Darcy Marks
@darcymarks.bsky.social
Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things.
www.DarcyMarks.com
Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/darcy.marks/
www.DarcyMarks.com
Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3
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Darcy Marks
@darcymarks.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Hello Bluesky! Time to create a pinned post. I'm Darcy, kidlit author, fangirl of many things, & horror lover. I have two MG books out at the moment about kids from Hell & their adventures, which I hope you'll check out. I post about books, tv shows & movies I love! (I might also show you my pets)
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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.
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Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
I've had three babies. My first two passed meconium & were whisked to the side of the room to be suctioned to avoid aspiration. My third had shoulder dystocia. My bed was flipped down, med staff rushed forward & he was unstuck before I even knew what happened. This is horrific.
having made it to the end of this breathtakingly difficult read, my overwhelming feeling is that if I found myself in a room with either of the women in charge of this scam, I would not be responsible for my actions www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I've had three babies. My first two passed meconium & were whisked to the side of the room to be suctioned to avoid aspiration. My third had shoulder dystocia. My bed was flipped down, med staff rushed forward & he was unstuck before I even knew what happened. This is horrific.
Hey freezer, you could have let me know your outlet tripped. You know, just saying. *sigh* At least the chest freezer is clean now. I wish it hadn't been full though.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hey freezer, you could have let me know your outlet tripped. You know, just saying. *sigh* At least the chest freezer is clean now. I wish it hadn't been full though.
How long do we have to let Mamdani be mayor of NYC before we can make him be president?
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How long do we have to let Mamdani be mayor of NYC before we can make him be president?
If you haven't already read this you're in for a treat. 😆
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If you haven't already read this you're in for a treat. 😆
Aaahhhh!!!!!!!
so i guess the preview dropped WHICH MEANS I CAN TELL YOU I AM WRITING THE BROTHERS WINCHESTER!!!!!!!!
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
YOUR GIRL IS WRITING
SUPERNATURAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my beloved 😭❤️
humongous shout out for @gregpak.net for recommending me for this gig!!!
leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/121324...
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Aaahhhh!!!!!!!
❤️
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
❤️
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It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
tote vote
we tote-ally want to hear from you.
bookshopdotorg.typeform.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win!
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
In Your Dreams on Netflix was super cute!
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
In Your Dreams on Netflix was super cute!
Heads up Mac users
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Heads up Mac users
This!
But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This!
Seriously. I will never be able to write every book I have an idea for. The idea is not the thing.
I am not aware of a single author who has a shortage of book ideas. Words, yes. Ways to make the ideas become a book, yes. But I've never met an author who doesn't have ideas just raining down all the damn time.
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Seriously. I will never be able to write every book I have an idea for. The idea is not the thing.
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I feel obliged to remind if you want signed books from me-- plus stickers and a unique holiday-horror-themed personalization -- then @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social has got you covered. Details here:
Merry Happy Wendigmas
HEYYYY so every year, I tend to get Very Cool People who decide to buy my books as holiday gifts for friends, loved ones, cherished foes, or, y’know, themselves. And I like to offer the oppor…
terribleminds.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I feel obliged to remind if you want signed books from me-- plus stickers and a unique holiday-horror-themed personalization -- then @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social has got you covered. Details here:
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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"That policy benefits those of us who have been around for awhile, are knowledgeable, and strong willed, while taking advantage of newer writers and those who don’t know any better."
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"That policy benefits those of us who have been around for awhile, are knowledgeable, and strong willed, while taking advantage of newer writers and those who don’t know any better."
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
Writers, you should read this too. It's a long read, but you will find it edifying.
We've got to stop allowing tech monopolies to control everything, she says while JUST TRYING TO DO SOME ONLINE BANKING.
a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .
Alt: a woman is making a frustrated face and clawing her hands like she wants to attack someone
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We've got to stop allowing tech monopolies to control everything, she says while JUST TRYING TO DO SOME ONLINE BANKING.
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This thread. I think it's incredibly important to remember that the TERF fragility/rabidity started to take off right around the height of me too, and the main message they had was "men are inherently violent."
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
MeToo was intentionally co-opted by the type of 'feminist' that berates and abuses people for not conforming to gender, while insisting that a uterus makes a woman...
1/2
1/2
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This thread. I think it's incredibly important to remember that the TERF fragility/rabidity started to take off right around the height of me too, and the main message they had was "men are inherently violent."
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
Haven't seen an AO3 one of these yet, so I thought I'd share.
Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Haven't seen an AO3 one of these yet, so I thought I'd share.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
Wishing this for all of us!
Dear world:
Instead of, you know, sucking, could you please give my friends enough sales that they can quit their jobs and write or make art full time if they want to? Please.
Love,
Morgan
Instead of, you know, sucking, could you please give my friends enough sales that they can quit their jobs and write or make art full time if they want to? Please.
Love,
Morgan
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Wishing this for all of us!
Did Penguin pay booktok to promote their classic editions? Because I've now seen three videos in a row about checking out The Count of Monte Cristo, and it's all the same cover. Don't get me wrong, I love that book, but it seems a little suspicious.
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did Penguin pay booktok to promote their classic editions? Because I've now seen three videos in a row about checking out The Count of Monte Cristo, and it's all the same cover. Don't get me wrong, I love that book, but it seems a little suspicious.
I need an app to compare my "want to read" list on Goodreads to the books available at my library.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I need an app to compare my "want to read" list on Goodreads to the books available at my library.