💌 author of SMASH OR PASS (Knopf/PRH 2026) • autistic • 🏳️‍🌈 • i read books & i cry • art by aeiyenn • rep: brent taylor @ triada us • 🐥https://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lepk543xoc2hhey so who was going to tell me that MY BOOK—my silly-little-autistic-lesbian-YA-beach-volleyball-summer-camp-romcom—comes out NEXT YEAR 🧍‍♀️01 Jan 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lepk543xoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lclc3a3hak2snot my mom downloading goodreads because of this meme 😭😭😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lclc3a3hak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lcl2b7lbo22sSMASH OR PASS has 450 adds on Goodreads which is simply crazy!!!!! Here’s why you should add it if you haven’t yet:05 Dec 2024 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcl2b7lbo22shttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lbp3aviizs2c✨NOTION TEMPLATE FOR WRITERS✨ Reminder that I have a free Notion template you can use for your WIPs, which includes my character sheets! Whether you’re outlining, drafting, or revising, I hope this can help you stay motivated & focused! Get it here: bit.ly/birdies-notion 🫶24 Nov 2024 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbp3aviizs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lbolpmirpk26i’ll be a mentor again this year!! if you’re an unagented YA writer, check out my MSWL & consider submitting to me & the other lovely mentors!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Nov 2024 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbolpmirpk26https://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lbmp6chdek2wi’m on deadline for SMASH OR PASS so i’m doing a little AMA on instagram if you want a snippet or some other fun information about it 🤭23 Nov 2024 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmp6chdek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lbl23xrx3k2esometimes i think i’m smart and then i remember that, up until a few months ago, i was fully convinced y/n in fanfiction stood for yes or no, so i would literally read it as “i love you, yes or no?” & i’d get so frustrated because like idk you tell me??22 Nov 2024 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl23xrx3k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lbhquyin7c22currently struggling to nail one specific chapter in my book so naturally i haven’t written anything in weeks!21 Nov 2024 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhquyin7c22https://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lb7ve2luqc2rvolleyball lesbians!! need i say more!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Nov 2024 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7ve2luqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lb5lj55gvs2ulittle sapphic 2026 YA debuts crossover at YALC 🤭❤️📚 @camiscribbles.bsky.social17 Nov 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5lj55gvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lajvv5vfzy2qIT’S HAPPENING 🫶 My sapphic YA beach volleyball romcom is being published by Knopf BFYR / Penguin Random House !! 🧡🏐🩷 SMASH OR PASS is my love letter to autistic girls, summer camp, team sports & so much more. I truly can’t wait for you all to meet Ellie & her friends in 2026!!✨09 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lajvv5vfzy2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3law3sdk7jc2has much as i hate losing my twitter platform i have to admit it is kind of nice to scream into a void and not feel your 7k followers watching you lol14 Nov 2024 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3law3sdk7jc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lauy4zsslk2hopened goodreads and saw the book i wrote… ME? MY BOOK?? life is wild14 Nov 2024 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lauy4zsslk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3lajvv5vfzy2qIT’S HAPPENING 🫶 My sapphic YA beach volleyball romcom is being published by Knopf BFYR / Penguin Random House !! 🧡🏐🩷 SMASH OR PASS is my love letter to autistic girls, summer camp, team sports & so much more. I truly can’t wait for you all to meet Ellie & her friends in 2026!!✨09 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lajvv5vfzy2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3l7an4prmpr2c🧍‍♀️ well hello writersky or whatever we call it on here24 Oct 2024 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7an4prmpr2chttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3k7r4bqxt3a2bwell. here i am again i guess.19 Sep 2023 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7r4bqxt3a2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3k47gjmhqo42iso what if i just wrote a very gay scene where my main character applies sunscreen to her love interest’s back? what then?! 🤨05 Aug 2023 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k47gjmhqo42ihttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3k3qx7aru672kbeing an author is so weird because i’ll just be writing my silly little book for months & weeks & days until it’s eventually finished. which is when i look around and realize there’s no one to celebrate with. like why is it kind of anticlimactic in a way???30 Jul 2023 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3qx7aru672khttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3k3ou3prkvy2ume: this book’s plot is actually a metaphor for lesbian comphet & the way autistic children have to make themselves smaller in response to— the book:29 Jul 2023 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3ou3prkvy2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/birdienotabird.bsky.social/post/3k3dvdtcrwn2zhi everyone!! i’m birdie, an autistic writer of queer YA romances!! 🏳️‍🌈 right now i’m working on SMASH OR PASS, a sapphic YA romcom about an autistic girl falling in love at beach volleyball summer camp!! i would love to find familiar & new faces on here!! 💕 (art by aeiyenn)25 Jul 2023 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:smekxnn5ayfstcd7kkrrffnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3dvdtcrwn2z