Counting down to publication anniversary, part 3: the dedication. This is a book about people who have been broken by their experiences, and the difficult and often dangerous choices they've made to carve out a space for themselves.

Day two of counting down to my book's pub anniversary. This story possessed me on an October morning. I wrote it faster than anything I've written before. It is by far the hardest book to pitch. because really, it's two stories curled around each other, like serpents.

In a week, it will be the anniversary of my second book coming out, and my second anniversary as an author, so I'm going to count down the days by trying to convince you to read it, starting with the cover - designed by Lydia Blagden and art by Mia Carnevale. 1/

I love this book so much.

In a week, it will be the anniversary of my second book coming out, and my second anniversary as an author, so I'm going to count down the days by trying to convince you to read it, starting with the cover - designed by Lydia Blagden and art by Mia Carnevale. 1/

I'll commission some proper art if I get some Christmas money, but for now, picrew of my two idiots, Seth, royal bodyguard, empire hater, and now murder investigator, and his bratty trans charge, Prince Laurence.

Sure, it's been a hot minute. Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

I've written 21k so far this month and the book is now at 60k. Murder train is really flying!

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want VILE LADY VILLAINS, cover reveal this Friday

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want

Lucifer bee just dropped... 🐝https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051yjv90dmo

Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too. Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.

Murder-train book is now up to 50K! I'm really excited about how this book is shaping up. It's fun, it's exciting, it's full of secrets and mysteries, and it's very queer and anti-empire too. Tag yourselves in the chapter headings.

Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works. Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...

LOOK WHO HATCHED! New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't! (Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore) (Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember) @solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social

Good morning, friends! Look, a giveaway! Between now & Halloweeeeeeeeeeen (which is coming up way too soon, gosh I don't want October to end) you can enter for a chance to win a paperback ARC of my upcoming dual-timeline haunted house novel, THESE FAMILIAR WALLS! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...

Just popping on to say that there will be audiobooks for both Bloom Mountain and Metropolis Down in the spring.

Fave Five: Fantasy with Transfem MCs Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane The Calyx Charm by May Peterson Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check…

Okay I already have plot notes. I don't want to stop writing the anti-empire murder train book, but this is gnawing at my brain. Maybe I'll outline it...

hey I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but - if you're using Chrome and you don't want this gross little AI Mode button to pop up in your address bar, paste "chrome://flags" into your address bar and search the flags for "AI Mode." find "AI Mode Omnibox Entrypoint" then you can just disable it!

the other thing i’ll say here is i am a bit frustrated with the narrative of online radicalization that treats it as akin to brainwashing. it lets individuals, families and communities off the hook for the choices they make and the environments they foster

I really want to write Silent Hill IP. Or maybe be part of a Silent Hill esque anthology? Places that are shaped by the character's trauma, that shape them back in return. Webs of places that exist of the periphery of existence, until we find ourselves trapped in them.

right wing bigots have admitted - the “trans women in bathrooms” issue - the “trans women in sports” issue and - the “trans kids getting surgery” issue were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY are you paying attention?

I'm just posting this again, because we all need to be completely clear that despite sex differentiation starting at 10 wks gestation, every cell in anyones body is very unlikely to be 100% "male" or 100% "female". Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌ We're all a vibrant mix ✔️ phys.org/news/2025-09...

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Publishers de-prioritizing children's books is just crappy, but it's also shortsighted financially: 1. Kidlit is recession-proof! Parents will always need to buy books for kids. 2. If you're not fostering the next generation of readers, then you won't have a consumer base 10-20 years from now.

I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong. Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.

SOMEONE (me) spent too much time on Canva, so I am running a MEET THE CHARACTERS posts series this week! Starting with the setting of THE SALT ORACLE - The Bellwether. College, fortress, haven, deathtrap. Come to save the world, try not to die. @solarisbooks.bsky.social geni.us/saltorac

Just in case anyone forgot. I'm the creator and curator of the Biggest Gayest Table. Originally the Gay Table!

good day i need everyone to go read about this black neon tetra credit card fraud i'm going with, they did this on purpose en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_n...

I am back from my writing retreat and realized my queer fantasy novel releases NEXT WEEK. If you like: 💠 M/M with a sad bi protag 💠 Expedition to a lost city rotting from the inside 💠 Possessed and slowly becoming Something Else Then 🫵 read for free a chapter a week. www.oleandercraw.com

Words cannot express how toxic and dangerous this approach from Labour is. As soon as we start saying people are only welcome if they "give more than they take" we demonise the disabled, those who do unpaid care work, anyone who isn't a 'productive member of society'.

Another request for research help - anyone know anything about steam trains or know someone who might be able to answer a couple of quick questions?

Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Honestly happy to live in a world with Chuck Tingle.

OH NO

oh so you don't wear pancakes?

So we're into heists right now, right? If publishing wants a very queer anti-capitalist magic item heist book, let me know.

My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam: www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Mage-B...

In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools. AI is another version of colonial extraction.

In addition to the previously posted Ace Week bundles (please check them out! There's so many good books!), I have put two of my books on sale for this week that feature two of my ace characters!! WHEREVER THE STARS CALL & ERRANT WINGS combo pack for $4! Half off!! itch.io/s/162060/ace...

sure everything is terrible but our book comes out tomorrow! it’s got everything you want: stimming, girls kissing girls, “you want to fuck that old man” jokes, gay panic, straight panic, Rachmaninoff’s hands, boys kissing boys, romantic stargazing, + wholesome siblings bookshop.org/p/books/don-...

EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum - a week of absolute scenes has left the organisation in limbo. Here's what happened, why it happened, and what it all means iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

Laurence has a small amount of essentially telekinetic magic bestowed on him by the emperor. One of the ways the empire enforces its control is by giving magic only to certain families and denying it to everyone else. It's another way the empire is cruel and controlling and must be brought down.

Is there a #steamtrain expert willing to answer a couple of questions for a book?

MASQUERADE, the third instalment in the MICAH GREY trilogy, is now 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social Use the discount code OCTOBER25 at checkout! The MICAH GREY trilogy is a story of found family, queer joy, and self discovery, wrapped in a whimsical gaslamp fantasy🃏🎪

If you’re interested in a query critique + a subscription, the awesome @wordsofrablack.bsky.social has offered a critique for our Kickstarter!! Rose is the author of queer fantasy novels Til Death Do Us Bard (2023) and Fated Winds and Promising Seas (2024)! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...