Becca Appel-Barrus

She/Her. Utah-based writer working on a YA novel for queer LDS girls. I have a lot of opinions about The Carpenters.

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

This #LGBT #Contemporary #YA novel has everything:

-a panicked Mormon 17yo girl who loves musicals
-an outsider with a sharp tongue
-a crush with unfettered access to the home ec microwave
-clandestine bathroom meetings
-a robot baby

#PitMad

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@Atohanie1 Aw, thanks Alma! It's been a pleasure 🥰

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

#KillTwitterFaster

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Wait hang on if Twitter dies will lit agents stop looking at follower counts to decide whether or not to take a chance on debut authors

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Not to be dramatic but my life is so much richer and fuller for knowing these people @ProjectQmw

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@Swilua @jenntoo2 miss youuuu

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Come get a copy of "I Spoke to You with Silence" from @UofUPress at Affirmation! It's 35% off 👀

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Rest in Peace, Hilary Mantel, you gave truly good-humored and practical writing advice

[The Mormon Wilderness @WildMormonism]

“God’s voice had come to me, tender and immovable and immovably tender, telling me that I was not broken, that my queerness was not an accident or something to be wished away.” —@thebeccabarrus
https://t.co/71Hm9s2Ycn

[Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @JaeFiction]

For Give Something Away Day, 50 authors of #sapphicbooks have put together a huge #bookgiveaway with 100+ book prizes for you!

To enter the giveaway, head over to my website: https://t.co/FnK9ssyQ8R

[Sometimes they call me Roo @PotatoMormon]

"I Spoke to You in Silence" by @Swilua & Jenn Lee Smith "demonstrates that there is a richness of queer Mormon experiences waiting to be heard". Thank you @TheConorHilton for a wonderful review of this AMAZING new book from the @UofUPress !

https://t.co/0zyedYR8zG

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@ProjectQmw Love that @jenntoo2 and I are sitting the same way 😎

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@BarrusMatt Yeah! My essay is in it 😁

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

It's heeeeere @ProjectQmw

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

I thought I was tired of fantasy but it turns out I only was tired of boring and/or poorly written fantasy

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Writing an article for 911 dispatchers about using correct pronouns for trans/nb callers while also assessing the risk of conditions associated with assigned sex at birth

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@sophiehannahCB1 I am so grateful. Thank you!

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

Absolutely furious with how good @sophiehannahCB1 is at pacing. How does she make you feel like you're on the verge of solving the mystery on page 20 and then sustain that for the rest of the book?!?!

[Becca Appel-Barrus @thebeccabarrus]

@sophiehannahCB1 I can tell! What's your secret?? I've been scouring the internet trying to see if you've let it slip anywhere