Mo Daviau
@modaviau.bsky.social
I wrote EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE (SMP ‘16) and EPIC AND LOVELY (WVU Press '25). Bookseller. Elder Marfanoid. Indie kid forever. bravebookstore.substack.com
I’m still mad about that Book Gossip newsletter from yesterday. That Big 5 editors don’t want small press books to be award nominees…wow.
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I’m still mad about that Book Gossip newsletter from yesterday. That Big 5 editors don’t want small press books to be award nominees…wow.
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
Children’s literature is flooded by incidents of cute animals eating their peers. When will it stop?
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Children’s literature is flooded by incidents of cute animals eating their peers. When will it stop?
Was talking about Six Feet Under and remembered Ruth dies this year.
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Was talking about Six Feet Under and remembered Ruth dies this year.
I'll be in NYC next week for the first time in a while! Doing an event with the lovely and talented Roohi Choudhry at Lofty Pigeon in Kensington, Brooklyn. 6:30.
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'll be in NYC next week for the first time in a while! Doing an event with the lovely and talented Roohi Choudhry at Lofty Pigeon in Kensington, Brooklyn. 6:30.
Spokane. It feels like a place you can afford to make art, like Austin 30 years ago. I like this building.
September 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Spokane. It feels like a place you can afford to make art, like Austin 30 years ago. I like this building.
I guess AI is good for padding one's CV. This was on Reddit. I don't remember writing or publishing a book called COWBOY ADVICE, but what is truth anymore?
September 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I guess AI is good for padding one's CV. This was on Reddit. I don't remember writing or publishing a book called COWBOY ADVICE, but what is truth anymore?
Oregon for the win.
September 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Oregon for the win.
When I was younger, I’d stand in front of this shelf in the fiction section at BookPeople and think, someday, my novel will be here. It’s at the front of the store for the event tonight but still!
September 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When I was younger, I’d stand in front of this shelf in the fiction section at BookPeople and think, someday, my novel will be here. It’s at the front of the store for the event tonight but still!
TOMORROW IN AUSTIN! BookPeople, 7pm, with AMY GENTRY!!!!
September 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
TOMORROW IN AUSTIN! BookPeople, 7pm, with AMY GENTRY!!!!
Well, Ingram/Chicago have squandered my IndieNext month. So many stores don’t have it yet and won’t until October.
I want to cry.
I want to cry.
September 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Well, Ingram/Chicago have squandered my IndieNext month. So many stores don’t have it yet and won’t until October.
I want to cry.
I want to cry.
Smoky sky, DT Portland.
September 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Smoky sky, DT Portland.
I’m happy to be neighbors with Porochista, too.
September 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’m happy to be neighbors with Porochista, too.
Here’s my book, warmly ensconced on the IndieNext shelf, with a staff rec from Daniel!
September 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here’s my book, warmly ensconced on the IndieNext shelf, with a staff rec from Daniel!
I am now the mother of two.
August 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I am now the mother of two.
It was wonderful to see @charliejane.bsky.social at Powell’s last night! I am joyfully promoting her book here at Annie’s. We’re down to one copy!
August 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It was wonderful to see @charliejane.bsky.social at Powell’s last night! I am joyfully promoting her book here at Annie’s. We’re down to one copy!
Reading this at work. Everyone is nice. Friendship with pigeon, like Bert. If you want to read about happy, pleasant things, here it is.
August 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Reading this at work. Everyone is nice. Friendship with pigeon, like Bert. If you want to read about happy, pleasant things, here it is.
Epic and Lovely is on the September '25 IndieNext list.
Thank you to the friends and colleagues who nominated me!
Thank you to the friends and colleagues who nominated me!
August 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Epic and Lovely is on the September '25 IndieNext list.
Thank you to the friends and colleagues who nominated me!
Thank you to the friends and colleagues who nominated me!
Book tour! Come see me and some sassy fellow writers talk about the epic and the lovely.
July 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Book tour! Come see me and some sassy fellow writers talk about the epic and the lovely.
Blurb #5 for Epic and Lovely:
June 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Blurb #5 for Epic and Lovely:
Looks like someone read Tehrangeles.
May 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Looks like someone read Tehrangeles.
If you want a cool sticker designed by @dynamoe.bsky.social, preorder your copy of Epic and Lovely from Annie Bloom’s! Free with order! annieblooms.com/book/9781959...
May 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If you want a cool sticker designed by @dynamoe.bsky.social, preorder your copy of Epic and Lovely from Annie Bloom’s! Free with order! annieblooms.com/book/9781959...
Honk if this means anything to you!
May 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Honk if this means anything to you!