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Joshua Lavatai

@Talavia

Transplanted Beach Bum, Writer, Translator, Dungeon Master, and Coffee Addict. #amwriting #amquerying

 Washington
Joined September 2009
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Now we definitely need to finish, @Talavia
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Please, take a moment to tell the people you care about you love them. You never know if it may be your last chance. These recent weeks have robbed us of good people. I have so few spoons. Just… waste no chances to love.
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RW&RB X SABRINA X T.SWIFT'S REPUTATION 🧑🧑🏽 chaotic bi-boys 🌳 magic tree they're sworn to protect 🗡 murderous town leaders 💋 slow burn & sex positive ❤️ romeo/romeo forbidden love 🔍scooby-doo sleuthing It's gonna be a hell of a senior year. #LGBTQIA #YA #lovepit
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RW&RB X SABRINA X REPUTATION 🧑🧑🏽 chaotic bi-boys rivals to lovers 🌳 magic tree they're sworn to protect 🗡 murderous town leaders 📰 treacherous lies 🫖 escaping the status quo 🔍scooby-doo sleuthing It's gonna be a hell of a senior year. #WMPitch #YA #LGBTQIA
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A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES / THE DIVINERS Kit arrives in New Orleans just as a brutal series of murders tears the city apart. She enlists the help of apprentice witch Felicite and her ghost sidekick to solve the grisly crimes and save the French Quarter. #MoodPitch #YA #F #P
Moodboard of black woman with head scarf, lit candles, shadowy figures in fog, blue ball of light, antique photographs, blood spatter on pavement, medical diagrams, golden champagne flutes, sheer red curtain over woman's face, blonde flapper leaning on right arm. At the bottom, four colors are shown in shades of maroon, black, gold, and blue.

ALT Moodboard of black woman with head scarf, lit candles, shadowy figures in fog, blue ball of light, antique photographs, blood spatter on pavement, medical diagrams, golden champagne flutes, sheer red curtain over woman's face, blonde flapper leaning on right arm. At the bottom, four colors are shown in shades of maroon, black, gold, and blue.

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WHEN YOU TRAP A🐯 X A BABYSITTER'S GUIDE TO👹HUNTING Anansi’s tales were stolen by Kuraj’s grandpa. Now Kuraj faces the consequences. With the trickster after revenge, Kuraj must find the missing stories b4 he & his siblings are trapped in Anansi’s web.#MoodPitch #MG #UF #BVM #F
Two Black boys cornered by Anansi, a spider creature, and a man with a white python in his hands. An older lady is in front of them saying "You think you've won. You think you're free. But watch out boy. There's more of me."

ALT Two Black boys cornered by Anansi, a spider creature, and a man with a white python in his hands. An older lady is in front of them saying "You think you've won. You think you're free. But watch out boy. There's more of me."

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KNIVES OUT X CAOS X REPUTATION 🧑🧑🏽 chaotic bi-boys rivals to lovers 🌳 magic giving tree they're sworn to protect 🗡 murderous leaders 📰 unearthing town lies 🫖 ending familial expectation ❤ y e a r n i n g It's gonna be a hell of a senior year. #MoodPitch #YA #LGBTQIA #BIPOC
Image from Dezirae Bates (contemporary gays in edits) (@deziraelyn)
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There is something rather sinister in the local supermarket selling not one but TWO Bambi themed mothers' day cards. I mean, have they actually watched that film?
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Hitting up my good ol' list of agents to query like, "Hello! It is I, once again! May I interest you in a DIFFERENT chaotic bisexual this time? This one has magical bird friends and 10x the anxiety??"
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kate@katehwriting19 Mar 2022
there is no better feeling than rereading your own wip like damn this is so good who wrote this
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The fact that twitter is currently flooded with tweets about how sad it is that an ableist book isn't being published, how disabled books don't sell... and here I am, a disabled debut author trying to promote her book that comes out on Tuesday... how am I supposed to do this?
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KNIVES OUT X CAOS X REPUTATION 🧑🧑🏽 chaotic bi-boys rivals to lovers 🌳 magic giving tree they're sworn to protect 🗡 murderous leaders 📰 unearthing town lies 🫖 ending familial expectation ❤ y e a r n i n g It's gonna be a hell of a senior year. #SFFpit #YA #LGBTQIA #BIPOC
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🌟 TWO QUERY + 1ST CHAPTER CRITIQUE GIVEAWAYS 🌟 With today's PW news, I want to help more talented writers as they plan their query journey.💙 RT & follow to enter! TWO winners will be randomly chosen on Feb. 22. 🌟 #writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting
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✨ nova ✨@novatjerneld8 Feb 2022
IMPORTANT booktwt right now the US government is trying to pass the EARN IT act. a bill which will remove encryption and essentially ban all NSFW content on the internet, including LGBT content and content featuring BIPOC this includes art, fanfics, books and of course sex work
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dev ☁️@devyaarora28 Jan 2022
writing my first draft is just a constant back and forth of “it doesn’t have to be perfect” and “if this scene doesn’t replicate the image that i’ve pictured in my head right now i will die”
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#APIpit@_APIpit25 Jan 2022
Hello, hello! Can you believe it? A few more months and #APIPit will be around the corner once more! Mark your calendars! 🗓️✒️ We'd appreciate a retweet to spread the word! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #AmAgenting (Thanks, as always, to @JesnCin for this pic!)
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How do you reward finishing the reworked book synopsis? Make a tiktok, of course: vm.tiktok.com/TTPdr97hrV/ #amquerying #writingcommunity @Talavia
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🗣️🗣️🗣️ IN 2022, WE ARE GETTING AN AGENT!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ speaking it into existence ✨ @Talavia
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Ed Helms
@edhelms2 Feb 2021
Americans owe $1.6 TRILLION in student debt. INSANE! @RepresentUs and I made a short film about how our corrupt political system got us here, and how we can FIX IT with the #ForThePeopleAct. Grab some popcorn, sit back and enjoy. Then let’s get to work 👍

Unbreaking America: Drowning in Student Debt

Ed Helms and RepresentUs are exposing the corruption at the root of the student debt crisis, and our once-in-a-generation chance to fix it.

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