The sign outside my Local Yarn Store (LYS) this afternoon.

An alert reader let me know the whole Lotus Kingdoms series is available for $2.99 each in ebook! Also on Kobo and other platforms! www.kobo.com/us/en/series...

A visit from a neighbour. #LifeInTheCountry

Today's word is COLOR. Today's quote from the new ebook edition of SUMMON THE KEEPER, a 1998 contemporary fantasy about people who close the holes between worlds and the cats who have to keep reminding them that the food bowl is empty. There's no point in saving the world if the cat is starving.

It's aaaaliiiiiive!!! HEART OF STONE is now available again! Vampires and dragons and djinn, oh my! Welcome to the world of the Old Races as Margrit Knight discovers her hot new client isn't just wanted for murder - he's also a gargoyle! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4MKZM...

Happy Happy release day @kateelliottsff.bsky.social

Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.

This series needs to get a lot more attention. I loved it. Krista even made the politics enthralling, and usually, I run screaming from politics. At least two of the characters have been living rent-free in my head for the last three years.

"Men made me very angry." - Goodreads Read my historical fantasy - an exploration of grief, guilt, and one woman's search for internal peace. Also ghosts. Complete series. AMI books2read.com/u/bwqara AGR books2read.com/u/mZKZzB SoW books2read.com/u/38V7Ma ALC books2read.com/u/mKXvDV

It's the last day of the 99p Kindle ebook deal for The Green Man's War. Don't miss out - especially if you want to catch up with Dan's adventures before embarking on The Green Man's Holiday which keen readers are already enjoying. You could get both for under six quid, just saying 😁

Please watch and share. Pete Hoekstra is fundamentally unfit to be ambassador. His record of race-baiting and extremist disinformation needs to be called out. MAGA is actively undermining our nation. Canada needs to send him packing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jThL...

FREE UNTIL NOV4th!! #UrbanFantasy in a #Canadian setting. Please RT SHARE and REVIEW ! #writersky #booksky www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Endin...

CANADIANS! Our government is once again trying to convince us AI is good, actually, and they have a whole big survey about how we can use AI. I pretty much just said "we can't until we can do it without mass theft and poisoning the environment" over and over again, and you can too

I'm fighting the urge to put a towel over my head. #IfYouKnowYouKnow #bluejays

I just got my first "I love your book, let me help you market it" email. If I can just get "your grandchild was in an accident" I'll have bingo. No grandchild because that would have required a child, but bingo.

I really hope that Canada is early with tangible help for Jamaica, human expertise, material, financial. Need to be pulling the first flights together now. bsky.app/profile/glmo...

A heads-up for those who want a video to accompany their tea break or martini hour. Interesting exchanges.

Today's brain vs fingers debate: I know how to spell villain. My fingers insist on villian every damned time. I'm clearly giving them too much independence.

11 - 2, top of the 7th. Well, I think that answers the momentum vs rest debate.

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean. 6 people dead this time. Not a single arrest made. Not an ounce recovered. Not a shred of evidence provided.

Srsly if you live near Sacto, please come to Elk Grove this weekend to hang out with me at A Seat at the Table Books. My cat is big mad at me for going on another overnight trip, and he'll be v grouchy if he finds out I didn't even get to see a lot of other humans www.eventbrite.com/o/a-seat-at-...

What's it like in my head...

We really need a jfc response for all those times the little heart is inappropriate...

Canadian peeps, roll up! Police are looking for a specific type of well near Edmonton to solve a cold case. Deets in QP.

The response last night was so overwhelming, I need a new thread So a family member died unexpectedly & left behind this sweet girl, who’s now on a 5day hold at a shelter in Eugene OR. I need to get her to Portland Maine to adopt her. Some offered to chain a ride. Can we get her coast to coast?

If anyone can help @catvalente.bsky.social get the dog of a family member who passed unexpectedly moved cross country please contact them.

Today's word is SELF and yes, I forgot it was Wednesday. Today's quote from BLOOD PACT, bk 4 in the Blood series. It's spooky season and of my 33 novels this is one of two I'd consider horror. The dream of Vicki's mom buried under the kitchen floor? My dream. I shared. Shop indie if you can.

Having just activated a replacement KOBO reader, I have to say that Amazon makes it a fuck of a lot easier to give them your money. Credit where due, it was a speedy replacement.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Ontario ALREADY has the lowest per capita healthcare spending in Canada -- $4,889 in 2022-2023 -- $876 below the national average. It's gonna get worse. Healthcare workers are leaving Ontario in droves. Doug Ford is a lethal premier. #ONpoli #nurses #doctors

Don’t be fooled. Ford says he hates Trump but everything he does is straight out of Trump’s corrupt, oligarchic playbook. #onpoli

NDP, Liberal and Green parties in #Ontario vall for #LabourMinister resignation after #Auditor report findings of the disbursement of $2.5 BILLION #SkillsDevelopment Funds #ONpoli #FordGovt #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

OKAY PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE DRILL: HIT THAT FOLLOW BUTTON This is a Canadian small press, with a Canadian editor, so LET'S GET THOSE CANADIAN CLICKS (worldwide clicks also appreciated and loved equally, but I can't bully you in the same manner as I can Canadians) www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

HELLO ALSO! If you are in Ottawa, we would love to see you tonight at Perfect Books for the launch of the final novella in the trilogy, THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES! The brilliant @kateheartfield.com and I will be talking research, eco-fiction, bears (bears?) and more!

Blood Ties, the 2007 television series based on my Vicki Nelson books, gets some recognition. collider.com/fantasy-show...

We listened to game six on the radio- by way of the interwebs, it wasn't totally old school - and I'm so out of practice when it comes to baseball stress.

Pierre Poilievre is at it again. Trashing the strategies that are building up industries. He has never shown any interest in the northern economy. He just uses our region as a platform for rage ranting. Slogans don't build economies Pierre. www.sudbury.com/local-news/w...

A president with a lower approval rating than the Vietnam War, incredible

A heads up for Vancourites? This coming Friday evening, at the Authors’ Festival. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/events/32667...

Doug Ford plays mall cop for Home Depot while letting wage thieves rip off Ontario workers with impunity www.thestar.com/news/gta/wor... #onlab #onpoli

To those in the US hitting the streets today. Be careful, pre-arrange a meeting place in case you get separated from your friends, and thank you for standing up for democracy.

New ebook editions of SUMMON THE KEEPER and THE SECOND SUMMONING with new ebook edition covers are now available. 1/3

The three Emporium books are part of this bundle!

Carney has quietly put his elbows down.

Today's word is GOLD. Today's quote from the e-collection SWAN'S BRAID AND OTHER TALES OF TERIZAN. It seemed like the logical choice. Terizan is, after all, a thief, & she's fond of gold. Very fond. Maybe a little too fond. Dangerously fond... Available digitally worldwide. Shop indie if you can.

Repost with working link! Super thrilled to have acquired The Riven Kingdom by @julietemckenna.bsky.social A high fantasy blending politics, religion and a battle for a dead king’s throne. Click to go to The British Fantasy Society for more details: britishfantasysociety.org/book-news-an...

This is going to be fun!

Looking for a perfect spooky season read? Our ebook edition of @tanyahuff.bsky.social's SUMMON THE KEEPER is now available! awfulagent.com/ebooks/summo... Come for the love triangle, stay for the talking cat.

We are one week away from the launch of Premee's new book here in Ottawa at Perfect Books, with me as wingman. Please come, and support a lovely bookstore while you're at it.