Books That Changed Me: 2025 Fall Edition! #JanSikes #NoelleAGranger #PTLPerrin #DawnPasturino#writingcommunity #mustreads dlfinnauthor.com/2025/09/22/b...

A poem, about kamikaze squirrels dashing in front of cars this time of year, and how confounding, how frangible everything is now. #poem #poetry #political #social #metaphor SEMIOTICS IN LATE SEPTEMBER IN AMERICA

King Copper - by Lauren Scott graffitiluxandmurals.com/2025/09/18/k...

Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, The Intentions of Thunder by @pswordwoman gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith’s decorated career. Here's an exclusive reading of "Man, Roll The Window Down!" found in her collection.

8 teens from our Emerging Teen Authors Camp are up for an award tonight at the CIPA Evvy Awards in anthologies. Graphic design whiz Victoria Wolf is a finalist in interior design. (Know a teen who wants to join camp next summer? Reach out.) #teenwriters #awardwinningbooks #teenauthors #booksky

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair - New Book Spotlight - #Psychological #Family - When Things Go Missing by Deborah J. Brasket smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/s... @sallycronin.bsky.social

Authors, Those Flattering Emails Filling Your Inbox—They’re All an AI Scam annerallen.com/2025/09/thos...

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction: A curious contradiction has overtaken contemporary literary fiction. Though nearly all its authors, editors, publishers, and readers would likely describe themselves as progressive, more and more of the stories that… #CraftandCriticism #Features

Blogging Break 9/8/25 – 9/14/25 I'll be taking a blogging break to work on the launch for The Weight of Snow and Regret. See you when I return!

Sisters on Tour Final Stop! #ABoldBargain #CadesQuest #JanSikes #LindaBroday #writingcommunity #newrelease #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2025/09/04/s...

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Exactly a week from today! I’ll be there with my picture book ‘Sundri & Mundri’s Lohri adventure’ along with a host of award-winning children’s book authors - all winners of the Chanticleer International Book Awards! A big thank you to the @laphil @weholibrary and @lakidsbookfestival #linkinbio

pangobooks.com/bookstore/na... Fall Reading Sale! Time to cozy up with some great books! 10% off all 130 books in my #pango store! Shop signed books, literary fiction, poetry, memoirs, cookbooks, and other great finds. #books #signedbooks #literaryfiction #poetry #memoirs #fallreading

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“Northeast Kingdom” George on His Fiftieth Birthday August 29, 2007George Leon Gauffreau August 29, 1957 - November 30, 2017 Today would have been my brother George's sixty-eighth birthday, and I'm going to mark the day with a poem I wrote about him back in the 1990s when I lived in Virginia, and…

20% off all Salt books until 31 August! From bold debuts to literary legends – now’s the time to stock up. Code: CWS6ED0C7KCX www.saltpublishing.com/discount/CWS... #IndiePublisher #SaltBooks #BookSale #LitFiction

Cover release and preorder "Miracles & Ghosts Past: A Christmas Collection Two #holidayreading #writingcommunity #shortstories dlfinnauthor.com/2025/08/26/c...

Smorgasbord Blogger Monthly - August 2025. Latest Liz Gauffreau, Esther Chilton, Laura Lyndhurst, Thomas Wikman , Beth I Didn't Have My Glasses On, Darlene Foster smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/smorgasbord-... @lizgauffreau.bsky.social @darlenefoster.bsky.social

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning book reveals deep shadows and compassionate love with the clarity of its light. This book lives inside of me now.

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A perfect August sunset as we run low on summer sunsets! Vintage poster from the NYPL Digital Collections. #August #summervibes #momlife #writerslife

Publication in The McNeese Review #poetry #civilrights #socialjustice #jonathandaniels #martyr I was very glad when The McNeese Review accepted "The Murder of Jonathan Daniels" for publication so that more people would know his story and why he must never be forgotten. During his time in Alabama,…

A 5-part series of writing-process posts focused on sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene —01 latinosenglishedition.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/a...

LAUNCH GIVEAWAY on August 19 and 20: Get my new alternative history free on Kindle for 48 hours. Meantime, I hope you’ll repost. #booksky 💙📚 #HistoricalFiction ⏳📚 #booksky.club/main 📚💙 #bookskychat #litfic

Sunday Book Review - Round and Round by Terry Tyler #Womensfiction dgkayewriter.com/2025/08/16/s...

A two-fer launch day for two sisters' new books! jansikes.com/its-time/

To get a feel for my upcoming novel about the closing of the last poor farm in Vermont in 1968, check out the book trailer! vimeo.com/1096639820?f...

Wednesday's Review Run for the Roses #Fiction #HumerousDarkComedy @Virgilante jenanita01.com/2025/08/06/w...

August Book Reviews! #ColleenLConnelly #LindaBroday #NAGranger #DanAntion #whattoread #bookreviews #writingcommunity dlfinnauthor.com/2025/08/05/a...

Smorgasbord Blogger Monthly July John Howell, Patricia Furstenberg, Liz Gauffreau with Joy Neal Kidney, Dorothy Grover Read, Robbie Cheadle smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/smorgasbord-... @robbiecheadle.bsky.social @johnhowellauthor.bsky.social @lizgauffreau.bsky.social @joy0604.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair - #BookReview - #Colonial #History #Adventure Daniel Boone and Me by N. A. Granger smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/08/02/s...

The Weight of Snow and Regret Book Trailer A big thank you to my husband for driving me to Vermont to get the video footage I wanted! (And drive me again. And again.) All of the footage in the trailer is of places that appear in the book. Preorder Ebook Today! (Paperback available 10/1/25.)

Not sure how many more “how to sell books” ads I can take. I don’t write for trends. I don’t bend to the market. I write literary fiction, often without plot, without mercy. Blog: ridleypark.blog/2025/07/28/e... #writing #litfic #authorthoughts #indiewriter #bookmarketing #fuckthetropes #soapbox

So You Want to Write a Novel: Context & Decisions (Part 1 of 4) storyempire.com/2025/07/24/d... @lizgauffreau.bsky.social

#BookReview: Meadowlark Songs by Joy Neal Kidney #poetry #family My Review Meadowlark Songs: A Motherline Legacy is the fifth in my collection of books by Joy Neal Kidney. Reading these books, I’ve come to know Kidney’s family of origin through their letters and postcards to one another,…

Smorgasbord Summer Book Fair - Spotlight Double - #Sisters - #Honour - A Bold Bargain by Jan Sikes - #Romance #Western Cade's Quest by Linda Broday smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/s...

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up July 7th - 13th Yachts, Blogger Monthly, Chart Hits, Movie Themes, Carbohydrate Japanese Cuisine, Book Reviews and Funnies. smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/s... @robbiecheadle.bsky.social @lizgauffreau.bsky.social @jksikes-author.bsky.social

Sunday Book Review - Gratitude and No Fairy Tale: Just Her Poetry book 3 by D.L. Finn #poetry dgkayewriter.com/2025/07/13/s...

Please consider ordering your copy of MADAME SOREL'S LODGER (literary fiction, inspired by the life of Vincent Van Gogh) from Bookshop.org during their Anti-PRIME Sale. #SupportBookstores #BookSky #KeepReading

"We are not merely researching and writing the matter of our books here. We are researching and writing the matter of our lives. That is why we can and perhaps even should resist the capitalist imperative to rush." lithub.com/the-agonies-...

Book cover, title, and subtitle. All of these contribute to a sale and if one of them is off, the sale might not happen. Often overlooked in this equation is the subtitle. Penny Sansevieri advises.

Story Chat 2025: a unique blogging program alwayswrite.blog/story-chat-2...

here is a hot line for those in the military that are being mistreated by this horrible regime. who would have thought that the man running for the office of president that was the most "pro-military" in some of his more public speeches would be an actual enemy of the veterans?

The Big Reveal! At long last, here are the cover reveal, description, and ebook preorder link for The Weight of Snow and Regret. The book will be available October 1, 2025 to mark the day the state of Vermont closed the last poor farm in the state. Why Would Anyone Want to Stay at the Poor Farm?…

July Book Reviews! #willowwillers #danantion #PTLPerrin #DawnPisturino #bookreviews #whattoread #writingcommunity dlfinnauthor.com/2025/07/01/j...

I'm very pleased to share the cover of my next novel, which will be out 10/1/25. For the particulars, go to lizgauffreau.com/the-weight-o...

Myroslav Laiuk's book Bakhmut was published in Ukrainian in 2024 and was shortlisted for several Ukrainian and international book awards. We are pleased to announce that Bakhmut will soon be available in English! 1/5

A Book Is Born open.substack.com/pub/jopomojo... #poetry

Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2025 - Share an Excerpt from one of your published books - #Children's #Fairies - The Tree Fairies by D.L. Finn smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/s...

Did you publish with 8th Note Press and need your rights back? If you're one of the authors affected by 8th Note Press's sudden shutdown, you're not alone. We understand the devastation of having your book unpublished and your rights tied up. The Authors Guild is here to help. Reach out to us.