Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Novels in verse are so fascinating because they say so much with so few words 010
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 05/11/2025i’ve been feeling more adult lately. not in a fun way, but in a necessary way 020
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 18/10/2025I figured out what was wrong with my WIP. I needed to delete the first two chapters and it solved many of my pacing issues. 020
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Elle Varner’s album Perfectly Imperfect is perfection 010
Reposted by Kealani NetaneEast Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025This is of niche industry interest, but here goes: The digital catalog platform most independent bookstores use to peruse and order new books for their stores (called Edelweiss) has jacked up their prices on publishers to catalog new titles 200-300%. Why does this matter? 43827
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Olivia dean’s pen is so good!! My current favorite lyrics: 🎶 I’m not leaving Just feel tightly squeezed in Love needs breathing I’m not his I’m not hers I’m not yours All or nothing I’m more Can we still be something in between 🎶 000
Reposted by Kealani NetaneGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Dear writers: Write that story. Edit mercilessly. Send that email. Ignore the haters. Stay humble, but be confident. Get paid. Read a lot. Write despite your insecurities. Support others. Accept helpful criticism. Celebrate everything. Don't panic. Never quit. You got this. 1134698
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I’m reading For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts and it’s so healing! I relate to so many of her experiences. This is a book I needed when I was in college. I’m glad it exists now. 021
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I’ve reached the level of aunty where my nieces come to me for book recommendations and it’s the best to squeal over fun book premises. 1130
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I shared my book manuscript with someone I really look up to so I’m gonna go to sleep and pretend I didn’t just do that 020
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 03/07/2025the side group chat about the large group chat is the best part about a group chat 010
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 25/06/2025took my kids to the park so I could finish my audiobook 021
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Currently reading the Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and it’s so good! The audiobook being 30 hours long almost stopped me from picking it up, but once I started, I was invested in the characters. Amazing writing! 020
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Emailing people back has been hard for me lately. I now understand why sometimes I don’t hear back from people and I empathize 010
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Update: she read for 65 minutes yesterday. altogether, she’s read 195 minutes since the beginning of June. She’s definitely getting a squishmallow soon. When she reaches 400 minutes, she’ll get a free book. 030
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 13/06/2025The librarians told my 7 year that she needed to read for 800 minutes to earn a squishmallow for the summer reading program and now she’s trying to read all 800 minutes today 170
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The soundtrack on the Netflix series forever is perfect. So many of my favorite songs and artists from the past 5ish years 010
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I extroverted a lot today. Now I need to recover with 2.5 business days of not talking to anyone 071
Reposted by Kealani NetanePBSoar @pbsoar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025One year ago, two incredible new pictures debuted into the world:🌺 TALA LEARNS TO SIVA by @kealaninetane.bsky.social, illustrated by Dung Ho, and 📦 BOX OF DREAMS by Faith Kazmi, illustrated by Christine Almeda! 041
Reposted by Kealani NetaneTeen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 08/05/2025Many Pacific Islanders have no choice but to join the fight against climate change. The Pacific Climate Warriors is a youth-led, grassroots network across 18 Pacific Island nations and diaspora communities drawing attention to the impacts of the climate crisis in the Pacific ⤵️teenvogue.comThe Pacific Climate Warriors Are Fighting, Not DrowningYoung people in the Pacific can’t close their eyes to climate change. 223960
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 23/04/2025My next picture book Picking Limu with Tūtū was announced today! It’s publishing with Viking in summer 2027 and illustrated by Sarah Gonzales 0113
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 21/04/2025A great audiobook will have me cleaning my whole house 050
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I just did something I’ve been avoiding for 3 weeks. It took me an hour, but most of that time was me getting distracted so it probably only took 15 minutes 050
Reposted by Kealani Netane#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Stay tuned... #DVPit #writersky #booksky 12304104
Reposted by Kealani NetaneCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/04/2025Here’s hoping that Cory Booker breaks Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. 583049321
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 01/04/2025If I ever go to the bologna book fair, I’m gonna try to talk to as many people as I can until I get to the person who can reposition Hawaii publishers to be included in the Oceania region for the publisher’s award instead of North America 062
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I’m trying to finish at least one more book before the end of the month but I’m just so tired. I keep falling asleep even though the book is so interesting 040
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 23/03/2025If anyone’s looking for Pacific Islander book recs for the #transrightsreadathon I suggest Sascha Stronach’s books, The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge. It’s marketed as Gideon the Ninth meets Black Sun. 0195
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Spring break means beach for the kids and a book for me 2100
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Is there a word for someone who is a list maker, but not a list user? Because that’s me 230
Reposted by Kealani NetaneLibro.fm @libro.fm · 14/03/2025Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them. We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation. 14190803168
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I always think about how I probably would’ve majored in English if my professors had diverse reading lists on their syllabi. Instead, I majored in sociology where we had diverse research papers. 090
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The newest episode of Abbott elementary is going down as one of my all time favorite sitcom episodes. It’s so good! 010
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 10/03/2025I wonder what happened to that one guy on tiktok who lived in an apartment complex that was mostly empty, but the complex tried to act like there were people living in all the apartments 000
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Spent the morning trying to remember a song that was on an author’s playlist as she wrote the book, but it wasn’t listed in the physical book I had so I DM’d the author and she shared her Pinterest board with all the inspo and I found the song! It was Tough Love by Jessie Ware. Great song! 120
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Journalists make great non-fiction authors. I just finished The Viral Underclass by Steven w. Thrasher and it was an amazing look at how the viruses like HIV and covid disproportionally affected marginalized groups of people, causing a viral underclass 291
Reposted by Kealani NetaneMecireads🌸 @mecireads.bsky.social · 05/03/2025For the parents who have children who are reading middle age books. Honestly I’ve read most of these myself and loved them. My favorite is “The Last Cuentista”is a Sci-Fi novel and it’s about a girl uses storytelling to resist memory-erasing oppressors in space. #booksky #booktok #childrenbooks 67113
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I really want to go to this book event this weekend, but I would have to take all my kids so maybe not 020
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I need the book form of aaron pierre and teyana taylor’s hard launch photos 000
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Picked up these three books at the library on Friday and finished them all by today. They were all sooo good! 080
Kealani Netane @kealaninetane.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I wish I had extra money so I could fill my house with beautiful art 091