.

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@DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley @rachelrossbooks It may very well resolve itself. Sometimes I find it I overthink things, the ideas won't come. But sometimes my subconscious will do the work for me, and a random idea will pop out like an unexpected gift!#queerkidlit

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@DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley @rachelrossbooks Oh, no! And I love Weird Al, too. Any chance you can work on a new ending? #queerkidlit

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@JeanetteBradley @DaniDuck @rachelrossbooks Ouch. #queerkidlit

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@JeanetteBradley I didn't, but I did a DEEP DIVE into the Quiverful contingent on the internet! I don't think I could "pass" to be let into a Quiverful church. Not with my tattoos! #queerkidlit

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@JeanetteBradley More books BIPOC LGBTQ+ writers, more novels about how religious upbringing and geographical region influence LGBTQ+ identity. More LGBTQ+ speculative fiction for kids and teens. Clearly, there's a lot I'd like to see! #queerkidlit

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@DaniDuck @JeanetteBradley Yes, and if it's a trend now, it won't be in two years by the time the book goes to press!#queerkidlit