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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2

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Bi demigirl (she/they). Neurodivergent. Spoonie. SFF author of both YA and Adult. 13 COUNTY ROAD 666 (Trailer Park Cryptids) out now from Falstaff Press. SUMMON THE CARETAKER (Forgotten Manor) soon to come on Royal Road. https://linktr.ee/clmccollum

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 29d

Happy #BiVisibilityMonth to me and Mel, my disaster bi property manager of the supernatural trailer park in 13 COUNTY ROAD 666!

Please don't stare as we hate to be perceived. Please DO pick up a copy this month from @falstaffbooks.bsky.social!

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#booksky

13 County Road 666

This Falstaff Book includes the ebook at no additional cost! Buy the print book, get the ebook free, and you own your ebooks when you buy direct! It’s the full moon again, and that means Melanie Smit...

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12h

Oh hey I have some networking for you! @unfetteredmuse.bsky.social do you have any leads for Ang? She’s a FANTASTIC artist and one of my cover artist bucket list folks lol

Angela R. Sasser, Fantasy Artist, Geek, Gamer, Comics Fan @angelasasserart.bsky.social · 12h

I’m still open to commercial work & am particularly interested in ccg, card decks, & ttrpgs rn. I’m esp passionate about myth, folklore, gothic horror, & Fantasy.

Dream clients would be Magic the Gathering, D&D, World of Darkness, & Exalted.
#portfolioday #illustrator

Angela R. Sasser, Fantasy Artist, Geek, Gamer, Comics Fan @angelasasserart.bsky.social · Apr 8

#PortfolioDay I'm Angela, an #Illustrator from ATL, Georgia specializing in elegant dark art. Currently seeking cover, TTRPG, Tarot, CCG/TCG, & Horror clients.

Commercial inquiries only. See my abbreviated portfolio here:
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Network with me here:
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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 6d

27. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik "academia-mania"
28. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher "opening line includes an animal"
29. The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik "a bargain poorly made"
30. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik "someone's morally gray..." @beatthebacklist.com #booksky

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 6d

September Update: Welp I realized I screwed up and included a reread (which I don't want to use for @beatthebacklist.com) & a new release in the previous months. SO I removed both (lolsob) & reset my numbers this month to show that. Oof. But progress was made I swear!

A bingo card for the Beat The Backlist reading challenge updated including my books read in September. 30 prompts are currently filled in with book covers.

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12d

Oh and it’s queer if that helps lol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12d

Ooo I would be interested! I have a Jane Eyre by way of swamp thing story I’ve been trying to find a home for!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12d

I was so tempted to roll down the window and tell him the loser wasn’t worth it, but they had started throwing things at each other as well as throwing hands and I did NOT want to risk my windshield lolsob

Anyway! I am once again glad I married a good man instead of a loser boy.

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12d

I swear I have some of the most bizarre commutes these days. For once traffic was great, but after I stopped at a gas station, I got stuck in the parking lot bc of the full on brawl blocking the exit. Two chicks were fighting over this scrawny skuzzy dude who was just LOVING it and egging them on.1/

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 14d

Welp I just passed someone using their cyber truck to advertise their FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY.

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a cartoon of anna and kristoff from frozen says i 'm gonna tell em

ALT: a cartoon of anna and kristoff from frozen says i 'm gonna tell em

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 15d

Some FAQs that have come up in 2025 for the new #DVpit on Bluesky!
We Discourage the use of Agent Guides, Pitches or Excerpts as attached graphics to pitches.
It bogs down the feed & doesn't allow agents to get through as many pitches. We'd like to allow everyone a fair shot at making an impression

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 15d

For BCS, very much this. We're seeing a lot more gen AI and especially part AI/part human 'hybrid' subs this summer, we've gotten better at spotting them, and we're noting who has sent them.

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 15d

I just want to add: the chances of an editor not noticing, much less thinking the story is good enough to publish, are incredibly slim, while the consequences for submitting AI to publishers who don’t want it are likely severe and lasting. You might as well try writing the story yourself.

Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 16d

Let’s say you “write” a story with AI, and you don’t disclose that to an editor, who somehow doesn’t realize and publishes the story, which no reader ever calls out as AI—what of any worth, exactly, have you accomplished?

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 16d

I had worked VERY HARD to avoid knowing anything about the labubu thing. So, of course, the husbeast got our toddler daughter one of the cursed things. And she LOVES it. Send help.

Ick ick ick. And I thought furbees were disturbing.

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah watching that video she so DESPERATELY wants snuggles. Maybe placate by saying ‘you’ll keep her just while you put up posters?’ And then see if she convinces him? Lol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 18d

I’m not cheating on my owned #tbr; I’m doing ‘market research’ and supporting a small town #library. Yeah. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it 😉 #amreading #booksky #bookstacks #libraryhaul #librarybooks

A stack of library books including FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS, A DANCE OF LIES, and DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 19d

It's day two of the "just got to hold on until the book check hits" sale! (A very publishing vibes sale indeed. LOL)

We have 25% off everything in the shop as long as supplies last (I already emergency reprinted the clicky dumpsters!)

Visit http://thebrokencirc...

25% everything in the shop! The image has a few of the purple products: a castle & dragon, a hex fidget, and a flexi cube.

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20d

No YOU just spent your lunch break wishlisting every book on your physical #tbr that has an #audiobook available on @libro.fm to make it easier to see at a glance which of the books you need copies of are available under the current sale prices.

... I may have an audiobook problem lolsob #booksky

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20d

Especially as the creepy litRPG thing has a much different feel to the Trailer Park Cryptids sequel.

Now to just hope the new fonts I pick don’t trigger a migraine before I get used to them lolsob 3/3

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve switched fonts to edit for YEARS as it helps me get some distance between me and the story between drafts, but it just never occurred to me to START the process that way to help keep the vibes of each book clear in my head. Worth a try! 2/

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20d

Was reading Susan Dennard’s newsletter this morning about tricks for jumping between projects easily (since I am forever working on like 3 at a time), and I realized I use one of the tricks to EDIT but never thought to use it during the drafting phase: using different fonts for each project! 1/

C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 21d

Right??? It WENT there and was such a fabulous payoff to the first book and even first line of the first book. I basically read all of THE GOLDEN ENCLAVES like this: 🤯🤯🤯 lol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 29d

13 County Road 666

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 21d

Well, I’ve officially added a new book (or well trilogy) to my top 10 fave books of all time. The Scholomance series really is just THAT good. Naomi Novik stuck the landing better than I think any other trilogy I’ve ever read - or at least in a long LONG time. *swoons in writer admiration* #booksky

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Trailer Park Cryptids Book 2 @clmccollum.bsky.social · 22d

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Angela R. Sasser | Fine Artist, Goddess Art, and Watercolors @angelicshades.bsky.social · Sep 8

Lady of September's collection 🧵 arrives!
A Lady of Duality who grants us reflection on our dark & light selves. She holds a lens for us to judge our worst & best traits so we can emerge renewed.
- Prints -> angelicshades.etsy.com
- Original Available! (DM me)

#artnouveau #goddessart #fineart #art

A watercolor painting of a goddess with celestial moon and sun themes with a blue and gold color palette. She represents the sapphire birthstone with the morning glory birth flower for September. The painting takes great influence from Mucha’s Art Nouveau style. This painting is 10x20 inches, watercolor and ink with 22k gold accents.

The Lady of September painting created in the Art Nouveau style framed in muted gold and framed on a minimal white stucco wall. The painting hangs above a desk with a gold plate and plants on the top.

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