2. On that note: If you are an author/artist/musician/crafter/etc and want to let people know what you're up to, go right ahead in this thread. I'd love for people to find your stuff. Includes links to the stuff!
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I make things and stuff. My linktree in my bio has the detes. From a digital coloring book to keychains. I even have a dyslexia friendly font for sale on Creative Market. 😁
Hello Mr. Scalzi! I recently really enjoyed Starter Villain and Kaiju Preservation Society!
I’m writing Gilded Rose, which is free to read online! It’s a fantasy-comedy isekai set in a gay porn parody of a fantasy kitchen sink—and a protagonist who isn’t gay.
Happy birthday, John! Your generosity is appreciated and I wish you multitudes of pie. I’m an indie thriller writer, and readers might like my novel Kings of Providence
I would love to talk about Nowhereverse Tales, an attempt at a short SF/F story every month in a shared multiverse. You can read everything so far at https://tales.nowhereverse.com/; if you only have time for one, I'm partial to issue 9 at the moment. (Hoping give it at least half the fun vibes as KPS 😁)
I'll plug my own book which is right here: https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/lake_of_urine/ but also please take a look around the site. Sagging Meniscus is a wonderful and genuinely adventurous publisher (or they wouldn't publish me . . . )
We're a crossover band from Winnipeg. We Just blew our whole band fund paying for the recording of our next full length. Anything bought goes straight into new merch/gas money for the next tour and is very much appreciated!
Thank you! I'm restarting as an indie author, and I have a novella that speaks to the current mess: a fish scientist who works for National Marine Fisheries Service (part of NOAA) finds herself accidentally engaged to a wounded veteran.
Check out An Infinity of Ships, our toolkit for creating wild and wonderful spaceships for RPGs and other SF worldbuilding, with resources for everything from cool tech to sentient ship genders & orientations (and much more)
A fantasy Doctor Who meddles in others' business in a hope of making it right. Low magic, high drama, terrible gods and elves that want to turn you into compost.
I want to testify that working with Amy was awesome and she made this wonderful memorial piece for my beloved pugs who crossed the rainbow bridge but still watch over us.
Do you have an unsightly blank space on your wall? Why not fill it with some inky spaceships, watercolor-y rocky landscapes and abstract astronomical art? Enter https://planetaryartist.com in your navi-computer and go to lightspeed! 🤩
My book The Great Unlife turned 10 last year and is available in paperback or ebook form over on Amazon. It’s a dark fantasy/sci-fi hybrid tale filled with wizards and robots and airships! I’m in the process of writing a follow up to it.
Wow, John, what a lovely offer! I'm an independent musician in the Netherlands; been writing 90s style alternative rock since... well, the 90s. I also read a lot of sci-fi...
Woo May birthdays! Mine was a couple days ago and I'd appreciate if folks checked out my novel How We Stopped the Destroyers while I work on its sequel! https://www.press-enter.net/destroyers/
Happy birthday! Love your books, Redshirts was my favorite. I write epic fantasy with dragons, flying ships, found family, and training montages. https://books2read.com/u/mBdvyA
I’ve very recently started making creative typography letterpress prints, made in real movable type on a vintage platen press. My latest is a Hitchhiker’s guide quote that I’m especially fond of.
You can get them here with free worldwide postage!
Happy almost birthday, John! I like this party. I nominate @saramontourlewis.com. She uses "art, education, and storytelling to highlight the magic of the Puget Sound watershed" and you can buy her cool prints and other great things at:
I have a new book coming out July 1, MORDRED, a somewhat existential retelling of the final battle between the traitorous knight and his father. Immensely proud of this work, and it sports an incredible cover by the wonderful @sanrixian.bsky.social https://www.grantpiercy.com/mordred
I write SFFH and have put out two short story collections, currently hammering away at the third one thatll have 30 shorts in it.
They're on most online ebook stores, including Smashwords, Kobo and Itchio.
Hi hi! We have an all Canadian cover songs album coming out next month, and an album of originals called Frustrated Love Songs. If you grew up on pop-punk, this could be for you. Happy birthday John!
I write #specfic and #scifi, and do audio fiction. Check out my two novels The Book of Constellations & An Invisible Sun and my folk horror podcast The Love Talker at https://wkeithtims.com
If you can read German, or want to learn, the books of @jcvogt.de and @inksmith.bsky.social might be for you. Feminist and/or gender-queer Fantasy with historic background from good old Europe. Roaring 20s in Berlin, Vikings or ancient Rome, they have it all. https://www.jcvogt.de/romane/
Link to my creative writing is in bio. I have 3 short stories up. Stuck right now w/ block. I still have a few ideas simmering, letting them stew for a bit, had some personal issues. Trying to get back to a normalized writing schedule. I'm a procrastinator, if mood is not right, I can't get there.
Happy birthday! I write epic and urban fantasy with werewolves, queer characters, magic whales, weather witches, and self-rescuing princesses. https://www.stephaniecainonline.com/books/
My book Immortal Gifts is a dual timeline, three narrator vampire book. Part historical fantasy, part contemporary supernatural suspense, multicultural and multi-generational. NetGalley and Goodreads like it!
For any cat lovers out there, Hollie Mengert and I have a charming picture book called Luis and Tabitha. 🐈⬛ 🎈 You can shop small press at the link below or ping me for a signed copy.
Happy Birthday! I make art quilts (including custom pieces) for sale online and in downtown Yellow Springs, Ohio. https://PamGeiselArtQuilts.weebly.com
Happy almost-birthday, Scalzi! :) Thanks for being a good egg.
I'm encouraging people to go backlist today -- my Nebula and World Fantasy award-winning novella about a drowned dystopia and a weirdly resurrected murder victim!
Happy Birthday in advance, and thanks for doing this! If anyone wants to treat themselves to a book on the science of zombie bugs, I've got you covered. Think the zombie-ant fungus that inspired The Last of Us is grim? You ain't seen nothing yet 🧟♀️
I write political / spy thrillers set in the late 19th century. They’re grounded in history but of course I take some liberties for the sake of the story. My first novel is here:
Pride cat hats! Regular cat hats! Catnip toys! The loss of Joann meant we had to load up as much as possible while it was still available so sales would be really nice. https://duaecat.etsy.com
Yay! I celebrate yourself! Of my stuff I encourage folks to buy a book also supporting the bodacious Bill Campbell of Rosarium Publishing (@rosariumbill.bsky.social): The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox. It's a Beat-era fantasy novella about a mixed-race writer: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/10/15/the-big-idea-nisi-shawl-2/
I'm not sure this fits, but you can join my patreon for free (only tier with stuff) to help encourage me to keep writing. I specialize in short psychological or weird horror stories. Help me battle the rejection blues? I update once or twice a month. https://patreon.com/HeatherGrimm
Great idea, multitudinous thanks.
People can find my books at https://www.jonsparksauthor.com
A coming-of-age story set in a post-apocaalyptic world that may seem stranegly familiar.
Happy (almost) birthday! And thank you for this invite! My speculative, queer, cozy, steamy books can be found on my website--and in a few indie bookstores if you're in Seattle.
#indieauthor https://www.maiastrong.com/books
i write queer dragon rider fantasy (it's like HTTYD but with wizards) and folks can find my books on most platforms, including itch. details on my website: https://thodestool.ca/books
First, early happy birthday wishes John!
An author who I’ve been enjoying recently is @skyladawn.ca.
Her pinned post has a graphic book guide as a starting point. A variety of genres; fantasy, horror, mystery, adventure, thriller.
I’m particularly fond of the Waverly Jones, P.I. series.
I'm playing drums in the pit band for this show that opens tonight in NYC. It's being staged by Epic Players, a neuro-inclusive theater company. Come see it if you're in the area, 8 performances only!
This is very kind of you! I'm a trans indie author who's on a SM break(ish), & the month's been slow.
My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-investigating YouTuber who follows a video of his presumed-dead mother to an isolated island that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters
thank you for the offer. i’m a local artist writing ambient music after i figured out that craft woodworking was just getting too risky as my functional health declined. (covid didn’t help either)
click on my details for links to my music or please follow me here on bluesky
I’m a wannabe writer and would love if anyone would take the time to read any of my works. I would recommend any of my penned stories. They’re pretty short.
Happy Cakeday and thank you! I'm an indie, transmasc author writing dark Wizard of Oz UF, romantasy, and horror comedy! Queer rep, social justice, wild adventures, and some steamy love scenes! Books at most platforms & https://graythornpub.com .
Wishing you a wonderful birthday, as you have given so much wonder to the world.
My current works can be found on my website https://www.efdeal.net The Twins of Bellesfées also show up in the Forgotten Lore series.
#Steampunk galore, some horror, some fantasy, and a lot of farce!
Happy birthday! (And the way you encourage folks is such a brightness in the world.)
Grown Wise is a 1947 cosy historical fantasy romance about land magic, how family shapes us, a secret society, apples, and many plots. Great place to start with my books.
Happy birthday!! I'm an interior designer but I also have a small painting hobby. I've been really preoccupied with making home repairs so I haven't added to my shop lately but here it is! https://shimmermoonshine.etsy.com
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I’m writing Gilded Rose, which is free to read online! It’s a fantasy-comedy isekai set in a gay porn parody of a fantasy kitchen sink—and a protagonist who isn’t gay.
https://sdlivingston.ca/kings-of-providence/
and my blog https://sdlivingston.ca/blog/
An INCANDESCENT future.
Before he can save the universe, Percival Gynt will have to survive...
The Inevitability of Fire.
(+10 more stories of mad space-fantasy, adventure, mystery, heartbreak, and comedy.)
Out May 25th.
Pre-order now at https://drewmelbourne.com/percivalgynt
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/tales-of-an-anxious-hiker-by-heather-kolf/
https://bsky.app/profile/ceedoubleubee.bsky.social/post/3loqtyhmxlu24
We’re up to the same thing we do every night - try to take over the…
I mean, making shinies
https://montgomeryramsay.com/
solanum-crossover.bandcamp.com
I promise bad fish puns.
https://www.amazon.com/His-Road-Home-Anna-Richland-ebook/dp/B0DQ935YMX/
I have a few projects on my plate rn, but my current focus is on a sapphic fantasy novel about a princess and a jester on the run from a cult.
The rest of my stuff can be found at the links below!
Game & Short Story: https://lucabicono.itch.io/
General Art: https://www.deviantart.com/lucabicono
Check out An Infinity of Ships, our toolkit for creating wild and wonderful spaceships for RPGs and other SF worldbuilding, with resources for everything from cool tech to sentient ship genders & orientations (and much more)
https://72stations.com/products/an-infinity-of-ships
https://nicolasdemers.smugmug.com/
We build custom guitars. Laser engraved designs on absolutely killer axes. https://camcustomguitars.com
I make hand-wrapped wirework pendants - my main stone is labradorite, but there's plenty to choose from:
https://oishiny.etsy.com
Each one comes in a gift box with free international shipping.
https://bsky.app/profile/greenleejw.bsky.social/post/3lb6dli5wkk22
A fantasy Doctor Who meddles in others' business in a hope of making it right. Low magic, high drama, terrible gods and elves that want to turn you into compost.
https://www.bookofmorden.co.uk/fbp
💙 Cyan & Sepia : Customized print-your-own / digital event stationary
🤎 Cyan & Sepia Home : Handmade lace crochet jewelry and decor
I paint space pottery and am having a restock + opening commissions on the 23rd! (Pictured is past work)
https://Amyraehill.com
If you like gritty crime fiction with a progressive bent, my debut novel Black Mark should be right up your alley.
https://geni.us/BlackMark
You can also subscribe to My Little Dolls on Bandcamp for 5$ a month to get early access, my whole discography, and a whole exclusive bonus album!
here is the latest track from my scifi-aesthetic electronic music project 🙂
https://rx1f.bandcamp.com/album/arctic-circle
My book The Great Unlife turned 10 last year and is available in paperback or ebook form over on Amazon. It’s a dark fantasy/sci-fi hybrid tale filled with wizards and robots and airships! I’m in the process of writing a follow up to it.
https://a.co/d/2oCwl4q
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oSludgq0QE0Ms94ACdyi4?si=iLv-3aZyT7ypPdGX9g_etA
I've a queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy serial which I'm currently working on over on my site - https://saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/argentum-in-aqua-an-introduction/ - as well as a couple of ebooks of the current draft for free/pay-what-you-will ( https://finn-mclellan.itch.io/ )
📝
https://www.amazon.com/Prefrontal-Playbook-Hacking-Anxiety-Depression-ebook/dp/B0DZ8WY1WW
I’ve very recently started making creative typography letterpress prints, made in real movable type on a vintage platen press. My latest is a Hitchhiker’s guide quote that I’m especially fond of.
You can get them here with free worldwide postage!
https://ffm.to/tw-curiosity
Secondly, I am a photographer and I have some photos up in some gallery’s right now. Details in the alt’s. Instagram @cliff_hughes_.
Check out their work here: https://www.popculturepunk.com/
Book 3 and 4 are on the way.
(Info: women with swords, science-dudes with feelings, secret super powers!)
https://www.ourwildpugetsound.com/store
I'm going to take this opportunity to talk up the work of loves & friends!
Some delicious smut : https://www.deepdesirespress.com/anonymous-nude-photos/
Some amazing games : https://maxwellander.itch.io/
Some excellent leather : https://www.instagram.com/fruitpunchco
https://www.grantpiercy.com/mordred
I've co-written an indie time travel action adventure graphic novel with Pirates, Marines, and some brief naughty bits, called "Blowback."
Art by Kev Hopgood and color by Charlie Kirchoff. #indiecomics
https://www.mindstainshop.com/product/highgrey
I write SFFH and have put out two short story collections, currently hammering away at the third one thatll have 30 shorts in it.
They're on most online ebook stores, including Smashwords, Kobo and Itchio.
https://linktr.ee/floycealley
We’ll have merch at the show.
https://www.geekcalligraphy.com
I write #specfic and #scifi, and do audio fiction. Check out my two novels The Book of Constellations & An Invisible Sun and my folk horror podcast The Love Talker at https://wkeithtims.com
https://trashpandagokart.bandcamp.com/
(That's track 3, "Five and Dime")
Both books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RB4S319
Book 1: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-american-deception-scott-stein/13069480?ean=9781946501219
Book 2: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-american-betrayal-scott-stein/18321201?ean=9781946501455
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Great-American-Deception-Audiobook/B088KKP9BT
https://bsky.app/profile/placecalledbliss.bsky.social/post/3loqs3pvr2s23
Think old school Star Trek except every planet-of-the-week is obliterated at the end of the episode...
https://chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progress/
I make jewellery, with a focus on a luxury line of sterling silver designs! You can find it at https://montgomeryramsay.com
Some examples:
Launching tomorrow on Kickstarter, we present our latest rpg, “How Does It End?”, a group journaling game about ending relationships: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hosborne/how-does-it-end
More info: https://www.katherinevillyard.com/bibliography/immortalgifts/
Buy: https://books2read.com/immortalgifts
https://www.thedisunion.com/blog/public-philosophy-in-defense-of-democracy
For any cat lovers out there, Hollie Mengert and I have a charming picture book called Luis and Tabitha. 🐈⬛ 🎈 You can shop small press at the link below or ping me for a signed copy.
https://familius.com/book/luis-and-tabitha/
I’m a tattoo artist, illustrator and author.
Link page: https://bio.site/banshee
I'm encouraging people to go backlist today -- my Nebula and World Fantasy award-winning novella about a drowned dystopia and a weirdly resurrected murder victim!
https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/and-what-can-we-offer-you-tonight
I never know which books to promote, so here's a link to all of them: https://books2read.com/RossHarrison
I write space operas and thrillers, and I have one audiobook for now. Here's the first two chapters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73LRioFBMDs
I write political / spy thrillers set in the late 19th century. They’re grounded in history but of course I take some liberties for the sake of the story. My first novel is here:
https://www.amazon.com/Mortality-Lies-Novel-Scott-Gibson-ebook/dp/B07YN6LT4N/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZI8E66RHLQ49&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.58KRMnEHH5VwVA48tQ97MMXprauL-zrDxF2zl10GwQrGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.DI5v3e4DsDMyo7zBZe61nwRHAeTlw-USuC05WI2b-pI&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+mortality+in+lies&qid=1746808666&sprefix=the+mortality+in+lies%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-1
https://duaecat.etsy.com
I'm an indie writer with 2 books out now and 2 more coming out this month. most of them contemp and romance heavy, all of them queer
https://linktr.ee/KAMielke
happy birthday!
I do a lot of stuff- Author, leatherworker, artist, maskmaker, tattooist. And voice actress, and you can find most of it at that link.
https://perceptivepumpkin.com/gallery/
https://shiftypumpkin.etsy.com
https://ko-fi.com/shiftypumpkin
on-demand prints of my surreal collage art: https://www.redbubble.com/people/kallitropos/shop
Here is a link to my anticapitalist romantasy novel. It’s weird and fun, and it even has a scene with a birthday!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D72FK9SV
Thanks, John!
Indie publisher here. If folks are looking for a Pratchett inspired witchy tale they can check out my #BBNYA24 finalist Glunda The Veg Witch. 🥕🧙♀️
It's a fun read with unique magics and a bunch of mages that are annoying in their lazy villainy. 👎🧙♂️
Give it a go! #Cosy #Fantasy
I sew little characters out of felt, and they can be found here ✂️🧵
https://www.etsy.com/shop/cheshirecat22
People can find my books at https://www.jonsparksauthor.com
A coming-of-age story set in a post-apocaalyptic world that may seem stranegly familiar.
My latest short story was published last week by Frivolous Comma - kind of a police procedural, kind of eldritch horror :) https://www.frivolouscomma.com/the-arm-collector/
#indieauthor https://www.maiastrong.com/books
I make handmade pottery mugs in my home studio and I can customize them if you have specific requests! https://littleedenpottery.etsy.com
i write queer dragon rider fantasy (it's like HTTYD but with wizards) and folks can find my books on most platforms, including itch. details on my website: https://thodestool.ca/books
I'm a crocheter/sewist with an etsy shop, these are some of my wares :D
https://stitcheshandcrafts.etsy.com
An author who I’ve been enjoying recently is @skyladawn.ca.
Her pinned post has a graphic book guide as a starting point. A variety of genres; fantasy, horror, mystery, adventure, thriller.
I’m particularly fond of the Waverly Jones, P.I. series.
I've written a series of supernatural crime thrillers about a sandwich bicycle delivery guy with the strange luck to keep running into weirdness. The first book in the series is A God for Thieves.
https://www.amazon.com/God-Thieves-Unseen-Book-ebook/dp/B01BK4QJ4K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3O2NNHJ2Z6NXX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Khiq93v3lIKuYVd3TIo5tQ.9lEtSxHUeNp80_ed-HUgT0EkJDruHwUZGjkywc-fjUw&dib_tag=se&keywords=a+God+for+thieves+tristan+olson&qid=1746814829&sprefix=a+god+for+thieves+tristan+olson%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1
I'm playing drums in the pit band for this show that opens tonight in NYC. It's being staged by Epic Players, a neuro-inclusive theater company. Come see it if you're in the area, 8 performances only!
https://epicplayers.ticketspice.com/epic-players-presents-seussical
My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-investigating YouTuber who follows a video of his presumed-dead mother to an isolated island that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters
Wide (including paperback!): https://books2read.com/u/boB9YL
Itchio: https://steve-westenra.itch.io/
I also have a political epic fantasy for fans of ASoIaF x the classical world: https://books2read.com/b/49dn8Y
click on my details for links to my music or please follow me here on bluesky
https://vocal.media/authors/jarrett-smith
My latest is a horror show called "Brittle Tourniquet" which is available at: https://brittletq.com
Trailer below!
https://bsky.app/profile/aliciagoranson.bsky.social/post/3l534zes7rv2d
(Also: happy birthday!)
https://bsky.app/profile/gravewriter71.bsky.social/post/3k54guoralg2c
https://a.co/d/0k0nLjh
My current works can be found on my website https://www.efdeal.net The Twins of Bellesfées also show up in the Forgotten Lore series.
#Steampunk galore, some horror, some fantasy, and a lot of farce!
I think I offer a bunch of things people who like you might like!
Grown Wise is a 1947 cosy historical fantasy romance about land magic, how family shapes us, a secret society, apples, and many plots. Great place to start with my books.
https://celialake.com/book/grown-wise
Sharing link to some of my work.
https://dorothydomingo.etsy.com
I have a podcast where I interview horror authors about foundational horror stories in their lives. It's fun!
https://redcircle.com/shows/41a2d437-a8bb-4c11-b251-2b82469dd883
https://everout.com/seattle/events/seattle-vice-76-the-saga-of-sin/e204033/
Solve the clues and it’ll lead you to where I’ve hidden a one of a kind treasure somewhere in the United Kingdom.
Been wanting to do this for ages. Absolute madness.
Sign up for when we launch: https://bookhouse.uk