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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The big dumb man who helps her realize she is strong enough to survive the horrors on her own

emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

as a teacher of queer students, my heart is breaking. just a few weeks ago one of my students had the courage to tell me she's transitioning. the road she is going to walk just got so much harder. these kids are bright and funny and insightful, they are the best of us. and we're punishing them.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

still laughing at the trade review that said my book was a "rollicking good time" when the sequel is full of lines like this

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"you need to implement rigor but also differentiate for the illiterate kids" bruh do you hear yourself right now??? reasonable accommodations are one thing, but we are so so far beyond reasonable. like i'm at the point where i need to create two totally different curriculums or watch these kids fail

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

anyway i'm gonna have WORDS at the union meeting tomorrow but that does nothing to solve my problems today. i intentionally picked a low lexile level book to read with these kiddos bc i knew i would have low kids but when a kid's esl goal is "matching words and pictures" idk what i'm supposed to do

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

like i'm literally sending emails like "hey i think this kid needs to be in a resource classroom bc they literally are completely illiterate" and people are responding "yeah but....the state is probably getting rid of resource anyway so what's the point??"

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hello, i am feeling overwhelmed by the absolute trainwreck that is our public education system because what do you mean i have 6th graders who can't read cvc words or write a legible sentence but the district and the state are like "no more special education resources for you, figure it out bitch!!"

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spent all day at a huge book festival and took exactly one picture:

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am so overcome by how positive my first trade review is!! "A rollicking good time!" (As I'm drafting book 2, where no one rollicks or has a good time) www.publishersweekly.com/9798217189304

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By the Light of the Stars by Emily Gray

Gray debuts with a fast-paced romantic sci-fi thriller. Lyrii Thana is the second daughter of the ruling family of Boaterra, one...

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"i don't wanna stand up against genocide because what if the children of the people committing the genocide get their feefees hurt" BARF go rot in a bog you useless sack of wet cement

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

another thought on the ed sheeran thing—"i have my own thoughts on genocide but i'm not sharing them" is one of the most blatantly cowardly things i've seen someone say in a hot minute. good artists cannot and should not be apolitical therefore: ed sheeran is not a good artist.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

one of the worst people i know has multiple ed sheeran tattoos, so there's that

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

doing the pronunciation guide for an audiobook really makes me realize how much fun I had coming up with fuck ass Space Names (it gets worse in book 2 trust)

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just realized half-way through that the scene I'm writing right now is just this scene from Arrested Development (but with less flashing)

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

wow this smut i'm writing was UNPLANNED but we needed a break from The Horrors in this part of the book

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Today my nerdy lil kiddo asked me "Mom, what's Lord of the Rings?" The time has come. I have been waiting for this.

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Oddarette @oddarette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As a Marylander, it had to be done. Old Bay lava lamp.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s a surreal feeling, holding my book in my hands! (It’s a lot longer than I thought it would be.) My first ARC came and I’m absolutely stunned. It’s a real book! With words and pages and everything!

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

jd vance is pissing me off so bad it’s making me want to talk about theology on main

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

i would say TELL ME MORE RIGHT NOW

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Araceli took the news with the same unshakable decorum she always seemed to possess."

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

please give yourself the gift this spooky season of the “Dracula” audiobook where Tim Curry is Van Helsing and Alan Cumming is Renfield, it’s everything you could ever want from “Dracula” and it’s a sleeper hit on my Personal Tim Curry Faves roster

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

making this my new morning affirmation asap

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026

This project is dope, this project is fire When i finish it all yall mfers will wanna acquire

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

me when i force my friends to become mountain goats fans by proximity

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was not the 80-year-old Home Alone 2 cast member we were asking for.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

i have made all my writing friends watch this movie and i will watch it tonight in memorium. what a legend.

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Tim Curry as Wadsworth in Clue

ALT: Tim Curry as Wadsworth in Clue

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You’re right and you should say it!!!!

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

MY FAVORITE BOOK ABOUT ROBOTS WITH TRAUMA RUNNING A NOODLE RESTURANT IS GETTING A SEQUEL I'M SO HYPEEEE

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The MOST fuego I love that book

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I am required by my school system to pull my own measles vaccine record to keep on file in case we have an outbreak in our county this year. We had trainings on how to spot measles last year. MEASLES. This shit is disgusting. Vaccinate your fucking kids.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

CASUAL MECAHWIP MENTION ON MAIN I DIEEE

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Nathalie ✨ Ko-Fi Shop 4️⃣ Writers & Readers ❗ @ndxmedina.myatproto.social · 22/08/2026

i came on here today to say 🗨️ I split ways with my agent just Monday 🎬 To show off that I'm pretty neat 🌟 I brought bsky some W-I-Ps 📝 (And if you see this on IG and Threads or reposted during the daytime shhh you gonna look at these slides )

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

just got my tickets to see angie thomas in conversation with john green at my local book festival my inner precocious teenager's heart is so full right now

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

i needed to submit my author bio for something but i couldn't find my original document so i had to go on goodreads and copy-paste my own bio from my author page

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Nathalie ✨ Ko-Fi Shop 4️⃣ Writers & Readers ❗ @ndxmedina.myatproto.social · 21/08/2026

👇 thats my hubby V is talking bout right there. hubsamillion @weredawgz.blacksky.app 🧡 it's actually crazy to be married to ur fave writer AND ur best friend. like wtf i actually married my soulmate & they're lit a nyt bestseller HUH 😍 impossible to deserve such a blessing 🥰

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

this is not publishing related it's teaching related and also the person i have beef with has all ai-generated decorations in their classroom so i win by sheer force of the moral high ground already

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love sending very professional emails with extremely bitchy undertones ☺️

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Just saw a graphic from a groundbreaking study stating that kids who used AI on assignments tended to score better and spend less time on homework, but then do worse on the exams. Wow, if only I had like, a grain of common sense to help me understand this!!

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

You played the recorder in part to strengthen your fine motor skills and in part to introduce you to basic music theory concepts like rhythm, the C-major scale, and reading basic music notes. Your teachers wanted to make elementary music education available to all, not just the rich.

Threads post "And then for no reason, no reason at all, they made us all learn how to play the recorder"

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

okay i ordered this for my classroom IMMEDIETLY but also found the ALA website is a treasure trove of classroom posters, please enjoy this one i also definitely bought because my middle schoolers will think it is incredible

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

“So tired of writing this book,” I think to myself as I check into my job at the writing books factory.

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

not to be the pedantic dog nerd on main but "king shepherd" is a term usually used by backyard breeders who mix shepherds with other breeds to achieve a certain a larger frame and certain aesthetic, similar to doodles, micro bullies, "mini" aussies, etc. so not a real breed! but still beautiful dogs

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Unironically just rated the first Warrior Cats book 4 stars on StoryGraph after finishing it with my son, those books still go so hard twenty years later and I'm not afraid to say it!!

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 15/08/2026

Art tip: don't share everything you draw. Draw things you never intend to show anyone. Your brain needs time to just exist in a state that's not about performing for strangers. This used to be the normal way to exist before social media poisoned us.

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