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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1. I'm a partner teacher 2. I have two doggos 3. I'm almost done with my associates in health science! Bonus: I love lemon sweets. #SpoonieAuthChat

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🅰️Washington M.A. artist | author | activist 🖇️ @arw-raw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Let’s keep creative human minds in creative space. Design and development and organizational assistance is one thing; writing a whole book, novel or series from conception to market, audience is not a writer make. We can’t begin down this descending slope or intellectual thievery. c.org/XS5VM4xpf4

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Ban AI-generated "books" from Amazon's Kindle unlimited now! There is no space for AI!

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Barry Ryerson @barryryerson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As someone who is disabled, this is absolutely spot on.

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Missing NaNoWriMo? Looking for a new writing challenge to fill the void? Check out #FirstDraftFall, our ten-week writing challenge to plan & complete a first draft in the fall - starting on October first!

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#FirstDraftFall - Weeknight Writers

The Weeknight Writers answer to NaNoWriMo, #FirstDraftFall is a challenge to write a first draft in October - December.

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pitiful Peaches is out now! a.co/d/05aZPomj I have a hi-lo YA novel in verse titled FLY AWAY SISTER being published by West44books next year and... My dream chronic illness romance novel with Psoriatic Arthritis and Crohn's rep is officially under contract 🥳 More details soon! #SpoonieAuthChat

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#SpoonieAuthChat Here is the link to episode 88 of the literary blend podcast, where I talk about how it feels to be an author with a chronic illness! It features tips, tricks, my story, info on sick lit, & more. 🥄🎙 open.spotify.com/episode/7t9t...

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Chapter 88 - Pursuing Publishing as a Chronically Ill Author with Chaylee McCleese

Literary Blend: A Publishing Podcast · Episode

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(Not today's question, but I'm going to try to answer these more often because I LOVE this is a space that exists) #SpoonieAuthChat Lydia in my upcoming #sicklit YA novel, Don't Flake Out on Me, likes to take a bath to deal with her joint pain! Then, she loves turning on her comfort show, Gotham!

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Thanks to Demi for having me on her podcast, Literary Blend, & allowing me to talk about pursuing publishing as a chronically ill author! Listen NOW on your preferred platform! open.spotify.com/episode/7t9t...

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

When you can't seem to catch a break but your beta readers cheer you up. 🥹

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

1 year ago today I got the email from @evernightteen.bsky.social that my debut novel was accepted for publication. That day changed everything. PITIFUL PEACHES is OUT NOW!🥰Amazon: bit.ly/3NC2Htq Evernight: bit.ly/4sB1DEU Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/4sbzq8b Kobo Plus: bit.ly/4sJFB32 Apple: bit.ly/40uRnlU

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thanks for all the love on #questpit yesterday! I'm more active on X but yesterday made me want to engage more on here! 🫂 If you're also a writer let's connect. Going to go through pitches and follow accounts now for fun. You guys are so creative 🥰

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

DON’T FLAKE OUT ON ME is my #ownvoices #YA romance written for young patients struggling to accept their new normals. This novel highlights the importance of patient stories and how sick people deserve to be loved too. (Promise they don't die at the end) #Q #questpit

Here is a guide to Chaylee’s new 68k-word YA contemporary romance, sick lit novel titled: Don’t Flake Out On Me.

Pitch for Don’t Flake Out On Me: Seventeen-year-old President of Sullivan High, Lydia Ronald, thinks she has her future set as long as she keeps her grades up. But as she begins experiencing debilitating symptoms, her academic rival and treasurer, Tanner Jenkins, points out her shortfalls. When doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong, Lydia gives up until the person she least expected to understand somehow does. Tanner and Lydia must team up to find her diagnosis before it’s too late. Comps: The Fall of Whit Rivera, Joined at the Joints, Turles all the Way Down, I hope this doesn’t find you, Sick Kids Love, and Begin Again.

Vibes include: academic rivals to lovers, planning Sadie Hawkins, navigating the healthcare system, student council and sociology class, chronic illness rep, grieving your old body, Corn Mazes & Friendsgiving, learning to use mobility aids, and Batman references.

Quote: “He nods, and while we’re both in pain, our determination never quavers. We’re both try-hard academic weapons who refuse to give up. Not because we’re warriors or inspirations but because we have to. We place one foot in front of the other. Slow and steady. We win the race– together.” Check out the playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s1sGkqBul3YqLuHYmSRTn?si=7bPCV9h-Q_y0hStqcVpCHQ

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Lydia Ronald, President of Sullivan High, has her senior year all planned out, but when her health takes a turn for the worse, she has to pair up with her academic rival and treasurer, Tanner Jenkins, to find her diagnosis before everything falls apart. #Q #YA #R #questpit

A mood board for Don’t Flake Out On Me is pictured. It has a limo, college campus, corn maze, coffee, movie theater, a young couple, a masquerade ball mask, hospital bed, Geocache, and more.

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stay tuned for more information on FLY AWAY SISTER, my #YA novel in verse coming out from west44books. Perfect for reluctant readers who love mental health rep, messy sibling dynamics, and hummingbirds! #comingsoon #P #questpit

A mood board for Fly Away Sister is pictured. It shows a cottage, grandpa reading, hummingbird, missing girl poster, books, girls walking, and more.

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Almost Famous X TSITP "When did everything change?" "I suppose everything changed when I went back to Moose Creek for the Summer of 1975." PITIFUL PEACHES is out now in e-book and paperback, but I still have audio rights. Hint, hint. Nudge, nudge #P #YA #R #questpit

The book Pitiful Peaches by Chaylee McCleese is pictured. It has a car and peaches on the cover.

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Go check out Pitiful Peaches on my publisher's website. They even gave me an awesome banner at the top. 🍑😉 If you pre-order off their website it is only $2.99 (what a steal) www.evernightteen.com

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Evernight Teen

Gritty Fiction for Today's Young Adults

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Lit Kids Magazine @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Congrats to @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social on her debut novel releasing in March! Chaylee was kind enough to chat about her journey to publication in our new interview. Please share her feature, add Pitiful Peaches to your TBR, and keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/chaylee... #blog #kidlit

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Chaylee McCleese - Teacher, Autoimmune Advocate, and Author

Chaylee McCleese works as a partner teacher at an Idaho charter school, where she teaches small language art groups to elementary and middle school students. She also uses social media platforms to ad...

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I received my first ever goodreads review today and I am geeking out! 🍑🤭 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Pitiful Peaches

Penny Hartley has big plans for the summer of 1975. Ins…

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

If you are interested in health and supporting chronically ill writers, please check out this magazine. My poem "Medications" is featured in Vol. 6. 💊 anodynemag.com/product/anod...

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Anodyne Magazine Vol.6 Print – Anodyne Magazine

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#QuestPit #MG #Q #C #ownvoices (Now submitting to small presses!!!) 10y/o Iris isn't like other girls... instead of having a phone on her at all times, she has her inhaler ( and her tablet since her dad won't let her get a phone yet) 🫁

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

5th grade is embarrassing enough. But being known as the girl with asthma makes it's 100x worse. Can Iris beat her reputation and become something more than the girl who can't breathe before she enters middle school? #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #MG #C

A movie poster for #PosterPit. A girl with an inhaler is pictured in the middle. The text states, "A novel by Chaylee McCleese, Just Breathe. 26k words for reluctant readers. Best friends, first crushes, P.E, selling chocolate for a school trip, trampoline slumber parties, and more. A middle grade story that will take your breath away."

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Found this photo of me at my first fishing derby 🎣 and now I'm drafting a chapter book about a silly boy trying his best to win a $300 prize pool for catching the biggest fish. (Now that I've been querying for almost a year, it's been hard to write, but inspiration has struck!)

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Falling in love with your childhood best friend. Meeting your favorite rock & roll band. Getting in trouble with the cops. Turning 15. The Summer of 1975 couldn't get crazier right? Wrong.🍑 Almost Famous X The Summer I Turned Pretty #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #HF

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Honest opinions only. Is it cringey to make a banner of all the poems I wrote about my fiancé in high-school for our wedding? Some are god awful, but that makes it sweet... right?

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Got my first ever publishing offer... The catch? It can be edited and published for a small price of $10k. Oh, how I hate hybrid/vanity presses claiming to be trad. Why do they have to prey on desperate authors who want to tell the stories from their hearts? #querytrenches

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Doing a development edit with @amandaeditsbooks.com has been eye-opening. She's so sweet and fun to work with! I can't wait to dive into editing the small things that are going to improve my book by 1000% 💞✍️

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I entered #SmallPitch on a whim this week. I never do well at pitch contests. I haven't received any likes in the past, so I didn't expect anything, and yet I woke up to a request!!! I'M SO EXCITED.

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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flarelitmag.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Author Spotlight #4: Chaylee McCleese and her poems, "Rheumatologist Appointment" and "Fatigue." Twitter: @ ChayleeMcCleese Tiktok: @ spoonfulofgems Instagram (that's about chronic illness): @ spoonfulofgems . . . #chronicillness #chronicillnessawareness #authorspotlight #writingcommunity #poetry

Author Spotlight: "Rheumatologist Appointment" and "Fatigue" by Chaylee McCleese, Poetry

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Hi! #BookSky My name is Chaylee, and my whole life is books. I work as a partner teacher, where I teach novel studies to 3rd-5th graders. I have written 2 books this past year that I'm trying to get published/ an agent for. I run a free little library+ I read over 100 books each year! 🫂📚

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

An agents guide to my new 26k word #WIP #MG #OV manuscript called "Just Breathe" 🍫🫁 #BluePit

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The #YA version of Daisy Jones and the Six- 15 yo Penny Hartley plans to spend the summer of 1975 picking peaches with her friends. But when the famous band, Jesse Young and The Matches, rolls into town, she must face the harsh realities of love, grief, and rock and roll! #BluePit #Hs #Q 📖

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

An agents guide to Pitiful Peaches a #YA coming of age story set in a 1975 small town known for its delicious peaches 🍑 Think: Almost Famous X The Summer I Turned Pretty X Mary Jane (by Jessica Blau) #BluePit #Q #HF 📖

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I may not have an agent or book deal (yet), but 5/5 of my students who submitted their poems in a contest were chosen to be published. My query stats suck but my students' stats are 100% A win is a win. 😅🎉

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Shout out to @kellyesparza.bsky.social for already accepting 2 of my poems for FLARE MAGAZINE. @flaremagazine.bsky.social 🥄 Chronic illness rep is important to me, and I'm so excited to read it when it comes out!

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Kelly Esparza Is Agented Again! @kellyesparza.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Can’t wait to see your work! Please spread the word! #writingcommunity

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#CheerPit Iris loves the wintertime because she can sit by the fire and play math games on her tablet instead of worrying about the summer pressures of going on hikes and exercising with her classmates.🎄🔥☕ #MG #WIP

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Need a bit of summer nostalgia during your winter time blues? Spend some time with 14 y/o Penny Hartley during the summer of 1975. There's nothing a little sunshine and rock and roll can't fix! ☀️🎸🎄 #Q #YA #F #cheerpit #HF

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Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑 @thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Just joined and posted my pitches on here! I will follow back anyone from the #WritingCommunity 💞🫂✍️ It's hard to start fresh on a new platform, but we are in this together.

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