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Author of WE KILL THE FLAME (2025 @HarperCollins / @QuillTreeBooks ) l Content Creator I Screenwriter I rep’d by @Natalie_Lakosil

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Tamara Cole

5 months

My dream came true! ✨I'M GOING TO BE PUBLISHED!✨ You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage, and debutante balls! My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins !

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Tamara Cole

4 years

For years, I’ve dreamed of this moment. Thrilled to announce, I’m repped by the incredible @Natalie_Lakosil ! Excited to #AmplifyBlackVoices with my #DVPit rap novel about: An African rapper👩🏾🇸🇱 Afro-Latinx MC 🧑🏾‍🦱🇩🇴 Body Positivity💁🏾‍♀️ Fake Dating👩‍❤️‍👨 & Black Pride✊🏾 Don’t Give Up!

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THE POET X meets RHYTHM+FLOW For 17y/o Diamond, a rap competition is the only way out of her projects in Queens & to raise money to treat her newborn daughter’s heart condition. But winning’s only half the battle, when she falls for her main competitor #DVPit #YA #OWN

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An overnight success is ten years in the making… and it’s finally my time to say ✨Vague Publishing Tweet✨

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Tamara Cole

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✨My Book Deal is Publisher’s Marketplace Official✨ WE KILL THE FLAME is WE WERE LIARS meets EUPHORIA, written in the vein of Gillian Flynn for Gen Z! Perfect for fans of: •Dark Academia •Sapphic Cheerleaders •True Crime Debuting in 2025 from @HarperCollins @QuillTreeBooks

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✨I’m SO EXCITED to announce my mentee for #PitchWars is @Tyler_Alecia ✨ @Aaron_Cole & I fell in love with her YA Fantasy BALLAD OF THE GODS’ BLESSED! An Aeneid retelling with a Black Daenerys Targaryen lead, steeped in rich African-American folklore. Welcome to #TeamSkywalker !

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Pitch Wars

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Congratulations to the #PitchWars Class of 2021 #YoungAdult mentees!

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Yay! The news is out! So THRILLED to announce I’ll be mentoring YA in #PitchWars with my bestie @Aaron_Cole ! This is our first year and we’re so excited to have our future mentee join us on #TeamSkywalker !!!!!!

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And the 2021 #pitchwars mentor list is live! You can find all the mentors and committee members on twitter here:

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Wanderlust Adventures and Fashion: (A Thread 🧵 🪡) ☀️Festival Season☀️ #Coachella

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Black SADIE+ONE OF US IS LYING Lavender’s twin sister was murdered. Retracing her steps, Lavender takes her twin’s ‘prima’ ballerina spot at their dance academy. But, when more dancers turn up dead, Lavender has to find the killer or risk being the next victim #DVPit #YA #T #OWN

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✨SO PROUD to announce I’ll be a YA Mentor for #AuthorMentorMatch Round 9 with @Aaron_Cole !✨ This is a full circle moment for me. I was an #AuthorMentorMatch mentee & it changed my life as a writer. Thrilled to now be an #AMM mentor & elevate my future mentee’s voice and story!

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Author Mentor Match

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Nothing to see here. Nothing at all. 👀

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✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is excited to be doing another free query critique! The rules are simple to enter: ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/12!

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✨I’m THRILLED to announce my mentee for #AuthorMentorMatch is @rs_traylor !✨ Raven’s book, WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO is clever, timely, and moving. Think MORE HAPPY THAN NOT meets BACK TO THE FUTURE, but with a Black lead. @Aaron_Cole and I are so excited to get started! #AMMR9

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Thank you for your patience! We are pleased to announce the #AuthorMentorMatch Round 9 mentee selections: Congrats to all who were chosen!

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✨Hello, #PitchWars !✨ So thankful to all who submitted to #TeamSkywalker ! We are so excited to dive into your amazing submissions. @Aaron_Cole and I will be doing #PWTeasers , so please stay tuned for updates! We can't wait to find our mentee🥺

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So, I may have just moved a few subs into the request pile. 👀 #PWTeasers

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🖤 Final look from #Coachella 🖤

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THE POET X meets RHYTHM+FLOW For 17y/o Diamond, a rap competition is the only way out of her projects in Queens & to raise money to treat her newborn daughter’s heart condition. But winning’s only half the battle, when she falls for her main competitor #DVPit #YA #OWN

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✨Pitch Wars Update✨ #TeamSkywalker has officially sent out our first #PitchWars requests! Don’t forget to check your spam folder. Also, please don’t be discouraged, @Aaron_Cole and I will be sending more requests throughout the month. #PWTeasers

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✨ #PitchWars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is doing our final query critique giveaway before the submission window opens! The rules are simple to enter: ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet ✨ Reply with the genre you write in Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/24!

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Tamara Cole

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✨WE KILL THE FLAME is now available to add on Goodreads✨ Link: WE KILL THE FLAME is if Bring It On’s Clovers were the stars of a small town murder mystery. Perfect for fans of: 🔥Dark Academia 🔥LGBTQ+ Rep 🔥BIPOC Rep 🔥Love Triangles 🔥Debutante Balls

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Tamara Cole

5 months

My dream came true! ✨I'M GOING TO BE PUBLISHED!✨ You are cordially invited to a twisty thriller set in a wealthy Black boarding school, featuring sapphic cheerleaders, female rage, and debutante balls! My debut novel, WE KILL THE FLAME, is coming in 2025 from @HarperCollins !

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✨I’m so excited to be mentoring in #AuthorMentorMatch with @Aaron_Cole this year!✨ Please check out our MSWL for everything we’d love to see in our inbox! We can’t wait to read your stories and find the perfect mentee to join us in #AMM ! Wishlist Link:

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THEY'RE HERE! Browse the #R9AMM Mentor Wish Lists and start building your sub list! You can submit to up to 4 mentors when the window opens January 12-14 2022. #AuthorMentorMatch

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First thing, the quality in the subs we received this year are excellent! I can see every writer’s book doing great things and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for everyone! #PWTeasers

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✨Hi #PitchWars community!✨ So grateful for all of the amazing submissions #TeamSkywalker received!! Excited to dive in and read all of your wonderful stories! Get ready for #PWTeasers ! May the force be with me.

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✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is doing another fun & free query critique giveaway! The rules are simple to enter: ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/19!

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✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is excited to be mentoring for #PitchWars ! To celebrate @Aaron_Cole & I will give a free query critique each week until sub. window opens! Rules: ✨Follow me & @Aaron_Cole ✨RT this post 1st giveaway ends Sep. 3rd @ 11:59PM PST.

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Yay!!! Sooo incredibly excited to announce that the submission window for 2021’s @PitchWars is now open!Honored to be a YA/NA co-mentor this year with @Aaron_Cole ! ✨ #TeamSkywalker can’t wait to meet our future mentee!✨ #PitchWars #WritingCommunity

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surreal. 😭♥️

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Announcing new deals for @TamaraCole , @tesia_tee , @mike_daws + more

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✨Hi #WritingCommunity it’s the last day to submit to #PitchWars !✨ This is @Aaron_Cole and I’s first year as YA co-Mentors! We’re so excited to read all of your submissions and find the perfect mentee to join us on #TeamSkywalker ! Our wishlist is here:

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✨ #TeamSkywalker is SO grateful for all the amazing #PitchWars submissions we received!✨ There was so much talent & beautiful stories, it was hard to pick only one. Please don’t give up. No matter what happens. Because @Aaron_Cole & I can’t wait to see your stories on shelves!

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Hey all! The #pitchwars 2021 mentee list will go live on the blog tonight at 12:01AM Eastern. We will also tweet the link.

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✨So excited for everyone subbing to #PitchWars ✨ If you haven’t decided on your mentor picks, @Aaron_Cole and I invite you to check out #TeamSkywalker ! We are mentoring YA/NA in all genres and would love to have you on our team! ✨Our wishlist is here✨

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✨Hi #WritingCommunity ! ✨ The submission window for #AuthorMentorMatch opens today. @Aaron_Cole and I are so excited to read all of your submissions. Please check out our #MSWL for everything we’d love to see in our #AMM inbox! Wishlist Link:

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Mentors Aaron Cole & Tamara Cole

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Hey #AMMFam - submissions for R9 are officially OPEN! We are so excited to read your words ♥️

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✨ICYMI #WritingCommunity ✨ #PitchWars submission window opens on 9/26! #TeamSkywalker ’s giving away a free Query Critique for #PitchWars ! Rules listed below to enter! Rules: ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet ✨ Reply with the genre you write in Open to all!

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Tamara Cole

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✨ #PitchWars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is doing our final query critique giveaway before the submission window opens! The rules are simple to enter: ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet ✨ Reply with the genre you write in Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/24!

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🎡Second look from #Coachella 🎡

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3 years

✨It’s Day 3 of #PitchWars !✨ My mentee’s Aenid reimagining stars Dido, a fearless Black Queen, who wages a war against her brother when he kills her lover. It features power-hungry girls who will burn down kingdoms to avenge the ones they’ve lost.

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✨Team Skywalker’s #PitchWars Wishlist is LIVE!✨ We’re OPEN to ALL YA and NA genres! @Aaron_Cole and I can’t wait to read your words and fall in love with your stories! SO excited to welcome our future mentee to #TeamSkywalker ! ✨Wishlist Linked Below✨

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Pitch Wars

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🎉 The 2021 #PitchWars Mentor Wishlist Blog hop is officially live! 🎉 View wishlists here: Join social programs here: The sub window opens at midnight ET Sept 26 & closes 10pm ET Sept 30.

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🌴 My #Coachella Day 1 Look 🌴

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Dueling Kingdoms? Yes, please!! #PWTeasers

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4 years

JORDAN PEELE+ONE OF US IS LYING Lavender’s twin sister was murdered. Retracing her steps, Lavender takes her twin’s ‘prima’ ballerina spot at their dance academy. But, when more dancers turn up dead, Lavender has to find the killer or risk being the next victim #DVPit #YA #T

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Tamara Cole

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✨ICYMI✨ Our amazing mentee @Tyler_Alecia ’s Entry ( #13 ): BALLAD OF THE GODS’ BLESSED is LIVE on #PitchWars ! This Aeneid reimagining is steeped in African-American folklore and is THE GILDED ONES meets DAENERYS TARGARYEN, if she was a Black Queen. Link:

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The hysteria in this one has me shook! #PWTeasers

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Grateful for all of the special memories I’ve made and amazing people I’ve met during #PitchWars ! As a first year Mentor, this experience was beyond a dream come true! Thank you again to @brendadrake and @kellyekell and the incredible #PitchWars family!✨

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Pitch Wars

3 years

After ten amazing years of building mentorships and an online community of writers, #PitchWars and #PitMad are coming to an end. As an entirely volunteer-run event, we are truly overjoyed and grateful for the opportunity to assist so many writers on their journeys. 1/3

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Powerful. Black. Queendom. 👑 Love Tyler’s book so much🥺🥺

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Tyler

3 years

Day 3 of the #Pitchwars showcase & it’s also #BHM !! My Afrofantasy has: 👑 Deadly brother-sister war 👑 Power-hungry, vengeful queen 👑Gods playing dress up as mortals 👑Girl gang ala ATLAs Azula, Mai, & Ty Lee 👑 Afro-American folklore My entry is #13 !

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Tamara Cole

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✨So excited that #TeamSkywalker ’s interview for #PitchWars is LIVE!✨ @Aaron_Cole and I are sooo insanely proud of all of the hard work @tyler_alecia has put into her stunning novel, BALLAD OF THE GODS’ BLESSED! Agents get ready!

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Tyler

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My ⁦ @PitchWars ⁩ interview is live!!! The past few months working with ⁦ @Aaron_Cole ⁩ and ⁦ @TamaraCole ⁩ have been the best! Check out the interview to learn more about #Teamskywalker and our time in #Pitchwars

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Y’all really said STAKES. I’m impressed! #PWTeasers

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Tamara Cole

3 years

#WritingCommunity please go checkout my amazing co-Author/Brother @Aaron_Cole and his amazing interview with the incredible @MayaAmeyaw ! They discuss everything #PitchWars and all things books! ✨🙌🏾✨

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Maya Ameyaw 🍉

3 years

#PitchWars is officially underway! Last week I got a chance to chat with PW mentor @Aaron_Cole about his mentee to mentor journey and what it's like to co-mentor and co-write with his sister @TamaraCole , check it out here:

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✨Happy Crying✨ for our talented SUPERSTAR mentee, @tyler_alecia ! Tyler has worked SO hard and went above and beyond for her revisions! She is a true force, with an irresistible prose that will have readers hooked! Her #PitchWars YA Entry is #13 !BALLAD OF THE GODS’ BLESSED!✨

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Tyler

3 years

The #pitchwars showcase is live!!!! I’m so thankful for my incredible mentors @Aaron_Cole @TamaraCole and to all my fellow mentees!!! Here’s the link to entry #13 ✨✨

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3 years

A Star Wars comp!! Need to see more. #PWTeasers

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Tamara Cole

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✨So excited for the world to read @tyler_alecia ’s amazing Aeneid reimagining! Her Fierce Queen is #BlackGirlMagic ! It’s been such a privilege to mentor her and her stunning novel during #PitchWars !✨

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Tyler

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Happy #pwparty21 ✨I’m Tyler & my #pitchwars MS is a YA fantasy reimagining of the Aeneid inspired by Afro American folklore. A magical princess must wage war on her brother after he 🔪 her lover & fight off the colonizers who invaded the kingdom she built in her lover’s honor✨

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✨I’m a @HarperCollins author✨ Thank you to my fabulous editor @CapChapReads for loving this novel and seeing my vision and how important this story was for me to tell! Endless thanks to my amazing agent @Natalie_Lakosil ! Your belief in me & my career has been life changing!

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✨ #PitchWars Critique Winner✨ So excited to announce the winner of #TeamSkyWalker ’s Pitch Wars Query Critique: @MichaelJWriting !Congratulations! Please DM @Aaron_Cole and I for details!

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Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ #PitchWars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is doing our final query critique giveaway before the submission window opens! The rules are simple to enter: ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet ✨ Reply with the genre you write in Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/24!

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✨Hi #PitchWars !✨ I’ll be on here throughout the day to answer your #AskMentor questions! This year, I’m co-mentoring with @Aaron_Cole in all YA/NA genres. #TeamSkywalker can’t wait to read your stories! ✨Our wishlist is below✨

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These comps! 🔥 This pitch! 🔥 Slay! 🔥

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Aaron Olátunjie Cole

5 months

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, Félix must fight to stop it, before it destroys both dimensions #Pitlight #MG

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Yasss! Congratulations India!! So excited for Dillie and Darren’s story!🎉

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India Hill Brown | Author Updates

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3 years

I am beyond excited to share my first YA Romance with you!! RHYTHM & MUSE. I cannot wait for you to meet Darren and Dillie! It was my goal for a Black boy to be the front and center of his own love story, with both the girl of his dream and his art. I can’t wait to share more!!🙌🏽

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2 years

✨South L.A. vs the apocalypse?! I’m in!✨ Y’all, Aaron’s writing will give you ALL THE FEELS!! It’s heart-pounding, hilarious, and I loved every second of it!!!✨

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Aaron Olátunjie Cole

2 years

My book teaser low-key blew up on TikTok. So, sharing here: It’s a queer, #StrangerThings meets #LovecraftCountry starring Black kids and is set in a South L.A. backdrop, inspired by Boyz In The Hood 🙌🏾

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Wish this was an April Fool’s Joke, but I’ve been under the weather. Grateful to be feeling better now and I can’t wait to share all the exciting updates about my book deal coming soon! Until then, you can add my debut, WE KILL THE FLAME, on @goodreads :

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We Kill The Flame

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@HarperCollins @CapChapReads @Natalie_Lakosil @QuillTreeBooks @Beyonce @Aaron_Cole @WriterSammySam Finally, I’m grateful to God and this novel for saving my life! An overnight success is ten years in the making and it’s finally my time. Do. Not. Give. Up. Slow and steady still wins the race. It’s never too late. Keep going! Dream Big! #WritingCommmunity

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I want to thank my Co-Author/ Best Friend/ Brother, @Aaron_Cole ! CYPHER would be nothing without your voice. There’s no one else I’d want to go on this journey with! 🎤 🔥

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Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ #PitchWars Critique Winner✨ So excited to announce the winner of #TeamSkyWalker ’s Pitch Wars Query Critique: @TobieCarter6190 ! Congratulations! Please DM @Aaron_Cole and I for details!

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Tamara Cole

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✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is excited to be mentoring for #PitchWars ! To celebrate @Aaron_Cole & I will give a free query critique each week until sub. window opens! Rules: ✨Follow me & @Aaron_Cole ✨RT this post 1st giveaway ends Sep. 3rd @ 11:59PM PST.

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Please find #TeamSkywalker ’s Accessible Wishlist for #PitchWars below!

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Tamara Cole

2 years

I am sooo beyond happy for my mentee @rs_traylor ! She’s an amazing author and championing her work was an experience I’ll never forget. So incredibly proud to have been on this journey with you!!!✨

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Raven ✨

2 years

Thank you to everyone who has helped me on this journey, especially my wonderful AMM mentors @TamaraCole & @Aaron_Cole , my brother @HoratioTraylor (who’s been my beta reader ever since he could read 🤣), and all my writer friends/beta readers with a special thanks to @destaciax

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My mentor profile has been posted on the #PitchWars site! Can’t wait for the fun to begin!!!! Check out my bio linked below:

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✨So excited to answer all of your #AskMentor questions for #AMMR9 with @Aaron_Cole !✨ I’ll be threading my answers down below. Can’t wait to hear from everyone applying! #AuthorMentorMatch

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Author Mentor Match

3 years

Reminder - YA mentors will be on Twitter tonight 7-8 ET browsing the #AskMentor hashtag and answering all of your burning questions about MSWLs, subs, etc. If you have any general #AMMR9 questions, you can reply to this tweet and admins will chime in too.

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

A huge shout out to the entire @AuthorMentorM team for all of their tireless work behind the scenes. #AMM uplifts so many underrepresented voices and I’m so grateful to be apart of it!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

⭐️ICYMI #WritingCommunity ⭐️ I’m so excited to be a #PitchWars 2021 co-mentor this year with my brother @Aaron_Cole ! YA wishlist coming soon, until then check out #TeamSkywalker ’s @PitchWars profiles:

@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

Yay! The news is out! So THRILLED to announce I’ll be mentoring YA in #PitchWars with my bestie @Aaron_Cole ! This is our first year and we’re so excited to have our future mentee join us on #TeamSkywalker !!!!!!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ Hi #WritingCommunity ! I’m a #PitchWars Young Adult co-mentor this year with @Aaron_Cole . I can’t wait to answer any questions y’all may have about Pitch Wars during #AskMentor ✨

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Thanks for trusting us with your query and sample pages @David_neuner ! Was a thrilling read. Good luck in #PitchWars ! 😊

@david_neuner

David Neuner

3 years

So unbelievably thankful for @Aaron_Cole and @TamaraCole for their kind words and on-point feedback on my query and opening pages for my #PitchWars sub. And thank you @PitchWars for everything you do behind the scenes! You’re all amazing!!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

5 months

So excited for this story! The book is just as incredible as this pitch!

@Aaron_Cole

Aaron Olátunjie Cole

5 months

HUNGER GAMES x COBAB x FOURTH WING Inspired by the Central African mythology of the Underworld of Kalunga A boy with dangerous blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mother’s soul, before it's sacrificed to the Gods of the Underworld #Pitlight #YA

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Tamara Cole

3 years

watch this space 🤫

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Happy Birthday to my fabulous and talented mentee!!! ✨🙌🏾✨

@tyler_alecia

Tyler

3 years

Obligatory birthday profile picture update. What a birthday it’s been 🎉

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Tamara Cole

3 years

#TeamSkywalker is so proud of you and we’re so excited to watch your career soar after #PitchWars ! 💕

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Tamara Cole

3 years

✨We’re sooo grateful for you!!!✨ These past few months mentoring in #PitchWars have been the best! We can’t wait to see how far you and your novel will go! You are magic @tyler_alecia ! 💕

@tyler_alecia

Tyler

3 years

#pwparty21 Day 7 ✨ MENTOR SHOUTOUT ✨ So thankful for my mentors @Aaron_Cole @TamaraCole who are the best cheerleaders, teachers, and friends! Their enthusiasm for my characters, vision for my story, & incredible hard work + support has made #pitchwars such a great experience

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

4 years

A huge THANK YOU to @Beth_Phelan for creating @DVpit_ and giving us marginalized creators a showcase to uplift our voices and stories. And, thank you to @AlexaDonne for connecting @IsabelleAdrid & I through @AuthorMentorM ! Couldn’t have asked for a better mentor! #DVSquad #AMM

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

4 years

Big thank you to my agency sisters, @AuthorJ_Elle & @AlechiaWrites for guiding me through this process & especially thanks to @GetNicced for everything. You 3 are #BlackGirlMagic ! And, I’m lucky I have y’all in my corner!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ #PitchWars Query Critique Winner✨ We loved seeing everyone’s gif entries! Thanks for entering. We’re so excited to announce the winner of #TeamSkyWalker ’s Pitch Wars Query Critique: @khadley11 ! Congratulations! Please DM @Aaron_Cole and I for details!

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Tamara Cole

3 years

✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is excited to be doing another free query critique! The rules are simple to enter: ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/12!

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Tamara Cole

3 years

This is amazing!!! Sooo happy for you!😭 #BlackGirlMagic

@AyanaGray

Ayana Gray (Updates)

3 years

The fact that my hometown B&N store is sold out of BEASTS OF PREY before I can even get home to visit the store 😭😭😭

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

@Augustus__Casey @Aaron_Cole Hi! Great question. We have our own deadlines to meet, but we’re dividing our time between our own work and #PitchWars ! #TeamSkywalker ’s top priority is finding our future mentee when submission window closes! #AskMentor

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Tamara Cole

2 years

🔥Boosting my mentee!🔥 Raven’s book broke my heart and put it back together! Jada is a beautiful and relatable character. Y’all will fall in love with Raven’s words and stories for years to come! ✨

@rs_traylor

Raven ✨

2 years

Reverse Back to the Future x You’ve Reached Sam When 17-year-old Jada's twin brother is killed, she creates a time machine to travel to the past to stop her parents from ever meeting. But in the past, Jada begins to question if she may have a future. #DVPit #YA #LGBTQIA

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

Happy to be a #PitchWars mentor and help with mentor workshops! ✨ #WritingCommunity

@brendadrake

Brenda Drake is on Hiatus

3 years

Want editing examples? Follow the @PitchWars Mentor Workshops all month. DAY 5 features query and 1st page critiques by @TamaraCole & @Aaron_Cole and @FalonBallard & @blynnwrites #WritingCommunity #amquerying #PitchWars

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

I like Prologues! I wouldn’t pass on a story if they had one. But they have to feel truly necessary to the story. *And I really wish there was a secret to writing the perfect prologue 😂 #AskMentor

@Kate_Stelmaszek

Kate Stelmaszek

@Kate_Stelmaszek

3 years

#AskMentor Okay, I gotta ask it...how do you feel about Prologues? I've just called mine Chapter 1 since I hear so many don't like them. Is there a secret to making a prologue successful?

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

@BrynRox A Cinderella Story! Retellings are at the top of our wishlist! #AskMentor

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

5 months

Moesha meets Lizzie McGuire and starring a young Black girl! LOVE this!! Would watch in a heartbeat! 💖

@WriterSammySam

Sam B.

@WriterSammySam

5 months

I heard we need a coming of age show starring a black girl. Would y'all watch? #WritingCommunity #bigchop #comingofage #comingsoon #writerslift

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

5 months

@HarperCollins @CapChapReads @Natalie_Lakosil WE KILL THE FLAME is if Bring It On’s Clovers were the stars of a small town murder mystery. Perfect for fans of: 🔥Dark Academia 🔥LGBTQ+ Rep 🔥BIPOC Rep 🔥Antiheroes 🔥Love Triangles 🔥Toxic Friendships 🔥Lovers to enemies 🔥Murder Mysteries 🔥Whodunits 🔥Debutante Balls

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

5 months

@HarperCollins @CapChapReads @Natalie_Lakosil @QuillTreeBooks @Beyonce @Aaron_Cole @WriterSammySam Lastly, Mom and Dad: Thank you for believing in me when I didn’t believe in myself. More than anything, thanks for always asking about my writing, and when I’ll finally release the books I’ve been dreaming. I don’t have to dream anymore! We Kill The Flame is debuting in 2025✨

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Tamara Cole

3 years

@rs_traylor @Aaron_Cole and I LOVED your story!!! Welcome to our #AMMR9 team!!!! ✨💕✨

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Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ICYMI✨ #TeamSkywalker ’s #PitchWars Query Critique Giveaway ends today! Thanks to everyone who entered so far & don’t forget to follow the rules below! Open to all! ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet

@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is excited to be doing another free query critique! The rules are simple to enter: ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/12!

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Tamara Cole

3 years

@jjexists @Aaron_Cole For fantasy we’re looking for lush worlds and a main character with stakes and a story we could root for! We’re very interested in fantasy worlds inspired by Nigeria and other African countries! #AskMentor

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

You’re so welcome! Glad #TeamSkywalker could hep! #PitchWars

@MelissaMenten

Melissa Menten

3 years

Thanks so much, @TamaraCole and @Aaron_Cole , for the amazing query and first page critique! Such helpful feedback! #PitchWars #TeamSkywalker

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

@TobieCarter6190 @Aaron_Cole Hi! We’re offering the query critique to all genres and age groups. 😊

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Tamara Cole

3 years

@Aaron_Cole

Aaron Olátunjie Cole

3 years

The news is out! I’m so excited to announce I’ll be a mentor for #PitchWars with my bff/sis @TamaraCole ! We’re looking forward to having our future mentee join us on #TeamSkywalker ! We can’t wait to read your amazing stories!

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Tamara Cole

3 years

@AlmediaRyan @Aaron_Cole Ahhh! We’re excited too!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

4 years

Happy Book Birthday @AuthorJ_Elle !Can’t wait for the world to meet Rue and read her powerful story. And, thank you for the WINGS OF EBONY swag!! Congratulations again!!! 🎉🎉🎉 #blackgirlmagic #WingsOfEbony Buy here:

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

@kiana_krystle @tyler_alecia @Aaron_Cole @PitchWars @AbbeyBrabazon They would be BFFs!!! So excited for you all! ✨

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

5 months

WE KILL THE FLAME is now available to add on @Goodreads ! More exciting updates are coming soon! Can’t wait to share! Please sign up for my newsletter for all the latest announcements! Add on Goodreads: Newsletter Sign Up Link:

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We Kill The Flame

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Three sounds fine! Comps are sooo helpful to describe what your story is about! #AskMentor

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Ahhh Pamela! You deserve all the success!! Sooo excited for you and your book! 🎉🎉🎉

@pameladelupio

Pamela Delupio

3 years

You know, sometimes dreaming is hard, writing is hard. The doubts, the rejections, the years of trying & failing. But days like these & events like #DVpit are a reminder you’re not alone. All the support today means everything to me! From the bottom of by heart, thank you ❤️

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

@PitchWars Heartbroken! KL was a powerful voice in this community and I’m grateful to have known him. Prayers to his family.❤️

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

Hi! @Aaron_Cole and I would be happy to make any and all of the necessary accommodations needed for our mentee! We want to see you succeed, and more than anything we want to help and mentor! #AskMentor

@rileyswan

riley 🇵🇸

3 years

#askmentor if you were to have an autistic (or otherwise neurodivergent) mentee do you see yourself fit to make any needed accommodations? i know i struggle with calls with new people, have a hard time understanding requests/instructions, have rejection sensitive dysphoria, etc!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

4 years

Thank you sooo much for everything & always supporting me!!! 💕😭 @isabelleadrid

@isabelleawong

Isabelle A. Wong

4 years

CONGRATULATIONS, TAMARA!!!! SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! 😍🎉❤️🙌

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

✨ #PitchWars Critique Winner✨ So excited to announce the winner of #TeamSkyWalker ’s Pitch Wars Query Critique: @LHDowdle ! Congratulations! Please DM @Aaron_Cole and I for details!

@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

✨Pitch Wars Critique Giveaway✨ #TeamSkywalker is doing another fun & free query critique giveaway! The rules are simple to enter: ✨ Reply with a gif that describes your #PitchWars book. ✨Follow @Aaron_Cole and I! ✨RT this tweet Open to all! Giveaway ends 9/19!

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

Excited to answer questions tonight on #AskMentor #PitchWars

@PitchWars

Pitch Wars

3 years

It's another YA night on #AskMentor ! Bring those #PitchWars questions

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Tamara Cole

3 years

Never. I love, love! Bring on all the romance!! #AskMentor

@belindamgrant

Belinda Grant

3 years

#AskMentor For those mentoring fantasy- for you is there such thing as too much romance?

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@TamaraCole

Tamara Cole

3 years

If I miss your question during #AskMentor , please check out @Aaron_Cole and I's @AuthorMentorM Wishlist for everything we want to see during #AMMR9 !

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Mentors Aaron Cole & Tamara Cole

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authormentormatch.com

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