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Kate Montgomery
@katemontgomery.bsky.social
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Lawful tired. Long COVID-disabled crafter, medievalist, SFF/romance writer, avid reader, researcher, copy-editor.
They/she.
Occasionally also found at @[email protected]
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katemontgomery.bsky.social
Fuck yeah, NYC.

Still heartened by Mamdani’s win, and loving hearing about all the other places where hate did not prevail.

Let’s ride this wave of good feeling, engrave it into our hearts so we remember how it feels to win.

And let’s get back to work.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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bethcato.bsky.social
TODAY ONLY! Cheddar Luck Next Time, my cheesy cozy mystery w/ an autistic lead, is on sale for $.99/£.99!

Please, please spread the word!

US promo link: amzn.to/43ajEjr
Canada: www.amazon.ca/Cheddar-Luck...
UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Cheddar-Luck...

Also at B&N & Apple!
A mostly green graphic says Amazon Kindle at the top and has imposed the cover of the book on a Kindle screen. Sale price is .99 in US, UK, and Canada at minimum, the deal for one day only, 2nd November 2025.
November 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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karidru.bsky.social
I am finding some replies way after they were written, and I suspect strongly I've not feen finding some at all.

I thought it was me. I was about to go undo all my mutes.
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 8d
Like now I have to go through my own timeline to each one of my own posts and scroll to the end and click “show more replies” simply so I can make sure I don’t miss any replies? Why would I want this @pfrazee.com ?
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
Ettingermentum writes: “Actually what on earth is in those files bro.” The image from Courier Newsroom headline reads: “Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is now the longest Rep-elect in history to not be sworn in. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva over fear of releasing the Epstein files.” The picture shows Grijalva in a red jacket beside Speaker Mike Johnson.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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megelison.bsky.social
you do not have to be king
you do not have to make your knees
into trunkless legs of stone
looking upon your works and despairing
you only have to let the level sands surround your body
boundless and bare
announcing your place
in the antique landscape of things
bullcityfats.bsky.social George W Harris @bullcityfats.bsky.social · 11d
This is just to say

I have gazed upon
your works
That were in
an antique land

And that by
your shattered visage
You meant to inspire
despair

Forgive me
they were vast
and trunkless
thatandromeda.bsky.social Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 11d
my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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tomlloydwrites.bsky.social
James T Kirk: ...To seek out new life and new civilizations,

To boldly go where no man has gone before

Eowyn, sighing wearily: Alright, strap in bitches. We're doing this shit again.
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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cornellwriter.bsky.social
Back with another awesome blurb for my forthcoming novelette (Cover reveal and pre-order links coming very soon). Thanks so much for your kind words @jordankurella.com! 🥹
"P.A. Cornell takes us on a starstruck journey of love and devotion in Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl. In a combination of noir and science fiction— with a lot of love thrown in —Cornell has the chops to mix genres, blend emotions, and steal hearts. If you think you're ready for this one, get your ticket, and hold on tight." —Jordan Kurella, Nebula Nominated Author of I Never Liked You Anyway
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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sarahnfisk.bsky.social
We are at $370 raised so far and the query critiques are sold out!! That's 3700 meals provided!
sarahnfisk.bsky.social Sarah Nicolas @sarahnfisk.bsky.social · 11d
I joined @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social 's fundraiser and am offering an advanced query class plus a recording of a Query 101 class to anyone who donates $20 or more.

Plus two very rare opportunities for a query critique

Please repost.

teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
Fine-Tuning Your Query With literary agent Sarah Fisk SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2 8:00 PM EASTERN BENEFITING FOOD BANKS $20 SUGGESTED DONATION
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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marissalingen.bsky.social
Exciting news! I've been working all year on a vertigo arts project in collaboration with others in academia, physical therapy, puppetry, and dance. Now the first part is out: I'm running a creative writing workshop for people who are directly or indirectly affected by vertigo. >
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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bethcato.bsky.social
LAST WEEK! If you enjoyed A House Between Sea and Sky, it's a great time to grab ebooks of my other recent fantasies from 47North at Amazon! A Thousand Recipes for Revenge & A Feast for Starving Stone are $2.49 each in US & Canada!

Book 1: amzn.to/3H7sZ0Y
Book 2: amzn.to/3L2uzCU
[promo links]
Image has two book covers at an angle for A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE. Text explains that for one month, both books are $2.49 each, US and Canada only. That means the complete series is under $5.
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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sifu.tweety.fish
it's so tidy that every single problem in american society up to and including car dependence is directly traceable to racism. monocausal-ass dystopia.
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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aegtx.bsky.social
Historians of Black dance/music, help me! It just today dawned on me that tap and rap have A LOT in common...are there scholars of the decline of one and the rise of the other? Because the Cotton Club greats were alive at the dawn of hiphop and I feel sure there were influences going back and forth.
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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bethcato.bsky.social
I'm doing an AMA on r/Fantasy today. Please drop by and ask questions! I'll be answering throughout the day.

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October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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jordankurella.com
"A beautiful read aided by Kurella’s skilled and poetical use of language. This is a story I strongly recommend."

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
September 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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thevagabondtabby.bsky.social
It will definitely be hand-sewn, at least my part of it, because sewing machines are too damn loud.

(h/t Ysabet)

The revolution will be hand-spun
The revolution will be hand-spun
Craft as a degrowth practice
www.sufficiencywellbeing.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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hornedlarkpress.com
We are so thrilled to announce another book coming from us next year: A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! We were delighted by the unusual characters and we think you’re going to love them!
A graphic announcing the acquisition of A Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen, including author photo.
September 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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andiwrites.bsky.social
Spellcasting On is out now!

Cosy sapphic romance with yarn 🧶 and magic ✨.

Available now on all the usual platforms:

buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy
purple cover of Spellcasting On by Andi R. Christopher. It has a range of elements including a witch's hat, a heart shaped ball of yarn with a crochet hook, hammers, and violets.
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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jordankurella.com
gosh, what a wonderful thing to see when i wake up. if you want to listen to Premee (you do), you can get THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS at this link here:
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Hi friends!

Things are really tight. I had to graduate from a manual chair with power assist to a fully powered chair due to my illness, which means my beloved Colours chair needs to find a new home. It’s powered by the Yamaha NaviOne system, which is fabulous.

Please share.
www.ebay.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Ahhhh the North American ARCs for Enchanting the Fae Queen are here, & they are GORGEOUS. I love @wingbuffet.bsky.social's perfect cover art, @lesleyaworrell.bsky.social 's cover design, &all the perfect details of page layout inside (with huge thanks to my wonderful editor @erikatsang.bsky.social)!
A box full of paperback advance copies of Stephanie Burgis's Enchanting the Fae Queen (number 2 in the Queens of Villainy trilogy). The illustrated cover shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The paperback copies are now divided between a stack that shows the front cover facing up and two copies with their spines out, showing gorgeously romantic lettering on a pink background, along with the publisher's logo for Bramble Romance. The back cover of one paperback copy reads: Welcome back to Stephanie Burgis's sparkling gaslamp world in the Queens of Villainy series, where a seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire's valiant general. Queen Lorelei is a notorious fae seductress, with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who'd do anything to keep her people safe. Including kidnapping the empire's most famous hero. The virtuous High General Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers glitter and rainbow-colored sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity. They're opposites in every way, but when they're swept up in a grand - and deadly - fae tournament, they discover all of each other's most hidden truths...and how perfectly they might be suited after all. The cover page of the book shows a rearing griffin surrounded by stars above the title and author name.
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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oliviawaite.com
Time to remind people about the Commercial Pattern Archive — it doesn’t have instructions and search is a bear but there’s two hundred years’ worth of clothing patterns in here including all the big names new and old:
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September 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.

www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...

The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
Unbound for Gaza
Silent auction 'Unbound for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Of course, if you haven't already read the first novella in this series, A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, you can scoop that up now in either ebook or paperback: books2read.com/UndeadInconvenience
Available now at your favorite digital store!
A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience: A Cozy-Spooky Historical Fantasy Rom-Com by Stephanie Burgis
books2read.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Ahhh my final author copies of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence are here, with gorgeous cover design by Artscandare! Aren't they lovely? Of course I'm including a spine-shot to show just how chunky it is compared to the first novella in this series! 😍

books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

#romancelandia
A fanned-out pile of paperback copies of Stephanie Burgis's A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, placed face-up. The illustrated cover shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image. A fanned-out pile of paperback copies of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, on top of a few copies of A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience. The back cover text reads: Honeymoons don't typically take place in sinister secluded inns in the Black Forest. However, Margaret, Lady Riven, and her vampiric husband are hardly a typical couple. Unfortunately, their chosen retreat is full of lethal supernatural creatures who find Margaret’s arrival deeply unwelcome—and for all of her academic prowess, she’s infamously inept at making friends. Still, when a new threat appears in her own mirror, she realizes that the greatest danger is to her heart...and she’ll have to rely on a remarkable assortment of newfound allies to help her save the immortal vampire who holds it. A sparkling continuation of the Unexpected Adventures of Lady and Lord Riven. A pile of paperback copies of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence and A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, shown with the spines facing. A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence is over twice the length of the first novella in the series. Face-up paperback copies of A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience and A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, lying side by side on a dark blanket.
September 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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quartzen.bsky.social
VoteRiders is looking for volunteers for a power hour of text banking next Tuesday evening (7-8PM ET) to reach voters in Georgia and Texas who are at risk of being disenfranchised by voter ID laws and other restrictions, you can help connect people with information and assistance to help them vote!
Georgia & Texas Text Bank w/ VoteRiders! · VoteRiders
Join VoteRiders on National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, September 16th at 7:00PM ET for a power hour of sending text messages to at-risk Georgia & Texas! Each text we send delivers essential inf...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM