Katie L. Carroll

Pirates or witches? Why choose one when you can have both in this Upper Middle Grade Book Bundle on Itch? Get my books Pirate Island 🏴‍☠️ and Witch Test 🧙‍♀️ for just $5.98! ➡️ itch.io/s/207633/hal... #kidlit #middlegradebooks #bookbundle

If there’s anything that’ll push me into walking away from Writer Beware, the unbelievable flood of AI scams and related garbage that is overwhelming my inbox is what’ll do it

Conducted a little photoshoot with my cozy dystopian romance Sunflowers at the End of the World and the one small sunflower that wasn't eaten by squirrels. Anyone else take glamour shots of their books? I think my favorite is the one with the rock background. What's your favorite?

Stay away from these sell-outs with a 10 foot pole, do #FirstDraftFall by the much better @weeknightwriters.bsky.social

Was anyone else destroyed by If I Stay by Gayle Forman? I'm ready to see what she does in dystopian. This project isn't funded yet and ends on October 30th! I just backed Orchid Girls on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gay...

There's still a bit of time before November's post goes out. If you have a book releasing next month, I'd love to know about it and boost it on my blog! 😊 #writingcommunity #writesky #indiebooks #booksky

🎃👻 LAST WEEK of the SPOOKTOBER SALE 👻🎃 It's quite the steal I must admit - almost spookingly cheap. Get my three spooky collections for just 99c a piece! Available wide! Find more info and all links: https://www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory #booksky 📚🩸

Tomorrow night! Join us for Outspoken: Metabolizing Rage & Resisting Rape Culture in YA Fiction. All tickets are donation based, with donations going to the GoFundMe for Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. tinyurl.com/outspoken3

I've got a tiny book bundle going on Itch for Halloween. Get m upper middle grade books Pirate Island and Witch Test for 40% off! itch.io/s/207633/hal...

Five (5!) days left to get the Chills, Thrills, & Kills bundle! Over 90 stories for $69! Enough spooky stories to keep you busy until next October! 🧙‍♀️Witches 👻Ghosts 🧛Vampires 🧟Zombies 👹Monsters & more! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

Five (5!) days left to get the Chills, Thrills, & Kills bundle! Over 90 stories for $69! Enough spooky stories to keep you busy until next October! 🧙‍♀️Witches 👻Ghosts 🧛Vampires 🧟Zombies 👹Monsters & more! itch.io/b/3904/chill...

My son's U10 soccer team played a game yesterday where the goalie for the opposing team had a ponytail. Were they a girl, a boy, nonbinary, etc...? I don't give a fuck. Let the kids play.

**A Note by Kyle Lukoff** The Ashford School District in Connecticut recently informed Newbery Honor-winning children’s book author @kylelukoff.bsky.social he would not be permitted to visit with their students. Our silence makes us complicit. theauthorvillage.substack.com/p/banned-by-...

Early reminder: the next #kidlit postcard day is on November 5th. That's NEXT Thursday! More info here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

everyone's already seen and dunked on "I couldn't think of three nice things to say about my child so I asked AI" so I'll just add: take a few minutes and think of three good qualities about someone close to you! it's good for your brain and it'll make you feel even better about that person

I've got a tiny book bundle going on Itch for Halloween. Get m upper middle grade books Pirate Island and Witch Test for 40% off! itch.io/s/207633/hal...

Something I wish more people would realize.

I ordered my books from IngramSpark and got a copy of The Cajuns by Shane K. Bernard instead of Sunflowers at the End of the World. I wonder if he got my book! 🤔

I had no intention of creating a baseball scene in the middle of nowhere with a character named Rosalie in it. But that seems to be happening in this book I'm writing, so I'm going with it.

I was surprised that Scrivener didn't recognize "duology" as a word. Looked it up on @merriam-webster.com and @dictionarycom.bsky.social to check the spelling, only to see that neither one recognized it. Book people, we must unite around the word "duology" and get it in the dictionary!

My upper middle grade paranormal story Witch Test is just $2.99 all month long! #KidLit #MiddleGradeBooks #mgbooks #bookdeal

Not a single parent has filed a book challenge in Palm Beach in two years. The district just removed 1800 books anyway, because AI told them to. There are many reasons that is unthinkable but let's not forget AI DOES NOT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOKS. IT CANNOT READ THEM. It just makes crap up!

I need a few more sales/reads on Kobo to be eligible for my next payout. I have 7 novels to pick from, including fantasy, thriller, and dystopian! Let me know what you like to read, and I'll suggest one of my books if you're interested in checking them out. www.kobo.com/us/en/search...

Saw (really heard first, then saw) a raven while waiting in the car pickup line at the elementary school. My day feels a little bit better now.

I'm glad to be able to filter out AI titles, but I really wish Libby just didn't allow them to begin with. A main job of libraries is curation. Why do I have to curate these titles out of my search?

I was lost in the weeds of this WIP for a bit there, but I think I've found my way out. It's always like this at this point in the process, but I still panic a little, thinking I've lost the ability to finish a story. Trust. The. Process.

Would I be willing to give up something that I *checks notes* don't use in order to shut down data centers? Yes. Yes, I would.

I'm currently working on a post exploring some of my favourite early 2027 middle grade book covers. If you would like to place a permanent ad for your book or service in the post and sponsor it for $40 USD, I hope you'll reach out! Please help make this post possible. 💖 #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

I need a few more sales/reads on Kobo to be eligible for my next payout. I have 7 novels to pick from, including fantasy, thriller, and dystopian! Let me know what you like to read, and I'll suggest one of my books if you're interested in checking them out. www.kobo.com/us/en/search...

If you've been following the organized attacks on your freedom to read, you know Moms 4 Liberty is one of the most well-funded dark money organizations that we've been fighting against. Now they're quoting Adolf Hitler in their newsletter. buff.ly/IiQmcM0 #library #libraries #read #reading

This die-hard pantser just wrote out a plan for the last third of their WIP. It's only 1 sentence fragment per scene, but still, I'm like a full-on plotter now, right?