A girl labeled every company is holding a tuba labeled unwanted AI over the head of another girl labeled me.

@jghetherton.com with the 📸 work!

What a privilege to host the legendary Michael Connelly in Raleigh to celebrate the release of THE PROVING GROUND.

Any authors out there with helpful wisdom on beating the Resistance that comes halfway through every draft that whispers "this is garbage"?

The answer can't always be "keep going", sometimes it might be garbage! But I'm all ears.

WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND is $.99 for a limited time because we need small-town murder mysteries in the midst of ::gestures around at everything on fire:: 🔥 📚

www.amazon.com/What-Left-Be... + wherever you buy ebooks!

@caseystegman.com is probably your favorite crime author's favorite writer -- and by all accounts, a stand up guy. thrilled for him and the world that gets to read this series!

Congrats to one of NC's many, many promising authors!

congrats casey! well deserved & cannot wait to read.

same

*locked in a basement cellar

Saying "I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize" should pretty much be a disqualification in and of itself for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

If only every AI bot that emailed me about their book club actually bought my book...

I swear half of writing is looking at a draft of what was once an irresitible idea -- and asking... "is this anything?"

Still a little confused why Dracula brought his son to the Monster Mash

So are all authors getting inundated via email with AI slop written blasts from random accounts trying to "promote" your books?

feeling it!

Come hear the one and only @russellwjohnson.bsky.social speak about his new book, and learn how to stick the landing on your trilogy. This Saturday at Daughters Coffee & Books in Durham!

What He Left Behind What He Left Behind [Bradley, Benjamin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What He Left Behind

Thanks Gabino -- Still boosting my latest small town mystery WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND and hoping it finds more readers that love character-driven stories.

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Listen, I’m serious: if you’re angry right now, please read this novel. Many thanks. Go ahead, share what you love!

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Always just too many

Salesperson, marketer, media-person, social media guru, art director, photoshop wiz, public speaker, public figure, etc.

Yes, it’s a champagne challenge that many would KILL to have, but it’s a challenge nonetheless. If you try to wear too many hats, some are going to topple over.

Once you’re lucky enough to see something published, you’ve got to explore even more identities. Even if your publisher has support, so much will be thrust upon you. And SO much is opposite what it takes to be a writer.

Identity is such a fickle part of being an author.

At first, it can take forever to identify as an author — not just a writer or wannabe. But that’s just part of the journey.

nice novel you’ve got there. would be a shame if you finish writing it & have to reread & revise the whole thing

Really enjoyed my day yesterday at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The entire event was organized by students, and they did an amazing job. Plus I got to speak to a great room full of enthusiastic young people who reminded me that hope is never misguided.

You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?

Writing with a newborn is a special kind of chaos

today's an 8

Congrats @audreyleeauthor.bsky.social !

Murder In The First: Scott Blackburn’s It Dies with You As part of a series on debuts in crime, mystery, and all things dark, Casey Stegman digs into Scott Blackburn’s It Dies with You.

I go back to this Murder in the First interview by @cstegman.bsky.social and featuring #ScottBlackburn whenever I need to refill the well. So grateful to have people like this in the industry -- AND in North Carolina!

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WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND - ARC Team Sign Ups

Launching ARC team sign-ups for WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND -- I'd be thrilled for any #booksky support and reviews! Link here: docs.google.com/forms/d/11BK...

Every writer has that one story on the shelf they still think they’ll someday get to work