My husband and I were discussing the amazingness of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, as you do, and I was like "Of course, they've got competition for best muppet band from the River Bottom Nightmare Band" and he was like "the what?" and I was like OH DO I HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU

Sometimes a bunch of friends have books come out all at once, so I must stack my riches for display! Also, everyone should totally grab their own copies of these beauties from @clclark.bsky.social @tashasuri.bsky.social @alixeharrow.bsky.social and @sentencebender.bsky.social

It was such a wonderful surprise to find out the Driveby Calligrapher was in the audience for this event!!!

@melissacaruso.bsky.social talking about the level of stress her most recent main character is under

On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising... THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.

Oh hey, UK readers! Looks like the kindle edition of THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS is on sale this month for 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Hour-Be...

Man, the FOOTNOTES. Casting shade with CITATIONS is next level stuff

And on Wednesday (11/5), join me and the legendary Alix Harrow to talk about THE EVERLASTING, hosted by SideQuest Books & Games in Somerville, MA! (There are still a few tickets left!) www.eventbrite.com/e/alix-e-har...

I have the incredible honor to interview TWO great authors on their book tours this week! Tomorrow (Tue) join me and Tigest Girma to talk about ETERNAL RUIN at An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA: anunlikelystory.indiecommerce.com/girma

HEY THEY ANNOUNCED THE PRIZE BEFORE THE ACTUAL CEREMONY LE HOLY CRAP I WON THE JULIA VERLANGER PRIZE

Congratulations!!!!!!

From my dog walk yesterday

Boston area folks!!! Join us!!!

I got my hands on the Illumicrate alternate covers for TLHBW and TLSAW and aaaaaaahhhh, just LOOK at them!!!!!!!!! The art by @lilittwang.bsky.social is so gorgeous and dreamy, and they have rainbow foil!!!!! 😍

I am having such fun reading LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES by @melissacaruso.bsky.social and Kembral remains the most relatable... 😂

Rooks and Ruin trilogy by @melissacaruso.bsky.social (honestly all her work, but that’s what I read first). Super unique and creative magic systems, and characters that feel very alive and relatable even with their unique skills/magic. Her pacing is also top notch. Great reads! Highly recommend!

Heyo! On Tuesday, 11/4 join me and *the* @hanalee.bsky.social at Books Inc. for THE KING MUST DIE’s book launch!

When a poisoned newspaper columnist asks Dr. Miles Singer to find his murderer, following the trail uncovers the kind of secrets a nation can't survive. but maybe with secrets like that, it shouldn't. The Kingston Cycle - available wherever fine books are sold. Audio: libro.fm/search?q=C.L...

Ace week thread! Every ace author I know is very aware that romance sells books. It can be a hard thing to grapple with. Not every ace author is comfortable writing romantic relationships—and even if we are, it's not great to feel like we HAVE to or else we're shooting ourselves in the foot. (1/?)

It's Ace Week, and as an ace author, I can't even tell you how happy the part about ace rep in this lovely review by @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social makes me! "It’s so nice to have an acespec main character who gets to have a mature, emotionally fulfill­ing relationship" locusmag.com/review/the-l...

What are your favorite AI-free Word alternatives that work offline and save locally (not to the cloud)? And importantly, can they handle Word comments and track changes?

Explore @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social (@QueenOfRats)’s review of THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES by @melissacaruso.bsky.social: “The real and fantasy worlds are unique and evocative. All in all, THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES is very hard to put down.”

Had a lovely woods walk with Lupa today

This weekend I met Dutch. Dutch really needed skritches. SO MANY skritches. This is the look he gave me when I briefly paused the skritches to take a picture of his lovely face. (Don't worry, skritches immediately resumed afterward.)

Once again as I contemplate edits, I'm just finding it SO HELPFUL to break out each subplot and look at them individually as a list of turning points.

Hi #portfolioday! I'm Veronica - a fantasy illustrator working on TTRPGs, TCGs, book publishing, video games and more~ Portfolio: voneill.art Contact: [email protected]

I'm going to be on the radio later this month! So that's a first for me. Come and listen to me on BBC Radio Scotland, Wednesday 29th October between 3:30 and 4pm, talking to the excellent pair of Anna Welander and Len Pennie.

The best thing you can do for your writing is to take good care of yourself. The work comes easier, faster, and better when you've got full bars. Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.

New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher. Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate. benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...

I mostly am grimacing at this draft read-through (my first draft is never my best and I really do my best work in edits), but I do like this line (and I bet Echo Archives readers can guess who it's about): “Trouble never met a more formidable adversary or more ardent friend."

Going back through this crappy draft I haven't looked at in a month is downright painful. Among many other things, I need way more character stuff going on so all the action isn't just vapid empty flash. (Luckily I know how to do this and this is what first drafts are for etc etc)

Lupa wanted my daughter’s spot on the couch but didn’t get it so now she’s sulking

I kind of like this picture I took of Lupa on our dog walk the other day because it looks like she's about to spring into action

Aaaaahhhhhhhh my UK paperback copies arrived abcs they are SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤩

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

Hope you like the upcoming third volume in the Echo Archives, THE LAST NAME FOR THIS BOOK

Recently finished and really enjoyed CITY OF OTHERS by Jared Poon! A wondrous but grounded fantasy Singapore, fantastic characters, m/m romance, adventure, overworked civil servants, flawed magical coping mechanisms, saving the world while dealing with office dynamics, a ghost cat, and more!!!

The Last [One-syllable noun] [Two-syllable preposition] [One-syllable noun] sure is a title corner I've backed myself into

I was kinda incoherent in my last post so let me try again 😆 This super cool animatic/animation packs a ton of worldbuilding, vibes, and character (along with action & teasers of story) into less than 3 minutes! (And it happens to be created by my teen daughter ❤️) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R0r...

Oh WOW, okay, so my teen gave me permission to share this short animatic/animation she did recently, and I am blown away by how much her skills have leveled up!!! 😍 If you're up for checking it out, it's only a few minutes long and (yes I'm her mom BUT) kind of amazing! youtu.be/0R0rv-TWzEQ?...

Oh hey, looks like this is up! I had a ton of fun being a guest on the Writing About Dragons and Stuff podcast to talk about a favorite craft topic of mine: plot twists! open.spotify.com/episode/37ZQ...

My copy of NORTH IS THE NIGHT arrived and it’s an absolutely GORGEOUS special edition with illustrated end papers that is worthy of the incredible mythic snowy underworld quest vibes of this epic and beautifully written sapphic fantasy! 😍

So if you're concerned about the dwindling independence of mainstream journalism, remember that the Associated Press is a nonprofit org that can never be bought by a corporation and is full of people genuinely passionate about doing good reporting: apnews.com I set up a small recurring donation

Had this realization about three of my favorite fantasy novels I've read this year: Asunder by @kerstinhall.bsky.social, The Last Hour Between Worlds by @melissacaruso.bsky.social and The Witch Roads by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social. All of them also have queer characters :) #booksky

A fun fact about this piece - the jagged 'magic' is depicted in beautiful silver foil on the actual cover! Matching the foil on the art that I did for the first book~ (Photo credit to Cat Book Nook on insta)

Veronica's art for the Illumicrate hardbacks of The Echo Archives is SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I love this piece SO MUCH!!! 🤩

well it could be

This book is SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!

I am given to understand there is exactly ONE (1) ticket left for the book club event for THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES tonight at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Somerville (MA) if anyone local wants to chat with me (and others!) about TLSAW www.eventbrite.com/e/book-club-...

Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT! Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign? I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!