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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

@gailsimone.bsky.social would you be interested in speaking to a HS comic book course? Even if it is virtual?

Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

@heatherantos.bsky.social You probably don’t remember me, but we spoke at Super Jersey Comic Expo a few years back (I brought you Star Trek socks and gummy worms!). I was reaching today to see if you’d want to speak at a high school course about the history and culture of comic books?

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Queen Bre @queenbre.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Check out my husband, author Lenny Apa ( @leonard-apa.bsky.social ) on the Dystopia Tonight podcast: youtu.be/0yePykFYJOI?... Discussing his debut novel: “Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper” #writersky #booksky #writerssky

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Lenny Apa on Dystopia Tonight EP 305

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Very excited that my favorite author posted about INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! You should order your copy now!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER has been out for almost a month! Be sure to order a copy. Or if you happen to be in NJ, come to a signing! Order links, and a list of events I am participating in are on my website. leonardapa-author.weebly.com

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I am finally getting shirts and totes to sell for INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! I’ll begin selling them at a Fall Festival on the 25th, from there I will try to add them to my website. Below are the mock ups (the shirts are actually gray).

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I just met James Murray! He was very kind and funny. We exchanged books and autographs! He seemed genuinely interested in INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! Murr, let me know what you think!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Question to any literary agents who happen to see this, or anyone who has experience in this: If I submitted a query over five years ago, and I have reworked the book, is it okay to resubmit? #writersky #mswl

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Now that INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is out (order your copy today!) and the 1st draft of the sequel RE-INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is complete, I’m turning my attention to a book that is completed, but needs some tweaks. Soon, I’ll introduce you to THE BOOKEND BOYS!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Thanks Brad! You’re the best!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

… so, someone just compared INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER to the works of James M Cain (Mildred Pierce; Double Indemnity; etc), and that is some impressive praise if you ask me. Check it out for yourself! Order a copy now!!!

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Queen Bre @queenbre.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Congrats to my hubby @leonard-apa.bsky.social on his debut novel, out today! If you like superheroes, noir, and adventure, check it out! Everybody’s reading it! #books #booksky #reading #superheroes #adventure #introducingthescarletscrapper a.co/d/hQFD0VE

Jackie Chan holding a reader’s note for Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper by Leonard Apa!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Today is the release day of INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER! I am officially a published novelist. Get your copy! On top of that, check out this announcement from @jamesgunn writer and director of SUPERMAN 2025 and head of DC studios! (… it’s not really the Scrapper)

The hero in question is in fact The Question.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

@heatherantos.bsky.social I just saw you’ll be at Super Jersey Comic Expo! I’ll be there this year, but as an author! I can still bring you socks! 😂

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Just 17 days until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER releases! Which means 21 days until my first signing! I have new art coming for giveaways and will probably run a contest to receive a little Scrapper care package including some stuff signed by myself and the artist.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Jimmy Childers. -He was the heart of the Scarlet Scrapper. -He would do anything for his loved ones. -… even if that meant crossing a line. Meet Jimmy Childers on September 23rd, 2025!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Mary Allen. -She is a hard hitting reporter surviving in a predominantly male industry. -She was in search of the byline to make her career, she found so much more. Meet Mary Allen on September 23rd, 2025!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Edward Salazar. -All he wanted was power and money. -He’d do anything to hold onto it. -One fatal mistake caused his empire to topple. Meet Edward Salazar on September 23rd, 2025!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Thomas Malloy. -He lost everything in an instant. -He knew the only hero to save him was the Scarlet Scrapper. -Little did he know they’d save each other. Meet Thomas Malloy on September 23rd, 2025!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

With less than a month until INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is released, you should meet Frank Hodge. His father taught him how to fight. The government taught him to be a soldier. But Thomas Malloy taught him to be a hero. Meet Frank Hodge on September 23rd, 2025!

Errol Flynn is who I pictured when creating Frank Hodge.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I have a new class this upcoming school year. It is called The History and Culture of Comic Books. I set up a Donors Choose project to hopefully supply class sets of some of the books I'll be covering. Please help and share! www.donorschoose.org/project/pow-...

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POW! BIFF! Help Students Learn About Our Culture Through Comics!, a project from Mr. Apa

Help me give my students a fun class that will teach them reading and writing skills along with a look back at our culture through the years through the lens of comic books. I have a great group of...

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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 16/07/2025

"A story of action, adventure and heart, where hero and villain collide in a showdown for an innocent boy's life." Enter to win a copy of @leonard-apa.bsky.social's "Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper" from Running Wild Press #💙📚 #Booksky

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I wanted the artist to let me know it was okay to share. She’s cool with it, so here is the first picture of artwork I commissioned for the Scarlet Scrapper. Looks so good!! Check out her site: gabifortunato46cfd.myportfolio.com/clowntown-art

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Hmm… how does one get @stephenking.bsky.social to review their upcoming debut novel?

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

@heatherantos.bsky.social well, I am excited, my school approved my comic book history course! Are you still open to visiting the class? Also does IDW give material donations for classrooms?

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

There is a lot to be frustrated with as a teacher. But then there are things like this that make me smile. The two students who added to my Shakespeare sign did it of their own accord. I hope more students will continue to add. We’ll see.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I filmed and cut my book trailer today. It’s really more of a teaser, and only 15 seconds long, but now I have a feel for it and will most likely do more. Teaser coming soon, but here are a couple of still shots from the shoot.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This was done at an old job’s company picnic (I had hair then). I always loved a good caricature. I don’t see them much anymore. Is it a dying (dead?) art?

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Well, 90 days since I submitted my short story TETHER to @newyorker.com is almost here. I am still holding out hope that they will accept the story. So, you know ... Ms. Treisman, pretty, pretty please...

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

#WritingCommunity, if you have an author banner for selling at markets/book events/conventions do you mind sharing? I am looking to get one made up and have no idea where to begin!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE will be released on April 17th for the PS5... just in time for Spring Break, so you know what I will be doing on my week off of school? Yup, fighting the battle of whether I should be playing the game or writing.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Mary Allen is a reporter pigeonholed into writing fluff pieces because she's a woman. When Mary is sent to interview Frank Hodge, she gets the chance to report a real story: the fall of Edward Salazar. Meet Mary Allen on September 23rd, 2025 in INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Frank Hodge was trained as a boxer by his father, found a love of theater from his friend Jimmy, and became a soldier to help his country. But it was Thomas Malloy that forced him to become a hero. Meet Frank Hodge on September 23rd, 2025 in INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I would like just one week where my job is just to sit and write RE-INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER. I think that is all I would need to complete the first draft. But no, I have to go to an actual job and try to sneak some writing in during the few minutes of down time I get.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER is up for preorder through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Thrift Books and Walmart. You can check out the links on the Scrapper page of my website. The link is above in my profile.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

One of my favorite things about teaching is when my students get so into a story they cheer, or yell at characters for doing something great or stupid. These are teenagers who generally come to class and say they dislike reading. Maybe I am doing something right as a teacher.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I just realized that my first published short story, AND INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER was published in 2015. My debut novel, INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER, which was clearly inspired by the short, will be published almost exactly 10 years after that first publication.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

@stephenking.bsky.social please respond. Is it really you back on Twitter? Or is it someone posing as you?

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Soon, I will be a guest on the very talented @johnpoveromo.bsky.social podcast, Dystopia Tonight. He has had some amazing guests (Jay Leno; Paul Reiser; Will Wheaton), but will be slumming it with me. In the meantime, check out and subscribe to the podcast! www.youtube.com/@DystopiaTon...

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Dystopia Tonight With John Poveromo

It’s a simple equation. If you take a well traveled stand-up comedian who loves to interact with his audience, put him in solitary confinement and shake well, he *must* find a way to reach that audien...

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

What if we make a new “Barbenheimer” this summer for Superman and Fantastic Four? Show people that we can all get along. SuperFantasticMan? Fantastic Superman? FFSM? SMFF?

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I haven't talked about it on here in a couple of weeks (I think, but time is broken for me), but I am still waiting for word from The New Yorker about my short story TETHER. So, I figured I would start manifesting it here again. Say it with me: The New Yorker will buy TETHER!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

As I have now passed 30,000 words, I thought I’d share some more concept art for the Scarlet Scrapper comic strips that will be turned into promo material. *Note: these drawings come from my non-artistic hands. The actual strips will look much better.

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

It’s only been about a week since I sent my story TETHER to The New Yorker, and they said it can take up to three months for a response… but the wait is killing me!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Always a great time at Smodcastle. I love hearing Kevin Smith speak. Tonight was a live commentary on Mallrats. Plus, we received a Stan Lee cup!

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Some (pretty much all) of my students just don't get me. It is club photo day at school, a student (wearing an FBLA shirt) came up to me and said it was time for his photo for the FBLA. I asked how I can trust his word that he's in the club. He didn't know how to prove it. 🤔

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Leonard Apa @leonard-apa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I am over 25k words into RE-INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER, book 2 in the Scrapper trilogy. So, I thought I would share some more concept art for the comic strip being drawn up as promo/giveaway material for pre-orders. INTRODUCING THE SCARLET SCRAPPER will be released Sept 23rd.

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