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Kerstin Hall

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Nebula and Locus Award nominated author of Asunder and The Mkalis Cycle. Repped by Jennifer Jackson at DMLA. Working on something weird and sequel-shaped. kerstinhall.com

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · Sep 8

Almost three weeks since pub, my tree is flowering, and I’m still holding out hope for this book. 🌸

Asunder in front of a blossoming plum tree.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16h

There comes a time in every fantasy writer’s life when they are obliged to learn about ships.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 11h

UK FRIENDS! GET IT GET IT GET IT

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 13h

Hello, UK-people! Asunder is coming to your shores in January, and it would be very nice if you preordered it.

www.waterstones.com/book/asunder...

A infographic with details regarding the WATERSTONES 25% OFF:
On Upcoming Books sale.

Asunder is part of that.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 12h

Happy birthday!

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Gili Bar-Hillel @gilibug.bsky.social · 13h

It’s VERY good.

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 13h

Hello, UK-people! Asunder is coming to your shores in January, and it would be very nice if you preordered it.

www.waterstones.com/book/asunder...

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Hel ✨ || Untwining... 🌀🪷 @helynalc.bsky.social · 13h

Aight, I already pre-ordered this fantastic book, it's your turn #BookSky

You want something weird and emotionally devastating? I see you. I know you do. ✨

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 13h

Hello, UK-people! Asunder is coming to your shores in January, and it would be very nice if you preordered it.

www.waterstones.com/book/asunder...

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 13h

Hello, UK-people! Asunder is coming to your shores in January, and it would be very nice if you preordered it.

www.waterstones.com/book/asunder...

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16h

Fortuitous and wise.

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16h

See, this is the commitment I fundamentally lack when it comes to research.

I hope your friend at least had fun on the high seas.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16h

For the most part, this occurs against our will.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 16h

There comes a time in every fantasy writer’s life when they are obliged to learn about ships.

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Marshall Ryan Maresca @mrmaresca.com · 1d

Publishers should be invested in promoting the books they publish.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 1d

its very easy to fall into "one weird trick" ideas in publishing, like personalizing queries and such. you don't have to!

unfortunately there are only two weird tricks (write a good book, get lucky) and they're both incredibly hard.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists in China have developed a tough new bamboo-based plastic that biodegrades in 50 days. The new material matches the strength of engineering plastics used in cars and appliances while retaining 90% of its durability after recycling. buff.ly/zXWVoIS
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Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 1d

yes.

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I’m so glad! I was worried it was too angry.

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Sophie Burnham @sophieburnham.bsky.social · 1d

Bloodtide is out tomorrow and I feel really normal about it!!!!

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 2d

Why is this so funny to me?

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 3d

"The classic decision is always the same, whether to retreat or go on. There comes a time when it is easier to continue upward, when the summit, in fact, is the only way out. At such a moment one must still have strength." —James Salter, SOLO FACES (and a metaphor for novel writing?)

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 5d

The prose is just delicious. So accomplished. I was really glad it was chunky so I could spend more time with it, so I completely get your strategy of starting over. 😂

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 5d

IT‘S SO GOOD.

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 5d

184. Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes. Dark fantasy? EVERYTHING I WANTED, BEST OF 2025, URGH IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD! Baroque and WEIRD and prose you'd lick off knives. Gender weirdness, bugs, hypnotically beautiful mutation body-horror! Kin to Kerstin Hall's Asunder. Dgaf about genre. Love love LOVE!

Book cover for The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes. An opalescent centipede makes a circle around the title. Vague florals in toxic greens and oranges frame a deep purple background.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 6d

Anyway, not my circus, not my monkeys, I don’t even go here, etc.

Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know if studying the humanities makes you a more empathetic or kind person, but it at least pushes you to actually engage with culture/society/history beyond the service of your individual wanting. (i.e. “How will studying this degree earn me money and success?”)

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t regret studying English for one minute. Aside from Mandarin, it was by far the most intellectually taxing component of my education.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t really know where to start with this, except to say that higher education should not be solely intended to produce better employees, but more competent thinkers and problem solvers.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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