Katherine Shingler
@drkshingler.bsky.social
Writer (teen, mostly). mother, recovering academic, cat person, francophile. Keeping it nerdy. She/her. Repped by Lauren Gardner
Um, so I guess this is one of those obnoxious “delighted to announce” things but I appear to now be an agented writer, rep’d by the lovely Lauren Gardner of @belllomaxmoreton.bsky.social #kidlit #booksky
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.
is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?
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Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
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this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
Attention 90s kids, this is not a drill! THEY HAVE BROUGHT BACK DEWBERRY
Argh my daughter is reading The Fault in our Stars and I accidentally gave away the ending. Don’t think she’s going to forgive me, ever 😞
It’s that time of the year where I just need to be tucked under a duvet bingeing k-drama
Write something. Write it today. Write your heart out. Write something weird that only you would think of. Your enemies will not topple to your silence. Write your future and live it.
A servyce wher people come to your hous and convince you to keepe the thinges you were goinge to throw awaye. "You will misse thys when it ys gone." "You neede thys capybara t-shirt." "These dragonlance novels are precious."
Chuffed to say I placed 3rd in the Wells ‘Book for children’ comp today. Got to meet some lovely writers inc @jodutton.bsky.social and judge @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social (eep!). And I’ve got a certificate! ☺️ #kidlit
Oh hi just preparing to send another query into the ether
an ad for arcane productions shows a woman sitting in a circle of candles
Alt: Woman doing a witchy ritual in a circle of candles
media.tenor.com
Writers, if you ever feel bad about querying your book, and getting rejections, just remember I once put down my genre as male.