Shawn Warner

📚YA Writer. Find me on Tik-Tok @shawnwwrites. Don't waste your precious time - I ignore all DMs.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

1) This is coming from a powerhouse agent in the industry so pay heed.

2) This is exactly why writing to trend doesn't work. You have to write what is you passion.

[Lynnette Novak, Literary Agent @Lynnette_Novak]

Here's why that doesn't work. It takes time to write & revise a MS. If we request it, we're expecting it to be ready to go. Otherwise, by the time you've written and polished it, the market would've changed, so we'd no longer want the project. 2/2 #WritingCommunity #amquerying

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@barb_avon That's one of the greatest perks of writing YA - all genres fit under that roof.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

Writers take inspiration from life. All aspects of life. That's why I get low-grade concerned when I hear writers glorying over living a shut-in's life.

Check out My 2 Cents post this Friday and every Friday on LinkedIn for more on this. Same handle: shawnwwrites.

[Markemus (Author) @markemusgames]

Everyone says writers should read, but do you take inspiration from other media as well? I don't read as much as I should (just on weekends) but I do play a lot of video games and I've found some tremendous stories there.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@DzintraSullivan Good for you but, is that comma really in the right spot?
(Let me post a meme on your behalf!)

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@Uniquekatie02

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@Chronodendron Dedication. Determination. Loyalty. Devotion. Courage. Patience. Growth. Life.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@MissLauraMarcus People are getting wrapped around the axle over semantics. If reading means consuming literature, audio-books are 100% reading. If reading means visually taking letters and words as input, the brain parsing that data into thoughts and images, audio-books are 100% not reading.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@NatashaCL7 "We the People" are always pissed off. Sometimes the "We" is me, at other times it's them, but it's always somebody. Always!

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@worillessg As a parent myself, I know it can be tricky pointing your kids towards activities you feel would benefit them while, at the same time, allowing them to steer the boat too, actively discovering for themselves who they are.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@JoshPhillipsPhD Honestly, that sounds horribly boring and unadventurous. How about a man needs exercise his sense of duty and responsibility in any and all situations that arise, planned or spontaneous.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@matthewbdexter Given the discussion I want to be 100% transparent, aside from the occasional adult beverage, I do NOT condone substance abuse and fully believe any causal link people think they see between strong writing and strong substances is romanticized and imagined.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@matthewbdexter Just as you don't hear of back-in-the-day authors on fentanyl. Same behavior, different means. Ginsberg, Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson - all acid freaks. Maya Angelou is open about her pot use. Ann Rand wrote high on Benzedrine. Stephen King was(?) well known for substance abuse.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@CHRISDBRAND I'm not at all convinced Twitter is the best place to market. I use this platform to network and to talk writing with other writers. I seldom post about my books. I just don't get much traction from here. Other's mileage may be better so this is 100% one writer's opinion.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@EmmaScott You're welcome.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@tega_ebi It comes down to this: You can surf the net, flip on the TV, or open a book. Be honest -> you're already doing one of those three and, at the moment, it's not opening the book. If it really means that much to you, make a different choice.

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

The real question is, are there actually people who finish the hundreds of books sitting on their TBR before buying new books?

[G. F. Allen @AuthorGFAllen]

Are there actually people who buy new books before finishing the hundreds already sitting on their TBR???

[Shawn Warner @shawnWWrites]

@ElChandler No.

[Abigail Lakewood @Miss_Lakewood]

Good morning, my fellow bookworms!🌅 🌴☕
Your favorite Strange Girl Abby G reporting live from sunny SoFlo, where the vibes are as chaotic as my TBR pile. It’s my glorious day OFF and while I’m over here pretending to adult with breakfast, I gotta drop this reminder like it’s hot: my new rant “Whispers Over Billboards” hits at 8:00a.m. ET today. Expect unfiltered chaos, zero chill, and me ranting about WoM. You know, the usual.😜

Later I’ll be out running errands, stuffing my face with lunch with the folks, then diving back into my next reviews. Think book reviews are just “useful”? Cute. Mine are useful AND dangerously entertaining because Strange Girl Book Reviews don’t play. They hit different. Mo’ better. Mo’ savage. Mo’ “I stayed up way too late reading this” energy. Never a bad hair day when you’re this unhinged about books. If you like your indie talk with a side of sarcasm and zero gatekeeping, hit that follow — you’ll thank me later... If you can handle the heat.👊💜

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