C.J. Dotson
@cj-dotson.bsky.social
Generally cheerful, scaredy-cat horror-lover & horror author. THE CUT is available now! THESE FAMILIAR WALLS coming 4/14/26
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/these-familiar-walls-9781250336583/
rep: Chris Bucci
member HWA | #PitchWars 2020
bi, she/her
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/these-familiar-walls-9781250336583/
rep: Chris Bucci
member HWA | #PitchWars 2020
bi, she/her
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Good morning, friends! Happy Friday! I've made a 2025 awards eligibility post for my published horror fiction this year!
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I can't shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something important, this morning.
December 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I can't shake the feeling that I'm forgetting something important, this morning.
Look who didn't miss #HorrorWritersChat this week (by the skin of my teeth)!
Q1:
I'm C.J. Dotson, I write supernatural horror that usually involves complicated family dynamics and secrets. I cannot listen to music while I draft, but I sometimes use ambient noise playlists themed around my WIPs.
Q1:
I'm C.J. Dotson, I write supernatural horror that usually involves complicated family dynamics and secrets. I cannot listen to music while I draft, but I sometimes use ambient noise playlists themed around my WIPs.
Q1.
#HorrorWritersChat, you know what to do.
No links. Not till the end. No sneaky promo. Just lots of lovely lovely chat.
#HorrorWritersChat, you know what to do.
No links. Not till the end. No sneaky promo. Just lots of lovely lovely chat.
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Look who didn't miss #HorrorWritersChat this week (by the skin of my teeth)!
Q1:
I'm C.J. Dotson, I write supernatural horror that usually involves complicated family dynamics and secrets. I cannot listen to music while I draft, but I sometimes use ambient noise playlists themed around my WIPs.
Q1:
I'm C.J. Dotson, I write supernatural horror that usually involves complicated family dynamics and secrets. I cannot listen to music while I draft, but I sometimes use ambient noise playlists themed around my WIPs.
One of the worst small annoyances of winter is having to get All Bundled Up just to go wait at the end of the driveway to get my daughter off the bus every day.
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One of the worst small annoyances of winter is having to get All Bundled Up just to go wait at the end of the driveway to get my daughter off the bus every day.
Good morning! Happy Monday! I hope the week goes quickly for everybody!
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Good morning! Happy Monday! I hope the week goes quickly for everybody!
I would like fewer things to happen for a little while, please
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I would like fewer things to happen for a little while, please
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Did you know I love the color green?
Yes?
What gave it away...
@everydayoriginal.bsky.social is having a holiday sale and I've got these paintings listed! Each come framed :)
everydayoriginal.com/winter-sale/ <- all the art!
everydayoriginal.com/artist/LauraSiadak/ <- MY art
Ends Dec 10th!
Yes?
What gave it away...
@everydayoriginal.bsky.social is having a holiday sale and I've got these paintings listed! Each come framed :)
everydayoriginal.com/winter-sale/ <- all the art!
everydayoriginal.com/artist/LauraSiadak/ <- MY art
Ends Dec 10th!
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Did you know I love the color green?
Yes?
What gave it away...
@everydayoriginal.bsky.social is having a holiday sale and I've got these paintings listed! Each come framed :)
everydayoriginal.com/winter-sale/ <- all the art!
everydayoriginal.com/artist/LauraSiadak/ <- MY art
Ends Dec 10th!
Yes?
What gave it away...
@everydayoriginal.bsky.social is having a holiday sale and I've got these paintings listed! Each come framed :)
everydayoriginal.com/winter-sale/ <- all the art!
everydayoriginal.com/artist/LauraSiadak/ <- MY art
Ends Dec 10th!
Friends who're handy: My dad's been doing a lot of home renovation, can anyone suggest an inexpensive tool or tool-adjacent or handyman-type gift I could get him that would be one of those "can never have too many X" things, so just in case he does have one already, he'd be glad to have another?
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Friends who're handy: My dad's been doing a lot of home renovation, can anyone suggest an inexpensive tool or tool-adjacent or handyman-type gift I could get him that would be one of those "can never have too many X" things, so just in case he does have one already, he'd be glad to have another?
Good morning, friends. Happy December!
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Good morning, friends. Happy December!
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It's a Waterstones Plus Stamps weekend again, so here's a selection of our Horror titles to *help* you fill your basket! Remember, preorders count too!
Ft. @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Lindy Ryan @alexgrecian.bsky.social & more!
Ft. @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Lindy Ryan @alexgrecian.bsky.social & more!
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's a Waterstones Plus Stamps weekend again, so here's a selection of our Horror titles to *help* you fill your basket! Remember, preorders count too!
Ft. @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Lindy Ryan @alexgrecian.bsky.social & more!
Ft. @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social Lindy Ryan @alexgrecian.bsky.social & more!
I hope you're having a good day today.
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I hope you're having a good day today.
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“No,” said Frog.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“No,” said Frog.
One of my cats who we rescued as an adult, Noodles, took a long time to warm up. She always liked us, but it was only after 2 years that she started snuggling me, & 1 year after that before she'd snuggle anyone else.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
One of my cats who we rescued as an adult, Noodles, took a long time to warm up. She always liked us, but it was only after 2 years that she started snuggling me, & 1 year after that before she'd snuggle anyone else.
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Start building your 2026 #horrorbook TBR today!
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November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Woke at 3 to a godawful clanging and came downstairs to find three of the cats trying to disassemble one of the baseboard radiators to get at the mouse hiding up inside it. (mouse has been removed, cats have been given treats to assuage their disappointment)
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Woke at 3 to a godawful clanging and came downstairs to find three of the cats trying to disassemble one of the baseboard radiators to get at the mouse hiding up inside it. (mouse has been removed, cats have been given treats to assuage their disappointment)
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Reminder that books make awesome gifts for all holiday events, and they taste sweeter when they’re from indie bookstores. Don’t know what to get? Indie bookstores have gift cards!
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reminder that books make awesome gifts for all holiday events, and they taste sweeter when they’re from indie bookstores. Don’t know what to get? Indie bookstores have gift cards!
I have to do too many things today, who wants to do them for me so I can stay home in a blanket snuggling my cats and writing?
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I have to do too many things today, who wants to do them for me so I can stay home in a blanket snuggling my cats and writing?
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My 6-year-old daughter just put a handmade necklace on me, then sighed sort of tenderly and in her sweetest voice asked, "How does it feel to finally be stylish?"
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My 6-year-old daughter just put a handmade necklace on me, then sighed sort of tenderly and in her sweetest voice asked, "How does it feel to finally be stylish?"
Good morning, friends! Happy Friday! I've made a 2025 awards eligibility post for my published horror fiction this year!
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Good morning, friends! Happy Friday! I've made a 2025 awards eligibility post for my published horror fiction this year!
tempted to end today's writing session a couple hundred words early...
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
tempted to end today's writing session a couple hundred words early...
My six-year-old, demanding cheese balls as I'm making dinner: "Let me have a cheese ball, or else!"
Me, testing my luck: "Or else what?"
6: "I'm not telling you!"
Me: "I'll call that bluff. Hit me with your best shot."
Me: *immediate panic*
Me, testing my luck: "Or else what?"
6: "I'm not telling you!"
Me: "I'll call that bluff. Hit me with your best shot."
Me: *immediate panic*
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My six-year-old, demanding cheese balls as I'm making dinner: "Let me have a cheese ball, or else!"
Me, testing my luck: "Or else what?"
6: "I'm not telling you!"
Me: "I'll call that bluff. Hit me with your best shot."
Me: *immediate panic*
Me, testing my luck: "Or else what?"
6: "I'm not telling you!"
Me: "I'll call that bluff. Hit me with your best shot."
Me: *immediate panic*
I've exceeded my target word count goal for the day and now I'm going to play Rogue Legacy until it's time to go to work.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've exceeded my target word count goal for the day and now I'm going to play Rogue Legacy until it's time to go to work.
Just now when I asked her what she wants for breakfast, my six-year-old gleefully answered, "Your teeth!"
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just now when I asked her what she wants for breakfast, my six-year-old gleefully answered, "Your teeth!"