So all those times I've been anti chapter titles... yeah, guess what this new book is getting?? 😆 #booksky #amwriting

I really need to own Hazelthorn, but I wanna wait and see if I can snag a special edition on ebay 😖😖 but also, I really REALLY want to read it!! 😭 (weeps in impatient bookworm) #booktwt problems 😅

Just finished the first draft of a new short story!! 🎊 At 2.8k it's almost 1000 words longer than expected but still well within the word count. I was really out of my comfort zone with this. Why is it so hard for me to write HEA love stories!?!? 😆 #amwriting

So this short story was supposed to be 1500 words and is currently 2.3k and not yet finished. Whoops. 😅 #amwriting

My cyberpunk meets dark academia retelling of Dorian Gray has a new title and an amazing cover artist!! Cannot wait to share all the details!! I am so excited right now!! #booksky #amwriting

Our little book that could!! I am so proud of this anthology!! ❤️😍❤️

Wait. What! OMG! 🙏🏾🙏🏾 @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @suyidavies.com, @tobiogundiran.com, @xanwriter.bsky.social, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social, @dilmandila.com.web.brid.gy

When you're supposed to be taking a break from novel writing to work on short stories but then accidentally outline a brand new novel instead 😆 #booksky #writingcommunity

Ah the joy of filing an Anthropic claim. I really hope they pay out and that we all get our due. And that this sets a precedent for the publishing industry that'll deter others from stealing our words again! #writingcommunity

Go Mikeno, go!!!

What's your favourite cover from an SFFH book published in the last year or two? Bonus points if it's YA and/or queer. Please drop links or pics... #booksky

HADES II !!! I've been waiting so long for this 😍

Revisions on the 'sibling rivalry between demigods isn't good for the space-time continuum' novel are DONE!!! 442 pages 113k words all the feels I am tired but happy - now to just see what beta readers and my editor thinks 🤞🤞🤞 #writingcommunity #booksky

I guess this book can be described as that time sibling rivalry got a little out of hand so now there are gaping holes in the fabric of reality which will have Serious Consequences for the brat and his big sister who is very very tired 😆 #booksky #writingcommunity

Anime with best fight / action sequences? Tell me... For reference, I loved the choreography of fight scenes in Castlevania and Arcane. Looking for more stuff as epic as that, preferably in SFFH genres. #anime

For 24 hours, you can grab a bunch of free queer ebooks in multiple genres (including I Heart Robot) thanks to @divinationhollow.bsky.social If you're looking for creepy fall reads, now's the time to go get your hands on queer horror! divinationhollow.com/queer-your-e... #booksky #writingcommunity

Only 58 pages left to go in the revision of this 400+ page book. I've arrived at the climax which needs to be rewritten, which I am very excited about! My three disaster demigod siblings get to have a major showdown and I get to make it even more epic than before! 😆 #writingcommunity #amwriting

Nothing makes my day quite like hearing from a reader who loved my book: "Just wanted to say I haven't slept bc it was SO SO GOOD. It had me in a binge chokehold" 😊😊😊 #booksky #writingcommunity

I am having so much fun with these revisions, stitching in more foreshadowing, raising the stakes, increasing the action, upping the angst, and adding in threads to be unraveled in the sequel! 😊 I truly love writing, and cannot imagine ever allowing AI to rob me of this joy! #booksky #amwriting

The new Twenty One Pilots 😍😍 Wow! I'm loving each and every single song on this album. Damn, this is good. Like AOTY contender for sure! Someone's gonna have to drop something seriously mind-blowing to beat this. *side-eyes Bad Omens* #music #newrelease

When your publisher is happy with your edits and calls your book "lavish and immersive" saying things like "the writing is poetic and soulful and so smart" when this was an idea you put off for ages because you didn't think you'd be able to pull it off!! #WritingCommunity #booksky

I am somehow more than halfway done with these developmental edits!! 🎊 #writingcommunity #booksky

When you eventually get to read this book, brace yourself for chapter 14... I'm gonna go hug my dog and have a cookie now to recover.

Why do I give my characters such tragic backstories?? Drafting this broke my heart and now I have to reread all of it while editing 😭 I know I choose to write dark fantasy. I do this to myself (and my readers) but still... why Past Me, why!?!? #writingcommunity #booksky

StoryBundle alert! The African SF Novels and Novellas Bundle is an exciting collection of African speculative fiction by award-winning authors. With StoryBundle, you choose how much to pay, how much goes to the authors and how much goes to help keep StoryBundle alive. #africansff

“Waypoint Seven” by @xanwriter.bsky.social

The moment in editing when you reread your own words and can't believe those sentences fell out of your brain 😵 Now here's to hoping readers will find those words as lovely, funny, poetic as I do 😆 #writingcommunity #amediting #booksky

We have a film review today from @xanwriter.bsky.social, who watched A Ghost Story (2017)

2 weeks to go! This story bundle is flying high! #africanSF #novels #novellas @storybundle.bsky.social, @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @atthisarts.com, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social , @xanwriter.bsky.social, @transitlounge.bsky.social storybundle.com/scifi

Urgh, the frustration that is the Google Doc word count while using suggesting mode !! Why does it add new words but not subtract deleted words!?!?! How can I get an accurate word count without accepting suggestions!?!? *tearing my hair out* #writingcommunity #editing #authorlife

🕓 8:30-9:30 PM EAT Ask the Scientist – Where African SF Meets Scientific Imagination Featuring Chinelo Onwalu (M), @gabbyharry.bsky.social, @xanwriter.bsky.social, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, Onesmus Mwabonje, Mercy Nyambura Mburu & Amber Abrams #worldcon

I'm part of a virtual WorldCon panel on Sunday at 10:30am. It's called Ask the Scientist – Where African SF Meets Scientific Imagination. We'll be discussing the Applied African SFF project which saw scientists & authors paired up to write a story on topics related to AI, climate change etc. 😍

My book, Waypoint Seven, is included in this awesome Storybundle of African SFF!! You can check it out here: storybundle.com/scifi?utm_so... You can pay what you want starting from $5 for some really amazing titles! #booksky #amreading #africanbooks

My review of @clhellisen.bsky.social 's latest fantasy novel is here!

Finally watched A Ghost Story and loved how hauntingly atmospheric it was. Amazing how it could pack such an emotional punch with so little dialogue and even less plot. Anyone got any reccs for me of other films/shows or even books in a similar vein? #booksky #films

Psst, the ebook of my adult aetherpunk novel, Silver Helix, is still only 99c !! You can find it and a bunch of other awesome discounted titles over here: books.bookfunnel.com/augustscifif... #booksy #ebooks

Never ceases to amaze me how much easier it is to see the shape of a story once I've taken a break from it. I really can get stuck in the details. I'm glad I had over a month away from this book. Revisions have started well! #WritingCommunity #booksky

Just read through the editorial letter for my adult dark fantasy novel, & I am SO excited to jump back into this book and make it the best book it can possibly be!! Love when an editor truly gets the story & offers awesome insights into how to make it that much stronger! #writingcommunity #booksky

Just sent second pass edits for my Dorian Gray retelling back to my publisher and agent. Always a nail-biting moment, but I am SO satisfied with how this book has grown into a better and better version of itself in all its Gothic, cyberpunk glory 😍 The title will be changing though... #booksky

For anyone in need of dystopian and post-apocalyptic books this August, feel free to check out all the titles currently available at discounts or for free over here: books.bookfunnel.com/dystopian-au... My own book, Silver Helix, is currently only 99c on Amazon!! #booksky

Buying a Ninja Creami right as the heat wave hit was probably the best thing I could've done 😁 I love getting to eat healthier, homemade ice cream/sorbet every day! Anyone got a favorite Ninja Creami recipe they're willing to share?

So far this summer I have written the adult fantasy novel and edited the YA fantasy novel both due out in 2026. I have proofread short stories coming out soon in anthologies, written a brand new short story, and started work on another. I somehow did all this & had a holiday! 🎉 #writingcommunity

My Name is Magic is currently 50% off! It's a whimsical fantasy with eco-punk vibes set at a magic school, about queer teens in a race against time to save their friends from creatures out of Finnish mythology. You can check out my book here: audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #audiobooks #booksky

We have a new review today from contributor @xanwriter.bsky.social, who shares their thoughts on gothic horror Begotten, by Kate Cherrell, in which our protagonist returns home to a dreary, isolated estate in Ireland #horror #gothichorror #bookreview www.divinationhollow.com/reviews-and-...

Just finished The Shape of Monsters by @clhellisen.bsky.social and WOW!! I absolutely loved this exquisitely gruesome dark fantasy full of queer love, terrifying magic, and complex characters. Go listen, you won't be disappointed!! www.amazon.com/Audible-The-... #booksky #fantasybooks #queerbooks

Does anybody know more or worked personally with the Stand in Pride organisation? It seems pretty awesome and important, especially now, but is it legit? www.standinpride.org

Got a favourite queer (preferably indie) sci-fi, fantasy, or supernatural horror novel I can get on audible? Please let me know! #booksky

Calling all horror fans! If you'd like to see this collection full of dread, doom, and decay out in the world (featuring a story by me), please consider supporting it at the link below! www.indiegogo.com/projects/of-... #writingcommunity #horror #booksky

Just a reminder that all my self-pubbed ebooks are on special for at Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale. Here's the link: www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #SWSale2025 #Smashwords

After three days, I'm already more than a third of the way through revisions on the YA novel!! 131 pages down, 225 to go! But the word count is growing and I was already maxed out 😱 oops... Oh well, it can get a trim in line edits. #WritingCommunity #booksky