Author Discovery
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Spotlighting powerful writers & unforgettable books.
Indie authors • small presses • hidden gems and amplifying overlooked voices.
📚 Daily discovery • Independent author & small-press curator
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Indie authors • small presses • hidden gems and amplifying overlooked voices.
📚 Daily discovery • Independent author & small-press curator
Submissions & features⇩
https://forms.gle/DPHoimFqXCMLEoXH9
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This account exists to curate and amplify independent authors and small presses, consistently, transparently, and without paid placement.
#Booksky #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #BookDiscovery #WritingCommunity #IndieLit #AuthorSupport
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We’re almost at 600 followers, just one more to go. Every follow helps extend our reach and gives more authors and small presses the visibility they deserve. Remember: we, never charge, and we’re here to help amplify your work.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We’re almost at 600 followers, just one more to go. Every follow helps extend our reach and gives more authors and small presses the visibility they deserve. Remember: we, never charge, and we’re here to help amplify your work.
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #WritersOfBluesky
We’re still a small writer-discovery page on Bluesky, but we’re growing. I see so many authors and small presses doing great work and not posting as regularly as they could. Those voices deserve to be seen. If that’s you, let us help.
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
We’re still a small writer-discovery page on Bluesky, but we’re growing. I see so many authors and small presses doing great work and not posting as regularly as they could. Those voices deserve to be seen. If that’s you, let us help.
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress
#Booksky #AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthors #SmallPress
Good morning, readers and writers of Bluesky.
This morning I want to spotlight: @rick-bie.bsky.social
Meet R. Bumblepoint Badger—an up-and-coming indie author with a sharp voice and a love for the long road.
#AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthor #Booksky
This morning I want to spotlight: @rick-bie.bsky.social
Meet R. Bumblepoint Badger—an up-and-coming indie author with a sharp voice and a love for the long road.
#AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthor #Booksky
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Good morning, readers and writers of Bluesky.
This morning I want to spotlight: @rick-bie.bsky.social
Meet R. Bumblepoint Badger—an up-and-coming indie author with a sharp voice and a love for the long road.
#AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthor #Booksky
This morning I want to spotlight: @rick-bie.bsky.social
Meet R. Bumblepoint Badger—an up-and-coming indie author with a sharp voice and a love for the long road.
#AuthorDiscovery #IndieAuthor #Booksky
Writer Spotlight
Meet Jeannie (Jay) Marschall @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social
Writer of mostly queer SFFH and poetry. Eco-magic, tender horror, and characters who care deeply while facing real demons. One to watch in 2025.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #QueerSFF
Meet Jeannie (Jay) Marschall @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social
Writer of mostly queer SFFH and poetry. Eco-magic, tender horror, and characters who care deeply while facing real demons. One to watch in 2025.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #QueerSFF
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Writer Spotlight
Meet Jeannie (Jay) Marschall @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social
Writer of mostly queer SFFH and poetry. Eco-magic, tender horror, and characters who care deeply while facing real demons. One to watch in 2025.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #QueerSFF
Meet Jeannie (Jay) Marschall @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social
Writer of mostly queer SFFH and poetry. Eco-magic, tender horror, and characters who care deeply while facing real demons. One to watch in 2025.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #QueerSFF
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Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
Spotlight: @glasspoetry.bsky.social
An essential indie poetry press behind the Glass Chapbook Series. Submissions are always free. If you care about craft, access, and real poetry, this is a press worth following.
#poetry #smallpress #indiepoetry #Booksky
An essential indie poetry press behind the Glass Chapbook Series. Submissions are always free. If you care about craft, access, and real poetry, this is a press worth following.
#poetry #smallpress #indiepoetry #Booksky
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December 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Spotlight: @glasspoetry.bsky.social
An essential indie poetry press behind the Glass Chapbook Series. Submissions are always free. If you care about craft, access, and real poetry, this is a press worth following.
#poetry #smallpress #indiepoetry #Booksky
An essential indie poetry press behind the Glass Chapbook Series. Submissions are always free. If you care about craft, access, and real poetry, this is a press worth following.
#poetry #smallpress #indiepoetry #Booksky
Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
Poets—how do you write your poetry?
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Poets—how do you write your poetry?
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
Author Spotlight
Adam (@acpbooks.bsky.social) writes children’s picture books centered on friendship, courage, and emotional warmth. His work proves that writing for kids isn’t “simple”, it’s purposeful, thoughtful, and quietly powerful.
#ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #IndieAuthor #KidLit #Booksky
Adam (@acpbooks.bsky.social) writes children’s picture books centered on friendship, courage, and emotional warmth. His work proves that writing for kids isn’t “simple”, it’s purposeful, thoughtful, and quietly powerful.
#ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #IndieAuthor #KidLit #Booksky
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Author Spotlight
Adam (@acpbooks.bsky.social) writes children’s picture books centered on friendship, courage, and emotional warmth. His work proves that writing for kids isn’t “simple”, it’s purposeful, thoughtful, and quietly powerful.
#ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #IndieAuthor #KidLit #Booksky
Adam (@acpbooks.bsky.social) writes children’s picture books centered on friendship, courage, and emotional warmth. His work proves that writing for kids isn’t “simple”, it’s purposeful, thoughtful, and quietly powerful.
#ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #IndieAuthor #KidLit #Booksky
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December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📚 Author Spotlight
Meet Tracy Carol Taylor, a children’s & young adult author writing imaginative, heart-driven stories for young readers. Her work blends warmth, curiosity, and gentle adventure, stories made to be lived inside.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #IndieAuthors @tracytaylorbooks.bsky.social
Meet Tracy Carol Taylor, a children’s & young adult author writing imaginative, heart-driven stories for young readers. Her work blends warmth, curiosity, and gentle adventure, stories made to be lived inside.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #IndieAuthors @tracytaylorbooks.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📚 Author Spotlight
Meet Tracy Carol Taylor, a children’s & young adult author writing imaginative, heart-driven stories for young readers. Her work blends warmth, curiosity, and gentle adventure, stories made to be lived inside.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #IndieAuthors @tracytaylorbooks.bsky.social
Meet Tracy Carol Taylor, a children’s & young adult author writing imaginative, heart-driven stories for young readers. Her work blends warmth, curiosity, and gentle adventure, stories made to be lived inside.
#Booksky #AuthorSpotlight #IndieAuthors @tracytaylorbooks.bsky.social
This account exists to curate and amplify independent authors and small presses, consistently, transparently, and without paid placement.
#Booksky #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #BookDiscovery #WritingCommunity #IndieLit #AuthorSupport
#Booksky #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #BookDiscovery #WritingCommunity #IndieLit #AuthorSupport
December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This account exists to curate and amplify independent authors and small presses, consistently, transparently, and without paid placement.
#Booksky #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #BookDiscovery #WritingCommunity #IndieLit #AuthorSupport
#Booksky #IndieAuthors #SmallPress #BookDiscovery #WritingCommunity #IndieLit #AuthorSupport
Small presses doing it right deserve the mic.
WoodPig Press is a new micro-press focused on speculative fiction and nonfiction, and they’re opening submissions Jan 5, 2026.
But it’s how they’re doing it that matters.
Pay attention.
#Booksky #SmallPress #IndiePublishing
WoodPig Press is a new micro-press focused on speculative fiction and nonfiction, and they’re opening submissions Jan 5, 2026.
But it’s how they’re doing it that matters.
Pay attention.
#Booksky #SmallPress #IndiePublishing
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Small presses doing it right deserve the mic.
WoodPig Press is a new micro-press focused on speculative fiction and nonfiction, and they’re opening submissions Jan 5, 2026.
But it’s how they’re doing it that matters.
Pay attention.
#Booksky #SmallPress #IndiePublishing
WoodPig Press is a new micro-press focused on speculative fiction and nonfiction, and they’re opening submissions Jan 5, 2026.
But it’s how they’re doing it that matters.
Pay attention.
#Booksky #SmallPress #IndiePublishing
If you don’t know Breece D’J Pancake, you should.
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
If you don’t know Breece D’J Pancake, you should.
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
Blackbird
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Blackbird
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
This is why I’m here on Bluesky, as a poet, an author, and someone who believes in lifting up voices that deserve to be heard.
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is why I’m here on Bluesky, as a poet, an author, and someone who believes in lifting up voices that deserve to be heard.
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
Tracy Chapman has always been more than a musician, she’s a poet who chose a guitar. Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution reads like protest poetry: spare lines, sharp repetition, nothing to soften the truth. Her restraint is the craft.
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tracy Chapman has always been more than a musician, she’s a poet who chose a guitar. Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution reads like protest poetry: spare lines, sharp repetition, nothing to soften the truth. Her restraint is the craft.
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Featuring @authorhollyday.bsky.social today, Ghost Whisperer is out now and part of the JMS Books Advent Calendar, which means it’s free today.
Queer romance with a supernatural twist, by an indie author who knows her craft.
Congrats on the release!
#MMRomance #GayRomance #IndieBooks #Booksky
Queer romance with a supernatural twist, by an indie author who knows her craft.
Congrats on the release!
#MMRomance #GayRomance #IndieBooks #Booksky
It's release day!!! Today, Ghost Whisperer is in the JMS Books Advent Calendar, which means it’s FREE from 12:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Featuring @authorhollyday.bsky.social today, Ghost Whisperer is out now and part of the JMS Books Advent Calendar, which means it’s free today.
Queer romance with a supernatural twist, by an indie author who knows her craft.
Congrats on the release!
#MMRomance #GayRomance #IndieBooks #Booksky
Queer romance with a supernatural twist, by an indie author who knows her craft.
Congrats on the release!
#MMRomance #GayRomance #IndieBooks #Booksky
Spotlight on an indie gem:
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, published by the brilliant small press Bullaun Press.
It’s sharp, unsettling, darkly funny, and fearless in the way only indie-press fiction dares to be.
#IndieBooks #SmallPress #BullaunPress #Booksky
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, published by the brilliant small press Bullaun Press.
It’s sharp, unsettling, darkly funny, and fearless in the way only indie-press fiction dares to be.
#IndieBooks #SmallPress #BullaunPress #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Spotlight on an indie gem:
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, published by the brilliant small press Bullaun Press.
It’s sharp, unsettling, darkly funny, and fearless in the way only indie-press fiction dares to be.
#IndieBooks #SmallPress #BullaunPress #Booksky
There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, published by the brilliant small press Bullaun Press.
It’s sharp, unsettling, darkly funny, and fearless in the way only indie-press fiction dares to be.
#IndieBooks #SmallPress #BullaunPress #Booksky
Spotlighting @yolandasfetsos today A writer bringing bleak small-town mystery, folk horror, and cursed-family tension to life with real force.
Only Darkness looks like the kind of indie horror that deserves far more eyes on it.
Congratulations!
#IndieHorror #FolkHorror #AuthorSpotlight #Booksky
Only Darkness looks like the kind of indie horror that deserves far more eyes on it.
Congratulations!
#IndieHorror #FolkHorror #AuthorSpotlight #Booksky
#Booksky, are you in the mood for a bleak novel about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of folk horror & a mysterious entity?
Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
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Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
🌳😈🌳
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Spotlighting @yolandasfetsos today A writer bringing bleak small-town mystery, folk horror, and cursed-family tension to life with real force.
Only Darkness looks like the kind of indie horror that deserves far more eyes on it.
Congratulations!
#IndieHorror #FolkHorror #AuthorSpotlight #Booksky
Only Darkness looks like the kind of indie horror that deserves far more eyes on it.
Congratulations!
#IndieHorror #FolkHorror #AuthorSpotlight #Booksky
What a great idea. Fun too!
Wildcard Wednesday Gridogram 2025-12-10 was
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
— Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
Jerome is best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Today is Thursday of Thought ▶️ gridogram.com
#BookSky #IndieGame
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
— Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
Jerome is best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Today is Thursday of Thought ▶️ gridogram.com
#BookSky #IndieGame
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What a great idea. Fun too!
Despite the book’s brilliance, Baldwin struggled to find editors who believed in a young Black, queer writer telling such a raw American story.
He wrote anyway, and changed literature forever.
#BIPOCWriters #QueerLitHistory #Booksky
He wrote anyway, and changed literature forever.
#BIPOCWriters #QueerLitHistory #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Despite the book’s brilliance, Baldwin struggled to find editors who believed in a young Black, queer writer telling such a raw American story.
He wrote anyway, and changed literature forever.
#BIPOCWriters #QueerLitHistory #Booksky
He wrote anyway, and changed literature forever.
#BIPOCWriters #QueerLitHistory #Booksky