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Mixeduppainter
@mixeduppainter.bsky.social
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You may know me as the one who kept writing monster romances (and also won't stop talking about Beyond Evil)
Writing as J. Emery
Spiritual Successor out 2024
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Mixeduppainter @mixeduppainter.bsky.social · Aug 7
Hello friends of bluesky and welcome to: My Books!

First up we have

An Offering of Plums
- it's short
- it's got a hot agender demon
- and flirting by way of fruit!

So if that sounds like something you might dig, please come right this way:
books2read.com/u/4jwkvj
Available now at your favorite digital store!
An Offering of Plums by J. Emery
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
if you give a mouse a cookie
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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fatedmates.net
Oh, and it's free today.

KOBO www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
B&N www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-magpie...
APPLE books.apple.com/us/book/the-...
AMAZON amzn.to/48HyBv1
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
The squeenie's newest fascination is The Running Man which we have now seen 3 times and I have in turn remembered that I actually really like Tom Jones

*cranks Sexbomb while cooking*
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
A winter's night warning
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
LOOK AT THE AMAZING COVER ART! I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THEM ARE MINE! 💜
isthiseva.bsky.social Eva @isthiseva.bsky.social · 9d
Hi, I'm Eva! I'm still figuring out all the various intricacies of living with chronic illness, so I work freelance as a book cover artist. I also love writing and drawing about my OCs and interests, and make comics when time and spoons permit! 🥰
Painting of a person approaching a cottage on a bright sunny day. He has his back to the viewer and is wearing a blue coat. The cottage he's approaching is somewhat run-down; there are chickens pecking in the yard, and a woman stands at the front door carrying a tub at her hip. She's wearing a blue dress with a white apron and a scarf holding back her long dark hair. A study of the painting La Belle Dame Sans Merci, featuring a man in armour standing before a woman on horseback. They both have brown skin; the man has shoulder-length blonde hair while the woman has long and flowing black hair, atop which rests a flower crown. She's leaning over the saddle to smile down at him playfully, while he stares up at her with a devoted expression. The horse, which has a black coat and wears armour pieces that matches the man’s, is stamping a foot and staring at the ground. A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle. An illustrated book cover for Help Wanted by J. Emery. The cover features a harassed-looking raven sitting upon an open book on a desk. Behind the raven the desktop is strewn with several several sheets of paper, stacks of books, a smoking candle, and stray feathers. The title is included inside speech bubble coming from the raven.
December 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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hannahnpbowman.com
This always makes me sound like a crank, but I continue to think there is a way to make real money by selling solidly in-genre SFF books (the kind that are read by 5-10k people but are not breakout crossover hits) in mass-market format. And I *miss* the books published in that sector of the market
stephengm.bsky.social Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 23h
I can't tell you how much I miss the mass-market paperback, a book format I could reliably fit in my coat pocket!

Now if I want a book that conveniently portable, I HAVE to read on my phone.
thesuiway.bsky.social A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 1d
i am begging publishers to bring back mass paperbacks. i am not in the income bracket to buy sprayed edges. i am not in the income bracket to buy.... regular edges. i can afford 0 edges. a circle book.

95% of the books on my shelves are either borrowed from the library or ARCs.
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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aaronradney.bsky.social
We've got DVDs books on CD in some places we have playaways which are little devices you plug headphones into and they just play a book for you.

We've got streaming services, e books, friggin' videogames!

We've got classic TV you watched as a kid you can now share with yours!
authorizedmusings.bsky.social Jen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 1d
*kicks down the door like Big Bird in that one gif*

VISIT YOUR LIBRARY

WE'VE GOT DVDS

WE'VE GOT CDS

WE'VE GOT BOOKS ON CD

WE'VE GOT THAT TONIES THING FOR YOUR KID

YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK
authorsguild.org The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 1d
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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pippinacious.bsky.social
Reviews are the lifeblood of indie authors.

In the last few years, reviews have trickled to a near standstill, which creates a conundrum: need readers to get reviews, but need reviews to get readers.

If you take the time to write even a single sentence review, YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU I LOVE YOU
thoughtsstained.bsky.social Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 1d
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"

Reviews.

Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)

Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
I bought a teeny tiny little zine at the little queer horror bar's Christmas market and now I really want to make my own teeny tiny little zines. I should figure out how to do that
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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antlervel.vet
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
I suppose I should start ALSO promoting the fact that my books are in the Smashwords sale, huh? 😅

I've just been too tired to think lately but they are in fact there and they are in fact 50% off or free
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
Also, can I just say that this is a fantastic list of books that I too love with my whole, entire heart
kilagreene.bsky.social Duchess of Doom @kilagreene.bsky.social · 1d
The Smashwords End of Year Sale is on, and the dauntingly long list can be hard to wade through (especially with all the gen AI these days). I’ve curated a list of books I recommend or am interested in, all AI free to the best of my ability, and all under $3! 🌈📚

kilagreene.dreamwidth.org/7990.html
Cover of Marie Cardno’s book HOW TO GET A GIRLFRIEND (When You’re a Terrifying Monster), featuring art of an eldritch being holding a bouquet of flowers in one of her tentacles. Cover of Halli Starling’s book COUP DE COEUR, which features a sort of still-life scene of a table covered in things such as flowers, a spool of thread, oyster shells, a pearl necklace, scissors stabbed into a pomegranate, and a still-smoking candle. Cover of Tamara Jeree’s book A WOLF STEPS IN BLOOD, featuring art of a young Black woman with red eyes and short white hair, gently touching the muzzle of a wolf that’s looking at her affectionately. The woman is wearing a leather jacket and a choker necklace, and her earlobes are gauged. Cover of the book SEA SWALLOW ME by Craig Laurance Gidney, which features slightly abstract art of a Black man’s face pointed upward with a planet behind him and waves below him.
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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kilagreene.bsky.social
The Smashwords End of Year Sale is on, and the dauntingly long list can be hard to wade through (especially with all the gen AI these days). I’ve curated a list of books I recommend or am interested in, all AI free to the best of my ability, and all under $3! 🌈📚

kilagreene.dreamwidth.org/7990.html
Cover of Marie Cardno’s book HOW TO GET A GIRLFRIEND (When You’re a Terrifying Monster), featuring art of an eldritch being holding a bouquet of flowers in one of her tentacles. Cover of Halli Starling’s book COUP DE COEUR, which features a sort of still-life scene of a table covered in things such as flowers, a spool of thread, oyster shells, a pearl necklace, scissors stabbed into a pomegranate, and a still-smoking candle. Cover of Tamara Jeree’s book A WOLF STEPS IN BLOOD, featuring art of a young Black woman with red eyes and short white hair, gently touching the muzzle of a wolf that’s looking at her affectionately. The woman is wearing a leather jacket and a choker necklace, and her earlobes are gauged. Cover of the book SEA SWALLOW ME by Craig Laurance Gidney, which features slightly abstract art of a Black man’s face pointed upward with a planet behind him and waves below him.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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thegmcconnachie.bsky.social
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
Fallen

It's no contest really
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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johannestevans.bsky.social
The annual Smashwords sale has begun, and my ebooks are all 75% off - meaning dozens of them are completely FREE, with longer novels only a dollar or so apiece. And Smashwords makes it very easy to send gift copies, too, so send away!

Browse here:

www.smashwords.com/profile/view...

#BookSky
Smashwords 2025 end of year sale
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts a young girl in bed. She hears "CLOP CLOP CLOP" noises. Panel two depicts the same girl with an excited expression. She thinks, "That must be santa on the roof!" Panel three depicts the girl smiling. Panel four depicts a possum on the roof in heels making the "CLOP CLOP CLOP" noises.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
I've been through the desert
On a
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
mixeduppainter.bsky.social
As someone who prefers for movies to be available in as many forms as possible (esp physical) I can safely say that Oppenheimer specifically in a movie theater is 200 times better than Oppenheimer at home because the colors look like shit even with an HD TV. Also you don't get the good rumblies.
dreaddbound.bsky.social HumBoog @dreaddbound.bsky.social · 4d
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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nrlines.bsky.social
Not everyone has access to Netflix. Not everyone has access to movie theaters. Why not both AND also selling the movie on physical media or as a streaming rental/service so the vast majority of people who want to see said movie can.
dreaddbound.bsky.social HumBoog @dreaddbound.bsky.social · 4d
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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mxmorgan.com
sharing a thing my dad said for my fellow burnt out overachievers to chew on:

your job doesn't pay you extra to think about them off the clock

✌️
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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abigaillarson.com
Eight of Cups 🍷
illustration of the "eight of cups" card from the upcoming Vampire's Tarot. The image shows a vampire in a long cream gown ascending a stone staircase. Eight brass cups trail behind her in the dark water and there is an eclipse in the sky.
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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lianabrooks.bsky.social
The average American income is below the poverty line in almost every major city. If you want people to shop, you need to pay them enough money that they can spend some of it. There is an actual limit to how many hours a day a person can work.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9d
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
WSJ headline: Gen Z shoppers aren't spending like retailers need them to
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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burningambulance.bsky.social
I've always wanted an apartment with a MASTER ROKSN! *And* a HUGE WAXMIN CLOSET? *And* a COAT BATH? *Sold!*
stupid ai "architectural drawing" of a house with a nonsensical layout
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
BUY INDIE🖤☠️

Looking for a story where ocean life assimilates w/the human body in a Weird Body Horror bonanza?

...Would you believe we have more than one?

Check out:

FROM THE BELLY by @emnays.bsky.social

REEF MIND by @hazelzorn.bsky.social

store.tenebrouspress.com
art by Chris Shehan; a submerged human figure begins to sprout barnacles on its skin art by Becca Snow; corals erupt in a rainbow apocalypse from a skull and assimilate into a human figure
November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM