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M. Stevenson
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She/her 🌈 Author of BEHOOVED (out now) and THIS TREACHEROUS NIGHT (2027) 🐴✨ Often found swing dancing or talking to birds and plants 🌿 Rep: Maddy Belton
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M. Stevenson @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social · 16d
It's awards season time! If you're nominating, I'd be honored if you'd consider my work.

Here's what I have up for nomination!
Eligibility graphic, with the covers of Behooved and Artifice & Access and some information about each (repeated in the posts downthread)
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authorbelanier.bsky.social
Woah, I'm a recognized author on Goodreads now!! While you're on goodreads, you should check out all the wonderful stories in the Enter Here anthology, available for pre-order now! www.goodreads.com/brookelanier
Cover reveal of Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals, edited by C.J. Subko & M. Stevenson. Cover shows a foggy woods with doorways scattered among the trees. In the center, one cracks open, a yellow light pouring through.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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beardedbetts.bsky.social
The official release date for the Enter Here anthology is December 2nd! Lots of unique takes on doors n portals...hope you're ready to walk through 'em! @cjsubko.bsky.social & @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social put together a hell of anthology!
Enter Here an Anthology of Portals edited by C.J. Subko & M. Stevenson. Several doors and trees are set against a foggy blue/gray background. In the center, a door is cracked, and light trickles out.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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cjsubko.bsky.social
The ENTER HERE anthology is all set to release on December 2nd!

@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I could not be more overwhelmed and thrilled.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…
www.goodreads.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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mhayinde.bsky.social
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES

Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)

Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.

Preorders open now!
The UK cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace. The North American cover of A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES. A woman stands with her first raised. Behind her stands a man in a cloak and a hazy blue figure wielding an axe and a mace.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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vesperdoom.com
Today's the day! Here is the cover for the paperback edition of METROPOLIS DOWN! Done by the amazing @kjetll.bsky.social, it is everything that I wanted and more besides.

Pre-Order today at: ko-fi.com/vesperdoom
A black, green, and red swirled space background with two men in the foreground. The one on the left is a broad man with curly brown hair, freckles, a beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a dark blue jacket with golden cuffs and collar open over a black shirt and pants. He has an arm circled around the man on the left’s head. The man on the left is upside down. He is slender and has tawny skin, black hair, and brown eyes. He is wearing all black with cutouts on his shoulders. Below the figures are the words: METROPOLIS DOWN and VESPER DOOM.
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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sparklemarkers.bsky.social
this is how you lose the dish war
A set of dish scrubbers shaped like a cardinal and a bluebird
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
The pivot from being so hyped about the thing you just finished to the terror of sending it to betas
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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gryphonamx.bsky.social
For turning those items off (For both spots that could feed into AI scrapping):

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

And, yep, it messes with things that have been a normal part of gmail for ages.

Sigh.
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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tomesandtextiles.bsky.social
Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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cjsubko.bsky.social
Fancy yourself a little #SFF and #horror? #Specfic broadly conceived? About doors?

You an add ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals on goodreads!

Check it with @aimeecozza.com 's gorgeous cover.

Pub day is December 2nd!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals
Breaking into publishing can feel like knocking on a cl…
www.goodreads.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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aimeecozza.com
Ages ago (13 years now) I did a series called Trash Birds that was birds + how environmental, manmade things affect them

this is 1 of a rainbow of birds all chillin in front of Cherynobyl Nuclear Power Plant

should I post em all in a thread? I shall!

#Art #Birds
Multi-colored sketchy/scratchboard style drawing of a bunch of different regional birds sitting on a tree in front of Cherynobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Each bird is wearing a tiny gas mask.
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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kelsijosilva.bsky.social
Day and night ♥️
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
Hey bsky. My favorite thing right now is forward-facing Brewer's Blackbirds. Just so you know.

Show me your forward-facing birds! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Page of digital sketches of three male Brewer's Blackbirds, all facing forward (or mostly). On left, the bird is standing tall and alert with his neck stretched slightly, and he is colored with bright iridescent purple and blue. The other two are sketched in more muted grays. Upper right, the bird is calling upward with beak open and with tiny pupils. Lower right, he is puffed up, looking straight on, as if about to sing and show how buff he is to the ladies.
June 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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danaiwrites.bsky.social
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
NEED THIS NOW
oliviawrites.bsky.social Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 13d
Maybe you'd like to see the amazing cover for WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON, my book about an infamously underpowered oracle saving the world alongside the uptight demon who helped ruin her life 20 years ago?

AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz
Other links: go.oliviadade.com/WOOprh
The illustrated cover of WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON by Olivia Dade, featuring a man and a woman standing back to back against a hot pink background, appearing poised for action. The woman is holding a curved athame, while the man has a fireball just above his open, upturned palm. There are flames and small hearts surrounding them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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indivisible.org
Spotify is running ads to help ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops streaming fascism: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
(around the Spotify logo) GET ICE OUT OF SPOTIFY ICE DOESN’T NEED A PLAYLIST. IT NEEDS ACCOUNTABILITY. • Cancel your Spotify Premium subscription until Spotify removes all ICE ads • Demand Spotify immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts. • Urge artists and podcasters to speak out.
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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billie.bookstoreromanceday.org
There's also a GFM if sponsorship isn't a good fit.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-bo...
Donate to Support Bookstore Romance Day, organized by Billie Bloebaum
tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships are not. Your d… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Support Bookstore Romance Day
www.gofundme.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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billie.bookstoreromanceday.org
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I know times are tough for all of us, but there is literally nothing in the #BookstoreRomanceDay coffers. I'm trying to put together some special virtual events over the next few months, but I need funds to do so. If you're able, please consider donating. gofund.me/33b48a4d
Donate to Support Bookstore Romance Day, organized by Billie Bloebaum
tl;dr: Bookstore Romance Day expenses are up. Donations and sponsorships are not. Your d… Billie Bloebaum needs your support for Support Bookstore Romance Day
gofund.me
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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spookybiscuits.com
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
CHEESE
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16d
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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katemckean.bsky.social
There's some discourse happening on Threads about authors gatekeeping their publishing journey information. (yeah I know.) Sharing information is helpful, but not required, & not available to everyone. So I've made a questionnaire about the query & publishing journey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Query Letter and Publishing Journey Questionnaire
Hello! I have been too involved in the "publishing journey gatekeeping" conversation on Threads (iykyk) and I understand writers' desire to see how other people did it so they can try to guess/predict...
docs.google.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
mstevensonbooks.bsky.social
It's awards season time! If you're nominating, I'd be honored if you'd consider my work.

Here's what I have up for nomination!
Eligibility graphic, with the covers of Behooved and Artifice & Access and some information about each (repeated in the posts downthread)
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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aledthompson.bsky.social
If you see this, post your bird art 🦅
An angular owl with pointy ears perched on a branch A forest raven perched on a branch A bearded eagle Puffin
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
My first third of #Nudivember paintings, all done in watercolor and ink and a touch of white gauche.

#TradArt
A collage of five watercolor illustrations of various nudibranchs, from white and curly to sleek black and yellow A collage of 5 different types of nudibranchs in watercolor and ink
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM