Ever have that thing where you’ve got nothing but time and yet you can’t seem to bring yourself to do anything productive with it? Might be a neurodivergent thing.

Revealing The Curse of Feathers by Kimberly Bea - Reactor An enchanting retelling of "The Wild Swans" — arriving November 2026

We're thrilled to reveal the cover for @kimberlybea.bsky.social's The Curse of Feathers!

A young woman’s handiwork is tested to the limits to save her six brothers, cursed to become swans… This charming retelling of "The Wild Swans" takes off November 24, 2026 with @erewhonbooks.bsky.social!

Thank you, Marc! So grateful for your support!

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

Me: I don’t want to write about witches.
Book 1: Writes about cunning folk.
Book 2: Writes about witch hunts.
Book 3?: Writes about a strix (striga) and necromancy.
Me: But no witches, eh?

Looking back at my emails, it’s been at least a year!

Tomorrow I start drafting my Apuleius meets the Brothers Grimm fairy tale retelling set in the late Roman Empire and I have not drafted something new in so long! I can’t remember if I know how! #writing

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Wishing you a happy 2026!

By and large, ALL my Christmas gifts this year were practical. It’s like I’m a grown up or something!

I got NO BOOKS for Christmas.
Sensible me (looking over at the boxes of books stacked against the wall): Good!
The rest of me: (cries)

Wait, ‘theater kid’ is an insult now? Those are the extroverts I like!

(I got you, theater kids. You can come over, eat cookies and listen to EPIC or Six until I need to crawl under the desk and hide.)

Same to you!

Our Christmas is going to be so hectic this year that the bulk of the gift wrapping will fall into my lap.
Might take some over to my mom’s to let her help,

Hey, Bluesky! Sorry for my absence!
I am living out of boxes still without HVAC (being installed today/tomorrow) or a working washer, but I’m otherwise okay.
Some friends are going to help me move around furniture this weekend, which should clear up some space for more bookshelves.

Thanks. I’m just riding the struggle bus a bit lately.

The launch party itself was amazing, as is seeing people receive their copies of my book!

Emotions are fun because I am so proud of my debut & happy with my publisher.
But I also wish it hadn’t happened a year after my dad died.
That I got to enjoy it instead of moving.
That we weren’t selling the house.
That things were better between me & my sister.
That I weren’t only semi-employed.

Thank you so much!

Today at work (school) I got my first “six-seven,” and also a child who didn’t know why he had to do math when he could just ask ChatGPT. Sigh.

Hey, I am a published author today!

Must-Have Monday #260 - Every Book a Doorway Faerie queens, sword-wielding saints, and floating castles!

This Must-Have Monday, I have TWENTY new books to ft! Incl

⚔️lady-knight + the nature of legends by @alixeharrow.bsky.social
🏰Sky castles and sentient dragons with @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social
🧚Tam Lin + Seelie Queen's origin story via @kimberlybea.bsky.social

everybookadoorway.com/must-have-mo...

Thank you so much for including me!

Want to get a taste of #TheChangelingQueen before you buy it? Check out the excerpt here:

Thanks for including me!

Wish me luck! I am a book lover, author, and former bookseller packing up my books to move into a condo. I formerly lived in an apartment, and my condo is at least 100 SF larger, but I had a lot of books stored at my parents’ place. So I am trying to prune my collection as I go, but it’s so hard!

Some nights you deserve a pat on the back just for brushing your teeth and taking your meds before bed.
I am having one of those tonight.

My mom’s phone isn’t working and came over to her apartment to hopefully have breakfast and let the repair folks in. Four hour window, which is annoying, but I am the point of contact since who knows where her phone is.

Thank you! I am so grateful to you for blurbing me!

Is it depression?
Is it my thyroid?
Is it menopause?
Or is it autism
that is the reason I have so much to get done but I can’t get started today?
I hate this game.