Were you thrilled & motivated by election results on Tuesday and want in on the next one? If you're a published writer, join us! We provide resources, connect each other to collective actions, and support each other!

I am having such a fun time drafting this novella, not least because it is SHORT so it feels extremely doable

The time has come🥳Mentee applications are now open until November 21st! Interested parties should head over to www.roundtablementor.com/apply and feel free to DM for any questions! We can't WAIT to dive into your submissions!!!! ❤️

The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon is now available for preorder! This cinematic thriller is a horror tinged science fantasy with expansive worldbuilding and tons of action. Preorder now, available July 28, 2026! buff.ly/Z3raT1L

Latest newsletter is up! It's got character art for This Treacherous Night, and a walk through of how the cover process went for Behooved! mstevensonbooks.beehiiv.com/p/issue-23

FINAL!! 24!! HOURS!!

Crimetober 1-31 COMPLETE SET 🧵 Because birds are criminals. #crimetober 1-9 #birds #art #animals #birdart

8K GIVEAWAY! Win books from @csecooney.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social an early ARC from @authortrmoore.bsky.social & more! Like, follow, repost and drop a book 📙 in the comments to enter! Ends 23:59 GMT on 13/10/25. Open to UK & IE, CAN & US only.

By popular demand: I've opened a Kickstarter for a HOP T-shirt! If I get 50 preorders I'll do a print run! www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

I've joined Writers Against Hunger to fundraise for Feed America! As a bonus, anyone who donates $10 or more to my team gets a sneak peek of the very secret historical fantasy novella I'm drafting between deadlines 👀 teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

Attention applicants! We're hosting an AMA on the RTM socials on 11/3 starting at 8 a.m. EST! We'll be answering questions about the program or anything specific you have for our mentors. (Some will also have AMAs on their personal pages, so keep an eye out!) See you then!

If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)

I've joined Writers Against Hunger to fundraise for Feed America! As a bonus, anyone who donates $10 or more to my team gets a sneak peek of the very secret historical fantasy novella I'm drafting between deadlines 👀 teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...

Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.

I'm thrilled to present you my new novel, LOVE LETHAL, DEATH DIVINE, coming in April 2026 from Dark Matter Ink. It's all the things I usually obsess about: Slavic gods and cursed deals, political turmoil, trauma, revenge and duty - but this time with a hefty dose of love 💀

With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.

MY MENTEE'S BOOK IS SO DELICIOUS

AND WE’RE LIVE! Welcome to our #roundtablementor mentee pitch party! From 8am EST until 8pm EST, you can browse the #roundtablementor hashtag across Twitter and Bluesky to see what our mentees have been up to. (Spoiler: They’ve been writing amazing stories 💅)

THAT'S MY MENTEE AND THIS BOOK IS SO FUN

I've set up a recurring donation to mine! It's only $10/mo but their website is clear that that can feed a LOT of people

Don’t forget, TOMORROW, 10/27 is our #roundtablementor mentee pitch party! From 8am - 8pm EST, tune in on X and Bluesky to see what our mentees have been working on all year. Let’s celebrate them together!

An update on the ENTER HERE anthology timeline! tl;dr, things are moving along a little more slowly than we hoped, but they're moving! @cjsubko.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/ent...

Doing a lot of prepwork for the ENTER HERE anthology with @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social today. Everything should be ready to go to print by November 30! Kickstarter update incoming this week! #writing

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀 Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year! www.roundtablementor.com/mentors

Three more days—count ’em! Mentees, are you ready?

i like that if your robbery is sufficiently cool it becomes a heist

Looking to begin querying soon or want advice on your query letter? M. Stevenson, author of Behooved, is offering a query letter critique! Snag this critique and get a subscription too! Big thank you to @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social for offering this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Re: heist news, I feel obligated to remind everyone that I have a fantasy heist novel coming out in early 2027 in which a misfit crew must steal the actual sun. It's very fun and they are a total mess of a team!

Today's theft from the Louvre ( art-crime.blogspot.com/2025/10/jewe...) is making me think about my favorite series of museum heists. Buckle up for a 🧵 on priceless porcelains, the Dead Zoo Gang, a Pekinese named Looty, and the unsolved mystery of who's stealing Chinese art from European museums.

Historical fiction authors, I have a question for you: How

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window. Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat. "Oi!" I called. "The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it." Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

Finally off deadline for the first time since May! (for all of five days until I'm back on deadline, but I'm choosing to ignore that fact)

New Yorkers! The New York State Teachers Union has created an easy way for you to tell Governor Hochul to sign the right to read law.

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER got amazing blurbs from some of my fav authors! ✨ @maigadoocy.bsky.social ✨ @mxrileyaugust (on insta) ✨ @henryhneff.bsky.social ✨ @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social Only 2 more days till it hits shelves! 😱 🖤Preorder Here: linktr.ee/kvalentinwri...

We are SO excited to announce our 2025-2026 Round Table Mentors! The talent, dedication, and energy of this team is simply incredible. Full bios and wishlists will be up on our website soon! 📢🗓️For interested parties—mentee applications open Nov. 6, so mark your calendars!

In which @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social had incredibly kind words for VILE LADY VILLAINS! One of the most bizarre, brilliant experiences of this whole thing so far has been getting amazing authors to somehow agree to read my book, and many of them seeming to enjoy it 🥺 Go buy Behooved if you haven’t!

We're steadily ticking up, up, up towards our $13,000 MORE ART!! stretch goal. Help us add interior art type pieces such as fun dividers and headers to each story per issue! Which allows us to hire more queer artists!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Mark your calendars! My mentees have been working hard on their books and I am so freaking proud of them

My feelings about Banned Books Week are that no indeedy parents do NOT have the right to decide what their own children read, because children are human beings with the right to dignity and privacy. Agreeing w the parents rights premise shifts the Overton window in the wrong ass direction.

My latest newsletter is live, and I think this is my favorite post I've written yet! marinastevenson.beehiiv.com/p/issue-22?l...

We're $301 from our reprints stretch goal! If we hit that, every issue will include a reprint of a queer story no longer available online. Help us archive queer stories and support queer creators in a time of censorship! Learn more about our plans here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Stay tuned for the reveal of our 2025-26 mentors! If you applied, please keep an eye on your inbox in the coming days 👀 We originally said 10/6, but we will actually be posting our cohort on socials on 10/10 to give our mentors a bit more time! Thanks to all who applied 🩷

UM WHAT our campaign is officially a Kickstarter "Project We Love"! Now more than ever supporting queer speculative art, poetry, and stories is so important—it means a lot that our want to create space for queer artists, poets, and writers resonates so strongly! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...