So excited to introduce you to one of the POV characters in BORN OF MALICE. Meet Niki: a nonbinary and autistic scholar-musician with a chip on their shoulder and a lot to prove... @Locky0001 did a fantastic job with this character illustration!! Pre-orders available now! #booksky #fantasybooks

“Was there still time to go back and undo all the damage…before my legacy became nothing but a cautionary tale?” Meet Niki: musician, scholar, highkey threat to the status quo. Pre-order @xanwriter.bsky.social's BORN OF MALICE direct for exclusive art cards by locky0001: links.ruadanbooks.com/BOM

Today I turn 40! Not sure how that happened 😆 Feels like I'm 25... until my knee says otherwise 😅 What's the best way to wish an author happy birthday?? Buy their books!! (Please ❤️) In case you're interested, here's the pre-order link for Born of Malice: ruadanbooks.com/product/born... #booksky

Wake up! The world is breaking. We are delighted to share the cover for BORN OF MALICE, a South African & Finnish mythology-inspired queer dark epic fantasy by award-winning author & Sauúti Collective member @xanwriter.bsky.social. Pre-order: ✨ links.ruadanbooks.com/BOM #BookSky #DarkFantasy

And it's here!!! Look at this absolute beauty of a cover, painted by @jedwardneill.bsky.social !! 😍😍😍 BORN OF MALICE from @ruadanbooks.bsky.social is now available for pre-order! Link in the comments... #booksky

Ah, it feels so good to be immersing myself in the novel WIP again! I'd really like to finish this draft by the end of July. Currently on 51k words with about 30k words to go. It feels doable. #amwriting

I desperately want to change my legal name, but the sheer mountain of paperwork involved as a dual citizen (never mind the expense) is so overwhelming I'm not sure I have the energy to start this process even though I know it'll be worth it in the end 😢

I was pulling some quotes tonight for marketing purposes and AHHH! I love this book so effing much! It's starting to sink in that this time next week, y'all have seen the cover for Born of Malice and pre-orders will be up!! *jumps up and down* #booksky #comingsoon

Save the date everyone! The cover reveal and pre-orders for my dark fantasy novel BORN OF MALICE are going live on May 12 !! Watch this space... 👀👀👀 #booksky

When spring gives you hay fever forcing you to stay home instead of hitting the gym, I guess you get to revise a chapter? The WIP just hit 50k words!! #amwriting

#NarratorCall: we need a Hawaiian male-presenting narrator for an incredible 4700-word story. $30 paid! If this is you, record a 2min sample MP3 and email it to [email protected] so we can check recording quality.

Sometimes a successful writing day is working through your planning document, digging deep into your characters' backstories to rehash plot points and restructure their arcs. Sometimes it doesn't involve adding to the manuscript word count at all, and that's okay. #amwriting #writingcommunity

My free to read short story, Under the Slippery Sky, is about how much we stand to lose when we dismiss indigenous and traditional ways of knowing in favor of 'modern' technology, written in collaboration for the Applied African SF and BSFA Vector project 👇 appliedafricansf.com/under-a-slip...

Just realized I don't have plans to unalive any major characters in this book (yet) and wow--um--this is so unlike me. Should I let them live this time?? Or should I stay true to form and off someone? 😈😈😈 #amwriting

OMG, the opening scene of episode 4 of Daredevil: Born Again is just 👌👌👌👌 I want a Bullseye spin-off. #daredevil

Anathema: Spec from the Margins Relaunches locusmag.com/2026/04...

So, if aeroplanes are still flying in June, I will not only be in South Africa but I will also be in Cape Town 😎 for a wonderful bookish event with Mirari Press that I am so excited about!! More details coming soon... #booksky #writingcommunity

A new #bookreview from the ever wonderful @xanwriter.bsky.social#bookreviewtoday, for a sci-fi novel described as The Last of Us meets The Walking Dead - How We End, by L. M. Juniper

Is anyone else as bugged as I am by TV shows having 9 episodes. Not 8. Not 10. But 9. WHY!?!?!? That's like rating something out of 7 stars!! It hurts my brain so much I almost don't want to watch this show. #actuallyautistic

What a productive 'rest' day 😆 I managed to complete a marketing task and formatting/proofreading for Born of Malice, and then I added 1500 words to the YA horror WIP 😍 (I even slipped in some household chores and a game of Munchkin!) #booksky #amwriting

I highly recommend this stunning post-apocalyptic novel in verse. It absolutely blew me away with its intensity and beauty.

March was a pretty good month for reading 🥰 How'd everyone else do? #booksky

The new horror novel is now over 40k words !!! 🥳🥳🥳 (and since my agent loved the blurb, I guess it's officially a WIP) ☺️ #amwriting

I added 1800 fresh words to the WIP today. Writing has been a little slow lately with life things demanding more of time but knowing my agent loves the idea of this book has definitely renewed my motivation! I'm just shy of 40k words now, so about half way! 🎊 #booksky #amwriting

When your author headshot taken in 2024 by your partner in your own home gets accused of being AI generated 🤣🤣🤣 (yes, the one in my profile pic)

What's everyone reading? Or listening to, or watching?? #booksky

Sometimes, I'll read a super interesting article or see a call for contributors that makes me miss academia and regret giving up on my PhD. Sometimes, I really do want to go back to uni, but then I remember my friends who are academics and their constant list of woes 😅

My two self-pubbed books featuring trans/nonbinary characters will be 99c for the duration of the Trans Rights Readathon, wherever you buy books. The universal buy link can be found in my linktree in my bio. #booksky #transrightsreadathon

😍😍😍 Look at it!!!

Ah, that warm fuzzy feeling when the title of your WIP unexpectedly slides seamlessly into a bit of prose in the middle of a particularly good paragraph and everything just feels right with the world 😊 *it's important to savor these smalls moments of delight #booksky #amwriting

I've just seen the finalized cover for my cyberpunk Dorian Gray retelling, EXQUISITE DECAY, and I am in AWE!! It is STUNNING!! I cannot wait to share it 😍😍😍 *watch this space* #booksky

A new #graphicnovel review on the site today, from contributor @xanwriter.bsky.social - check out their thoughts on Pumpkinomicon: A Horror Anthology www.divinationhollow.com/reviews-and-...

And the new YA WIP has just tipped over 30k words!! 🎊🎊 #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Things I googled for the WIP today: 1) Technical definition of a 'heath' 2) Is it lite or light beer? 3) Common trees that are toxic #booksky #amwriting

Didn't get to write nearly as much as I wanted to today, but still managed over 1500 words and half a chapter so not too bad.

Absolute loved this book by my fellow @sauutiverse.bsky.social sibling Cheryl S. Ntumy! #booksky

When you read a book so good it simultaneously makes you wonder why you bother being a writer while also inspiring you to try harder, dig deeper, and improve your craft. (The book doing that to me today is Syncopation by Whitney French. I am in awe.) #booksky

It'll be time for the #TransRightsReadathon soon and many of my books are on sale NOW at Smashwords! For trans reads, please consider The Other Me (YA contemporary set in South Africa) or By the Blood of Rowans (YA fantasy with murder and magic): www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #booksky

I will never EVER use genAI and certainly not to 'speed up' my writing process 😠 Some books take me months, others have taken years, and the slog, the grind, the blood, sweat, and pain has been worth it every single time! Because art is the process, not the product!! #booksky

Dear Google, I really do mean 'flence' and not 'fleece' so if you could stop auto-correcting this word in my doc, I'd appreciate it. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Today I picked up a very special package: the original artwork (a painting on canvas) my publisher commissioned for the cover of my novel, Born of Malice. It is so magnificent I actually teared up opening the bubble wrap! I really wanna show you, but I can't yet!! 😭 Soon, though... #booksky

Ending today's writing session with the WIP now at 23 500 words! 🎊 I'm enjoying this eerie little horror novel so damn much! #writingcommunity

Started listening to @clhellisen.bsky.social 's A Million Points of Light and absolutely love it. The narrator is phenomenal! If you enjoy your fantasy queer and dark, and written with lush prose, this is for you! #booksky #audiobooks

This story got ACCEPTED!!! 🎊🎊🎊 *does the happy dance* More info coming soon... #writingcommunity #booksky

Would any LGBT+ writers/artists creating in the dark SFF/horror genres be interested in being interviewed for the Divination Hollow Review's annual Pride month event? If you are, please drop a comment or send me a DM 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity

A quick reminder that I'm appearing in public giving a talk about queerness, witchiness, and Being A Goddamn Problem. If you're in the area and able to make it, come say hi!

Thanks to very enjoyable weekend writing sessions, the WIP is now just shy of 20k words !! I'm also starting to realize just how much I love writing horror 😆 How did your writing or reading go this weekend? #booksky #writingcommunity

For those wanting more queerness in their cyberpunk, I've got a cyberpunk retelling of Dorian Gray called EXQUISITE DECAY coming out in December! Y'all can add it here: app.thestorygraph.com/books/c4f9e5... #booksky #cyberpunk

Be part of the first-ever book exploring transness in cyberpunk Your support is an act of resistance in a time of surveillance & censorship What’s more punk than that? Not-for-profit crowdfund runs until March Let’s chronicle the new cyberpunk canon together! 🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

I wrote 3445 words today of the brand new YA novel I'm working on and it feels so good to be writing something new again! #amwriting #writingcommunity