The weird thing about being an author is spending months inside a fictional world nobody else can see yet. #amwriting #authorlife #booksky #indieauthor

A great thriller keeps you turning pages. A great dystopian novel keeps you thinking weeks after you finish. #thriller #dystopian #booksky #booktok

Physical books just feel different. I don't think I can explain it better than that. #booktok #booklover #booksky #amreading

Sometimes the best writing advice is just "finish the draft." Everything else is a problem for later you. #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

The more tech evolves in real life, the more interesting near-future dystopian fiction gets to write. #dystopian #scifi #amwriting #booksky

One of my favorite compliments is hearing someone stayed up too late reading my book. Sorry. Also: thank you. #authorlife #booktok #booksky #indieauthor

Publishing independently has taught me more about design, marketing, and stubbornness than I expected to learn. #indieauthor #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity

Nothing makes time disappear faster than getting invested in a really good story. #booktok #amreading #booksky #readerlife

Science fiction lets writers ask completely impossible questions in surprisingly human ways. #sciencefiction #scifi #booktok #booksky

Every author has at least one scene they're irrationally proud of. I have several. I will not be sharing which ones. #amwriting #authorlife #booksky #indieauthor

One of my favorite things about readers is that everyone is constantly trying to convince everyone else to read their favorite book. #booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover

Some books feel like entertainment. Others feel like an experience you carry around for a while. #booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover

If you like psychological tension wrapped in dystopian sci-fi, WHAT HAPPENED TO AVA? might be your thing. #dystopian #scifi #thriller #booksky

Friendly reminder that publishing a book does not, in fact, kill imposter syndrome. It mostly upgrades it. #authorlife #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity

Excuse me while I pick my jaw up from the floor after seeing my name next to these giants. #writingcommunity #booksky #writersky #teachers #readinglist #englishteacher

Readers connect with stories that ask uncomfortable questions, not stories that hand them easy answers. #booktok #amreading #booksky #writingcommunity

A strong opening chapter can ruin your sleep schedule in under twenty minutes. #booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover

The best fictional worlds are exciting and terrifying at the same time. You want to visit and you absolutely don't. #scifi #dystopian #booksky #booktok

Seeing your own book on a shelf is a weirdly motivating kind of unreal. #authorlife #booktok #booksky #indieauthor

Every writer has at least one abandoned draft sitting on a hard drive somewhere. Probably more than one. #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

I love when sci-fi spends more time on the ethical aftermath than the action set piece. #sciencefiction #scifi #booktok #booksky

ERASED started with one question: what happens when a whole society leans on a single piece of technology to function? #dystopian #scifi #ya #booksky

Sometimes a story idea shows up and you immediately know it's going to live in your brain for six months whether you like it or not. #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

Reading before bed is one of the only habits I've managed to actually keep. #booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover

Sharing creative work with strangers never stops feeling slightly insane. #amwriting #indieauthor #booksky #writingcommunity

A good sci-fi story keeps working on you for days after you close the book. That's the part I'm always trying to write. #sciencefiction #scifi #booksky #booktok

The older I get, the more I appreciate stories that leave room for nuance instead of handing you a verdict. #booktok #amreading #booksky #booklover

Writing dialogue is fun until you realize two characters have started sounding exactly like each other. #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

Bookstores might be one of the last genuinely quiet places left. #booktok #booklover #booksky #amreading

WHAT HAPPENED TO AVA? goes deeper into the parts of the ERASED universe I couldn't fit in the first book. #dystopian #scifi #thriller #booksky