This Day in #History 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" is published by George Allen and Unwin in London.

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🚨 New Release Alert! 🚨 This isn’t just a book—it’s a journey through survival, resilience, and the quiet moments where healing begins. Grab your copy today! 🌍https://amazon.com/dp/B0FRCTFCKP 🔥 Don’t just read a story—experience a life lived. #NewBookRelease #booksky

Happy First day of Fall 🍂It's good to follow an artist! @mattstarrfineart.bsky.social

#Halloween is just around the corner You'd better watch out The Wicked Witch is about! Give the #gift of #reading 2 someone U ❤️ #books 4 #presents #shortstories #childrensbooks #bedtimereading #paranormal #mysteries #chapterbooks Inspired by our family amazon.com/stores/Judy-... #bookSky #readers

Watch out, the Wicked Witch is about!

Tune in on September 23rd at 11AM ET on Youtube or Twitch for our Dead by Daylight: Sinister Grace broadcast. You're not gonna want to miss the show. 🥁

What a wonderful way to embrace the spooky season with friends! Halloween Bingo sounds like a perfect cozy adventure filled with chilling tales and thrilling surprises. May your card lead you to spine-tingling reads! #BookSky #HorrorSky

The shadows of despair dance in Poe's haunting tale. Each heartbeat echoes with dread, yet within the darkness, resilience glimmers. A reminder that even in bleakness, we can find strength. #booksky #horrorsky

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Sent off the #christmaschiller, now back to writing a #halloweenhorror inspired by something funny that happened at a book sale, when someone got spooked by a hand creeping around a candy bowl. #writinglife #booksky #indiehorror #indieauthor #indiehorrorauthor

Sent the #werewolfromance novella out a few days back, now finishing up typing a #christmaschiller for an open call I recently discovered. And I found I wrote 3 different endings for it. Decisions, decisions.... #writinglife #booksky #indieauthor #indiehorrorauthor

Some days you just need a Bluebirb of Happiness a little more than others. 💙 🕉️ May you have a sweet #ThursJay! 🌿 📸 Aphelocoma woodhouseii 🪶 #Corvids #BirdLovers #Photography

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Jules, this is Brian. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, go have good times. Same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I'll see you when ..

Horror fiction is enjoying great popularity in the modern world, but that still leaves plenty of scope to look to the darkness of the past - and Ally Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social will be taking you there with her 4-week WRITING HISTORICAL HORROR course! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-hi...

She descended the staircase like a ghost, her white dress a cascade of moonlight, each step a gentle lie. Pausing just above the floor, her hand on the banister, I stared up, caught in the chandelier’s pale glow, powerless, and she knew it. #vss365 #power

In the world of #TheBelles, I found a haunting beauty woven with the threads of tradition and yearning. It reminded me that belonging often carries shadows. A captivating escape into the depths of desire. #BookSky #books

........and the cat on his head is pretty chill, too......

Spending a day of thunderstorms editing a #vintage #werewolfromance novella. #booksky #indieauthor #indieromanceauthor #writing

Writer problems 101! ✍🏽😂

When darkness fell, The Krasue awakened… The hunt begins tomorrow.

Get into the Halloween spirit with a trip to the Juniper Hotel! amz.run/9J58 espwriter.com #GhostStory #CozyMystery #HauntedHotel #Mustread #SpookyReads #Halloween #Ghosts #paranormalFiction #MYSTERY

Trish’s struggle between her dark past and the desire for redemption pulled me into a whirlwind of emotions. It's a haunting reminder of how our choices shape our souls. #booksky #books

Writing Tip: Writing good horror leans heavily into setup and payoff even more than other genres. The tension comes from the characters (and readers) knowing something is wrong, but either having no idea what it is, or being powerless to stop it (for now). #writing #writingtips #Booksky #horror

Writing Tip: Fantasy writing can often eat up a lot more words in your wordcount than other genres. That's because you have to dedicate so much extra time to your worldbuilding. Your reader needs to have an entire world explained to them for it to make sense. #writing #writingtips #Booksky

THX, Eryn, you rock! We'd LOVE folks to pre-order AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION 🖤 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781356... I'm also helping family stay afloat while freelancing myself, so Etsy sales of Goth/Steampunk accessories = big help 🖤 torchandarrow.etsy.com

Writing Tip: When writing fantasy, it's more important than ever to show, don't tell. Show your magic/creatures/society in action as much as you can, and do your absolute best to avoid 'as you know' loredumps where characters just tell each-other how their world works. #writing #writingtips #Booksky

@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Do you know what kerning is? Which fonts are best for publication? Proper gutter size? Is 1" an acceptable margin? What is trim size or "perfect bound?" It doesn't matter. None of it does if you don't finish your story. Go write.

Two witches. One fights for light. The other? She summoned a demon. Black magic. Supernatural grudges. A battle that could tear the veil between worlds. "The Fetch" — a chilling tale of power, possession, and witchcraft. amazon.com/gp/product/B... #TheFetch #HorrorBooks #WitchTok

@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: You can learn how to tell a good story from TV and still not be able to write well. There is a difference between good writing and a good story. You need both. Spend time reading to learn what works and what doesn't.

If you’ve felt hopeless lately, read this and set your next seven days on fire (the productive kind).👇 www.jackhopkinsnow.com

A new week! Escape the awful into a new book. Three spice levels. One one should be to your taste. t.co/rAUmXft9aJ Modern time travel rom-com t.co/2sOyb9kIS2 18th century mystery/romance t.co/WtqnFc3dzb Time traveling Alice in Wonderland with a sexy twist. amzn.to/3B52yGg Alice Book 2. More fun!

This is why we need to remember that children are people. And if you’re not very fond of children and find yourself annoyed when you see them in public, it might help to remember that children are little disabled people. marypezzulo.substack.com/p/children-a...

Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9 every year. This is an unofficial holiday observed to encourage bibliophiles to celebrate reading and literature. People are advised to put away their smartphones and every possible technological distraction and pick up a book to read. -Wikipedia

The Hiroshima anniversary is a good time to consider how lucky we've been, and the sheer madness of keeping these terrifying arsenals around. I highly recommend Schlosser's book "Command & Control" and the more recent "Nuclear War: A Scenario," by Annie Jacobsen.

Writing Tip: Sometimes you just need to close your eyes for a while. If you've been writing for hours, then take a moment to give your eyes a break. Eye strain is a serious risk to writers, and fifteen minutes of quiet contemplation can go a long way. #writing #writingtips #Booksky

Hiring our #budgie Gibrian for some PR work (rest assured, he got compensated with treats & compliments) for my Books2Read page: books2read.com/ap/nBk7OK/RC... #booksky #indieauthor #indiehorrorauthor #indiefantasyauthor #writerslifts #shamelessselfpromos

Coming soon from Campfire Publishing, & includes my "The Fellowship of Eternal Resurrection", in which two FBI agents struggle to rescue the troubled son of a former First Lady from a cult promising a twisted vision of eternal life... #booksky #indiehorror #zombies #zombiefiction #indiehorrorauthor

Enjoy the days of sun-kissed beaches, Tiki Bars, and local parties while you can, as they may be the last time you see daylight again! Welcome to Paradise Palms 5-Star Resort on Grand Cayman. #Supernatural #hauntings #ghosts #darkromance #darkfiction #BookSky www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4G9X3W

#regency #romance #books #kindle Miss Dashwood's Dilemma by Arabella Sheraton ▶ www.circleofbooks.com/romance/miss... #tbr

This year's summer read. A clean and cosy romance novel concerning two strangers. Listen to the audiobook amzn.to/3Z61kG3 or on Audible USA site at adbl.co/4jpP5LF Free on Kindle Unlimited - USA amzn.to/44YMmW9 UK amzn.to/4529fbe

I really enjoyed "The Queen of Saturn and the Prince in Exile" by @erricknunnally.bsky.social The story and characters were intriguing and I liked the blending of real world and otherworldly elements. Fair warning, it is not all sweetness and light. But then, it wasn't meant to be.

A reminder that Song Dogs is now on NetGalley and you don’t need to have read the other books in the series to jump in here. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... - Cryptids - Found family - Bullets - Brothels - A whole lot of weird

A wander through Grange-over-Sands ornamental gardens before a well-deserved drink or two in a local pub. 💜💜 #WritingCommunity #SkyWriters #BookSky #Romancelandia #Authors #MentalHealthMatters #Agoraphobia #Photography

Looking for ARC readers. If interested in joining The ARCane Order, message, comment, or better yet, go to my site and register. ARCs go out in a few weeks. You guys rock! www.thatwriterguy.com/arc-readers/ #booksky 💙📚 #writing #writingcommunity #fantasy #fantasynovel #comedy #satire #humor #arc