We had a great weekend! It could be easy to believe, when vending as an author at most craft fairs and conventions, that no one reads anymore. But something about this particular festival brought out all the readers, and the experience blew away both of our expectations. Thank you, Albuquerque!

My heart is full! Thanks to fellow Sandia Starforgers instructors @maryrobinettekowal.com @davering.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social with kick-off at @booksonthebosque.bsky.social! For info about 2027 with @sarahgailey.bsky.social join our newsletter at starforgers.com

It came! It came! Can't wait to start reading Flightless, by @marieparks.bsky.social

for your #questpit consideration: THE ISLAND’S DAUGHTER. #q #a #f #sff #wf #u

@fredwj.bsky.social and I went to a multi author book signing at Books on the Bosque! I got a signed copy of Marie Parks novel Flightless, which I did the cover art for, and we got to meet @maryrobinettekowal.com ! It was a delight. 💙⚔️🎨

I’m so excited to be joining the Columbus Book Festival, July 11-12. Meet @jeshonard.bsky.social and me in the Indie Author Alley tent, where we'll have Unrelenting, Undeniable, Flightless, and Lesbians in Space for sale and signing. @notapipe.bsky.social @apbooks.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social

Quick reminder: Albuquerque friends, I'll be at @booksonthebosque.bsky.social along with @davering.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social on Thursday, April 23 at 5:30 PM for a reading and signing. The event is free, and no registration or purchase is required. See you there!

Chance to win a copy of Flightless by @marieparks.bsky.social from @librarything.com.

Come out to Books On the Bosque on April 23, 5:30pm for a great book event. Four authors! @maryrobinettekowal.com, @davering.bsky.social, @marieparks.bsky.social and me! Then Friday is the start of Sandia Starforgers. Gonna be a fun weekend! @booksonthebosque.bsky.social #bookevent #booksigning

"Flightless is an exhilarating blend of Maximum Ride and Gentleman Bastards I didn't know I needed." —AJ Alexanders Enter to win a copy of @marieparks.bsky.social' "Flightless" from Shadow Dragon Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

Everyone who attends tonight's Flightless launch party will get THREE (three, I say!) party favors. Yay! There is still time to register before we get started at 5 PT / 8 ET: marieparks.com/launch 'Tis free, of course.

Delighted to see Flightless is polling well with cat readers.

Happy call-your-congressfolks-demanding-immediate-impeachment-to-prevent-yet-another-genocide day. Unclear on what they can do, but I did my daily calls & am trying to focus on work. Also, my book, Flightless, came out today, so that's... great? Summed up as Eat The Rich, but make it a fantasy heist

okay so... exactly HOW does he get removed from office? asking for today. like, right now.

Today, I'm celebrating the launch of Flightless! 🪽 My fantasy heist novel is for folks who want a better future but don't see the path forward. Revolution is ours, friends.

I was honored and grateful to be able to chat about Flightless on the blog of @maryrobinettekowal.com. Happy book birthday to meeeee! *dance dance dance*

Come celebrate with uuuusss

Did you hear? Flightless is a must-have! 💜🎉🪽

oh hey it's #InternationalAsexualDay and my ace romantasy is currently on sale! biromantic MC with a sapphic ace LI (and their adorable accidental baby dragon daugther) 🌈📚️ #booksky books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6

Happy #internationalasexualityday! I'm happy to be contributing in my own small way to the body of ace representation in media. If younger-me had had access to my books, I might have discovered my sexuality before my mid-30s. My books are a labor of love for my fellow aces... and for everyone!

Join me in celebrating my third novel, Flightless, a fantasy heist releasing tomorrow from @apbooks.bsky.social! At 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT, I'll give a reading, answer questions, and hand out party favors. Registration is required to attend, but it's free. Here's the link: marieparks.com/launch

Um. @rochellesanch.bsky.social (the artist for the Flightless character stickers) made a get ready with me video. And I love her even more now. (Sadly the music didn't translate over from Meta, but imagine Dynasties and Dystopia from Arcane.) Please hire Rochelle for all your character art, stat.

Friends in Albuquerque, I will be reading and signing at @booksonthebosque.bsky.social along with @davering.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social and @tangentgeoff.bsky.social on Thursday, April 23 at 5:30. Mark your calendar. www.booksonthebosque.com/events-page

I'm having a virtual book launch party, and you're invited! I'll be reading from my new fantasy heist with social justice themes, answering questions, and offering a party favor! Register at marieparks.com/launch and feel free to share with friends.

This advanced review of Flightless makes me happy. Thank you @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social !

"amazing heist fantasy about destroying a social hierarchy and with queer rep" -- that makes me proud to have written this book!

Time continues to be wibbly. Somehow, in two weeks, my third novel (and my solo-written debut) will be out. If you preorder Flightless and DM me the receipt and your snail mail address, I'll ship you some swag! @apbooks.bsky.social

I just dropped off an ARC of Flightless with @booksonthebosque.bsky.social in advance of my reading/signing event on Thursday, April 23 at 5:30. I'll be joined by fellow authors and Sandia Starforgers instructors, @maryrobinettekowal.com @davering.bsky.social and @tangentgeoff.bsky.social!

Thank you @marieparks.bsky.social for the Flightless merch!! I’ve preordered this fantasy heist with Asexual rep, and I’m excited for it! If anyone wants a queer heist story that’s about economic inequality, go check this out and preorder, please!

Congrats to @christianek.bsky.social on her upcoming sci-fi novel, A Small Light in the Darkness! I heard Christiane reading via @swsworlds.bsky.social along with my fellow @writingexcuses.bsky.social alum @theresatyree.bsky.social ! Christiane's website: www.christianeknight.com/a-small-ligh...

The only thing I love more than sending book-adjacent mail is when folks receive my book-adjacent mail.

If you can throw some resources in the direction of @locusmag.bsky.social, they are such a great resource for the SFFH industry! Also, the donation perks are very fun. www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

I got my author copies of Flightless from @tangentgeoff.bsky.social of @apbooks.bsky.social! There's still time to preorder this social justice fantasy heist. Readers of Six of Crows and fans of Ocean's Eleven will have a blast, and anyone with a heart for equity will be ready to join the resistance

@tangentgeoff.bsky.social at @apbooks.bsky.social just texted me, "Guess what was just delivered?" along with this picture. All I have to say is... 😍😍😍AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍 I get to hold my book on SUNDAY!

Have an Edelweiss account? Want a review copy of Flightless, my upcoming social justice fantasy heist, for consideration in your bookstore, library, etc.? Here ya go: www.edelweiss.plus?sku=19638324... (Also, DM me if you prefer an epub review copy instead.)

@apbooks.bsky.social just let me know the print run of Flightless is arriving tomorrow. I get to hold Flightless in my two hands this weekend!

Want a Flightless swag package to celebrate my upcoming fantasy heist novel? Just DM me a copy of your preorder receipt and a good snail mail address, and I will send it to you. Preorder: marieparks.com/flightless Art by @rochellesanch.bsky.social @sumrow.bsky.social @apbooks.bsky.social

Writing retreat weekend 💙

When I started writing Flightless, we were in the 1st term of The Orange One, and I was newly divorced. I was thinking about how to effect change as a person with some privilege and also some lack of privilege. I was grappling with deeper poverty than I'd ever known and... (1/2)

Please take 5 minutes to help the brilliant @piperjdrake.bsky.social. Medical costs are piling up on top of the devastating emotional toll of cancer and chemo. She deserves for her words to be read. If you can, support her Patreon, buy her books, anything you can do! www.patreon.com/piperjdrake

My next author email comes out Thursday AM. It includes some fun character art by @rochellesanch.bsky.social, a save-the-date for my book signing with @maryrobinettekowal.com @davering.bsky.social and @tangentgeoff.bsky.social, and some behind-the-scenes extras! Sign up: www.marieparks.com/contact/

Flightless has been sent to the printer by @apbooks.bsky.social! It's surreal to be DONE with this story about striving and navigating an unjust world. It invites us to ask what possibilities we can create if we release the dregs society offers. I was graced with a blurb by @maryrobinettekowal.com

I'm on the website!! www.apbooks.net/product-page... Woohoo!

This is so cool! #preorder Flightless and let Marie know and get STICKERS! Flightless comes out on April 7! In a world where those with wings have all the power, Riff's flightless crew takes on a heist to save their skins—and shake up the city’s oppressive classist hierarchy.

If you preorder a copy of Flightless and DM me your receipt and a good address, I'll snail mail you this lovely sticker sheet and a signed bookplate! Art by the amazing @rochellesanch.bsky.social who is open for commissions, btw! Get the book at marieparks.com/flightless

Happy #aromanticspectrumaawarenessweek from Riff, the protagonist of Flightless! Coming soon to a bookstore near you--preorder this fantasy heist from @apbooks.bsky.social before April 7.

Please call your House reps to demand they reject the SAVE Act. This is urgent and horrifying. I've been watching this bill for months with dread... and here we are.

I got a chance to beta read this book, and it's super fun!

BEHOLD! The absolutely stunning cover art for Flightless, my solo-written debut, is here. I'm so excited to share my social justice fantasy heist with y'all. @sumrow.bsky.social absolutely killed the artwork. Some details I particularly love are in the comments.

Flightless by @marieparks.bsky.social is coming in April from @apbooks.bsky.social ! If you like fantasy, if you like heists, if you like charming scoundrels, if you like common people sticking it to rich a-holes, you owe it to yourself to pre-order here www.marieparks.com/order-flight...