Indie author friends, you need to up your book prices a bit. I gifted my mom three ebooks for Christmas–three of my favorite reads this year–and barely paid five bucks. I would have happily paid ten or even fifteen. None of the books should have been priced at under 1€. You're worth more.

Going to take a few days break. Happy, safe, and relaxed holidays to you all!

Have you heard about the Tales of Frost bundle yet? 12 books of wintery goodness for just $10! Last minute socking stuffer or the best gift you gave yourself this season? Either way, get it now! itch.io/b/3441/lands... Add-on: Bad Grains is on sale for $1.99 itch.io/s/174849/bad... 💙 📚 📦 💀 📚 🪐

In Celtic lore the crow is associated with the Cailleach, the goddess or hag who personifies winter and the landscape. The Cailleach is often depicted with a crow as a companion, or having the ability to transform into one, linking her to themes of death, fate, and prophecy. #ArtAdventCalendar

Also look at what @janjanartsss.bsky.social created for me! Omfg, I'm so much in love!

#Horror fans, It's time for 2025's final #SpookySpotlight! This month we're delving deep into the red stuff. @diannalgunn.bsky.social returns with an anthology of reproductive choice. @ruthmiranda.bsky.social explores family secrets & @joycereynoldsward.bsky.social talks LeGuin and horror. 🩸 📚 💙

Snowpocalypses, ice phoenixes, the Wild Hunt, winter dragons, and dying worlds. The Lands of Frost bundle is filled with wintery awesomeness. itch.io/b/3441/lands... If you like #fantasy, #horror, or #scifi grab yourself something hot to drink and delve right in! 📦 📚 💙 🩸 📚 🪐

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Winter is already here, but tomorrow the Lands of Frost bundle is coming to itch, bringing you 12 snow-packed stories of winter goodness for just $10! itch.io/b/3441/lands... #scifi #fantasy #horror #indiebooks 💙 📚 📦 💀 📚 🪐

If you've read indie books this year, go vote in the Indie Ink Awards. indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

Day 16 of #ArtAdventCalendar Cosmic Ghost 👻😈🎨🦇

Actually, some of us still have one of these wondrous idea machines working inside our skulls. And if we as a society, or better yet, a species, could stop wasting trillions of dollars on slop and telling ourselves our brains are obsolete, we might even get around to solving some problems.

The Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle is almost over, so if you haven't gotten it yet, make sure you get around to it this weekend! itch.io/b/3409/end-o... #booksale #indiebooks 💙📚📦🪐📚

There's just a few days left to grab this amazing deal 👀👀👀

Uh oh, screen just started flickering like it's trying to do club lighting while I was working on the next #SpookySpotlight. Updating all my drivers and hoping that will fix it. 🤞

Authors, last chance to sign up. I'll be closing the form tonight.

There's a few days left on the end of year fantasy bundle! Don't miss out on 64 books for the low price of $45! Get in on that now!

Sign-ups close tomorrow!

Looking to vanish into some indie fantasy? If so, there are literally 64 works in this End-of-Year Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle for only $45.00. On sale until Dec. 15th. Snatch it up while you can and enjoy a plethora of fantasy this holiday season. 📢📚 💙📚 itch.io/b/3409/end-o...

The Lands of Frost bundle is shaping up, but if you've got a book set in winter, or on an ice planet, or in a snowy fairy realm, there's still room for more! Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy and Horror Sign-up here: forms.gle/XNeYywQxNXQN... 📚📦

Got yourself the end-of-year indie fantasy mega bundle yet? 💙📚📦🪐📚

If your end of the year best-of list doesn't include any self-published books, you have been missing out. Seriously. That's like saying you only eat at chain restaurants. Venture out beyond your comfort zone and explore what's out there.

Reminder that this feed exists 😁 please check it out readers & authors, and help out those looking for specific books 📚💙

CALLING ALL VAMPIRE-LOVING FREAKS I am now seeking authors & book bloggers to participate in the cover reveal for Woman of Sorrow and Blood, my long-awaited Tragic Vampire Cult Story! And also taking signups for ARCs Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

If you've been wondering how the magical girl story is going - aka "a teenager and her magic bug". I was stalled because I went on vacation, but happy to announce that yesterday, I wrote the wackiest fight scene of my career. (You haven't read a lot of those from me, but I promise they exist.)

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5. I'm skipping every other of these, it seems. Today, I've got a spooky snowman for you. This is the chapter header for Whiteout. For a little while, I toyed with the idea of making it move with every chapter, but time constraints got the better of me.

If you haven't heard about it yet, you're hearing it from me: There's a fantasy mega bundle out on itch.io and you can get it now until December 15th! Read on if you'd like to hear about some of the amazing books in there. Or get it now, because this is a really good deal: itch.io/b/3409/end-o... 📚💙

📢Books wanted for the Lands of Frost bundle. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Runs: December 18th to January 9th More information and signups: forms.gle/rzx52StZ9Ay1... 💙📚📦

This thread should amuse you for a few minutes. 😏

I just finished my readthrough of the second draft for Strawberry Circle 3. I was afraid it would need a lot more structural editing, but the bones seem to mostly be there. 😌 Looking forward to making some improvements in consistency and tension in the third draft.

Day 3 of #artadventcalendar An early winter landscape from when I was learning how to paint 😈🎨🦇 Acrylic painting, SOLD More paintings, prints, and original illustrations here: stinasdemons.bigcartel.com

St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne is the patron saint of otters. He would stand waist-deep in the North Sea during his nightly prayer vigils, and according to the story, two otters would come and warm his feet with their breath and dry them with their fur. Art my own. #ArtAdventCalendar #Folklore

I missed the first day of #ArtAdventCalendar and I can't 'bear' to miss any more! This piece is called 'Aurora Bear'. #art #pottery #ceramics #raku #bear #ArtAdventCalendar

For today's #ArtAdventCalendar a two for one. An early, rough sketch for my Whiteout cover vs. the finished one. The setting and characters remain the same, a wintery forest with two girls alone, perhaps lost inside it.

📢Books wanted for the Lands of Frost bundle. Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Sci-Fi Runs: December 18th to January 9th More information and signups: forms.gle/rzx52StZ9Ay1... 💙📚📦

Enter all your fave indie books.

If you haven't heard about it yet, you're hearing it from me: There's a fantasy mega bundle out on itch.io and you can get it now until December 15th! Read on if you'd like to hear about some of the amazing books in there. Or get it now, because this is a really good deal: itch.io/b/3409/end-o... 📚💙

Kind of lost track of this, my bad. But I've had 0 signups for the December #SpookySpotlight. The response form is still open at forms.gle/CwHj8HFQADpd... I'll close it on Friday, so if you have a #horror book, artwork or other project you'd like to see featured this month, now is your last chance.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day One -- (photo by me)

Going back to 2019 for my first #ArtAdventCalendar post. Love the detail of the tiny snowflakes on the foxes’ ears.

For #ArtAdventCalendar I'm going to be trying to dig deep into the archives to pull some stuff out Like this Alice in Wonderland ink skateboard! #Art

I love the idea of #ArtAdventCalendar, but I'm mainly a writer, so I may not have enough stuff lying around to do it the entire runtime. Still, here's a sketch of a tanuki.

The book bundle questionnaire will remain open until the end of the month, at which point I'll share the results with all of you. One complaint that keeps coming up, however, is that bundles are gone too quickly. So I'm looking to organize a longer-running bundle for the end of the month. 💙📚📦

I'm drawing every day but mostly for projects that are in progress so I'll probably use this year's #ArtAdventCalendar event to look back at my favorite drawings I did this year, starting with this one! I had the idea of the outline of a white cat against a garden and it slowly evolved into this.

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The book bundle questionnaire will remain open until the end of the month, at which point I'll share the results with all of you. One complaint that keeps coming up, however, is that bundles are gone too quickly. So I'm looking to organize a longer-running bundle for the end of the month. 💙📚📦

Can confirm they try different tactics. At first it was "I loved your book", but while I was on vacation, they switched to: "You suck at marketing and your books are dying on Amazon." Just the perfect, relaxing message to wake up to every morning. Be careful out there, fellow authors.

AI email scammers ask: "Is Fels ready for the Winter magic your book commands?" I don't know what that means. Fels is the fictional small town in Germany that some of my books are set in. Also, I've published not one, but five books. But let's assume they're talking about Whiteout —

It's #CreatorDay on itch.io, so if you've been holding back from buying from itch after recent controversies, today only all proceeds go entirely to creators. Bad Grains and Rotten Roots are on sale for it: itch.io/s/168793/bla...

A big Thank You to the person who bought What May Rise on itch today and gave a tip as well! You gave a great start to my day, and I used it and made good progress on Strawberry Circle 3.