Book reading complete! Had a nice night out after being trapped home For over 4 weeks now!

This is probably a good time to remind you to buy a book for yourself!

deepest of deep breaths feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.

Text from Monterey Bay Aquarium

Plan on going to the ConFluence convention! 🎉 Cosplay, panels, gaming, art, youth activities, workshops & more—all in an inclusive space celebrating BIPOC nerds. October 18th & 19th. Don’t miss it! 👉 www.confluencemn.com

Agree this is repulsive. Shame!

Doing a little reading, a little discussion, a little Q&A, a little signing. Hope to see you at DreamHaven Books in MPLS 6:30-7:45pm on Sep 24!

Adorable crab video

This sounds so interesting!

Still time left to get your entries in! Deadline Sep 30 for our late October Horror issue. 500-2000 words stories, b&w art, or poems.

Another shameless plug. I will be doing this daily for a few days.

Super excited to volunteer at ConFluence this October and hope to see lots of support from the SFF community for this event! www.confluencemn.com $35 provides a day-pass scholarship for an attendee or you can sponsor a weekend pass as well ! ConFluence platforms contributions of BIPOC creatives

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

It's okay, Anxiety Muffin. Everything is under control.

Look at those otter toe beans! 10/10

Two quick behind-the-scenes updates today re: the Whisper House Press #YEARONE anthology (this is your first word of it) and #StokerCon in Pittsburgh in June of 2026. #publishing #horrorsky #horrorbooks #anthology #behindthescenes #transparency #whisperhousepress

Writers be aware of these scams 👀 annerallen.com/2025/09/thos...

Day two of Fright Reads 2025 and I will be at my table with alllll my books

Cover art!

Yay!!

Art made by a fellow human 😻

Marketing, our nemesis. 🏰 an isolated manor 🌙 moonlight mysteries 🐍 ancient enemies 🌶 spicy scenes 💕 fated mates Lauren's new employer has secrets, leading her to uncover a dangerous world of magic & mystery. Her potential ally is a moody manticore with a score to settle. Buy bit.ly/4l7pOHz

An older comic about pigeon nests.

Exciting news!

Writing buddy April !

Writing buddy Kat!

Writing buddy Aly!

Our writing buddy Aggie!

Oh good, a list of authors to avoid, all neatly organized on one site. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...?

3 workshops a day on the online Fest days. By @carrieetter.bsky.social @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social @lunchontuesday.bsky.social David Swann, Emily Devane, Heidi Clark, ShelleyRoches Jacques, Christopher Allen, Farhana Kalique + contest, readings. £35 a day.£90 for 3 days flashfictionfestival.com

My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/ www.patreon.com/posts/138349...

Am I…signing up for otter texts? (Probably)

Pain and insomnia 😭

We are OPEN for subs to our lil zine! Gogogogogo!

Back in April, a random convention-goer bought one of our books and reviewed it on their blog! What a treat :) mousereadsbooks.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/w...

Thanks for copying our own marketing word for word to send us this cheesy scam email :) What in the AI-written marketing scam fresh hell is this…

Great advice.

interesting and upsetting. It’s good to hear Smart Bitches are working to keep this from happening again but sounds like ACast isn’t making it easy!

TOMORROW NIGHT

I’m excited to announce that I’m hitting the road with @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social next month to celebrate our new book THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT! Come on out and join us! Pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

and as a little reminder I have a collection of Author Q&As on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog (still transferring them across from the old site) and always happy to have more authors get involved bigbeardedbookseller.uk/questions-fo... #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚

A-dork-able!

This sounds awesome and we should all submit something! I am amped. #callforsubmissions #writersky #authorsky

Sale!

Love this article too.

A few times I have seen a book con that interests me, then I see they are being held in TX or FL & I NOPE RIGHT OUT. More reason than ever to boycott going to FL for anything but emergency (have family there).

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024. It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness. They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.

Dammit, universe. Wrong fucking guy. RIP Mr Greene.

Cost of Living horror anthology is out from our friend Whisper House Press! Grab your copy!