Date for your diary: 24 April, I’ll be in conversation with @voidcricket.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social in #Canterbury www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

So thrilled to share this announcement of the sale for ELSIE LOVELACE'S GALLERY OF ENCHANTMENTS by @kassandratyst.bsky.social to Grand Central Publishing. This is a book that will make hearts happy, and I can't wait for you all to read it! #cozyfantasy #romantasy

You don’t know how excited agents get when we receive final files for submission to our translation agents, film agents, etc. Or when sales get announced so we can finally talk abt the amazing books we’ve sold. Agents are book geeks who get to do what we love for a living – read and gush over books!

Congratulations, @garethlpowell.bsky.social !

ICE took the crayons and paper away at the concentration camp for children because the drawings got out.

Happy book birthday to @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social ! FIRST SIGN OF DANGER (Haven's Rock #4) is out today in hardcover and COLD AS HELL (#3) is out in trade paperback! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

It’s been a year since Future’s Edge was released. Booklist wrote: “Powell, who has two BFSA awards for best SF novel, might need to clear shelf space for a third. His new novel is, to put it simply, marvellous. It’s also a perfect novel to introduce sf readers to this vibrant storyteller.”

I should add that my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders was published last year by @apexmag.bsky.social and has received excellent reviews. If the book starts getting review bombed, yeah, it's probably b/c of these scammers and me posting about this in public. 6/ www.apexbookcompany.com/products/we-...

Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders. Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond. Now Herry is threatening me. 1/

Next week in beautiful Daytona Beach. Come join us!

Published on 03.03.2026 by @titanbooks.bsky.social. Order now from your favourite bookshop.

I thought this very same thing when I saw the commercial. Disturbing!

Query update: I'm up to 430 now. My promise was a week or to 500 queries (remembering how long it took me to go through 750 the last time). I'm afraid that at this rate, I'll have to close again tomorrow morning at the latest.

I will be the Master of Ceremonies at @boskone.bsky.social this coming weekend in Boston, Massachusetts -- my first time back in (shudder) 23 years! Here's my schedule -- a more detailed one is on the ol' blog: decandido.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/m... Hope to see folks in Boston this weekend!

Oooh, I so want a novel now of people purchasing it (or being given incentives to settle) and finding out from experience just what happened here!

As promised, I'm officially open to submissions again - for 1 week or 500 queries, whichever comes first. Because last time when I tried 2 weeks or until 750 queries, I received more than 750 in the first week and had to shut down early. No guarantees it won't happen again.

UK pals, you can preorder JITTERBUG via Forbidden Planet for £6.99, saving 30% on the RRP forbiddenplanet.com/462525-jitte...

Today from 11 am - 5 pm! My talk is at noon: Agent and author Lucienne Diver discusses how sometimes the tail wags the dog when it comes to writers getting published. The way writers write and promote, and even what they write has changed a lot based on readers' likes and expectations...

In a time of book bannings, AI, and decreased library funding, the best thing you can do to support books is be very, very loud about them. @mollytempleton.com on how we can help the authors we love:

Readers: I'm working on a speech/presentation for a conference today, and I'm curious - how do you discover and choose the books to add to your tottering TBR piles? #books

Another week of post what makes you happy. My pick this week is Jonathan Groff doing "You'll Be Back" in Hamilton. youtu.be/i5JAjAR_AjY?...

THIS SATURDAY! I'll be at the @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Book Fair at Barrows Intense in Industry City! Me and lots of great authors and agents! Raffles! Agent pitches! Talks! And tons and tons of books for sale! www.facebook.com/events/10969...

You can still get the first three Eek! books at your local bookstore! Plenty of time to catch up before TERROR FROM THE CAVE comes out in August!

You know, in other countries they punish their pedophiles.

Inspired by @garethlpowell.bsky.social, good rules for writing. 1- read what you write 2- write what you love 3- don't be too precious about your words or your characters 4- feedback is your friend 5- so is revision 6- and time away so you can come back with fresh eyes

Jitterbug hits shelves 4 weeks today, and it’s going to take you on one heck of an adventure! Preorder from your favourite retailer. @titanbooks.bsky.social

Good advice!

Can think of few better pitches for a novel than this from Booklist on A DEADLY INHERITANCE by @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social, "Readers who enjoy seeing the cheating rich get their comeuppance juxtaposed with smart characters helping an underdog will enjoy this contemporary mystery."

This so ridiculous and horrible. The point is just to make people suffer. I can't wait until we wake up from this national nightmare.

JITTERBUG has been selected as one of Indigo Canada's Most Anticipated SciFi Books! 🚀 For this week only, you can get 25% off pre-orders here: bit.ly/4t68jMm

Met TJ Klune yesterday. He has a new book out. @shawnspeakman.com invited me over where TJ was signing books and many laughs were had. If you haven't read TJ's work, start with The House in the Cerulean Sea. A magical novel.

“Agents are at my door right now” In addition to Don Lemon the Trump regime also Arrested Georgia Fort👇🏽 for covering the church protest (where an ICE field director is a pastor)

Tell me something that brings you joy or post of pics of your pets! Good book you've read? New hobby? New baby or grandbaby? What brings a smile to your face in these times? I'll start! I'm loving Planthony's posts about the Gay Plant Store! www.instagram.com/saintplantho...

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

I need to be so busy I can't doomscroll. I want to find amazing projects and spread joy and positive messages. So, I'm reopening to queries for a week or up to 500 submissions, whichever comes first, starting February 9th. Looking particular for unique perspectives and fresh voices.

Today marks mine and @lindarrow.bsky.social 's 16th anniversary as friends & creative soulmates! I lucked out with the best possible collaborator. I can't even imagine where I would be today without Lin's friendship & artistic influence. Lin, I love you and I hope we make comics together forever 🩷

How to find a literary agent: www.instagram.com/p/DT_GR76Cki1

“People enforcing the law do not wear masks. And people wearing masks who trespass, assault, batter, and kill are not enforcing the law. “They are violating it.” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... #fascism #tyranny #Americanfascism #psychopaths #whitenationalism #whitenationalists #AbolishICE

Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice." Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.

Can someone smuggle copies of this newspaper into the offices of The New York Times and Washington Post so their editors can learn how to write headlines again?

Delighted to see I have four works nominated on the BSFA Awards Long List. If you're a member of the BSFA, you now have until 19 Feb to vote on which long list works you want to see on this year's short list.

We Who Hunt Alexanders is on the longlist of nominees for the BSFA Awards in the Best Shorter Fiction category! Many thanks to everyone who loved the novella and all the members of the British Science Fiction Association who nominated it! @apexmag.bsky.social www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

NOTE: The first-ever BBB Author Book Fair (on Feb. 7) now has MORE to offer! We welcome @crazy8press.bsky.social and #ShivaKumar to our flock of authors -- come out and join us starting at 11am for books, agents, presentations, snacks, a raffle, and joy! 📖🍸🌟 More: www.facebook.com/events/10969...

Saw over the weekend that THE FIFTH SEASON and THE HUNDRED THOUSAND KINGDOMS were both listed among Book Riot's "Best Fantasy Books of the Century (so far)!" Very cool! bookriot.com/best-fantasy...

NASA may be going back to the moon, but Jitterbug’s going to get there first! Published by @titanbooks.bsky.social on March 3 but available for preorder now!

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

Shining Smith returns in JUNKYARD RIDERS by Faith Hunter. With the "Dark Riders" paramilitary motorcycle gang closing in and a cataclysmic snowstorm about to crash in on them all, Shining has to plot an offensive and outsmart the enemy! Out today! Amazon: www.amazon.com/Junkyard-Rid...

Kritika H. Rao's The Legend of Meneka, a spellbinding epic fantasy with a spicy twist, is out in paperback! Grab yours now! Amazon: www.amazon.com/Legend-Menek... Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-legend...