People including me in their Best Reads of 2025 posts alongside so many world-class authors is blowing my mind. Yet another surreal experience in this crazy journey I've been on since WINDS released a few months ago. 🥹

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ✨ 2025 was all about starting my journey as an author, so I want to share a few of the biggest milestones since TWOW launched 5 months ago! (I also have a full year in review coming soon!) Thank you all for being a part of this! Here's to an even better '26! 🍻 // #Writing #Booksky

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ✨ 2025 was all about starting my journey as an author, so I want to share a few of the biggest milestones since TWOW launched 5 months ago! (I also have a full year in review coming soon!) Thank you all for being a part of this! Here's to an even better '26! 🍻 // #Writing #Booksky

The NYE noms have been eaten, now it's time for the comfiest, coziest New Year's Eve celebration in the world! Come ring in all the Western time zones with us! 🎆

EVERYBODY STAY CALM!!!!!!!!

THE TAPESTRY OF THE TARNISHED BOOK TWO COMING 2026 // #Writing #Booksky

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Since this platform has been declining steadily, I wanted to mention that I'm active on Instagram and would love it if you hit me up on there. I'm not leaving Bluesky, but so many people are and I don't want to lose touch! 🙏 ➡️ www.instagram.com/moewanders/ ⬅️

Came down and found Mandy practicing her Japanese while watching a Japan vlog. We need to go back. The missing Japan copium in this household is off the charts. 😭

I won an Indie Fantasy Fund grant! 🥹 Which means . . . WINDS AUDIOBOOK COMING ASAP! 🎧 // #Writing #Booksky

Voting is open for a bit longer! I'd be so grateful for your support. ☺️

It's always a white Christmas in the North 😌

For a month with no promotions or releases, this is the best I've had. I'm floored honestly. Thank you so, so, so much to my readers. 🧡 // #Writing

My baby girl is serving 😍

Merry Christmas / happy holidays my friends 🎄🧡

Bone Apple Tea 🤤

Sweetest character design I've seen in a minute // #Avatar #Filmsky

Happy Holidays 🎄

I hope you're having a comfy, restful holiday! ☃️ I've been forcing myself to really slow down this month and god do I need it. Pushed myself way too hard this year; now it's time to recover. Lots of books, games, and family time. Feeling grateful and extremely cozy! 🎅

Yawning silence, vast as death, In stillness sighs its crystal breath, Ghost wind, numbing skin; The dirge beseeches a wanderer in . . . Lo! Let thy blood awash In this radiance soft as a candle’s song; For here the ember is a beating heart! And here we weather the silence long. // #Art #Writing

Forever in awe of Luisa's art. What a painter. Unreal. 😳

Just a man and his hounds

You're telling me that Jake Paul and Andrew Tate both got their faces smashed in this weekend? Christmas has arrived early! 😂

Come celebrate Mandy's birthday with us tonight! 🥳

Mexico 🐢 // #Photography

Winds hit 69 ratings so you're contractually obligated to say nice

This was the exact 1000th sale of TWOW! Now I have a lovely photo to go with the milestone. Thank you so much, Carlos! ☺️

It should infuriate everyone that our brightest people who are seeking and able to improve the world are often killed by ghoulish corporations who would rather watch us suffer for profit.

The Tapestry of the Tarnished is completely free of gen-AI, as is all of my creative work. No part of my creative process, from early ideation to actual creation, involves a LLM. I have never once prompted one of these bots. Feels important to reiterate this once in a while. ✌️ // #Art #Writing

Happy birthday to my best friend, my love, my favorite person in the whole world, @teawithmandy.bsky.social! 🧡 I wake up and fall asleep every single day feeling grateful that I get to spend my life with you. How did I get so lucky?

My bad y'all, I mixed up one of the categories! WINDS is up for Best Mentor Character, NOT Best Use of Tropes. Cheers to everyone who has voted thus far! 🙏

Friends, I NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN! 🤩 Voting for the Indie Ink Awards is now open and thanks to your nominations THE WINDS OF WAR is in the running for 9 awards! Thank you for your support. It would be a dream come true to be able to call WINDS an award-winning book! // #Writing #Booksky

Fresh snow family photo 🧔🐕🐕👱🏼‍♀️

This is the first time my book has been included in a "favorite books of the year" list and I'm so happy about it! 🥰

The Winds of War by @moewanders.bsky.social What. A. Book. I really hope I get to read the next one as an ARC too. Mosha shows his passion and admiration for authors like Sanderson, Martin and Jordan but makes it a unique and different story. bsky.app/profile/jotu...

Watched the final episode of MHA today. 🥹 What a journey it's been. Hard to believe it's over. Thank you so much, Horikoshi-san! 🧡

Update on this ... I got sick again despite the precautions. Meanwhile my family who weren't careful did NOT get sick. It's complete injustice. 😩

A couple wonderful reviews came in while I was away! // #Writing #Booksky

Oooh, yes! Loved a couple of the Ace Combat games when I was much younger so I'll definitely be checking out this new one! It's always nice to see a beloved franchise rebooted ✈️

The Game Awards were awesome—one of the best shows yet! Clair Obscur deserved all its flowers, though Best RPG should have gone to KCD2! Was glad to see Hades II & Silksong get a couple wins too. Biggest hype for me was Fate of the Old Republic, Total War 40K, & DIVINITY 3! 😍

Watching The Game Awards now that I'm home! Most of the reactions I've seen from the show have been hostile and angry but I have a feeling the actual thing isn't going to be nearly so bad. Excited to catch up! 😄

Just released baby turtles into the sunset sea 🥺

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Good times

Reading during vacation

THE WINDS OF WAR was nominated for 9 Indie Ink Awards! 🤯

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MOMO THIRST TRAP?? 🥵

Mandy forced me to post this