I love that running errands lately, little girls keep coming up to me, or just pointing at my purse, and yelling LABUBU Adults, maintain your whimsy. The kids are watching and there's clearly joy in knowing they can keep loving cute or silly things forever.

Pros(e)—writing, professionals, good things! Cons—conventions, conferences, negatives! Events in the writing/bookish world are a loaded topic these days. I went to a con(vention) and a con(ference) this summer, and—well, let's get into it. The good, the bad, the ugly, the puns. #WriterSky

The world is falling apart and life under late stage capitalism is bullshit I's given me a healthy disrespect for money and I don't have room for outrage at how much I paid this morning for my emotional support pumpkin spice latte

HEY FRIENDS, Of Realms and Fate is now available for preorder at Bookshop.org!! Check out Chelsea's books, and you KNOW I'll be at her release party on 10/24 too, join the shindig if you can 💃📚

I had a FANTASTIC time, overall, at Literary Cleveland's Inkubator Writing Conference. But what made it stand out, especially in a time when so many bookish events have been...chaotic? ✨Networking ✨Sessions ✨Community ✨Conference Experience #CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social 🔗 below ⬇

Coffee ✅ Schedule ✅ Day two 🔥 Let's write. Let's learn. Let's go! #CLEInk25 @literarycleveland.bsky.social

This full day of #CLEInk25 has my head spinning in the best ways (and not just because of this stairway!) I have so many notes from publishing and genre presentations...! People have been kind and welcoming, all the best of both Cleveland community and the writing community 🫶

Good morning, #CLEInk25! I'm ready for you (thanks for the coffee) @literarycleveland.bsky.social

Any time it hurts, Play another verse I can be your

Cleveland Inkubator #Writing Conference kicked off tonight and the welcome mixer was a fantastic opportunity to meet other Clevelanders writing fantasy and start talking shop! Tomorrow, the conference sessions begin and I'm so excited to get going ✍️🤩 @literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25

🎉 2025 #Inkubator Writing Conference is this weekend here in Cleveland! Head up out of my edits and finally looking over my schedule 🤩 Starting TONIGHT with the kickoff mixer at Loganberry Books--will I see anyone awesome there (like you)?? @literarycleveland.bsky.social #CLEInk25 #SkyWriters

I'm so excited to be working with this publisher myself, because the quality of other books coming out has me over the moon delighted! I LOVE being so excited about a business relationship.

BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST (Into the Prawdziwy Las) is live now on Kickstarter!! The next book from @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social looks absolutely stunning and when I tell you I backed this campaign immediately, I mean I have a mighty need for this hardcover + art! www.kickstarter.com/projects/qui...

I went to Once Upon a Con and all I got was this lousy doubloon ➡ Reflecting on bookish events, how OUaC was for me, and what I'm thinking as my debut year approaches (is Author Alley a good idea???) 🔗 below #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookishEvents #AuthorAlley #Substack

We're, what, 10 months or so from my debut novel's release date. Mark the calendar, the ✨Not Ready For Release Day✨ anxiety dreams have started 🙃 #AuthorSky #AmWriting #WriterSky #SkyWriters #DebutNovel

Cracked open my longer-term plans for my witches this morning and...they have so very much more to go through 🥺😈 #WriterSky #AuthorSky #LiteraryFantasy

A Song to Drown Rivers meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in LADY HAN'S MANUAL FOR MATRIMONIAL MAYHEM, in which the mischievous bride fights for divorce with chaos: 😈 unlikeable heroine ⚔️ enemies-to-lovers 💑 marriage of convenience 👑 political intrigue #questpit #A #RF #W (line editing for #Q soon!)

Apparently when I told my mom I was "working at the coffee shop today" she thought I'd gotten a job at the coffee shop, not that I'd brought my computer and was there for the caffeine/wifi/quiet 😂

Happy August, #WriterSky!

Hi I write about witches and shadow people and hope and fear and loss and sometimes about writing

I'm just an author Sitting in front of Bluesky Asking it to show my Substack posts 🥹🥺🥺🥺

#Writing isn't always writing. Sometimes writing is a walk in the woods. Out now on my Substack, a behind-the-scenes look at how words on a page are only a part of the writing process.

Today, I'm channeling Darkwing Duck but in, like, a weird way. Sharing my story of How I Went from Layoff to Debut Author on Substack. ⬇

Have you been waiting for your physical copy of A TWIST ON TIME? Have I got great news for you! 🎉 The paperback is now available 🎉 (Only on the 'zon so far, but I hear more availability is coming soon/eventually!) #ShortStory #ShortStories #Anthology #BookSky #ReaderSky

If anyone needs me, I'm watching KPop Demon Hunters. (again 🫰)

#Playlist time!! What am I listening to when I write? Have a listen, I think I have great taste 😎 Discover The Amazing Devil and other artists whose #music powers my witches, shadow people, and queens. What music gets your creative mind working? Out today at my Substack, link follows! #WriterSky

🥳 Hurrah, I've fully (?) migrated my 4 primary writing playlists from Amazon Music to YouTube Music All because I'm probably the only person using Amazon Music and I wanted to share my writing playlists on my Substack, on the off chance one single person even clicks on a playlist link 🙃

AHH isn't she GORGEOUS!??? This next title from @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social is instantly on my #TBR, as @mollyhaniszewski.bsky.social's BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST is a stunner that I cannot wait to read (already on my Goodreads shelf ✅) and then display as a shelf trophy 😍 #BookSky #CoverReveal

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Tell Your Republican Representative to Oppose Trump's Medicaid-Slashing, Billionaire-Enriching Megabill act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Let's math the path to #publication 💡➕✍🟰🤑 🕓➕👀🟰📚 At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths. 🔗below

Okay, author friends (especially those who are, maybe, a year out from their debut being published, if we're getting really specific here) -- How are we using Pinterest? 👀 Question/link following! #WriterSky #AuthorSky #Pinterest #BookMarketing

Let's math the path to #publication 💡➕✍🟰🤑 🕓➕👀🟰📚 At least...some of the math, and some of the paths. Because there are a lot of numbers and a lot of different paths. 🔗below

“We want our publishers to stand with us.” An open letter against AI from some of your favorite writers to the people who publish them.

#WriterSky friends, Have you signed Lit Hub's open letter against AI in #publishing? Add your voice to this call for action! #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #NoAIintheArts lithub.com/against-ai-a...

Hey, friend 👀 Can I interest you in a short story about dragons? 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉 Bonus writing out today at sarahgoehrke.substack.com/p/bonus-cont... #AmWriting #ShortStory #ShortStories #Dragons #Fantasy #Substack #WriterSky

The good thing about prepping a #Substack post about my writing playlists is actually cleaning up and setting up my writing playlists. If you're a subscriber*, thanks for keeping me accountable without even knowing it! #WriterSky #AmWriting #Playlist #WritingMusic

THE KEEPERS is coming summer 2026 with @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social but that's only part of the witches' story. Their tale will continue directly in a saga following the Burning Times as queens ally against witchery... but. It all had to start somewhere.

Accidentally came up with the most badass line this morning while discussing Taylor Swift with my husband. Will I include it in my literary fantasy, where some lines I wrote still give me my own goosebumps? No. This one is for the Millennial comedy horror. #WriterSky Think these vibes:

This week's #author newsletter, coming Friday, will have the first exclusive content for my paid subscribers—a #shortstory about dragons, people, and community. Future bonus content will include deleted and expanded scenes from THE KEEPERS, and more from published works. #WriterSky

It's the most frustrating when you KNOW your kid will love something but you have to be the neck that turns the head because a direct suggestion will only be met with NO. Anyway, stay tuned as I figure out how to get kiddo to watch KPop Demon Hunters ✨

This is the last quarter-year of my 30s. I'm done with "why me" Enter the era of "why not me" Why not my books reaching their right readers Why not readers tattooing my words Why not cosplayers dressing as my characters Why not my works creating hope ✨Why not me✨

The concept of the "Other" is a long-lived one, and it's relevant today. So often, "Other" becomes "Witch" and "Witch" is an accusation. 🧵 #WriterSky #LiteraryFantasy #AuthorSky #WitchSky

Today is the summer solstice. Midsummer. Litha. My witchy book starts on Litha, so what a fun morning to remind you that THE KEEPERS is coming summer 2026 with @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social May this longest day be kinder to you than it is to Aleris as she starts off to discover her own witchery ✨

Hi hello have you read A TWIST ON TIME yet? "Rescued" is halfway in the anthology. I wrote it. Read it, support your local* author friend. *it's a small world after all #shortstory #anthology #timetravel #WriterSky Links to ebook: linktr.ee/sarahgoehrke

I'd say these are divisive times, but aren't they all? Human history is rooted in creating in-groups—first for survival, then for community. But that always creates out-groups. Others. Witches. #Writing through it in today's Substack. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/sarahgoe...

Last month, I dropped my query, because sharing is caring. It didn't get me an agent—but DID get me a publishing contract! THE KEEPERS is coming 2026 with @quillsandcosmos.bsky.social Sharing my journey again as Quills and Cosmos is open to submissions RIGHT NOW ✨

Just when my faith in humanity drops (again), every single car on a busy four-lane road stopped this morning for a momma duck and her 8 ducklings to cross safely.

As much as I hate that these comments are from my local Facebook group... I'm glad today's protests are drawing so much attention before they even start. Now if you'll excuse me, gotta get ready to go protest in the rain. Apparently I'm going to melt ✨ #NoKingsDay #NoKings #RiseUp

A TWIST ON TIME is available now on your favorite (and least favorite!) platforms for ebook convenience 😍 21 stories - and right in the middle, you'll find my piece, "Rescued". It's dystopian! It's horrific! It's a twist on your standard let's-go-back-in-time-to-take-out-that-one-guy! #BookSky