Elsie Raymond

Add. To. Your. TBR. NOW. I got to read the opening pages of this in draft form and was already hooked. Also look at that gorgeous cover!

Revealing Flickerstate by F. A. Davidson - Reactor A new YA fantasy arriving in July 2026!

I read an early draft of Flickerstate and I cannot reiterate enough how good this book is.

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Bootcut, Haven Spec Magazine "Bootcut" by Allison Pottern

Everyone stop what you're doing and go read this good for her, unhinged feminist rage story by @apottern.bsky.social in @havenspec.bsky.social

It is 🔥

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Pushing Past Procrastination + publication, submissions sources & new year, new cover Why we take so long to do things (aka this newsletter); tips for tackling procrastination; my upcoming publication; submission & writer resources; new anthology cover + award; toasty green tea

This post on procrastination by @apottern.bsky.social was just what I needed to read today. I love the idea of finding the emotional reason I'm avoiding something and naming it!

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Exclusive: C.L. Polk Announces New Dreamy Fantasy Book ‘The Feywild Job’ and It's Cover Reveal is Stunning No better way to get cozy than this swoony romantasy.

Congratulations to @clpolk.com on the new book, and also congratulations on getting a cover reveal in gd COSMOPOLITAN of all places, holy shit! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

So excited to announce my motherhood horror story "Hollow Pines" will be published by 34 Orchard in November of this year!

Cat* 😔

😭 I'm sorry for your car and I believe fireworks should be banned, but also BURY THE 49ERS ALIVE IN THEIR GOLD

Wow I would do unholy things to summon myself to the island for this crew. If you're looking to level up your writing game, meet the best friends of your writing life, shed happy tears, not sleep much, and learn from these absolute badass instructors apply to VP! You won't regret it.

New year, new awards, new cover!

50 physical copy giveaway of The Poet Empress by Shen Tao on Goodreads, until November 3

They are giving away 50 copies of my debut, The Poet Empress, on goodreads! I hope you'll enter 🥰

#booksky #ThePoetEmpress

"Celebrating sucess with a $4.99 book sale, this weekend only!" across the top in a blue banner. Below is an image of the new cover of New Year, New You on a black tablet: the letter of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other tory elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "us". Next to the book is a large, shiny badge that reads "Runner-up in the 2025 Annual Indie Author Project Contest" with "2025 Runner-up Science Fiction" below. Finally, in a rainbow banner across the bottom reads "Plus a swanky new cover!"

Across the top: New Cover, Same Cutting-Edge Speculative Fiction. Below is a mock-up of the book New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention in which the letters of the title cut away from a starfield to reveal faint images of sea creatures, time pieces, and other story elements in pink behind, including an octopus tentacle emerging from the final "u". Next to the book are endorsement quotes: "I read the whole thing twice... meticulously crafts." —Myna Chang, Microverse "Nuanced..." —Locus Magazine "Intense and beguiling..." — Sherwood Smith "Complex and experimental..." — SF Book Reviews "Delightful, thought-provoking, and multi-faceted..." — Naseem Jamnia In the bottom right corner, is a peel-away corner that reveals the words "$4.99 ebook sale! This weekend only!"

It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
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I'm so excited that @viableparadise.bsky.social 2023's anthology baby was awarded runner up from the Indie Author Project! Now we have a shiny badge for the cover!

The Luddites weren't anti-progress. They weren't anti-technology. They were pro worker rights. And it's convenient for the tech barons (in any age) to make us believe those are the same thing.

Mazel Toes! Check out Mazel Toes! - <B>Celebrate Jewish joy, family love, and playful rhymes in this charming board book for babies and toddlers.</B><BR><BR>With sweet gestures for every part of the body&#8212;li...

Congratulations to my wonderful friend @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social whose book Mazel Toes is out in the world today! Check out this perfect baby shower book on Bookshop!

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Janet knows what’s up

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Scotland, 1925: A gentleman thief, a lonely demon hunter and a married sorceress embark on a glittering heist to destroy the English occult.

Forbidden passions and their own ambition threatens to destroy them before the English get the chance.

Bi rep, ace rep, mf, mmf, mm

#dvpit #a #f #queer

A signed, annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC propped up against a stack of other copies of HIGHER MAGIC with some moon- and magic-themed stickers.

GIVEAWAY Want to win an annotated copy of Higher Magic and some moon-themed swag? 1 Follow my account 2 Reply to this post (see caption) 3 Repost or tag a friend by Sunday, Sept. 14th!

Hey! It’s a full moon. It’s a lunar eclipse. It’s a giveaway! Win an annotated copy of HIGHER MAGIC and some moon-themed stickers! 🌚 Details in thread.

Allison is one of the most insightful critique partners and has a wealth of knowledge to share about book marketing!

A copy of Angel Maker on a wooden table

I have a new book out today! It's a Sapphic steampunk western adventure about the dashing Karen Memery riding to the rescue as Annie Oakley's stunt double in a beleaguered early movie!

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Oh I love this!

Oooh that's a good one! Sometimes a break is exactly the right thing, especially when my eyes and hands get tired. Just acknowledging there is no more good sewing to be done today. I wish I was better about that with my writing 😂

What Sewing Can Teach Us About Drafting Novels I always get the bug for drafting in the summer.

I finished the first draft of my WIP right before WorldCon and it got me thinking about the parallels with my other hobby: sewing. Check out 4 things I've learned from sewing and applied to drafting a novel.

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YEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I AM SO HERE FOR THIS BOOK!

The words $2.99 Worldcon Ebook Sale" above the image of the top half of a tablet displaying the cover for "New Year, New You: A Speculative Anthology of Reinvention" all against a purple background. So wish I could be there but say hi to my friends for me.

Major FOMO re: #worldcon!! Half of our anthology's contributors will be there, so the ebook is more than half off!

Grab a copy and say hi to @darylwriterguy.bsky.social @chriscampbell.bsky.social @fechoe.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @avani.bsky.social
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"How do I make these words work?" I ask, for the fifth time this morning.

can cats get assimilated