AHHHHH BACK AS A NUMBER ONE NEW RELEASE!!! Thank you so much everyone who's reading! 😭🫶

Can't believe I'm just 7 orders away from hitting my goal for the month for this book's relaunch. Thank you SO MUCH everyone who's ordered a copy or downloaded through KU. WE'RE SO CLOSE I'M CRYING

I just got my proof copies of a book I traditionally published years ago but got the rights back, revised it, got a new cover, republished it myself, and HERE IT IS! MY BOOK BABY IS BACK IN MY HANDS (literally) AND SHE’S STUNNING. 😭

BUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PICK BEST FRIEND DOGGO OR BEST FRIEND HUMAN

For YEARS I was crushed my book was out of print, never got a paperback, and never got ebook discounts. My story was a hostage. Then Taylor Swift got her masters back and inspired me to fight for my book rights. AND I GOT THEM. AND RELAUNCHED IT. NOW IT’S FULLY MINE (AND YOURS) 😭😭😭

Watching this "is the Mitch McConnell photo AI or not" debacle go down the same day I’m publishing my thriller novel that's literally a hate letter to deepfake tech lmaoooooooo

I fought for years to get the rights back to my book baby and I just launched it as a new edition AND IT’S ALREADY A NUMBER ONE NEW RELEASE OH MY GOD????????AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I feel the very sudden urge to confess that whenever I need to type an e with an apostrophe over it, I google "touche" then copy/paste the é from the results and change the font's formatting to be consistent with the rest of my document 🙈

HEY SO THIS HAPPENED AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *flails*

Just bought my ISBNs on Bowker. THIS OFFICIALLY MAKES IT FEEL ALL OFFICIAL 😭 I'm self-publishing two books this year: a republished YA thriller and a brand new adult thriller. I'M DOING THE THING!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!!

✨COVER REVEAL✨ AHHHH HERE IT IS! The cover of my steamy snowbound thriller you’ll be OBSESSED with if you’re a Freida McFadden fan who wants 🌶️🌶️ with your twists!

40,000 WORDS OF THIS NEW BOOK I'M WRITING NOW EXIST 🎉

For anyone who was following my journey on how I recruited a team of 30 beta readers for my first self-published book, I just posted a review of StoryOrigin's Beta Copies tool, which helped me managed such a big team & wrap my head around all that feedback! 👇 substack.dianaurban.com/p/storyorigi...

A review of StoryOrigin's Beta Copies with 30 beta readers

I used StoryOrigin to run a 30-person beta team for my self-pub debut. Here’s everything I loved… and what I’d love to see improved.

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FINISHED COPYEDITS FOR MY NEXT BOOK (YOU'RE OVERTHINKING THIS, LAUNCHING 11/19) AND WE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE FINAL-FINAL-FINAL-FINAL-FINAL.DOCX VERSION AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

THE FIRST 30,000 WORDS OF THIS NEW BOOK I'M WRITING NOW EXIST! 🎉

I can’t possibly be the only millennial who will be minding their own business and then randomly be like PEANUT BUTTER JELLY PEANUT BUTTER JELLY PEANUT BUTTER JELLY PEANUT BUTTER JELLY DO THE PEANUT BUTTER JELLY, PEANUT BUTTER JELLY, PEANUT BUTTER JELLY WITH A BASEBALL BAT

THE FIRST 20,000 WORDS OF THIS NEW BOOK I'M WRITING NOW EXIST! 🎉

Forgot to post writing updates the past couple of days but THE WORDS CONTINUE TO WORD!

HAPPY 1ST ANNIVERSARY!!! To celebrate the occasion, the team put together this piece of artwork that we hope you'll enjoy! ❤️🌹

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Diana Urban@dianaurban.bsky.social · 4mo ago

HEY FELLOW MASS EFFECT NERDS if you want to read a space opera book like Mass Effect that will make you sob ugly tears at the end THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BOOK TO GIVE YOU THAT FEELING I’M NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY JOKING READ IT NOW

HEY FELLOW MASS EFFECT NERDS if you want to read a space opera book like Mass Effect that will make you sob ugly tears at the end THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BOOK TO GIVE YOU THAT FEELING I’M NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY JOKING READ IT NOW

2K WRITING DAY HEYYOOOOOOOOOOOO

THE PHOTONIC EFFECT releases tomorrow! To tempt you into preordering, let's deep dive into the initial pitch of "Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect" and how its influences all shake out on the characters and world. THREAD (And the all-important preorder links!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ph...

The Photonic Effect

“What space opera is meant to be. A brilliantly complex novel about love, loss, and war.” —K.B. Wagers A starship captain and her crew face conspi...

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Me: *playing Starfield, mining resources in a cave, chilling* No one: No one: Sam Coe: “Do you like caves? I like caves. Honestly, I might love caves. Is that weird?” THE WAY I JUST SPIT A GRAPE I WAS JUST SNACKING ON 🤣🤣🤣

Almost forgot to post my accountability screenshot today BUT THESE 1,373 NEW WORDS EXIST

THE FIRST 10,000 WORDS OF THIS NEW BOOK I'M WRITING NOW EXIST 🎉

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER THOUSAND WORDS