Delilah S. Dawson

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If you've wondered why I'm writing the Arcadia Falls series of cozy witch Romance books under the pseudonym Isla Jewell, lemme tell you about the 1-star review I just stumbled upon that was FURIOUS because Books & Bewitchment was nothing like Bloom. See, inside me are two wolves, but one's a poodle.

Delilah is pictured looking pictured among 8 of her Horror novels: Ride or Die, Mine, It Will Only Hurt for a Moment, The Violence, Camp Scare, House of Idyll, Guillotine, and Bloom. Now that you've read this alt text, you are legally required to buy one (or more). Sorry, those are the Women in Horror Month rules, and they are binding.

It's Women in Horror Month, and I myself am a woman in Horror. For great recs in female-written Horror, check out Feral and Hysterical by @sadiehartmann.bsky.social. Call it Pink Horror if you buy more of it, make sure that Horror antho TOC is 50% women, and keep it inclusive. #WomeninHorror

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Nothing says TOMORROW IS EMERALD CITY COMIC CON like a reminder to check in for my 6am flight.

Surprise! It's a new book!

Absolutely it is.

If you've ever heard me talk about The Weird Book, this is it. What genre? I don't know!

2027!

Surprise! It's a new book!

This is a bronze and silver pendant shaped vaguely like a galah cockatoo with a bring pink oval stone where the wing would be.

1. A pair of powder-coated folded copper earrings that were supposed to match the Brona cover but don't. 2. A hair pin made with folded copper. 3. The same bird pendant because I'm really proud, ok?? 4. A brass pendant incorporating one of my flameworked glass beads from last year. It rolls around, so it's a fidget necklace!

The cockatoo pendant sits on Books & Bewitchment for obvious reasons.

I finished some pieces in jewelry class today, including Doris from Books & Bewitchment! The earrings are supposed to match the Brona cover, but this was my first time doing powder coating and I wish I'd added more color.

Oh, nothing, just staring at the cover that just landed in my inbox and kicking my feet.

I have just learned, after literally everyone else in the world, that people can see that I've witnessed their Story on Instagram. PARDON ME, but that is my EMOTIONAL SUPPORT LURK, and I don't care to BE PERCEIVED. Please respect my privacy at this and all times.

The UK edition of B&B sits on a shelf with a label in pounds, hoping it will be adopted and doing its best to look enticing and perky.

If you're in the UK and can't find Books & Bewitchment on the shelf at Asda or Sainsburys, good news! It's getting a reprint, so it should be available for adoption soon!

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Me doing my monthly Twitter check-in:

ICYMI... a COVER REVEAL!

There are so many online that I had to ask the editor to send me the official one! And then I had to get out my readers...

This graphic shows the cover of BRONA, which features a castle on a cliff-- Paranor!-- and two figures standing in the foreground. One is a warrior with bow and arrows, and the other is a straight-up wizard with a glowing staff. The colors are turquoise and violet with an orange sky. And OH BOY, you are NOT READY for the feelings. Like, I cry into my shirt every time I edit this book.

COVER REVEAL!!
Working with @terrybrooks.bsky.social and the Del Rey team has been an absolute joy, and I can't wait for you to meet Abronja, son of Galaphile Joss, the first Druid of Shannara! Preorders are open now in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611529...

Out Now: The Staircase In The Woods, Paperback Edition The day is upon us when The Staircase In The Woods achieves its final form, which is to say, trade paperback. (Okay, no, I don’t literally know if it’ll be its final form — I only…

Today is the paperback release of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, woo hoo! Tell your friends, family, and foes about it. And also I offer some thoughts on the book and its time out in the wild so far at Ye Olde Bloggery Hut:

They tell you to develop a thick skin as a writer, but no one can adequately explain what it feels like to hop into revisions and discover that the editor has chosen to cut your hilarious one-liner about cow birth.

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One thing that really cracks me up about the AI slop 'we're a savvy book club' emails is that while they write a sophomore college essay about theme and resonance, I, a pro writer, would be like, "It's amazing, read it in two days and can't stop thinking about it, already forgot the plot, 5 stars."

Hope y'all dig it!! 🦄

Same! He also did the cover for Camp Scare!

A very cool skeleton leans against RIDE OR DIE, which is very 80s/Goosebumpy with magenta, plum, and light blue. A decrepit roller coaster zooms into a cloud skull, as one does. You want to vote for this, if you are a person who received a ballot today. A ballot for what? Only the Horror Writers know. Mua-hahahaha!

Fun fact about RIDE OR DIE: the cover almost featured a Five Nights at Freddy's-esque, deteriorating old man prospector mascot, but we changed direction. And now it is one of my coolest covers, done by Matty Ryan Tobin.

Cover shot of Delilah Dawson's. Amazingly creepy book, "It Will Only Hurt For A Moment"

Holy CRAP this was an amazingly good book. It's dark, it's taunting, it's taut. Ooof. This one will stay with me for a looooong time.

@delilahsdawson.bsky.social's "it will only hurt for a moment". Go get it. Read it. Sink right into that hydrotherapy tub, but don't lock the fuckin door.

I'm so very glad he enjoyed them! Please tell him I said hello!

This is Delilah's schedule for Emerald City. Friday - 3pm SenLinYu spotlight panel, which I'm moderating, followed by a 5pm book signing at the PRH booth, #20515. Saturday - 11:15am Battle of the Tropes panel followed by a 12:30pm signing at Third Street Books, booth #20627. Sunday - 11am Spotlight with Terry Brooks followed by a signing with Terry at Third Place Books, booth #20627.

Can't believe it's almost time for Emerald City Comic Con, but I can't wait for my yearly pilgrimage to the total opposite side of the country! And if you're a Shannara fan, we should have a very interesting reveal happening right before the show...

I guess it's also better than getting stabbed in the eyeballs with a butcher knife, but this still sucks pretty bad.

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me: *trying to write*
my neighbor at 7:09pm: Ah, yes, a beautiful Friday night. The sun has set, and the weekend has begun. What a perfect time to PULL OUT THE PRESSURE WASHER AND JUST GO BALLS-OUT BLASTIN' ON THE DECK. JUST GONNA BE REAL LOUD. IT IS IMPERATIVE THE DECK IS CLEAN RIGHT NOW.
me:

Books & Bewitchment by @delilahsdawson.bsky.social on the Paperback New & Notable at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville NC today. 📚

UNDER THE SEA
UNDER THE SEA
I WANT TO BARFY
ON UNCLE GARFY
UNDER THE SEA

Normal from Garfield as the little mermaid; a gray cartoon cat with a fishtail sitting in a rock in the ocean

The Little Nermaid took over my brain until I could exorcise it, lol