And here's a short Patreon post on how I developed the video for the upcoming Kickstarter. www.patreon.com/posts/147363...

After some delays, I finally got the video done for the upcoming Detectives Collide Kickstarter. This one was fun to do. Here's the link to the Kickstarter which goes live on Tuesday. #booksky #books #mystery #crime www.kickstarter.com/projects/403...

This post serves two purposes. 1) It's a timeline cleanse and 2) it's a #Caturday post. What are we seeing? Why, it's Angel Kitty begging someone to play with her new favorite toy...as long as they don't take it away from her.

I almost forgot to tell you that Dean Wesley Smith did his usual Kickstarter Friday post, pointing out Kickstarters that #readers might want to back. Take a look. #booksky #books deanwesleysmith.com/kickstarter-...

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

#Writers! Planning your 2026? Our online workshops (all 500 of them) are half off for 3 more days… deanwesleysmith.com/3-days-left-...

My Recommended #Reading list just went live. This all the good stuff I read in December, and spoiler alert! Not all of it was published in 2025. I dove into my TBR pile and found a series that I hadn't read before... #booksky #books kriswrites.com/2026/01/02/r...

We’re putting the finishing touches on the productivity seminar for 2026. It’ll start in a few days, and there are 4 spots left. (Or there were when Dean posted last night.) #writers #writing deanwesleysmith.com/four-spots-l...

Dean and I are working on something fun. #books #booksky deanwesleysmith.com/new-fun-proj...

The January online #writing workshops are up, and you can get them for 50% off. Take a peek. deanwesleysmith.com/8-january-re...

#Writers! A challenge for your 2026... deanwesleysmith.com/2026-challen...

I'd call this the latest Recommended #Reading List, but it's not the latest. It's one of the belated lists, as I'm trying to catch up. I won't make it by the end of the year, but it'll be close... #booksky #books kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/r...

This week’s #Free #Fiction story was on the shortlist for best crime story of the year. Enjoy! #booksky #reading kriswrites.com/2025/12/29/f...

Dean Wesley Smith has more #writing and production streaks than I can keep track of. He just completed a 3-year long one today. deanwesleysmith.com/a-hidden-str...

I know, I know. There is an AI kerfuffle in the hothouse that is the science fiction community. This post, which is about AI, has nothing to do with that. This is my weekly Patreon business post, written before I saw the other thing. #writers #booksky www.patreon.com/posts/ai-for...

Let me highlight this. I have a 50-year-long career is that I've said no to parts of contracts since I was 16 & writing for the local paper. (They didn't want to pay me. I asked why not, when they paid everyone else at the paper. I got a pittance, more than any other high school reporter got ever.)

Long and important thread. I will add one small thing to her lawyer review list. A good lawyer and/or someone familiar with the industry will see what is *missing* from a contract that needs to be there. Read the thread, and the second thread. Critical for #writers

Breaking #Cat News has a perfect take on this time between holidays. @breakingcatnews.bsky.social www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...

Thanks to @davidmack.pro reposting his Star Trek starter pack, I have a lot of new folks on my feed. Welcome! We discuss all sorts of things here, from sf to fiction to writing to cats. Enjoy!

Angel Kitty enjoying the holiday season this #Caturday.

Wow. Dean Wesley Smith decided to look back at all the #writing workshops we did in 2025. We’re surprised and pleased at how well it went and how many #writers supported us! Thank you. deanwesleysmith.com/a-look-back-...

I just posted another belated Recommended #Reading List, this one from June. Yes, I got behind. No, I didn't want to summarize because there's just too much good material to #read here (and in the upcoming July, August, and September posts). So take a look! #booksky kriswrites.com/2025/12/26/r...

Please read this lovely post from sf writer Connie Willis. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate. (And those of you who don’t, read this anyway. it’s delightful.) The title is “The Day That Holds Time Together,” in case the link doesn’t take you there directly. cwdaily.net

It was great. None of us live in the same community anymore, but when we did, we gathered for Christmas Eve, ate too much, and read to each other.

A fun, festive #free #fiction story that I initially wrote for our read-aloud Christmas Eve celebrations. Enjoy! #santa #reading #holiday #booksky #books kriswrites.com/2025/12/22/f...

#Readers! Two days left to get great #reading with 9 exclusives, including one from me & one from Michael. #booksky @storybundle.bsky.social Also, #writers, 3 days left on the early bird discount to increase your productivity in 2026. deanwesleysmith.com/3-days-left-...

I have an exclusive in this as well. Hurry on over! #booksky

Last night, Angel Kitty supervised the annual frosting of the sugar #cookies. Then she learned she couldn’t have any. #Caturday #holiday

For his weekly Kickstarter Friday examinations of #books worth your time, Dean Wesley Smith found a pop-up holiday Kickstarter. Take a look! #reading #booksky #holiday deanwesleysmith.com/kickstarter-...

So…after yesterday’s productivity post, #writers, did you realize you needed additional motivation? Here you go! deanwesleysmith.com/2026-words-p...

Dean Wesley Smith on productivity for #writers. deanwesleysmith.com/productivity/

I don't know about all of you, but after the events of the weekend (and this past year), I'm in need of light reading. At this time of year, I usually default to holiday romances. Just so happens I wrote a few. Here's info on them. #booksky #books kriswrites.com/2025/12/17/r...

This week’s #Free #Fiction features #theater, #musicals, and a #romance. Oh, and the holiday season. Enjoy! #booksky kriswrites.com/2025/12/15/f...

Dean Wesley Smith on something #writers should understand. deanwesleysmith.com/loss-of-trad...

It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.

I haven’t yet cried about all the loss over the weekend, the shootings, Rob & Michelle Reiner, but I feel it there, waiting. What a horrible few days. Such sadness. My heart goes out to all who’ve lost people the last 3 days.

If you want to find things on our online Teachable website, here’s how. (Teachable did an update that broke the search function. Fun times.) #writers deanwesleysmith.com/classes-and-...

This week's Patreon post just went live. It's kinda sorta about John Varley. Take a look. www.patreon.com/posts/last-t...

I suspect many of you have completed your annual holiday viewing of Die Hard. Now, #writers, it’s time to learn how much this movie can teach you about storytelling. kriswrites.com/2025/12/14/d...

The first of five belated Recommended #Reading lists just went live. Yep, these should be monthly. I'm back on track, but I decided to post the old ones in monthly format rather than as one big bunch. So...here's May. #booksky kriswrites.com/2025/12/13/r...

Angel Kitty adores her holiday pillows. #caturday

It's the dark of the year. Stay inside and read. Here's fourteen books about Wee Beasties by some fantastic authors, discounted for the holidays. Eight aren't available anywhere else! Part of the proceeds benefit World Central Kitchen. storybundle.com/animals

#Writers! Want to be more productive in 2026? Here’s something that might help. deanwesleysmith.com/write-more-i...

Had lunch at Tacotarian today, and arrived in time to see them providing a literal truckload of food for the food bank. I’ve seen them do this before. They’ve included fresh root veggies as well as fruit. I’m so happy they’re doing this.

I'm going to be more proactive about informing you about my books. I'm starting with the crime novella Kizzie for no other reason than the fact that it already has a book trailer. Available in paper and ebook at all retailers. Ebook only on the WMG Store: wmgbooks.com/products/kiz... #booksky

On the other side of the holiday spectrum, we stumbled into the Plaza’s offshoot of Cowboy Christmas (during the National Rodeo Finals) and found this, which I must confess, I love.

Fun times at the Las Vegas Aces Jingle Jam Toy Drive last night at the practice facility in Henderson. Gave books (mostly early readers) and got 2 mugs, one of which we added to our Aces bling shrine. @lvaces.bsky.social

A #holiday story featuring crime scene cleaners. Because someone had to do it. This week's #free #fiction. #booksky kriswrites.com/2025/12/08/f...

WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership. details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...