Nothing brings me more joy than waking up to a long, chatty email from a reader. Human connection is where it's at.

I think the hero of my next book might have to be a judge...

“There’s a baby!” Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

'cause who among us doesn't need a good Sunday morning cry?

Today's pledge: When I am a famous, big time author, I will make a point to seek out & support quality debut indie authors. Not ignore them, and make them feel like they're not worth my time. I'm so sick of successful indies who talk the talk but only give due to trad pub authors.

3 more chapters to revise, and it's off to the editor! Oh, and I should probably write the epilogue. This is the most difficult part of the process...I'm going to be so sad to let these characters go!❤️😢 Preorder at major retailers or direct👉https://louisemayberry.com/products/the-caretaker-ebook

Nothing's better than when the right words finally fall into place in the manuscript you've been working on for eight months. Magic.

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This is America. Don't look away.

Well… the whole world can now see that the emperor is naked. How embarrassing.

1841 New York. When Charley Lovejoy delivers his runaway sister to a radical new school for Black & white girls, he doesn’t expect to fall for one of the teachers—or to find himself in the middle of a town on the edge of revolt. Coming November 10. Preorder links in comments

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

Gosh, it's hard to care about selling books when the world is on fire.

Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record. I just don't know what to say anymore.

If you voted for him, you've done this.

"violence against the truth "

Hell of a photo by my former Chicago Tribune colleague Stacey Wescott from a protest today at an ICE facility in the Chicago suburbs. Read the sign at the bottom. @staceywescott.bsky.social

Chef's kiss. Laughing feels so good.

Morning glory? Or portal to a brighter, more peaceful world?

OK, so here's the thing about Tyler Robinson's motive. I don't care if he was motivated by far right lies or an awakening sense of the actual harm Kirk did in the world... It doesn't matter. Either way, he was motivated by anger, and anger is a natural human emotion - we've all 🧵1/4

Bam

“Stay in your cars! Tell everyone to stay in your houses.” Illinois state senator Karina Villa out in the street warning folks about ICE

In celebration of all the new bot followers I've gotten today, here's what I just got from a "fan" who claimed to love my first book. I wrote back telling her about all the bots emails I get, and could she please prove she's human. This is what I got. (Spoiler, NONE of this is about my book.)

My thoughts at the end of a very long week. This one hurt to write, but I did it anyway. I'd be honored to have you read it. open.substack.com/pub/louisema...

Wow. Powerful words.

There is a HUGE difference between wanting someone dead and refusing to mourn them when they die.

Every word…

My thoughts on the week...

A quick reminder: if you read something you love, don't forget to write to the author to thank them for it, and tell them why you loved it.

All else aside, it's an illustration of just how powerful a good plot twist can be... A story of a divided America becomes a story of MAGA tearing itself apart. Taking notes for my next book.

As a historical writer, I've been thinking a lot about parallels between now and the Antebellum era... And I keep thinking: Damn, it must have been nice to have news travel slowly, and be confined to only one newspaper each day.

I will never stop being sad that she isn't our president.

Lots of things being said on this platform, but this seems to cut to the truth.

Just sent the last bit of my manuscript off to the beta readers and... I'm FREE!!! Now on to the thousand things I've been putting off until this moment. 😂

God damn Romantasy... Poll Finds Most Desirable Quality In   Romantic Partner Is Being Jacked Centaur — theonion.com/poll-finds-m...

This.

The feminist rage burns hot today.

Can a country built on slavery, indentured servitude, misogyny, classism, and white patriarchy ever rise above the monstrous brutality of its origins? Right now, it's not looking good.

At this point abolishing ICE and reforming the Supreme Court have to be non-negotiables for every 2028 Dem.

Remembering when I was in college & I dyed my hair black for fun & I overheard a drunk dude-bro at a party refer to me as "the ethnic one" to one of his friends. I'm an olive-skinned Irish German. Seemed funny & kinda stupid at the time... Not so much today. Race is a social construct!!

Writing tip of the day: do NOT use verbs for character names. Will Will go into town tomorrow? Rose rose from her chair. Ugh.

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Spotted in the window at the Center for Native Futures in Chicago when I was there last month... Love you Chicago. ❤️✊

If we'd believed Christine Ford, we wouldn't have Justice Kavanaugh. If we'd believed Anita Hill, we wouldn't have Justice Thomas. If we'd believed Epstein victims, we wouldn't have Trump. We are victims of our own disbelief.😢

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OMG. This is amazing.

Trying something new: Letters to Ron It's seemed pointless to contact my right-wing senator, Ron Johnson. BUT, this month, instead of sitting and stewing after reading my daily Substack news feed, I'm going to just write him a quick letter each day. Might not do anything, but it feels good.

This is so beautiful. So much love and solidarity for these incredible women.