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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 1d

I guess I meant buddy-read 🤣

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 1d

I can't believe you already had this planned more or less in 2015!

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 1d

This is my favourite novel of all time. Please go and buy it and then come back and discuss it with me. Also, anyone willing to bodyread with me please dm me. My next reread is already overdue.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 1d

The Actual Star is only $3.99 on ebook right now. Go buy it bruhs and brahs.

The Actual Star: A Novel

Amazon.com: The Actual Star: A Novel eBook : Byrne, Monica: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 1d

Loved it. Highly recommend if you enjoy Black Mirror.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing! Congratulations. Looking forward to my omnibus pre-order to come in 💪🏼👏🏼🎉🥰☠️🧟🦇

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you. I love
Gailey's other books. Will put this on my tbr.

ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 7d

Yes please. I want to nerd-out in my local drugstore.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 12d

So excited!! Just one tiny but important question: where and when can I buy the audiobook please? - Seems there is some geo- restriction for Austria in place 😭😭

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 13d

Brilliant news! I loved that story. Can't wait to listen to it.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 13d

Please share some "thirsty" pictures.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 14d

Support your favourite artists. We need them more than ever.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 14d

I just got my royalty statement for The Actual Star for the first half of 2025. Four years after publication, it sold 492 new copies, for a take-home royalty payment of $425.46 USD.

For perspective on these figures, please read this piece I wrote last year:

Q: Can an author make a living from royalties?

~ free public post ~ The general population is slowly getting the message that things are really hard for traditionally published authors right now, in ways it was not hard twenty or even five year…

monicacatherine.com

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 15d

Yes! It's brilliant and my favourite novel ever.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 15d

Just wanted to mention here that I wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about a future utopian society based on perpetual mass migration. You should read it :)

The Actual Star | monicabyrne

"Wildly ambitious, wildly successful."--Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized and Walkaway

www.monicabyrne.org

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 21d

Autsch!

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 22d

I had such a good time reading the Quicksilver books. I mean Sapphic and bi pirate vampires.... What's not to love?!

Josie Jaffrey (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @josiejaffrey.bsky.social · 22d

K*ll Me Quick (QuickSilver book 1) is in this bi visibility sale on itchio, featuring fifty (that's 50!!!) books from bi and pan authors!
itch.io/b/3263/bi-vi...

A blue, pink and purple rainbow snaking over a pink background. Text in the same colours reads:
Bi Visilibity Week, Itchio mega bundle, September 16-23, 50 books by bi/pan authors for $50
Fantasy, sci-fi, romance, horror and literary fiction

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 22d

Show some love today and support your favourite artists.

Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 22d

If you’ve been moved by a piece of art lately, feel free to reach out through the artist’s public contact details. Often we just really appreciate it. And especially in these times, when things for (human) artists are so hard.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · 29d

I love her horror stories.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Sep 10

I remember it fondly as rainbow country.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm sorry. This sux.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you for the insights. A fascinating read. I am in awe how you manage continuity and how you wrap in all the novels and short stories of your Silverse. Looking forward to the podcast.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 28

Brilliant Story. Loved it.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 27

You've got mail.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 27

I love Kohlrabi! It makes a very nice soup. Also great as hot veg or even raw. Just make sure you cut away any wooden parts. Can you still eat potatoes? I can send you recipes if you want.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 26

Oh no. I hope you feel better soon.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh no that sux.

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ghoti53.bsky.social @ghoti53.bsky.social · Aug 20

That scene gave me nightmares.

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