Melissa Cole Writes For Young People (she/her)

VCFA WCYA Guardian of Literary Mischief. One time Queen Bee. Practitioner of yoga (breeeaaathe). Walker of hounds. Writer of books for young people.

[Melissa Cole Writes For Young People (she/her) @MColeWrites]

QUEENS AND DEMONS: A feminist retelling of the Jewish Lilith myth with a 16yo girl abandoned by her teen mom to be raised by her Grams in a trailer; a star quarterback Adam; a Black, gay, Jewish Samuel; and a fierce and mysterious girl named Lilith.

#PitMad #YA #CON #LF #OWN

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@MichaelLee4NC What about your commitment to pregnant students who will now have to suffer because YOU betrayed them and your campaign promises not to take away abortion rights for North Carolinians?

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Can't wait to see them all, @HollowOakPress !

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Breaking a long Twitter silence with some tweet-worthy news! Because what Campfire Stories anthology doesn't need a ghost story? So excited that mine is one of them! 🔥

https://t.co/3SL6iKLHBx

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@susankusel Thank you! Historical memory is a real thing. So is being attacked in real time.

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@SueGanzSchmitt That is one of the best things I've seen in a long, long time. Thank you.

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Just picturing those poor, innocent pumpkins in front of our house.

[Oregon Zoo @OregonZoo]

Cubby did a beary gourd job

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@novaren Sounds very familiar to me!

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@fatgirlinohio

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@PSLiterary Revising my YA rom com and looking for comps!

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@starnesliu There was one adult series I got Jack to read—two years ago. Sigh.

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This is a reminder of why I'm so proud to be a member of the #kidlit community. What we do is important. And, as @susankusel says later in this thread that you should read, we can save lives.

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@fatgirlinohio @susankusel Exactly!

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@susankusel @fatgirlinohio Meanwhile, people are like, "But we're acknowledging the Holocaust." Grrr.

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@susankusel @fatgirlinohio Yes, yes, yes! I have tried OVER AND OVER to get them to stop teaching it in our schools.

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Oh, hey, it's been a while since I've been on Twitter. Here's a good reason to be back.

[Cincinnati Zoo @CincinnatiZoo]

It's the first day of HallZOOween! This not-so-scary event is Oct 15-16, 22-23 & 29-30! More info: https://t.co/GTkaPylo1d 👻🎃🕸

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A five-minute read. A lifetime of compassion for the animals you may (or may not) eat. Also, an awesome piece.

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I knew when I walked out of that room after them, I’d be in the other place, where they looked like themselves but weren’t. Like something had happened to change them, in ways that scared me. I looked at the door. I could stay here. But I followed them. #WriteCBC @cbcreative

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@OregonZoo Just like when the bears come to visit the little pond in our backyard!

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@BreeRaeWrites Awesome name! And what a cutie!