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A read-aloud pass is the secret weapon for middle grade. Good luck finishing the revision this week, and have fun getting back to the pirate girls!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

From 150 rejections to a page listing nine books. Every writer in the query trenches needs to see this one. Congratulations on finishing the trilogy!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

A love story to an island, written to restore faith in humanity, is exactly what a lot of readers need right now. Congratulations on the final copy!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

Seeing your own book for the first time because a reader carried it to you is a better story than any unboxing. Congratulations on the hardback!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

Always be promoting, got it! For the middle grade readers in your life: Sophia Sprite and the Sasquatch Secret, basically Percy Jackson but with Bigfoot, out Nov 23. Preorder: books2read.com/SophiaSprite1

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for running these! Sophia Sprite and the Sasquatch Secret, a middle grade adventure set on the Olympic Peninsula, out Nov 23 and on preorder now: books2read.com/SophiaSprite1 Happy reading, everyone!

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Sophia Sprite and the Sasquatch Secret by Brian Young

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

A growing wall of your own books is the best kind of home decor. Two more up there is a big deal. Congratulations!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

That cover is stunning, the roots and the glowing window pull you right in. Congratulations on the author copies!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

Poems that help people hold on are the most important kind there is. Congratulations on the author copies, and thank you for writing them.

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

A year of waiting makes the box on the doorstep even sweeter. Congratulations on seeing your words in print!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 15h

Booksellers really are the nicest people on earth, and a paperback edition is a lovely milestone. Congratulations, and happy pub day on the 20th!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Waterloo Teeth is a title that stops you in your tracks. Congratulations on the anthology copies, that is a great feeling!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing beats the first time you hold the real thing. Congratulations, they look great!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Author copies a week before pub day is the best kind of countdown. Congratulations, and enjoy the home stretch!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Fourteen notebooks filled is an achievement all by itself. Love the hand-lettered cover. Keep going!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Your Pal Al is a great title. Looking forward to the reveal!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Finishing a series is a huge milestone. Congratulations on bringing the Ash Born saga home, and the cover looks like it earns the finale.

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Cover reveal and preorders going live on the same day is a great way to do it. Talk about your books as much as you want, that is what October is for. Good luck tomorrow!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

Two covers for one book is a bold move and I am here for it. Good luck with the crowdfunding launch on the 29th!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 16h

That helix over the skyline is gorgeous. A cover that makes you cry is a cover doing its job. Congratulations!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Vampires, found family, and betrayals is a strong pitch for a dark fantasy ARC team. November 2nd is a perfect spooky-season release date too. Rooting for a full roster of readers for you, and a great launch for Curse of Nohvan!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Editing jail is where all the good books get finished, so you are in the right place. Sharing an unedited snip while you are in the thick of it takes guts. Looking forward to that cover reveal. Keep going, the finish line is closer than it feels!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

That cover is gorgeous, and the premise sticks in your head immediately. Cutting memories out through hair is such a creepy, original idea. Congratulations on the debut, and welcome to Bluesky. Launch week is a wild ride, enjoy every minute of it!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Huge congratulations! A state award where the kids themselves do the voting is about the best kind of nomination there is. Diego Fuego is going to win over a lot of K-2 readers this year. So happy for the whole team behind it!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Author copies showing up is the best mail there is. Courageous Cowgirls looks like a book that belongs in a lot of classrooms. Congratulations on holding the real thing!

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

My book is about a magic whistle. Tonight I finally ran Cmd+F on the manuscript. "whistle": 62 matches. It is a very important whistle. Writers, what word are you afraid to search for in your own draft? #WritingCommunity

Screenshot of the Find and Replace pane in Microsoft Word. The search box says whistle. Below it, highlighted in yellow: MATCHES: Result 1 of 62.

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Brian Young @bkyoun.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I just released an action adventure fiction novel with treasure, suspense, and a strong non-binary character. If you are interested in books similar to Dan Brown and would be willing to leave an honest review on Goodreads or Amazon, let me know. I'll be happy to send you a copy. a.co/d/2wM1oHS

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The Sacred Vein (The Sacred Vein Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Young, Brian. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

The Sacred Vein (The Sacred Vein Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Young, Brian. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking an...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We haven’t reached bottom yet. Because there is no bottom to his moral depravity.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/04/2025

When President Biden issued an executive order to expand voter registration, Republicans called it an illegal Washington power grab. Now, the GOP is lauding President Trump's move to transform election laws by coercing states and bypassing Congress.

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GOP Slammed Biden’s Voting Order as Federal Overreach — But Praised Trump’s

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

He’s worse than most of us even said he’d be. I personally didn’t think he’d crash the economy quite so quickly, but never underestimate his idiocy.

Tweet from user 'Chris Hayes' reads, "The libs were right about Trump and it's only a matter of time until the overwhelming majority of Americans accept it."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/04/2025

NEW: U.S. stock futures are tanking—and Trump doesn’t seem to care. The guy causing the damage doesn’t even get it. It’s like the arsonist lit the fire and is confused about the smoke. This is 100% the result of his policy and we are not in good hands.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

hard to believe that the fucking moron who just tariffed penguins went broke running casinos

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cmar0561.bsky.social @cmar0561.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

BREAKING NEWS: At 7 PM EST this evening, Senator Cory Booker rose before Congress with nothing but conviction in his heart, daring to stop the Senate in defense of democracy. “I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate…

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BREAKING: Sen. Booker gives marathon speech to ‘disrupt’ Senate because ‘our nation is in crisis’

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Tesla sales are down over 70% in Australia. The Aussies understood the assignment. 🍿

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Apparently, the administration just revoked any grants that have to do with media literacy or disinformation. After all, how can you control what a population thinks when people study and report on how the public may be fooled? The email highlights vaccination & #COVID as subjects of disinfo study.

FW: URGENT DATA CALL: FW: Other unrelated data call - due today:

Contracts regarding censorship

Wed 3/26/2025 9:34 AM
This message was sent with High importance. From: Sent: Wednesday,

Dear CORS Please review the highlighted text and indicate whether you have any contracts that fall within its scope that I administer for you. Please respond to me and not reply all.

Please respond by noon today.

Negative responses required.

Thank you.

Scope: Any contract support that "may be related to any form of censorship at all or directing people to believe one idea over another related to health outcomes - this could in particular include COVID prevention (masking) or COVID vaccine usage - but is not limited to COVID. So for example, any kind of contract with a media or social media organization to take down information off websites or social media. Any advertising for COVID vaccine uptake, or public health messages about dangers of COVID or not wearing masks, etc. Any contracts to promote COVID vaccine uptake. Any such contracts or grants to fight misinformation or disinformation in general. Please check for keyword 'media literacy', 'disinformation', 'social media,' 'misinformation,' 'social distancing,' 'lockdown' 'masks, etc. This should address any contract that could be used to "censor Americans" not just on COVID, but in general."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26/03/2025

To anyone living in a state that doesn't respect you for who you love or who you are: Illinois has a place for you. You are seen, you are celebrated, you are protected, and you are welcome here in our state.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 26/03/2025

In a normal world Waltz and Hagseth would be fired for leaking the info and setting up the chat. Gabbard and Ratcliffe would go for possibly misleading Congress yesterday.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Well, they lied. Obviously.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This is what happens when you have an entire cabinet full of folks who would NEVER pass a regular security clearance. Led by a president who would never be able to pass one either.

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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This is surely the dumbest possible timeline.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Is Bondi going to prosecute this guy federally as a domestic terrorist?

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It doesn’t entirely shock me, but I can’t really get over the top US officials celebrating the deaths of dozens of people with American flag emojis in a Signal chat. I’m not sure they see other people as human

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 24/03/2025

How many Signal chats with sensitive information about military operations are ongoing within the Pentagon right now? Where else are war plans being shared with such abject disregard for our national security? We need answers. Right now.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 25/03/2025

Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important. He should be fired immediately.

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