Hey, hey, hey #ghoststory fans - Here's a great little novella for #spookyseason about the hardscrabble life in the Ozarks and the trouble with dead sisters. Get it at labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky 💙📚 #readingcommunity #southerngothichorror #bookworm #HappyHalloween

This #novella could be the result of watching "Frogs" when I was 9. Sam Elliott!!!!! I mean, even in 1972. Get the ebook at labarnitzbooks.com. #BookSky 📚💙 #indieauthors #ghoststory #horror #writingandbooks

If you're into ghost stories and southern gothic horror, specifically Ozarks gothic horror, this ebook is for you! Available at labarnitzbooks.com #BookSky 💙📚 #readingcommunity #bookworm #southerngothichorror #ozarks #spookyreads

They aren’t elected to govern. They are elected to do the bidding of their donors.

There's so much great new #horror out there! If #southerngothic is your thing, don't miss Andy Davidson's The Hollow Kind! If a novella is what you're looking for, try A Haunting at Bent Creek - available at labarnitzbooks.com #spookyseason #amreading #ghoststory #bookworm #BookSky 💙📚

This novella could be the result of watching "Frogs" when I was 9. Sam Elliott!!!!! I mean even in 1972. Get the ebook at labarnitzbooks.com. #BookSky 📚💙 #ReadingCommunity #ghoststory #horror

So, indie authors who write fantasy or horror.... Are you all out there? The void is so great. Sometimes I despair of ever connecting with other writers on this platform. #WritingCommunity

You didn't even know you needed this #southerngothic #ghoststory but here it is, a fine little ebook novella, just in time for Halloween. labarnitzbooks.com 1/3 #BookSky📚💙 #horrorstory #horror #bookworm

It's out, now - A Haunting at Bent Creek. Need a ghost story before Halloween? Need a buddy story? How about a monster thrown in for fun? Go get the ebook at my website's shop because I'm not putting this on Amazon. labarnitzbooks.com #horror #indieauthor #bookworm #readers #BookSky 📚💙

Our country, ’tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee we sing; Home to all faiths and creeds, Each measured by her deeds, Where promised justice leads There is no king! 3/3 #NoKings

Our country, bearing blows, From faithless native foes, For thee we cry; We will not bend the knee, Nor accept tyranny, Save this democracy Truth will not die! 2/3 #NoKings

For all those out and about today, in case you need to strike up a tune here are some new verses to "America". #NoKings Our country, standing tall, Brothers and sisters all, To thee we vow; This land so nature-blessed, Will pass the darkest test, Bright beacon in the west We will not bow! 1/3

On October 20th my #horror #novella - A Haunting at Bent Creek. Ebook will be available via many platforms, and my new shop at PayHip. If you like a good ghost story and the southern gothic subgenre, it's for you. Link will be coming. #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #bookworm #readreadread

We need some new verses to "America". [blows a note into her harmonica]. Share yours!! Our country still stands tall Brothers and sisters all To thee we vow; This land so nature-blessed Will stand the darkest test, Bright beacon in the west, We will not bow! #nokings #writingcommunity

#BookSky #Author #GeorgeOrwell #Quote

Next reading from The Stonebound Heir will be at The Readers' Depot in Rolla, #Missouri, Oct 16th. See you there!

Bearing witness to every abuse of this administration is important, but it is not going to save us. We need to be safeguarding the midterms. And I say this as an independent, uncommitted to either party. Missourians, you know this better than most. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

@vanhollen.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov -- we are counting on you to stop this. STOP THIS. Do not cooperate with this lawless, inhuman administration.

So who's using Payhip? Anyone? Wordpress has me pulling my hair out, so I just set up a free Payhip store today. #WritingCommunity #indieauthors #authors

From The Stonebound Heir: "When Red’s thunderous stomping suddenly ceased, she paused, uncertain. She called for Sid, but the fog swallowed her voice, and there was no answer to her cries until the giant moaned mournfully somewhere ahead." #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

I read 1984. And Fahrenheit 451. And A Brave New World. And The Handmaid‘s Tale. And The Giver. And The Road. And The Lottery. And The Parable of the Sower. And The Hunger Games. I know what I’m seeing.

“The good news out of this special session — the only good news, really — is that those regular voters still have the power to override the damage their elected representatives are doing to democracy in our state. Voters should use that power while they still have it.” - @stltoday.com 🔥🔥🔥

When a writer gets feedback like the following on their little #horror #novella their day is made!!! Here's what a beta reader just sent me. #WritingCommunity #BookSky 📚💙 #Bookworm #ReadBooks #spookyseason

Any #horror readers here ready to beta read a 20k novella? A Haunting at Bent Creek: Coping with life alone on a farm in the Ozarks, Dorie Coppedge is not prepared to deal with her sister's ghost or a frenemy who stirs up uncomfortable memories from their childhood. #BookSky 📚💙 #bookworm #readbooks

Two years ago this month my internet went down and it took a week to get a tech. I could only work on what I already had downloaded for clients and I got bored and that kicked started me on the WIP and that fall I wrote two books, wrote another for NaNoWriMo, and got halfway through a fourth.

While I'm really trying to dial down my fears about the collapse of democracy in the US & focus on writing, the Guardian reminds me that the far more important collapse is the collapse of Amoc. #GreenSky #WritingCommunity #ExistentialAngst www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Writers, what kind of average percentage do you see in terms of newsletter subscribers actually opening your newsletter? I'm seeing about 75%. Is that typical? #WritingCommunity

Hi my name is L.A. Barnitz, and I write ghost stories with monsters and monster stories with ghosts. These tales are set in the Missouri Ozarks and remain free of AI and any pretension of being literary. #HorrorWritersChat A Haunting at Bent Creek is my latest yarn with FMCs over 60.

Whew, got the spooky novella done, more or less! Newsletter subscribers will get the link to download the free ebook. I'm collecting feedback from readers to make this ghost story even better. NOT a subscriber? You can sign up here: forms.gle/k5D167HFqLxb... #BookSky📚💙🪐 #WritingCommunity #horror

In case anyone needed any more confirmation that this corrupt power grab is orchestrated from the WH for the GOP lapdogs in state legislatures. #Missouri

It's #RayDay today -a celebration of Ray Bradbury's birthday & a reminder that stories matter. Join me & post a clip of yourself reciting a few lines from a favorite book. This one took 3 takes, but we do our best. Use the #RayDay hashtag. #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #WritingCommunity #Reading #Bookworm

Hey Book People, do not forget tomorrow, 8/22, is #RayDay. Celebrate the importance of stories & Ray Bradbury's birthday by reciting a few lines from a favorite book # posting it on social media. I'll be reciting from The Windup Girl. Stories matter! #WritingCommunity #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #SFF #bookworm

Another Hugo Award has successfully passed through the airport after a thorough inspection.

I consider it a good sign that I'm scaring myself with the climax of the #horror novella I'm currently writing. Can't decide if this is a ghost story with monsters or a monster story with ghosts. Anyone else excited that spooky season is just around the corner? #WritingCommunity

Congratulations Hugo winners and nominees--especially Ray Nayler, whose writing I enjoy so much! I look forward to this list every year. #sff #booksky 📚💙🪐 locusmag.com/2025/08/hugo...

I am dying from the cuteness overload. #caturday

You cannot make this stuff up. #fightfascism

Anyone else having trouble writing the next chapter of their #WIP while the national guard and other federal troops flood our nation's capital? Just me? Cool. Cool. #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #AuthorsChallenge

Great article on ways to get the most from attending smaller genre book events. Really helpful for me & I imagine other introverts! janefriedman.com/find-your-id... #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #sff #fantasy #sciencefiction #horror #writinglife

Reminding writers and #readers that Aug 22 is #RayDay - your opportunity to celebrate Ray Bradbury & your love of the written word. Pick a few lines from any favorite book, memorize & post yourself reciting them from memory. Words matter! #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #WritingCommunity #LoreOutLoud

UPDATE! 🌹🎉 I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99 Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy! #Fantasy #Author

#RayDay - a celebration of the written word is Aug 22, Ray Bradbury's birthday. Remember the book people in Fahrenheit 451? Join us by memorizing a few lines from any favorite book & sharing your recitation on social media 8/22. Tell your book-loving friends. #BookSky📚💙🪐 #sff #bookworm #reading

All around us truth is being ignored or attacked, but words still matter. #RayDay is more important than ever. Join me 8/22 & commit a few lines from a book (fiction or nonfiction) to memory. Share audio/video far & wide & raise a toast to Ray Bradbury. #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #WritingCommunity #Indieauthors

Yes, this.

The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

I don't know why the news is hitting me so hard this morning, but it is. Hysterical laughter trembles behind my teeth at the prospect that no cruelty toward other humans, no abuse of constitutional rights 1/2 #WritingCommunity

Just an #indieauthor hawking her novel, which is, by the way, fantastic in every sense of the word. #BookSky📚💙🪐 #bookworm #read #epicfantasy #sff #writingcommunity

Looking for a bittersweet novel that is out of this world & not a romantasy? How about this tale of loyalty and betrayal, bad parenting, addiction, and it comes with giants & goyras in a world inspired by medieval India. #BookSky 📚💙🪐 #bookworm #amreading #epicfantasy #sff

Any authors out there using Wordsri? Has it helped you find your book's readers? #writingcommunity #writinglife #sff #epicfantasy #horror

“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. . . Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.” — Sen. John F. Kennedy