This week YA Author Anna Gracia took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Anna Gracia is the author of Boys I Know (See YEM’s write up of Anna Gracia here.) See highlights from the takeover below.
Helloooooooo it's @GrahSeeYa , author of the YA coming-of-age novel BOYS I KNOW, taking over YE's Twitter for the next couple hours. AMA! pic.twitter.com/izNLSHEGVU
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 5, 2023
wait that was my bad STAY ON BRAND ANNA pic.twitter.com/taRbjM44sv
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 5, 2023
I got my start like everyone else: one day I thought, hmm could I write a book? turns out the answer is yes!
I had 2 separate careers before becoming an author. it's never too late to start! #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/LYqZapAPDi
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 5, 2023
"is this your first book?" Yeppp!! not just the first published, but the first written. I am an annoying overachiever (*points to self* HELLO ASIAN) so it never really occurred to me that it wouldn't eventually happen.
Keep a winning mindset! #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/qjHfLXYI9p
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 5, 2023
Not to put 2 women against each other but the style of #NeverHaveIEver vs Lady Bird are so different and I think BOYS I KNOW has a bit of both: the banal and the ridiculous #YAauthorTakeover
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 5, 2023
"do you have a playlist for your book" I am not nearly organized enough to do something like **create a playlist** but I can tell you that June Chu, 18yo violinist + sister-proclaimed nerd, star of BOYS I KNOW, loves Metallica 🤘 (as everyone should)#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/T3ZRB3VQal
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
"what's the most unexpected part of being an author" literally everything.
I know movies + tv are not reliable sources of info but I reeeeeally did not know what I was getting into when I signed my first contract (hence, get an agent)#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/G4rJxAD1y1
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
"other than books what do you like"
I adore movies. I was a movie blogger before turning to books, but there are only so many bros you can listen to weigh in on the quality of visual effects
(raccoon holding BOYS I KNOW? 10/10)#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/K7MmJVVDlk— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
How can you support the strike?
1. Refuse to sign any new contracts with @HarperCollins until the strike is settled
2. Don't be a scab
3. Buy a book ( maybe BOYS I KNOW 👉👈) from bookshop that gives funds to the union#YAauthorTakeover https://t.co/CzR6XBIybe
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
back to our regularly scheduled programming?
author-related travel is cool but rare
free books = best perk
no career is linear
just keep writing#YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/MW1yZBLkcC— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
"do you draft in Google Docs?"
no because I'm not a SERIAL KILLERin all seriousness I pledge allegiance to Scrivener and every time I have to transition into Word I weep a little #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/OUffX4l0T9
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
welp, my time is up so before they change the password on me…
find me @GrahSeeYa so we can chat more! find my book at most bookstores + online! support the @hcpunion ! and most importantly, create the art you want to see in the world! #YAauthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/ddwsyXkngd
— anna gracia wrote BOYS I KNOW (@YoungEntmag) January 6, 2023
