Please don't ever give up on your dream that, one day, you will pull a book from a bookshelf and that secret door will finally open for you.

❛ If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way? Emily Dickinson, born #OTD in 1830

We are thrilled about all the writers in our 8th issue--hope you will give them a read!—and excited to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees. Congratulations, everyone! 🎉 sites.msudenver.edu/roadrunnerre...

Asked the ghosts at this hotel for a few lines for the novel. They told me to take a drive and listen. #photography

Put out some snacks for my crows and now am reading with a cat on my lap, this is the energy I bring to the table

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

Who among us hasn’t dreamt of slowly descending down a stone spiral staircase with a torch in hand and discovering a hidden candlelit library filled with thousands of centuries-old novels and being welcomed by a cantankerous yet endearing library ghost?

“I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering.” ~ Robert Frost #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

🎉 August Anniversary Party: 75% OFF In the Event of Murder! @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

“I think the hardest thing about writing is writing.” ~ Nora Ephron #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

Author Jason Powell visits the blog today! #NoMan'sGhost @chicksonthecase.bsky.social @daturabooks.bsky.social chicksonthecase.com/2025/06/02/a...

“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.” ~ Margaret Atwood #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ~ Stephen King #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

I love my echo chamber where everyone values the humanity of other people and enjoys the arts.

“You can’t save up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

Things I wish for you: That you always feel safe and warm, and that someday you'll be gifted the deed to a crumbling seaside castle filled with chatty ghosts, indifferent cats, and secret libraries within libraries.

“Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.” ~ Iris Murdoch #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

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Happy Book Birthday to "Waters of Destruction"! @LeslieKarst:   Happy book birthday to Leslie Karst—for today her second Orchid Isle Mystery, Waters of Destruction, spouts into the world! Here’s the synopsis: After a vacation of a lifetime in Hilo, Hawai‘i, retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her…

“There is no perfect time to write. There's only now.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver #booksky #authorsky #quotesky #amwriting

A powerful reality check today from Canadian mystery author Vicki Delany @vickidelany.bsky.social, who is cancelling her U.S. appearances for the foreseeable future in light of Trump's sudden obsession with Canada. Elbows up! #cozymystery #mysteryauthors

the five love languages are cats, cakes, a stately manor home in the English countryside, teaming up to catch the murderer and putting down my book so I can talk to you.

‪My latest book recommendation celebrates the work of Colorado professor @cynthiakuhn.bsky.social. Check out my review, An Amateur Sleuth’s Adventures in Academia Provide a Cozy Diversion, at femalesleuths.com. #SinCColorado #booksky #cozymystery

Sometimes, self-care is reading Agatha Christie in front of a crackling fire during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support scones.

🌟Our class film of the week: highly recommended!

And if calls are a no go for you, there's always Resistbot. resist.bot

Husband: why are you reorganising the whole house? Me: because I have a month to finish my novel.

🎉 Congratulations and cheers to all the nominees! Looking forward to Left Coast Crime. #LCC2025

There are so many ways to donate to fire victims. but this one is personal to me because it was created by a young woman who was in Brownies with my daughter until her family moved to the Palisades. They lost everything. www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...? And visit www.instagram.com/homesinmemor...

Who among us hasn’t dreamt of slowly descending down a stone spiral staircase with a torch in hand and discovering a hidden candlelit library filled with thousands of centuries-old novels and being welcomed by a cantankerous yet endearing library ghost?

happy west side story hockey matchup day to all who celebrate

a writing retreat in a haunted old castle surrounded by fog, with a lit fireplace, extensive library, and plenty of tea would fix me

her *handing me a cup of tea*: listen, we think you've been reading too much Agatha Christie. you're getting a bit paranoid me *pouring the tea onto the floor*: what makes you say that

You will do readings where no one shows up. You will set up at events and sell no books. Rejection will show up in your inbox again and again. You will say “I wrote a book!” and folks will stay quiet or say “Cool!” and then not buy it. It’s all good. Part of the gig. KEEP AT IT.

💙📚 The Holiday Takeover at Cozy Mystery Party is happening now! Many authors will be appearing over two weekends. Excited to be participating from 12-12:30 pm (ET) Sunday 12/8. #cozy #mystery #giveaway #books #booksky www.facebook.com/groups/cozym...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't need to justify your reading preferences and choices to anyone. Audiobooks count as reading. Also, you don't have to finish books you don't enjoy. Don't read to impress, read for yourself. Life's too short, love yourself, ok? Signed, a librarian.

I love the smell of peer reviewed scholarly studies and fact based reporting in the morning. ☕️📚

I love when people introduce their cats because it almost always comes with a little caveat at the end like this is Mrs. Strawberry Shortcake MD don’t ever turn your back on her if you know what’s good for you

We need to stay focused this is going to be a long four years.

"Most people dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake.” – Haruki Murakami #Writingcommunity #WritersCommunity #authorsky #5amwritersclub #amwriting #Booksky #Poetry #BookLovers

“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Sometimes writing means putting words on paper. Sometimes writing means languidly gazing into the middle distance like a woman in a Romantic painting

💙📚 Virtual Murder, She Read: Cozy Mystery Book Discussion! Please join us on Wednesday 11/20: details and register link are below. #booksky #books #mystery #cozymystery sjpl.librarymarket.com/event/cynthia1

Remembering the ways books have taught me to persist: with courage and companionship, with kindness to those met on the journey, with the sort of hope that keeps putting one foot in front of the other long after you’ve forgotten the feeling of its light.

“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” ~ L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

That thing where you're writing a chapter and you suddenly realize it needs a whole other chapter in front of it first