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Congratulations to @davidciminello.bsky.social for his Foreword Reviews Indie award in historical fiction. So happy for David and for Bella. www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...

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Cover reveal for @jenny-forrester.bsky.social's book Love: The Art of Cherishing the World, coming in August! A really interesting project for someone I so admire. I wrote about the design process at: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2025/05/book...

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My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), won a silver medal IBPA Book Award last night! Mil gracias to the judges and my wonderful publisher. Details: www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-lati... #books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine

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Yay, we broke the curse-it moved again! Thx for shares! My HHL is $600 away from a milestone moment! Our max out of pocket is over $18,000 & my epilepsy med now costs 15x more & I need an EEG etc. helphopelive.org/campaign/159... www.paypal.com/paypalme/kar... venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2

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Pics from the IBPA Book Awards where our book A Tree of My Own won three (one gold and two silver) book awards, including gold for Best New Voice - Children’s/Young Adult! Big congratulations to author Nui Wilson, publisher Frances Lu Pai, and illustrator Kayor, and thank you, @ibpa.bsky.social!

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I'm trying to save all the tiny moments in the life of my book. Including this one starring @lizprato.bsky.social. It's up on my blog if you want to have a quick read. utomniabene.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-mo...

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Happy book birthday to @nancytownsley.bsky.social and Sunshine Girl, out today from Heliotrope Books! Dian Greenwood and I will be in conversation with Nancy tonight for at her book launch at the lovely Broadway Books in Portland. Starts at 6 PM. Can't wait to celebrate Nancy and her new novel!

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@laurastanfill.bsky.social and I had a strategy session about my book-to-come yesterday and it was lovely. The linked post was a tiny moment from it. (One of the things she did was remind me about hashtags.) #forestavenuepress #mystery #sci-fi #whokilledonethegun

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It's cover reveal day for The Fig Years by Jessica Doe, upcoming from Road Trip Press! This was a fascinating project to work on, and the press has been documenting the whole process of publishing this book, on their blog, Edits on the Record.

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Reading tonight at @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social with @adamstrong.bsky.social, @suzyvitello.bsky.social, and the inimitable Steve Arndt, in honor of our teacher/mentor Tom Spanbauer. I'm going to read the opening to the novel I wrote in that class, gosh, so many years ago.

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Opening the box of the ARCs for Who Killed One the Gun? yesterday! Thank you, @laurastanfill.bsky.social and @forestavenuepress.bsky.social, for another lovely moment in the life of my book. Message us if you are a reviewer or bookseller and would like one!

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Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.)

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I’m so relieved to see a start in my GFM, to a total of $295. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It means more than I can say. It’s … hope (in a pretty bleak life). gofund.me/3048d499

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Such a lovely artist talk this morning with Stephen O'Donnell at Russo Lee Gallery. It was great to see so many wonderful people and to hear him talk about his thirty-year history as an artist. I took a few photos.

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In my hot little hand: Sunshine Girl by @nancytownsley.bsky.social. Her book birthday is coming up!

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Join us tonight for the First Thursday of Stephen O'Donnell's new show "95/25: A Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition"! At Russo Lee Gallery from 5-7.

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Happy book birthday to the outrageously talented and ever generous (as you can see throughout if you read the book) @laurastanfill.bsky.social and Imagine a Door! Celebrate the book and her with me tonight at Powell's City of Books! 7 PM.

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Can't wait to celebrate @laurastanfill.bsky.social and Imagine a Door at Powell's tomorrow! Come join us. 7 PM, April 1, Powell's downtown.

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The first teaser of "If Tears Were Gold" dropped today, just in time to celebrate my Nana's 99th birthday! It's a musical family drama short film I wrote in her memory, featuring a song that she and I wrote together. "If Tears Were Gold" Teaser: vimeo.com/1070696603

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The newest acquisition for @forestavenuepress.bsky.social! Congratluations to Julie Salmon Kelleher. Midlife selkie novel! I honestly hadn't even heard of selkies until recent years. Can't wait to start designing a cover for this one.

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Thank you to NCTA for naming A Tree of My Own a book of note in the Freeman Awards. Congrats to publisher Frances Lu-Pai, author Nui Wilson, and illustrator Kayor. You can check it out and learn about the good things the organization is doing at www.nctasia.org/award/a-tree...

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Happy Foreword INDIES announcement to all who celebrate! Congrats to Forest Ave authors @danielolivas.bsky.social and David Ciminello!

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Eek, we're only three days away from the close of the campaign to fund the second Mythwakers book, The Manananggal. Want to help @kateristau.bsky.social and @armintolentino.bsky.social make a lovely kids' book? www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

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Happy cover reveal to @kateristau.bsky.social and @armintolentino.bsky.social and the second Mythwakers book: The Manananggal! I loved working on this design. Want to support this great book? Check the Kickstarter here. www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

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A little moment in the life of my book: opening up the "style guide" that came with my copyedits. utomniabene.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-mo...

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Went with @doug-chase.bsky.social to the Up Up Books reading for the Early the Other Morning chapbook by @margaretmalone.bsky.social and Tim Joy. A lovely event.

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First Thursday selfie: RAIN by Dave Meeker in Old Town in Portland. The picture doesn't at all do it justice. It's a super cool glittery, spinning, musical, colorful immersive experience, and it makes you want to take a selfie in the middle of it. Part of the Winter Light Festival. 122 NW Couch St.

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Look what arrived today - the galleys for my book! Felt so weird and so good to hold it in my hand. (alt text included)

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I'm doing design work for the translations for our book A Tree of My Own, and I get to learn that my name in Thai is จีจี้ ลิตเทิล, and my name in Karen is ဂံးဂံး လ့ဒၢလ်. Once I kind of figured out the transliteration of my name in Sumerian because the younger gods of Babylonia were called the Igigi. 𒄀𒄀

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A little moment in our morning.

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Today is the cover release day for my novel Who Killed One the Gun? Thank you so much to @laurastanfill.bsky.social for all her help and input. It's a unique privilege to get to design your own book cover. I wrote a bit about the process on my blog here: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2025/01/book...

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Happy book birthday to Dian Greenwood and Forever Blackbirds! Congrats, Dian!

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Excited for the official launch of The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello, just out from Forest Avenue Press, published by the inimitable @laurastanfill.bsky.social!

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Gosh it was fun designing the cover for the American publication of Like Every Form of Love, by Padma Viswanathan. It's out in Canada through Penguin Random House, and 7.13 Books is putting out its American edition. I wrote a bit about the process here: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2024/04/book...

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Happy book birthday to Daniel A. Olivas and Chicano Frankenstein! Excited that this book is now out in the world. More info is at www.forestavenuepress.com/bookshop/p/c...

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It's cover reveal day for Swanya, by Jamie Yourdon - with beautiful art by Lettie Jane Rennekamp. I wrote a bit about the design process on my blog here: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2024/02/book...

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It's cover reveal day for IMAGINE A DOOR - coming from Forest Avenue Press in 2025! By Forest Avenue publisher herself, @laurastanfill.bsky.social! I wrote a bit about creating the cover here: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2024/01/book...

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Cover reveal for Dian Greenberg's Forever Blackbirds. I wrote about the design process at utomniabene.blogspot.com/2023/12/book.... Dian's official reveal happened at her Substack here: diangreenwoodauthor.substack.com/p/forever-bl....

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It's cover release day for Forest Avenue Press's upcoming novel Trust Me by Scott Nadelson! Due out in fall of 2024. It was fun collaborating with publisher @laurastanfill.bsky.social, as always. I wrote a bit about the process at utomniabene.blogspot.com/2023/12/book...

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My new book of poems is out and for sale: tinyurl.com/3d4bhnpw

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Had the honor of doing interior design for the new poetry collection of the inimitable @brianstephenellis.bsky.social . It's an amazing collection, and I wrote a little about the design work at: utomniabene.blogspot.com/2023/10/book....

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