BRIDGE KINGDOM x CRESCENT CITY Monster hunter August Finch is hardly thrilled to work with the most feared monster of all to catch her mom’s killer. But as they close in on answers, she realizes there’s more to the murder—and to the monster she’s falling for. #RoundTableMentor #A #F #UN

introducing the agent’s guide to: ⤜ THESE WISHLESS SOULS ⤛ 🌙 North African myths 🌊 a sentient lake 💀 soul-starved ghouls ❄️ a flesh-eating frost ⚔️ a little heresy #YA #F #Q #questpit #agentsguide #amquerying

Will Elon send out our tax returns or no?

Get 25% off preorders at Barnes & Noble with the code PREORDER25 and I will love you forever if you throw WHAT WAKES THE BELLS in your cart. And if you want to give a little eff you to a certain orange man, this is also a great way to support a queer, Canadian author.

January is hands down my least favorite 3 months of the year

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

My toddler: singing nonsense syllables 🎶🎶 “in the woods you’ll never find your baby” 🎶🎶singing more nonsense syllables

20k adds?!? Are you kidding me? We’re still 2.5 months out from release day but I’m blown away that that many people have any interest in WHAT WAKES THE BELLS 😭 Don’t forget—today is the last day to enter the giveaway my publisher is running on Goodreads! You can win one of 10 bound manuscripts.

Being a billionaire is immoral. “Well it’s their right to be a billionaire even if it’s immoral.” Yeah, and it shouldn’t be. Social harms to that degree should not be legal and even encouraged by the economic system.

My insurance company denied coverage for the medication I needed in order to prevent a second preterm birth due to cervical insufficiency and my medical team found no workaround besides using a different, less effective medication. Our healthcare system is sociopathic.

They have to get a few more bucks out of us all before their whole system implodes.

Blind book dates, coasters and more are in my shop for the holidays 🎄🎅🏼 I’ll be closing my shop early next week since I’ll be traveling, heads up! vncreations.myshopify.com

Apparently most people prefer to sleep on either the left or the right side of the bed??? Am I the weird one for sleeping on whichever side is furthest from the door, with my husband between me and the door, so it’s different depending on the room??????

Hello #writingcommunity! I haven’t introduced myself here yet! I’m Cassie and my current #wip is a romantic, historical fiction, selkie story set on the Maine coast at the turn of the 20th century. 🌊🦭 I’m a public school music teacher, mom of 2 littles, cat lover, nature enthusiast 🍂🌱🌻

Me writing the beginning of a WIP: “hm the beginning is the hardest part to get right” Me writing the middle of a WIP: “hm the middle is the hardest part to get right” Me writing the end of a WIP: “hm the end is the hardest part to get right” NEWSFLASH WRITING A BOOK IS HARD. THE WHOLE THING.

Here is another nice mushroom

WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is a YA dark fantasy about a magical bell keeper, the vengeful saint she unleashes, and the sentient gothic city that turns on its inhabitants. It's out March 11 and it's got tiny little slivers of my heart in it, so be gentle with it please.

DEATHBRINGER is an adult dark academia romantic fantasy murder mystery (wow that’s a mouthful) — where death mage Viola and poison mage Sylas must work together to uncover a murderer or they’ll be next. BUT a death mage killed Sylas’ mother & he hates them. OUT Early 2026 with S&S (and more)

Hey it’s World Prematurity Day 💜 My son was a 30 weeker. Though we only payed $100 due to our great insurance, his 5 wk NICU stay totaled $250,000. Before Obamacare, preemie babies were burning through their lifetime coverage maximums before ever leaving the hospital. Please fight for the ACA 🙏🏻

Bookish Checkpoint 📖 Last book you read: Light by M. Harrison (DNF) Your current read: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (reread) Last Book Added to TBR: Heir by Sabaa Tahir Next Anticipated Read: What Wakes the Bells by @zipitelle.bsky.social and In The Company of Killers by Elora Cook

I really like storygraph!!

I still miss old social media where your main feed was just the people you followed and you had to go to the search page to find new accounts! I cannot be the only one

My two year old was watching the Paw Patrol movie. During the climax of the movie she looked around and said, “oh I’m in my house. I not in paw patrol. I don’t have super powers anymore 🤔”

The entire world could be burning to ashes, and human beings would still be creating art. 🫶🏻