Brooke Lanier
@authorbelanier.bsky.social
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Author. Cozy | Gothic | Queer
https://brookelanierbooks.com/
Help! I need advice on getting out of new-project-paralysis! I can't decide which idea I want to dive into. Authors, how do you pick your next project from your idea pile??
10 days ago
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Made some cookie dough. These aren't making it to the cookie stage.
21 days ago
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Upholding my social duty to my coworkers by bringing in my latest dating app horror stories
24 days ago
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My mom just found a note from Grandma to my aunt in the cookbook "June 17, 1990. Carrie, this is for you because you need all the help you can get."
25 days ago
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I love my friends and family so much, and I truly appreciate their outpouring of support 💕💕 That being said, it's also really exciting to get my first 5-star review from a total stranger and know that my writing is spreading outside of my immediate circle.
28 days ago
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My mom doesn't know I'm flying to see her. Almost messed up the surprise when I called her at my gate while a gate announcement was going on the intercom. Hung up immediately. I think the surprise is intact.
about 1 month ago
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Kristy Gardner - Queer Sci-Fi & Horror Author
about 1 month ago
I don’t write queer sci-fi stories for the money. I write them because they need to be told. Because I didn’t have books like this when I was younger. Because creativity IS resistance. Still, I thank you for buying my books and holding space for the stories we need. 💕
#sapphicbooks
#booksky
#sff
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C.J. Subko
about 1 month ago
ENTER HERE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PORTALS is eligible for a Nebula nomination! If you're an
#SFWA
member and would like a free review copy, get in touch with me and
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
via email and we'd be happy to send one along.
#SFF
#horror
#booksky
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Sometimes I think it'd be cool to build a patchwork sleeve based on every story of mine that gets published, but if my latest one gets picked up, that'd probably mean getting a cow molar tattooed on my arm and IDK if I actually want that for life.
about 1 month ago
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A soft place to land
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
If you see this and agree, you are obligated to rec a book by a fantasy author who's still writing. I don't make the rules. I mean, I do. Please though? It'd be great.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Can I turn a suburban house in the desert into a gothic setting? Let's hope so!!
about 2 months ago
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It feels fitting to listen to Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights on repeat while writing the ending to this Gothic horror short story.
about 2 months ago
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Strange Horizons
about 2 months ago
Fiction submissions are open now! The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC. For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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Kerry C. Byrne
about 2 months ago
I will never understand the people who are weird about audiobooks “not being reading”
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I asked my dad, someone who doesn't really read books, how many books he thought I read last year, and he said, "700?" 42. I read 42.
about 2 months ago
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Marc Deschamps
about 2 months ago
People think I’m exaggerating when I say this, but I have absolutely no idea how to access ChatGPT. I don’t know if it’s an app, a website, or software that I have to download. I don’t care because I’ll never use it. But the people that think it’s universal have no idea how many people are like me.
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Crows mate for life 😭😭😭😭
about 2 months ago
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I don't understand why people say "on my way" in Facebook marketplace instead of giving an ETA. I don't know where you're coming from. I don't when you'll get here!
about 2 months ago
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My mom jsut told me I need to get out of my house for a while because it's not good to stay inside for four days straight... I have pneumonia...
about 2 months ago
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Three cough drops left... day four of pneumonia... only one week into the new year...
about 2 months ago
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Last night, my nephew assembled a team to set up a trap for Santa that'd ring a bell in his room when one of the cookies was eaten. Around 1am, I woke up hearing a bell jingling then little footsteps on the stairs. Christmas feels much more magical this year with little kiddos around.
2 months ago
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How do I deal with the query trenches? I have a missed connections breakup playlist I play when I get a rejection notification that starts out sad but slowly builds my spirits back up for trying again.
3 months ago
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My issue with cutting filler words to make my writing more confident is that my main characters are not confident. They are bumbling fools,
#JustALittleGuy
, dropped into horrifying scenarios. They are making stuff up as they go. Maybe they'll have confidence by the end of the book. Probably not.
3 months ago
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Woke up at 2:30 with sudden scene inspiration. So glad I left my laptop next to bed so I didn't have to crawl out from the covers to find it
3 months ago
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What's worse than naming the writer Paige? Naming the writer Paige AND naming her geological engineer fiancée Roxanne
3 months ago
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I feel like it's been months since I've let myself have fun with a writing project, but this one is already making me smile.
3 months ago
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My next character... iykyk
youtu.be/ZPjSV-lnqvg?...
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Roxanne but its just Rocks
YouTube video by ironicallyscreaming
https://youtu.be/ZPjSV-lnqvg?si=4ApbWOaP44v5SxIB
3 months ago
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I'm really tempted to write a horror project next but I'm so scared it'll end up being "slightly disturbing in a cozy way" instead
3 months ago
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Tiktok is so messy for telling me every time people view my profile 👀👀 you can't lurk, I see you
3 months ago
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I took about 2 months off from querying to do some edits and remind myself why I liked my novel in the first place, and I think I might be ready to start querying again soon. I don't know if it'd be better to wait for the start of the new year though...
3 months ago
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Just woke up from an incredibly vivid dream where my friend's grandfather was a priest and we showed up at his church to do karaoke to drive the demons away and the stadium filled with onlookers as I requested to sing Beautiful by Carole King but the song was changed so I had to sing...
3 months ago
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Sandstorm by Darude was my most listened to song this year... I blame writing.
3 months ago
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Why couldn't Denver have gotten 8 inches of snow on a day where I didn't have to drive through it for an hour 🫠🫠
3 months ago
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Thought I'd start the tradition of making a bookmark for every sold story of mine! The Enter Here anthology is out tomorrow! Check it out on goodreads!
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
If you purchased a copy of the ENTER HERE antho, get ready! Ebook copies go out this weekend and paperback copies are going out in December.
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
and I are so psyched to share it! Thanks
@aimeecozza.com
for cover! Full update here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ent...
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Update 15: Please fill out backer surveys! · Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Hi backers,We are starting to fulfill rewards! Our ebook is ready to go, and we'll be sending out physical copies and other rewards in early December. Keep an eye on your inbox if you ordered an ebook...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enterhereanthology/enter-here-an-anthology-of-portals/posts/4554174
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Woah, I'm a recognized author on Goodreads now!! While you're on goodreads, you should check out all the wonderful stories in the Enter Here anthology, available for pre-order now!
www.goodreads.com/brookelanier
3 months ago
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3 months ago
The ENTER HERE anthology is all set to release on December 2nd!
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
and I could not be more overwhelmed and thrilled.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244048012-enter-here
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Doc said she would've certainly diagnosed my cough as croup if I were under the age of three, but alas, so now we're both stumped and I feel like this cat
3 months ago
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The best part about pet sitting is working my way through my TBR list all weekend. 2 books down, on to the next!
3 months ago
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There's nothing that makes me flash back to my speech therapy days quite like re-reading the meeting transcripts at my corporate day job.
4 months ago
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It's so nerve-wracking seeing your query position trickle downward after weeks without movement in the short story submission tracker.
4 months ago
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Mark your calendars for December 2nd!!!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/244048012-enter-here
4 months ago
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"Hey, hey, are you finished writing yet? Can I read it yet?"
4 months ago
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This was pretty awesome to see tonight
4 months ago
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faking it works just fine when no one tries to get close enough to see what's underneath
4 months ago
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Michael Broussard
4 months ago
A little bit of good news: "The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-long-shot-effort-overturn-sex-marriage-ruling-rcna241113
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While it's relieving to hear that the Supreme Court denied the request to revisit same sex marriage, there's also an unsettled grief about it being raised to them in the first place.
4 months ago
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Kill your darlings (use them in a different manuscript)
4 months ago
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If you write while listening to music, does your music choice match the vibe of what you're writing?
4 months ago
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