Jen Donohue
@authorizedmusings.bsky.social
Doberman owner, SFFH writer, 💀, SFWA member, library clerk.
Exit Ghost
https://books2read.com/ExitGhost
Werewolf trilogy:
https://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-howl-trilogy.html
Burn Up In Victory:
https://books2read.com/burnupinvictory/
Exit Ghost
https://books2read.com/ExitGhost
Werewolf trilogy:
https://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/learn-to-howl-trilogy.html
Burn Up In Victory:
https://books2read.com/burnupinvictory/
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"hey Jen, what's Run With the Hunted?"
my ongoing, female-led, cyberpunk heist novella series!
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
my ongoing, female-led, cyberpunk heist novella series!
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"hey Jen, what's Run With the Hunted?"
my ongoing, female-led, cyberpunk heist novella series!
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
my ongoing, female-led, cyberpunk heist novella series!
itch.io/c/5506291/ru...
authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/p/run-with-h...
@cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social i just started The Diplomacy of the Knife! Mr. Squeak spotted!
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
@cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social i just started The Diplomacy of the Knife! Mr. Squeak spotted!
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Do you know how much of the cover price goes to a trad published writer? About 10-15%.
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Do you know how much of the cover price goes to a trad published writer? About 10-15%.
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
The various types of indie pub get a higher percentage (but have to do more work with virtually zero publicity budget).
How many publishers have been put out of business by piracy? Not a lot. Writers, tho'...
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Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Books aren't expensive.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
Writers are at the bottom of a large column of people making money off books.
We get screwed the most.
By the publishing industry and the fucking pirates.
You like books? Buy them, or go to the library.
Or there won't be any writers to make the art.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
the thing about Sheherezade is that violin solo happens multiple times, not just once, and so I need to watch that episode of Leverage again because that lil bit isn't quite. correct. I don't think
(I've listened to Sheherezade a lot this month [the girl likes it])
(the boy likes Rhapsody in Blue)
(I've listened to Sheherezade a lot this month [the girl likes it])
(the boy likes Rhapsody in Blue)
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
the thing about Sheherezade is that violin solo happens multiple times, not just once, and so I need to watch that episode of Leverage again because that lil bit isn't quite. correct. I don't think
(I've listened to Sheherezade a lot this month [the girl likes it])
(the boy likes Rhapsody in Blue)
(I've listened to Sheherezade a lot this month [the girl likes it])
(the boy likes Rhapsody in Blue)
me to the dogs: both of you stop the separate things you are doing. Thank you. thank you for your time and consideration.
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
me to the dogs: both of you stop the separate things you are doing. Thank you. thank you for your time and consideration.
can somebody who's smarter than me/better at itch tell me how to add books that are free/pay what you want to a bundle?
I want to make a bundle that's JUST Run With the Hunted so I can have a code for it for people who are awards reading and...the first three just aren't an option? on the thing?
I want to make a bundle that's JUST Run With the Hunted so I can have a code for it for people who are awards reading and...the first three just aren't an option? on the thing?
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
can somebody who's smarter than me/better at itch tell me how to add books that are free/pay what you want to a bundle?
I want to make a bundle that's JUST Run With the Hunted so I can have a code for it for people who are awards reading and...the first three just aren't an option? on the thing?
I want to make a bundle that's JUST Run With the Hunted so I can have a code for it for people who are awards reading and...the first three just aren't an option? on the thing?
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
me: man, I really should concentrate on writing actually a scifi novel, I don't have a book that's scifi
also me: has a wholeass ongoing cyberpunk series
(how cyberpunk it is depends on who is narrating, maybe that's why my brain did that?
also me: has a wholeass ongoing cyberpunk series
(how cyberpunk it is depends on who is narrating, maybe that's why my brain did that?
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
me: man, I really should concentrate on writing actually a scifi novel, I don't have a book that's scifi
also me: has a wholeass ongoing cyberpunk series
(how cyberpunk it is depends on who is narrating, maybe that's why my brain did that?
also me: has a wholeass ongoing cyberpunk series
(how cyberpunk it is depends on who is narrating, maybe that's why my brain did that?
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Truly a favorite, go grabby grabby and jam it in your ears
IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited
This has been a long time coming!
Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
libro.fm
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Truly a favorite, go grabby grabby and jam it in your ears
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we like publishing books and it's cool when you read them and talk about them, thank you
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
we like publishing books and it's cool when you read them and talk about them, thank you
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FYI, your library has movies you can check out for the holiday weekend. They may have toys, board games, or activity kits to check out for the kids and grandkids.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
FYI, your library has movies you can check out for the holiday weekend. They may have toys, board games, or activity kits to check out for the kids and grandkids.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
The library is awesome and you should check it out.
so while like, morally, I support youtubers who stream using those streams as posted videos later, in practice, I just want to watch/listen to a regular video actually. I'm sorry.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
so while like, morally, I support youtubers who stream using those streams as posted videos later, in practice, I just want to watch/listen to a regular video actually. I'm sorry.
heyyyyy besties so it's looking like people have been buying Learn to Howl and the Company of Wolves which is great but, uh........well you see it's a trilogy, Baying the Moon is the middle bit 🐺
please buy and rate my books so scammers stop putting the descriptions into an LLM and emailing me about it!
LEARN TO HOWL is a complete trilogy about family, identity, and kicking ass as a fucking werewolf
books2read.com/learntohowl/
books2read.com/BayingtheMoon
books2read.com/CompanyofWol...
LEARN TO HOWL is a complete trilogy about family, identity, and kicking ass as a fucking werewolf
books2read.com/learntohowl/
books2read.com/BayingtheMoon
books2read.com/CompanyofWol...
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
heyyyyy besties so it's looking like people have been buying Learn to Howl and the Company of Wolves which is great but, uh........well you see it's a trilogy, Baying the Moon is the middle bit 🐺
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The folks at Alter Mag have done a brilliant job with this, turning it into an interactive essay with some stunning 3D graphics. Give it a look. 👇🏼
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The folks at Alter Mag have done a brilliant job with this, turning it into an interactive essay with some stunning 3D graphics. Give it a look. 👇🏼
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hey actually, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN* to revisit the blurbs that many lovely readers and authors gave me for Exit Ghost??
books2read.com/ExitGhost
books2read.com/ExitGhost
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
hey actually, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN* to revisit the blurbs that many lovely readers and authors gave me for Exit Ghost??
books2read.com/ExitGhost
books2read.com/ExitGhost
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Not to mention that school and library sales are a HUGE portion of all authors' sales. So they get the sale that you personally didn't pay for, your neighbor gets better access to books, and your unhoused pal has a place to sit WE ALL WIN
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not to mention that school and library sales are a HUGE portion of all authors' sales. So they get the sale that you personally didn't pay for, your neighbor gets better access to books, and your unhoused pal has a place to sit WE ALL WIN
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If you want literature to exist you have to support it and that doesn't always mean you, personally, will pay. The more we USE our libraries the better they can justify their funding, and the more people they can serve.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If you want literature to exist you have to support it and that doesn't always mean you, personally, will pay. The more we USE our libraries the better they can justify their funding, and the more people they can serve.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
I was reprinted in StarShipSofa back in 2019, and it was a great experience! So if you don't want to read "Daddy's Girl," you can go listen to it!
www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2019/06...
www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2019/06...
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I was reprinted in StarShipSofa back in 2019, and it was a great experience! So if you don't want to read "Daddy's Girl," you can go listen to it!
www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2019/06...
www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2019/06...
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You should listen to Starship Sofa and if you only have one episode to listen to how about one that has a story of mine in it? www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/03...
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You should listen to Starship Sofa and if you only have one episode to listen to how about one that has a story of mine in it? www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2024/03...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Honored to have Phantom View spotlighted by @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! Especially alongside such other fantastic works.
Particularly did my heart some good to see their thoughts on the intersections of disability in the story. We're many kinds, all of us.
Particularly did my heart some good to see their thoughts on the intersections of disability in the story. We're many kinds, all of us.
Check out the must-read short fiction of October 2025 if you:
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
- are a short fiction author
- love reading short stories
- could not be located at 12:35 AM on Wednesday, April 4th, in 1945
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: October 2025 - Reactor
This month's short fiction recommendations include ghosts and grief, recipes and multiverses...
reactormag.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Honored to have Phantom View spotlighted by @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social! Especially alongside such other fantastic works.
Particularly did my heart some good to see their thoughts on the intersections of disability in the story. We're many kinds, all of us.
Particularly did my heart some good to see their thoughts on the intersections of disability in the story. We're many kinds, all of us.