Nancy Clifton Ballard
@nancballard.bsky.social
Retired and writing tales of a very distant frontier while living a quiet, rural life when I'm not in the company readers and writers.
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What Not a Pipe Publishing book are you looking forward to reading next? Post a selfie of you holding the book (in print or on a device), and you’ll make the author very happy!
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December 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What Not a Pipe Publishing book are you looking forward to reading next? Post a selfie of you holding the book (in print or on a device), and you’ll make the author very happy!
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Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
December 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
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Looking for a great Valentine’s Day gift (maybe for yourself)? Consider Maren Anderson’s SPARKS, a cozy magical romance!
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December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Looking for a great Valentine’s Day gift (maybe for yourself)? Consider Maren Anderson’s SPARKS, a cozy magical romance!
bit.ly/BookSparks
bit.ly/BookSparks
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DAWN CALAMITY by Amanda Cherry @mandatheginger.bsky.social
“This is the ‘undercover princess on a doomed airship mission with her queer crush’ you didn't know you needed. Now you know! Don't miss out."
-Karen Eisenbrey, author of EGO & ENDURANCE
Get your copy here: bit.ly/DCbyAC
“This is the ‘undercover princess on a doomed airship mission with her queer crush’ you didn't know you needed. Now you know! Don't miss out."
-Karen Eisenbrey, author of EGO & ENDURANCE
Get your copy here: bit.ly/DCbyAC
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
DAWN CALAMITY by Amanda Cherry @mandatheginger.bsky.social
“This is the ‘undercover princess on a doomed airship mission with her queer crush’ you didn't know you needed. Now you know! Don't miss out."
-Karen Eisenbrey, author of EGO & ENDURANCE
Get your copy here: bit.ly/DCbyAC
“This is the ‘undercover princess on a doomed airship mission with her queer crush’ you didn't know you needed. Now you know! Don't miss out."
-Karen Eisenbrey, author of EGO & ENDURANCE
Get your copy here: bit.ly/DCbyAC
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DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
DEAR AMERICA: A BREAKUP LETTER
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
Breakups are hard. But sometimes they are the best option.
In this bestselling letter to his newly ex-country, @benjamingorman.bsky.social explains why he’s leaving America, and the reason is not your first guess.
Get yours today!
bit.ly/DAABL
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Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
December 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
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Hey, those are my books in that stack!
It’s the final collection of new books and ARCs for 2025, and this one is a double decker! What here is something you would want to take with you into the new year?
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hey, those are my books in that stack!
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FLASH SALE ⚡
Buy one item, get 25% off the second.
Bookish shirts, notebooks & mugs made for readers & writers 📖
Shop here 👉 bit.ly/4pdRexd
Buy one item, get 25% off the second.
Bookish shirts, notebooks & mugs made for readers & writers 📖
Shop here 👉 bit.ly/4pdRexd
December 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
FLASH SALE ⚡
Buy one item, get 25% off the second.
Bookish shirts, notebooks & mugs made for readers & writers 📖
Shop here 👉 bit.ly/4pdRexd
Buy one item, get 25% off the second.
Bookish shirts, notebooks & mugs made for readers & writers 📖
Shop here 👉 bit.ly/4pdRexd
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A sweeping SciFi Western trilogy with romance, heartbreak, action, and ... aliens? Yes, please!
Get Nan C Ballard's Under Carico's Moons trilogy today!
25% off the entire trilogy at our store at: bit.ly/NaPstore
Get Nan C Ballard's Under Carico's Moons trilogy today!
25% off the entire trilogy at our store at: bit.ly/NaPstore
December 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A sweeping SciFi Western trilogy with romance, heartbreak, action, and ... aliens? Yes, please!
Get Nan C Ballard's Under Carico's Moons trilogy today!
25% off the entire trilogy at our store at: bit.ly/NaPstore
Get Nan C Ballard's Under Carico's Moons trilogy today!
25% off the entire trilogy at our store at: bit.ly/NaPstore
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Reva Quinn has good reason not to believe in magic, but she’ll have to find hers fast! Get your copy of @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social’s PACIFIC NORTH WITCH today wherever fine books are sold.
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reva Quinn has good reason not to believe in magic, but she’ll have to find hers fast! Get your copy of @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social’s PACIFIC NORTH WITCH today wherever fine books are sold.
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
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Olivia comes from a family of superheroes, but she wants to be normal. The powers lying dormant inside her won’t be contained. Get @lmclennan.bsky.social’s THE SUPERNORMAL LEGACY today!
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(Available everywhere, but 25% off the whole trilogy at our store)
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bit.ly/SLDormant
(Available everywhere, but 25% off the whole trilogy at our store)
bit.ly/NaPstore
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Olivia comes from a family of superheroes, but she wants to be normal. The powers lying dormant inside her won’t be contained. Get @lmclennan.bsky.social’s THE SUPERNORMAL LEGACY today!
bit.ly/SLDormant
(Available everywhere, but 25% off the whole trilogy at our store)
bit.ly/NaPstore
bit.ly/SLDormant
(Available everywhere, but 25% off the whole trilogy at our store)
bit.ly/NaPstore
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Only 6 tickets remain for Sandia Starforgers SFF Writers Retreat, an intimate retreat in New Mexico in April: starforgers.com. I'll be joined by @charliejane.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social (in-person) and @davering.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social (virtually).
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Only 6 tickets remain for Sandia Starforgers SFF Writers Retreat, an intimate retreat in New Mexico in April: starforgers.com. I'll be joined by @charliejane.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social (in-person) and @davering.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social (virtually).
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Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
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What if you could be genetically modified so you could feed on sunlight and become a perfected version of yourself?
What if the procedure didn’t work for everyone?
Not everybody gets to go green.
Read @heathersransom.bsky.social’s GOING GREEN trilogy!
bit.ly/GoGreenHR
What if the procedure didn’t work for everyone?
Not everybody gets to go green.
Read @heathersransom.bsky.social’s GOING GREEN trilogy!
bit.ly/GoGreenHR
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What if you could be genetically modified so you could feed on sunlight and become a perfected version of yourself?
What if the procedure didn’t work for everyone?
Not everybody gets to go green.
Read @heathersransom.bsky.social’s GOING GREEN trilogy!
bit.ly/GoGreenHR
What if the procedure didn’t work for everyone?
Not everybody gets to go green.
Read @heathersransom.bsky.social’s GOING GREEN trilogy!
bit.ly/GoGreenHR
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
December 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh once a week for coffee, and God is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems.
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
“Funny, knowing and sarcastic." -Writer's Digest
Get your copy of @benjamingorman.bsky.social’s THE SUM OF OUR GODS here: bit.ly/SumGods
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BRIEF BLACK CANDLES by the Tacoma poet laureate emeritus Lydia K. Valentine: bit.ly/LydBBC
"Haptic, revolutionary and unflinching, this is a powerful debut collection by a poet who does not, and cannot, 'in this time-/ in this place-', look away."
-Bhanu Kapil
"Haptic, revolutionary and unflinching, this is a powerful debut collection by a poet who does not, and cannot, 'in this time-/ in this place-', look away."
-Bhanu Kapil
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
BRIEF BLACK CANDLES by the Tacoma poet laureate emeritus Lydia K. Valentine: bit.ly/LydBBC
"Haptic, revolutionary and unflinching, this is a powerful debut collection by a poet who does not, and cannot, 'in this time-/ in this place-', look away."
-Bhanu Kapil
"Haptic, revolutionary and unflinching, this is a powerful debut collection by a poet who does not, and cannot, 'in this time-/ in this place-', look away."
-Bhanu Kapil
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Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
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Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
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Get @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. RAGE, the garage rock/superhero mashup the world needs now. Truth. Justice. Rock & Roll.
Info and links: bit.ly/StRage
The duology, including the sequel BARBARA AND THE RAGE BRIGADE, is 25% off at bit.ly/NaPstore
Info and links: bit.ly/StRage
The duology, including the sequel BARBARA AND THE RAGE BRIGADE, is 25% off at bit.ly/NaPstore
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Get @kareneisenbrey.bsky.social’s THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. RAGE, the garage rock/superhero mashup the world needs now. Truth. Justice. Rock & Roll.
Info and links: bit.ly/StRage
The duology, including the sequel BARBARA AND THE RAGE BRIGADE, is 25% off at bit.ly/NaPstore
Info and links: bit.ly/StRage
The duology, including the sequel BARBARA AND THE RAGE BRIGADE, is 25% off at bit.ly/NaPstore
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Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Available now: @benjamingorman.bsky.social ’s THE CONVENTION OF FIENDS trilogy.
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
DON’T READ THIS BOOK
YOU WERE WARNED
YOU PEOPLE ARE MONSTERS
Action, romance, comedy, existential dread, and so many monsters! Get yours today: bit.ly/1TCoF
Reposted by Nancy Clifton Ballard
Reva Quinn has good reason not to believe in magic, but she’ll have to find hers fast! Get your copy of @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social’s PACIFIC NORTH WITCH today wherever fine books are sold.
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reva Quinn has good reason not to believe in magic, but she’ll have to find hers fast! Get your copy of @pacificnorthwitch.bsky.social’s PACIFIC NORTH WITCH today wherever fine books are sold.
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
Links and more here: bit.ly/GibbsPNW
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1987 / “In a future so distant that Earth has become only a legend and its very name corrupted Xarth, a beautiful young woman, blue-black of skin, silver of hair is left alone in the dark age civilization that is all that remains of a once mighty culture.“
November 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
1987 / “In a future so distant that Earth has become only a legend and its very name corrupted Xarth, a beautiful young woman, blue-black of skin, silver of hair is left alone in the dark age civilization that is all that remains of a once mighty culture.“
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Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Varsity wrestler Connor Morgan has to save the day… and still get a date for the prom.
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
Get Jason Brick’s THE BUSHIDO CHRONICLES, beginning with WRESTLING DEMONS and continuing in FIGHTING UPSTREAM: bit.ly/WDbyBrick
(25% off both at our company store! bit.ly/WDaNAPstore )
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My review of Fortunate Son by Melinda Mitchell @revmindi.bsky.social, out today! It is tragic drama rich with court intrigue, mech battles, narrow escapes, galaxy-spanning adventure, and forbidden love.
Advance Review: Fortunate Son kareneisenbreywriter.com/2025/11/06/a...
Advance Review: Fortunate Son kareneisenbreywriter.com/2025/11/06/a...
Advance Review: Fortunate Son
Advance review of Fortunate Son by Melinda Mitchell, releasing November 25, 2025 and on preorder now.
kareneisenbreywriter.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My review of Fortunate Son by Melinda Mitchell @revmindi.bsky.social, out today! It is tragic drama rich with court intrigue, mech battles, narrow escapes, galaxy-spanning adventure, and forbidden love.
Advance Review: Fortunate Son kareneisenbreywriter.com/2025/11/06/a...
Advance Review: Fortunate Son kareneisenbreywriter.com/2025/11/06/a...