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A curated assortment of new releases with some creepy things for the Halloweens 👻, another series-ending book, and quite a few organic or non-toxic things you're going to want to buy. 😁 #booksky #tvsky #halloween #eco #sustainable

Just finished a rewatch of The Dresden Files, perfect for Halloween. I already mildly loved it but it's better than I remembered. Available on Prime Video: www.amazon.com/gp/video/det..., but find out where to watch it for free in my postie 👇 #tvsky #booksky #halloween

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New and back catalog, organized by subgenre, including my favorite speculative. Goodreads now marks the ones available on kindle unlimited. #booksky

Haven’t done a beautiful cover in a while! Picked a Halloween one. The Night Has Teeth (The Magdeburg Trilogy #1) by Kat Kruger. Creepy YA. Looks like they’ve redesigned the cover so you can’t buy this one anymore. 🙁 #booksky #halloween (affiliate link) bookshop.org/a/109872/978...

The free weekend for 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown' is this weekend! Oct. 17th & 18th. The official beginning of the holiday season for me. ☃️🔔🎃 #tvsky #halloween

Recs for some Halloweeny vibes, via books or TV. The TV series are on Tubi (free!) and Netflix. #booksky #tvsky #halloween

Some Halloweeny free YA reads this month, including one from @lisellesambury.bsky.social. You have to have a free account at Simon Teen to read them. #booksky

Free SH at @bookshop.org! Oct. 6th - Oct. 7th, on all orders. Start with my book lists: Judge A Book By Its Cover, The Best Of Indie Genre Fiction, and Brighter Book Series. Also use code 'Books15' for 15% off the 'Judge A Book By Its Cover' list! (not valid on ebooks) #booksky (affiliate link)

I'm in this! That's my pick smack in the middle 👇. A genre fiction book series I haven't talked about yet. It's a top five favorite. #booksky

Part two of introducing my paranormal thriller series Sleep. Getting into the action and finally meeting Guy (temporary nickname!). Some Halloweeny mood too, if you fancy. 🎃 #amwriting #halloween #writersky

Bookshop 15% off code, valid only on the books in my 'Judge A Book By Its Cover' booklist, to celebrate $50 million for indie bookstores! Enter 'Books15' at checkout, until October 17. Not valid on ebooks. Find the hardcover or paperback on the same page as the ebook. #booksky (affiliate link)

Another goodie coming from Apple TV. Premiering the day before Halloween, with Halloween vibes. #tvsky #halloween

They crossed the big number! @bookshop.org has raised $50 million for indie bookstores! As part of the celebration I'll have a 15% off code for one of my book lists, Judge A Book By Its Cover, in early October here on Bluesky. #booksky

Ackles + a book adaptation? I'm watching. #tvsky

A collab post with fellow bookstacker and TV series lover Green Tea about our favorite comfort TV series through the decades. #tvsky

I just found out, and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t this way before, that you can watch R.J. Decker free on ABC .com! Season 2 is already going, one episode up so far, and you can watch S1 too. I updated my PI article accordingly: allthethingsilove.substack.com/p/tv-pis-are... #tvsky #booksky

This is a great roundup of very obvious trends (lots of covers) happening right now in fiction books. #booksky

A lot of fall and cozy in 'all the things NEW #3'. Plus a book coming soon from one of my favorite series, and a new Tommy & Tuppence book adaptation. Read with a mug of apple cider becuz you'll be feelin' the fall vibes. #booksky #eco #sustainable #organic #fall

5 on Five is a thing on bookstack with a monthly theme, September's is 'Saudades: Books of Longing and Nostalgia'. My take on it: 'Five Book Series with Publishing Drama', which created longing in me for more from those series. There's a link in the post to read other bookstackers takes! #booksky

Is present tense a no-no for adult fiction? I’ve been writing my zero drafts in present tense and now it’s my automatic state of affairs. Is it plausible for me to write in present tense for an adult book? If I self-publish I could do whatever? #writersky #amwriting

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

*Finally* finished S1 of Wayward Pines. The book had a DNF moment in it but the TV show wasn't the same so finally went beyond the first episode. Great show, I rec it, it does have moments of graphic violence and some horror. Similars to other shows: The Prisoner, The X-Files. #tvsky #booksky

YA book giveaway from Simon Teen. #booksky #giveaway

This looks gooood. September 15th on BritBox. Looks like they're going to do a different spin instead of a direct adaptation? #tvsky #booksky

I have a lot of zero drafts. Very detailed outlines with bits of dialogue. The beginning of the zero draft for Sleep #1 and its synopsis 👇, plus a poll for you to vote if the flash-forward prologue should go. What's your current WIP? #writersky #amwriting

My first guest post! 📣 Present Tense on substack, one of my favorites, liked my pitch. Now amongst their page and it's a little bit surreal. #booksky #reading

Unique and interesting (although is all fantasy and sci-fi that?) books coming soon! I'm looking forward to Jasper Fforde's last Thursday Next. Do you have a book you're looking forward to? #booksky

Any other first time book writers? I have many zero drafts but now finally turning one into paragraphs. First in a paranormal thriller series titled Sleep. I'll talk about writing once in a while here and on my substack 'all the things'. What's the genre and title of your first book? #writersky

Another month passed, another post filled up with newly released goodies. #tvsky #writersky #eco #sustainable

Coming Nov 23rd! It's an adaptation of Kate Myers’ book Excavations. It's a comedy but also has an international conspiracy. Comedy mixed with suspense/thriller is one of my favorite multi-genres. Also a Hugh Laurie fan. Christmas present for me. #tvsky #booksky

A quote from Donald E. Westlake's Dortmunder series. I didn't note which book! But you can assume they're all this funny. I describe the series as a 1980's Steve Martin movie mixed with a heist/caper movie from the 70's. Bookshop series #1 ebook affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/109872/978... #booksky

New fall mysteries and thrillers - looks like some good ones! Unique plots too, not the same ol' same ol'. #booksky

The best indie genre fiction I've read, stacks up to traditionally published (if not better). I'm delighted that right now most of them are .99 or free! #booksky #indieauthor

Martin Freeman is even more amazing in S2 of The Responder. Won the International Emmy Award for S1. Freeman plays a cop trying to keep his personal life together. When drug money that only he knows about is in hand he keeps it to pay family medical bills. www.britbox.com/us/show/p0b6... #tvsky

Only .99 on Amazon right now! Romance isn't my usual genre but to me this is suspense and humor with a side of romance - a susromcom? Island Chaptal finds March, a gentleman professional killer with OCD, in her messy apartment, on a job. www.amazon.com/Spotless-Boo... #booksky

Big budget TV sci-fi. Now I need to find a free trial to HBO Max. Anybody else looking forward to this? #tvsky

Find something to binge-watch this weekend! It's too hot, stay inside and have another bowl of ice cream. #tvsky

A new favorite YT channel. From @libbyapp.com, our library bestie. All things bookish and authorish. #booksky #authorsky #writersky

Love this from screenwriter @colbyday.com. This is what I do, but not becuz of sage advice but from a lack of self-discipline. 😄 Follow or subscribe to his substack: substack.com/@colbyday #writersky #authorsky

I ❤️ Ludwig, highly rec'd. Laugh out loud, suspense, awesome concept. "Puzzle setter John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s life is upended when his identical twin, DCI James Taylor, disappears. John reluctantly assumes his identity and his job in order to track him down." www.britbox.com/us/show/1530... #tvsky

Only .99 right now! In my TBR. "When eccentric Lady Amelia Smallhope meets a man entirely unsuitable for the position of butler, she soon realizes that Pennyroyal is her ideal partner - and the two embark on a time-hopping career as the world’s most outrageous pair of bounty hunters." #booksky

Newness! A free first in series ebook, makeups with SPF, two new substackians, TV series I rec and adaptation news… Plus V.E. Schwab reading to you like a kid at bedtime. #booksky #tvsky #sustainable #eco

Simple but beautiful cover. "Thomas Hunter escapes mysterious assailants only to encounter a silent bullet that clips his head, and his world goes black. Awakens in an alternate reality and finds himself pulled between two worlds." Bookshop ebook affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/109872/978... #booksky

Emmy noms today and Widow's Bay is #3 in most nominations. Matthew Rhys for best actor in a comedy series. The last 3 episodes were after the cutoff date and so not included in the evaluation - the last episode was Matthew Rhys' best acting of the season? Well it was drama rather than comedy. #TVsky

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Tommy & Tuppence #3. "Set during the dark days of World War II, two of Britain's most unlikely espionage agents, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, are on the trail of a pair of Nazi spies who have murdered Britain’s top agent." Bookshop ebook affiliate link: bookshop.org/a/109872/978... #booksky