First Lines: take a peek inside Zelly Ruskin's novel, Not Yours to Keep!

Best Lines: take a peek inside Meredith Walter's novel, This Animal Body!

Honored to receive this recognition....

Great weekend meeting up with She Writes Press sisters at San Francisco Writers Conference , chatting about all things writing and books.

Meet the Wave The wave of your nature is infinite. Meet it. Bow to it. Sing to its inner sunrise.

Best Lines: take a peek inside Ellen Barker's novel East of Troost.

The San Francisco Writers Conference is this week and includes a free Friday evening event. See you there? More info: https://loom.ly/OqCN0UI

What a great discussion with Lisa Towles, talking about "Moral Clarity, Truth, and Narrative Courage" on her Story Impact Podcast. https://loom.ly/BU7SlqI

I’ve found myself riveted to the Buddhist monks’ Walk for Peace. So much about it is compelling: their commitment, their conviction, their compassion, their courage, their persistence, their humility. Read more: https://loom.ly/T2CtOFU

If you're in San Francisco, please join us this Saturday!

First Lines: take a peek inside Leslie Schover's debut novel, Fission, just published this week!

Recently I wrote about the reality of living under a government that has authorized itself to detain and even murder its citizens at will. And with impunity. I didn’t expect so many of the comments I received—publicly and privately—to center on “Is it time to leave...” Read: https://loom.ly/VOeb0IA

Do you heed their silent summons or do you fancy yourself as the one who summons?

I wouldn’t be writing these words—in fact, I wouldn’t be alive today—if my mother had not been detained and jailed by the Nazis in 1933. She had gone to study at the Sorbonne because, as a Jew, she could no longer pursue her education in Germany. Read more: https://loom.ly/zIgoHlE

Something must be going right! 😀🌈 We saw a double rainbow during my meet and greet at Copperfield's Napa!

When I start reading a book of fiction, I pay close attention to the first line. I may read it more than once or read it more slowly. This is because that line can tell me a lot. On the most immediate, practical level, it introduces me to the book... Read more: https://loom.ly/4vd1vU4

When two people emailed me a few minutes apart with links to today’s New Yorker article by Vauhini Vara, “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?” I knew I had to read it pronto. And it’s a humdinger. Not because “readers liked AI-generated fiction” but because... Cont'd: https://loom.ly/z9EQiTs

Which Way Does your soul show you the way... or are you trying to direct your soul?

It was a pleasure speaking with Will. You can watch at https://loom.ly/JJm1dVw

We shouldn’t assume we know the future of books. Often when I’ve raised this point, I’ve been met with push-back—for example, evidence of robust book sales. Which of course is great. Even so, I’m still watching the signs. I can’t help myself. It’s what I do.... Read more: https://loom.ly/JxYljeg

Thank you, Canada! The sale continues thru Dec 15 in the US, UK, Australia & Canada.

The Vow's first-ever BookBub ebook deal starts today! The deal is in the UK, Canada, and Australia, and we've matched the sale in the US as well! For your convenience: https://loom.ly/1PRaKxw

When I was writing Shot: A Dictionary of the Lost, pronouns were a thing. If I was to on a Zoom with a client or with activists, everyone displayed pronouns with their name. Not to do so would have been an insult, or at least an indication of your lack of sensitivity. More at https://loom.ly/Lai52NU

Grateful for the recognition!

Your Shadow Your shadow is watching. What does it know about you that you don't?

Recently several people asked if my books were available anywhere besides Amazon. That surprised me. Actually, it shouldn’t have surprised me that they didn’t automatically run to their local bookstore to see if that store would order the book. In fact... Read more: https://loom.ly/F7hmKNY

Your dreams walk on cat feet into your world at daybreak. Smile on them so they don’t vanish. judeberman.org/2025/11/21/c... #mysticalart #spiritualart #meditation #dreams #consciousness #painting 12s

THE DIE is now available as an audio book! James Fouhey and Hannah Choi, narrators. Find it wherever you get your audio books.

Shepherd is an awesome indie book platform, and I enjoyed the hard choice of selecting only three favs... Read more at https://loom.ly/3ELOVyo

Thank you Jill Rey, for your humbling words! "Shot is easily a top five best read, ever. This book will have profound and reverberating effects on all who read it...." Read the full review: https://loom.ly/naPf-oU

Unity It may be alluring, but the illusion of parts is the enemy of unity.

Speaking with Mike Carlon of Uncorking a Story is always a pleasure! He asks the most thoughtful questions. Listen or watch the full interview at https://loom.ly/7toDtzQ

Awesome weekend with Heidi Yewman, Griffin Dix, and John Maa, bringing books about gun violence prevention to two local bookstores: Book Passage and Books Inc. Thank you for beliving in our books and hosting us!

Escaping Meditation In the land of consciousness, in is out and out is in. Escape is not an option.

If you can't make it to Book Passage in Corte Madera tomorrow (Nov 1) at 1 pm, we'll be at Books Inc on Sunday!

Alef's aero car was in the news because it's being tested at Bay Area airports. In The Die, June lusts over an aero car, and in the sequel--guess what!--she owns one! I have to say, it looks a lot better than this =)

Glad to see the recognition for these stories...

One agent requested a full manuscript. She read it and asked to speak on the phone. Great, I thought, this sounds promising. Her first comments suggested she wanted to represent me. But then she followed with a caveat: “You’ll need to add some sex scenes.” Read more at https://loom.ly/8DMuM6Q

If you're in the Bay Area, hope to see you at one (or both?) of these events! And if you know someone in the area, please pass along the word.

10-day ebook sale starts today! Find your copy wherever you buy ebooks.

The Vow hanging out on the IBPA shelf at this week's Frankfort Book Fair, hoping to catch the eye of foreign rights agents. 🙏

Happy first birthday! Stay tuned for celebratory EBOOK PROMO on Oct 20-30!

Reading from Shot as part of Open Mic Night at the Tahoe Literary Festival.

The Die and The Vow are both being featured in a 1-day ebook sale for $2.99 each. Available wherever you get your ebooks. Thanks for sharing and supporting indie authors!

Read more of my interview with Max Bowen of Citywide Blackout at https://loom.ly/o9Te-os

The Tahoe Literary Festival is this weekend, and Heidi Yewman and Bridey Thelen-Heidel and I will be doing a panel on WRITING TO HEAL. For the festival's full (and exciting!) schedule, check https://loom.ly/mWdiEpE

Thank you to The Jewish News for including Shot in your Northern California new book roundup. Read more: https://loom.ly/W48aEeE

Thank you Bookish Elf! "SHOT succeeds both as a work of literary art and as a piece of social commentary. Berman has created something rare: a book that tackles one of America's most pressing issues without sacrificing narrative sophistication or emotional complexity" https://loom.ly/VsAkHAc

Living Now awards celebration (with fellow She Writes Press authors Deb Miller and Leah Fisher)

Join us at Pier 23 Café on Wednesday, September 24, 4-7 pm!