RIP Ryno.

A landscape opens out Different shades of green all to absorb as branches fill out with shouts of spring There is almost deafening sound of silence just the repetitive strains of my dog panting as he pulls one way then another tracking some indecipherable scent #vss365 #spring #poetry

Free on Sunday afternoon? Then come along to my accessible online watery #naturewriting workshop - Go With the Flow @festofnature.bsky.social. Everyone welcome. We'll be paddling through puddles, chilling in chalk streams and having fun splashing words about on the page. 🌊🌊🌊

Rose bud in the rain, and looking so expectant, at this blooming time. #haiku #BLOOMING #poetry #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity #photograghy #FlowerPhotography #flowerpictures #rose #RoseWednesday

The UK....omg

House of Bone and Rain: for readers who hate James Frey.

Free audio book with membership trial. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJMSMLMG

A meditation on myth, media, and the machinery of guilt. Inspired by the story of Amanda Knox, but speaking to everyone whose life is made into a spectacle. We are all at the mercy of the stories others write in our name. Thanks to @rfsmith.bsky.social and to #promptcombo

Super excited about visiting ROMANCING THE NOVEL for an event on Friday, June 20. A chance 2 get my boots & bling on to celebrate RED DUST RUNNING w/ my good friend Ashlee Donohue & some avid readers. There's only a couple of tix left. Hope to see you there. X www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

Was there mist on the river that day did the purity of those white swans pass away were there boats just floating on by was there the look of thunder up in the sky were the Gods singing or children laughing what happened that day? #photo Francis H Powell #whistpr #swan

WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES lands on Barnes & Noble’s Best Horror of 2025 (So Far) list! “Part satire, part social commentary, part macabre, this visceral, thought-provoking novel is not just horror but a wake-up call.” This really makes me happy. Thank you! Read the full list here: bit.ly/3HojzAE

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Day 14: Emma Donoghue #Writers #Authors #BookSky #AuthorChallenge #writing #women #womenwriters 📚💙

Spending the day in writing reflection - so it feels right to share my shot from a #LakeMichigan sunset...

I can't forever dream of #sunbeams lighting up my darkened mind I'll never complete those endless drawings while the #ink never dries plant a garden that lasts for ever have skin that never ages make music that lifts the soul build golden temples on my own #vss365 #whistpr

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Thunderstorm Books is doing a limited signed edition hardback of KILL YOUR DARLING. The signature sheets just arrived. Time to get signing… @thunderstormbooks.bsky.social

Free audio book with membership trial. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJMSMLMG

In the shadows of New York, Detective Lorena Garcia races against time as Alec and George return to the U.S. With young women vanishing once more, she knows the stakes have never been higher. The hunt is on. #Thriller #DetectiveFiction #NewYork #Mystery #Suspense mybook.to/A0XQ6d

My debut novel is officially out on submission!!! 🙂

Yellow daffodils Inspire enthusiasm For a sunny spring #blueskyrelay #enthusiasm #yellow #haiku #senryu #poetry

Growing by the road, unsubtle wild roses, flaunting their pinkness. #haiku #flowers #wildroses #Pink #photo #photograph #poetry #poetrycommunity #WritingCommunity

Good morning 🌞

Science fiction writers have warned us about so much we've ignored... and now this.

Finally reading Middlemarch, like I didn’t have midterms to grade. Feels like science fiction to me right now but it is fun.

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

Kids Waiting to Return Library Books to the Bookmoblie, Appalachia Milton Rogovin, 1962

Books banned in Elizabeth school district are back on library shelves — for now https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/05/02/elizabeth-district-returns-banned-books-to-library-shelves/

Just out: one of the most illuminating books I've read on how Trump happened. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715421...

After Bezos' cowardly reversal on clear tariff pricing, all books sold by Amazon will arrive without spines.

Explore a #swinger party of the #supernatural kind.... in sexy #indie #novel #SWINGINGWITHTHESUPERNATURAL #Ebook: amzn.to/3DyRQJu #booksky #sex #erotica #reading #swinger #swingers #erotic #books

#Noelle was shocked when her husband wanted an open #marriage, but later she got over her hurt in the arms of her #naughty lovers in #indie #erotica #novel #YOUNGHORNYMORMON #Ebook: amzn.to/3QRayPA #booksky #sex #erotica #reading #erotic #books

May Book Challenge! May is National Historic Preservation Month. The rules: Share historical books and state whether it’s fiction, nonfiction or alternate history* 1 per day during May, but don’t make this work. It’s ok to miss. Use #SomeHistory & #BookSky 💙📚 May 3: Non-fiction

Happy Saturday bloomfies!! Today will be a day of chores, reading, and rest. Here's a book I finished last night that was fun and silly 💙📚

I'm doing an author share with cozy mystery writer Lyssa Lund! "Secrets Buried" is 1st in her Lake Minnetonka Mystery series. When 40-ish Victoria sells a run-down estate, buried secrets surface! Free on KU. Please see her BookFunnel page buy.bookfunnel.com/cm4id0y6bt?t... #lyssalund #cozymystery

THE HORRORS: a collection of short horror stories. 🐦‍⬛ small town horror 🐦‍⬛ spiders 🐦‍⬛ demons 🐦‍⬛ ghosts 🐦‍⬛ a loyal basset hound itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/the-horrors b2r: books2read.com/thehorrors #horrorsky #booksky #sffh 💙📚 🩸📚

Book tour starts May 2: "The Catalina Cahoots," 5th in my 1930s cozy noir "Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery" series. Catalina, an island paradise gone wrong. Movie set chaos, murder, mayhem! Fun for tweens to grown-ups. Buy: buy.bookfunnel.com/j3zowyuaqb #cozymystery #rosalindbarden #catalinacahoots

Happy #AANHPI Heritage month! Just a friendly reminder that making book lists for this month means doing the work to include every letter of the acronym! Here's an amazing place to start: www.pacificislanderbooks.org