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Erin C. Niumata 📚🖋️ @ecniumata.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Check out my new Substack post: The Books That Built Me... open.substack.com/pub/erinnium...

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The Books That Built Me...

...And the Libraries that helped

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Determined or dogged? Just finished another round of revisions. I think this one’s a winner. Maybe delusional is a better word.🤦🏾‍♀️ #amwriting #writersky

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The wait is over. The unofficial start of Summer is here and so are my copies of Midlife Private Parts (available for pre-order) an anthology that I’m so honored to have my essay published in. Sometimes it Simmers is about reinvention and how it often comes in unexpected ways.

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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

These are always just the longest posts ever but everyone always has so many questions. I hope this covers it all! Good luck everyone! Starts May 31! 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/1000wordso...

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#1000WordsofSummer 2025 FAQ

Starts May 31, 2025!

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Yellow/gold-idk what we’re calling that color but I need it!

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Honored to have been a guest on the Before Brunch Talk Show yesterday. Here’s a little behind the scenes of our Navigating Life Transitions, Pivots, and Betting on Yourself talk. (getting our 🎤on)

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Erin C. Niumata 📚🖋️ @ecniumata.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

5 Reminders Every Woman Writer Needs to Hear 💗 Your story matters. 💚 Perfection is the enemy of progress. 💗 Rejection is redirection. 💚 You don't need permission to call yourself a writer 💗 Keep writing. Keep believing. #WomenWriters #WritersOfInstagram #WomensFiction #writerslife #keepgoing

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’m featured in The Atlantic today alongside actress Elizabeth Banks. ☺️ “Parker recently completed her first novel. Banks… is thinking about Broadway. This is a moment for redefining notions of what’s possible; this is the future they have worked so hard for.” www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/pf...

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Finally receiving requests! It’s been pretty quiet on my end for a while. I’m thrilled to be back in the game. Fingers crossed! #wfwriter #amquerying

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Visiting New Orleans. There’s so much energy here. I feel a story coming. Book 3? #amwriting #writersky

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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Get a library card—even if you don’t plan to use it. Your registration helps secure funding for libraries, keeping them open and thriving for the entire community. Every card counts!

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Deb B @debbc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack & Tonya Bolden, Illustrated by Hayden Goodman #Blackbooksky #Booksky 💙📚 #Diversebooksky #RobertaFlack

Illustration of Roberta Flack as a little girl playing a green piano for the cover of her children's book.

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I have argued this. It’s like compound grief.

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Brandon Nadeau @bnadeauwriter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” –Toni Morrison #5amWritersClub #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #ReadingCommunity

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The old me would totally agree. I also always did the audiobook physical book thing. My audiobooks are always non-fiction/memoir so maybe there’s a distinction there in my mind too. But today I ventured into the upside down- 2 Novels currently in progress.

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The old me would never do this, but nothing makes sense now…🤷🏾‍♀️ #booksky

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I was asked about my writing in The Atlantic interview and I shared that I feel fortunate to have so much unencumbered time to write. And…I don’t think I’d have had the tenacity to deal with the rejection in my youth. There’s no perfect age to write. Hats off to anyone doing the work. #amquerying

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Eek! Just did an interview with The Atlantic where I talked about “Joy over 50!” #writersky

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Tonya Parker @therealchiclife.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“If you want to share a vision or tell the truth-you pick up your pen and take your chances. This is not after all tennis where sets can be measured by points… or football or games run on time …it is life open-ended…And once the play has begun, the book made… time is the only judge.” Nikki Giovanni

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