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📚 You’ve saved the posts… now save your spot! 💜 Join us for bookstores, authors & bookish fun in West Chester, PA, Nov. 20–22! ⏰ Registration closes Nov. 1. Local & overnight passes available! www.eventbrite.com/e/ffa-bookis... #BookishRetreat

✨ Motivational Monday ✨ Someone else’s success doesn’t mean you’re falling behind. Your journey. Your timeline. Your progress. 💜 Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not where someone else is today. #MondayMotivation #PersonalGrowth

Jim Gaffigan had me laughing about parenting teens this weekend. 😂 But it got me thinking: A REAL break isn’t just a day with nothing to do. It’s a day with no guilt about doing nothing. When was your last guilt-free day off? 💜 #SelfCare #Parenting

www.mychesco.com/a/news/busin... 📰📚 Sharing Saturday news! Our Future Famous Authors Bookish Retreat is making headlines! Thank you, MyChesCo, for featuring our November 20–22 weekend in West Chester, PA! Books, authors, independent bookstores,&meaningful connections❤️Registration closes November 1!

✨ Today’s sparkle comes from County Lines Magazine! 📚💜 Our Future Famous Authors Bookish Retreat is in their events calendar! 📍 West Chester, PA | Nov. 20–22 ⏰ Register by Nov. 1! countylinesmagazine.com/event/future... #SparkleFriday #BookishRetreat

Men who read, consider yourselves challenged! 😎📚 Who says bookish weekends are just for women? Join us Nov. 20–22 in West Chester, PA, for bookstores, authors & fellow book lovers. Registration closes Nov. 1! #MenWhoRead #BookishRetreat

📚 It’s Writers’ Tip Wednesday! Finished your first draft? Celebrate! But your book isn’t ready to publish just yet. Revision is more than fixing sentences. There are different types of editing, and each matters. Writers, which stage of revision is hardest for you? #WritingTips #WritingCommunity

It’s Twist of the Day Tuesday! 🏡📚 Your character inherits a beautiful house from a complete stranger. There’s just one unusual condition attached to the inheritance. What’s the condition? Writers, readers, and imaginative people—I’d love to hear your twists! #WritingPrompt #CreativeWriting

Said goodbye to Alexa after Parents Weekend at UNH. ❤️ Then came home to an audiobook, a puzzle, and a cozy fire. 🎧🧩🔥 A quiet Sunday evening was exactly what I needed. How do you unwind after a busy weekend? #SelfCareSunday #BookSky

Good news, book lovers! 📚✨ Another room opened up at the Book House Hotel for our FFA Bookish Retreat! TWO rooms are still available for Nov 20–22 in West Chester, PA. Come for the books. Stay for the friendships. ❤️ Register by Nov 1! #BookSky #FFABookishRetreat

Cold October rain in New England? 🌧️ Still wearing my sparkly shirt and sneakers because it’s Sparkle Friday! ✨ Heading to NH for Parents Weekend with my daughter, which is reason enough to shine. What’s making your Friday brighter? #SparkleFriday #FindYourSparkle

Another bookstore milestone! 🥹📚 Book Love in Plymouth, Massachusetts, is bringing in my novel, The Immigrant’s Wife! Every new indie bookstore gives a story another chance to find its readers. ❤️ #BookSky #IndieBookstores #TheImmigrantsWife

WRITERS: Your most powerful character might not be in the scene. 👀✍️ Who isn’t in the room—and how does their absence change everyone’s behavior? Sometimes that’s where the tension lives. #WritersTipWednesday #WritingCraft #AmWriting

Someone went on a book crawl at Booktenders and came home with a signed copy of The Immigrant’s Wife! 🥹📚 Then she sent me photos. These are the moments that make an author’s day. ❤️ #BookSky #IndieBookstores #TheImmigrantsWife

TWIST OF THE DAY TUESDAY ✍️ What’s the one rule your character would NEVER break? Now make them break it. What would have to happen in your story to push them that far? 👀 #TwistTuesday #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

A little Monday encouragement. ✨ You don’t have to start the week at full speed to make it a good one. Whether today is a holiday, a workday, or a pajama day, your pace is your own. ❤️ How’s your Monday going? #MotivationalMonday #MondayMotivation #ProgressNotPerfection

My indie novel, The Immigrant’s Wife, has another state on the map: CALIFORNIA! 📚🗺️ I’m on a mission to see if my book can reach all 50 states. Have a copy? Post a photo, tell me where you’re reading, and tag me! ❤️ #BookSky #IndieAuthors #HistoricalFiction

SHARING SATURDAY! 📚❤️ Stephanie included The Immigrant’s Wife in her Yes/No/Maybe book video—and it made the YES list! 🥹 Thank you, Stephanie, for sharing your recommendations and helping readers discover new books. What’s your latest YES read? 🎥 Stephanie #BookSky #SharingSaturday #IndieAuthor

A little author celebration! 🥹📚 The Immigrant’s Wife has reached 209 ratings and 81 reviews on Amazon! Next milestones: 100 reviews and 500 ratings. 🎯 So grateful for every reader who’s helped this story find its audience. ❤️ #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistoricalFiction

Sparkle Friday looks a little different today. ❤️ Mom’s in the hospital, so I’m heading in to be with her. Not the Friday I planned, but apparently I still managed to wear sparkly pants. ✨ Sending love to anyone having a difficult day. #SparkleFriday #FamilyFirst

ONE room left at the Book House Hotel! 👀📚❤️ Our FFA Bookish Retreat is coming together! Nov. 20–22 • West Chester, PA Hotel Indigo in town still has rooms available, too. Who’s ready for a bookish getaway? #FutureFamousAuthors #FFABookishRetreat #BookLovers

Reader question! 📚🤔 You discover a book on TikTok, but there’s no buy button. A. Leave and buy it elsewhere B. Save it for later C. Move on I’m researching whether TikTok Shop is worth it for authors. What would YOU do? #BookSky #BookLovers #IndieAuthors

Readers, genuine question! 👀📚 If you discovered a book on TikTok, would you buy it there or head to your usual bookseller? I’m considering TikTok Shop for my novel, but would it actually change anything? What would YOU do? #BookSky #BookLovers #IndieAuthors

PUT DOWN THE KEYBOARD. 👀✍️ If a scene needs to slow down, try writing it by hand. Handwriting slows you physically, giving your brain more time to notice the details and reactions that help a scene breathe. Would you try it? #WritersTipWednesday #WritingTips #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity

Look where people are traveling from for the FFA Bookish Retreat! 🥹📚❤️ Different towns. Different states. Different starting points—all coming together in West Chester for one bookish weekend. Where would YOU be traveling from? 👀📚 #FutureFamousAuthors #FFABookishRetreat #BookLovers #BookCommunity

You’ve been watching her for weeks. Apparently, she’s been watching YOU too. 👀☕️ Writers, what’s REALLY going on? Give me your next line—or your best explanation for why these two women think the other is following her. 👇✍️ #TwistTuesday #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity

Book Club TONIGHT! 📚❤️ We’re talking When Evelyn Sleeps by Laura Spivak at 7:30 PM ET. Finished it? Come talk. Still reading? Come anyway. Haven’t started? You’re welcome too! LIVE on TikTok @jbharrisbooks ❤️ #books #readers #bookclubs

Less “I should.” More “I want to.” ❤️ Not every no needs an explanation. Not every yes needs permission. Make room for your own yes. What do YOU want to say yes to this week? #motivation #

What if the bookish weekend you need is already planned? 📚❤️ Books, indie bookstores, featured authors, good food, bookish fun & new friends. FFA Bookish Retreat Nov. 20–22 • West Chester, PA Come solo or bring a friend. Comment RETREAT for details. #FFABookishRetreat

I desperately want Sylvie Facon to make me a book-inspired gown. 😍📚 I even know what I’d want. Tiny problem: WHERE WOULD I WEAR IT?! 😂 Give an author an excuse to own an outrageously gorgeous book dress. ✨ Gowns/images via Sylvie Facon’s official website. #BookishFashion

Sharing Saturday 📚❤️ When Evelyn Sleeps by Laura Spivak. 2 lives. 2 timelines. Which life is the dream? 👀 It’s our current Future Famous Authors pick, & we’re talking about it LIVE Monday at 7:30 PM ET on TikTok @jbharrisbooks. Come join us! #FutureFamousAuthors #WhenEvelynSleeps #BookClub

Another bookish creator made an entire post about our retreat simply because she wanted to help spread the word. 🥹📚❤️ Thank you, @bohdisage! Would YOU go on a bookish retreat? 📚 Nov. 20–22 📍 West Chester, PA Comment RETREAT for details! #FutureFamousAuthors #FFABookishRetreat

1 of my favorite parts of being an author.🥹📚 Tuesday I spent the night in Boston with the @girlfriendsboston talking about The Immigrant’s Wife. There’s something surreal & wonderful about hearing readers discuss characters who once existed only inside your head.❤️ #TheImmigrantsWife #BookClub

Writers: an exciting opportunity is not a reason to stop asking questions.🚩📚 Before you send money, sign anything, or hand over your manuscript, investigate the person & company behind the offer. What publishing scam or sketchy offer should other writers know about? #WritingCommunity #Publishing

TWIST TUESDAY ✍️👀 Your character is filling out routine medical paperwork when the receptionist says: “That’s strange. According to our records, you died three years ago.” What happened? #TwistTuesday #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity

Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want. ❤️ You don’t have to get there today. Just do one thing that moves you closer. What’s yours? #MotivationalMonday #MondayMotivation

They promised us a nor’easter. So far: rain, coffee, blanket, journal and absolutely no desire to leave my window seat. ☕🌧️❤️ Sometimes you don’t have to make the most of the day. Sometimes you can just enjoy it. #SelfCareSunday #SundayVibes

Writers, I have a proposal: We ALL put one tiny Dolly Parton allusion in our next book. No explanation. No coordination. Just Dolly quietly appearing across completely unrelated novels everywhere. 😂📚❤️ Who’s in? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #DollyParton

My new shirt says, “I’ve been reading since the 1900s.” Technically accurate. Also an unnecessarily aggressive way to remind me of my age. 😂📚 So now I need to know: what decade did YOU start reading? #BookSky #BookLovers

My Sparkle Friday word: ANTICIPATION. ✨ I’m waiting to dive into an R&R—and waiting for more readers to discover our FFA Bookish Retreat in West Chester, PA this November. I’m excited. Hopeful. Impatient. 😂📚 Next registration gets a free bookish T-shirt! 👀 #FFABookishRetreat #BookLovers

Think About It Thursday 📚🤔 If someone planned an entire weekend JUST for book lovers, what would HAVE to be included? Bookstores? Reading time? Authors? Games? Swag? Coffee? Wine? 👀 I’m asking for reasons…our FFA Bookish Retreat is coming this November. 😂📚 #FutureFamousAuthors #FFABookishRetreat

33 photos for 31 years. ❤️ My best friend. My protector. My partner. My lover. My confidant. We’ve built a whole life together—and after 31 years, you’re still my person. Happy anniversary to us. ❤️🥂 #31YearsTogether #StillChoosingYou

Writer’s Tip Wednesday ✍️ Want to check your sentence rhythm? Count the words in each sentence of one paragraph. 17, 16, 18, 12, 20, 16 🚩 3, 22, 15, 36, 7, 10, 28 👀 It’s not about “perfect” numbers—it’s about variation. Try yours. What numbers did you get? #WritingTips #AmWriting

TWIST OF THE DAY TUESDAY 👀✍️ Your character remembers something from childhood. The memory hasn’t changed—but now they finally understand what was REALLY happening. What did they misunderstand then? And what does that realization change now? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity