A book cover that has "Written by S.L. Lewis" at the top over 12 Days of Christmas Murder, with Murder in a chiller like font. The background has a gingerbread village through a window, with christmas trees on either side, a red stuffed bunny to the left, a blood splotch on the back of a chair, a bloody handprint on the window and a red book to the right. Book 1 of 12 Days of Christmas is at the bottom.

to work on 12 Days of Christmas Murder. The lovely @sablearadia.bsky.social helped me do a mock up of the cover, which I add here. She has also flat out said that she wants to attack it with the might Red Pen of Doom for me.

So I'm going to let her attack it all she wants. It'll just make the

We are eligible for Best Fancast!! This year you are voting for cohosts @catrambo.bsky.social, @sablearadia.bsky.social, and myself. As well as our columnists @jordanscarroll.bsky.social, @pauljessup.com, Navarre Bartz, & @susankayequinn.bsky.social Don't forget to vote for us!

Hugo Award nominations now open.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards!

Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.

Twitch Twitch is the world

WE ARE BACK!! Hoped we died? Nope! (Not until November we don’t!) And we are even have a Result stream!

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In Game of Tomes Lore, we call this expression the "Rabbit Eyes of Death" 😆

Resultstream NOW!

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Wanna see me in a hot fox mask?

Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.

Keep creating.

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FFS I'm not a wealthy person, but you know, make a few friends who speak other languages who are also writers and you can exchange editing for translation. I've done it. It's a much better plan than AI nonsense. Don't believe me? Try Google Translate sometime

@sablearadia.bsky.social @gameoftomes.bsky.social

What is today's plan?

1) Plot out an idea that came to me last night.

2) Write and hang out with @sablearadia.bsky.social if she streams today.

3) Stream myself. Doing some Long Dark Wintermute ( @thelongdark.bsky.social for those of you who want to check it out) on my own stream today around

House Lapin always stands ready to defend the Realm against the Undead Horde. If you're a writer and you want to play the most fun game for writing ever (totally unbiased here LOL) join us on twitch.tv/game_of_tomes this month!

Being a fantasy writer is typing "they extended an olive branch" and then going "shit, do they even have olives in this world?"

Good morning. You're a writer even if you don't write today, tomorrow, this entire month. You're a writer because of the stories in your heart, even if you can't get them down for now. 💜

A motivational poster titled “The Self Care Mafia” at the top, with “GameOfTomes.org” written beneath. The background shows a stylized cityscape at sunset with streetlights glowing. To the lower right stands a cute orange cartoon fox wearing a gray fedora hat. The text in the middle is: “During challenge week, a lot of things got put on hold. That’s fine, really, don’t you worry! I’m just saying that if you want to try to create new litmon, the thing in your mug from three days ago doesn’t quite count. Let’s try to clean up a bit. The faster you’re done, the faster you’re back at writing :3” from Bard

Challenge week is over! Thank god we didn’t ignore anything else during that time, right?

Right?

The self care mafia is here to help and to remind you that it’s alright to take breaks, but is also alright to get your life together. We even have a bingo 😊

Twitch Twitch is the world

FIRST RESULT STREAM! Who will fall? Who has earned their bonus litmon? And why are we all so pretty?

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With @amywintersvoss.com and @foxwriter.bsky.social as nite monarchs ✨🦊

Somehow we are on a lvl 5 hype train! Now THATS what I call a party!

Challenge Week was a blast! I had so much fun! And people were just pouring out the word counts. I have really high hopes we made the goal! We find out next week 🤞

A heroforge centaur in blue and violet wearing a tunica, holding a book and a spear. In the backdrop is a lightning storm in blue and violet. Around her is written „can you hear the soft wisper of your name?“

The last candidate running for Nite Monarq this season: Lady Wynterworn, the mourning star, bringer of light. Will she be able to lead the undead to a new beginning, or will the end claim what it’s due no matter what?

Doing @worldanvil.com Summer Camp and worldbuilding my face off... also finally formatting Book 2 of the Toy Soldier Saga for print 😆 I figured out how! LOL

110%. We want to support original, authentic art - I'd be happy to tell some stories for you in exchange. Hell, we've even got voice actors who could do promos for RPGs, semi-pro sound engineers, editors... we got options, just sayin'. Mutual exchange for mutual aid❤️

@sablearadia.bsky.social and her armies

All chaos, no filter 😁

The Undead Horde is what makes Game of Tomes the fun game that it is, and we elect our "Night Monarch" every year. This is a duo of candidates currently in the running, and they have a story to tell. @foxwriter.bsky.social and @amywintersvoss.com would be a great team!

IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.

Thanks for the tip, much appreciated!

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Just sayin'. We've been doing it for 5 years now. And tell you what - we can prove that if you stick with us, your output will improve significantly. People who struggled to get 40k when they started are doing 100k in a month now. It works! And best of all, it's even fun🥰

Time for my annual lament that Art Fight and World Anvil's Summer Camp is in the same month.

Also, Game of Tomes is happening if you want a gamified writing challenge.

Trying to be a writer and an artist while holding a full time job is hard. 😩

#ArtFight #WorldAnvil #Writer #Artist #QueerSFF