Worked late to finish a fact-checking job so… today is a writing day! Extra-large coffee (& pretty large donut) secured. The AI sloppers don’t understand this part, the work & the satisfaction & the joy (& the snacks) #writesky #writingcommunity 📚💙
Michael Northrop
@michaelnorthrop.bsky.social
NY Times–bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels for young readers, starting a new chapter with my 1st mystery series for adults! Rep’d by @saracrowelit.bsky.social. Research editor at Dance Magazine. More coffee, please!
This is an @alexsegura.com appreciation post for all he does to use his talent, his platform, and his moral compass for good.
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Few things better than a Mexican Coke on a hot day
And OK, forget about the terrible lines. They’re easy to delete. I also feel like I’ve done a good job of deleting some iffy stuff this week. Some people feel like that’s what the next draft is for, but if the ground is shifty, I don’t want to build my house on it #writesky #writingcommunity
I don’t know if I am writing well this week, but I know I’ve deleting some real clunkers, and I’ll take any wins I can get #writesky #writingcommunity
Just signed a foreign rights deal for The Birder Murder and it was so nice to see the explicit anti-AI language in the contract. Humans translating humans, humans reading across borders. Love it all. (Also, I get some Euros 💶) #writingcommunity #writesky
Starting work on a slow-burn thriller. It’s unusual for me not to, like, get right to it, and I keep adding more foreshadowing, which is maybe overcompensating, but also foreshadowing is frickin delicious #writesky #writingcommunity
Yes! The Mortons got a review in the @nytimes.com! Just of our book! Not a round up of YA or science fiction titles! Apparently we're real writers now! Writing Literachure! Pinch me!
Michael Northrop@michaelnorthrop.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd if you don’t believe me (which, fair), please, just ask The New York monster-stomping Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/b...
Yaaas, Jasper! Incredible perseverance—and what a win: a gap “you could build a house in”! #couchpeloton
Got a book advance check today, and I am celebrating by… paying off my credit card 😒 This is a standard two-step for me, but A) it’s like a brand-new credit card—woohoo! And B) there’s a bit of money left over. Maybe I’ll buy… some books?! 😸 📚 #writesky #authorlife
Huge congrats to Justine @larbalestier.bsky.social and @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social on the fantastic launch event for their killer adult debut The Mortons—P&T Knitwear was PACKED despite a tornado warning! It was Oz-ian 🌪️ Aussian 🦘 and awesome—bravo! 👏
A new series I've been thinking of doing - miniature minimalist birds 👀 Starting out with a bluejay
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Brainstorming a new mystery, and I think (fear) it says something about me that the first two things I came up with were the dark night of the soul and the brutal twist near the end 🤷♂️ 🔪 #writesky
First foreign rights sale for The Birder Murder last week, first subsidiary rights sale (he said mysteriously) this week. Might have a little something bubbly tonight. Got to celebrate the wins along the way! 🍾#writesky @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @saracrowelit.bsky.social
Mr Bean Cheers with a Happy Grin
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Happy Birthday, USA. Still the scrappy underdog after all these years 🇺🇸 🦅 #swiftdependanceday #USA #puppetshow
Happy Birthday, USA. Still the scrappy underdog after all these years 🇺🇸 🦅 #swiftdependanceday #USA #puppetshow
This lion is just like WTH it was cooler in Africa
