Omgoodness. I have the A Relic Cloaked in Thorns cover, and it is GORGEOUS! Want to help me share it next week? Just fill in this form and I'll send you the information ASAP. You'll also get early access to my ARC team form when it opens this summer! forms.gle/aaes7Gx5mFdB... #booksky

Authors who are making Patreon work for them: what are you offering?

Norovirus has landed chez nous. Nooooooooo

Even quislings have their fave songs. I'd boycott this one. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

After a bit of looking around, this seems to be a good place to support the folks of MN. Lots of great organizations and causes here doing their best to support people. I dont have a lot to give right now, but small donations and word of mouth adds up. 🔗 www.standwithminnesota.com

Reason infinity my hubs is amazing. He accepts my anxiety, so before he causes any big noise (prat falls with our kid, tossing the laundry hamper down the stairs), he always shouts "this is me!" Or "I'm okay" And that is love.

Not to brag, but I'm getting pretty good at 5-strand braids

So I'm reading this book. Enemies to lovers. Cool. Love that trope! But he keeps betraying her, and she just keeps accepting it, and I am about to throw my phone. GET MAD! MAKE HIM GROVEL!

I painted this illustration for author Lindsey Hart 's upcoming book " The Thorns We Inherit" and let me tell you, I enjoyed my time on this painting 🥺

A status update for the second Rogues of Golthwaine book! You can follow the Kickstarter at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kri... #booksky #romantasy

Half an hour on the phone with the CRA. Been transferred twice, been on hold for half of that. But no, please, let's let go of *more* federal staff

Pretty sure the math is right here. Rounding for Home is available now, but the new cover will be available for Kickstarter backers first, along with early copies of Triple Play. Follow the campaign to be notified when it goes live. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fal... #booksky #kickstarter 🌈 📚

Oh, wow!! Thank you for the nomination for the BSFA awards longlist!! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

The work on the A Relic Cloaked in Thorns cover is supposed to begin next week, and I cannot wait to see what JV Art comes up with!!

#booksky What kind of characters do you like?

Company: We have to raise our prices because the new AI features are expensive for us to maintain 🤷‍♂ Me: I never asked for those features 🤔 C: We gave them to you anyway 🤷‍♂ M: I'm not going to use them 🤨 C: Money, please 💸

I'm currently reading books 10 and 11 of 2026: A Little Bite by @laurettahignett.bsky.social Book Lovers by Emily Henry #booksky

This week has been a week. Kept kiddo home today because there were signs she has a cold. Now those signs are gone, she's full of wild energy and caught her finger in a door. I think we can safely say this week is shot.

So much snow today. So much shovelling. Now I get to look forward to even MORE shovelling early tomorrow morning

As a very introverted, low-energy person, I should not be surprised that I birthed an extraverted, hyperactive child. And yet.

Snow day today! That's every single day my schedule's been off. Ask me how I'm doing 😬

Currently reading KF Breene's Diamond Dust. Daisy's bloodthirst makes me so happy.

The fact that all these American talk show hosts are perpetuating this idea that Heated Rivalry is an HBO show is infuriating. Is no one on your staff doing research? Do better. Kudos to François Arnaud for calling that BS out on CBS.

Intelligence is knowing cupcakes and muffins are essentially the same thing. Wisdom is not serving an oat-bran cupcake at a party.

Right. Hashtags on Bluesky. I keep forgetting!

Two days into the week, and I've not really started on my writing/editing goals, BUT I did get a bunch of marketing done, so I'll take the win. I've got some projects in the works I'm really exciting about, including another Kickstarter campaign, and I'm antsy to sink my teeth in and get to work.

They both independently swear it from the start: they will never be at risk of falling for the other because there's way too much against them. To even suggest otherwise is offensive. books.kristawalshauthor.com/ahuntboundin...

Canada Romantasy Readers! I received a copy of my Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover edition with minor spine damage that's too bad to sell but not too bad to go to a good home. If you want a chance for that home to be yours, be sure to add your name! kingsumo.com/g/1dkdzj3/a-... #booksky

Okay: Important questions for BlueSky: 1) Are we Heated Rivalry fans over here? 2) What is everyone reading? 3) Can someone please remind me how to gain visibility here because I know it's not algo-based like Threads

It took me 7 tries to finally click with Twitter back in 2009. Maybe this will be the lucky try that lets me connect with bluesky? 🤞🤞🤞

the new year

For new authors, this is a great breakdown of the different types of editors & readers* — thanks @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social! www.kristawalshauthor.com/blog/find-yo... (*and not sure why I'm reading this without a manuscript yet 🤷🏽 )

My favourite series of the year, by @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social. Each character felt real, uniquely responding to the relentless trials & trauma of magic turned against them. The world felt real, too: set in modern-day #Ottawa, complete with federal government bureaucracy. Recommended!

It's Monday! How are we feelings about that?

When the Television Decides to Murder Your Girlfriend... "The best Gruescript game that wasn't made by the creator of the engine?!" #interactivefiction #gruescript

Imagine the driver's seat in your car needs to be fixed, and you're waiting for the dealer to get a new one. It's going to be months. Now imagine you have to stay in bed 24/7 until the new seat arrives. This is life for many #wheelchair users in BC. ✅ READ: b.link/wheelchair

So a reader left a review on A Hunt Bound in Blood, and I asked her for permission to pull quotations from it. The problem is, every single sentence made me weepy and humbled and awed. Every. Single. Sentence.

Looking forward to this #romance #bookish #romancebooks #ottlife #ottawalife

!!!! Kickstarter backers who chose a swag tier: ALL SWAG PACKS HAVE BEEN MAILED!!! Delivery dates will vary depending on where you are, but they are out! (As are all hardcover editions. Paperbacks will be fulfilled early next week)

We have our first snow storm in the forecast for tomorrow. My plans: nothing. I will hide and I will read.

🎈 HAPPY RELEASE DAY KRISTA! 🎈 STUNNING READ 😍 @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

If any Ottawa folk are looking for something to do in Orleans today, The Orleans Comic Book and Novelty Show is happening from 10-4! I'll be there selling books!

Years past, I didn't mind putting the clocks back. It was my reward for having the put the clocks forward in spring. Now? With a young child? I lament.

Happy release Krista! I can't believe it's already official release of this kickstarter! I was so excited when I backed this book in February, so to finally have it is WILD. Check out @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social on how to grab it directly from her store and Kobo, plus Kindle Unlimited!

⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡⭐⚡ HAPPY RELEASE DAY KRISTA! @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social What a fantabulous read! WITCH REMADE by KRISTA WALSH www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

So, Kickstarter backers... Have you checked your inbox yet?

ARC signups are open!!! ARCs go out October 3 (Kickstarter backers: be sure to keep an eye on your inbox this week!) forms.gle/2FNcZNcwScEn...

I just realized we're 2 weeks from the time ARCs go out for A Hunt Bound in Blood and I have not reopened my ARC team for it. ♥️ Opposites attract (uptight librarian x rogue) 🖤 Treasure hunts (with puzzles and traps) ♥️ Spice 🖤 Forced proximity ♥️ Demons and vampires forms.gle/oLYedHr4wG2p...

The incredible Searland Art (IG) has worked her magic on my two romantasy couples, and I'm so excited to share them with you! The Rogues of Golthwaine is a series of interconnected standalones featuring opposites attract, 🌶️, and all sorts of other yummy goodness #booksky

Hey, Kickstarter backers, are you ready for a book to be sent out to you next week? I am so excited that A Hunt Bound in Blood is close to the finish mark! I really need to start promo, but until then what I'll say is: 20+ readthroughs of this 145,000 word novel, and these two still make me swoon!