Cover for the second Bone Reader book is in the works!

I saw a reply from a disabled person who says they feel guilty because caregivers are talking about burnout. I absolutely GET it. Yes, I felt burnout... but NOT because of my Mom. She NEEDED THE HELP! #caregiverburnout #caregiversupport #caregive

COVE RREVEAL. I just have to review the interior (if I can figure out how to access it), and then it's a GO for the proof. #caregiver #caregiverburnout #caregiverrecovery #caregiversupport #poetry #lifepoetry

#confession The videos I'll be posting soon about the #FantasyMystery The Bone Reader: Lost Bones is out of order, already. Because I posted, today, the #sciencefantasy #preview (available for newsletter subscribers) of the Florence Tug instead.

I love world building (building a whole entire planet), so why am I building a universe? Because I can? There are times I hit a snag, and have to gather my thoughts. Like multiple conlang for Hetidina to study, focusing, fortunately, on only three words. But, Yeah. There's a labyrinth to weed.

Another reading from my Kho'Asteri Universe. It's in the same universe as The Electric Tunnel. This whole novella is the sneak peek when you sign up for my newsletter. mabmorris.com #sciencefantasy #amwriting #indieauthor #preview of the "most boring ride in space" (It isn't, this time).

The past week I've been on the "Chronic High Cortisol S*cks" diet. A YEAR after #caregiving I was still in #hypervigilance. Now I wake, drink my halfcaf and read. I didn't even remember this level, even with #insomnia . #caregiverburnout #poetry #caregiversupport mabmorris.com/lets-pretend...

Reading isn't mere entertainment, it's connection. Books connect us to other humans. Technology has us more isolated than at any other point in history, and generative AI threatens to cut off yet another point of connection from our lonely species. #QuoteOfTheWeek #InkhornEdits #WilliamNicholson

Must Needs #Pivot. Just as I am figuring out a main character in my science fantasy, I realize I have probably one day to edit her in manuscript, but will have to pause the science fantasy, as I work on Book 3 of the #fantasymystery quartet, The Bone Reader. 1/2

In a chat with my copy editor from Inkling Books, Heather and I discussed how I used characters. This morning I realized that *I* wasn't connecting with my main character. So I interviewed her. I LOVE her now. Wow, she's snarky! #characterdrivenplots #indieauthor #sciencefantasy #indieauthorlife

Just heard from my #copyeditor saying that she's almost done with The Bone Reader 3 That means TBR 2: Servant's Bones is in the production queue TBR 3: Ghost Bones is in my hands and scheduled for proof. TBR 4: Blackened Bones is entering copy editing! 📖🎉✍️😁 #series #indieauthor #fantasyfiction

Okay, #creaturedesign or #humanoiddesign and #softsciencefiction friends, here are the rolls from Fantasy Genesis. Pic if you want humanoid or creature, the most pic wins. Creature: Major form, minor form, surface, action. Humanoid is the same, but also adds emotion. (1/3) The list is in post 2/3

In my Book #BucketList I have wanted to create a serial story list. I'm working on it right now. It is included in my #sciencefantasy "bundle" as well. So I've got #humanoids to meet... and I'd like to know if YOU would like to help. 1/2

I loved Moro! Rest in Peace.

Working with @orynrusset.arts on Instagram, the first demigod candle is in its test phase! It's probably the most #mythopoeic thing I've ever done...besides writing novels creating mythologies. #SenoftheWoods #prayercandles (if you will...it is for fiction, mind you). #fantasyfiction #indieauthor

Another poem from my poetry book Let's Pretend Caregiving is Easy. #caregiving should be a gift, right? A blessing. Sure. But at times... No. It really isn't. The weight of it is almost impossible. Even before #caregiverburnout. #caregiversupport #dementia, #fallrisk #depression 1/2

Reposting to have on my feed in case I'll need this type of sensitivity reading!

A year after being a #caregiver, the habit of stress is unlocking itself. #CaregiverBurnout is real. I thought being home I'd be fine. I wasn't. (1/3)

Another reading from my poetry book, Let's Pretend Caregiving is Easy, currently available as an ebook (print coming soon). #caregiving #CaregiverSupport #fallrisk #dementia #caregiver #caregiverlife #caregiverburnout #poetry #lifepoetry #booksky mabmorris.com/lets-pretend...

Even a year later, I have realized that I haven't taken the time to rest and recover from being a full time #caregiver. mabmorris.com/lets-pretend... #caregiversupport #adultcaregiving #fallrisk #dementia #lifepoetry #poetry #booksky

To celebrate #Pride, I want to share my book. ALEX GOODWARD AND THE SECRET LEDGER is the first adventure of a gender-fluid spy in Regency England, where the bounds of male and female are blurred in order to protect the innocent. books2read.com/u/bpJxxl #booksky #genderfluid #pride

Another poem from my time being a 24/7 #caregiver to my mother found in my book Let's Pretend Caregiving is Easy. She was a fall risk, and couldn't be left alone. books2read.com/u/3LWYQD #caregiver #fallrisk #caregiving #caregiversupport #poetry #lifepoetry

A poem with a question, and an answer, from my book Let's Pretend Caregiving is easy. books2read.com/u/3LWYQD #caregiving #caregivers #caregiversupport #caregiverunderstanding #poetry #lifepoetry

This is from Let's Pretend Caregiving is Easy, now available as an ebook: books2read.com/u/3LWYQD #caregiving #adultcaregiver #caregiversupport #poetry My first video for this book. How'd I do?

My poetry book about #caregiving just hit ebook production. It will be live soon! It's not a self help book. It's about the grief, the rage, the isolation, the sorrows, the joys... all of it. Any caregiver who reads it will know, emphatically, they are not alone. mabmorris.com/lets-pretend...

While I'm editing my #sciencefantasy bundle/series, I thought I'd let you guys know you can get a sneak peek by signing up to my newsletter at www.mabmorris.com The Florence Tug is a really fun read, even if the Tug is the most boring ride in space. #indieauthor #sciencefiction #fantasy

Yesterday, another day at Blue 42. Firming up a plan to have my books sold there, and finishing up the pen edits for Wyvern. Now, apparently, it's a cleaning day, an errand day, so that the desk is clear to put in those pen edits, and also work on the "Electric Tunnel" or Wayfare serial shorts.

Hair damp from rain, in a favorite refuge with my hedgehog mug, editing Wyvern at Blue 42 coffee house. Mocha, GF Avocado Toast, and working on my #sciencefantasy novel, pondering up a storm.

I want a team page on my website-listing my editors and proofreader, and artists, etc. Someone is trying to talk out of it. "Writers don't do that." Well, why not? I mean I want to celebrate their hard work. Thoughts? #authorsky (p.s. resounding approval on Threads. A few adopting the idea)

My new Regency adventure novel, Alex Goodward and the Secret Ledger, is now available! Gender-fluid, hints of magic, spy antics and romance. 🪐📚 #booksky #genderfluid #fantasy #historicalromance mabmorris.com/alex-goodwar...

I'm embracing that I write, more often than not, #mythopoeic fiction. I'm either creating mythology, or having people living within that mythology as I grow my diverse, multicultural planet of #Ihyel. This is part of the written and unwritten world.

Another Ihyellian book is becoming live as an ebook! The closest I get to #romantacy. #Ihyel #mythopoeic #fantasyfiction

Closing the inventory/con cabinet after a wonderful @jordanconinc.bsky.social 2026. I sold many books, and had so many wonderful conversations! The success and joy of this con set my new standard. Thank you for such a great time! (p.s. Yes, my BOB has a Meyer Square "tattooed" on his chest).

If you're going to @jordanconinc.bsky.social 2026, and have the original, first edition TBR, and can prove it--you might be able to get a free misprinted back cover copy of the second edition. Limited copies. Misprinted covers will be discounted. Let's celebrating imperfection!

Looking for Ben Mack who wrote Poker Without Cards.

Getting ready for @jordanconinc.bsky.social and my banner didn't happen, but one of the BEST #pivots ever. I'm using the map of the multicultural planet I've been, literally, world building book by book, story by story.

It's nice to see the #landscaping coming along. Two different plots near each other. Side by side comparison of the month's work. All by hand. I call it exercise. A lot of Core Days, and Arm days. I am definitely feeling much stronger than I did when I started. I promise I'll get back to #writing.

I can't wait to see you at @jordanconinc.bsky.social

I have been wanting to finish this bottle wall garden bed FOR YEARS. This is with all the accumulated leaves blown off. Under all that is a network of vine roots spread throughout.

Seven bags of gravel, and two bags of seed starter soil, and a bunch of seeds planted. (The tower is going to be for next winter, I've decided. I've got other towers I'll be building with pig wire and burlap for the garden). #gardening #greenhouse #seedstarting #mycreativelife

Where do I get (some of) my ideas from: Fate of the Red Queen. Yeah, this book is a weird companion against George McDonald's Light Princes, eh? I mean... Swords aren't safe, neither is what inspired me in this book. #inspiration #triggerwarning #fantasyfiction #indieauthor #worldbuilding

A poem I finished today. The original is mean to be written by a character in Alex Goodward, and I might still edit it to have far more meter, but... Yeah. The thoughts in my head have been both painful and powerful.

This is how I'll combat my waves of undefined grief: books, music, coffee or tea in the mornings. Headier books during day. Nonfiction, more intense fiction. NEW fiction. Lessen the noise of the world. (p.s. This is Patricia Wrede's The Raven Ring; and it is Clara Schumann's work playing).

Where do I get (some of) my ideas from: Fate of the Red Queen Fate is High Fantasy (one of my Ihyel books). It has Escrima in it, thanks to GM Rene Latosa. But the landscape started... Here. #HighFantasy #indieauthor kind of #swordandsorcery #inspiration It's too large for here, so...Links:

"Where do (some of) my ideas come from" Intro to video series. #fantasyfiction #highfantasy #FantasyRegency #indieauthor #catphotobomb

I have #collaborated with different artists. I have an idea and I give it to them and let them have at. You have to look for it, but "There Were Prisms in his Hair" are my lyrics. She did the rest. Track 11. mountaingypsymusic.com/store

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

The Bone Reader II, Servant's Bones is officially in the production queue! #indieauthor #thebonereadermysteries #fantasyfiction #thebonereader