Looking to get some #bookreviews? I got several good ones from this online #bookclub. Be sure to check it out! And if you sign up for the review program, be sure to let them know I referred you. #bookreview #authorcommunity #writerscommunity #authorlife sandrasbookclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/subm...

My schedule for @balticon.bsky.social this weekend! I hope to see you there on Sunday. I'll also be at the @marylandwriters.bsky.social vendor table on Friday 2-5 and Monday 10-2. #authorlife #authorcommunity #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #fantasycommunity schedule.balticon.org/people/20221

New poem out on #Substack Sometimes, still #poetry #poem #poetrysky #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity 💙📚💙📚 lawrenceg.substack.com/p/sometimes-...

New poem out on #Medium No one else can see the storm #poetry #poem #poetrysky #booksky 📚💙📚💙 medium.com/pen-with-pap...

Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 - Share an Excerpt - Boost one of your books - #Paranormal, #Mystery, #Romance - The Edge of Too Late: Harbor Pointe Series Book 5 by Jan Sikes smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/s... @sallycronin.bsky.social

Happy Release Day to Rise! 🎉 A forbidden love. A desperate vow. The darkest of magic. A world unprepared for the consequences. My new witchy #darkfantasy saga is out now! Read it FREE with Kindle Unlimited. #NewRelease #witches mybook.to/RiseNovel

Awww Mondays “Every time a duck talks to you, it says, "Quack." That's a species so advanced it has reduced the complexity of communication down to a one-word language.”― Jarod Kintz, Duck Quotes For The Ages. Specifically ages 18-81. Linking up with Sandee at Comedy Plus Awww Mondays Unless…

Monday Poetry

Remembering Queen Anne Boleyn on the anniversary of her execution on this day in 1536

Big #BookSale! Marking the anniversary of the death of #AnneBoleyn, La Petite Boulain, Bk 1 in my series on her life, is #Free today, with the next 2 bks 99c/p each for #kindle Links 👇 La Petite boulain (UK) amzn.eu/d/068AIrex La Petite Boulain (USA) a.co/d/06ylJqD7 #Tudor #Histfic #Booksky💙📚💙📚📚

My latest blogpost: charlesfrenchonwordsreadingandwriting.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/l... #books #promotion #self-promotion #publicity #writing #writingcommunity

Big #BookSale! In the glittering courts of Europe, the story of Anne Boleyn begins... Book 1 #Free for 5 days for #kindle! Books 2&3 just 99c/p each for 7 days! Links 👇 La Petite boulain (UK) amzn.eu/d/068AIrex La Petite Boulain (USA) a.co/d/06ylJqD7 #AnneBoleyn #Tudor #Histfic #Bluesky 💙📚💙📚💙📚💙📚

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up May 11th-17th - Promotion News, Music, Recipes, Humour, Sleep, Book Reviews, Book Excerpts, Blogger Weekly. smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/s... @judithbarrowauthor.bsky.social @johnhowellauthor.bsky.social @ammcdow.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 – Posts from last six months of 2025 #ScaryReads #Halloween by Andrew McDowell Many thanks again to Sally Cronin for this opportunity.

No matter how good your work is, not everyone will like it. Embrace this, accept it, and you will be a happier writer. Note that I did not say "happy writer," as there is no such thing. Happy? No. Happier? Yes.

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 - Posts from last six months of 2025 #ScaryReads #Halloween by Andrew McDowell smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/s... @ammcdow.bsky.social

I will be at @balticon.bsky.social on Memorial Day Weekend. My assigned panels and autograph session are all on Sunday the 24th. I'll also be at the @marylandwriters.bsky.social vendor table on Monday the 25h and for a few hours on Friday the 22nd. www.balticon.org

Sometimes, Still A new poem out on Idle Verse #Substack today! #poetry #poem #poetrysky #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity #bookcommunity #writingcommunity 💙📚💙📚💙 open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

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Very excited to announce I’ll be at Bound & Bottled on May 30, 2026 from 6–10 PM at Layton's Chance Vineyard & Winery ✨🍷 If you’ve ever wanted to watch the process in person, bring your books along (or grab one at the event!) and have their edges sprayed right there. Can’t wait to meet everyone!

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 - Posts from last six months of 2025 - Elizabeth Gauffreau Publication in The McNeese Review #poetry #civilrights #socialjustice #jonathandaniels #martyr smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/s... @sallycronin.bsky.social

This is no damsel in distress... The Heart of the Conqueror Story of Matilda of Flanders, wife and Queen of William the Conqueror #booksky #audiobook #Audible #medieval #booktok #BattleofHastings www.audible.co.uk/pd/197738238...

Wordless Wednesday The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. - Plutarch Wordless Wednesday is a simple blog post featuring a photo that conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. I, for one, has been known to break the rules. Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus…

#Easy Peasy Writes – 3/13/26 legendary veils slowly drift beneath the sun present are spirits rugged peaks hazy mid-day summer dreams whispered wildflowers long-sought Unless stated, all featured images are produced by myself with the assistance of AI

Spring is in the air and so is our Spring Author Showcase! This year's author showcase has some great authors attending and we invite you to join us Sunday May 31st from 1 - 4 pm at Liquidity Aleworks, 8 N Main St, Mt. Airy, MD.

In the glittering courts of Europe, the story of Anne Boleyn begins... La Petite Boulain Just 99c! #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #KU #Books #Kindle #Tudor #AnneBoleyn #WeekdayReads #BooksWorthReading #booksky 📚💙📚💙 a.co/d/0RifSLD

37 degrees when I woke up this morning. Mother Nature seriously needs to get it together. 🥶

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 - Posts from last six months of 2025 - #Creativewriting #Characterdevelopment - Adapted from, based upon, inspired by - Andrew McDowell smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/s... @sallycronin.bsky.social @ammcdow.bsky.social

Smorgasbord Blog Magazine Weekly Round Up May 4th-10th Big Band Era, Chart Toppers, Aging Cuisine Nepal, Influencers, Book Reviews, Bloggers. smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/s... @ammcdow.bsky.social @luannecastle.bsky.social @perzijski50.bsky.social @stevieturner.bsky.social

Balticon 60 Schedule Once again, I am going to be participating at Balticon over Memorial Day weekend. As luck would have it, my assigned panels, and my autograph session, will all be on the same day! Here is my schedule for Sunday, May 24: 11:30 am, Room 7029: Punctuation and Other Things Let's…

Part of an author's greatest gifts is to believe in their work, their story, and in themselves. I know it's hard, but it's needed to succeed. - Wrtr #amwriting Be Writing. #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky

Great novels have characters people care about. Create characters in writing that readers can care about. - Wrtr #AmWriting Writing. (Art/Comic By: Grant Snider ~ @grantdraws.bsky.social ) #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky

January 1536 The King is dead... but who will live long now? A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos... All the King's Bastards $2.99 or #Free #KU! #Histfic #SpeculativeFic #Tudor #booksky 📚💙📚💙 a.co/d/0XNdhDW

Out now in #audiobook! Swan Castle, Cleves, 1521 Nestled deep in a land of myth and legend, the story of Anne of Cleves begins... This Whiteness of Swans #Tudor #Histfic #AnneofCleves #Henryviii #BooksWorthReading #booksky #audiobooks 📚💙📚 www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0DZPNRJG...

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 – Posts from last six months of 2025 – #Creativewriting #Characterdevelopment – Adapted from, based upon, inspired by – Andrew McDowell Many thanks to Sally Cronin for another opportunity to share posts from my blog's archive. For anyone looking for…

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 - Posts from last six months of 2025 - #Creativewriting #Characterdevelopment - Adapted from, based upon, inspired by - Andrew McDowell smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/s...

Between Dreams and Waking A new poem out on Idle Verse #Substack #booksky #indieauthor #poetrysky open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...

A bluebell way

An unwanted daughter who became England's greatest Queen... Elizabeth #Tudor The Bastard Princess Just 99p! #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #KU #Books #Kindle #ElizabethI #booksky #indieauthor amzn.eu/d/0aVTdVWJ

As the shifting tides of fate wreak havoc on the succession, power and faith in England, Anna of Cleves must make choices which may endanger her freedom, & her life... Under the Eyes of the World $4.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited #Histfic #Tudor #booksky #indieauthor 📚💙📚💙📚 a.co/d/j2Uyouk

Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives 2026 - Posts from last six months of 2025 - #Creativewriting #Characterdevelopment - Adapted from, based upon, inspired by - Andrew McDowell smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/s... @ammcdow.bsky.social

#FreeBook! The Mind's Evil Toy 8th of September, 1560 A scandal erupts in Tudor England. Everyone wants to know how Amy Dudley died Not least of them is Amy herself... #Histfic #Tudor #ElizabethI #RobertDudley #AmyDudley #Free #FreeKindleBooks amzn.eu/d/00Z1oyoj

#Throwback from 2017. Comic Con, I believe, came to @aacpl.bsky.social, and I got these pictures with a special #droid. #Maythe4th #MaytheFourth #Maythe4thbewithyou #maythefourthbewithyou #droids #starwars #R2D2 #starwarsday

How about my #DarkFantasy #FreeBook sequel, The Van Helsing Resurgence? After ninety years, Clara falls to Earth to find a lost soul. Alone in a shattered world, she learns that while the Roaring Twenties are long gone, a heroine’s work is never done. bit.ly/2XvgFQF

A tragic love. The darkest of magic. A desperate vow that rippled through time, connecting the fates of four women and altering the world. Rise is out now in paperback. The eBook is available for #preorder and releases 5/19! #darkfantasy #witches #comingssoon mybook.to/RiseNovel

Photography – Animals: Dogs, Wild and Domestic I had another opportunity to share some pictures as part of Robbie Cheadle's photography series. I specifically shared pictures of the dogs who stole my heart, and one of whom provided creative inspiration for a canine in my fiction.

#FreeBook! 8th September, 1560 A body is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs at Cumnor Place, the body of Amy Dudley, wife of Robert Dudley Was it accident, suicide or murder? Everyone wants to know how Amy died Not least of them is Amy herself... The Mind's Evil Toy 📚💙 amzn.eu/d/00Z1oyoj