My take on hockey romance as a publicist (it's all about trends), today in @yahoonews.com: www.yahoo.com/entertainmen... #booksky

From podcasts and library pushes to finding unexpected outlets beyond the book world, explore practical strategies authors can use to draw attention to their books in this Hidden Gems Podcast episode: www.hiddengemsbooks.com/podcast/trut... #booksky #writersofsky

A podcast discussion on how writers can approach publicity with clear goals, whether the aim is to sell more copies or reach new readers:

If you missed the announcement yesterday, the nominations for the 2026 Imadjinn Awards are open! Wide array of categories for titles published in 2025! To see full info, rules, and nomination form, visit www.entertheimaginarium.com/imadjinn-awa... #writing #author #writingcommunity

"Go where the readers are. That isn't always where the other books are." This & other #bookmarketing tips on my Hidden Gems Podcast episode that dropped today: www.hiddengemsbooks.com/podcast/trut...

"We can find a better way." open.substack.com/pub/litmagne...

Get ready, the Nomination window for the 2026 Imadjinn Awards will be opening tomorrow, on Thursday, September 25th! Stay tuned! #writingcommunity #writing #authorsofsky

Happening tonight!! @1111press.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social @kernpunktpress.bsky.social @jchaplinsky.bsky.social @southwestreview.bsky.social

We have several appearances and events coming up this spooky season to promote our new collection of Washington-based horror stories! Come out to meet us, grab a signed copy, and support your local creators :). It's never been more important to support indie creators than now, my friends!

Are you doing a neat Ursula-related project? Talking about her work on a podcast, or reviewing the prize shortlist, or anything else? We'd love to hear about it, if so! You can always tag us here, and every email that comes through the contact form is read by an actual person.

I wrote a guest blog post for @beckyltuch.bsky.social on her Lit Mag News, focused the history of the separation between "literary" and "genre" magazines. Check it out! litmagnews.substack.com/p/a-legacy-o...

Heading to Brooklyn Book Festival? Stop by @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social for a secret look in this title, publishing in Dec. Shh.

Find me today @bkbookfest.bsky.social: 11-noon Meet your sisters in crime fiction @nysinc.bsky.social (#234) 2-2:30 Grab a signed copy of TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE from @whiskeytit.com (#621-622) 3-close Check out the amazing literary stylings of @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social (#333)

We'll be there at Booth 333!

. @whiskeytit.com goodness at Sunday's @bkbookfest.bsky.social . Come and get a book!

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

Coming to Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday & wanna talk book publicity? I'll be at the @sincworldwide.bsky.social booth (#234) from 11-noon then @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social (#333) talking up new titles after that.

Language Slip: How Languages and Environment Affect Character and the Writing Process:

Rob's book about Kentucky cockfighting subculture and the surrounding rot & corruption it engenders gives him a lot to crow about. Seriously, this is not just a super entertaining rural noir read, it's downright elucidating in the light it shines on a world you probably didn't know existed. 5 spurs!

The writing wasn't better when I used to write every day, but there was more of it.

The long-awaited second novel by Guillermo Stitch, coming this Bloomsday. Available now for preorder at  https://thecoastofeverything.com and https://saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_coast_of_everything. "A timeless, extraordinary work.”—Nuala O’Connor

This week on Planetside… From Shakespeare to Frankenstein, the stage has always been speculative. Monica Cross discusses why so many theaters still resist SFF and what it will take to change that in “Where Is All the SFF Theater?”

Note if you have registered for an experimental fiction course tomorrow with something called the International Women's Writing Guild, I am NOT teaching this course. This was posted without my consent or knowledge. GET YOUR MONEY BACK. #writingcommunity #writersofsky #booksky

This has been getting shared all over, as it should be, but I'm grateful for @tmcallister.bsky.social's openness about what is a more typical experience for writers than the rare instant blockbuster career. It is certainly a whole lot closer to mine.

The new novel from our Executive Editor...

Wrote for The Metropolitan Review about the pros & cons of working w/ small indie presses vs. big presses, the journey from almost being a big fancy author to being a medium unfancy author, and mid-career re-evaluation of what I want out of the writing life www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

This week's story is "Mall of America" by @terenabell.bsky.social‬ necessaryfiction.com/stories/mall...

So what does a book publicist do? Learn the difference between book marketing, public relations, and publicity: terenabell.medium.com/so-what-does... #authorsofsky

Submit to The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026. SJ Rozan will be the guest editor. If you had or will have a PI story published this year, ensure that I get a copy. If I don't see your story, I can't consider it. www.crimefictionwriter.com/submissions....

Unique new poetry collection coming out in Dec from @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social - Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES places modern & classic poems side-by-side in dialogue with one another. DM or at me for ARC: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/trib...

How @sfwa.bsky.social is making it easier & cheaper to post your ARC on NetGalley for reviews with new NetGalley Partnership Program: www.sfwa.org/2025/06/24/s... #authorsofsky

I wrote about short fiction for @thebookseller.com "Publishing is all about conviction, and holding your nerve. Publishers have to keep backing the short story as a medium, and investing in it.” - @anniemedz.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...

Let your scifi freak flag fly! New mini-short fiction collection now for sale on Kindle. "Privacy Station and Other Stories," soon to be a motion picture: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNNJ46KM #booksky #authorsofsky

Successfully Talking to the Press About Your Art: Plot It, Don’t Pants It! www.sfwa.org/2025/03/25/s... @sfwa.bsky.social @gideonpsmith.bsky.social #bookpublicity

Hello, New Englanders! I'm talking book publicity & goal setting with your local ‪@hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social‬ chapter tomorrow night. Message me to learn more!

Attempting to predict anything in publishing is a mug’s game, especially trying to predict how long it will take for a short story to find a home. In today's post, I examine my 10 most recent acceptances. (Hint: one took 22 years to place.) www.sleuthsayers.org/2025/08/hot-...

"My note about my husband’s surgery went viral. Immediately obvious was the fact it had nothing to do with anything I usually write. As the numbers ticked up—10,000, 11,000—I watched as droves of new followers signed up as well. And wondered what to do." —@lesleykrueger.bsky.social

Are you going to the Regency Fiction Writers conference online this weekend? So am I! I speak on book publicity & PR goals Sat at 1:30. Join us! regencyfictionwriters.org/events/confe...!

"What I realized over the course of my debut author journey was that the best marketing hack lay not in my own knowledge of how to write a press release ... but collaborating with others in the writing and publishing world." —@Julie Liddell Whitehead

Exciting News!!!  MWA will be holding “extra” signings at our table at Bouchercon this year. Our tables will be in the Acadia Ballroom on the 3rd Floor of the Marriott New Orleans Hotel. Here is the link to the daily schedules: mysterywriters.org/mwa-at-bouch... #bouchercon2025

Book publicity only works when it's a goal-focused approach. See what I mean in a free @mwa-ny.bsky.social video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n708...

How should authors pair book publicity with their larger career goals? I'm talking this & more at a joint meeting of ‪@hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social‬ northern California chapter & the Coastal Cruisers chapter of ‪@sincnational.bsky.social‬ this Sat. Join us! sinc-coastalcruisers.com/2020-meetings/

This week on Planetside… Think you know Writer Beware? Part 1 of our interview with @victoriastrauss.com reveals the scams, the strategy to fight them, and the emotional core of WB's work: www.sfwa.org/2025/08/12/s... Part of SFWA Presents: Get to Know…

Why friends and family won't read your book - an interesting Reddit conversation: www.reddit.com/r/writing/co...

Thinking of starting a monthly #AMA about book publicity here on Bluesky: (1) Is this something you'd be interested in? (2) When would be the best time for you ET to do it? #booksky #amwriting #ampublishing

The Associated Press tells its book critics that it’s ending weekly reviews dankennedy.net/2025/08/08/t...

Did you know I have a Patreon? One short story delivered to your inbox every month for just $5: www.patreon.com/terenaelizab...

What does a book publicist do? @ucpress.bsky.social explains: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/6... #bookmarketing #authorsofsky

Writers are often told (by people like me) that a newsletter is an important tool to build their audience. But what do you put in a newsletter if you don’t have a book out yet? @writerfagan.bsky.social discusses how she surprised herself with ideas & enjoying the task of writing her newsletter.

Bloomsbury Explores AI Licensing lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/08/bloo...