Best part of (increasingly scarce) Thanksgiving leftovers: dressing for breakfast.

Seeing the digital proof for the back of our @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers, really strikes home how INCREDIBLE the lineup is for our 29 authors. WOW! We hit the jackpot.

I started being regularly published when I was 25. I didn't make my first dollar writing until I was 30. I didn't sell my first novel or screenplay until I was 35. Many of you hadn't even heard of anything I'd written until I was over 40. You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.

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Waiting for my breathing meds to kick in so I can finish the last @journalstone.bsky.social book of 2024. Work faster, inhaler!

Someone should fix this.

Be sure to follow our founders, Editor-in-Chief and CEO @jendiagammon.bsky.social, Managing Editor @garethlpowell.bsky.social, and our editorial staff, @authorhelengj.bsky.social and @scarlettralgee.bsky.social!

Can I have option to click a button and mass follow-back all these fine people in the writing/publishing community?

This review made me smile. Sometimes this gig really pays off. 🤩🥹🥰 Also: I’ve got 8 more books in the pipeline so far. I hope my readers love them too! There are many stories in THE SHADOW GALAXY to transport you. #collection #books #scifi #fantasy #horror #shortfiction #poetry

It’s interesting to me how iconic this pose is for science fiction (book covers particularly). An astronaut facing away from the viewer and looking at something. Nobody did it better than Moebius.

The CIA kidnaps a terrorist…and chaos comes. Out now from Ryan Rennik and Trepidatio Publishing; cover art by Don Noble. journalstone.com/bookstore/bl...

Amazing blurb for my 2025 novel ATACAMA by danikastone.bsky.social! Preorder from your favorite bookseller. Publishing May 13 via @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social. #books #thriller #horror #scifi #2025books #preorder

Whee, all the formatting is 99% done!

I was not wrong. She also got my medical/surgical history wrong despite it being right there on the computer. Sigh. We’ll see.

My previous therapist was chronically late. I suspect the new one will be too. 😑

Sometimes I’ll just be like oh shit I haven’t checked my mail in several months

It used to be my laptop, till I discovered the Word and Excel apps for iOS. I still use my laptop for specific tasks, though.

This week: format two books for printing, do cover layout for one, edit another one (and see my therapist and take my mother to one of her doctors). I can get that all done by Friday, right? Right. Sleep is for the weak.

Gabino Iglesias reviewed Scott R. Jones’ DRILL for Locus. Have you read it yet?

My latest speculative short fiction roundup features stories from @nightmare-magazine.com @thedeadlands.com @reactorsff.bsky.social @khoreo.bsky.social @augursociety.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social @bourbonpenn.bsky.social @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social and more!

Sums up the current state of the US politics

social media THE DEADLANDS sharing:

Just remembered I have another account at @journalstone.bsky.social and I should get back to that 😂