I’m so glad you enjoyed the story! I know it took me years to get around to it, but I had so much fun revisiting that world.

Wow, those are really impressive. I love all the moody moonlight images.

Meanwhile, here's a link to a guest post about "Shifter and Shadow" that I did for the @scalzi.com Whatever blog. All about what I had to think about as I revisited a series 17 years later... whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/09/t...

Also...cover artist is Thea Magerand

Fabulous! So glad you like it!

Sharon Shinn (woman with wavy light brown hair, wearing a green blouse and a beaded necklace) holding up a copy of the book Shifter and Shadow.

Official book birthday for Shifter and Shadow, out today from Fairwood Press!

New book by one of my favorite authors!

Oh no! I hope it's a mild case and doesn't linger long. I had a different variant a couple of years ago and while the real misery was over in about ten days, it took me about 6 weeks to stop being exhausted at random times. Take care of yourself!

A book cover featuring a lizardlike giant alien with green-blue-purple scales embracing a smiling, short-haired human woman. Book title is I THINK I’M IN LOVE WITH AN ALIEN, author’s name is Ann Aguirre.

Really enjoyed “I Think I’m in Love With an Alien” by @annaguirre.bsky.social. Featuring a sweet human-alien romance, found family, an extraterrestrial convention, and an ending that purely made me happy.

I can relate to all of this. But the new book sounds amazing, so congratulations on seeing it out in the world!

I’m so glad we could find the time. I learned so much about your life! And now I have your new book to read!

Thank you, Martha!

I love the orange ones I see all over my neighborhood. They just seem so happy.

That would be wonderful! One of my sisters will be visiting with me the whole first week of July but I could either bring her with me or send her off with my other sister for a while.

Gosh if you crossed the state from KC to STL…

Thea Magerand. I should have said that in my original post!

SHIFTER AND SHADOW SHARON SHINN September 2025   978-1-958880-36-4 trade paperback 5 x 8 Preorder below. ebook and additional print copy orders forthcoming from other venues. Artwork by Thea Magerand Part of the ...

ALT TEXT: Book cover with SHARON SHINN at the top and SHIFTER AND SHADOW at the bottom, with smaller text saying “A Novel of the Twelve Houses.” The image features a woman who has long, curly golden hair and is wearing a swirling red dress. A black dog is leaping behind her at shoulder height.

SHIFTER AND SHADOW SHARON SHINN September 2025   978-1-958880-36-4 trade paperback 5 x 8 Preorder below. ebook and additional print copy orders forthcoming from other venues. Artwork by Thea Magerand Part of the ...

Here’s the beautiful cover for Shifter and Shadow, part of the Twelve Houses series. It (finally) tells the story of what happened between Kirra and Donnal when they traveled to Dorrin Isle. You can pre-order at Fairwood Press now. fairwoodpress.com/store/p182/S...

The time travel team: smart beautiful white history professor to explain every historical situation; hunky white Delta Force guy to be the muscle and love interest; smart black computer nerd to pilot the time machine and note “there is no time in America’s past that’s awesome for a black man.”

I just rewatched the 2018-ish show “Timeless,” a time-travel-romance-mystery series, which I was SO excited to find for free (with commercials) in Tubi. Our heroes travel through time to chase bad guys who jump to major historical events planning to change the past and thus the future.

Pope Peanut M&Ms VI

I haven’t gotten a rejection letter (yet) this year but a few years ago I didn’t make the cut (in San Jose?) They said they were prioritizing Hugo nominees. Didn’t even get an autographing slot till Mary Robinette Kowal kindly gave me one (and a panel). It seems BIZARRE for them to leave you off.

SHIFTER AND SHADOW SHARON SHINN September 2025   978-1-958880-36-4 trade paperback 5 x 8 cover forthcoming Preorder below. ebook and additional print copy orders forthcoming from other venues. Part of the Twelve ...

So excited to announce that Shifter and Shadow, a short novel in my Twelve Houses world, is coming out from Fairwood Press this fall. It tells what happened to Kirra and Donnal between The Thirteenth House and Dark Moon Defender. Pre-order link up now!

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I mean…if Mrs Claus was young, hip, and beautiful.

A beautiful new book from one of my favorite writers. bsky.app/profile/loui...

Another nice review of Alibi! bsky.app/profile/darl...

Whispering Wood Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Valentina Serlast has reluctantly traveled to the royal city to witness her brother Darien be crowned the king of Welce. A hunti woman with an affinity for ...

For those who prefer audio books to other formats, the audio book of WHISPERING WOOD is now available! The fifth in the Elemental Blessings series. www.audible.com/pd/Whisperin...

I support this plan. 😄

I LOVED Round and Round. Recorded it so I could rewatch it whenever I feel like it.

Love your illustrations