Tigest ☀️ preorder Immortal Dark 👀
@tigestgn
Followers
4,149
Following
569
Media
455
Statuses
6,829
author of IMMORTAL DARK (Sept 3, 2024, Little Brown) ✨ preorder special edition while stocks last 🙈 i'm rooting for you. 🇪🇹
Australia
Joined February 2015
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Covid
• 871109 Tweets
Worship The Next Prince
• 573608 Tweets
TNP X ZEENUNEW
• 353191 Tweets
梅雨明け
• 184892 Tweets
黒人奴隷
• 94714 Tweets
#เจ้าสัวxอิงฟ้า
• 59582 Tweets
パワプロ
• 40461 Tweets
Halal
• 35825 Tweets
関東甲信
• 33551 Tweets
カルストンライトオ
• 31220 Tweets
Yunan
• 24860 Tweets
Botox
• 23718 Tweets
피부양자
• 20745 Tweets
#MHA428
• 17332 Tweets
Tigres
• 16559 Tweets
エビデンス
• 11274 Tweets
BRANDS AI TALK x FOURTH
• 10236 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
✨COVER REVEAL✨
black vampires meets dark academia in IMMORTAL DARK where students study a philosophy to inherit powerful vampires. a girl hellbent on finding her sister will stop at nothing to kill the accused vampire—even live with him first
preorder:
101
631
2K
Not to be dramatic but Samwell Tarly deserves the whole world and I’d die for him.
#GameofThrones
8
598
3K
✨ I’M GETTING PUBLISHED ✨
my black vampire book ft. a girl hellbent on finding her sister, even if it means living with the vampire she suspects killed her family is COMING 2024!! this book is for all the black girls in love with vampires ♥️
149
336
2K
this is what black vampires in media could look like if publishing bought my book.
34
148
2K
i CANT believe it’s my turn to say —✨VAGUE PUBLISHING TWEET✨
publishing really bought my book huh 😭
this is what black vampires in media could look like if publishing bought my book.
34
148
2K
78
59
1K
ITS MY BIRTHDAY 🥳
started this vampire book when i was 23 … it will finally be out when i’m 26!! time isn’t real 🤯
57
137
1K
i’m so speechless … the people want black vampires!! they want black witches!! they want black books!! publishing pls just support them😭
10
174
1K
KIRKUS SAID BLACK VAMPIRES ARE IT!! WE GOT A STAR?!! 🌟
25
172
1K
i’m ECSTATIC to announce I’m now represented by
@PTerlip
from
@AndreaBrownLit
!!
after FIVE long years, i’m here. my book, black vampires ft. stressed college students & their slow descent into madness has found a champion. i’m so happy, y’all. i almost gave up.😭
147
93
971
✨ CHARACTER ART ✨
i’m so thrilled to introduce you to Kidan Adane, the lead character in Immortal Dark. she’ll burn down the world to find her kidnapped sister—even live with the accused vampire first 🩸meet her on sept 3rd!
14
125
883
college dark academia with black vampires. they are awful & they don’t give a shit and i love them
43
82
853
hey vampire lovers, would you read this book? 🩸
56
168
817
every time i read ‘black vampire fantasy’ i die from joy 😭😭😭
.
@HachetteKids
has acquired an “unapologetically Black vampire fantasy trilogy” from debut author
@tigestgn
, with the first book in the series, Immortal Dark, publishing in September 2024.
Read here:
1
73
275
10
71
827
FIRST PASS PAGES ARE HERE!!! 🥳 immortal dark is black vampires meets dark academia. here is the first line as a treat 👏🏽
45
91
740
look what you guys did 🥺 dark’s first orange banner … what a way to start 2024.
14
70
714
✨SPRAYED EDGES REVEAL✨
did i not say 2024 is the year for black vampires??
i’m absolutely thrilled to announce a deluxe edition for immortal dark’s entire FIRST PRINTING!! with more reveals to come.🤭 isn’t she pretty?
preorder before stocks run out:
28
155
710
my black vampire summed up in one sentence🧎♀️
18
51
681
my black girl describing my black vampire
34
44
673
✨COMING OUT TOMORROW✨
a Jamaican-inspired fantasy book ft. dragons, about a girl with the power of the gods & her sister who bonds with an enemy dragon. i need everyone to stand UP
7
210
601
April 2021 to June 2023 … some of you were really there from the beginning 😨 yeah i’ll never get over this
art: harerta_t
18
82
595
✨UK COVER REVEAL✨
black vampires meets dark academia in IMMORTAL DARK where students study a philosophy to inherit powerful vampires. a girl hellbent on finding her sister will kill the accused vampire at all costs—even live with him first
preorder:
41
125
601
so i posted a teaser of black vampire book on tiktok & i’m … overwhelmed.
readers want our stories. truly. i never quite believed it until now. we just need publishers to give us a chance.
32
58
571
✨ OUT TODAY ✨
a black space fantasy book about a time-traveling boy caught in a love affair, an indentured girl under hostile rule in the 60th century & the prophecy that makes them collide. the material here? the vision? black stories are coming UP!
5
190
568
agented writers: what is the one important question you asked your agent on the call?
#amquerying
52
83
560
maybe being a Black writer who only writes Black characters means there’s no room for me in trad publishing 😕
what gets me is honestly believing we were wanted? the calls for diversity? the hyped pitches? yeah … no. rethinking my entire career path.
49
37
504
you’ve heard of writers that didn’t get into
#Pitchwars
& still succeeded.
well, i GOT in. i thought it was a magic ticket that’d land me an agent, didn’t think i’d fail. 3 yrs later i’m still out here writing & trying BUT with new friends.
the only magic is you keep creating.
12
22
492
hello?? last month i finished revisions on black vampire book & my agent liked it 🥳
here are a few things i learnt: a thread
24
35
496
AFTER YEARS OF TYPING, I GET TO HOLD MY BOOK IN MY HANDS AHH😭😭
preorder:
31
63
494
querying was … hell. i had a 100% request rate. it messed with my mind. agents liked the story but weren’t ‘the best advocate for it’. months of this & i thought trad pub wasn’t for me. my bipoc writers: there’ll always be ‘interest’ but v v few willing to commit.
#amquerying
19
26
486
if you love this man, i’m afraid this book is for you
preorder:
36
61
469
when your upcoming vampire book features ONLY black characters and you hear Black lead bookboxes = low sales 😀 like damn
14
39
465
#writersoftwitter
hi! i’m tigest! i adore all things black, fantasy & a little chaotic
currently querying my black vampire book ft. stressed collage students who gradually descend into madness ♥️
52
44
450
LOOK AT THOSE SPRAYED EDGES!!😭 can’t believe we’re getting a waterstones exclusive edition!! i could cry
if you love:
🩸black vampires
🩸dark academia
🩸revenge/corruption arcs
🩸enemies to ?!!!
preorder:
20
106
435
i’m so obsessed!! can you believe this is for the entire first print run?? a book with an all-Black cast with vampires originated from africa getting this kind of love is so surreal 😭
out sept 3rd.
graphic design: jessica mercado
12
99
427
this SOLD OUT before i could announce on here omg 😭 but Satisfiction Box (a BIPOC-centered bookbox has picked up my book!!) 🥳
14
57
418
i said 2024 is the YEAR for black vampires 🗣️🗣️
13
57
411
✨INTERIOR REVEAL✨
this quote sets the tone for my black vampire x dark academia book so well, i’m glad my team chose it😭 i’m so obsessed omg. out sept 3rd!
deluxe limited edition:
16
56
390
reminder this book features five stressed uni students studying vampires & trying not to lose their minds. if they graduate, they get to be tethered to a vampire for life.
preorder 🤭
4
68
385
I HAVE THE FINAL COPY OF IMMORTAL DARK!! OH MYYY
9
14
383
black vampire book ft. it’s corrupt college students.
first they study death. then they become it.
23
36
339
kind agents who reject with detailed & honest responses, i hope ur tea is always warm & ur pillow cold
#amquerying
1
18
340
one year ago today i was so disheartened with publishing.
black vampire book kept receiving so many agent rejections … each email was a tiny stab to the heart. but i’d read so many tweets like these—how one year can change everything & wow, is it true 🫶🏽 don’t u give up now
10
13
325
commissioned art for my black vampire and omggg i’m in love😭 reveal dropping soon
10
15
332
remember the energy y’all gave this one? well i’m pitching it at
#dvpit
as adult & i’m NERVOUS so pls say hi when u see it 🥺
college dark academia with black vampires. they are awful & they don’t give a shit and i love them
43
82
853
43
27
330
😭😭😭 my book isn’t even out for seven months
23
16
314
my first public speaking event at my publisher’s sale conference 🙈
3
20
314
THRILLED to announce Immortal Dark is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!! 🥳🥳 get in loser, we’re going to libraries!!
12
52
304
oh by the way … my book COMES OUT THIS YEAR😭
6
24
288
FOUR MONTHS UNTIL RELEASE?!
my dark academia meets black vampires book is coming out september!!
preorder:
5
49
285
✨THE VAMPIRE SUSENYOS✨
“He was beautiful, with eyes that’d lived a thousand years and had found it all rather dull.” - Immortal Dark, 2024
do you guys see what i mean by black vampires now?? he’s so!!
book:
7
45
283
oh yes, my black vampire book follows a girl hellbent on infiltrating a society of vampires & destroying the vampire she suspects killed her family, but oh wait, she has to live with him first 🫢
exclusive samplers of IMMORTAL DARK will be given out at
@yalc_uk
this weekend 🙈
11
66
273
the artist is Jessica Coppet for both covers, a black illustrator that’s truly gifted 🫶🏽 i immediately loved her work when my publisher showed me
4
38
277
Tomorrow is Pitmad and your girl is pitching her East African book✨ it has gangs & crime, a girl suffocated by her tribe’s traditions, a string of murders & a boy chained to a criminal mastermind ✨ almost 3 years this baby took and now it’s here again ahh
30
11
268
everybody is black in this book— the vampires, the corrupt human students, the enemies to lovers 😌
There's nothing like the angst of two people who don't like (potentially hate) each other, falling for one another. So act like y'all know why we're here.
Where the enemies-to-lovers books at by Black authors with Black characters?!
19
53
311
4
62
274
people: “you’re too violent—”
my black vampire: “outline your revenges on me, imagine your perfect murders upon my heart.”
preorder🤭:
9
40
266
when my black vampire expected to scare away the annoying human girl who showed up at his house … but her love language is blood & violence. oh no 😔
preorder:
2
58
265
A complete rewrite. Wrote halfway and scratched it all. Started again. Took EIGHT months. It’s the most ambitious story I’ve told. It struck me two years ago and just wouldn’t LET GO. So Black, magical and deadly and I love it so much. It exists. FINALLY.
29
6
251
since klaus is trending. let me direct you to my awful black vampire book that is now finished.
20
16
248
my black vampire x dark academia book is featured in barnes & noble’s sale 🥹🥹
get it for 25% off:
7
50
233
commissioned artwork of our black girl in immortal dark!! my favorite hobby now. reveal soon🤩
4
4
225
when i say immortal dark is black vampires in academia, i’m really not lying!! this is the opening line.
oh, also barnes & noble is having 25% off preorders 🥳:
4
24
219
✨VIRTUAL LAUNCH ✨
THRILLED to be joined by the legend herself
@thechloegong
to welcome Immortal Dark into the world!! 🥳
🩸pls register first to recieve event info
🩸signed bookplates available for books purchased through the Novel Neighbor!
link:
4
48
219
hi … i have some cool news to share about this book TOMORROW 🙈🗣️
13
2
213
our black vampire and the object of his desires & nightmares 😌
7
18
213
itching to share some beautiful art. first up is our resident black vampire who is cruel but deeply lonely 🩸
4
23
203
NEW UPDATE✨ the deluxe edition of Immortal Dark will have a stunning red font!!! i can’t wait to share what else it has 👀 stay tuned x
preorder:
9
33
183
reminder this is the dynamic between my black vampire and violent girl:
“You want blood. You seek it in a glorious way, for a human. I don’t think you’d rest until I was quite dead.”
preorder:
3
37
177
oh the vampire renaissance is going so STRONG
growing up, i dreamed of seeing people who looked like me in the books i loved.
now i get to share the cover for my sapphic vampire book set during the harlem renaissance!
it’s black, it’s queer, and it’s vengeful.
THIS RAVENOUS FATE is out august 6th!
88
622
2K
2
19
169
i’m so obsessed with the early copies of immortal dark that have landed?? this is how you market 🗣️ black vampires coming for you in sept, 2024!!!!
preorder:
2
21
171
if you told past me it’d take YEARS before I got an agent, I’d have cried. The type of perseverance asked of writers is actually cruel if you think about it, especially for my marginalized writers 🙁
7
6
168
when you’re single on Valentine’s Day and still get the BEST BOX IN THIS WORLD. the books i wrote are in here!! unboxing friday??👀
11
7
166
went to check how many entered the giveaway so far & this is insane 😭
✨GOODREADS GIVEAWAY✨
🗣️ there are twenty copies available right now!! if you want this black vampire book where students study a philosophy to inherit powerful vampires while one wants to kill one …
enter here:
1
35
123
6
6
159
BOOK 2 DRAFT 1 IS DONE!!!😭
… i’m going to go collapse now before my edits come back but wow, book 2s are hard & also so so cool because i never want to leave this chaotic world of ruthless vampires & violent girls😌
9
3
159
received my first EDIT LETTER for black vampire book from my agent! the best edit notes challenge & excite you while highlighting all the potential of your world.
LETS GOO revision era
7
1
153
share to save a writer from spiraling😭
book: big magic by elizabeth gilbert
1
46
146
writer’s tip that’s helped me so much: the midpoint shows u the range of change in your character arc. find out who your mc becomes at the midpoint first so u can plot your whole book around it.
5
15
146
2022 is everything I hoped 2017 would be: queried vampire book, got an agent & went on sub!! 👀
publishing is biased & stubborn. it will break your heart. but if you keep being relentless, it’ll eventually give in.
9
1
140
it’s my book at the london book fair!!!
4
8
135
writer’s tip that’s helped me so much: boil your theme to one solid sentence & pin it to your wall. everything— character, plot, even setting should be some expression of that thought.
2
15
136
listen as a bilingual, there’s nothing COOLER than knowing your book will be translated into other languages 😭 — can’t wait to announce the countries Immortal Dark is going to soon!!
4
2
134
3M dislikes on the little mermaid trailer … this is why i’ll never stop writing for black girls, esp in the fantasy genre.
fantasy is desirable & the world NEEDS to see us in those spaces. but they can’t imagine us in that light unless we force them to one story at a time ♡
3
8
126
note: a writer taking a night off from her vampire book but channels its aesthetics nonetheless
11
1
125
THE BIO CHANGE!! IMMORTAL DARK COMING 2024!!
i will respond to you all once i collect myself, thank you, thank you for the endless support😭 my heart is so full
2
4
128
“she keeps writing about murderous girls and scenes depicting a sick intimacy with a vampire, your honor!”
yes …🤭 immortal dark will be out sept 3rd!
2
4
127
✨BOOK GIVEAWAY ALERT✨
if you like black vampires in dark academia, revenge arcs & haunted campus settings, enter to read early!!
1
41
126
✨GOODREADS GIVEAWAY✨
🗣️ there are twenty copies available right now!! if you want this black vampire book where students study a philosophy to inherit powerful vampires while one wants to kill one …
enter here:
1
35
123
start of 2021 | End of 2021
get an agent request denied
get a book deal request denied
get a job approved
finish a new book approved
get an agent in 2022 🔃 pending
7
2
124
VAGUE news coming mid june!!! 👀 finally about to tell y’all what i’ve been up to 🫢
11
2
115
to my young bipoc writers: at some point you’ll go from knowing ur book is not good enough & that’s why it’s not published to knowing it is & it still won’t get published—
which means other factors other than storytelling ability are guiding your journey & that’s heartbreaking.
5
8
111