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I would really like to see 'X* is a genius. It's just a shame he** can't write decent women characters' reframed as 'It's a shame X can't write decent women characters. If he could, he'd be a genius'. * said of plenty of authors and film makers. ** I considered 'they' but every one I recall is 'he'.

It's publication day for In This City, Where it Rains out now from @lunapress.bsky.social! This is my Scottish gothic love letter to Edinburgh, a weird tale of ghosts, curses, family secrets, weird moths, & dark rituals 🖤 All links: linktr.ee/lyndseycroal Bonus Q: how many ghosts can you see here? 👀

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

Yet another platform crashed and most of social media is a dumpster fire anyway. If you want to stay in touch and get the news about my books, please go to my website and subscribe. I promise I'll never spam you. www.jelenadunato.com

How to run a fic contest: -Don’t be shocked quality varies. That’s why 1st readers exist. -Don’t say you’ll take a tenuous connection to the theme, then complain about tenuous connections. -In the winner announcement, don’t say all subs were bad & you felt embarrassed to pass any to the guest judge.

i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app

My heart goes out to my US friends today. 💔

Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.

Publishing news! Love Lethal, Death Divine audiobook is coming soon, produced by Spotify. It will be narrated by Nicola Delgado (Melia) and Savy Des-Etages (Liana).

Thank you for 300 adds on Goodreads!

Love Lethal, Death Divine is on NetGalley. Request if you want dark fantasy with a touch of romance, Slavic folklore and political intrigue.

If you are on NetGalley highly recommend this one!!!

Love Lethal, Death Divine is on NetGalley. Request if you want dark fantasy with a touch of romance, Slavic folklore and political intrigue.

A fantastic article about bestsellers and the choices the publishing industry makes when promoting a book goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/h...

I just love it when the people who would never buy my book threaten me with not buying my book because of my views.

Today I saw a simple post asking "What if it all goes right?" and I started crying. I'm so used to everything going wrong - in the world, in publishing, in life in general - that I can't even imagine a positive outcome. I'm constantly bracing for the bad news.

Liana and Melia from Love Lethal, Death Divine a dark fantasy love story by @jelenawrites.bsky.social #art #illustration

Love Lethal Death Divine is on NetGalley! You can request it today!

Love Lethal Death Divine is on NetGalley! You can request it today!

Book marketing scammers are getting better Here's someone who contacted me on my web The agency is real, the name is real (as in, a person with that name really works there) There is just one tiny letter missing in the mail address It's good that I'm aware that such an agency would never contact me

It's so frustrating to be the first and the last generation who knew how to use a PC. First I had to help my parents, now I have to help my kid.

Listen to author Jelena Dunato @jelenawrites.bsky.social on Croatian history, folklore, and writing fantasy #Fantasy #BookSky #ReaderSky #Folklore #History #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AuthorSky 💙📚🪐 rss.com/podcasts/eld...

Roses are red, Sunlight is bright

From W.H. Auden's September 1, 1939

Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.

Publishing industry shouldn't be this hard on authors. It's a feature, not a bug - to make us feel expendable

2026

Dear fellow authors, if your book didn't make it to any "2025 favourite" or "2026 most anticipated" lists, know that you are not alone. I've been writing for years and these bursts of promo always leave me feeling like I'm chucking books in the void.

I'm fine with snow, in theory. As long as I can watch it from a warm place.

AI is a bad shrimp

For 2026, I wish the AI bubble would burst without destroying the economy

The English, complaining about immigrants since 1406

I don't see what's so surprising about it 🦀

AI is a direct threat to our livelihoods as well as the future of our professions, not because AI is capable of doing any of the work, but because our industries will use the threat of AI to make us all increasingly precarious. Uncertain futures and worse working conditions.

Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, The cat is out to get you.

When it comes to books, the second half of the 2025 was just as good as the first one, and I was lucky enough to read some true gems!

Ghost Apparent is a SFINCS3 semi-finalist! A huge thanks to the readers and good luck to my fellow authors! 🥳

I know people have the right to read whatever they like but I just don't understand billionaire romance. Like... there's nothing remotely sexy about billionaires. If I ever met one, the only thing I'd want to ask them would be: "So, why do you still have all that money?"

2025 was insanely busy but I still managed to read 60+ books. Here is my top 12! #BookSky #BookRecommandations #Fantasy #Horror #SciFi

LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE by @jelenawrites.bsky.social (dark fantasy): I gobbled it up! It's so good.

Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...

My 2026 writing goal is that, for once, I feel happy about my writing career.

2025 Awards Eligibility! I published just one story this year, The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social but it's a very good story IMO Dark fantasy+ Slavic folklore www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...

My ambitious 2026 TBR has evolved into "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"; and it's time for the first part (I would say there are a few more). First part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog: jamreads.com/articles/a-j... 💙📚

So ... Sleeping Worlds was selected by Kirkus as one of their Best Books of 2025! I’m incredibly honored, to say the least. Great thanks to everybody who supported me & the novel!

The crime, the criminal

New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...

I know this is a small chunk of the shit new traveling rules to the US are going to stir, but authors not going to US cons is going to destroy so much potential networking, contacts and friendships.

BCS stories of 2025! "The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King" @jelenawrites.bsky.social Dunato, BCS #429 "Katarina, who had seen her share of premature deaths said, “Nonsense. I’m not a physician, I don’t cut live women open.”" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... #BCSof2025