LOOK celebrate this person please and their book

I need to finish another novel so I can buy myself more earrings... that's how it works right?

Meeting everyone at Bookcon just reminded me how much I love writers and readers and how much I want to stay part of this industry, as messy as it can be. Just gotta keep trying.

I've been avoiding reading THE RAVEN SCHOLAR because I just got to the point where everything is about to go to hell and I'm scared

People don't tend to change if you're unkind to them

@chadgayle.bsky.social Thanks for the rec. Becco was lovely!

Let's be honest, the real winner at #bookcon was this dress, which like 90 people stopped me about

Themes at #bookcon: 🖤 AI sucks but humans still have VOICE 🖤 Lines also suck 🖤 Lack of lines also also suck 🖤 Books are great and readers are amazing 🖤 Scared artists make bad art (Leigh Bardugo)

Okay but who remembers the Macmillan stampede of pre-2020 #Bookcon?

Scared artists make bad art - Leigh Bardugo

Adalyn Grace talking about how she had a hard time with romantasy as a term bc no one calls men's books anything but fantasy is such a mood!

Scared artists make bad art - Leigh Bardugo

It's anyone at #bookcon at the ball aka what's the entry line like?

Got two chapters of the horror edited at the airport! NYC here I come. #amwriting

ICYMI pre-orders are LIVE for the audiobook of The Wingspan of Severed Hands!

Two short story rejections today. One was SO close. Two query rejections this week. I'm just ready for a win.

In case you’re feeling bad about yourself today, here’s a wee tale. Four years ago I assembled a new desk chair. It’s been awful. Uncomfortable. Weirdly slanted. I had to keep a step stool under my feed and a pillow behind me knees and it was still BAD. +

I wish I didn't worry so much about aging and time. In this industry, you can't. Average query response is like 100 days and full responses are longer. EVERYTHING TAKES TIME. Who cares if I don't debut before I'm 40? 😒

This emphasis on the author as publicist for their own books is worrisome and tiresome. If you're going to make me do my own ads, at least pay more?

if you've been waiting to buy my queer cozy fantasy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS, now's the time! now through the end of April, the ebook will be $2.99 across all e-book retailers for more info about the book and additional links, visit my website: www.elizmanderson.com/keeper-of-lo...

My dog just ate a whole chunk of parathi while I was in the bathroom. I hope he enjoyed it. 🙄

Wow, putting all my earrings back in with the new jewelry took like an hour. I'm never getting an MRI again.

Tomorrow I go to Bookcon!

ICYMI!

Any mutuals have a short story out lately? I need to read three this month also I'm just want to get back into reading shorts.

It's release day for Saros SF #5, the sound/silence issue! This was my first go at editing a magazine. I have more to say about the experience, and about each of these fabulous stories, but for now: Yay! You can (and I hope you will!) acquire the issue for free or PWYC here: sarossf.com/issue-5/

Sometimes, love is swallowing stones, offering silence with both hands, an old sacrifice made new, a reminder of loss, of history’s old bones, how you give & give until you can’t anymore— until you’re afraid of what you can’t say, & this path is just a reminder of things you cannot name. #TinyPoem

I revised too close to the sun yesterday and am a little crispy, but it's so nice to be working on my horror novel again

When you're writing, do you ever write a sentence that you just know someone would highlight someday?

When you're writing, do you ever write a sentence that you just know someone would highlight someday?

Back to work on MIRACLE GIRL, my ex-Catholic possession horror novel. It's Taylor Swift x Nightwish. #amwriting

When will my submissions come back from the war?

Back to work on MIRACLE GIRL, my ex-Catholic possession horror novel. It's Taylor Swift x Nightwish. #amwriting

I started my novel in a year group. It's so nice to meet in person with other writers!

I also sometimes read historical romance!

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Read: horror, fantasy, sci-fi, transgressive litfic, thrillers Write: horror, fantasy, like two sci-fi shorts I am fairly predictable.

The Knight and the Moth

I am now in the possession of Jack White tickets!

When your book's playlist contains everything from pop punk to soulful indie to sludgy death metal because it and you contain multitudes #amwriting GODKILLERS

Starting my year-long writing workshop tonight so naturally I'm bouncing off the walls

My favorite soap has been discontinued. Alas.

I have gotten a fitbit and my local friends and I started one of those walking challenges where you get a LotR medal at the end. I guess I'm doing this.

Warm up painting done! I haven't drawn anything in months so this felt good.

I'm doing an art

A gasp at redemption in the midst of a magical war

it’s new-old story day! my latest publication is one of the first stories i finished when i started writing for publication twelve years ago.

My first StoryStudio Novel in a Year class starts tomorrow! I'm so excited to start work on this horror novel!

My first StoryStudio Novel in a Year class starts tomorrow! I'm so excited to start work on this horror novel!