Selah Janel

@selahjanel.bsky.social

Writer of horror, fantasy, lore, and strange worlds. Maker of weird costumes, crafts, and creations. Resident Overlady of Selahville. www.selahjanel.com

I’ll be reading from my story, Invasive, along with a lot of talented authors in the Darkness Most Fowl anthology tomorrow. Also: I have a new story out in the Darkness Most Fowl anthology!

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Watching a vid on someone’s 90s vintage thrifted Halloween haul and it’s like watching an anthropologist or archaeologist theorize on my teen years and why we did things as if I’m some mysterious, near-extinct creature not seen in the wild for generations.

Of all my talents, thinking up titles to sort story collections is not one of them. And now I have to come up with two. Blargh, I stayed up til 3 editing and now I have to use my brain more?! Not cool.

If you care about someone vulnerable, repost this. If you want better things for people you've never met, smash the like button. Some of us (me) are desperately trying to see something.

I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of obscure 80s sitcoms of my youth and The Charmings is on YouTube. Send help. This show was such a great idea that just never fully clicked in some ways. Lillian and the magic mirror are still fun, though.

Today’s NaNoWriMo word count: 2,843. I kind of know where I’m going with things, but I’ll have to flesh out stuff in a later draft. I have to keep reminding myself that’s normal or something.

Scammers often forge Big 5 publisher docs as part of their effort to get writers to part with $$. Here's how scammer Impact Press Media (dba multiple other names) tried to get one writer to pay $4000. (Name on the invoice is the real name of sales rep posing as agent "Alex Weiss") #WriterBeware

Fake "Book Acquisition Letter" from Penguin Random House, offering a GUARANTEED contract deal w/ $200,000 advance...but writer much submit "Query Letter, Book Video Trailer, and Author's Based Website" in order to qualify. Note at bottom: "Impact Media Press is our partner. They will help you execute these requirements. Please call Alex Weiss...for the pricing to start this project ASAP."Invoice from Jess Bryan Sotomayor Sayson--the real name of the sales rep posing as agent "Alex Weiss"--for "Book Acquisition Requirements": $4,000.