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!

We made it 2 weeks (including a con!) before kiddo got sick. Not bad, not bad.

The wrapper 'round my mind wrinkles Folding up my thoughts Like some kind of spacetime origami Pulling out my past So I can change the future #vss365 #poetry #wrapper

I made bookmarks. (they need to be flatten, waxed, etc still) Details: watercolour, using only burnt sienna + ultramarine. micron pen 0.3 and 0.5, Arches paper.

Welcome to the spirit infused world of Being Magic. Can our Elana defeat hatred to save the secret of reinacarnation? 🌟 Reincarnation romance 🌟 Magical realism 🌟 Found family 🌟 Love triumphs over bigotry 🌟 Spiritual fantasy 🌟 A sentient house books2read.com/beingmagic #booksky #fantasynovels

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Omgoodness. The proof copy for my Kickstarter edition of A Hunt Bound in Blood came in today, and it is GORGEOUS!! Only 1 1/2 proofreading passes to go, then digital copies go out to backers and physical copies can be ordered 😍😍 It will release to retailers early November!!

It's the last day to check out these promos! books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostlgbtqk... books.bookfunnel.com/lgbtqa_roman...

Christie Pits in Toronto is a symbol of the fight against fascism. This is where people stopped the Nazis in 1933. The haters are trying to come to the park again. On Sept 13 let's flood the park with people for a non-violent day of resistance to the race haters. Our streets. Our parks. Our cities.

Been messing about with Tik Tok. It's fun and confusing www.tiktok.com/@reddiesculp...

Finally drew something again 🥰 #art #artsky #oc

If's official! Pre-ordering direct is the way to go! For fans of: ♥️ Vampires & demons 🖤 Opposites attract (librarian x adventurer) ♥️ Banter 🖤 Nicknames ♥️ Treasure hunts payhip.com/b/3oDuN #booksky

Yay! Amazon finally has Trouble Wore Red listed as an ebook, paperback, and Audiobook. www.amazon.ca/Trouble-Wore...

Happy release day @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social ! I got an early copy of A Dream Shrouded in Fury from Krista's kickstarter and her jump into romantasy is absolutely PERFECT. This is a must add to TBR friends. My review is up, but more importantly, here's her link to the book: payhip.com/b/MqijH

Fantabulous read! HAPPY RELEASE DAY KRISTA!🧝❤️🧝❤️🧝 www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social

End of hour 3 on my hand sculpt. Pretty close now, just need more deets #art #hand #sculpture #zbrush

LOVED IT! 😍 ARC read, release date 28th of August A DREAM SHROUDED IN FURY by KRISTA WALSH @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

My Kickstarter is finally live! You should look at the KS page for all the specific info and prices but here’s a quick overview in the slides. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob...

Outside is too hot and muggy Inside is too cold My joints are SO grumpy Counting down the hours to the end of this heat wave!

I've been working behind the scenes to organize an audiobook for Rescuing Krampus, and I finally have news to share! I'll be running a Kickstarter to fund it, with Charlie L Wood and Patrick Brawn as my narrators! Subscribe to the pre-launch page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob... COMING SOON!

If you follow authors on social media, you know how much work we put into our books Hours of dedicated focus, tears, frustration — but we do it because we love it So here's to the authors still authoring through blood, sweat, and tears. 30 authors, 99c! sophiedavisbookstore.com/pages/ai-una...

Hey what??? It's my birthday!!!!! To celebrate, I'm eating my wait in cake aaaannnnd.... Here's 20% off all website orders! Https://PayHip.com/kristawalshauthor #booksky

I'm looking for ARC readers who love vampires 🩸, fae ☀️, spice 🌶️, forbidden romance ❤️. Any takers? #booksky

Here's a #booksky #disabilitypride 🤝 #queerpride Itch book bundle from @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social : itch.io/b/3134/sword...

OPEN CALL SUBMISSIONS FOR: SHE WAS MONSTRESS VOLUME TWO - An Anthology of Monster Women Deadline: October 31st The full list of guidelines and info: www.authorrobinjomargaret.com/anthology-su...

It irks me that Aurora is always marketed in pink. Like Merriweather, I prefer the blue!

Descartes gave us all the tools we need to survive in an era of misinformation. Simply begin with the understanding that you are real but everything else is fairly likely to be the cruel games of a demon sent to torment you specifically.

Thank you so much to all the lovely people who came to hang out in stream with me. I was feeling a little stressed and grumpy, but you all cleared that right up! Big thankies to the lovely @arafen.bsky.social for the raid <3. We sent the love over to @kristawalshauthor.bsky.social

Heads up! Just in time for Canada Day, my Canadian contemporary fantasy Fortune's Shadow will be FREE on Smashwords starting July 1! Please share, and happy reading! www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... If you'd rather buy, you can find all the links here: books2read.com/fortunesshad... #BookSky

BlueSky Fantasy Authors: hit me up. I'm looking for my next few reads. Whatcha got? #booksky #fantasy ❤️🧙‍♂️⚔️

Although Witch Contained came nowhere close to my record preorder numbers, it has had one of my best launches to date! Thank you to everyone who's giving Alyssa a chance this week!