Fun fact: writers don't 'finish' books, we just eventually stop editing before we spiral into madness. #booksky

These are just a few of the many things that make me feel like a boomer author.... because why do we now need to learn tiktok dances, and no. I'm not gonna. Send help. Authors, what fresh social media nonsense has dragged you away from your manuscript this week? #booktok #booksky

1997: Did we make it yet??? 2026: YES We made it to the front fucking door. 29 years in the making. Sleepless nights Blood, sweat and tears poured into page after page of prose nobody bothers to look at, and finally the tiniest crack opens up It's not much YET but it's a start #Booksky #booktok

For YEARS my author photos were basically just digitally constructed evidence that I probably existed somewhere behind a laptop. Because professional author photos? Stupidly expensive. And starving author me said absolutely not when Photoshop, Canva and Youtube tutorials are all free. #booktok

The third rewrite broke me a little, honestly. I got stuck in this loop of: how do I write a novel like this without sanding down my own voice and make it still work? And does MY VOICE even work here?? “World Domination Pending: Waiting for the Wi-Fi to Connect” maudlinhouse.net/world-domina...

Mama needs a night off! And after this week, I do. I’m done for the week so happy Easter everyone! #booksky #timelapseart #behindthescenes #dcc #princessdonut

I’m almost ashamed to admit I spent HOURS adding shadows and sparkles to a foot today. 😂 How did you spend your day… while I am 💀(iykyk) If you would have told me last year, I’d be making ✨👣… yeah. I wouldn’t have believed you. 😂 For those who know. It’s time to pay the daddy tax. #booksky

#booksky Who hurt us like this?

Novel is on rewrite #3: I’m calling this one me vs. my past self (I’m losing). In between I up my art instead… 3 new #DungeonCrawlerCarl graphics finished! Samantha’s next, and I made a timelapse of her creation so you can watch the chaos in fast-forward. Baby steps #booksky #booktok

😂 At Home Depot for the 2nd time this weekend. Me and the cashier giggling about how I’m about to kill half these plants bc I have zero clue how to adult. Me: Lordy, I used to be getting ready for hot girl summer round this time … and now I got a buggy full of 🪴 I gotta figure out how not to 💀.

Read what you love and don't worry what others think. Read romance. Read horror. Read biographies. Read children's books. Read sci-fi. Read thrillers. Read fantasy. Read young adult. Read. 💙📚

Rediscovering my old Instagram account after years was a powerful trip down memory lane, and stumbling upon decades-old micro poems was the icing on the cake. The spark is reigniting ❤️. #Booksky #Booktok #amwriting #micropoetry

#booksky I just had to grab some memory foam house slippers so my back will stop hurting after cleaning and doing yardwork all day. It's the end of the road for me guys. 🤣 I've reached the "oh my back" age. #myneckmyback #takemyadviljustlikethat

#booksky Not me sitting here like, “I WILL NOT cry over a hat.” Book: lol sure you won’t. And now I’m on my couch clutching my chest like a Victorian widow. 🎩😭 #doughnutholes #princessdoughnut #DCC

A few days late to #booksky but Happy Halloween! Spam me with your halloween pics! #drow #dnd #bookworms

#booksky #dogmom #rainbowbridge Yesterday was a sad day.... so show me your rainbow bridge babies. Sunday night Barkley started showing signs that it was close to time, so today Adam rushed home from work to give the little man the best day ever and help him over the rainbow bridge.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT.... 🤣 Dear younger folks, If yall pull these straight from my freshman year of HS, I WILL NOT hide a single 🤣 when you’re sliding all over the place and you keep losing a shoe like some cutwater Cinderella. Js....let this one die. Trust me, here. #bookishauntie wouldnt lie. 🤣

me, blissfully writing for hours: wow, such focus, much productivity. the internet: flatlines me: oh....well, maybe that explains it. 🤣 #booksky I knew it was #toogoodtobetrue #amwriting #aurhorlife

I woke up and decided to try something new with my hair, which was my first mistake. My hair does not...hair. So, now, I've been ROASTED by my niece. I'm 💀. Absolutely cooked. But I laughed at her response for a solid ten minutes. I'm both proud and terrified of her 🤣 A flippin 🪳 #booksky

Cooper is a nonverbal autistic boy who has always seen the world differently. When a beam of living light opens a doorway, he discovers a place that finally speaks to him, but there's also something in the dark calling out to him.

One page down......four hundred something to go.

Dear #BookSky, Why did none of you tell me there’s a modern retelling of Anne of Green Gables?! This seems an oversight of immense proportions. I may need time with my bosom friends to process this blissful information. Your devoted pal, Nell 📚💙

Tried using new analytics software to find trending #Booksky hashtags. Learned absolutely nothing… except that winter sausage season is apparently thriving. Fully support #MenReading and #Jocktober, but I was emotionally unprepared for that portion of bsky. 🤣 #Istillclickedittho

me: ctrl+f “she let out a breath she didn’t realize she was holding” 👀: 37 results me: lets out a scream I didn’t realize I was holding and opens The Emotion Thesaurus No characters were harmed in the making of this meltdown... for now. #booksky

Honestly, same.

Let me go ahead and get a list of who is and who isn't canceled started, because it seems like not even authors are decent anymore. #booksky

COVER REVEAL TIME ✨ Should this be the final cover art? You decide. 👑 Light bends. Shadows breathe. And in the space between, a boy discovers who he was meant to be. #BookTok #YAFantasy #FantasyBooks #Bookish #IndieAuthor #CoverReveal #BookGlowUp #BookAesthetic #FantasyTok #AuthorTok

I don’t usually talk about my heritage. Growing up in MS in the 90s, I knew maybe 3 Hispanics total, and not one Cuban I wasn’t related to. I've always been an outsider to my own roots & that doesn’t have to be my 📖. If I’ve got to make my own way, might as well take a path that brings me home.

#booksky Nap time isnt complete without my best boy. Show me your furry book and nap buddies in the comments!

#booksky Believe in yourself with reckless abandon because sometimes the only person in your corner is you.

Cooper pressed his hands over his ears, but the world still got in. The hum of the lights buzzed behind his eyes, too sharp, too close, like bees trapped beneath his skin. Someone’s voice, loud and laughing, hit him sideways, and the air turned heavy. #openingline #teaser #booksky

#booksky Creating a world where everything responds to emotion felt brilliant.... That is... until I realized one big burrito could trigger a magical chain reaction that could destroy a large continent. Edits are underway. Please remain calm. With great power... comes....?? Wait...nevermind...

Today, I need to spend the day correcting my banners and removing the deadline I missed and getting my first chapters ready to submit to my writers group on the 25th. Fingers crossed. I hope they love it as much as I do!

#booksky We still have chapters to write and stories to tell. Welcome to the after party. 🫣🔥 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTML6YGbS/

#booksky Still earthbound after the rapture. Figures... I never meet my word count either.

Cooper Everhart has always been too strange, too quiet, too unseen. Then light curls through his fingers and opens a door to Emberdeep, a world of star born magic and shadowed hunger. But magic comes at a cost, and if he fails to master it, both worlds will slip into the dark. #booksky #bookpromo

#booksky #bookstagram #booktube #booktok #bookpromo Stay tuned. We're back to work and can't wait for some spoilers we've got coming up!

Brb #booksky I'm gonna make the hubs some dinner. 🤣

#booksky #booktok #booktube #bookstagram #bookpromo #reader Weeeeell.... should I drop a character profile yet? Let's see how many likes I can get and I'll post my first of many character profiles.

Almost to 5k! Keep going!!! #booksky

I'm so close to hitting 3k views on my #bookpromo in just a few hours. #booksky friends, like me on TikTok for more content! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdwsqad/

#princessdoughnut #hbic @mattdinniman.bsky.social 🔥 Explain It Like You’re Petty 🔥 Today’s victim: Dungeon Crawler Carl. Petty summary: Man risks an extinction-level custody battle just to keep the cat after a breakup. 🐾👑 #booksky #booktok #bookstagram

In my best saw voice.... Let the games begin. #booksky #booktok #bookstagram #booktube

How are you spending your Saturday? What are you doing to pour back into you? #booksky #booktok #bookstagram

We've reached the editing phase. And thank God. 🤣 FINALLY we have progress! #booksky

Me taking stock of my socials to work on content for #booksky

#booksky I'll be back in full swing next week. Thanks to the four of you who have been checking in. Grief was a bitch this time around, but I can't wait to get back to my happy place... Behind a keyboard, getting lost in imaginary worlds and being an overall weirdo. I love you guys for that.

While it's killing me to have to put my debut novel on the back burner while I get my house in order, I do get to take a step back and appreciate being to able turn the worst lemons we've had in a while into the sweetest lemonade. FIL would be proud of every bit of love we've poured into his home.

Me trying to see what's trending on #booksky so I can get more likes and followers.

#booksky #reader #amwriting Friend recommended Dungeon Crawler Carl and I cracked it open thinking, “Fine, distract me.” It’s absurd, and sharp in all the right ways. It sounds exactly how I hope I one day sound, if my inner monologue wore heart-print undies and carried a cat named Doughnut.