If you see this, quote with a flower. Photo credit: me Flower name: not sure, but I think this is Manitoba's native orchid which is why I took the photo.

BREAKING: Our opposition and upset over Jimmy Kimmel being taken off air have led to Kimmel coming back. Let's organize that much noise for reporters like Mario Guevara detained (despite being here legally) for filming police & ICE:

Loved this series. Can’t recommend enough. Book 1 is free and the rest on sale. Bargain!

Watching football for a few hours, so AMA about Bounty Inc.

Lol. Translation: "The more worried you are about fascism, the more willing you should be to accept fascist democrats" No, thank you. Kindly yeet yourself into the nearest star.

Y'all, This is serious. Please help Bex to live. Money is what's needed to extend their life. And if we each give SOMETHING, they can get the care they need & deserve. Please don't let money be the reason why they lose this battle. That is what happened to my mother. No one deserves that.

Yes, this!!

Friends and friendlies on here: don't stop talking about your lives and joys. I know some folk are quiet or staying away what with *everything* but posts about cats and books and funny shaped puddles are essential to us getting through it. And shouldn't be drowned out by the fash.

Random observation: ever since I started paying for my pizza in advance, online, direct from the pizza place (including tip!) my pizzas have arrived consistently fast & exactly as I ordered. It's almost like folks not having to guess whether or not they'll be paid for their work motivates them.

Today we’re excited to reveal the cover for Bounty Inc., the new upcoming sci-fi book by @adamholcombe.bountyink.com, author of A Necromancer called Gam Gam: www.readindiefantasy.com/cover-reveal...

Always a blast working with Adam's ideas and Kerstin's amazing artwork! So fun that we get to do it for yet another series!

Such an honor and pleasure to work with @adamholcombe.bountyink.com and @vmcclain.bsky.social again! 🙏❤️ Dream team, always! 📚✨️

It’s cover reveal time! I was so honoured to help the best Adam @adamholcombe.bountyink.com with his cover reveal for his upcoming sci-fi release BOUNTY INC 😍 Cover art by @kerosero.bsky.social Cover formatting by @vmcclain.bsky.social beforewegoblog.com/bounty-inc-c...

ICYMI, Enchanting the Fae Queen is available for reviewers to request on Netgalley now! ✨

I may, hum, have helped with the name of the hero and now every time I see it I wanna smile. Also, preorder the book!

Everyone should pre-order my wife's next book, A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, because 1) it's fantastic, and 2) to help her get the most pre-orders for any of her books. Go! Now! Why are you waiting? You're probably just doomscrolling here anyway. books2read.com/honeymoongra...

LOUDER FOR THE TRUST & SAFETY TEAM IN THE BACK

It's bisexual visibility month so let me break stealth for a moment to tell you about this pair of disaster bisexuals and their horrible trauma 😘😁

Anyone want to help with a cover reveal on Monday? 👀

Our awesome sale is still live, so come check out some fabulously inclusive books 😍

Welcome to the final reckoning. SEASON OF THE SERPENT 🐍, the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy, is out from Orbit Books in August 2026. Buckle up.

Hot damn, this looks so good!!

Look at our gal--so freshhh! The majesty, the jewellery, the braids. The authority, the defiance, the gaze. The casual step-on-me energy. Esheme hive, rise--this is our time!

I just backed Sage's Sanctuary: The Quiet Light on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...

I think that if you are trying to understand the Anthropic book settlement, and you are not doing it in light of the (extremely) failed Google book settlement from 2011, you will never be able to understand what is happening.

I am calm. I am breathing deeply through my nose. I am counting to ten. I… WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR DOG WILL INFODUMP TO YOU ABOUT THE FUCKING BALL?!?

It’s the first day of Sapphic September and I have had enough of the gloom. So let’s kick this month off right with a thread of sapphic recs (your own or others or both). This thread is open to games, art, and books but if I see AI in my thread we will all regret it (don’t make a sick Desi sad). 💙📚

#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #dungeonsanddragons #gaming #dndmemes #mtg #bg3 #criticalrole

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

I read War Heart by Ashley Capes. What did I think? "War Heart is a skillful combination of epic fantasy with very real danger and a coming-of-age story." @ashcapes.bsky.social #WarHeart #bookblogger #booksky

Fuck yes

You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all And you don't have dental.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

After years of eying DIY book books online, I finally bought myself one for my birthday and built it over the past two days. I messed up one major thing but I doubt anyone else will notice and besides that I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Take a look at my updated teaser page and tell me what you think, and don't forget to follow. My follower count seems stagnant. Please please please follow the project. I need all the followers I can get! 💙📚 📢📚 🪐📚 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Still high from the sale, but why not do a cover reveal to keep it going? Here's the beautiful cover for Tales of Lunis Aquaria Volume II, made by @ardenpowell.bsky.social! www.narratess.com/books/cover-...

Also, fun fact, the majority of indie artists, authors, and other creators I know or have met at cons are people their governments are trying to kill: disabled, queer, BIPOC, neurodivergent... We're overlooked for employment but we're also getting targeted by fascism. Wheee!

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.

Today, Julia has decided to "quickly" make a list of her favourite Self Published SFF titles for #IndieAugust. As she has been reading indie so long, the whole days work ended up with just 1/6 posts - epic fantasy so far... Keep your eyes peeled for 5 more lists like this 😄 shorturl.at/ngJaE

And the 2nd post for #IndieAugust is up - Julia's Favourite urban fantasy list! shorturl.at/ReYDv If you missed it yesterday, here is the epic fantasy one (which has already expanded at the end since posting) shorturl.at/ngJaE 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction

And here it is, the third #IndieAugust post! This time Julia delves into #GrimDark territory... What books did she miss out on so far? Which have you also read and loved? shorturl.at/Iz4XG 💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation

Delighted to share that I had the pleasure of illustrating the cover for Tessa Hastjarjanto's new book! Animals, big swirly lines, and dreamy fantasy colours. All my favourite things. Tales of Lunis Aquaria Volume II by @tessahastjarjanto.com comes out Nov 6. www.narratess.com/books/cover-...

before i lose you all to the Taylor Swift Engagement (!!!!) wave, please remember that two Black authors i adore, @wickedjamison.bsky.social and @lilymeade.bsky.social, have books out today! check them out~ ROAR: bookshop.org/p/books/roar... HEX GIRLS: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

New author Interview - Today on the blog we welcome back RJ Barker to talk about Heart Of The Wyrdwood, character arcs and more! www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...

The amazing Indie August sale might be over, but there's never a bad time to read off the beaten path. Name an indie book you love that others should read. Tag a friend. Let's grow our TBRs! I recently read and loved the fantasy War Heart by @ashcapes.bsky.social. #bookblogger #indiebooks

You still have until the end of today to get a bunch of amazing books for $0.99 or free!

This amazing sale is still on for today and if you are feeling overwhelmed by all the awesome books you can check out this thread for some recommendations!

The Narratess indie sale is here! Here's every book from the sale that I've looked at and wanted to read more of (even if I didn't write anything about it)! indiebook.sale

This is amazing and my heart is so full right now. I remember the 80s very well, and this is everything.

It's Day 2 of the Naratess Indie August Sale! For just one more day, you can scoop up my cozy-spooky rom-com A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience for 99c/99p: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience Do check out the whole sale, full of great books: indiebook.sale