Riley Kilmore
@rileykilmore.bsky.social
Author of SHAY THE BRAVE & other works. www.rileykilmore.com
Read Riley weekly at www.rileykilmore.substack.com
#Neurodivergent #photographer #poet #animals #bluedot #travel #Appalachian living in a cabin on an isolated mountainside in #Pennsyltucky
Read Riley weekly at www.rileykilmore.substack.com
#Neurodivergent #photographer #poet #animals #bluedot #travel #Appalachian living in a cabin on an isolated mountainside in #Pennsyltucky
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Riley Kilmore
@rileykilmore.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello #bluesky family! I'm #kidlit author #rileykilmore & I'm happy to be here. Here's my #booktrailer for Shay The Brave, my 2024 debut #middlegradebook #adventure championing #intercultural #friendship and the #courage to be your #authenticself
#shaythebrave #teachers #librarians #awardnominated
#shaythebrave #teachers #librarians #awardnominated
I don't get a lot of feedback or comments on my substack posts, but when I do it really makes my day. I hope you, too, will check out some of my pieces on #substack and let me know what you think. I've been a bit absented, blue from the coup, so to speak. #amwriting #authorlife #writingcommunity
I really enjoyed your article. I am going to try to incorporate the “What little good you do” concept.
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I don't get a lot of feedback or comments on my substack posts, but when I do it really makes my day. I hope you, too, will check out some of my pieces on #substack and let me know what you think. I've been a bit absented, blue from the coup, so to speak. #amwriting #authorlife #writingcommunity
#booklaunch y'all! Lookit what's dropping in a few days! Pre-order now wherever books are sold online or from your fav indie bookstore! @alexystrongandsilent is the sequel to #shaythebrave and is the second installment in the @oldenshire series
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #courage #friendship
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #courage #friendship
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#booklaunch y'all! Lookit what's dropping in a few days! Pre-order now wherever books are sold online or from your fav indie bookstore! @alexystrongandsilent is the sequel to #shaythebrave and is the second installment in the @oldenshire series
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #courage #friendship
#kidlit #middlegradebooks #courage #friendship
He's got some terrific reviews, all deserved. Lovers of high fantasy are gobbling up #TheBlacksmithsBoy
Got a great review of THE BLACKSMITH'S BOY from fellow author @rileykilmore.bsky.social: "Debut novelist Bruce Buchanan has delivered the expected tropes—along with some fun, creative twists—to keep fans of high fantasy engaged and turning pages." 😊 @wildinkpublishing.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
He's got some terrific reviews, all deserved. Lovers of high fantasy are gobbling up #TheBlacksmithsBoy
Happy book launch! The SHARE WITH SHAY journal, companion #workbooksforkids to #shaythebrave debuted April 8th! Be sure to leave reviews to help others find & appreciate this delightful companion workbook published by Wild Ink Publishing LLC
#middlegradebooks #fun
www.amazon.com/Share-Shay-R...
#middlegradebooks #fun
www.amazon.com/Share-Shay-R...
Share With Shay
Share With Shay [Kilmore, Riley] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Share With Shay
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April 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy book launch! The SHARE WITH SHAY journal, companion #workbooksforkids to #shaythebrave debuted April 8th! Be sure to leave reviews to help others find & appreciate this delightful companion workbook published by Wild Ink Publishing LLC
#middlegradebooks #fun
www.amazon.com/Share-Shay-R...
#middlegradebooks #fun
www.amazon.com/Share-Shay-R...
Had a wonderful time attending and presenting at the Manuscript to Marketplace #writersconference at Shepherd University! Thank you so much for inviting me!
April 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Had a wonderful time attending and presenting at the Manuscript to Marketplace #writersconference at Shepherd University! Thank you so much for inviting me!
February 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thank you for this lovely review. Please, if you've read #ShayTheBrave, take a few moments to leave a positive review on your favorite platform. It helps so much! #amwriting #middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #multicultural #fantasy #lgbtqia #adventure #ASL #courage #friendship
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thank you for this lovely review. Please, if you've read #ShayTheBrave, take a few moments to leave a positive review on your favorite platform. It helps so much! #amwriting #middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #multicultural #fantasy #lgbtqia #adventure #ASL #courage #friendship
So, over on not-twitter, I've been deleting old posts and backing off the platform. I've posted repeatedly for followers to please follow me over here, where I'm setting up camp.
EVERY one of those tweets has disappeared by the next day.
So much for #freespeech
EVERY one of those tweets has disappeared by the next day.
So much for #freespeech
February 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So, over on not-twitter, I've been deleting old posts and backing off the platform. I've posted repeatedly for followers to please follow me over here, where I'm setting up camp.
EVERY one of those tweets has disappeared by the next day.
So much for #freespeech
EVERY one of those tweets has disappeared by the next day.
So much for #freespeech
Snarky comments only
February 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Snarky comments only
#Parents and #teachers do you have a child who is #deaf or who uses #ALS & might relate to a young character who faces similar challenges? Check out my #middlegrade #adventure #ShayTheBrave then feel free to post in comments other #book recs with deaf characters.
February 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#Parents and #teachers do you have a child who is #deaf or who uses #ALS & might relate to a young character who faces similar challenges? Check out my #middlegrade #adventure #ShayTheBrave then feel free to post in comments other #book recs with deaf characters.
30 times the square root of 27, divided by ten, would still be 1000 times more fucks than I give that you think you were born with some inalienable right to own a gun, whether you're AmeriKKKan or not.
February 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
30 times the square root of 27, divided by ten, would still be 1000 times more fucks than I give that you think you were born with some inalienable right to own a gun, whether you're AmeriKKKan or not.
DARK TIMES
an Eternal Light shines
through all your broken spaces,
sharing a warmth
the world desperately needs,
but cannot see.
stumbling in blindness,
the world calls you "cold,"
even as it thaws
its frozen fingertips
over the warmth
of your murdered corpse.
- Riley Kilmore
#poetry #amwriting
an Eternal Light shines
through all your broken spaces,
sharing a warmth
the world desperately needs,
but cannot see.
stumbling in blindness,
the world calls you "cold,"
even as it thaws
its frozen fingertips
over the warmth
of your murdered corpse.
- Riley Kilmore
#poetry #amwriting
February 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
DARK TIMES
an Eternal Light shines
through all your broken spaces,
sharing a warmth
the world desperately needs,
but cannot see.
stumbling in blindness,
the world calls you "cold,"
even as it thaws
its frozen fingertips
over the warmth
of your murdered corpse.
- Riley Kilmore
#poetry #amwriting
an Eternal Light shines
through all your broken spaces,
sharing a warmth
the world desperately needs,
but cannot see.
stumbling in blindness,
the world calls you "cold,"
even as it thaws
its frozen fingertips
over the warmth
of your murdered corpse.
- Riley Kilmore
#poetry #amwriting
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Can't I get one "like" at all?
Check your desk draw; see each story?
None have sex and none are gory.
"Ah," I said. "Okay (I nodded,
sipped some mead, then on I plotted)!"
-Riley Kilmore, 2022
Can't I get one "like" at all?
Check your desk draw; see each story?
None have sex and none are gory.
"Ah," I said. "Okay (I nodded,
sipped some mead, then on I plotted)!"
-Riley Kilmore, 2022
February 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Can't I get one "like" at all?
Check your desk draw; see each story?
None have sex and none are gory.
"Ah," I said. "Okay (I nodded,
sipped some mead, then on I plotted)!"
-Riley Kilmore, 2022
Can't I get one "like" at all?
Check your desk draw; see each story?
None have sex and none are gory.
"Ah," I said. "Okay (I nodded,
sipped some mead, then on I plotted)!"
-Riley Kilmore, 2022
"From her choice of dress, she liked people to underestimate her and, from the way she spoke, she liked to remind them that they had."
- from Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Share a great line from whatever you're currently reading!
#books #amwriting #amreading #authorsofbluesky
- from Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Share a great line from whatever you're currently reading!
#books #amwriting #amreading #authorsofbluesky
February 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"From her choice of dress, she liked people to underestimate her and, from the way she spoke, she liked to remind them that they had."
- from Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Share a great line from whatever you're currently reading!
#books #amwriting #amreading #authorsofbluesky
- from Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Share a great line from whatever you're currently reading!
#books #amwriting #amreading #authorsofbluesky
Saw the most diplomatic restaurant review ever:
"The service and the dining experience matched the quality of the food perfectly."
This could, of course, be a review of both the best and worst restaurants on the planet. #welldone #diplomacy
"The service and the dining experience matched the quality of the food perfectly."
This could, of course, be a review of both the best and worst restaurants on the planet. #welldone #diplomacy
February 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Saw the most diplomatic restaurant review ever:
"The service and the dining experience matched the quality of the food perfectly."
This could, of course, be a review of both the best and worst restaurants on the planet. #welldone #diplomacy
"The service and the dining experience matched the quality of the food perfectly."
This could, of course, be a review of both the best and worst restaurants on the planet. #welldone #diplomacy
Reposted by Riley Kilmore
So excited for this! Shay the Brave is a just kick-ass little book and this workbook will make it interactive. If ya ain't read it, you don't know whatcher missing.
#coverreveal anyone? The #ShareWithShay workbook's at the printer! Stay tuned for pre-order info. Meanwhile, get a copy of #ShayTheBrave wherever books are sold online & at local brick 'n mortar bookstores
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
February 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So excited for this! Shay the Brave is a just kick-ass little book and this workbook will make it interactive. If ya ain't read it, you don't know whatcher missing.
February 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What a wonderful review for @shaythebrave
Thank you, Sarah Floyd, and thank you everyone who's read Shay the Brave!
#middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #STEM #adventure #multicultural #lgbtqia #fantasy #rileykilmore #shaythebrave #courage #amwriting
Thank you, Sarah Floyd, and thank you everyone who's read Shay the Brave!
#middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #STEM #adventure #multicultural #lgbtqia #fantasy #rileykilmore #shaythebrave #courage #amwriting
February 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What a wonderful review for @shaythebrave
Thank you, Sarah Floyd, and thank you everyone who's read Shay the Brave!
#middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #STEM #adventure #multicultural #lgbtqia #fantasy #rileykilmore #shaythebrave #courage #amwriting
Thank you, Sarah Floyd, and thank you everyone who's read Shay the Brave!
#middlegradebooks #librarians #teachers #STEM #adventure #multicultural #lgbtqia #fantasy #rileykilmore #shaythebrave #courage #amwriting
Writing is often akin to the ancient art of kintsugi. We reassemble the broken bits of ourselves, glue them together with golden words, and place them on display.
The value of your writing doesn't decrease based on someone else's inability to see its worth.
-R. Kilmore
The value of your writing doesn't decrease based on someone else's inability to see its worth.
-R. Kilmore
February 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Writing is often akin to the ancient art of kintsugi. We reassemble the broken bits of ourselves, glue them together with golden words, and place them on display.
The value of your writing doesn't decrease based on someone else's inability to see its worth.
-R. Kilmore
The value of your writing doesn't decrease based on someone else's inability to see its worth.
-R. Kilmore
SAIL ON
Mabel Maven Mapleshank
build a boat that never sank.
She built it out of Hopes and Dreams,
and with Hard Work she corked the seams.
Her ship still sails from dawn to dawn,
though Mabel Mapleshank's long gone.
R. Kilmore
5/3/2022
Mabel Maven Mapleshank
build a boat that never sank.
She built it out of Hopes and Dreams,
and with Hard Work she corked the seams.
Her ship still sails from dawn to dawn,
though Mabel Mapleshank's long gone.
R. Kilmore
5/3/2022
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
SAIL ON
Mabel Maven Mapleshank
build a boat that never sank.
She built it out of Hopes and Dreams,
and with Hard Work she corked the seams.
Her ship still sails from dawn to dawn,
though Mabel Mapleshank's long gone.
R. Kilmore
5/3/2022
Mabel Maven Mapleshank
build a boat that never sank.
She built it out of Hopes and Dreams,
and with Hard Work she corked the seams.
Her ship still sails from dawn to dawn,
though Mabel Mapleshank's long gone.
R. Kilmore
5/3/2022
COSMOS
Faith is a black hole
at the center of your heart
consuming all light:
the flame of empathy,
the lamp of genuine love,
the fire of meaningful action.
The collection plate is passing by,
so fill it, fill it.
The cost of your conscience
is a bottomless pit.
R. Kilmore
2022
Faith is a black hole
at the center of your heart
consuming all light:
the flame of empathy,
the lamp of genuine love,
the fire of meaningful action.
The collection plate is passing by,
so fill it, fill it.
The cost of your conscience
is a bottomless pit.
R. Kilmore
2022
February 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
COSMOS
Faith is a black hole
at the center of your heart
consuming all light:
the flame of empathy,
the lamp of genuine love,
the fire of meaningful action.
The collection plate is passing by,
so fill it, fill it.
The cost of your conscience
is a bottomless pit.
R. Kilmore
2022
Faith is a black hole
at the center of your heart
consuming all light:
the flame of empathy,
the lamp of genuine love,
the fire of meaningful action.
The collection plate is passing by,
so fill it, fill it.
The cost of your conscience
is a bottomless pit.
R. Kilmore
2022
#coverreveal anyone? The #ShareWithShay workbook's at the printer! Stay tuned for pre-order info. Meanwhile, get a copy of #ShayTheBrave wherever books are sold online & at local brick 'n mortar bookstores
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
February 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#coverreveal anyone? The #ShareWithShay workbook's at the printer! Stay tuned for pre-order info. Meanwhile, get a copy of #ShayTheBrave wherever books are sold online & at local brick 'n mortar bookstores
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
#middlegradebooks #teachers #librarieans #lgbtdqia #fantasy #STEM #multicultural #homeschool
My entry ("Memories of a Lost Childhood") won top honors at an art show in 2023 at Shepherd Univ., WV, and appeared in the 2023 Anthology of Appalachian Writers (the Barbara Kingsolver vol.) along with two of my poems. Next month I'll be back at Shepherd presenting at a #writersconference. Join me!
February 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My entry ("Memories of a Lost Childhood") won top honors at an art show in 2023 at Shepherd Univ., WV, and appeared in the 2023 Anthology of Appalachian Writers (the Barbara Kingsolver vol.) along with two of my poems. Next month I'll be back at Shepherd presenting at a #writersconference. Join me!