My interactive fiction The Spirit in the Door, as well as the jam game The Final Deed are available as one of many cool and creepy ghost stories in the Ghost Stories Bundle: itch.io/b/3601/ghost... #itchio #if #ghoststories #indiegames #indiedev #writer #geniusloci #textadventure

👻 Boo! The Ghost Stories bundle is now ready to haunt you! itch.io/b/3601/ghost... #indieapril #booksky 📦📚💙 🩸📚💀 📚🪐

👻 Boo! The Ghost Stories bundle is now ready to haunt you! itch.io/b/3601/ghost... #indieapril #booksky 📦📚💙 🩸📚💀 📚🪐

Penguin Random House is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement. I'd cheer them on, but... “We are fundamentally open to the opportunities offered by AI, but at the same time, the protection of intellectual property is our top priority.” Excuse me? WHY? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🚨New Bundle Alert🚨 Kicking off #IndieApril celebrating the art of the short story! Grab this huge bundle of 30 awesome short stories, including The God Sun, for just $20! itch.io/b/3623/the-a...#IndieApril 💙📚🪐 | 🤏📚 | 📦📚

AI has nothing of value to contribute to my process. I simply like having agency and I like doing the work. And it's having done the work that I respect and admire in fellow authors. The ones playing the slop machine aren't the cool kids, they're hacks who have to pay someone to write their essay.

For #indieapril I've organized a Ghost Stories bundle this year. It will go live on April 3rd (or in about 29 hours), but you can take a sneak peak already. itch.io/b/3601/ghost... We've got : 👻books 👻games 👻writing games & even a TTRPG! 📦📚💙 🩸📚💀

Der Autorenverband Franken sucht Texte (max. 10.000 Zeichen) zum Thema "Brüche" für den Fränkischen Literaturpreis. Einsendeschluss: 30.9.2026. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Alle Infos: autorenverband-franken.de/Fraenkischer... #GermanBooksky #Schreibwettbewerb #Literaturpreis

Because readers keep being surprised to hear this, I'll say it again: If you're waiting for a sequel on Bad Grains, it's here already. You can find Whiteout here: books2read.com/b/white-out or here: sharkiatwrites.itch.io/whiteout #orderofthestrawberrycircle 📚💙

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

If you see someone with the handle KindleBookPromo, block them. Ignore them. Definitely do not use the site or give them money. Alwin Gnanaraj is listed as operator and he's a well known scammer. You will not get the exposure or services you paid for.

I'm editing the vampire book today. Did not expect it would turn into a deepdive learning about the history of Korean floor heating. Not actually helpful for solving the problem I ran into with the book, but damn, did I just read that they had heated floors in 1000 BC? Mind blown.

Reposting this for no current reason whatsoever...

I finally have a workable outline for Strawberry Circle 4. (Who knew what extended time on the sofa would be good for?) It became increasingly obvious I needed one during my latest edit for book 3, so now that's solved, I hope I can give you some good news soon.

If you've signed up for the Ghost Stories bundle, please check your inbox. The bundle is waiting for your approval.

artists and writers in need:

I'm back from Spain and down with an infection. 🤦‍♀️ If you're waiting to hear from me on beta reading feedback or the upcoming ghost stories bundle: sorry for the delay, please be patient for a few more days.

a little more than a month left before the WINNER is announced!

A Snow White and Rose Red retelling! 😍

Psst, Indie SFFH authors, this one is worth signing up for!

Last day to claim 📢📚💙 itch.io/b/3556/inter...

Keeper Origins Series, by @jaandrews.bsky.social Blackburn Station, by @karenlucia.bsky.social The Forest of Forgotten Vows, by Grace Carlisle Bad Grains, by @sharkiatwrites.bsky.social Falling Through Stars, by Staci Olsen A Sorrow Named Joy, by @sarahchorn.bsky.social

I got a treat for International Women's Day from a Spanish bakery today! 🩷 If you'd like to treat yourself as well, get yourself the Women's Day bundle at itch.io/b/3556/inter... (Or pick your own treat among 32 indie books written by women. One or two are sure to suit your taste.) #IWD2026 💙📚📦

Tomorrow!

This year is the 115th International Women's Day, and you can start celebrating today with the Women's Day Bundle. Don't have enough women authors on your TBR? Get it here: itch.io/b/3556/inter... The bundle will run until March 10th and includes 32 books for $32. #IWD2026 #booksky 📦📚

It's World Book Day. If you're looking for a book for a young reader (9+ years) why not try out my spooky Strawberry Circle series? Books 1 & 2 are currently 50% off at www.smashwords.com/books/byseri... #booksky #kidlit

It's World Book Day. If you're looking for a book for a young reader (9+ years) why not try out my spooky Strawberry Circle series? Books 1 & 2 are currently 50% off at www.smashwords.com/books/byseri... #booksky #kidlit

Hey, Women in Horror Month has started, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd read some horror books written by women & femme authors, because we are amazing 😉 Here are some of my favorite women horror authors: @hildur.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @eveharms.com 1/2

I'll say this as a tiny indie author: Beyond the danger of falling for the scam itself, beyond being tired of these scams flooding my inbox, these are doing real emotional damage. So much about this business is about being patient and hanging in there, and yet...

Bonus update: Have now lost running water. No one running the place is around, and there was zero warning. After alerting someone from the staff, they texted me that the water will be back in three hours as some work is being done on the building.

So many things! I've written the opening page to a cute new story involving tomato-growing witches and demon guinea pigs, but everything has to take a backseat until I figure out Strawberry Circle 4, which I need to do before I can start the next round of edits on book 3.

With no context, how are you starting the week?

If you've enjoyed my Strawberry Circle books, give Young Necromancer a try!

If you need to hear this, possibly because you spend too much time on Insta or Tiktok, dreaming yourself away: I'm currently away and watching an influencer float around the pool with a cut flower she dipped into the water for extra freshness (I guess). For context:

This story is short and funny and snarky and beautiful. 🤣💖 (And what a title!!) You should read it, fellow humans. 😉

This year is the 115th International Women's Day, and you can start celebrating today with the Women's Day Bundle. Don't have enough women authors on your TBR? Get it here: itch.io/b/3556/inter... The bundle will run until March 10th and includes 32 books for $32. #IWD2026 #booksky 📦📚

This week, all Beautiful Beasts books are 50% off on Smashwords. Pick them up while you can. Sale ends on the 7th. www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...

Happy Women in Horror Month! Here's a roundup of some of the fabulous interviews, spotlight series, and events that are happening throughout March and beyond! www.gwendolynkiste.com/Blog/roundup...

All my books are 50% off for Smashwords' Read An Ebook Week! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... Lots more books on sale here: www.smashwords.com/sale

Our local authors' union was just told by the owner of an independent bookstore in a smallish town that not enough of us are famous to warrant letting us do a reading or literature-related event. (The union is well-regarded, nearly 100 years old, and represents both trad-pubbed and indie authors.)

Librarian Ofronia Mills is far too old to retire, but when Grand-Director Lorn Van Shipplestorm threatens not only her job, but the integrity of the library itself, Ofronia will stop at nothing to save her beloved books. She'll even descend into a forgotten basement in search of magic... 💙📚🪐 🔗⬇️

Seeking beta readers for my short folk horror story inspired by Slavic myths. 9.5k words. Please feel free to send me dms for further information.

Very interesting breakdown of the engagement numbers for large accounts.

A good thread and good comments. I hate that I so often look at a work of art and instead of just enjoying it, I go "wait...is this slop or real?" Some may say, "If you can't tell the difference, who cares?" I care. Soulless art sucks even if it's not instantly recognizable as such.

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Librarian Ofronia Mills is far too old to retire, but when Grand-Director Lorn Van Shipplestorm threatens not only her job, but the integrity of the library itself, Ofronia will stop at nothing to save her beloved books. She'll even descend into a forgotten basement in search of magic... 💙📚🪐 🔗⬇️

Between the local optometrist happily advertising meta stalker glasses and the daily flood of tailor-made scam emails (now with an extra helping of extortion), can I just say I'm so glad we continue to invest gazillions into this bright future? Can't wait for dynamic pricing on everything next.

Looking for haunted houses, white ladies (the translucent kind), & headless horsemen! (And all other kinds of ghosts as well!) 👻

Looking for haunted houses, white ladies (the translucent kind), & headless horsemen! (And all other kinds of ghosts as well!) 👻