Just dropped!

I doubt I'd ever write a sword & sorcery, but if I did it would be with weaving swords and distaffs for all magic users.

www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce... @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @seananmcguire.bsky.social @cheriepriest.com & more! This is a good bundle

I gave the heroine of my next fantasy book a disability that requires mobility devices. She is mostly using a cane out of necessity, but prefers a crutch, and wheelchairs are available It's WILD how much it impacts storytelling bc she's in a sprawling milieu built for agility that is also ableist

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This White-throated Quail-Doves shows off its intricate #feathersandform in Valle del Cauca Colombia. April 2025. #birds #birdoftheday #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography

Moonsight Magic by Deb Marlowe A sweet story, with a lot of instant attraction, but also a good sense of the connection between Ninianne and Tristan. 🪐📚💙 #specfic #sff 📚🌶️ ⏳📚

Good Openings: I think Martha Wells does openings really well. Both on her fantasy and her scifi (Murderbot) books. #SFFChat

Time to Hook: It varies but I'll usually try to get the through the first chapter before I think about DNF. If it's just 'not really working for me', I'll give it a bit more sometimes, but if it's a slog, then I usually give up. Reading is my entertainment time. #SFFChat

Least Fav Opening: I don't usually mind a prologue, but sometimes they're just way too deep in the lore. If you're introducing more than 3 historical characters or 2 regime changes, it's probably too much for me. Most Fav: Anything that demonstrates a unique character or situation #SFFChat

“I am penguin" #birds

Uh.. if the 'you have to watch the video, do not look away from this' thing is about the video i think it is. You do NOT have to watch the video. You can learn about the video without watching violence or traumatizing yourself. I do not need certain images in my brain thanks. FFS.

There's now 100+ authors who have introduced their books and provided their Kobo links in this thread. New book recs and authors sharing your work are welcome any time you stumble across it!

Reading comics counts as reading. Reading graphic novels counts as reading. Reading fan fiction counts as reading. Listening to audio books counts as reading. Reading a 10k word Tumblr treatise on Star Trek/Dr Who parallels counts as reading.

Alright as promised infodumping time! Here's god knows how long thread about economic use of fabric historically. The most important strategy for economic use of fabric was to cut it as little as possible. There's couple of reasons for this. Firstly cutting the fabric, 1/18 #FashionHistory

The.. the pose.. omg

GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD comes out tomorrow, and takes us back to the story of Nancy Whitman and her days in the Halls of the Dead. As this is an odd-numbered book, it takes place *after* EVERY HEART A DOORWAY: she's already been sure. She's gone home. So why are we seeing her again?

Feathers outlined in gold how?

Just something I'd like to clarify once in a while: my models who are fat prefer I use the term "fat." I recognise that some people see this as an insult or do not like to see the word used, however my models so far have perferred the term as a reclamation of a morally neutral, descriptive word.

I just learned (at the end of the day, sorry about that) that EVERY HEART A DOORWAY is apparently on sale for $2.99 today so...get on that!

To give us an idea of books available on Kobo & Kobo Plus, I'd like to do a Kobo Books Thread🧵 So authors drop your; Genre & book or series description Kobo link & graphic Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus! 🌈📚🪐📚💙

Hearing the call of a gambel's quail is one of my favorite sounds of nature. For the #birdoftheday theme of #goldenhour, here is one at dawn that was calling to others as the day began. #birds #quail #gambelsquail #nature #wildlife #protectnature #photography #EastCoastKin

I really need the ability to filter out pictures without alt tags on days like today ffs! please check before you repost that you're not unintentionally shoving un-filterable things into your timeline.

Oh shit it’s the wizard and his staff and one of his chariots

Writer hack: If you stand completely still when someone asks "how's that book you're writing coming along?" they can still see you, but they'll be so put off, they'll leave you alone.

Book budget rolled over so I actually went through every page of my Kobo Wishlist - and found two books on sale that didn't sort properly when using the lowest price sort. So I may have been missing some sales. Annoying.

If you didn’t ready many or any independently published books in 2025, let 2026 be the year you change that. Drop your preferences below (be as specific as you can) and I’ll do my best to give you recs!

Perfect Ending: Hard to pick. I love the bittersweet tone of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Ista's growth in Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold, The complications in Deerskin by Robin McKinley, the cleverness of The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo ... #SFFChat

Endings, Make or Break: It's rare for an ending to break a book for me, but it does happen. If the last page makes everything futile and meaningless, or there's an inconsistent narrator that doesn't make sense in context.. no thanks. #SFFChat

Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.

Lots of books here I havn't seen in other bundles :)

The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'

Happy 'oops I put the wrong year in again' times to those who celebrate

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed."

Most of the feeds I have pinned are, (pretend to be shocked), book related. Other than 'Only Posts' which is nice when my feed is swamped with repost memes, I've got various Spec Fic and other book related feeds pinned. These are also the source of the various emoji on my reviews.

I've been really focused on the TBR for ages. But for this last week I've just been full re-reads and it's a nice break. Sometimes it's just nice to grab a book and not worry about reviewing it or describing the cover.

#Serenity Now hummingbird. #BirdOfTheDay 📷🌿🪶

Anyway here is the most successful promo I've ever done for a book. YOU DO NOT NEED AI.

This can be filtered by vendor which is great for me

Of all the gifts you received, the best and most inexplicable is the two-shelf bookcase that appeared in the snow out back after sundown. Rough-grained and heavy, it somehow keeps making room for your many (many) books, and twice now you’ve found a volume you’re certain you never owned.

As a Canadian I am obliged to respond

From c. 3,600 years ago, an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a hedgehog curled-up in a ball! 🦔❤️ Blue faience, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c... 📷 by me

@alan678.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme today to #contrast and the alt theme to #faceoff This razorbill picture is one of my favorites and ticks both boxes. Happy Holidays!

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

Saw a cactus wren today and you would never guess where it was. 🪶

even more controversial advice: write to the market, yes, but be cautious - very cautious - about what ink you use. If they reply, approach the market, but with caution, and DO NOT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING THERE well, unless you want to spend the next century partying with goblins. In which case, eat!

Whole magical structures and ecosystems are different. So many different magical flowers and mushrooms and mosses will come seemingly out of your PORES if you come from the fae realms and over that border without giving your skin a little reset first

I appreciate that T Kingfisher’s books show the many ways that one can be a hero. For example, Swordheart. One can be a heroically fierce swordsman, a heroically kind housekeeper, or a heroically competent lawyer.