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Gail Gauthier

@gailgauthier.bsky.social

A friend found a copy of my first #middlegrade novel on display at a school library. It's been a minute since it was published, so this was gratifying, to say the least. Yeah, I'll be living off that for the rest of the year. #childlit #humor #sciencefiction #Booksky #Booksandwriting

October 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Author Samantha Picaro

@samanthapwrites.bsky.social

2024 Wrap-Up:

Recipe for Confidence published in May
1st Smashwords Sale. The end of year sale is still going on so check it out!
Began an account on BookSky & Tumblr
Read 10 ARCs
Ebooks available at other places thru Draft2Digital
Began outline for holiday YA book

#booksky #booksandwriting

December 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM

Kate K.

@ktkestella.bsky.social

I get emails from Fitzcarraldo Editions and today's was for their shortlist for the 2024 Novel Prize. They sound interesting and the writing innovative. I think New Directions might distribute them in the US. #booksandwriting #booksky #literaryfiction

fitzcarraldoeditions.com/prizes/the-f...

The Novel Prize | Fitzcarraldo Editions

The Novel Prize is a biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. It offers $10,000 to the winner and simultaneou...

fitzcarraldoeditions.com

January 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Tymber Dalton aka Lesli Richardson

@tymberdalton.bsky.social

You can see my current listing of all the classes I currently have scheduled here:

payhip.com/LesliRichard...

(If a class is marked "Out of Stock" that means it's sold out.)

#authors #creatives #artists #indieartists #indiecreatives #indieauthors #romancelandia #booksandwriting #romancebooks

Author Lesli Richardson / Tymber Dalton - Online Classes

[She/Her] Lesli Richardson is better known by her USA Today Bestselling Author Tymber Dalton pen name. She lives in the Tampa Bay region with too many pets of various species.

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April 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM

Nicole Hayes

@nicolehayes.bsky.social

Here's wishing the new year brings us a fresh start, and new hope.

#democracy #auspol #booksandwriting #writingcommunity

Image of fireworks with text saying: We are less than an hour away from 2025, and I want to wish friends, acquaintances, and my readers a shiny, sparkly start to this newest of years. May 2025 be filled with love, peace, and kindness for all, and may the horrors of 2024 fade into our increasingly more complicated past.

Mostly, though, I hope we all do better, see further, listen harder, and love more fiercely.

Go well and go gently, my friends. Happy New Year!

December 31, 2024 at 12:31 PM

GloriouslyHorrible

@gloriouslyhorrible.bsky.social

Excerpt from my #WIP, THE BONE ORCHARD.

#WIP #writing #amwriting #booksky #booksandwriting #murder #mystery #police #procedural #SûretéduQuébec #royalnewfoundlandconstabulary #cops #arson #missingchildren

May 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM

Bonnie Edwards

@bonnieedwards.bsky.social

Recognize yourself in this? I do. This is a grand of mine and I got a tear in my eye when I saw it. I never post pics of grands, but this should be seen by all of us who love reading, writing and anything in between. #amwriting #5amwritingclub #romancelandia #booksandwriting #reading #booklovers

A child reading in the dark by flashlight in a camping tent.

August 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Iain Aire

@iainaire.bsky.social

Authors can now market to the Fashion Industry. Books have street cred with the fashionistas. www.ft.com/content/ab54... #Authors #Writers #BlueSky #BookSky #Fashion #WritingCommunity #LiteraryCommunity #BooksAndWriting #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished

Why is fashion so into books right now?

Writer Simon Chilvers talks to guest host Lulu Smyth about fashion’s current love affair with literature – and what it means

www.ft.com

March 11, 2024 at 9:35 AM

Dapperbat

@dapperbat.bsky.social

Had a great time at the gay AF market in Edmonton. Got a new book, got a new pin and saw some great people and decorations.
#yeglocal #yeg #gayAFmarket
#booksandwriting
#books

November 25, 2024 at 3:29 AM

Suzanne Winslow

@suzannewinslow.bsky.social

Contemporary romance writer, booklover, coffee drinker, cookie baker, Swiftie, and a huge fan of summer. #romancelandia #booksandwriting #booksky💙📚

November 16, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Kelly Garcia, Author (she/her)

@kellygarcia22.bsky.social

#writingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #indieauthors
#booksandwriting

Am halfway through Bride by Ali Hazelwood. This fantastic book has helped me cope with the anxiety-inducing news.

Anyone else reading to escape?

November 16, 2024 at 12:32 PM