Look at this cover! It's gorgeous! Make sure to enter to win a copy.

I’m trying something new and a little scary 🫣 I’ve got a brand-new newsletter about research I’ve come across. If you like history and cool facts, give it a read— today I’m talking about the STUNNING, in-your-face-blue of the Ishtar Gate: sierragodfrey.substack.com/p/the-ishtar...

Claire and I were delighted to talk to Jasmine Guillory about her new book Flirting Lessons (out today!) on the podcast. Listen on your favorite podcast platforms. rss.com/podcasts/hea...

What is the one thing #writers should know about #editing? We welcomed editor @erinamcclary.bsky.social to the Heartracers podcast to talk about her time as an acquisitions editor for a major publisher to her pivot to freelance editing. Available on Apple podcasts!

Absolutely delighted to talk to @mikechenwriter.bsky.social on the podcast today - Heartracers podcast is hosted by a bookstore owner (Claire at Wild Sisters Books in Sacramento) and an author (me!) about reading and publishing and selling. Listen everywhere you get your podcasts.

This seems like a major deal.

So the FAA is now going to use Musk’s Starlink system. That’s some Orban nonsense right there. As intended. www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...

This is so nice!! A tiny spark of good news. DeJoy was a tr*mp 1.0 appointee who came in and did not do a good job (shocker). Bye! apnews.com/article/unit...

if a woman had her child with her at work or in a meeting like elon musk it would be criticized heavily.

Writers, I want you to know that querying works. Slush piles work. I signed with my first agent through a query and when she left the business, I queried my now agent. MSWL makes it even BETTER! ❤️

Look, querying writers! Look how cool this is!

Happy MSWL day to all querying writers!! Instructions below:

Absolutely nobody is on SS who shouldn't be. This is a long-time Republican talking point that single handedly radicalized members of my family well before trump 1.0. Anyway it's a big fat lie, just like the thing that spoke it. 😘

my favorite thing to ask my cats is “what’s the issue” because they always got some kind of issue

Friendly reminder that "turning the water back on" meant flowing reserves to a dried lake area, wasting precious reserves and possibly flooding a region. Oh and it had nothing to do with firefighting. www.newsweek.com/california-w...

Hello friends. Let’s start this morning off with a pep talk. The overwhelm, confusion, and fear you’re feeling is what they want you to feel. They want you helpless, hopeless, and paralyzed. Do not take their intimidation and do not give them your joy.

IT ISN’T A BUYOUT!! There is no severance. The letter says September 30 is your last day or you accept. NO SEVERANCE. JFC get it right

This is not a payout or severance at all. The letter actually says you can just work from home until September 30 and that’s your last day of work if you accept this. I don’t expect anyone will see this, but this is an important distinction.

This man speaks in fantasy logic, eerily similar to the way my father spoke in the later stages of his dementia.

This is such an enjoyable article, says the thriller writer in me

Very irritating that the Copilot icon follows me everywhere I go in Word whether I have turned it off or not. Like, sir, this is a professional manuscript! Get your AI crap out of here. And yes I have tried; there is no option on Mac to make the icon disappear. #copilot

Happy #caturday to this silly who fell asleep like this, waiting for me to notice that, ahem, it was one hour until lunch kibble!

Yes. Delighted to find this in a stinky stairwell in Berkeley.

Don't let those assholes take credit for this next week, because you know they're gonna try to rewrite history.

2025 Week 2 finished reads, all 4+ stars, 1 #NetGalley ARC and 2 library borrows (digital books read with Hoopla and Libby)! #BookSky 💙📚 • The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher • A Very Typical Family by Sierra Godfrey • Here Beside the Rising Tide by Emily Jane (publishes 1-28-25)

Happy new year! Hope you are reading something good. I am deep into the Will Trent series by @karinslaughter.com (I'm on book 8) and it is SUCH a good series. Each book gets deeper into the characters. There's humor. There's romance. There's blood. It's my whole jam.

Just got the tsunami warning on my phone. I will doggedly and determinedly continue listening to my Spotify Wrapped as I monitor the situation.

Sure there's a bunch of "best of" and "holiday shopping lists" newsletters right now but do they include a section on appalling chairs? Mine does: open.substack.com/pub/sierrago...

Doing an intro post here! I am a Bay Area based author and my newest book is THE ENIGMA CHALLENGE coming from Viking Penguin in 2026. Below is the deal announcement and it is sooooo fun! It's got puzzles and codes and a love story and takes place across Europe!

Okay. Waking up my Bluesky. *prrrrrrrrrrrrt!* (that's the sound of my account waking up) (Or it is a kitten)

This was a particularly fun piece to write -- check out the photo of me as a kid and get solid recs of things to do and places to stay in Santorini!

Today my second novel, The Second Chance Hotel, is officially published! t is also about one year from pub date of my debut novel, A Very Typical Family. What an incredible year. What an incredible ride. So grateful for all my readers who've found me.

Happiest of pub days to Yasmin who is a phenomenal person and writer!!! If you haven't read the KNIGHT series yet, correct it and start reading. It is SO GOOD.

HOW TO SPEAK IN SPANGLISH is a Target Book Club Pick for September! Dreams do come true! 😭

My dog: I'm going to go way up this steep hill to poop. I really have to go. I can only go there. Me: Nope. Get down here. Him: okay that's what I was thinking too

Come closer and see, see into the Bluesky trees...