Some book mail for everyone! Slashers, vamps, witches, oh my! #TheGoodVampiresGuideToBloodAndBoyfriends #TheWhiteGuyDiesFirst #LessonsinMagicandDisaster (say that 3 times fast..) @torbooks #CharlieJaneAnders @jamiedamato @MacmillanUSA @tjbentonwalker.com

Proof of life. And I went to see my man today. 🥰💈

And I don’t know what @tjbentonwalker.com put in this series but I read a couple chapters yesterday looking for something and suddenly I want badly to read the whole series again. Y’all need to come get y’all some Blood Debts/Blood Justice

Since it’s officially spooky season now imo I got my act together and read The White Guy Dies First, edited by @tjbentonwalker.com. Really fun collection full of great stories, with offerings from Terry, HE Edgmon, Tiffany D Jackson, Lamar Giles, and Kendare Blake all still bleeding in my mind!

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Went to see my man today 💈♥️☺️

If you must dehumanize someone to “help” them, I’m afraid that’s not help, beloved.

When your best friend is writing a book that has already changed your life and it ain’t een finished yet… 😮‍💨

Pretty stunning, right??

Alex is here for us. ❤️

🥳 Surprise, Citizens of the TJ-Verse! The finale of the Alex Wise trilogy, ALEX WISE VS THE GODS OF THE APOCALYPSE, is releasing April 28, 2026! Will you survive the apocalypse? Preorders are live!! 🔗: bit.ly/45bkqhl Cover Art: Raymond Sebastien Cover Design: Jen Valero

Because gym fees are cheaper than legal fees.

Bike Rides 🔅🔆

Went to see my man this afternoon 💈🖤

The next time a straight man goes out of his way to tell me he’s straight, I’m going to clutch my chest, release a dramatic sigh of relief and whisper, “Oh, thank GOD!” and then offer zero explanation.

I have therapy in 10 min and I hope my therapist is ready to lock in cuz we got a lot of capital M mess to get through in 50 minutes…

These moments are unequivocally some of the BEST about being a kidlit writer. 🥹🥰 The TJ-Verse is shaping up to be a truly beautiful place, and I love that for us. It’s exactly as I intended.🥲

🔥🔥HAPPY RELEASE WEEK, CITIZENS!!🔥🔥 The paperback of ALEX WISE VS THE COSMIC SHIFT is out this week y’all! Make sure you grab a copy from your local indie and request it at your libraries! Oh… and most importantly: BEWARE THE HORSEMEN! ☠️

reflections

I am at the stage of being single where I just don’t wanna be bothered anymore 🥴

Black & Moisturized. 🥰

Welcome back to New Orleans 😈

It’s been such a cool experience to be on the ground floor of this epic story being made. I’m legit mad I have to share it soon lol.

mind, body, and spirit all been in the lab 🥼

Two things can be true: Ghosting sucks for the person being ghosted, but being honest when you’re not feeling someone is not taken well 99.8% of the time. EYE don’t ghost nor do I like being ghosted, but I can understand why ppl might feel the need to do it. Some folks are just exhausting.

When you meet someone new and you connect over books >>>>> Even better when the person recommends the Blood Debts series by @tjbentonwalker.com. Taste is in the building! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

How men stare at you from across the room when they’re “interested”

Cowboy Carter fit was fitting!! 🤠😎

My Cowboy Carter outfit for Friday night 😮‍💨

These SINNERS book recs Lawd. So I’m doing my own.

Blood Debts/Bood Justice is a great read if you’re coming off that Sinners high and want to sink into something that still feels of that world. I HIGHLY recommend the audiobook that has a fantastic cast that reads as good as listening to a good movie.

And she is NOT playing! Like if you tryna ride that high than you ABSOLUTELY need to read Blood Debts and it’s follow up! Plus @tjbentonwalker.com is one of the loveliest people on this app🥰🥰

I finally watched Sinners, and I want it to go on the record how disappointed I am that Blood Debts was not on more of those “If you liked Sinners, then you should read…” lists, because that movie had Blood Debts vibes DOWN except with vampires… there were even twins as protagonists…😒

Was outside (very) briefly this weekend

🏅"WE'RE A WINNER, BABY!" Blood Justice won the 2025 award for "Best YA Fiction" in the GA Author of the Year Awards, presented by the GA Writers Association.

Finally back home (to my dirty mirror) after this long, Charlie Brown ass travel day I just had 🫩

Went to see my man this morning 💈🥰

My son keeps getting in “trouble” at school for defending his friends who’re not as assertive as him from bullies, and I’m waiting on ready for that call for a parent meeting…

I want one of these BAD bad. I’ve been eyeing them for over a year now.

Men who do things on dating apps like lie about their age or post old pics that look nothing like them at present fascinate me, because what is your desired endgame here, beloved? Entrapment? As an abuse survivor, that is terrifying when you delve beneath the surface…

Well I’ll be damned. Terry’s so good at tucking in little gems to find later. You’ll never be done with these books. A great Juneteenth (or any day) read!

Happy Juneteenth!! In Blood Debts, it was always deliberate that Alexis Lancaster’s body was discovered on Juneteenth and the Dupart-Trudeau family got their lick back 30 yrs later on the anniversary of the end of a grand deception in a world still controlled by grand deceivers. Be easy, y’all. ✌🏾🖤

Went to see my man today 🥰💈

It’s the 2nd week of Kindergarten & the 1st week parents can’t walk kids to upstairs classrooms, so I just stood in the parking lot and watched the Doodie™️ walk up alone cuz he’s a big kid and waved at him when he got to every landing, then went to my car and tried not to cry too bad. Happy Monday 🥹

There is so much power that comes from being washed in the favor of your ancestors and flowing in alignment with the universe. IYKYK

If I had the coins, I would fund a Dead Space 2 remake, and I would def want to be on the writing team.

Gym been gymming. And I went to see my man today. 💈🥰

Nobody mentors like me. An event 2 years in the making is coming this fall… 🙏🏾♥️

VIP lines are forming now!! 🤩😎 More to come… #HouseTru #writingcommunity #booksky #staytuned #fall2025

On today’s episode of “Will This Man Be Able to Relax” …