Anyone departing with the Rapture on Tuesday? I have a wish list I’m happy to send you, since you won’t be needing your stuff anymore.

Another month, another free book promo! Grab my novelette, Shoot the Moon, plus any of 110 other sci-fi/fantasy ebook titles here: books.bookfunnel.com/autumns-end-...

Have you grabbed my free novelette “Shoot the Moon” yet? Through August it’s available along with 85 FREE titles from a range of sci-fi and fantasy authors. Time to build up that Fall TBR! books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...

I’m in a BookFunnel promo this month that’s offering 85 sci-fi and fantasy ebooks FREE. Build up your TBR here and look for my novelette Shoot the Moon! 👇👇👇 books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...

I’m in a BookFunnel promo this month that’s offering 85 sci-fi and fantasy ebooks FREE. Build up your TBR here and look for my novelette Shoot the Moon! 👇👇👇 books.bookfunnel.com/fantasyscifi...

Cricket doesn’t care that Columbus was here first. She Is Cricket And The World Is Hers. @catsofbluesky.bsky.social

I seem to have lost some followers on here. If you’re a writer, a sci-fi fan, a cat person, a deeply woo-woo individual and/or you detest the 🍊🤡, please give a follow. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 😉

If you’re in Upstate South Carolina, please come out and say hi!

It’s Lele’s “Gotcha Day”! One full year transitioning from nervous little stray to spoiled housecat. Hooray!

Today was my author pop-up at M. Judson—it went great, and being sandwiched between the Farmers Market and Black Pride Celebration made the foot traffic all that much more wonderful. I sold a book to a visiting Canadian. Tried to get them to adopt me, but no dice.

A day away from my first public book signing event and instead of the peaceful low-stress lead-in I tried to give myself, I now have a very sick cat (vet at 8 am) and a box of perishables that decided the perfect time to be delivered would be while I was an hour away w/temps in the 90s. #indieauthor

Hey Upstate South Carolina friends! Take a break from the terror news cycle and come out to see me on June 28! Grab a book about a woman battling to save her home planet from an evil corporation—or just say hi bec. I’d love to meet you. mjudsonbooks.com/event/pop-up...

I would be so excited if a few of you that I haven’t met yet wanted to take a chance on my newsletter in exchange for free fiction … link in my bio … #indieauthors #booksky #scifi

I’m doing my first live book signing at M. Judson Booksellers in Greenville, SC on June 28 from 10 am to noon! If you’re local, come by! Books will be super-discounted plus there’s the Farmers Market and the Black Pride celebration to check out, so you know, not just me 😁. #indieauthors

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Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! I’ll be checking in live from a few local indies. Keep up with the shenanigans by tracking the hashtag #indiebookstoreday

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I’m creating Instagram reels to promote my novel, since Book 2 will be coming out mid-September, and I’ve never felt dumber 🤣.

So it might amuse you to know I should have two books coming out this year—the second book in the Iona duology, and a spooky mind-bender set on a space station … or is it? 😳😬😁🚀🪐🌖👩‍🚀 #scifi #scifireaders

I just feel like you all might need to see something cute. Cricket says “is it still raining?”

So I’m having an issue getting my head past the vile fuckery that has become every day in the United States and into any kind of writing mode. I have so many things that are in progress that I’m excited about, but I sit down to work and just freeze up. Advice? #authorproblems #writinglife

So some twit on That Other Platform got bent out of shape when I didn’t buy into their narrative of misery, and accused me of 1) not voting and 2) being a “non-vulnerable American” and therefore not someone they “cared about.” Instead of calling them an asshole, I blocked them. I’ve grown. 🤣🤣🤣

So even Rupert Murdoch has more sense than the 🍊🤡. www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-pos...

Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.

Just in case someone needs some direction: choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/

That weird moment when you read over some of your own writing and *really like it.* 😳🙊✍🏼😁🥰 #authorlife #indieauthors #writinglife

I finally got some decent sleep last night, although I still don’t feel fantastically rested. Crossing 5 hours worth of time zones and a boatload of existential dread will do that, I guess. #authorlife Hawaii picture for calming purposes.

I kind of took almost all of January off, even though I really couldn’t afford to. Something about being away from home just sends all my routines out the window and my body clock was so messed up I was in bed asleep by 9 pm most nights. Got to see a volcano, though. That was cool.

Spiders in Hawaii be over-achieving. #arachnids #hawaiilife

My sweet 13-year-old Blaize loved more than anything to snuggle with Amelia, our 17-year-old calico. Amelia passed away in December and although we have lots of other cats, Blaize seemed sad. So very happy to see this today. Cricket, the calico, is just over a year old. #catsky

Just took my suitcase out to the living room along with our bathroom scale in order to weigh it, and a cat protest-peed on it within five seconds of setting it down. The good news: I picked the plastic-exterior suitcase instead of one of the fabric ones. #prevacaytrauma #cats

Situation this morning

Fire in LA, shitshow in DC, but I’m still writing and this girl is auditioning for Official Bed Cat.

Hello, Meta refugees, and welcome! It’s nice here, you’ll like it. #escapefrommeta #wehavefactcheckers

Rest in Peace President Carter . You were a credit to us all.

I had a reasonably productive day yesterday. I completed my writing plan for 2025, and if things go to plan I’ll finish the year with two more indie published works and two manuscripts in the query trenches. How many works in progress do you have going right now? #authorsofbluesky #amwriting

Happy Friday, SkyKids. Question for my #indieauthors out there. How much your working week is spent writing, compared to promotions/marketing and business admin? And do you work on the weekends? #indieauthor #writinglife #writersofBluesky #writersky

What’s the T, peeps? The first week-plus of December has been trash. I lost a precious kitty friend who had been with me for almost 17 years, I sold ZERO books in November, and I came down with shingles. Wee bit stressed right now, but hoping to get back to it tomorrow. Or, you know. Tomorrow-ish.

Anyone else trying to promote a Black Friday/holiday discount on your indie-published book? Drop a link in the comments. I’ll start. $15 discount on hard cover: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084 Ebook, paperback: books2read.com/u/bO2dVN #indieauthors #books

Thinking about following Wil Wheaton’s lead and taking a vacay from social media. Maybe just here for a bit? Not sure. Seems like I spend a lot of time being annoyed in ways that shouldn’t happen. And also not getting work done 😬 #authors

Juggling an alt historical time -travel fantasy, a rom-com, a psych horror thriller short story, and the second book of a space opera duology makes for some interesting conversations in my brain. #authorsofbluesky #indieauthor

Not at all giddy having figured out that Leon Skum is a perfect anagram for the blowhard who destroyed my beloved Bird app. OK, maybe a little giddy.

Hello to Sky Children old and new. Here’s a hot question: what are you reading right now? Me: a beta of a novel by a friend. It’s freaky, it’s magical, it’s dark. You’re all going to love it. #booksky #readersofbluesky

Levar Burton is here!!!!! squeeeeee!!!!!! 📚🌈

My husband is here. Guess I’ll have to ramp down the “flirt with Mark Hamill until he follows me back” program. @playmoreblues.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social

This is... profoundly revealing, not necessarily of the technical side, but of the culture in some of these companies. I incline to trace it all the way back to the early DARPA/tech/anarchy nexus, but I have a meeting now. More later.

Mark Hamill is here! Mark Hamill is here!!! *squees in middle-aged fangirl*

Rattling around in here and feeling like I need a “Bluesky For Dummies”—unless John Scalzi and that one “friend” with posting diarrhea really are the only people on here. (No shame, JS, I’m here for it.)