it's a fine question to ask i guess! all our kids have particular comfort levels! but unless you want a thirty minute talk on the way victorian purity politics and evangelicalism have determined our definition of ""appropriate"" then you're at the wrong table my man. ask the MPAA.

one thing I'm not gonna do is tell you, a stranger in my signing line, if my book is appropriate for your 13yo. baby i was reading kushiel's dart at 13 i am not the one to ask

I lost/misplaced this fountain pen for a few years. It’s good to see it again. I wrote most of SABRIEL, LIRAEL and ABHORSEN with it. Here’s a few ms. pages and the entire SABRIEL handwritten ms. in five notebooks.

"Late Evening" - my oil painting

Periodontal disease is some seriously nasty shit. It *can* be contained, but the up front out of pocket price to make it happen is high. Help them out if you can!

yall are NOT ready for the character art that just dropped in my inbox

These beauties have arrived! I cannot WAIT for the book to launch next month ❤️

every so often you'll see someone share THE book that got them into reading...FOR LIFE... and you think "huh. I hated that one so much I left it on the airplane" and I think that's beautiful.

Oh, you worked on your art today? Fuck yeah. Go you. More. More!

The news is finally here: I’ve signed with Laura Zats of Headwater! @lzats.bsky.social fell in love with THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN and I’m so excited to work with someone so dedicated to the art of writing and who loves the weird and undefinable. She totally understands Ivigh's complex, messy story.

Good morning! It's a beautiful day and I've reopened to queries!

As someone who feels like I am moving at a snail's pace right now--compared to being able to write two books and a novella or two a year a decade ago--you might wonder, have I ever been tempted to even think about using AI to speed the process up? The answer is not even fucking slightly.

Belated tenderness (a commission for strobinell . tattoo on Instagram - her D&D character Astrior and the corpse of his former vampire lover, Silas! Polychromos pencils, Luminance pencils, gel pens)

As if getting married 3 days ago wasn't enough excitement, I'm beyond honoured and thrilled to announce that THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET—a tender, heartfelt book I wrote for my now-wife—is a finalist for the Debut award at the #ronas26 What a wild week. I must be dreaming ❤️

logging old growth should be illegal. everywhere. period.

the highest of compliments! thank you!

HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is eligible in the best novella category, if you are voting, and i ask you to please consider it 🦢✨

don't know about having a baby, but the closer i get to 35, the more i want to plant trees.

I never would have guessed I’d become so familiar with the e-mail genre: Robot Desperately Pretending to Be a Fan of Your Writing

this is why i still have hope. we *can* minimize and sometimes even rewind the damage.

one thing that irks me sometimes (and i might write an essay on this one day) is that worldbuilding in books is often presented as "objective" and every single character has this "objective" view of the world. every character has access to the same information regardless of their personal history.

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

Splashy maned wolf study.

HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE is eligible in the best novella category, if you are voting, and i ask you to please consider it 🦢✨

I look for you, I am finding out if I am brave.

The Wizard's Apprentice

I can't believe it's 19 days until our wedding and 56 days until The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley drops! Enter the giveaway here!

Please consider writing in HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE in the best novella category if you enjoyed it! 🦢✨

I opened the box, walked into the other room, and fell asleep

requiem for vanished birdsong

With Nebula voting closing soon, allow me to ask one more time for your consideration 🦢✨

The plum you're going to eat next summer.

This was one of my absolute favorite books I read last year, and I read a LOT of good books last year. I’m hoping it’ll quickly find a new home because it really is incredible, but in the meantime, y’all should grab it while it’s still available. 🌈📚 books2read.com/u/mqkYrQ

I love this book dearly and you should get it while you still can! It’s seriously one of the best books I read last year!

On March 31, Hedone Books will be closing. After March 31, How to Survive This Fairytale will not be available for purchase. Thread. 🧵

I just found out that Hedone Books (the publisher for HTSTF) is shutting down. According to the author's Instagram story, the book is still available for purchase through March 31, so if you want to read it (or if you've already read it and want some extra copies), now is the time to buy it!

Hedone Anthology authors were told we'd be paid by Jan 15th - which was months later than contracted. Then we were told we'd be paid by Feb 15th, which came and went with no payment or contact. Some of us emailed Hedone Books to ask for an update, but had no reply. Then 2 days ago some of us saw...

Spreading the word!!

Nightly reminder to please consider this novella of queer triumph & healing this awards season 💗

It's free! It's open! You can rank works on the long list and/or write in your other faves!

Please consider HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, a novella-length queer retelling that focuses on the fairytale characters whose stories aren’t about them. Many readers are calling this indie novella their favorite book of the year. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

If you're voting for the Hugos, Nebulas, Locus, or other awards, please consider this novella about queer love, recovering from trauma, and rewriting your story that CONSISTENTLY resonates with readers. People love this book. More people should know it exists. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

Begging everyone who hasn’t read How to Survive This Fairytale yet to pick it up immediately!! It’s such a lovely and heartfelt story and you won’t regret it!! And if you have read (and loved) it already, maaaaybe (as in *you should*) consider voting for it in some awards 🫶🏻

If you're voting for the Hugos, Nebulas, Locus, or other awards, please consider this novella about queer love, recovering from trauma, and rewriting your story that CONSISTENTLY resonates with readers. People love this book. More people should know it exists. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

Please consider HOW TO SURVIVE THIS FAIRYTALE, a novella-length queer retelling that focuses on the fairytale characters whose stories aren’t about them. Many readers are calling this indie novella their favorite book of the year. www.smhallow.com/how-to-survi...

It’s as bad as it’s ever been here. Local volunteers are wearing bulletproof vests to pack groceries for their neighbors.

✦ High pray drive ✦

Every day is #caturday with Fitzwilliam Darcy. “It's a truth universally acknowledged, that a single hand in possession of a free moment, must be in want of a cat.”

You’re going to be okay. Someone will hate your book. You’re going to be okay. Someone will not get what you’re trying to do with your art and judge you. You’re going to be okay. You’re going to keep creating, in 2026, because you need it and because the world needs you to. Okay?

Books I'm looking forward to in 2026 or have already pre-ordered! - Platform Decay by Martha Wells - Daggerbound by T Kingfisher - Queen Demon by Martha Wells - The Halls of the Dead by @smhallow.bsky.social