iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A conversation between me and my 15 year old neice I see once a year: Me: so do you like K-pop? My Neice: it’s ok, I’m kind of over it Me: yeah, I get that. Do you like BlackPink? My Neice: yeah, BlackPink is cool Me: They’re in your area. We both bust out laughing at my cheesiness. IYKYK

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Conversation at dinner about trying new food: G: and E? what new food are you going to try? E: blood. E turns to me: mom open your skin.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

All my higher education up until now: “here are the classes you must take. They are only available once a year. if the professor sucks, too bad!” Emerson: “The class you need this fall is offered 3 different ways with 6 different professors. Choose whomever you want or whatever topic interests you”

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Parent teacher conferences: “Your daughter is doing so great! She might be in the gifted program next year! All the teachers say she’s so great and well behaved!” Also: “she put glue in her friend’s hair and is part of a black market toy exchange.”

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Student walked into class 10 minutes late today and sat down. “Thank god I’m not going to jail” Whole class stares at him. Me: “umm, anyway, let’s get back to out themes in literature papers”

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This is the year I finally get a masters degree and then I start ANOTHER masters degree as soon as I finish.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

They have the time machine from Back to the Future in Fortnight and my son keeps calling it “The Mandolorian”.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It was sunny today so I had the lights off in my classroom. One student came in and said they were conceived I’m a vampire. I stood in front of a window and said “no sparkly skin” And the student looked confused. Clearly I’m not teaching the right literature.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

In honor of indigenous peoples day we watched the Windigo(sp?) episode of Monstrum in my mythology class. Thanks @dremilyzarka.bsky.social

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I got my first full manuscript request! And then I won a prize for most promising manuscript!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

The kids were rapping in my class and making rhymes to “house”. One of them said “arouse” and I told them to look it up. “What does it mean, Miss?” “There’s a dictionary behind you but suffice to say it means you’re… excited… about … something” A few minutes later “Oh! It means you’re h-o-r-n-e-y”

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I had many goals for spring break… one was querying and I just sent out 4. I love this book so much, but I love all my books do much. This one is just so different I’m hoping that gives it a fighting chance…

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SCBWI Alaska @scbwi-alaska.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The illustration contest is back! Help spread the word. :) #contest #illustration www.scbwi.org/events/annua...

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Reading some short contemporary YA instead of all this hardcore romantasy. It’s very refreshing to get back to my “roots” (most of the books I’ve written are contemporary YA)

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Sometimes my students connect to my laptop when syncing their headphones. Today, I accepted the sync and started blasting Hamilton into their ears.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I just DNF’d a romance book because the stakes were too low. Yes, I know romance stakes are supposed to be low but these were just… ugh! You two are just doing life and nothing interesting is happening to either of you as you just do life! At least be entertaining and have sex once in a while!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

For our third remote learning day I actually had TWO students visit me on Zoom! Sounds low, but students NEVER go to office hours so I feel super special

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

I’m going to try and manifest Full Request Friday this week. Any tips on what to say to the query gods?

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Off my list of 100, I had a hard time finding 10 agents to query today… I also got a 3.5 hour rejection so that was new…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Since it’s not a query day I managed to get over 2000 words into a manuscript. It’s really coming along so I guess I found my focus while I wait for replies…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

10 more queries today. My list of available agents is getting really short…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Querying week 2 Sent out 10 queries on Monday. Have received a rejection less than 24 hours after query sent…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 28/01/2024

Querying week 1 Sent out 10 queries on Monday 3 rejections on Friday. I will send out 10 more on Monday. Only 1/2 the agents on my list are accepting submissions so this may take a while…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Editing pet peeve: adding something to a statement or line of dialogue only to find you had already written the same thing three lines down 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

I finished the next draft of “my favorite teacher is running for Congress and I’m in love with a Canadian” YA novel. I have my list of 100 agents to query. Problem is, novel is 61,000 words. Too short? Can I find a few thousand words to add in the next few weeks?! Any literary agents, advice please!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

4,300 words today! We’re working on the finale and I’m at 57k over all. This thing might be done by the end of the year!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

Woah, 5,548 words today! And I feel like I could keep going but my back has other plans. Finally past the 50k mark and bad guys are closing in!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Hello, if I just added you and you are a literary agent, I’m thinking of querying you and staying up to date on your MSWL, if you’re asking…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

November is over so back to revising the campaign novel… at 40,000. I added another 2700 today. I want to have it done by the end of the year so I can start querying when everyone opens back up.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Since July I’ve written 66,361 words in my projects. I’m bored at work (and I already wrote 2,500 today) so I messed around with Excel… huge change in focus after my meeting with @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

This town of 300,000 people is so f’in small! My therapist’s son is in my class this afternoon. 🙄

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

For the second time in two weeks I’m trying to read a “grown up” book (aka not YA) and I just CAN’T! I feel like I’m slogging through a swamp of normal people who always remember the breath they were holding…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

I hit a magic number today. I also got motivated by telling some students what my book was about. They all said they want to read it so I guess I need to finish it for them…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Ugh! Nothing but time and space to write and ZERO motivation!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Ok so I officially SUCK at NaNo. Not only have I not written in 2 weeks, I’ve also gotten bronchitis and had to home school for 5 days. Today I sat back down and cranked out over 1,100 words. Maybe there is still hope for this manuscript… #writing

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Went to the Dr. Yesterday for a chest X-ray since I’m not getting better therefore no writing yesterday or today. I did put together a quick pitch for another WIP so maybe that counts?

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Over 1000 words today in my NON #NaNoWriMo project so probably not good? But progress is progress, these are words in another manuscript I hope to have finished by January so Yey?

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

1,937 words so far. The book I’m writing is more interesting than the book I’m reading, but with this bronchitis my head and thoughts are foggy… Anyway, Lindsey and Kat (her future stepmom) have been kidnapped. Lindsey has released them from their zip ties… what’s next?

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Day three of #nanowrimo and I added 1,396 words. Lindsey shot down a snobby salesperson showing her future stepmom her confidence.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

I have bronchitis so no writing today. My MC (Lindsey) is still sitting in her room, discussing why her dad shouldn’t get married until she’s in college. She’s also teaching her best friend how to escape from zip ties.

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Ok, so I’m going to try and up my social media presence by posting about my NaNoWriMo project. Starting tomorrow you’re all going to be hearing about Lindsey, the girl who likes to get kidnapped for fun!

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Pics or it didn’t happen right? 14 years with my car including two cross country trips…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

I finished all my non-writing writing work (critique readings, contests etc) so now I have nothing left to do but actually write 😭 Maybe I should plot a NaNoWriMo project…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Got my first blue sky code and invited my husband. He was the one who got me stuck on Twitter so I guess I have to?

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Ok writers, what are you scared of (punctuation wise) I’m terrified of em dashes…

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Pamela S. Vincent @pamelasvincent.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

I feel like my first post should be significant or memorable but since I can’t think of anything I’ll just be a 90’s child and post song lyrics: “Here we are now Entertain us”

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