When a wizard works together with an angel to solve unsolvable cases, weird things usually happen. Oh, and tea. Tea definitely happens. Tricks & Ladders Semi-Private Detective Agency 1st chapter goes live net week on Substack Cover, animation, and music haphazardly made by moi without AI.

I bet you've been to at least one of this places...here are all the Chicago locations in my new book HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE! @berkleyromance.bsky.social @artinstitutechi.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com @chicagosuntimes.com #booksky #art #romance

I'm so thrilled that my magical romcom novel HER TIME TRAVELING DUKE is out in the world! Please consider getting it this week--you'll boost it before it gets lost in the holiday chaos! And please repost! ✨ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/749981... #booksky #romancelandia #chicago #christmas

It’s always good to do a book event and I wanted to reshare this recap from my presentation of Penumbra at El Book Stop in Santurce. If you’re looking for books to gift during the holidays, remember that shopping local is now more important than ever. open.substack.com/pub/jdestrad...

Get to know your mutuals: list 10 random things you like. 1. reading books to my mom so I can hear her opinions 2. my heated vest 3. pins & broaches 4. unique boots 5. libraries 6. casual music nights 7. hoodies 8. red rose tea 9. trees 10. painting

Writers, MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS: GOLD EDITION is out today! On the blog, I’m telling you exactly what’s in it, so you can decide if it’s for you. Here’s the link: www.bryndonovan.com/2025/11/04/%... #writesky #writingcommunity #booksky #nanowrimo #screenwriting

Last day to get both volumes of the Daydreams on the Sherbet Shore for free. Thanks to everyone who's joined in the celebration. Hope you like the adventures in Draem www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ5JPYM3

Working on a short story and also my sanity lied about one of those two things

oh, really? .... combining my natural skepticism with enough eyeshadow to blot out the sun

Rainbows aren’t just for Leprechauns: A speculative anthology, Reimaging colors Come see the colors of the rainbow in ways you never expected. This anthology is not for the easily offended. Pre order it at amzn.to/4kaqEU5

Weird going to the record store and seeing new cassettes. I'd thought my collection were relics.

The best way to start the new year! :)

Poor Dead Larry - a short #mystery for DS Jack Finkel, Unusual Crimes Squad. Continues here: egretia.com/2024/12/18/p...

“Easy 5-minute craft video” proceeds to show a video that even sped up lasts longer than 5 minutes, has 83 steps and requires knowledge in 6 techniques and to have 14 tools.

I could have used that extra moon. 😒

I’m writing a book about Coincidence. A nice one: The Stones recorded ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ in June ’68. They changed “Who killed John Kennedy” to “Who killed the Kennedys” when news came through, while recording, that Robert K. had been shot. From last year: www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...

Help I'm celebrating wrong

watching the waves

Always impressed with how hands on @anaisbelieve.bsky.social is with all her work, from cover to what she writes and one of the most unique things is the album interpretations of her work. Artistic doesn't begin to describe her. Want poetry that hits hard? She's one of 3 autobuy poets for me

My regime explained

Curious how many people ask me when I'll write my next series that haven't left a review lol. Not to be saucy, but come on, readers, make us writers unable to ignore the demand ;)

And She/he is like "what?"

The front and back cover paintings I made for my book The Liminal Hymns. I like them anyway.

throwback to building my first ridiculously lit up pc

I've not had anything good to say, so I've been silent.

I save up strong emotions for when it matters and don't care about the rest. I recently realized I got that from my dad. His favorite word is whatever.

"fugue" painting by me I use leftover take out chopsticks, old sponges, and crusty acrylic paint because it's there and I don't want to spend $$$ at the art store. Probably not going in a gallery anytime soon so it really doesn't matter.

Some things of note on the Metropolitan Hotel breakfast menu from 1859: • children sitting at a public table were charged full price • breakfast wines were offered • lunch was strictly from 1 to 2 p.m. • meat/protein was the main offering —NY Public Library, the Buttolph Collection #19thc 🗃️ 🍜

Congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 A major achievement and inspiration! Go @bryndonovan.bsky.social go! Cheering for you and here's to many more books!

This is why @bryndonovan.bsky.social is my go-to girl for hopefulness

I am nerves exposed Synopses firing, pain is Panic searching for a sign, Signs are brains piecing patterns Like quilters and mine are messes Threads ravel gather in the cord to Find if there’s consciousness worth Repeating while seizing please, I am falling I am- I am or I’m not

song i wrote & recorded on a really old battered piano anaisbelieve.bandcamp.com/track/hit-a-... So if you have a scalpel If you have a mind Will you send your heart To tell me mine’s alright

we are going to miss all the emotions that tie the world together

Dido's Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate

how Christmas lights are made:

from The Liminal Hymns book I wrote

I'm proud to be included in the It Takes A Village Anthology published by @purpletoga.bsky.social Tired of author interviews? My character Celeste Bradford is interviewed! She's my most not-me character yet (She's an orphan, I'm one of 8 kids etc.)... theprotagonistspeaks.com/2024/05/24/c...

Don’t like a book? Don’t read it. Pretty simple.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 💙📚👀 #BookChallenge Day 1

I wrote Sailing Toward Us a lifetime ago. Right as it was published, Roe v Wade was overturned, making my novel about abortion historical fiction. a.co/d/b12Flg3

It’s hard to explain but BlueSky feels like the Portland of social media.

You can also find my new series, Unusual Crimes Squad, on my newsletter. I publish short storied with DI Jack Finkel, the Australian police detective who deals with ghosts and creatures in modern day Sydney and Tasmania. Novel in the works, free shorts here: egretia.substack.com

Publishing! I run @purpletoga.bsky.social, together with @ericlklein.bsky.social. We are currently publishing a series of themed anthologies, collecting #indieauthors of speculative fiction. Check out purpletoga.com for what we published and what's in the works.

My novels! 3 novels in the Togas, Daggers, and Magic series, plus a free novella and shorts: telling the cases of an occult detective in a fantasy world based on ancient Rome. (So far, 3 History PhDs have approved 😁⚔️) Latest novel just released, with an intro by Harry Turtledove 🤯

My blog, including book reviews, stories, and history: egretia.com My reading tastes are... eclectic 😅 But mainly speculative fiction (fantasy, history, sci-fi...)

Leading with kindness when everything goes your way is good, but life sometimes tests your resolve and throws a tsunami your way to see if you’re really kind

Congratulations! That's amazing!