My lil baby YA! First book I ever had published… I have a new one out September 25th, adult this time, with @journalstone.bsky.social. My novella AN ECHO OF BONES is about a trio of ghost hunters in a future version of Brazil, and the hunt that went gloriously wrong…

Fantasy-Faction@fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @jspinkmills.bsky.social's YA urban fantasy, Heart Blade! - JI 🐉 "This is a really engaging story that had me hooked right from the start. I read it in two evenings and could hardly put it down." fantasy-faction.com/2025/heart-b... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #YAbooks

Sometimes you just have to sit for a while and sip tea and watch your dog sleep… (And then post about it because your body may be still but your brain never stops :/ )

Me, in my sweater vest, sharing cheese with my dog: cheese! My daughter: you’re giving Wallace and Gromit vibes right now Me: Me: I’ll take it

Some mornings require many cups of tea and much toast :/

Using shot glasses for condiments is fine until you turn around and see your 21yo kid downing their leftover soy sauce like, no, child, why?

Just saw a bumper sticker that says ‘my other ride is a deteriorating body of flesh and bone’ and. Same, friend. Same.

Reading online about glacial erratics (glacially deposited rocks) and my brain keeps calling them galactic erratic instead. I'm embracing my inner galactic erratic! Also, I might need 'galactic erratic' on a t-shirt.

Me, on my way to my library shift in my sweater vest and glasses, blasting out SexyBack on the radio

On the SFFChronicles forum today, a discussion of repeat motifs we use in writing. Mine: 1. Brazil-inspired elements 2. Insecure main characters 3. MCs who are technically supporting characters 4. Found family 5. A symbolic prop 6. Something in nature wants to eat you

I accidentally sent my finch to a spooky house for the day. Not sure how? But I’m here for it. Happy October!

It's BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH. (Every October) Here's my annual tapping of the sign. zzclaybourne.com/write-on-rig...

We Boldly Go — ZZ Claybourne

When people ask why the fantastic fascinates me more than the general “literary” pursuits, I answer simply: I learn more about the world through my imagination than anything else. As a child, I learne...

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Today’s new low: holding my arm under the hot water tap so I can scratch the poison ivy rash without actually scratching it :/

I would 100% read this!

Gabino Iglesias@gabino.bsky.social · last yr.

Dear publishers: Hello! Wanted to say I’m a little tired of dark academia novels set in Ivy League schools and would love to edit an anthology of dark academia set in universities across the world, in local community colleges, and online. I have a PhD and everything! Let’s talk.

On my way! #stokercon

That human insistence of anthropomorphizing everything; I just bumped the can of WD-40 on the doorframe and whispered “sorry, babe”!

The Kickstarter for Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromanctic Comic Book Anthology went live twenty minutes ago and we're already over $2000! Please jump in and help us tell the kinds of stories other comics miss! #LGBTQIA+ #Comics #queersky #booksky #lgbtqbooks www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Aces and Aros: An Asexual and Aromantic Comic Book Anthology

A 100-page graphic novel anthology about Asexual and Aromantic experiences across a wide range of genres.

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Last Halloween, my neighbors put out a knee-high statue of a squatting haunted demon ghoul child. It’s been sitting outside their door since then. Last week, it moved. First to their mailbox, then to their garbage cans, now it’s on the ground by their garage.

Been having trouble switching from one (completed) long-form project to another (brand-new), so am taking a short story break as a sort of 'palate cleanser'. Any other writers do this too?

Just spotted in the hotel lobby: a pint-sized child in a princess dress carrying a large orange life jacket. Prepared for all eventualities!

Overheard in the library, parent to child: We can only get two more books because we already have 12 at home Me, having just checked out more books to add to my pile at home: The pain is real……….

Overheard at the ice hockey game: “I can’t think right now; I am filled with grease and no common sense.” Same, kid. Same.

Great list! I haven’t watched all of these but yes yes to the ones I have. Also, Sunny! I miss Into The Badlands………….

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧@charliejane.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just reupping this for reasons: I wrote a list of 12 good male role models in science fiction, fantasy and comics buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Also re Pinterest I kept seeing all this awesome long-haired Obi-Wan Kenobi fanart and like, was super there for an AU long-haired Obi-Wan. Except it turned out I was clicking on Hozier art instead 😭

“Yes ma’amsir, I’m quite peachy. Just looking to torment my characters!”

Juliana Spink Mills@jspinkmills.bsky.social · 2y ago

When you’re looking up inspiration pics for your wip on Pinterest and the app keeps asking if you’re okay…

When you’re looking up inspiration pics for your wip on Pinterest and the app keeps asking if you’re okay…

Hello Lunchtime Crowd - yes I am here to help you reduce that TBR pile

Runalong Womble@runalongwomble.bsky.social · 2y ago

Challenge time! You’ve got too many unread books? Let me help you! It’s time for the 2025 BookTempter’s TBR Challenge - are you ready? www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...

Anyone in need of a villainous book to round out the year? Anyone? *insert evil cackle* jspinkmills.com/2024/12/29/t...

The Villain Playlist

Villains both great and terrible are the backbone of fiction. From the lowly school bully to the power-hungry sorcerer with an army at their back, there they are, spanning pages and plots, spinning…

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Don't forget: it's almost time to stop writing 2024 on forms and instead drawing a picture of a skull with blood pouring from its eye sockets

You click on one snake reel and suddenly your FB feed thinks you need ALL THE SNAKES. Thank you, FB, but I do not, in fact, need all the snakes.

I love this note in my local thrift store’s used book section!