Into fantasy romance with pirates and sea monsters and swashbuckling heros and heroins and meddling gods? You’ll want to checkout @mistydwatersauthor.bsky.social Kickstarter for her second book in the Sea of Echos series #romantasy #booksky

Strange Darling on Paramount + is phenomenal

I just laid on my bed wrong. On. My. Bed. Wrong. And now my back is all twingy and hateful. FFS

African.

I hope your rage gives you wings today.

The worst part about your furnace breaking when it’s 12 degrees outside is sitting on a cold toilet seat.

Finished the audiobook of SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by @wiswell.bsky.social The story and writing are LOVELY. The narrator is *chef’s kiss* 10/10 must read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This review by someone else sums up my feelings about it so perfectly:

Just picked up this sweet lady from @ccfinlay.bsky.social and @raecarson.bsky.social so she can enjoy her fur-ever home with @authorjlhenry.bsky.social. She's a little unsure about the cat carrier but seems eager to live her future princess lifestyle!

I am almost done reading SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by John Wiswell And it is LOVELY. This review by someone else sums it up so perfectly that I have to add it to my post here.

What a stupid long week it’s been already.

Hey, it’s live. My first time to be in a tin-type! Such a complicated process. But fun. And, few people quoted in here— @paultremblay.bsky.social’s one. @todgoldberg.bsky.social’s another.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

Your favorite book is the worst book someone else has ever read. The same goes for your own work; some will love it, some will hate it. You can’t control that. You only control the work you put in, so focus and keep at it.

I'm officially doing a podcast! First recording is done and with the video editor. Scribbler to Scribe: Improving Your Writing 5 Questions at a Time will ask industry pros 5 questions about the craft and biz of writing. www.youtube.com/@stephanielo... Subscribe for launch!

What is the thing that gets you right in the feels EVERY TIME you read it in a novel?

The desire to call out of work today so I can stay home and do writerly things is very, very strong.

I co-host a podcast: writers discuss their journeys. All genres. Writersinkpodcast.com Listen to: James Patterson Matthew McConaughey S.A. Cosby Andy Weir Emily St. John Mandel Lee Child Dean Koontz Grady Hendrix Tessa Bailey #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #WriterLife #WriteSky #WriterSky #BookSky

New life goal is to just live on a cruise ship. Writing books while in the middle of the sea uninterrupted by the noise of technology and the world. Submit to my agent when I port. And then write the next thing.

Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.

Luna doing Luna Things

"THE NIGHT BIRDS restores witches to their rightful place as grim, bloodthirsty queens of the horror genre - and cements Golden's already immensely impressive reputation as king of the horror-thriller writers. You won't be able to put it down!" --Ally Wilkes, author of Where the Dead Wait

These are gorgeous covers 😍😍😍

Good news for folks who want to support local booksellers www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...

Pre-orders are mostly up! And there will be audiobooks for both. geni.us/queenmercy?f... For now, VISCOUNT is up at 'zon.

It's going to be a busy year again. Book II in Love in Netherford, THE VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS is out on Valentine's Day! Vampires! Queer love! A reluctant, dandy werewolf! The Queens of Fate series concludes this June with QUEEN OF MERCY. Morgen le Fay becomes a hero in Carelon's darkest hour.

ICYMI, in 2024, I published the novelette "Wonderland Is a Parking Lot in Revere" in Uncanny. Mentors! Tenors! An old friend whom you also have only known for 3 minutes! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wond...

Spent the weekend in Detroit at an author con and all the hot Canadians blew up my Feeld 🤔🤔🤔

The halo around the sun, on the drive back home today. We made it home just fine, incidentally.

Decompressing after #confusion2025 by reading HEAVY ARE THE STONES by @1cdaigle.bsky.social & JD Barker #thrillernovel #booksky #amreading

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Travis Chapman.

Day 3 of confusion. Anyone else so tired it feels like your eyes might bleed, or is it just this introvert?

Surrounded by industry folx and immersed in the sheer level of creative energy and passion for books is revitalizing me in ways I didn’t know possible. #confusion #confusion2025

I am at my very first author event since 2020 😆 #confusion2025

The White House Financial Disclosure page has been WIPED. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics mandates public financial disclosures for high-level federal officials through the OGE Form 278e promoting transparency and ensuring compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. SHARE EVERYWHERE!

Daughter of Tides has a new release date: May 6th, 2025! A full *three weeks* earlier than before! You can also read the blurb & preorder over on Amazon: amzn.to/3YY7tDj (If you like print, hold off & order from one of our indie bookstore friends! There will be swag! 💓)

Had a batch of soup turn into a science experiment in the back of the fridge. Instead of experiencing the smell, I set it outside on the back porch to freeze so I could just dump out the ice cube. Hashtag genius

I am scared for my friends, my family, my cats, my livelihood, and my ability to eat safe food. If I focus on the fear, I'll come apart. So I do what I can, send my letters, make my calls, support as strength allows, and hope that can be enough. I was built to whistle past graveyards, not dig them.

very few things bring me more joy than when i trot out a new erotica book and someone comments 'i just finished camp damascus and started following the author what the heck is happening'

I'm told the red print was hard to read, so.... I've never done THIS before! Limited to 289 readers! Pre-Order THE NIGHT BIRDS from your favorite bookseller and receive a unique signed page from the manuscript, plus a bonus custom bookplate! See below for details!

ADHD, A Memoir

A fresh 2025 reminder about the FIVE THINGS I LEARNED WRITING [your book] at #terribleminds -- how it works, how to submit, all that. If you're a writer with a book coming out, it's a thing you can do if you want! Or don't! YOUR CHOICES ARE YOUR OWN, FRAIL MORTAL terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...

Any room is an escape room if you have ADHD and a set time to be literally anywhere else.

I promise you, once you free yourself from the notion that other writers are your competition and start viewing them as your fellow weirdos who share similar special interests as you, your life in publishing will become so much easier.

Present Me who wants nothing more than to be cozy and fall asleep is super irritated with 4 Hours Ago Me who agreed stupidly that we would wake up at 8am tomorrow.

Either I am ascending to my final form as a dragon, or this hellacious heartburn is the lingering effects of the lovely experience of anaphylaxis.

Hey, the kindle edition of House of Bone and Rain is only $4.99 for a couple days! Get on it. Tell a friend. Send it to your mom (it’s a “mom” book…in a way). Thank you very much! Long live the dark stuff. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

I’ve read your books and fallen head-first into your plot holes. *swoon*

It’s a tedious thing starting over on a new platform and trying to find all your favorite people. If we’re friends anywhere else and I missed you here, please say hello so I can find you 🖤