A wonderful commentary with Emily and Chris Gregory. Great to hear what went into this amazing season 3 episode.

A REAL author warns against book marketing scams... #marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/2...

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered public schools in Texas to remove displays of the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.

I've updated my blog post about Must Read magazines with information about how the Must Read contracts have changed--and the negotiation difficulties that some authors still encounter writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...

Which authors would you want in your basement...um, we mean for a nice cup of tea and a chat? 👀

Tomorrow is release day for Maiden Voyage, the new Titanic thriller from Bradley Harper. Three female thieves aboard the Titanic after a priceless painting. A young Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong? #booksky #thriller bookshop.org/p/books/maid...

writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i... #Booksky #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writing #IndieAuthor

SALE!!!! All Large pride stickers are just $5!!! That's the same price as a small sticker!! All pride prints are 50% off!!! That's just $3.50!!! All 23 current pride designs!!! Come on down to Emma's Dinosaur emporium!!! www.emmalerae.com/store.html

Last week: There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time. It’s not the dramatic betrayal of a single moment. It’s slower than that.

A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode.

I was interviewed in Artemesia's most recent newsletter! Thanks, @apbooks.bsky.social mailchi.mp/artemesiapub...

You know that feeling when you finish making something and you hold it and you immediately think, “Yeah, this is beautiful” and are pleased with the work? That’s what I experienced making this bracelet. The cube beads are just gorgeous. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade

A major breach of Kansas City, Kansas, Police reveals a list of alleged misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force and false arrest. Read the full investigation by @kcur.org and @wired.com:

For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted Here are a few of them:

My copy of Undeniable by @marieparks.bsky.social and @jeshonard.bsky.social arrived today! Can't wait to dive in! #newbook #booksky💙📚

This #Halloween, we're talking about FOSSIL FRANKENSTEINS! ⚡ Most dinosaurs you see in museums are "Frankensteins", built from the bones of several individuals or replicas that fill in the gaps. Next time you visit a museum, remember: you're looking at many hours of research and reconstruction!

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Our kitty, Shadow, says to have a spooky good time.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Check it out! Another great review for Ashton's new book, One Night at Kedasi.

Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books: www.404media.co/libraries-sc...

What gets your butt in the chair to write? Share some motivational writing tips for any authors on hiatus (like myself). 👀✍️💻🤔 #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #amnotwriting #motivateme

On this episode of TILTING AT WINDMILLS, @chrysgorman.bsky.social and @benjamingorman.bsky.social talk with @jessihonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social, authors of THE GRIGORI CYCLE beginning with UNRELENTING and continuing in UNDENIABLE. bit.ly/WNWHome

I'm excited to join the cover reveal for The Curse of Dragon Tail Island by Jonathan Nevair. This book looks like it's a little bit Pirates of the Caribbean, a little bit Dragonlance, and a whole lot of adventurous fun! Come check out the awesome cover! @jnevair.bsky.social #booksky #coverreveal

Just finished reading The Calculating Stars by @maryrobinettekowal.com (yes, I'm behind, have you seen my TBR mountain?) and my one problem with the book is that I did not bring book 2 with me on this trip. Go read it if you have not. Loved every bit of it.

Spent Friday at the @atlantawritersclub.bsky.social Conference critiquing querry letters from authors and giving them pointers on what males a good querry letter. Partnered with Jessica Berg from @roseclifflit.bsky.social Very good session and some great stories being querried.

"In a universe where music is a narcotic, an alien must protect a brilliant Irish composer from abduction." Enter to win a copy of Paul J. Knight & Chris Allen's "The Music of Creation" from Shadow Dragon Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Come join us! It will be a lot of fun!

Book bans are loud, but our read-ins are louder! Join one of 450+ Read-Ins taking place October 5-7 to protest and take action against bans ⏬ Attendees will get a free audiobook.

Science (and the natural world) are so cool!

This is a LLM I can get behind.

Congrats to all the winners and finalists! But special congrats to all the @apbooks.bsky.social authors who are winners and finalists! Some tough competition in some categories this year, but so excited for everyone.

An AI-generated video of Trump was circulating in which he promised med beds for all Americans. I wrote about this old conspiracy theory a few months back. It's wild. #Medsky www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Exciting news! Ashton's book tour for One Night at Kedasi kicks off this weekend at Village Books. 🎟 Tickets are still available for Village Books (all other events will be unticketed). 👉 Grab your spot here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ashton-mac... #PNWAuthors #VillageBooks #SciFiBooks

All genAI should be banned, and no magazine or book publisher of any kind should use it for anything whatsoever. Utter trash fucking up everything.

Several of my authors are getting spammed by these latest scams. Luckily they recognize them as the scams they are, but be aware and vigilant.

#coverreveal Another amazing cover for our next book by Ian Bristow. Unspeakable is the first in a new #vampire series releasing in 2026. In 1752 Jozef Klein is hired by surveyors heading to the Ohio country but what he encounters in the Ohio woods will change his life and become unspeakable.

Book 1 in our #vampire trilogy is UNREMARKABLE. Prohibition. Gangsters. Vampires. After the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Saul learns that vampires are not myths as Al Capone, Bugs Moran, and the Feds all want something from him. #booksky💙📚 #noir www.habigerkissee.com/books

Book 1 in our #fantasy #detective series is WRATH OF THE FURY BLADE. Inspector Reva Lunaria must stop a serial killer using a magic sword to cut victims in half but doing so will reveal a conspiracy at the heart of elven society. #booksky💙📚 www.habigerkissee.com/books

#coverreveal Here's the amazing cover for our new #fantasy #spy #parody coming in 2026, DR GNOLL! Flint Dagger, Agent Quartz of M.O.U.N.T.A.I.N., must stop Dr. Gnoll from stealing all magic on Ados. With the help of Maxine Charisma and his clockwork steed Marty, he just might do it.

I can't wait to be a part of the next Starforgers event. Looking forward to another great writing retreat with fabulous faculty and students.

It hasn’t been a great week for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I was next to (one of) the AI slop booths at DragonCon and all I got was this lousy t-shirt. So, as you may or may not know, there was a booth selling AI slop images printed on acrylic panels at DragonCon. They were in booth a-10. I was in a-11. Here’s what happened from my perspective.

I read War Heart by Ashley Capes. What did I think? "War Heart is a skillful combination of epic fantasy with very real danger and a coming-of-age story." @ashcapes.bsky.social #WarHeart #bookblogger #booksky

Today's #IndieAugust post is a list of cosy and cosy-dark books! fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Previous posts: Grimdark fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Urban fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... Epic fantasy-faction.com/2025/julias-... 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Scammers are really intent on scaring authors into not contacting someone like me. For example, this "confidentiality notice", appended to a fake offer of publication from Celadon Books, which threatens "blacklisting" of the author "across the entire publishing industry"

Remember to file a claim if you are in the list. I did.

Because some people haven't heard it yet: PAYPAL IS NOT A BANK, DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS SITTING IN YOUR ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME. MOVE IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY. Paypal can and will close your account and steal all your money without warning. And have done MANY times.

It feels like the milestones are happening fast for Wasteland! Good job I’m thinking about season 2! If you haven’t listened yet, it’s on every podcast platform. Just search Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story 💥