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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky

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THE LORD OF THE WOOD (Hanover Square Press 2026). THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (Mira 2025). BLM. Queer. ND. She/they. Rep: Keir Alekseii, ALA. elizmanderson.com

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · Apr 6

hey there, new folks! I'm E (she/they), author of the queer cozy fantasy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS

buy in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook wherever books are sold. the QR code links to Bookshop, as does the link in this post

additional links are threaded! #author

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Out now: E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits surrounded by text with arrows pointing at the book: tired immortal who just wants to die; grump x sunshine; ghosts. like. so many ghosts; someone actually goes to therapy? stop the presses! waistcoat enthusiast historian LI; running competition to see who has the most tragic backstory; ghost-hunting? x. ghost-therapizing? check; "I'm fine" but none of them are fine; vengeful spirit; straight people? I don't believe they exist; found family. The Keeper of Lonely Spirits cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers. Tagline at the top reads, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome." Cover and text are against a starry sky.

a post from E.M. Anderson with a one-star review for GroundskeeperWIP, aka the book that became The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, reading, "Zero (point) five stars. everyone is gay, the ghosts have no corporeal form, and the author is obsessed with death and grief. the immortal MC doesn't even look like a hot 25-year-old! I was promised a COMFORT READ but this is MISERY. also what's with all the waistcoats." below the review is a partial aesthetic for The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, with images of faded flowers, a cottage on a hill, an antique diary, yellow flowers, tombstones, a man in silhouette sitting alone, gazing out at the horizon, a sprout growing through a crack, and a mortuary statue of someone kissing the deceased's forehead. A textbox reads, "You get used to it" and "I hope I never get used to being alone." Another textbox reads, "That's what life is. You lose people you love and you love more people and you lose them too and you" [text cuts off].

"An old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day. When residents of an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopt him as their own, he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives?" To the left of the text is E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, above a QR code linking to the book at Bookshop(dot)Org in either hardcover or ebook. Text is in a translucent textbox against a background of yellow flowers in the sunset.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 11h

yeah like. having read plenty of classic novels, I..........don't know that I'll be trying this one bc whoa. although I am curious to hear your thoughts at the end, if you read further!

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 11h

alas I will be asleep at 2a.m. (or I plan to be, and if I'm not I won't be "unhinged" so much as "a cranky toddler")

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 12h

Autism $peaks raised ~$34m in 2024 and spent 1% on family services and grants to help Autistic individuals. They spend approximately 25% of their budget on lobbying and another 25% on research (primarily on genetic testing and causation, i.e. eugenics). They aren’t trying to make our lives better.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

let's goooooooooooooo

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

okay that is an excellent one lmfao

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

yeah for sure

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

I went to an internet archive just to look at the first page since I've never read anything by her either and I. woof, that was. uh.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

ooh yes

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

at the very least they're all very basic, "adverbs are fine actually" "passive voice is fine actually" "parts of speech exist for a reason goddammit stop telling people to cut an entire part of speech out of their writing" etc etc

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

I'd love to give an unhinged literary opinion but I'm convinced all mine are perfectly hinged

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

okay yes, love this

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

❤️

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

it's SO GOOD so I can't wait to share it!!

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

let's goooooooooooooo!!!

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

correct!!!

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

oooooo indeed!!

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

my best ADHD moment is still the time I freaked out bc I was afraid I had locked my car keys in the trunk with my jacket bc they'd been in my jacket pocket all day

reader, I was, at that very moment, driving

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

not unhinged, very hinged, widely accepted by your fans 😤

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 12h

on one hand I am crying in old age, on the other hand I have ADHD so I'm actually extremely deeply pleased that I no longer have to memorize a bunch of phone numbers lol (although I still have my partner's memorized)

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

but we had some other Anglicization as well that I don't know where it came from

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

which actually def fits with OP's second post in that thread of people changing names themselves specifically to avoid discrimination

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

we had a French last name but my great-great-great(I always forget how many greats)grandfather changed it to Anderson when he went from Quebec to the US bc he didn't think he'd find work with a French last name

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

my brain does not function like this, so I just. write the story, and sometimes a more N-act-structure-brained friend can plop it down into a certain structure like magic

(shoutout to @halleydroache.bsky.social for doing just that with a synopsis of THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS way back pre-pub)

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 1d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

t o m o r r o w

E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 23h

who wants a cover reveal tomorrow around noon EST??? get ready bc holy shit this is like my dream cover

#author

sage green book cover with the corner peeled back, revealing part of a tree, foliage, and possibly antlers. text on the cover reads "The Lord of the Wood, E.M. Anderson, cover reveal tomorrow."

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 17h

tomorrow's gonna be a great day for book lovers everywhere 😌

Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 18h

Ok so tomorrow y'all are getting new books by me, @jtewwrites.bsky.social, AND @beccapodos.bsky.social, PLUS a cover reveal by @elizmanderson.com!? Damn, what an amazing day to be a reader📚✨

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