Everyone! Funding ends Fri Aug 7 @ 6PM PDT. We reached our $60k goal (adding a novella)!! But our DREAM GOAL gets us original cover art and allows us to double pay contributors. We want to show more love to our authors & you can help @ kck.st/4wtYJ6X?utm_s...!

Come join us! We have a ton of fun while talking books all weekend!

Mary Robinette Kowal@maryrobinettekowal.com · yesterday

I am joining @sarahgailey.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @tangentgeoff.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social on faculty at the fourth annual Sandia Starforgers SFFH Writers Retreat + Workshop in 2027. You can save $200 with the early bird discount or apply for the scholarship. starforgers.com

Look, Star Wars optometry is important and NO ONE is talking about it. With Galactic Racer coming soon, now feels like the right time. youtu.be/J7XpeWS3TA0?... #podcast #comedy #starwars

None of us are talking about Star Wars optometry as much as we should be. #podcast #starwars

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Website updated with French Toast a la Santa Fe by Suzanne Stauffer. Prudence Bates didn't expect theft, ghosts, and attempted murder on her three-day Indian Detour in New Mexico. Check out this new #historical #Mystery and #preorder your copy today. #booksky www.apbooks.net/product-page...

French Toast a la Santa Fe | Artemesia Publishing

In 1929 New Mexico, Prudence Bates joins ten other Detourists, their Courier, and driver, on the three-day Fred Harvey Indian Detour from Las Vegas through Santa Fe, where they stay at the La Fonda In...

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An amazing group of instructors for next years Starforgers event. I'm excited to be included among them!

Marie Parks (she/her)@marieparks.bsky.social · yesterday

SO excited for this great instructor lineup. The event is already 30% sold out, so I invite you to see if it's right for you. There's also a scholarship available for an author with financial need. www.tickettailor.com/events/sandi...

I guess I need to stop calling myself nearly critically acclaimed now that Kedasi won a medal. Huge thanks to @apbooks.bsky.social for making this happen. This package was a wonderful surprise to receive today. If you want to read it: books2read.com/kedasi #Writing #BookSky #Books

Maiden Voyage by Bradley Harper is still on sale until the end of this month! Get your ebook copy for just 99 cents! Three female thieves, a priceless painting, and a Pinkerton agent aboard the Titanic. What could go wrong? #booksky #thriller #TitanicNovel #heist www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Maiden Voyage ebook by Bradley Harper - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Maiden Voyage" by Bradley Harper available from Rakuten Kobo. Three female thieves, a priceless painting, and a Pinkerton agent aboard the Titanic. What could go wrong? The year is 1...

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Watch out for emails from the "Author Credibility Society" offering "literary radio features"--it's another of the plague of AI-driven Gmail scams & it wants to charge you a fee (which a real, reputable interview show wouldn't do). Here's one author's experience karencommins.com/2026/06/anat...

Anatomy of an Author Scam - Karen Commins

Although I'm still researching and writing my non-fiction book, I received my first scam message for authors! In this article, I point out a wide range of things that reveal the message, sender, and s...

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Death is a Hungry Angel is currently 68% off at the Zon. They pay us the same royalties, so they loose money on this sale. Pick up your copy. Reader Views says, "a nuanced meditation on how grief can shape our lives." #booksky #YA #horror #grief www.amazon.com/dp/196383237X

A thread: This weekend at the Columbus Book Festival, something happened to @jeshonard.bsky.social and me for the first-ever time: several strangers said, "I loved your first book and need the next one." I'm an author with three novels at small presses. I'm unaccustomed to anyone knowing who I am,

Comments due by Monday on the attempt to politicize science/aka kill American research as we know it. Do it at the link (counter the ton of Heritage-foudnatoin-prompted comments): www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...

Great 5-Star #review for Leah Holbrook Sackett's DEATH IS A HUNGRY ANGEL from Reader Views! "a nuanced meditation on how grief can shape our lives." #booksky #YAhorror #horrornovel #horror readerviews.com/reviews/deat...

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After seeing Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm in 1979, I realized that horror was essentially the perfect genre for a coming-of-age tale. It comes ready-made with the requisite tropes: an architecture for a…

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If you are an editor, cover artist, character artist or otherwise have services* for indie authors and would like to be listed on my resources page, please let me know! 🫶 *If you use gen AI and try to sneak it into my page, rest assured I will tell EVERYONE everywhere forever.

I'll add A.E. Lowan and their Books of Binding series. www.aelowan.com

W&S_BOOKCLUB@wsbookclub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Shout out a favorite #selfpublished author! Let's build an amazing TBR! #selfpublishedauthors #booksky #bookblogger #indiebooks I'll start with 3: Dorian Hart ( @dorianhart.bsky.social), Joel Flanagan-Grannemann (@servantand.bsky.social), and Jonathan Nevair ( @jnevair.bsky.social )

Great 5-Star review for Paul Weaver and the Soul Reaver by S.C. McMurray. "Paul Weaver and the Soul Reaver is an engaging middle-grade novel that successfully blends fantasy, mystery, and realistic themes about growing up." #booksky #bookreview readerviews.com/reviews/paul...

Paul Weaver and the Soul Reaver

Sean McMurray’s Paul Weaver and the Soul Reaver tells the story of sixth-grader Paul and his dog, Samwise, as they solve the mystery of the cloaked stranger with glowing eyes speaking an…

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New Review from Midwest Book Review for Crime on the Coast by Marty Eberhart. "A deftly crafted, original, fun and fascinating read that will have a special appeal to the legions of cozy mystery fans." www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/jun_26.h...

Website updated for @mkauthor.bsky.social new book, The Redux of Sam Murdoch. Be sure to preorder your copy of this contemporary #southerngothic #suspense novel blended with #darkhumor about one man's mid-life calamity and an eerie town’s secrets. #booksky www.apbooks.net/product-page...

The Redux of Sam Murdoch | Artemesia Publishing

A mid-life calamity, an eerie town’s secrets and unexpected second chances…. While stuck in a midlife meltdown with a broken marriage, angry offspring and a crumbling career, Sam Murdoch stumbles upon...

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A wonderful review by Jodie for Flightless by @marieparks.bsky.social

W&S_BOOKCLUB@wsbookclub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'm here with a review for Flightless by Marie Parks. Heists! Cool worldbuilding! A thief you can't help but love. Come read all about it! #Booksky #bookblogger #Flightless

Speaking as someone who's literally job is giving books to kids, this person has no idea what they're fucking talking about. Adults may find it hard to believe, but kids are capable of understanding that an old book is old. It being old is likely why they're reading it. They want to read a classic.

Erik Hane@erikhane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Wrong to the point of malpractice

"Imagine if James Bond was a Dungeons and Dragons character, but filled with humor and parodying everything from spy movies, role-playing games, and video games." Enter to win Coy Kissee & @tangentgeoff.bsky.social's "Dr. Gnoll" from Shadow Dragon Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

"Beatrice Sims can hardly wait to join the Dirty Diggers at a summer camp for teen girls interested in unearthing the secrets of ancient ruins..." Enter to win a copy of Rosemary Zibart's "Beatrice and the Dirty Diggers" from Kinkajou Press / @apbooks.bsky.social #💙📚 #Booksky

Don't miss your chance to get The Music of Creation on sale this month. #booksky #ebook #scifi

Artemesia Publishing@apbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Music of Creation by Paul Knight and Chris Allen, ebook is on sale this month. In a universe where music acts as a narcotic, an inexperienced alien agent must protect a brilliant Irish composer from abduction. #booksky #scifi #ebook www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Reminder that Red Screen is on sale this month. #booksky #ebook #thriller #mystery

Artemesia Publishing@apbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Red Screen by Daniel Burke is on sale this month. Gamer Shea Britton and FBI Agent Parker Reid are hunting monsters. One in the Metaverse, one in the real. Reid suspects it’s one killer, who’s now hunting Shea for real. #booksky #ebook #thriller #mystery mybook.to/RS2

Don't forget One Night at Kedasi #ebook is on sale this month. #booksky #scifi

Artemesia Publishing@apbooks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One Night at Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay is on sale this month. Captain Zip Turbine never wanted to go to a suspiciously abandoned theme park asteroid, but freelancing is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy. #booksky #scifi #ebook www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Good. I hope they get everything.

Common Dreams@commondreams.org · 3mo ago

Big Tech has "built a billion-dollar industry on stolen voices because they thought no one would make them pay for it," said a lawyer for the journalists and audiobook narrators suing under Illinois' biometric privacy law.

I've partnered with the wonderful @greenapplebooks.bsky.social to create a SUMMER READING BUNDLE. You get three books I selected inside a nice care package. Including a sticker with a cat doodle I made! <3 Order by June 7: greenapplebooks.com/subscription/charlie-jane-anders-summer-reading-bundle

Congrats to Ashton! A well-deserved recognition for his quirky sci-fi action adventure.

Ashton Macaulay (Author)@macashton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kedasi was a finalist in the Indie Book Awards for Sci-Fi (Off Earth). While we didn't win, this still feels damned good. Thanks to @apbooks.bsky.social for getting my giant shrimp and mercenary adventure in print :) On sale for 99c: www.amazon.com/One-Night-Ke... #BookSky #WritingCommunity 🪐📚

One Night at Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay is on sale this month. Captain Zip Turbine never wanted to go to a suspiciously abandoned theme park asteroid, but freelancing is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy. #booksky #scifi #ebook www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

One Night at Kedasi ebook by Ashton Macaulay - Rakuten Kobo

Read "One Night at Kedasi" by Ashton Macaulay available from Rakuten Kobo. Being a freelancer is never easy—especially in this intergalactic economy. Captain Zip Turbine usually has a sarcastic q...

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Red Screen by Daniel Burke is on sale this month. Gamer Shea Britton and FBI Agent Parker Reid are hunting monsters. One in the Metaverse, one in the real. Reid suspects it’s one killer, who’s now hunting Shea for real. #booksky #ebook #thriller #mystery mybook.to/RS2

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The Music of Creation by Paul Knight and Chris Allen, ebook is on sale this month. In a universe where music acts as a narcotic, an inexperienced alien agent must protect a brilliant Irish composer from abduction. #booksky #scifi #ebook www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

The Music of Creation ebook by Chris Allen - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Music of Creation" by Chris Allen available from Rakuten Kobo. In a universe where music is a narcotic, an alien must protect a brilliant Irish composer from abduction. Music from Ear...

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