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I was cleaning up my old hard drive today, and I wish I could remember where I was going with this story start... #authorlife #lostthreads #booksky “There’s a surprise for you in the garage.”

The wood has a welcome mat now. 🌲 Our Book Club Welcome Kit is officially open for sign-ups — starting with clubs reading Lethal Red Riding Hood. Bookmarks, character cards, a discussion guide, a playlist, a recipe pairing guide, and more, all bundled up for meeting night. 🧵 #BookSky 📚 #BookClub

Book Club Welcome Kits are open for sign-ups! If your club is reading Lethal Red Riding Hood, there's a kit waiting for you — recipe guide, playlist, discussion questions, in-world extras, and an option to request an author visit. More books' kits coming soon. lostinthewoodpress.com/book-club-ki...

Didn't really have a lot invested in the #Oscars this year, so happily surprised my picks for animated feature and live action short won.

Watched an odd movie today - Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose - and I really enjoyed it. It would make a nice double-feature night with Fairy Tale: A True Story. #movietime #paranormal

Oldest child commenting on the new skins for the Marvel Rivals game: ""All I wanted to do was play a racoon who fights a god, and now the Invisible Woman isn't wearing pants." #kidwisdom #marvelcomics

The doctor, trying to reassure me the sinus infection hadn't moved to my chest: "Luckily, it's all in your head." #healthupdate #unintentionalfunny

Replaced the downspout with a rain chain this summer. First winter storm created awesomeness. #snowday

A little late with the share.

Leonard Wilson@giacomoart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Winter solstice is upon us, and if you're in search of a hauntingly good solstice story or two to get you through the long nights, @amwilsonwriter.bsky.social and I have you covered. Still free on Kindle Unlimited, but leaving soon to go wide. #BookSky #fantasy #horror #author

The family puts together a jigsaw puzzle over Christmas break. We start Christmas evening and try to finish by the end of New Year day. This went well. #jigsawpuzzle #ChristmasTraditions

I put this box on the coffee table to sort the contents, went to refill my drink, and came back to this. Good thing we spent silk that money on cat stuff. #catphoto

Sam and Frodo say "Hello!" #puppers

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 13 The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R Donaldson

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 12 Chip of the Flying U by B. M. Bower

Have you tried the Otter key, Steve?

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 11 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 10 Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 9 Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 8 Dragonriders of Pern by AnneMcCaffrey

Our youngest kitty, Oreo. #catphoto

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 7 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham

I think I know a few people who would like this.

Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW@danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

I cannot believe I finally get to announce this. An unhinged dream, so many years and monologues in the making. I'm elate to announce my debut novel VILE LADY VILLAINS, a horromantasy about Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth, will be published with Penguin Michael Joseph in 2026.

At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms AI can only go so far. We want human connection.

Buying a book and actually reading it are two very different hobbies.

Good news for book lovers. www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/b...

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business

The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

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Buying up an author's words for a flat fee to train A.I. on them is predatory. #AI #writing #publishing #justice

HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.

On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…

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Still confused about why people use "WriterSky" and not "SkyWriters" and skeet instead of bleat or fleet. Oh well. No one ever said people made sense.

For the millions of newbies: BlueSky does not have an algorithm. Like means: "I like it." Reskeet/repost/whatever: "I like it and I want others to see it." Likes do not help visibility, only a reskeet does that, sharing to your followers, who can make their own choices. You are the algorithm.