If you need something to look forward to, now would be a great time to pre-order a book from Barnes & Noble. 25% off pre-orders - including my upcoming eco-horror, SOMETHING OF A CALLING! @blackstonepub.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/something-...

If you were thinking of pre-ordering SOMETHING OF A CALLING through Barnes & Noble now is a great time to do it! 😀 @blackstonepub.bsky.social

"easily the best book I've read so far this year" = I'm weeping with joy! SOMETHING OF A CALLING has its first GoodReads review! I know reviews are for readers, but I like to see the 1st reactions - and I'm grateful when they start out so positively! On NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

SOMETHING OF A CALLING is now available on NetGalley! 😀 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Did you know there's a giveaway going on for My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast?? First featured in Baby Teeth (and Dear Hanna) this fun book is ideal for readers 5 through 105 😀 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Here's something that doesn't suck...You could win a copy of something HAPPY - in the form of the paperback edition of My UnderSlumberBumbleBeast! For those of you who have read BABY TEETH and/or DEAR HANNA this was Hanna's favorite book as a child. For ages 5-105 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Maybe this is why MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST is also on sale for such a good price?? 🤔

The Zon is selling the paperback version of @zojestage.bsky.social's MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST for the ridiculous price of $4.94. This is such a special, gorgeous book. For the young and the young at heart--and for fans of Zoje's novel BABY TEETH! www.amazon.com/My-UnderSlum...

MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLE BEAST appears in both BABY TEETH and DEAR HANNA...This price is so good that even I bought some copies! 😂

These two people have changed the mood...

Here's a quick introduction to my upcoming (short) novel, SOMETHING OF A CALLING. Now available for PRE-ORDER! Available Sept. 15 from @blackstonepub.bsky.social www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

The cover & description are up! Time to add SOMETHING OF A CALLING to your To Read list! 😀 www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

OMG it's live!! My cover reveal in People Magazine! @blackstonepub.bsky.social people.com/something-of...

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Oh hey, did you know my next book is now listed on Goodreads and Amazon? And we'll have a cover reveal very soon - stay tuned! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

PITTSBURGH:You can get info about ICE activity, rapid response training, etc here: frontlinedignity.org

Impeach and arrest...

In the midst of so much ugliness, I found this to be beautiful and poignant (and I'm really enjoying this book!).

😂😂😂...😭

2026 is starting w/ the closure of BOTH of Pittsburgh's most widely read newspapers: the Pittsburgh City Paper (our free weekly) and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (a 240 year institution). I'm at a loss to process any part of our country. It feels like the collapse of everything, reality included.

Yup, the copyedit stage of a novel always serves as a reminder of how much you STILL don't know about grammar. 😜

Since I sent exactly zero cards this year, I made this communal greeting (out of previously purchased cards) for all my friends, family, and followers! Happy Holidays! 💕

We got a lotta snow!

Every year @emilyhughes.bsky.social puts together the definitive list of upcoming horror books... Coming in September: SOMETHING OF A CALLING! 😁

I CAN'T WAIT!!!! 🖤

A message for readers of BABY TEETH:

6:08 a.m. The snow is here...

The first issue of The End Times is here!! @badhandbooks.bsky.social

How I know my Duolingo Spanish is seeping in: When I play Spelling Bee I see Spanish words; when I see the name Ella in a book I think it means She.

Friday evening and feeling depressed. The world. The cold & darker days. Publishing setbacks. It doesn't take much these days to sap my energy. 🫤

Governors are so important right now - and I'm glad @governor.pa.gov is my governor!

This year it was Fergus's turn to try the bat wings. (Hamish is in the background saying "Thank God it's not me 😹) 🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Billie Eilish said this in a room full of rich people - including Mark Zuckerberg - right after it was announced that she was giving away $11.5 million (a sizable percentage of her wealth) to organizations that support food equity and the climate crisis. 🖤🖤🖤 BE LIKE BILLIE!

This year has been the ravaging of reality... every day is something new and incomprehensible. But the destruction of the East Wing feels so viscerally impossible. It's the physical manifestation of Trump's madness and thinking about it - seeing it - makes me feel ill.

No Kings rally in Pittsburgh... Very peaceful, very pro-America

Uh oh, Fergus has the red pen out... 😹

Book mail!! It's been a minute since I've gotten book mail. I've been in a major reading slump, primarily due to not being able to concentrate and needing mindless entertainment to block out the world. But I'm excited to read these, and it's been a long time since I felt excited about reading.

This is asinine, the Waterfront should be ashamed to deny bus access. The Giant Eagle & Target stops are the only stops I use. Do they want people to STOP going to the Waterfront?? It's already a terrible complex for people without cars & this will make it 10x worse. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...

The world is a dumpster fire and I totally forgot to acknowledge the one year anniversary of DEAR HANNA's publication. From last year: I made a little video with some more info to get you ready for DEAR HANNA 😈😁😈😁 www.instagram.com/reel/Cw24eh4...

I'm always proud to see BABY TEETH on lists like this of books that include disability rep! the-line-up.com/dark-and-dis...

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Social decay, societal collapse, and bad manners... That's about where we are.

Thank you to all the readers who got BABY TEETH to 82,000 ratings!! 💘

Here's another reason why AI should be banned -- because my friend Lisa did this to me. 🤣🤣🤣

Did I mention this little book has TWO asexual characters in it?? (Because friendship is the BEST.)

In case you missed yesterday's announcement about my next book... I'm very excited for this one, and after being in a long "mother/daughter" phase I'm now in my "detective" phase!

I can finally officially announce that my next published work will be with @blackstonepub.bsky.social!! 🎉 And I am transitioning from my "mother/daughter" phase to my "detective" phase! 😜 I believe publication is planned for Sept. 2026........Stay tuned!

From the Great British Sewing Bee: the most bonkers necklace I've ever seen. Yes, these tubes are filled with colored liquid (that sloshes around) and are affixed with carabiners. 😂😳🙄

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