Winter is coming. Feeling that need to get out and hike the beautiful fall colors while I can. Dogs think anytime is a good time. #nature #photography #hiking

A must read for writers. I'm seeing same thing Jason is seeing, in form of scammers' creation of online "readers' communities" populated with bots. AI adoption by foreign scammers has been expanding since 2023 but this year has really been a watershed. They're becoming impossible to keep up with.

if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%

A few years ago we put Gary to the test against his buddy Drift to see who would be better at avalanche rescue. Think we might have a bit more training to do.

My Big Idea for writing a Greek-myth inspired contemporary(ish), new-weird-leaning dark fantasy novel about an ordinary mortal pitted against gods and creatures, and all the ways it tried to go wrong. whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/25/t... #greekmythology #darkfantasy #fantasybooks #amwritingfantasy

🎂 🎉 Happy Book Birthday to WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, the first book in @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy! When a client persuades him to play an ancient game of throwing bones Ty finds himself deep in debt, and in danger... Buy now: geni.us/whilegodssl

Book One is out today! 😍🎉 ($3.99US for ebook. Also avail in paperback) geni.us/whilegodssl

Every year I feel grateful and slightly amazed when the seasons change and nature keeps on doing its thing. As if one year, maybe something different will occur. Of course, I'm also somebody who's always slightly amazed by sunrise and sunset every day.

There's a great review for @ldcolter.com 's WHILE THE GODS SLEEP over on GoodReads from the fabulous @bethcato.bsky.social ! Are you ready for a dark and twisty journey into the shadow realm as Ty gambles for his life and freedom? Preorder (only £2.99 in eBook!) geni.us/whilegodssl

Always nice to see a moose while out in the woods. Also a note that wildlife photographers have long lenses that make subjects look much closer than they are. Always wise to give moose a lot of space! #wildlife #moose

Less than two weeks to the release of book one, While the Gods Sleep!

Hiked up here for the first time this year. The silence was profoundly restorative.

Hi! Have you ever wanted to chat with David Steffen, (aka the weird gremlin known dor Diabolical Plots, Submission Grinder, and Long List Anthology)? there is a lottery signup to do just that online with Flights of Foundry, session on September 26th! flights-of-foundry.org/lottery/

Speculations: A newsletter l-d-colter-speculations.kit.com/posts/three-...

Reviews are nerve-racking at best. Grateful for these kind words.

These animals are not just a symbolic treehugger cause. They serve a practical purpose, helping to keep other wildlife populations in check, which in turn helps control the spread of diseases in deer and elk. They shape the landscape by preventing deer from stripping plant life from riverbanks.

A very enjoyable book indeed.

Out this month! AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD: @voidcricket.bsky.social 's standalone space opera set in the same universe as UNDER FORTUNATE STARS geni.us/unbrw WHILE THE GODS SLEEP: #1 in @ldcolter.com 's interconnected trilogy where mortals are tangled in the gods' games. geni.us/whilegodssl

The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

No updates/no sightings... but thank you to EVERYONE who's looked. We have one trap in the backyard ("smelly fish and water!") and one more is on the way, and my friend M is coming to sleep over for the next few days till I get back. 🥹 I have a good community and good friends I am very lucky

Calling all reviewers, booksellers & librarians: meet the Solaris Books currently on Netgalley! Includes new books from @voidcricket.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @artofelaineho.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social & @ldcolter.com geni.us/SolarisNG

It's here!! Warped State is now out in #audiobook! www.jomiles.com/books/warped... It's only $0.99 on Amazon right now, which is wild and I have no idea how long that will last. Just started listening to it, and Adi Cabral did an amazing job with the narration!

this must be what it feels like to be jamelle bouie 😂

I couldn’t think of a better spot to have a nap… 😴😊

My mother grew up on the Yorkshire Dales. Hasn't changed much.

Another nice encounter with a Great Horned Owl last night just as the sun was setting. #wildlife #birds #owls

Life.

I think every story I’ve read by Thomas Ha has left me thinking for days, and the weird creepy atmospheres he creates are unforgettable. He’s IMO one of the greatest contemporary authors — so excited for this collection.

Available to request on Netgalley now! WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, the first book in @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy, three tales of the consequences when mortals becoming tangled up in the dangerous games of the Gods. Netgalley: geni.us/SolarisNG Preorder: geni.us/whilegodssl

You can find my books "The World's Shattered Shell" (trans-apocalyptic psychedelic found-family adventure) and "The Shadow Minister" (fantasy-romance / cosmic-horror / police procedural mashup) at the Water Dragon table in the #worldcon dealter's room.

Update to my cancer treatment, or, The One Where the Doctors Scare Me Half to Death (but we're 95% sure I'll be OK now). Please boost and share. I'm less than $3000 from my goal now, and getting there would tremendous. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

ICYMI Our friends over at The Nerd Daily have revealed the covers for @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy! Where ordinary people find themselves entangled in the games of the gods. All covers by Sam Gretton. thenerddaily.com/exclusive-co... Preorder Book 1 geni.us/whilegodssl

🎺🚨Time for a cover reveal!🚨🎺 Our friends at The Nerd Daily have a special reveal for ALL THREE books in @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy, where ordinary people find themselves caught in the gods games... Full reveal thenerddaily.com/exclusive-co... Preorder geni.us/whilegodssl

My publisher has a reveal planned next week for all three Perilous Gods covers at once. 😍 I love the covers so much! It's so exciting as an author getting great artwork; seeing the thing you hope will entice readers to take a closer look at your blood, sweat, and tears project. Can't wait to share!

ldcolter.substack.com/p/july?r=4n7... Newsletter release day. Thoughts on writing, reading, and various piffle, but always a cute animal video. This time, talk about my lifelong love of myth, folklore, and more, plus an almost cover reveal and other stuff. #mythology #fantasybookseries

My June newsletter is out. No sign up required. Find it free here: ldcolter.substack.com/p/my-brain-i... Writing news, new Poe-inspired anthology for only $3.49, lotto free stuff, clumsy panda video. #sff #mythology #fantasybooks

Just got a first look at the cover under design for While the Gods Sleep -- the stand-alone book one of my Perilous Gods trilogy -- releasing in September. I love it and I'm so excited to share more soon about this book and this set!! rebellionpublishing.com/solaris-nova...

“Transubstantiation” by Sam W. Pisciotta has poetic prose, dedicated parents, and a surprising end to a seance. Check it out now on FFO! @swpisciotta.bsky.social #writingcommunity #flashfiction #specfic #family #fantasy www.flashfictiononline.com/article/tran...

I couldn't be more excited that Solaris Nova will be releasing my Perilous Gods trilogy! Full announcement here: bit.ly/43cPbjB

These are wonderful books, with complex human characters and even more complex godly characters. They kept me gripped across three novels (which can be read standalone!), and I loved the idea of the gods being such a palpable presence in human lives, with all the trickery and wonder that brings.

Delighted to be on Women in Horror month at Tales to Terrify! Listen to all 3 stories or check out my little gothic, creeping-dread flash story at time marker 21:36. (About a 10 min listen.)

To anyone who received a follow or other interaction from me recently, yeah, that wasn't me. That profile has been reported and taken down and this one is the real deal. Thanks to the couple of fellow authors who reached out and let me know.

Paramount and writer Javier Gullón are set to bring @sarahpinsker.bsky.social's REACTOR (!!!!!!) short story "Two Truths and a Lie"!! reactormag.com/paramount-pi...