Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books. It’s seriously what gets us through.

1. Call and/or e-mail your Senator and your House reps. Demand Noem be impeached and removed; demand that ICE be defunded. (They're only funded through the end of January!)

I have loved every bit of this I've read and I'm sure it's even better now. So excited for this to come out and you should be too!

Haunted by her ruined reputation, Ró joins a heart-eating cult to hunt down the one creature whose heart can buy her life back. 🫀 Cultish magic 💀 Deadly personality tests 🧌 Scandinavian folklore 🖤 Romance á la OUABH WHERE THE DARK STANDS STILL x YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES #BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #F #Q

Vesper is disabled, divorced and depressed, ready to give up on the worst Halloween of her life. Then she falls through an open grave into a dark world of magic and second chances. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS x THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #R #H #OV #LGBT #DIS #novella

Stephanie successfully navigates her career and a move to Istanbul, but when a relationship turns violent, the only friend she trusts to help is one she's secretly loved for years. Yet winning freedom means moving far from him, too—unless they can plot a new path,.together. #BluePit📖 #A #Q #R

In Dormin, monsters are made myths and the skies are lit with magic. But the magic is turning people into monsters, as the son of a dragonslayer learns firsthand. Trapped in a form he loathes, shame and pursuit drive him into the wilds where a fellow drake might be his only hope. #BluePit #F #Q

Garden of the Grinng Beast Antagonist's POV: The world forgot music the moment Iris bound his soul to a spirit. As Iris' sanity wanes, his control falters, freeing the Grinning Beast. The meddling stranger in the spirit world could be his salvation or his downfall #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #NA #F #ND #LGBT

POV 2: Arum's partner dumping him for his twin is the least of his problems. His best friend Peony is trapped in the spirit world, a mutual friend will burn the world to get Peony back & he's falling hard for the handsome nerd whose help he needs to set things right #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #NA #F #ND #LGBT

Christianne is on medical leave from the force, life in limbo. But she falls hard for a new love & rediscovers hope. Yet when they become a murderer's target, she learns how much she's willing to fight—if they can work together to secure their best chance at forever #BluePit📖 #A #M #Q #R

In a world scarred by a war with dragons, a boy becomes one and flees his city in shame. Hunted by friends and aided (unwillingly) by a fellow monster, he struggles to accept his new body... and the terrible deeds of his home. BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN meets ANIMORPHS #BluePit #F #Q

Garden of the Grinning Beast A pacifist born into a warrior society gets trapped in a Ghibli-esque spirit world where she must right the balance between humans and spirits while weighing the value of one life against the many its loss might save. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #NA #F #ND #LGBT

Peony: Her people and friends, neither of which she feels worthy of. The pacifism she fears makes her weak Arum: Bringing people together and making them laugh. Spirits, stories, faith. Dahlia: Horny, spiteful women, picking unwinnable fights, and (though she'd deny it) her friends.  #BluePitHype

Peony: Being alone, not deserving her friend's love, choosing between saving one life and many Arum: Disappointing others and losing the people he cares about Dahlia: Anything she can't overcome with brute force. Being seen as weak or afraid and, subsequently, relying on others #BluePitHype

Peony: Her sect, her friends, her determination Arum: His ability to mediate and the relationship his people have with the spirits Dahlia: Her fighting prowess [Secondary characters in comments] #BluePitHype

Imagine with me the art I've woefully yet to comission: a Ghibli-eque spirit world with horrific monster spirits and adorable elemental sprites, technicolor body paint on diverse characters, martial arts, and a library. In the meantime, I have memes created by one of my beta readers! #BlueSkyPit

#BluePitHype I write fantasy with undercurrents of horror and humor about flawed characters whose arcs drive the narrative. I find inspiration from reading widely and from my writing community, especially those I found through the Writing Excuses podcast @writingexcuses.bsky.social

#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

Our Winter Reading Challenge for adults is back! Complete five squares in a row or column for one entry into our prize drawing. Complete the entire board for five entries! Suggestions and the printable bingo board are on our website.

For anyone who wants to start the year off with good news (from last April that I totally missed when it happened). A town comes together to move books from a local indie bookstore to its new location. youtube.com/shorts/csYol...

Saw a video today about why goal setting fails from a PhD in behavioral change and she said one of the biggest failure points is that people start by setting goals for consistency. "run 4 days a week" "write every day"

tomorrow, dec 27 at 8:45am: my story Our Bones Are the Mortar, beautifully read by Sarah Niles with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, airs on BBC Radio 4 alongside Dickens, Wilde & others. tune in here 👻🎄!! www.bbc.com/audio/play/l...

Advance copies of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO are making their way into the world! I’m giving them away early in the new year, so make sure you’re signed up for my author newsletter (link in bio) if you want to snag one. Happy holidays, everyone!

Hooray! @writingexcuses.bsky.social has been named one of the 12 best writing podcasts by Podcast Review. See the full list at podcastreview.org/list/best-wr...

Banger from the past. theonion.com/cat-clinging...

Lotta folks talking resolutions, so a quick reminder to focus on goals you can control. Instead of making it about agents or deals, focus on things like reading more to improve your craft, finding ways to support your peers, drafting something new… You don’t need anyone else, to chase those goals.

the good that you do persists in this world

Reviews are great! Also, tell everyone you know about books you have enjoyed. People are more likely to buy a book vouched for by someone they know, so tell your friends and family and social media followers!

I spent three days last week putting together an eligibility MEGA POST for @strangehorizons.bsky.social, with all the people and work within it that's eligible for awards in 2026. I hope you'll check it out, click on some things, and consider putting your faves forward 🥹 Thank you, and here's to 26!

Happy atmospheric river to all who celebrate.

Donate to our End of Year Fundraiser to support the development of new Master Classes, Deep Dive courses, & webinars on representing specific identities & applying Writing the Other principles to different genres & mediums. Donate & Share to help us help writers in #2026AndBeyond writin...

For anyone who is suddenly struggling with things they were juggling alright a month ago: @miribaker.bsky.social reminded me, "stress is like sand. it'll get all over ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that's in the neighborhood." It's harder to be chill when there's sand all up in everything.

My 4 year old (playing pretend): They missed their bus Me: oh no 4yo: but another bus is coming. Me: Great news! 4to: It's not their bus. They're waiting for the 49 and this is the 940. Me: Oh, what a roller-coaster of emotions 4yo: It's not a roller-coaster it's a bus.

My father can sneeze loudly enough to startle birds into flight on the other side of the house. He is a paragon in his field.

Had an obvious-in-retrospect breakthrough (as breakthroughs are wont to be) while talking to some fellow writers: writing my silly irreverent book will go smoother if I'm reading silly irreverent books. Never forget the power of consuming media for the creative process (nor the power of libraries)

Spent an insane amount of time researching talking pet buttons for someone who is currently between cats.

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

"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."

There is hope for the future

We're joining the retail pandemonium to offer you discounts on books! That's right, BOOKS made of paper, filled with delightful stories and subversive ideas. Skip the mall, skip the big box, and DEFINITELY skip Am🤮zon, because we're taking 15-25% off nearly everything! firestorm.coop/news/indies-...

I’ve carried and used them since I was 14 and can affirm they are excellent communication devices as well as a potential defensive weapon.

I reposted the first because the particular phrasing and implications of "are fae open source?" gave me joy. But never as shame. What a wonderful thing it is to ask questions when you don't know, to learn more about real human history through seeing common threads in fantasy. And to read.

“Are the fae open source” is the kind of deranged sentence that keeps me addicted to microblogging. Beautiful poison Rappaccini flower.

never forget: Romance has been carrying other genres on its back for DECADES.

UNRELENTING and UNDENIABLE, Books 1 & 2 of THE GRIGORI CYCLE by @jeshonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social, are available wherever fine books are sold, and you can get both at a discount at our store here: bit.ly/UndGC (With a blurb by @maryrobinettekowal.com!)

I'm normally a fan of pristine books, but the mysterious dark waterstains on this library copy of @tkingfisher.com 's The Hollow Places gives it an ambiance of "fished out of a waterlogged bunker from another world" that really worked for me.

Searching manuscript wishlist for agents who want Ghibli-esque fantasy is all fun and games until you realize over half the hits are editors. At least it bodes well for sellability after getting agented!

Time to shift gears from edits and query letters to drafting 💪