Reading this right now and it’s so good and utterly compelling (I actually scored an ARC but had a deadline and couldn’t finish it before release so also have the fancy deluxe edition)

Opened up my new book template and saw this Immediately went no, I don't want to, it's too scary

So I was just filling out a form and got THIS as my "prove you're not a robot" thing and wtaf is this nightmare fuel

So my eldest daughter just graduated from college and it's so weird that they let actual babies graduate now She keeps saying "Mom I'm 22 I'm an adult" which is pretty precocious for a baby I think Anyway I'm super proud ❤️

Best exchange from @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social and @fondalee.bsky.social 's event today: S: So I wrote a book about a woman in her 40's heading off on an adventure, and you wrote a book about one in her 50's getting ready to... F: Walk off into the wastes? S: WHAT HAPPENED?! F: Perimenopause

This is a great thread and I want to share my own thoughts as both an author and a reader! Thoughtful, analytical reviews are SO GOOD and it's impossible to have that without some of those things sometimes being critical. Reviews are for the reader! Have at. Just don't tag the author. (1/?)

Look I realize this isn't the best photo but I'm stuck under a cat and I need to tell you that this book is fantastic and you should read it!!! Mystery, action, humor, INCREDIBLE worldbuilding, WONDERFUL characters, crows, innovative magic, a bizarre and intricate city, plot twists, tons of heart

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In doing our post-convention season inventory, we find ourselves with WAY too many High Caffeine Mystery Samplers on hand. We need to sell off 30 of these before June, so we programmed in an automatic 30% off* until we sell those 30! *Only online, only high caf www.fridaytea.com/products/fri...

This gorgeous beauty arrived today!!!!!

And on to year 3! Presenting the Queersar not an award for excellence in queer SFF 2022. Ten more brilliant titles! Nothing from the Tor mothership! Majority indie pubs! Gay, bi, lesbian, trans, and ace characters galore! ...and the single best novel I've read in the past decade. Dive on in.

Took my dog for a walk in the sky yesterday

Looking for a Mother's Day present for the geeky mom in your life? THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS stars exhausted but badass new mom Kembral Thorne, who gets stuck in a murder time loop on her first night out without the baby www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melis...

FIRE-BREATHING RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD!!!

So a while back, I got possibly my worst author contact form email ever. It was an AI-written message asking me to stop including trans and nonbinary characters in my books. I went UGH and deleted it like it was a pic of roadkill. But I find I still have pent up things to say about it. (1/?)

It bothers me when people make fan art from my books without sharing it with me. PLS I WANT TO SEEEEEE

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Oh WOW!!!!! This looks GORGEOUS, and I'm almost done reading the book and I can attest that it's absolutely wonderful!!!

I'm going to write a dark academia book about a fantasy art school and all the students will be sweating about the mysterious final challenge that 80% of even the best students fail and it's going to turn out to be "draw a horse without a reference"

This was one of the nice friends I met today at the tulip picking and raptor show

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD (And the all-important preorder links!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

I think I’m the only person at this combination raptor show and tulip picking event who is not a small child or their adult

AAAAAAAHHHHHH I love this so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️

Tim has done maps for all of my books, and they are AMAZING. One thing I really admire is how he makes the maps look like an artefact of the fantasy world they're depicting. Incredibly creative and with care for accuracy and capturing the right vibe. And a pleasure to work with!

Happy Launch Day to me! First Mage On The Moon is out today.

It’s my book birthday! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out in the UK today! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey! Get ready for battles, ancestor magic, and big revelations! See below for links to the Goldsboro and Illumicrate exclusion editions!

It's ace day! 🖤🤍💜 In case you didn't know, I'm a biromantic asexual, much like the main character of my Echo Archives series, the badass but tired new mom Kembral Thorne, who would love to have fun at this party but is stuck in a murder time loop with her cat burglar nemesis instead

I'm working on line edits right now, and one thing I always find myself fixing in edits for fight scenes is making sure the POV character is present. It's easy to get lost in the choreography, but I need her thoughts and especially feelings to stay at the forefront.

Doing line edits and came across this: “You cut it close,” I grumbled. “You see, the thing about margins of error is that margins are big, boring blank spaces that do nothing.”

Presenting: The Queersar Not An Award for 2021! 10 (+1) examples of top-quality queer SFF. Brilliant fantasy cities, some great SFF romance, anti-Brexit Epic Fantasy, dark fantasy mystery, space opera, gonzo slipstream, a great spin-off with a particular spotlight on a throwback of the best sort.

Heyo! The @locusmag.bsky.social fundraiser has 15 days left, and you can now get a character named after you or a friend for 50% off!

Trans authors are writing some of the best SFF out there! For trans day of visibility, I grabbed a semi-random assortment of books by trans and nonbinary authors off my shelves. All of these I've either read & loved, my kids have read & loved, or are high on my TBR pile!

Some great stuff in here, and a lot of it isn't bid up unaffordable high yet! Check it out!!! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Some thoughts about writing stuff, in no particular order (this might be a long-ish thread): 1. When Old Man's War came out (2005), lots of people read it and assumed I was conservative, because of its subject matter, and sub-genre, me being a white dude from Ohio, and other various factors.

I'm reading this right now and ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT!!!!! It's killing me that I have a deadline keeping me from just blowing through the rest of it in one night. So good!!!!!!

Fantasy Hive drop one of the first reviews of MORTEDANT's PERIL and i think they liked it... "Mortedant’s Peril is a shining demonstration of an author going from strength to strength...an absolute triumph of a page-turning fantasy murder-mystery." (Possible minor spoilers.)

Spotted the Straw Hats flag at the Boston protest today

This was only a fraction of the crowd at the No Kings protest in Boston today.

Exclusive Cover Reveal: In Your Court by Kit Haley Today on the site I'm delighted to help reveal the cover of In Your Court by Kit Haley, an m/m sports romance releasing May 21st! Here's the story: Australian Matteo Russo is the first and only openly gay tennis pro. Once a brilliant junior, he…

I admit I did not click through to the article, but anyone who wonders where the weirdness has gone in a culture where One Piece is the bestselling comic of all time is looking in the wrong places Go talk to any Gen Z-er about their favorite media for 20 minutes and then tell me culture isn't weird

Tonight! Me, Brookline Massachusetts, and botfly facts! www.eventbrite.com/e/t-kingfish...

ahhhhh this issue has my time loop fucked up unicorn novelette!! 👀 with an ace protagonist and some bonus body horror!

Hey friends, do you like CATS? Do you like MECHS? Do you like SPACE? What about CATS* in MECHS in SPACE? Well, if that sounds like fun then do I have some news for you....

I swear when I send an email full of exclamation points and way too much mention of how excited I am I'm not faking it or unhinged, I'm just like this, seriously, ask anyone who's met me 😆 I was given a gift, and that gift is EXTREME ENTHUSIASM

So preorders are one of the best ways you can help an author! They signal interest to the bookstore and the publisher! Now is frankly an especially great time to preorder a lot of queer & diverse books, to signal that there's still a market despite bans! It's a way you can help plus you get BOOKS

My big dragon book drops July 14th! For the next two days you can get it for 25% at Barnes & Noble using the code PREORDER25. It's the perfect discount for a four-headed dragon who's now missing one head. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon...

WHY HELLO! You may already know that Barnes & Noble is having its 25% off preorder sale! But did you know that THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID is available for preorder? And this book completes the Echo Archives trilogy! You can have the whole thing!!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-s...

One week left! Casual reminder that Worldbuilding for Masochists is eligible for Best Fancast. 😁

It's eligibility season for lists and awards, so here's my lil plug that Casthen Gain (2025) is eligible in novella categories! As science fantasy, it would be appropriate in either genre. 🫧🍲💜