Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 6 copies of Asunder by @kerstinhall.bsky.social, who did her own promotion for the book sale! I have a copy but, uh, oh look there's something shiny over there! Anyway, if you read it, please let me know what you think...

Morning class at the new gym, and I now feel like my bones are dissolving.

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

Review: 1 star! author CONTINUALLY misspells this word, where was her editor?? 😡 Novel-in-question: word appears twice in 500 pages, and is correctly spelt on both occasions.

Saw a caracal crossing the road!!

This is such a great book. Unforgettable characters, gorgeously written. Highly recommended by yours truly.

In Kerstin Hall 's deliciously dark fantasy ASUNDER, follow deathspeaker Karys as she balances her compact with a terrifying eldritch being with her job investigating suspicious deaths, and a new complication – the dying stranger now sharing her shadow... Buy now: geni.us/asunder

Can this perhaps happen a bit faster?

As general advice: 1. Anyone can say they are a publisher and doesn't mean they're one 2. If a press has shit covers, no advances, no distribution, they're not doing you any favors. This is a business relationship. They have to business 3. You have power and don't have to accept shit--

👀🎉 We've got some VERY exciting news and a slightly different kind of acquisition announcement! From 1st July, Solaris will have a new home @profilebooks.bsky.social ! Hop over to @thebookseller.com for the exclusive announcement! www.thebookseller.com/news/profile...

When AI boosters say "oh this is democratizing access to the arts" they don't mean it's democratizing the ability to make art but rather that they think it's allowing people with no particular skill to create pictures they'll get social media likes for.

About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons

hard magic systems....soft magic systems....secret third thing called "there are logical rules to the way everything works but the POV character simply isnt thinking about them so you, the reader, never get to learn them"

The doors of Story Oracle, Clarion West’s first ever choose your own adventure narrative game, are officially open. Awaiting you inside the labyrinth are adventure, romance, and as many as 10 book recommendations curated by some of your favorite CW authors. Start your journey here: bit.ly/44kuAuI

"death of the audience" is genuinely unironically good advice for anyone who wants to make anything

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

I learned most of my vocab from reading books, so learning that some people think there shouldn't be novel words in books is very weird. I don't know what words you don't know. That is not my problem.

Dressmaker is currently admitting a new round of playtesters and it’s utter CARNAGE in the public Discord. 2000 people all in the sewing bee Hunger Games, clamoring to get a handful of Steam keys, begging, crying, throwing up, etc.

If you enjoyed my book, a review on Goodreads is appreciated. I would also appreciate it if you personally bought five to ten copies and distributed them to your loved ones.

If you unexpectedly lose hearing in one ear without other symptoms of illness, PLEASE immediately book a doctor’s appointment. Without urgent treatment, you can permanently lose your hearing.

note that if you tag an author on here it's rave reviews or nothing.

Another day, another announcement of job cuts at our uni. We're both employed there, and both in jobs at risk of being made redundant. Feeling pretty hopeless and bereft, both for ourselves and for the wider community/city. Anyway, buy/pre-order our books? geni.us/needfire geni.us/avisl

I tried out a new Crossfit class, and it was so nice, and I am so full of endorphins right now.

oh yeah, in terms of good news- I haven't seen anyone talking about this??? In short- worst case scenario of 4C warming by 2100 is no longer possible, new worst-case is 2.8C now DOES NOT MEAN we just relax- the only way we got here is through hard work- but it means THE HARD WORK IS WORKING

Posting this for a specific audience here.

I’ve had a monumentally horrible week, but: - The team are giving me an official Dressmaker T-shirt. - Asunder paperbacks are getting a second print. - I ate a whole bowl of salted caramel ice cream, and it was delicious.

Just a thought but if all you want to do is cosplay being a novelist, you don't need AI. Just put on your crappest sweatshirt, make a cup of tea, open Word to a blank page, then go on Bluesky for the rest of the day, and you're sorted.

In Kerstin Hall 's deliciously dark fantasy ASUNDER, follow deathspeaker Karys as she balances her compact with a terrifying eldritch being with her job investigating suspicious deaths, and a new complication – the dying stranger now sharing her shadow. Buy now: https://geni.us/asunder

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

Hey hey, Dressmaker in the news.

Get yourself a readership that DIYs *multiple* special editions of your novel.

Exactly as great as anticipated.

This is the game I have been writing for!

happy pride

All quests drafted!!! 😤

Of all the many things wrong with publishing today, chasing debuts is among the worst, especially when it's paired with a failure to edit and the subsequent abandonment of marketing promises. It's so destructive to young writers.

Look what's out in paperback! My grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt. First of a duology. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I know I‘m preaching to the choir, but it does feel really very stupid when publishing treats (multi-award winning) authors as disposable.

I just think that if your characters continually make unbelievably stupid choices, the solution is not to lampshade each stupid choice with a painstaking explanation for why that choice is not stupid, actually.

The programmer messaged me to ask if I could change something, and I made a noise like an angry cat.

everybody's best bird friend - digital painting

I am (not) done.

🍎Just 3 apples oxidizing. #BarnOwl #Owls #BirdArt #BirdIllustration #WildlifeArt #FantasyArt #DigitalArt #Illustration #Apple #OddlySpecific

"let people enjoy things" is over. we must want things to be good

mood

✨royalties✨

This is really gonna work well at work or in social situations, huh