#HiveMentor AMA Q4: What topics would you not be the best mentor for? (Due to conflicts or overlaps with your current writing, or elements that would not be a good fit for you.) @writehive.bsky.social

#HiveMentor AMA Q3: What are you looking for in a mentee or a manuscript? @writehive.bsky.social #writehive

#HiveMentor AMA, Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently? THE DRAVENHEARST BRIDES by Lindsay Barrett, about an heiress who enters into a marriage of convenience with the scion of an ailing bourbon distillery. It’s like Crimson Peak in bluegrass country! @writehive.bsky.social

✨I'm so pleased to be returning as a 2026 mentor with @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor! Scroll to check out my MSWL here, and important dates for the program. You can learn more at: writehive.org/writehive-me... And check out our fun AMAs in the week to come!

✨It's time for the @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Here's my answere for Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

Tonight is one of those sad emo nights where I wish I still had a piano so I could work my big feelings out with music

High praise for GODFESTATION from @pkennedywrites.bsky.social! Thank you so much! This Appalachian weird horror novella arrives in August 2026 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. Read more: jendiagammon.com/godfestation/ #Appalachia #Appalachian #Appalachianwriters #southernfiction #horror #folklore

I loved chatting with @msheatherwebb.bsky.social, @kriswaldherr.bsky.social, @pkennedywrites.bsky.social and Nancy Bilyeau about their gorgeous new #gothic novels! #newbooks #spookyseason crystallyn.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

I’m a handful of knives and an underground fire burning the soles of your feet

I might make BlueSky my totally unhinged say anything social media outlet because no one really knows I’m here anyway and the algorithm sucks

TOMORROW! 8/7 at 4pm PT/7pm ET join me and bestselling author Jane Healey on IG Live for a conversation about her new novel, THE WOMEN OF ARLINGTON HALL, about a female codebreaker who puts her future and her heart on the line in a stirring novel about love, loyalty, betrayal, and Cold War spy games

It awesome to see two of my favorite writers in Asheville tonight! @pkennedywrites.bsky.social is one of most thoughtful and badass gothic writers you’ll ever meet and Emily Carpenter’s GOTHICTOWN has me in its teeth. I also got to meet Rochelle Weinstein and Audrey Ingram!

I’ll be in Asheville, NC on Wednesday evening with fellow authors Rochelle Weinstein, Emily Carpenter and Audrey Ingram for an event sponsored by Malaprop’s Bookstore and Asheville Literary Society. Event is free, at Bal Harbour Shops Pop-Up Details: www.balharbourshopspopup.com/asheville/ev...

The Devil and Mrs. Davenport review @pkennedywrites.bsky.social #TheDevilandMrsDavenport #books #reading #horror #horrorbooks #booksky #horrorsky

For your TBR pile! booksbywomen.org/recommended-... @pkennedywrites.bsky.social @lorrainedevonwilke.bsky.social @nicolakrausauthor.bsky.social @bdavis-author.bsky.social @leeupton.bsky.social

Thank you so much to author Paulette Kennedy for including Vanishing Daughters on this list in CrimeReads —THE MAGIC OF CROSS-GENRE GOTHIC FICTION. “Pelayo has crafted a genre-bending masterpiece that pulls you into a waking dream—or nightmare—and doesn’t let go.” crimereads.com/magic-cross-...

For US citizens entering the US. According to this woman, you still have a chance to be detained. She said in her comment section, that this happened in Miami.

Writer’s Digest featured me last week. Here’s the interview: www.writersdigest.com/paulette-ken...

I am stunned and honored by this gorgeous review!

In the mood for something Gothic? We've got @pkennedywrites.bsky.social with THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE for you wherever you podcast! Join Sley House Presents for a discussion of the book, and a conversation about how the book presents dialogue on caretaking, aging, art, and more. (Right now!)

It’s my launch day! 🥂 THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE is now available in all formats!

NEW BOOKS TODAY!! @ghoulish.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @pkennedywrites.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social

I've got three books pre-ordered that'll release soon and there's still time for everybody else to pre-order! @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social's BEHOOVED. @pkennedywrites.bsky.social's THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET. 1, 2, 3.... go!!!

HAPPY EARTH DAY. AND HAPPY RELEASE DAY! The spooky smuuut pamphlet is here. 40ish pages you can devour in one sitting. Feast your eyes. 🖤 Cover art by @olyfrogg.bsky.social. Typography by @julialaurel.bsky.social.

The White House dragging the senator, calling him a “disgrace” and referring to him and his “bedwetting friends” (??) is a strange and grotesque response to a truly horrifying situation that the senator is trying to resolve.

It’s no longer safe for Australians to go to America. This is insane. We ALL have American friends. Mine are like family. Dear god.

When I was in fourth grade, a girl I thought was my friend convinced me to let her read my diary full of silly secrets, then told my childhood crush (who peaked in high school) I liked him. He and a group of his friends, including the girl who betrayed me, chased me out of the school, laughing at me

Are we even doing the Constitution at this point? Is it still a thing or?

Debut me when I saw a negative review: oh my god everybody hates me 4 books in me: shrug. I’m not for everyone

I’m getting an oil change and listening to two older veterans talking about their VA benefits. They are on opposing political sides. So far the conversation is cordial, but I can tell the Trump-supporter is getting a little agitated by the other vet’s honesty, but so far, they’re still talking.

Currently getting up at 3:00 am to manage my workload just in case you’re wondering if the life of a full-time writer is easier than having a day job. I have never worked harder in my life.

This is terrible. They don’t even need proof anymore. They can just claim someone is “in a gang” and take them, without any semblance of legality or due process.

Get beach ready with a beachy read. A Kindle Countdown Deal this week 🩵 a.co/d/e6H0dVG

NEW EPISODE! Today I welcome @oliviawaite.com to discuss her new book, MURDER BY MEMORY, a cozy sci-fi mystery. Olivia is known for her sapphic historical romances, but this new genre suits her voice well. We chat about knitting, how fiber arts relate to science, & her journey through genre. Enjoy!

Authors, I’m going to tell you something and I want you to listen. Know who you are when you enter this industry. Stay true to who you are. Remain who. you. are.

Sometimes I think about that MAGA woman I overheard in Homegoods talking on the phone about how she didn’t need social security to retire bc her stock portfolio was so solid. I wonder how she’s doing these days.

As I'm currently reading @pkennedywrites.bsky.social's THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE, I'm so grateful to writers everywhere who make me feel like I'm coming home whenever I read a new book of theirs. Paulette ranks high on this list and you should all read every single one of her books. 🗝🎨

I’m still mostly invisible here and honestly, I like that. After having a few threads go viral in that other place, and the Stygian hell that invoked, I’ll happily keep my “nobody” status. I know a lot of y’all love going viral, but I do not.

@pastemagazine.bsky.social featured an exclusive excerpt from THE ARTIST OF BLACKBERRY GRANGE this week

I am already hearing from caregivers who feel seen by my latest book, and you all…this is why I wrote it. No one knows those shoes like the ones who have walked in them.

I am so incredibly busy I don’t have time to obsess over my current book launch. Dev edits for book 5 due 4/21. Novella deadline 5/1. With lots of smaller deadlines in between and a fiction proposal to prep besides. This is the life of a career writer. It is never one book and done.

What if you’re so outrageously incompetent you get it done in a matter of minutes?

To me the most importing thing about today is that they knew what this would do to the market, and did it anyway. If nothing else, that ought to tell you what time it is.

I don’t know what it’s going to take for the MAGA base to wake up. Maybe once they’ve lost everything. Unfortunately the rest of us will be pulled under with them. Are we great yet? Are we?

I just discovered FB marketplace (I know….shhh) and I am deep down the rabbit hole. I may have just completed my set of Johnson Bros. Old Britain Castles in one fell swoop.

I just saw video footage of that massive tornado in Arkansas. I hope you all are okay.

TOMORROW! Join me and Aimie K. Runyan for a conversation about her new novel, THE WANDERING SEASON, which follows a woman on a journey of self-discovery after receiving the results of a DNA test Aimie will be giving a copy of the book to one lucky US viewer, so tune on 4/3 at 7 pm EDT on IG Live!