Have @kitvaria.bsky.social 's dog Galli present a big list full of christmas themed SFF! From cosy to gory, something for everyone. As an addict of both topics, how could she not make a post with her favourites? fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

The hold music I've been listening to for the last 30+ minutes blessedly has more than one song. But the songs don't play all the way through. They are always interrupted by the your-call-is-very-important-to-us dude. And when the music restarts it's the next song. 😑

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @sharonboothwriter.bsky.social's Christmas Spirits at Honeywell House! - JI 🐉🎄 "It was refreshing to see a middle-aged woman at the centre of a fantasy story, dealing with very recognisable pressures." fantasy-faction.com/2025/christm... #booksky #christmas

And Kid#2 is home for winter break! The house has finally returned to its normal state of absolute chaos! :D Just in time for it to be WAY TOO COLD to do anything outside. XD

Guys, I just tried plugging in my phone to get the temperature on the weather widget to go up. That's not how reality works brain. Nice try though! XD #adhd #brains #toocold

Satirical, sharp, and gleefully chaotic, this finalist takes aim at fantasy tropes, economics, and heroism with wit and heart. The team enjoyed the humour, the bite, and the surprising depth, then scored it to close out Round 3. fantasy-faction.com/2025/spfbo-1... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SPFBO

Fantasy-Fantasy-Faction's @fantasyfaction.bsky.social final review in the #SPFBO Champions League is for Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike. This comes in 6th place in our ratings. fantasy-faction.com/2025/spfbo-1... #SPFBO #Self-published #Fantasy #Booksky💙📚 #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

So much snow! Probably about 6" in total. Its perfect for snowmen too! ❄️💙❄️

First snow of the season! ❄️💙❄️ Also this was taken like 5 minutes ago. The light pollution around here is not great.

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @gabriellabuba.bsky.social's Saints of Storm and Sorrow! - JI 🐉 "Rich in magic, rooted in Filipino history, and unafraid to challenge the legacy of colonization." fantasy-faction.com/2025/saints-... Background by Leon Contreras. #booksky #fantasybooks

I got 14. Not sure why they are split into these particular boxes though.

Favorite movie where he is the star has to be the original Tron. I thought his character was the coolest when I was a kid! Favorite movie with him in it? The Last Unicorn. (He was the voice of the prince.) :3

And Kid#1 is home for winter break! 🥳 Back to the house being chaotic until the twins go back in January. XD (Kid#2 is due back on Monday.)

At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month. n.pr/3XKSnAX

Announcing: The Books & Bewitchment Book Tour! Coming to you next February with: * cozy witch Romance * small-town shenanigans in the mountains of north Georgia * a parrot familiar with an attitude * a hot handyman who can fix ANYTHING and even make chocolate mousse Hope to see you there!

Body: Room is wrong temperature. Pillow is wrong puffy. Neighbors' Christmas lights too bright. Me: It's 1:15am go to sleep! Brain: You know what would taste real good right now? Pancakes. Me: *long drawn out sigh* Body: Uncomfy wrinkle in fitted sheet... Me: *screaming in neurodivergent*

We're looking forward to this too!!

And speaking of @tkingfisher.com, don't miss this beautiful signed sprayed edges edition of Wolf Worm: an atmospheric gothic chiller in which something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods... Out this coming spring! Preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/wolf-wo... 💙📚🪐 #Horrorsky

Squee! My new game came in! It's called Collectionomics and it's basically show-and-tell for grown ups! Can't wait to try it put at game night! #boardgames #tabletop www.kickstarter.com/projects/bec...

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews Deck Matthews' A Shattering of Glass! - JI 🐉 "The action remains intense, the world is steadily widening, and the characters continue to carry the story." fantasy-faction.com/2025/a-shatt... #booksky

I’m so delighted to have acquired @rjbarker.bsky.social’s amazing MORTEDANT’S PERIL for @torbooksuk.bsky.social! In this fantastical book, Irody can read the thoughts of the dead, and is drawn into a murder-mystery in his magic-infused city. And it could be the death of him. Info: shorturl.at/C2bz2

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @assaph.bsky.social's Murder in Absentia - JI 🐉 "The combination of historical inspiration, original fantasy touches, and a wry but capable protagonist makes this a memorable read." fantasy-faction.com/2025/murder-... #booksky

the fucking Calibre e-book manager has gone AI slop calibre-ebook.com/whats-new

Sooo... Someone left the hose on and we just had our first hard frost of the year. That is not white paint on the carpet in hubby's basement office. It is 2" of water. :| So PSA: Make sure your water to the outside is turned off if you live where it gets cold. 💧❄️

The e-book of BLOOM is on sale for $4.99 in the US, and the second slide would like to seduce you with succulent reasons to read it. All inks can be found here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736002...

New story! "To Speak in Silence" by Mary Robinette Kowal! buff.ly/1FERBCe

This weekend, I'm teaching two classes. Saturday morning is a single session class on writing friendships - how to make them interesting as well as something that provides conflict and helps move the plot along. Sunday is the 1st of a three session workshop on voice and point of view.

I have done the admin that was in the inbox And which I had definitely been putting off Inevitably It was so easy so quick and is gone

Websites, I'm begging you, just tell me if I have an account associated with my email address. I don't want to play the wait-and-see-if-i-get-a-password-reset-link game with all of my too many email addresses! 😠

Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)! Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...

Today @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews C. Gockel's Wolves, first book in the I Bring The Fire series! - JI 🐉 "This was a quick and entertaining read that shows a lot of promise." fantasy-faction.com/2025/wolves-... Background image by Dewang Gupta. #booksky

I want to make a list of *short stories* (any genre) published by intersex authors in 2025 & hopefully going forward. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I think now there are plenty of stories. If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word? Thank you!

At the end of each year I publish a community roundup of awards-eligible work for folks to check out! Go add your information so I can put you on the list for 2026.

I worked at a Home Depot as a plant vendor during Christmas and they only played D-list Christmas songs. It's a Marshmallow World. Christmas on Christmas Island. First Toymaker to the King. Absolutely none of the top 10 hits. Not even the top 50. It was the weirdest thing.

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Please join Emma and me this month as we go on an advent trek (nudge nudge) through our TV favourites, starting today with a certain Next Generation.

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Next #SPFBO review: A sweeping romantasy of simmering tension, quiet power plays, and a world shaped by loyalty and desire. Reign and Ruin wraps court intrigue in heat and heart, perfect for readers who love politics softened by longing. 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Hubby tried something new with our regular peanut butter Hershey kiss cookies. He used marshmallow fluff to make a smores version! So good!

Heads. Heads. Heads. Heads. Heads.

Anyone have a recommendation for a SFF version of these two?

we're at 31 submissions out of the 100 available slots already, damn

ICYMI The Creative Commune supports and empowers #indieauthors and we do it with our FREE magazine. Articles to inform and entertain. Read or download it here: www.philparker-fantasywriter.com/creativecomm... #writingcommunity

Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!

Okay, so you cannot avoid a Thanksgiving event, and it’s not entirely under your control. You’re home from college, you live with your parents, your spouse isn’t ready to process how awful their natal family is. It happens. THERE ARE STRATEGIES YOU CAN EMPLOY TO YOUR BENEFIT.

Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Hubby in his Tiamat cosplay at @officialpax.bsky.social Unplugged! He made the whole costume himself! It's his 1st time cosplaying & he started leatherworking this year. The pattern for the basic mask is by Tony See (link below). www.etsy.com/shop/TonySee... #cosplay #cosplaying #dnd #leatherwork

Oh LOOK, the judges have been announced for the inaugural Great Northern Read award for Northern writers with a prize of £2500 and mentoring by my agency Johnson and Alcock. And WAIT, ONE OF THOSE JUDGES LOOKS FAMILAIR! newwritingnorth.com/judges-annou...

Morning is going great so far. XD