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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Come see me at the Boston Book Festival tomorrow! We’re offering feedback on your book idea and giving away a bunch of free books!

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Are you going to the Boston Book Festival? Come see me and Heather Webb! Get feedback on your book idea! Grab free goodies 🙌🏻🎉

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

✨ No is a complete sentence. ✨ melanieconklin.substack.com/p/no

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No.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The audiobook of A Perfect Mistake is on sale! (Link in 🧵)

The audiobook of a perfect mistake by Melanie Conklin is on sale for 50% off, only eight dollars

Postcards from the book a perfect mistake by Melanie Conklin with a sharpie, waiting to be filled out for you!

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

✨ “I am so small. I am so insignificant, but the force that flows through me is so powerful that I must go forward.” —Hilma af Klint ✨ melanieconklin.substack.com/p/i-am-so-sm...

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I am so SMALL

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Just saw Superman. Was gonna do a whole bit about it walking in. That’d be a disservice. It’s an important piece of work and I’m not joking. I don’t even like superhero movies. Sprint to see it. Bring your kids and explain it to them. James Gunn had a time machine when he made it.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

My unvarnished opinion on AI and the scoop on what I’m writing next for my paid subscribers 💃🏻

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Dream bigger with me

F*ck AI, I’m writing a romcom

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Yesterday I got the news that Every Missing Piece will be out of hardcover soon. If you need a copy for your school or library, grab them now! It will continue to be available in paperback and ebook. www.lbyr.com/titles/melan...

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Every Missing Piece

This stunning novel follows a girl looking for answers about a mysterious boy as she learns about grief, family, and putting the pieces back together—perfe...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is not normal. A sitting president refusing to call the governor of a state after two elected officials were shot, one fatally, is beyond words. A typical president, regardless of politics, would pick up the phone. Offer condolences.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

“Stochastic terrorism is a form of political violence instigated by hostile public rhetoric directed at a group or an individual…Stochastic terrorism is accomplished with indirect, vague or coded language, which grants the instigator plausible deniability for any associated violence.”

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 15/06/2025

One thing I wish people understood is that obeying laws is a CHOICE. Lawyers cannot wave a magic wand and make lawbreakers follow the law. The only way to stop a slumlord or a lying cop is litigation. We have to ask a judge. That's not a defense of the system. It's a description of it.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I asked two MAGA white men who flipped us off from their car if they supported the assassinations and they said yes. So much for the 10 Commandments.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I just had two MAGA white men tell me that they support the assassinations that happened last night. Do you understand now? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjGEDvHk/

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I just had two MAGA white men say this to me at a rally

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Today I got the incredible news that When You Have to Wait is on the Bank St. Center for Children's Literature’s BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR list! Each year, @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social selects the best children’s books & I’m THRILLED that my & @leahhong.bsky.social book received this recognition.

When you Have to Wait, a picture book about the unexpected joys of waiting, has been selected for the Bank Street Best Books list

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It’s easy to underestimate the power of community, but there is little that is more powerful than human beings banding together. 🧵

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A #metoo story set in middle school. A page-turning mystery. A best friend breakup. Social media, consent, and boundaries. This is the story you’ve been looking for to discuss social media with your young readers. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melan...

Crushed by Melanie Conklin, a metoo story set in middle school

A page turning mystery, a best friend breakup, social media, consent, and boundaries: Crushed by Melanie Conklin, a book for middle grade readers

This is the book you’ve been looking for to discuss social media with your young readers: Crushed by Melanie Conklin, a book for middle grade readers

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Last weekend I journeyed into the Berkshires with my younger son to visit my friend, Ruth. She lives in a magical little nook on a mountain replete with car sized boulders and lush green ferns. 🧵

Decaying metal and wood bridge in a green deciduous forest

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

It’s spring in Massachusetts, and I’m spending a LOT of time weeding. My new house was neglected for decades and sometimes it feels like I’ll never be done. I feel that way at the beginning of a book revision, too.🧵

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Do you know why we use the phrase, “Trust your gut?” melanieconklin.substack.com/p/trust-your...

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Trust your gut

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The Democratic Party’s age problem isn’t just bad, it’s much worse than Republicans’. Half of registered Democratic voters are under 50, yet half their senators are over 67. Despite claiming to represent the future, party leadership systematically blocks younger voices from gaining power.

Two density plots comparing age distributions. Top graph shows Republican senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Republican voters (more evenly distributed, median age 57). Bottom graph shows Democratic senators (peak around age 70) vs. registered Democratic voters (more evenly distributed, median age 50). Vertical lines mark where half of each population falls. Democratic senators have a much larger age gap from their voters than Republicans do.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I removed my recent post about the election data because I received some criticism about the way it was portrayed. To be clear what I’m saying is I would like to see a recount of the paper ballots in a few key Pennsylvania counties in order to put these questions to rest one way or the other.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

With the firing of the Librarian of Congress, book bans, and book burning dominating the headlines, it can be scary to speak up, but artists are in the business of speaking truth. melanieconklin.substack.com/p/an-artists...

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An artist's duty

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I’m a huge fan of Edward Gorey’s work, particularly The Gashleycrumb Tinies, which is a hilariously dark alphabet book in which each letter is represented by a child who meets a horrible (and often ironic) fate.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

So awesome to see CRUSHED out in the wild! 😍🥰

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

WHEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT has been selected for the Kansas NEA Reading Circle! Super stoked that this reassuring picture book written by me and illustrated by @leahhong.bsky.social will be shared with countless young readers in Kansas. 🥳🎉 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Image of the picture book “when you have to wait and quote written by Melanie Conklin and illustrated by Leah Hong, which has been selected for the Kansas NEA reading circle

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

For anyone looking for ways to promote empathy in young readers, I wrote a book about a sensitive boy battling toxic masculinity in middle school. It’s called A Perfect Mistake. www.lbyr.com/titles/melan...

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A Perfect Mistake

A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectations, for fans of Rebecca Stead and Erin Entrada Kelly. M...

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Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

After growing up never finding souvenirs with my name, the amount of joy I get each time Christiana Mall is mentioned in @erinentrada.bsky.social’s FIRST STATE OF BEING! Also do I detect a @melanieconklin.bsky.social quotation? Or is this coincidence? I’m so glad to finally be reading this!

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a man wearing glasses and headphones is giving a thumbs up and saying that 's my name

Alt: a man wearing glasses and headphones is giving a thumbs up and saying that 's my name

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tiffunnireads 📚 @tiffunnireads.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I’m loving the book so far, the writing is surprisingly not dry lol

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Sonans @sojaya.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The speech bubble reads: I was just doing my job

Three panels in sepia drawing style. Titles at the bottom. At the top of each is a speech bubble reading “i was just doing my job”
First: 1830’s american west, A govt agent has hands on an Indian. Second: 1940’s Nazi Germay, a nazi has hands on a person jn striped clothes. Third: Present day america, An ICE agent has hands on a mother and two children.

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Angie @angiesuniverse.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

They all bought low & made a fortune!!!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/04/2025

We found the government “waste, fraud, and abuse”.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Election analysis of Pennsylvania counties indicate vote manipulation. I’m going to share some screen grabs to break it down for you as the report is lengthy. 🧵

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 28/03/2025

FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is far lower than private sector retirement programs.

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I’m at a protest at a Tesla charging station and a white man just walked by recording all of us and shouting, “smile for ICE!” what a CLOWN

A line of protesters in front of a Tesla charging station

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The world is REALLY loud right now, so it’s imperative to give yourself some time inside a safe space every day, where only you and your creativity reside. melanieconklin.substack.com/p/get-in-you...

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Get in your bubble!

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

How do protests help? They raise awareness. How can one person’s presence help? If people see ONE friend at a local protest they will get curious and ask why you went. You can make a HUGE difference. Our next protest date is April 5th. JOIN US. #resist www.mobilize.us/indivisible/

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Indivisible National · Indivisible on Mobilize

We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

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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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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA

The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...

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Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fellow authors, there are CLASS ACTION lawsuits in progress RIGHT NOW. I’m doing research and have been told to start with The Author’s Guild for case info. I also learned about this class action suit against m3t@

Case information for the class action lawsuit from authors against Meta

Contact information for the attorneys who are representing the class action lawsuit against m3t@

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