Yoni was dragged to this "art show" by Mira, but she's secretly interested in the panels. Mira is agonising over how to spend her limited funds. She spends it all on art and forgets to keep some for food. Kayden is chasing after Poppy, who snuck in and is causing havoc around the food stalls.

Hey, I know a lot of you use Discord. You need to get on this survey and make it damn clear to them that this would be the absolute wrong direction. The last thing we need is the slop-spewing environment-chewing plagiarism bots invading there, too. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...?

🚨New Blog Post!🚨 All about Legacy of the Gods, the impact of going wide, and some news about the upcoming fifth anniversary of The Re-Emergence. Would anyone be willing to help me out with a cover reveal? 😁 www.alankdell.co.uk/... 💙📚🪐 #SFF #AmWriting 📢📚

SPFBO XI is starting soon, and as is tradition (at least we did it last year) we're hosting our own Unofficial Cover Contest! Come look at the pretty book covers from this year's SPFBO and see which books were our favourites: www.readindiefantasy.com/the-unoffici... #SPFBOXI

I supose at this point people knows, but if you are publishing SFF/H during this 2026 and would like to be covered on Jamreads, don't be shy of contacting me (either here, form or e-mail). Publishers, authors and publicists, feel free! Can't guarantee I will, but hey, always happy to check. 💙📚

I loved this one! It’s a sharp, funny, quick read.

Stranded together on an island surrounded by strange magic, royal guard Keryth and uncrowned queen Zhenya must overcome the differences between royal and commoner to survive - and recognise the dark truth behind their misfortune before they walk into a trap. books2read.com/blade-of-the... 🌈📚💛⚔️

Stranded together on an island surrounded by strange magic, royal guard Keryth and uncrowned queen Zhenya must overcome the differences between royal and commoner to survive - and recognise the dark truth behind their misfortune before they walk into a trap. books2read.com/blade-of-the... 🌈📚💛⚔️

I've finally gotten around to type up the results of the book bundle questionnaire! Take a look here: susanneschmidt.me/online-libra... Also: A big Thank You to all who shared and participated.

Hey. I’ll keep it brief. We’ve had a death in the family, so I might not be around much. There’s a couple of scheduled posts coming, after that I don't know when I'll be back to normal on here. Take care.

Perfect for those chilly afternoons when all you want to do is to curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a good book... All links: books2read.com/potions-and-honey Amazon & Kindle Unlimited: tinyurl.com/potions-and-honey 🌈📚💙 #sapphfic #romantasy

always take 0.5 photos of your cats

There's this new screening method for lung cancer they're starting here for heavy smokers. It's roughly 20% more efficient at finding early-stage lung cancer in that specific risk group, with less inherent risk. But just in case you thought maybe we'd moved past medical sexism with newer methods:

I started a new story just for the laughs. It's set in the US (first time in a decade for me), so accounting for the somewhat unlikely possibility that this will end up publishing-ready, I guess I'm gonna. Flip that switch back to US spelling for this one. Hell 🫠

Bro has an incredibly relatable attitude 😂

Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it

Seems like Blade of the Crown made it through the #SPFBO lottery 👀 That's my RNG luck depleted for the year, I'm afraid 😂

Personal Me: credible reports from folks in the neighborhood that 🧊 was moving around between Powderhorn Park and Sabathani in south Minneapolis this morning. Be careful and alert out there, folks!

behold the face of a cat who cannot read and has no social media

Eager Edge was a mistake.

Round 1 of #SFINCS is nearly over, and so this is my last review post where I wrote a couple of words about 5 more novellas I read outside of my original allocations! #SFINCS3 #TheWIPs helynalclove.com/2025/12/17/s... And in case you're curious, below you'll find the thread of my first 10 reads!

Throughout the week, we announced Team TBR's semi-finalists for the SFINCS novella competition. To round things off, we're sharing one last post listing all five books: www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-... These are all excellent, and you should read them. #SFINCS #BookSky

Ohhh, pretty 👀

lmaooo I almost forgot, thank you 😂 YES, it's on my desk calendar. YES, I have the tab open. YES, I am hopeless 😭

For the love of all that is holy, alt text your snarky political posts! I have so much crap filtered but that doesn't absolutely nothing if there is nothing *to* filter. If you can't be arsed to do full alt text, at least add something like "post about [US president]", that'll do it for most of us.

This month, I've been reading some rompy fantasy, finally got done with a book I started waaay back in August '25, and chat about a lovely poetry ARC: Verses till midnight by @anyespiritual.bsky.social!

We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range. Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you. obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...

The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.

Bro, this is HUGE! 😭

Real talk: I've been seriously thinking about finally starting that horror pen name in 2026. I love the genre, and I have somewhat developed concepts for at least three books. But like. The genre is full of AI. I'm browsing KU horror, and half of it is slop covers with slop blurbs and slop SEO.

Folks, she brought a whole plate of spaghetti to the broadcast center to do her headshot. She then houses that spaghetti. Mattia sips on an espresso during his. Truly the heroes we need during these times.

Yup. A lot more detailed than usual this year, too. I put it into a calendar, with fancy colours and everything^^ I want to have at least one first draft finished in Q1 of the year, so it can come out in Q3. Maybe finish a second draft in Q4 as well. And yes, I have weeks off blocked off, too 😅

Then ‘gender critical’ transphobic activist-journalists drop headlines like this after years of replacing the word “people” with “ideology”…. Nobody should be surprised that trans people are upset! TERFs barely bother with dog-whistles anymore, when talk of trans-extermination is so blatant! 😖

I am desperately trying not to forget that this is tomorrow 😅 Probably gonna enter Blade of the Crown this time around.

OH SHIT! It's 2026, my year of mildly unsuccessfully not buying any new books is over! Sweet :D

Happy New Year! I hope you all get to have the 2026 of your dreams!

First blog post of 2026 is drafted and scheduled. Stay tuned for some funny romantasy, a book I should have finished long ago, and a very enjoyable ARC I'm reading :)

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.

So many grand hopes for 2026. So few that I can put into words without violating Bluesky's community guidelines.

The #SPFBO contest will open to new entries at 11am GMT on January 3rd. It will remain open to entries for 24 hours. After which 300 novels will be randomly selected to go forward into the contest.

The thing about New Year's resolutions is that they're usually too vague, and also tied too much to this mythical January 1st date. Chuck both of those overboard, and you'll be drastically more likely to actually do the things you want to do.

I've updated my blog post on Amazon's new Ask This Book feature. Possibly in response to concerns from the Authors Guild (not to mention widespread media coverage), Amazon has tweaked the feature to be less expansive writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...

Tbh I have no intention of playing Bloodlines 2 myself, but I'm watching someone play it, and the way this game is written is cracking me up. "Oh, you're a Toreador?" Yeah, what gave it away? The fact she's wearing leather underwear to a Christmas party in an upscale hotel? Who would've guessed 🤨

Fist bump to anyone else caught between the need to bow down & accept the dire, broken reality of the attention economy to continue surviving via their creativity & a desire to disconnect which becomes more vast, and more potentially vital to their sense of inner peace, with every year that passes.

LUMEN 6 (1999)
 Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32" 

Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2

I’ve been seeing a lot of transmasc positivity on my timeline but not nearly enough. You guys are amazing. Keep crushing it!

I’m facilitating the rehoming of two sweet cats who belonged to a friend who recently passed unexpectedly. They deserve a stable place to land. 2-3 year old bonded pair, one male one female. Please send me a DM if you have the interest and ability to care for these sweet voids. Located in Oakland.

an orange cat

He’s all snuggly 🥺