For those of you who don’t know: I haven’t worked full-time in a year and a day, and I haven’t worked at all since October. Even during those three months, I was only working 0–20 hours per week—usually closer to 0–3, with many weeks totaling zero.

"Blob" I just want to be happy… I want to be with someone who actually loves me and cares and wants me as a partner and as a woman, not as a blob who holds a cleaning spray. #poetry #poetrysky #poemsky #poems #sadpoems #griefpoems #breakuppoems #lovepoems

Good Girl Chocolate is seriously amazing (not sponsored, not gifted)! The brownie batter is my favorite, but I also really like the candied walnut brownie and coconut pecan scotchie.

All Kickstarter rewards for my new adult sapphic literary romantic political portal fantasy novelette The Scarlet-Dawn have been fulfilled! All ebooks and physical books have been shipped out. 💜 #BooksToRead #fantasybooks #booksky #authorlife #indieauthor #kickstarterforauthors #indiebooks #booklife

Small book. Small smiles. Sweet poems. The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask. Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited, as well as in paperback. 💜💜💜 #themirrorthemaskandalliask #poetrybook #poetrycollection #lovepoetry #lovepoemsbyme #booksky #lovepoems #indiepoems #indiepoetry #texaspoet #smile #tx

“A Life Worth Living” You are like a field of flowers, and have a life worth living From my first poetry collection, The Mirror, The Mask, and All I Ask. It's a very sweet collection on love, grief, and survival. 💜 #poetry #poems #poem #indiepoet #indiepoetry #indiepoem #indiepoems #booksky #utah

Syong Ryul (South Korean, b.1994) "Palm Tree," 2025 Watercolor on paper

“Rather Be” If your response is “Well, actually,” to try to correct me on a technicality, then just know that talking to anyone else, I would rather be. This is from my upcoming fourth poetry collection The Love I Give. #poetry #poem

Looking for ARC readers for my fourth poetry collection, The Love I Give, releasing September 8th. It's love, grief, heartbreak, and honesty. Link in thread. 🩷

Officially six months into my Jewish conversion, and I'm very grateful. ✡ #jewish #judaism #jewishsky #judaismsky #reformjudaism #jewishconversion #grateful

I gotta get some time to write soon. Ive worked through the poetry backlog and have been live posting too much. 😅

Israel ranked 18th in average personal wealth in the world in 2025 as the number of millionaires continued to grow, boosted by strong financial markets, according to the UBS annual Global Wealth Report published on Tuesday. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/israel-ranks...

I’m out of state for several months to support my best friend after the unexpected death of his brother. While we have some safety net, we have both been unemployed for an extended period of time (me more than him). Any support would be appreciated! 💙📚 ko-fi.com/elhoffmanaut...

“Really Great” My best friend is really great; they always make my day— and I know that they are here to stay. My best friend is really great; they always make me laugh— about jokes, about life, our dynamic, we will never sacrifice.

#StreetArt By Payson

Will I ever get over the absolute gut punch that is "This book came out in 2017" "This book came out 9 years ago" Will my sense of the passage of time ever come back from the 2020 dimension or is this just what aging is like

After decades of declining enrollment in non-Orthodox Jewish day schools, a new report from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools found enrollment is now growing across denominations. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-da...

Librarians, I love you, and I will hold your hand while I say this: Your Disability Pride Month booklists should not include books by nondisabled people about disabled people. We have a saying—it’s been around for a long time now: Nothing about us without us.

Paperbacks of the novelette are officially live! I tried to be as low to the ground on pricing as possible, but it is Amazon after all… a.co/d/05qIqv1m You can also get the ebook from not Amazon at these links: Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... Itchio: desiheart.itch.io/descent-into...

My posts are all over the place because I like to keep you guessing.

Just a reminder. I'm always surprised how many people aren't aware of this. #Libraries

One of the strangest parts of being an author is hearing readers describe a scene completely differently than I wrote it. They're usually not wrong. #authorlife #booktok #booksky #writingcommunity

Finished writing my fourth poetry collection The Love I Give, and we're working on the cover now. 💜 #booksky #poetry #poetlife #poet #indiepoet #authorlife #indieauthor

PSA: Using expansive vocabulary in books is not ableism.

Most anthologies are themed. You find the anthology, read the prompt and deadline and submit hoping to slot in to the publication. Many do not pay out much or anything. The editors are masochists as dealing with writers is HARD WORK. Be kind. #writingcommunity #booksky #anthologies

Happy Disability Pride Month! If you're looking for disabled authors to read this month, I'm a disabled author who writes contemporary romance, literary fantasy, and poetry. #booksky #author #disabilitypridemonth #disabledauthor

Starting July with positive numbers! I hope to beat last month's 611 page reads. #booksky #author #authorlife #indieauthor

Omg, I'm currently at my second highest month ever for KDP royalties. I've also had 467 page reads this month, which is my highest amount of page reads to date! Woo! Can we hit 500 page reads by the end of June? 💜 #booksky #author #indieauthor #authorlife #indieauthorlife #poetry #kindleunlimited

Dogs at the Rescue Center get to pick their own toy 🧸

I’ve recently set up a Ko-fi page for those who have asked how they can support my writing. Between unexpected travel costs to support my grieving best friend and navigating life as an independent author, any support is incredibly appreciated. You can find it here: ko-fi.com/elhoffmanaut.... 💙

I love reading my own posts because they're so relatable to me.

This is his own mat. #Cat #Caturday

I was in line at a bakery today, and two strangers (both to me and each other) were talking about the forest fire above the university. They were rightfully worried, saying things like, “Oh, the poor doctors, the patients, it’s so scary.”

Doing a book signing from 12pm-5pm today at the Layton, Utah Barnes & Noble. I’ll have copies of all five of my books! @barnesandnoble.com #booksky #books #author #indieauthor #laytonutah #utah #indiebooks

The best dystopian stories aren't loud. They're calm and polished and efficient. That's what makes them unsettling. #dystopian #scifi #booksky #booktok

Doing a book signing from 12pm-5pm at the Layton, Utah Barnes & Noble. I’ll have copies of all five of my books! @barnesandnoble.com #booksky #utah #laytonutah #booksigning #author #authorevent #indieauthor #fantasybooks

yeah, there is a full blown effort to drive Jews from public life, both by literally driving Jewish pols out of politics but also making the price for interacting with Jewish voters so high no one will do it.

Book 3 in The Indirettan Chronicles opening poem teaser: “A Study in Bureaucracy and Salmon” Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow. The schedule demands a sorting now. A realm of fools, a broken gate, a fishless crowd, a heavy weight. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow. Bring the sardines and clear the brow. #booksky #cats

Exciting news! All ebook pledges for The Scarlet-Dawn's Kickstarter have been fulfilled! 🎉 Physical pledges will be fulfilled once I have copies on hand. #booksky #books #fantasybooks #author #indieauthor #indiebooks #authorlife

If you’re sick of Grimdark Fantasy & morally gray protagonists, I’d like to introduce you to some REAL Heroes. #booksky #fantasybooks #fantasyadventure #heroes #readersofbluesky www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DN...

I am the author of my story. 😊

I hope the author gets there someday

note that if you tag an author on here it's rave reviews or nothing.

Breathe…..

Over 8,000 words in to the third book in The Indirettan Chronicles series (novelette territory, yay)! It’s still fantasy, but starting to lean dark comedy because of the new protagonist. More details to come! 👀 #booksky #books #writer #writing #author #indieauthor

Pixel art practice today courtesy of someone mentioning the Stardew Valley chickens... is this cutie! I used the SV chickens as a reference, though did a few things differently.

I'm halfway through reading The Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com It's the best sci-fi I have read in years: completely riveting. I tear through reading the books like I did when I was a teenager Highly recommend www.marthawells.com/murderbot.htm

Yooo I really sat down 6 yrs ago and wrote a lil story about a Black boy with magic and now my books are in bookstores worldwide. It’s not everyday you get to live out your childhood dream. #booksky

Book signing today from 12pm-5pm at Eborn Books in Sandy, Utah (at The Shops at South Town). Hope to see you there! #booksky #books #utah

My literary fantasy novella The Ever-Dark is on sale on Amazon for 99c until the 14th! 💜 a.co/d/0caUMwjV #booksky