Do you have a memoir hiding inside you? If you've been wondering if and how you should start a memoir, head to my blog and have a read! I'd love to know what kind of memoir you'd be inspired to start. (The more outlandish, the better.) maryralenekeane.com/how-to-start...

I'm so proud. Today I wrote 2714 words. Two chapters on the rise of the villains of The Hidden Library. One of the chapters is so chilling that my husband is now worried. #WriterSky #BookSky

I talk a lot about the Camino I walked in 2022, but did you know you don't have to go all the way to Spain to do your own pilgrimage? You can get started right at home. I created a free guide on my website that details how to do it. Give it a read if you'd like! maryralenekeane.com

I’ve never forgotten the editor who scrawled “smelt is for metals!!” on a piece of my work. It wasn’t very good work, and many of her other comments were valid. But that one was stupid.

Fave June Book: "The Heroine's Journey" by Maureen Murdock. Murdock asked Joseph Campbell why there was no Heroine's Journey & he said because women are home. Murdock's response to that nonsense: we aren't someone's home - we're adventurous honey badgers fighting for family & home. #BookSky

The hardest part of storytelling for me is dialogue. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read that I should go to coffee shops and study how people converse. So I decided to see how well that advice actually works. Read my blog post to find out! maryralenekeane.com/storytelling... #WriterSky

A publisher asked me to add more backstory for the villains of The Hidden Library. This means new characters, new motivations, and new edits to accommodate the changes. Hmmm, who has pissed me off lately? You may be the next villain in my book. #WriterSky

Writer Highlight of June 2026: The highlight for this month has been writing while knowing a publisher is waiting for my updates. That's downright exhilarating. #BookSky #WriterSky maryralenekeane.com/women-warrio...

The Hidden Library is action-oriented with clear lines drawn between the good and bad guys. It was fun to write, like reimagining the Perils of Pauline silent movies although no damsels tied to railroad tracks! I miss writing those scenes. Now I wonder - should I add some train tracks? #WriterSky

My speculative fiction novel The Hidden Library imagines a 4,000-year-old library filled with books written by women that the world forgot. Naturally, I created a free guide with some of the books you can find in the library. Let me know which is your favorite! #WriterSky maryralenekeane.com

The feather starfish free-swimming marine vertebrate related to starfish and sea urchins. It survives as a passive filter feeder, using feathery branching arms to catch plankton and drifting food particles from water column. There are up to 600 recognized living species of feather stars.

On World Refugee Day I'm sharing this sonnet by Damian Gorman that is filled with the most touching images. But of greater importance it contains a truth that can be easily forgotten. ‘our worth is more than the weight we put upon the earth’ #poetry #poemoftheday #WorldRefugeeDay

Publishing update: two publishers asked for the full manuscript of The Hidden Library, and one asked for some changes and requested a resubmission. I'm calling this a potential win! #BookSky #WriterSky

It's so nice to see people acting graciously.

As I sat in the audience of a Colorado technical college graduation ceremony, I was struck by how similar the graduates’ experience was to a pilgrimage. I started writing a blog about it. Give it a read! maryralenekeane.com/walking-the-... #WriterSky

I'm feeling proud of myself today. I wrote 1265 words, working on the backstory of the villains in The Hidden Library! #BookSky #WriterSky

This is smart. There's nothing like reading out loud to pick up typos. Brava!

I know I talk about it every month, but I'm really proud of the free guide I wrote for my readers so they could start their own pilgrimage at home without having to go all the way to Spain. If you'd like to check it out, go to my website and download it for free! maryralenekeane.com #WriterSky

This is paint, right? Right???

My fav book of May 2026 is Platform Decay, the latest book in the Murderbot series. It has nothing to do with pilgrimages or lost libraries - I just happen to love Murderbot with all his anxiety and love of space operas while helping the stupid humans get out of sticky situations. #BookSky

Now I want my own shell.

"Living is a hard-lit flame."

Have you ever wondered why stories stick with us more than data ever could? I dive deeper into it in my latest blog, and talk about Enheduanna, a master storyteller who 4000 years later has inspired me to start my own novel, The Hidden Library. maryralenekeane.com/how-to-be-a-... #StoryTelling

Word count today for The Hidden Library: 1,065. I introduced the backstory of a woman from Afghanistan. She has a lot of thoughts about how the Library uses their money for books rather than the health and safety of women around the world. Some characters are just too sassy. #WriterSky

Y’all it’s your favorite time again! It’s buy my book o’clock. My novella I put out last year is priced quite nice, & you can support a Black bookstore getting it too here on bookshop. I think you’ll find it worth your while. And I sure could use your support! #booksky #blackbooksky

The book proposal of The Hidden Library has been sent to publishers by my agent, and there has already been interest from at least two publishers! Keep your fingers crossed for me! #WriterSky #BookSky

Vibrant and rare White Auroras appearing over Norway 🇳🇴

Did you know that I didn't read Camino books before I went on my pilgrimage? Perhaps it was an unorthodox decision, but I avoided any sort of planning, too. I talk about it in my latest blog post, where I share two excerpts from my memoir! maryralenekeane.com/camino-de-sa... #BookSky #WriterSky

The Eel Historian's sneaky campaign to get me to care about eels has worked so well that my family is now resigned to hearing tales of eels rather than running shrieking away.

I love books. So much so that I'm writing a trilogy about a 4,000-year-old secret library filled with women's works, lost to history. If you're like me, you might be wondering that kinds of books would be in that library. Well, I wrote a free guide you can download! maryralenekeane.com #WriterSky

There is something powerful in the repetition in the line “There will be dying, there will be dying,” & then stepping away, a deliberate turning of attention What remains is what continues in spite of everything, he's not arguing for hope, he notices it #poetry #poemoftheday #MentalHealthMatters

That last one is threatening. #writing #reading #authorsky #readersky #writersky #meme

I miss the Camino sometimes. I miss the sound of my feet crunching gravel, the smell of dust on the trail, the feel of my hat shading my eyes. I miss the communal dinners at the hostels and eating tortillas for breakfast and lunch! I miss writing about it in Prayer in Motion, too. #WriterSky

Who is creating the crochet pattern for this?

What a great word to describe humanity in 2026.

OPEN HANDS 👐 Drop expectations. Carry openness. That’s the way. Capture it in the “Camino Wisdom Journal” 🧭 amazon.com/author/my... #caminodesantiago #buencamino #camino #pilgrimage #santiagodecompostela #hiking #spain #spiritualjourney #pilgrim

If "boatful" isn't the collective name for nuns, it should be.

True words. I've read 23 books so far, with two more that are close to done. Authors are amazing readers.

What if you could do a pilgrimage without having to go all the way to Spain? Pilgrimage is all about intention, and honestly, you can start in your own neighborhood. I wrote a free guide on how to get started. Let me know what you think if you decide to give it a go! maryralenekeane.com

My fav book for April is ""Femina,"" by Janina Ramirez. I am in awe of the author's ability to describe the lives of medieval women who made such an impact on Europe. From King Jadwiga (yes, she really was the King of Poland) to Margery Kempe, who dictated the 1st autobiography in English. #BookSky

Cancel culture isn't new for women authors. Throughout history, women have been part of several smear campaigns and got discredited so their books could be easily destroyed. I wrote a blog post about it, and would love to hear your thoughts. maryralenekeane.com/women-authors #WriterSky

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.” – Benjamin Disraeli

93 years. Technological advances that could only have been dreamed of in 1933. Yet we still haven't found the whale-like beast in Loch Ness.

When the idea for The Hidden Library came, I knew I would need to write multiple books to do justice to the 4,000 years the library had been preserving & collecting women's works. After the first 3 chapters, I knew it would be a trilogy to give the characters and plot room to breathe. #WriterSky

"We only know that, whoever wins, the eels lose." The highlight of my daily Bluesky experience is learning about eels.

I have an announcement: the title of my trilogy has changed! I called it The Lost Archive for a while, and it was a good name. But the true name of my trilogy has always been The Hidden Library, and I'm so happy to finally share it with you. What do you think of the name? #BookSky #WriterSky

What a great idea!

I'm sad when I think about all the women's books we have lost throughout history. That's why I started writing The Hidden Library, a library where women's works would have been kept in the last 4000 years. I wrote a free guide about which books I'd love to find there. maryralenekeane.com #BookSky

I don't think it's ever a loss to get in touch with a writer you like. Respectfully, through channels they publicly provide. Maybe it would be different if I was an NYT bestseller with millions of readers. But I enjoy when readers do reach out. If a writer's touched you, you can touch them too.