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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.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · Oct 15
new pinned post! hellooooooo I'm E (she/they) the #author of THE LORD OF THE WOOD (@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social,
2026) and THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (MIRA Books, 2025), as well as various short stories

check out my links below!
E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood and The Keeper of Lonely Spirits against a starry night background, above a link: ElizMAnderson(dot)Com(slash)Links. The Lord of the Wood's cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..." The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's 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. the title "The Keeper of Lonely Spirits" is centered in all-caps sans-serif yellow text, with "E.M." Anderson in smaller white text at the bottom. Tagline in still smaller text at the top reads, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome." "When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners. "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.
elizmanderson.com
getting a winter storm alert on my phone and going yesssssssssss my house is so full of soup and bread and cozy blankets right now let's gooooooo
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
Last week I finished a series! This week you can get the whole thing on sale. Itchio only! #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
itch.io/s/167057/com...
Black Friday. Fireborn series bundle. 6 books for $20. Book cover art for Dragon Whisperer, Trueflame, Fireborn, Firebound, Favour Fire, The Dragon Next Door. Itch.io logo.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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diannalgunn.bsky.social
A6: My Moonshadow books are in a HUGE Creator's Day Itchio bundle - 74 amazing books and games for just $50! Give it a boost and maybe check it out for yourself itch.io/b/3410/creat... #WeeknightWriters
Promo image with several different fantasy and scifi book covers overlaid with the words "Huge creator day bundle - ebooks, audiobooks, games & more - 70+ items, only $50"
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
elizmanderson.com
THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS is eligible for a Hugo, a Locus, and a Nebula, so consider it if you're a person who gets to nominate for those awards, pretty please?

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July, so add that to a TBR now!

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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diannalgunn.bsky.social
A5: If you've enjoyed this chat or #FirstDraftFall, I'd really appreciate you checking out the #WeeknightWriters Pro Discord. You get lots of year-round support & your money helps me keep running events like this one - and eventually start planning even bigger and better events
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
elizmanderson.com
I have a break followed by a long week at work, so. idk. y'all make me laugh and stuff so just keep being you I guess

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 20h
Q5: What can we in the #WeeknightWriters community do to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for you?
Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters - What can we in the #WeeknightWriters community do to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for you?"
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
elizmanderson.com
I have a long weekend so that obviously makes everything easier 😌

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 20h
Q4: What can you do in the next three days to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for yourself? #WeeknightWriters
Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters - What can you do in the next three days to make the next week of #FirstDraftFall easier for yourself?"
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
elizmanderson.com
it WAS very exciting to start a brand-new almost-unplanned draft of something on my vacation and to just get EXCITED and the words were flowing and ahhhhhhhhhh I missed that feeling

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h
Q3: Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far? #WeeknightWriters
Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters - Let’s cheer things up a bit! What’s your favourite part of #FirstDraftFall so far?"
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
elizmanderson.com
sticking to one project lolol which is always frustrating for me bc I spent so many years only ever working on one project at a time

like if I could work on multiple projects at once but make actual progress on each, that would be awesome

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h
Q2: Are you struggling with anything specific in your #FirstDraftFall project? Tell us about it and we’ll see how we can help! #WeeknightWriters
Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters - Are you struggling with anything specific in your #FirstDraftFall project? Tell us about it and we’ll see how we can help!"
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
elizmanderson.com
...I'd feel better if it were all on a single project, but it's good to be writing 😅 and as much as I love THE LORD OF THE WOOD, it's good to be working on other stuff again

#FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 21h
Q1: How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened? #WeeknightWriters
Notepad that says "#WeeknightWriters - How are you feeling about your #FirstDraftFall progress so far? Excited? Disheartened?"
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
elizmanderson.com
oops I'm late but I'm here! hi hello I'm E (she/they) and for #FirstDraftFall I started a new project which wasn't what I was meant to work on, briefly worked on what I was meant to work on, and returned to a project I started last Christmas that I'm not meant to work on

#WeeknightWriters
weeknightwriters.bsky.social Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22h
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your #FirstDraftFall project is going!
Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters Introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going!”
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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anotherindiewriter.com
Want to support your local indie trans author directly this weekend? Cool. I have links

Kofi: ko-fi.com/anotherindie...
Itch: anotherindiewriter.itch.io
PayHip: payhip.com/anotherindie...
Twitch: twitch.tv/anotherindie...
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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hannahhzhangg.bsky.social
crawling briefly out of school jail to say monstrous angels is out now!! find my doomed yaoi and other amazing religious horror stories inside 🩸🪽(link below!)
screenshot of the goodreads page for monstrous angels: an anthology of religious horror, edited by arwyn sherman. the cover is a red eye with white wings against a teal galaxy background.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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vriccithode.bsky.social
boycotting amazon? participating in #WeAintBuyingIt? you can support creators directly on itch! my complete series is on sale for two weeks *only on itch* where 100% of the after-tax profits go to me, a not-billionaire. ✨
vriccithode.bsky.social Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 1d
Want the entire Fireborn series for a steal? Only on itch.io Nov 27 - Dec 11. Get all 6 books for only $20! Queer, firebending dragon riders, super-powered best friends, and globe-spanning adventure to save the world. 🌈📚 #booksky #QueerAdultSFF #CompleteSeries
itch.io/s/167057/com...
Black Friday. Fireborn series bundle. 6 books for $20. Book cover art for Dragon Whisperer, Trueflame, Fireborn, Firebound, Favour Fire, The Dragon Next Door. Itch.io logo.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
elizmanderson.com
damn, doing this again: post something random *if you like* and I'll be delighted to see it, but I release you from the curse of an awful December

which is how I always do these posts bc I also hate these bad luck chains but am anxious

is the world not hard enough
photo of four books packaged all together, but one of these things is not like the other: The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Jane Eyre
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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downedmoon.bsky.social
Also like. I don't believe for a moment that those numbers are unbiased. How many people are actually intentionally using it, vs people who are being forced to see the Google AI summary when they run a search?
thehistocrat.bsky.social Charles Snart @thehistocrat.bsky.social · 1d
A lot of people are being like 'yeah well XXX million amount of people are using ChatGPT so whether we like it AI is here to stay' and not taking into account that if the underlying companies don't prove profitable the venture capitalists will stop bankrolling them and those services will go down.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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adriabailton.com
I have much to be thankful this year. I'd be even more thankful for folks to read my YA sci-fi issues book debut, Worlds Divide. It's on NetGalley as 'read now' for a few more days and by request for December.

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Worlds Divide
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley…
www.netgalley.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
elizmanderson.com
post something random *if you want* and I will be delighted to see it, but I release you from the curse of an awful December
tweet reading "it's but my circus, but... I am a man with a sense of obligation and duty. Very well. I will care for these monkeys. I will raise them as if they were my own," with a still of Cardinal Vincent Benitez from the film Conclave attached
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
elizmanderson.com
spent the first day of my break horizontal on the couch, watching movies I've never seen before

here are the top (and only) five movies I watched today, from best to least best

🧵
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
elizmanderson.com
...hypnotic writing tufted titmouse says you will write today
wrtrstat.bsky.social Writing & Editing @wrtrstat.bsky.social · 3d
Hypnotic writing bluejay says...You will write today! Write! #AmWriting Note to self. ...Keep Writing. ~ Life is full, but writing is fuller. Write something today. #Author #Writing #Writer #BookSky #AuthorSky Join #FirstDraftFall #WeeknightWriters
@weeknightwriters.bsky.social - Wrtr
Background photo shows a closeup of a different bluejay, sitting on an old tree limb. - Wrtr
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Guillermo del Toro's The Alligator and His Uncle Tooth
oliviacampbell.bsky.social Olivia Campbell @oliviacampbell.bsky.social · 2d
Guillermo del Toro's George and Martha
tessafisher.bsky.social Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 2d
Guillermo del Toro's The Magic School Bus
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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amulderwrites.bsky.social
Guillermo del Toro's *throws dart at Childhood Nostalgia board, accidentally hits a movie* Fern Gully.
...
Wait. WaIT. WAIT!!!
tessafisher.bsky.social Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 2d
Guillermo del Toro's The Magic School Bus
medusaswink.bsky.social Medusa’s Wink (misses 🔗) @medusaswink.bsky.social · 2d
Guillermo del Toro’s Blues Clues
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
elizmanderson.com
at this time a year ago, having just sent my editor (at last)(after two deadline extensions) a full manuscript (and having told her she didn't even need to read it bc I'd just had An Idea), I sat in this coffee shop and started drafting the version of THE LORD OF THE WOOD that's finally going to pub
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
elizmanderson.com
...I didn't see working on a story that was not MarthaWIP 😅 although tonight I have opened MarthaWIP again which is like a whole new twist. will I see anything through?? will I cycle between projects, writing 100 words at a time, for the rest of my life?? I'M ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

#MelsNoWriMo
mslanna.bsky.social Mel Grebing - nd enby on the loose @mslanna.bsky.social · 4d
I am back for #MelsNoWriMo and see you had fun without me. Yay. That's the plan.
So for today, was there something in your story that caught you by surprise? A plot twist, character trait, the Spanish Inquisition?
A simple golden Frame on a light pinkish background. In the middle of the frame is the MelsNoWriMo question of the day. Today's question is: Twist/something in your story you didn't see coming? 😵
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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kadoore.com
Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means:
The second half of 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈
Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!
kadoore.com K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · May 29
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM