Hello, Friends! Welcome to Cuddlebuggery’s Twitter Round-up, a feature showcasing our favorite literary (authors, bloggers, readers, general bookish community) tweets of the week. Hope you enjoy all the funny, insightful and interesting tweets we found lurking around the internet!
It’s Always Great When Authors Talk On The Twitter:
Also, I told #bdub a story tonight and at the end he said, "Is that it? I thought there'd be more." I half-expected him to say, "Two stars."
— Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) July 2, 2015
@jenniferweiner Yes. That's why I'm going. For feminism.
— Mary Beth Williams (@embeedub) July 1, 2015
My Little Pony:Friendship is Magic, Season 5 is coming to Netflix, so y'all can just talk amonst yourselves, I got a binge-watch to do.
— Christopher Moore (@TheAuthorGuy) July 1, 2015
It's 2PM & I've done NOTHING with my day other than endlessly group text with @stdennard & @alexbracken and browse Pinterest. ..Oooops. ????????????????
— Sarah J. Maas (@SJMaas) July 1, 2015
Yes, I will be taping Ask Hank and John tomorrow because ONCE AGAIN @johngreen is TOO LAZY to show up and I have to cover for him.
— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) June 30, 2015
The last two times I covered for him was because someone else was having his baby. He was too lazy to even have the baby himself.
— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) June 30, 2015
From now on when someone has something I want, I'll just angrily scream "THANK YOU!" at them until they give it to me. Works for my toddler!
— Kiersten White (@kierstenwhite) June 30, 2015
They TELL ME that I should stop forging Stephenie Meyer's signature. Maybe one day, world. Maybe one day.
— Sarah Rees Brennan (@sarahreesbrenna) June 29, 2015
Driver: You're a writer? You're one of those, huh? I bet you're tough to argue with, twist words–I mean, worse than most women.
— Suzanne Young (@suzanne_young) June 25, 2015
#BookNerdProblems:
My @BerkleyNAL #bookmail has me like… pic.twitter.com/FypaoKXpDF
— No BS Book Reviews (@noBSbrBlog) July 1, 2015
A quick tweet from the hellish depths of work to say: we really need more YA books with parents who are HAPPY and IN LOVE.
— danielle (@loveatfirstpage) July 1, 2015
Am so so SO over men calling romances “p0rn”. No, dear, if we want to read/watch p0rn, we do that. If we want a good book, we read romance.
— Roni Loren (@RoniLoren) July 1, 2015
Today feels like a Fun With Publisher Catalogs kind of day.
— Misandry Paige (@LegallyPaige) July 1, 2015
When someone disses your favorite book… pic.twitter.com/rQO7Cl2S0l
— this is teen (@this_is_teen) June 25, 2015
Fangirling Is For Everyone:
Laugh it up, guys. Someday Wendy Darling's going to teach everybody a lesson. ???? pic.twitter.com/VsdobnYVKx
— Wendy Darling (@MissWendyD) July 1, 2015
My dog, Max, not impressed by the 62 day long wait for QUEEN OF SHADOWS. ???? pic.twitter.com/O8DycQxamt
— #ReadThroneofGlass (@ThroneofGlassPH) July 1, 2015
Finished @misterkristoff's last book in #TheLotusWar trilogy. Brb, gonna lie down in the fetal position and try not to cry (a lot).
— Tempest-kun (@TheTempestFenix) June 29, 2015
#mcm because Oliver Wood was a Keeper. Pun intended. pic.twitter.com/AlWckplWFL
— MuggleNet.com (@MuggleNet) June 29, 2015
me: I hope you don't kill (that character) @LBardugo: I could kill anyone at any time.
— Lauren DeStefano (@LaurenDeStefano) June 28, 2015
I almost had the nerve to say that Chuck Palahniuk's last name was hard to spell, but then I reined myself back in.
— Maggie Stiefvater (@mstiefvater) June 25, 2015
My kids made me the best Legos ever. Levi and Cath. Daughter even drew glasses on Cath. @rainbowrowell #Fangirl pic.twitter.com/x7lJzx6s7M
— Shannon L Alexander (@shanlalexander) June 28, 2015
#LoveWins pic.twitter.com/JKLZr6vGlj
— Professor Snape (@_Snape_) June 26, 2015
#amwriting Or Am I?
Me to my characters, because it's VACATION: pic.twitter.com/H6v7lraDgm
— Victoria Aveyard (@VictoriaAveyard) July 1, 2015
"How far along is your WIP?" at the part where I've eaten all the regular chocolate & am now eating chocolate chips from the baking drawer
— emery lord (@emerylord) July 1, 2015
@rainbowrowell I've got some of the "clench"es and 90% of the "shift"s (as in shifting eyes, etc.)
— Veronica Roth (@VeronicaRoth) July 1, 2015
I'm supposed to be writing – what are you supposed to be doing instead of tweeting?
— Steph, Kat & Meg (@Cuddlebuggery) July 1, 2015
Seems I need constant reminding that the point of the first draft is to figure out what the story really is by writing what it shouldn't be.
— Sofie Bird (@sofie_bird) July 1, 2015
Reaching your daily word count. #amwriting pic.twitter.com/4nVK22DVqK
— Kirsten Thompson (@katannthompson) June 30, 2015
*looks up* *has been writing since 8am* *has only written half a chapter* *but it's a good half a chapter*
— Samantha Shannon (@say_shannon) June 29, 2015
Would it be wrong to just laze around and read manga? Asking for a friend. (#amwriting)
— laini taylor (@lainitaylor) June 29, 2015
Discussions in the Community:
#UseSocialMediaforGood is trending in the U.S., and you know what, that's freaking amazing right there. pic.twitter.com/skce2oRUS5
— JLArmentrout (@JLArmentrout) July 2, 2015
If teenagers aren't safe speaking their mind about YA without "adult" authors jumping all over them on social media why even call it YA?
— Jeanne (@fangirlJeanne) July 2, 2015
I could found a successful social media management company oriented around the following phrase: "No, don't tweet that. Text me instead."
— Margaret H. Willison (@MrsFridayNext) July 1, 2015
Blogger friends: My stats are not a secret, nor is where/how I get ARCs. If you ever want to compare notes, just ask.
— Emma (@miss_print) July 1, 2015
Write you know is a load of BS. How many hobbits did Tolkien know? Research, talk to people, learn. Know what you write. @IWGregorio #ALA15
— Sona Charaipotra (@sona_c) June 28, 2015
Our right to read & to speak are privileges often taken for granted until they're taken away. @LMillerLachmann #diverseauthorsneedus #ALA15
— WeNeedDiverseBooks (@diversebooks) June 28, 2015
I love how dated my book just became. #LoveWins
— Adam Silvera (@AdamSilvera) June 26, 2015
TweetPic Of The Week:
Harry Pugger pic.twitter.com/HtwNPGXYmq
— Emergency Pugs (@EmergencyPugs) June 25, 2015
Tweet Of The Week:
When we don't have the strength ourselves, books take us to a world with a different type of strength–unwavering and desperately needed.
— Lauren DeStefano (@LaurenDeStefano) July 1, 2015
Madiha @ Symphony of Words
Twitter: symphofwords
Hahaha, that bit about Wendy drowning and getting revenge later…gotta love that. This is so much fun! JLA <3
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Kate Copeseeley
glad you liked it! 🙂
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Carina Olsen
Twitter: CarinaOlsen
I love it when you guys share tweets. They are awesome 😀 Thank you for sharing. <3 Lots of love.
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Kate Copeseeley
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed!
Holly J
Twitter: skizzles22
oh God that Lauren DeStefano tweet with Leigh Bardugo’s response of “I can kill anyone at any time” is giving me anxiety. SHE BETTER NOT BE TALKING ABOUT SIX OF CROWS #2. GAH. Also love the tweet pic and tweet of the week. Harry Pugger <3 also, Lauren's always on point.
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