I got my contributor copy today!!!!!!! I'm so freaking hyped!!!!! Thank you @thebiblionaut.bsky.social for trusting me with your cover, and for being an absolute treat to work with!!!! The Darkest Glass officially drops on October 10th. You can pre-order at: books2read.com/u/mvEqd2

Personally celebrating bi visibility day with a feature in the amazing Book Lover Laura's new video!! 🥹🫶 If you haven't already checked it out please do and show some support to her fantastic bookish channel! And stick around until the end to see THE DARKEST GLASS cameo! 😘💜 youtu.be/XrWBmfDz_vM?...

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Instead of a barbecue and some cool graphics this year, prepare for Black history month by investing in actual Black people. Subscribing to my publishing imprint for $5 or $12 will make a NOTICEABLE difference in my life & in the lives of the authors I champion: leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

Presidents' Day is a reminder that presidents are elected to serve the PEOPLE. Not unelected billionaires. Not giant corporations. Not special interests. Not their families. Not their ultra-wealthy friends. The people.

The @socialists.nyc, who organized this rally in NYC two weeks ago, are holding a mass call for trans rights TOMORROW at 7 pm ET - you can sign up here! actionnetwork.org/events/mass-...

There were protests across the entire country today and I’ve barely seen it covered. This thread is full of them and there will be more in the future. If you cannot attend a protest, you can at least spread awareness and repost

Dear Libraries, I love you more than I can say! Thank you for helping me read more books than I could possibly ever afford to buy ♥ Thank you for everything you provide to your communities! You are such a powerful resource and a gift ♥@authorsabb.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social

Reposting as a reminder

We have to do this differently this time around, and one of the ways I hope that we do that is by collectively understanding that people can care about two things at once (or even, gasp, MORE than two things) especially while people are out there banning books: TALK ABOUT BOOKS!

in this house we stand for inconvenient queers, trans people who don't give a shit about passing, angry Black women, undocumented immigrants who are tired of being polite to racists; mentally ill people on public transit; and everyone else you're too proper to stand on solidarity with.

Bookshop is going into selling ebooks and you can still get an epub to send to your reading device! Game changer. www.theverge.com/tech/597137/...

I will be continuing to call it the Gulf of Mexico because I don't cater to the whims of a ridiculous felon www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...

Some great orgs and efforts to support and help victims of the LA wildfires (and they’re not all the usual big ones)

Here are some gorgeous queer indie bookshops worth your time and money. Some have coffee. A few have cats. There are no cats in the coffee. go.bsky.app/G321HCf

Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.

I'm planning on doing 2 very important Things on this particular Monday: -Reading -Making Art Can't think of anything else more vitally important than those, today.

Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok

i wish i had hopeful shit to say but atm i’m just gonna say to others what i’m saying to myself most often these days: just fucking live. wake up tomorrow. keep waking up. hold on tight to your friends and loved ones and keep each other alive

Hey hey, #PortfolioDay! I'm Ashley, a NY-based illustrator who works on book covers, tarot cards, and TTRPGs! I'm on a mission to do more traditional work, and here is one I made last summer. I'm dying to do more, so keep an eye out!!! #DarkArt #Illustration

Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617: Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel. Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.

As artists, I hope we all succeed 🫶

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

Being a writer truly means being in constant flux 😅 Like what do you mean my brain is juggling a gothic horror fantasy, a star crossed romantasy, and a secret 3rd thing that grew from a contest pitch that may or may not have angler fish inspired mermaids???

Y'all reading #GideontheNinth is fantastic and I'm so happy to finally have dived in! 🥹 Humor? 10/10. Worldbuilding? No notes. Gideon? A mood.

I want to remind everyone that your local library is both physical AND digital. You hate streaming everything because the price is ridiculous? Library. You hate ads because they're every 3 mins or less? Library. You want to reduce your digital footprint? Library. You want sourced info? Library.

On this third anniversary of the publication of my novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS fires rage in Los Angeles, whose paper the LA Times published this full page critical review of my novel at the time it came out. I’m reflecting on how my novel has changed my life & others’ lives since its debut today.

The best advice I have for you is to start building robust, alternative networks now and quickly Don’t assume you will have access or the ability to distribute your material online forever Make hardcopies. Build local in-person communities. Build relationships with brick & mortar indie stores

Following the Fable discourse and now Storygraph, one thing comes back time and time again -- AI is learning the racial, gender, and discriminatory biases from the data it's given, aka the call is coming from inside the red, white and blue house.

Digging into the nitty gritty of a character's emotional state. Showing the reader all of the bright spots, dark corners and locked doors that make up their inner self.

Take no shit in 2025. Make hatred LOOK ignorant. Show it its cruelty. Be intolerant of bigotry. Don't abet a worsening. Lose friends who insist only some people deserve dignity. Understand who has your back and who's only there because it's convenient. Dig in. Set your jaw. Rewrite the narrative.

So many AI images are so texturally gross to me. Looking at them is like the visual equivalent of getting out of bed and stepping into cold cat vomit. It's like wearing a polyester shirt completely divorced from the idea of breathability. It's like eating a frosted cookie where you can taste the dye

Hello Bluesky folks and all new here! 👋 I'm Olivia, an indie author full of stories and caffeine 💚 My debut novel, THE DARKEST GLASS is releasing Fall 2025. It's a YA gothic horror fantasy set against a Victorian inspired backdrop perfect for fans of Bloodborne, Penny Dreadful and Pan's Labyrinth!