I just found out Veronica Roth is releasing a new Divergent book called The Sixth Faction. I’M SAT.

“Either your fears will grow teeth, or you will.” - A Thousand Years of Frost

I check on my older novels under different pen names sometimes and came across one with a cover that a reader went out of their way to make for me because they liked the story so much. I still ♥️ it, and that was one of the nicest things ever.

Alyssa Liu is a fucking Ice fairy like MY GOD

The Stone House in National Battlefield Park. It is especially pretty when it snows. ❄️

Meet the Brothers Birse, an elite team of riders led by the dragonhead supreme, Khrysaor Bronimir. #booksky

Books and rainbows 🌈

Winter Wonderland. ❄️

Very proud of Minnesota and their economic strike.

I’ve made a few different versions of my author website, but I’m quite proud of this one. 🌟

Realities of publishing. ♥️ #booksky

Life is funny because some years ago, someone said the reason you can’t find your dream job is because it doesn’t exist anymore. A woman responded to that statement by saying she only ever wanted to be a lady-in-waiting for nobility. Then I wrote a whole book based on that interaction.

Don’t we all just want an enchanted library that can take us to new worlds and pause time while we go on marvelous adventures?

Please never give up on your dream that one day, you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

The turtle doves (mourning doves) often like to watch me while I write. I think they know I’m using them as inspiration. #booksky

May all your delulu, come trululu. ♥️

Glossary art for AN ANTHEM OF SUNS. Also, book 2, A THOUSAND YEARS OF FROST will come out this December.🩵

I’m verified on Goodreads now. ♥️

Earth is the prettiest.

I want to know why every early 2000’s movie depicts the younger brother as an agenda-minded rascal with access to military-grade spyware and technology. Who is buying things for them? How does no one notice?

Happy Cherry Blossom Season 🌸

A few years ago, I took every single book I had ever written out of print and unpublished the digital versions. I always wondered if that was the right decision. Now that Meta is on an AI book-pirating heist, I’m sure it was. I’m sorry for all the authors who found their original work on that list.

I have a character with lavender eyes and shell pink hair reaching the floor. It’s strung with strands of pearls, and she has pet rose finches that flutter around to help her get dressed in the morning. P.S. This is Khalkassia, and she almost exclusively wears white wedding gowns. THIS IS WOMAN.

South Dakota is introducing a bill (HB1239) to criminalize librarians and teachers. They will be criminally charged if young audiences check out a book that the government deems unsuitable or inappropriate. #booksky

To answer the long-standing mystery, when an author says, “His eyes darkened,” it means his pupils dilated either from lust, fear, anger, or another strong emotion. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. #booksky

More anomalous author goals: 🟩 See a baker design my book imagery onto their bread with flour. 🟩 See my characters made into nail polish art. 🟩 See someone handpaint my characters onto the edges of their editions. 🟩 See someone make jewelry inspired by the series/universe. #booksky

Surround yourself with people who enjoy a mug of chocolate marshmallow rum and warm pastries while hand-painting the edges of new books mid snow storm.

Probably some of my favorite past recipes and food aesthetics.

For anyone unaware that we are currently living in a Kakistocracy, it means we’re under the rule of the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous members of society.

This face off was a vibe.

We need more of this.

This and nothing else.

This is the prettiest thing I’ve seen today and I thought you should see it too.

Every once in a while, I remember that my sister’s friends refer to me as the “sword sister” in casual conversation. To be loved is to be known, I suppose. #booksky

I require a castle with a wall dedicated to these mirrors. #art #booksky

AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow

#booktok #quote

Anyways here are some of my goals as an author. 🟩 Be traditionally published. 🟩 See a video of someone bedazzling my books. ✅ See someone cosplay my characters. ✅ Write more than 1,000,000 words. ✅ Sell off old titles. 🟩 See a video of someone cooking/baking the foods from my books. #booksky

I get so excited when I’m watching a show and realize that the writers allowed the lead actor to use their real name for the main character.

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Books and any creation of the written word are inherently political. Living in a part of the world where women and lower class individuals are allowed access to education (to string any words together at all) is a political act. People seem to forget that. #booksky

All we need is a domed observatory that has a hanging net draped in soft blankets, brass telescopes nearby, a stack of talking books, and a web of stars shining through cool-toned aurora lights. #booksky

Massive childhood inspirations for my work as an adult. What books or movies inspired you to create or laid the foundation for new ideas? #booksky

“The human eye evolved to see What we need to survive, not what’s actually there.” Dr. Robert Miller’s theory was so eerie and provoking, I think about it constantly.

Nobody has ever dropped a more fire comeback than, “The bar is so low it’s a tripping hazard in hell, and yet here you are limbo dancing with the devil.”

For Christmas this year, I’ll order one castle with a Beauty and the Beast Library and a dramatic replica of the staircase from the Paris Opera House. Thanks, Santa. #holiday #booksky

Happy Feet 🐾 #dogs

First batch of whimsical Christmas cookies. #baking