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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

June (This series got a little hard to match to prompts - challenging on the bingo card lolsob) 25. Wraithwood Botanist 1 – Little Lynx “bonus – a backlist book” 26. Wraithwood Botanist 2 – Little Lynx “plant friend” 27. Wraithwood Botanist 3 – Little Lynx “sibling squabbles” #booksky #amreading

A bingo card for the Beat the Backlist 2026 Reading Challenge with 27 of 52 prompts filled in.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What I'm a month behind on my #beatthebacklist round up AGAIN? LBR no one is shocked at this point lolsob May 22. The Mirror – Nora Roberts “reading in parallel” 23. The Seven Rings – Nora Roberts “truly uncanny” 24. The Teller of Small Fortunes – Julie Leong “book and beverage” #booksky

A book bingo card for the Beat The Backlist 2026 Reading Challenge with 26 prompts filled in of 52 total.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Big oof. This explains a LOT - especially for the austin area. The husbeast and I are making our best salaries ever and are in much better situations than some of our friends, but still no where near that rate.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 06/07/2026

No one wants to admit this, but it's TRUE. If you want to actually have savings and go on vacation once a year (NOT on a credit card), and have no debt, and an emergency fund ready for a job layoff, yes: this is what it takes.

graphic about how much family income you need to mmake to live comfortably across the us. The lowest number? 193k

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Librarians, I love you, and I will hold your hand while I say this: Your Disability Pride Month booklists should not include books by nondisabled people about disabled people. We have a saying—it’s been around for a long time now: Nothing about us without us.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

We hit a little milestone this week. Of course, it's never about the follower count. It's about community & connection. But, it's pretty cool to hit 10k. Some of you have been here since the first #WIPSnips in Sept 2023. Thanks for hanging out, engaging, having fun & sharing your lovely words. 💜

#WIPSnips Thanks for 10k! It's not about the follower count but it's pretty darn cool that 10k of you are here. So thanks! On a black background with hot pink center and confetti flying. A celebrating caticorn with confetti and a little hat is in the bottom right corner.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

How about some #firstlinefriday? From my #gothic #litrpg #wip that has me by the throat in the best of ways! I can’t wait to introduce you all to Reverie and the manor. #booksky #authorsky #amwriting #writingcommunity

A picture of what looks to be an abandoned manor house in a forest with #firstlinefriday and "On the loneliest day of her life, Reverie Carpenter fell out of the world."

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

TFW the universe rewards me for taking a stupid little walk for my stupid mental health: my neighborhood #littlefreelibrary had some #blinddatewithabook goodies!! I took the #horrorbooks package of course 😉 Swipe through to see the FULL FREAKING SERIES I got. Seriously excited to read it! #bookhaul

A picture of a round table with all for books in The Merciless series by Danielle Vega with an antique hurricane lamp behind them.

A picture of the interior of a pink Little Free Library with several wrapped packages of books labeled with their genre.

A wrapped package of books with the words "horror, full series, dark themes (spooky), suspense, mean girl vibes" written on it and a purple book mark tucked into a fold of the wrapper.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We don't usually see each others headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours (if you feel like it)

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Happy Monday to me 🤣 So, when people say writers NEED an editor - this is what we mean, y'all. I posted this EVERYWHERE and now feel like an idiot. Please learn from my mistakes lololol (I feel a little better that NO ONE, not even the grammar trolls caught this🙃) #typo #writersky #amwriting

A screen shot of an earlier post of "six sentence horror story challenge writer edition: "it's time to write a synopsis"" with an update stating "TFW it took me DAYS to realize I had this as a six SENTENCE horror story... instead of a six WORD ONE. This right here is why every writer NEEDS an editor lolsob.

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Gay Breakfast @ Nekocon @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

happy *quiet, chill* pride

The chill otter is laying down next to a phone with rainbow beams fanning out of it. They look at the phone and see it says June 1st, and after a brief contemplation, they snuggle up under a progress pride blanket, phone plugged in farther away. It reads “It’s ok if you are tired. Happy *quiet, chill* Pride.”

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Six Sentence Horror Story Challenge Writer Edition: It's time to write a synopsis. lolsob For real, though, I may not enjoy writing these, but it's SUCH an important skill. You NEVER stop needing them. What's y'all's writing horror story? #amwriting #authorsky #booksky

A picture of an abandoned desk by a window with the words "Six Sentence Horror Story Challenge Writer Edition: It's time to write a synopsis." written across it

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

ANY PERSON this age group can get a card, whether or not they’re experiencing book bans. That’s powerful for queer young folks in small towns with no libraries or libraries with limited hours or collections, too.

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SaraAAAGHH A GHOST!!! Ford 🐍🎨👻 @angeloslh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oh my gosh - CONGRATS! I have been WAY too off socials if I missed this announcement. Seriously - so happy for you!

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride Month! If you want to help out a queer (disaster bi and demigirl) indie author this June, you should check out 13 COUNTY ROAD 666 - Trailer Park Cryptids Book 1! falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/13-... And as always, if you do read it, please post a review! #booksky #pridemonth

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13 County Road 666 ebook

It’s the full moon again, and that means Melanie Smithson’s job just got a lot harder. She’s got a demon boss, a drunken werewolf tearing up the place, a long-time crush on her straight trans girl bes...

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/05/2026

Someone said this last night, but if you look in the threads about "vibescession" the main thing people are talking about is the constant precarity. So what would happen if one wage-earner in your house got cancer and couldn't work?

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Joshua Palmatier/Zombies Need Brains @joshuapalmatier.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

THREE WEEKS LEFT to get in the were-creature story to the WERE-2 open call! Go to zombiesneedbrain.moksha.io to find the submissions guidelines, then get writing! Check out the #Kickstarter to late pledge! #amwriting #amwritingsff #amwritingfantasy #amwritingurbanfantasy #writingcommunity #booksky

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Thanks for doing this! 13 COUNTY ROAD 666 (Trailer Park Cryptids Book 1) is a queer trailer park urban fantasy featuring a disaster bi property manager trying to keep her supernatural residents alive after they start showing up possessed! #booksky falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/products/13-...

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13 County Road 666 ebook

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Oh this book looks like such fun! I'm a fan of dark chocolate cake with bonus points for ganache lol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

As I said, I only added one completed book in April, though I'm in the middle of several others! 21) Inheritance – Nora Roberts “BFFs” #booksky #bookbingo #beatthebacklist

A book bingo reading challenge card for the Beat The Backlist Challenge with 21 squares filled in with various bookcovers.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

16) Mind Games – Nora Roberts “a game of cat or mouse” 17) Vampire Dormitory, Volume 1 – Ema Toyama “you can’t tell anyone” 18) Vampire Dormitory, Volume 2 – Ema Toyama “are you feeling lucky?” 19) Battle Mage Farmer: Fermentation – Seth Ring “locked away” #booksky #amreading #readingchallenge

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

12) Chaos Reigning – Jessie Mihalik “end of an era” 13) Battle Mage Farmer: Germination – Seth Ring “super duper!” 14) Battle Mage Farmer: Cultivation – Seth Ring “I don’t think that’s a dog…” 15) The Restorer’s Home, Volume 2 – Kim Sang-Yeop “weird science” #booksky #amreading #readingchallenge

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

For #fridayreads time to get caught up on @beatthebacklist.com #beatthebacklist! March was a DOOZY, tho April had all of only 1 backlist title read (bc I was in a book hangover after THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME which no regrets LOL) 11) Aurora Blazing - Jessie Mihalik “faking it” #booksky

A book bingo car for the BeattheBacklist challenge with 20 spaces filled in with book covers.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy #weneeddiversebookday! I love that @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social hosts this - my TBR can always use a second look to make sure I'm not only #amreading within my own viewpoint. #booksky #readersky

An image of the cover of THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES by Julie Leong with a title of We Need Diverse Books Day - Book Recommendation and #weneeddiversebooksday

An image of the covers of THE BEWITCHING by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, THE SWAN'S DAUGHTER by Roshani Chokshi, THE PHOENIX KEEPER by S. A. Maclean, and BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer with a title of We Need Diverse Books Day - Book Recommendations and #weneeddiversebooksday

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

#firstlinefriday #wip #amwriting #cozyfantasy #authorsky The (current lolsob) first line of my Cozy Familiar Thing. It will definitely be a tone and genre shift from the Trailer Park Cryptids series, but it will still be very queer and very rural, just in a fantasy world instead of our own.

An image of a field with trees and a wooden fence with the words "The stories about Familiars never mention how their deaths can linger in the air like the way one’s heart pounds after a nightmare even upon waking, or how a bad brew’s aftertaste is still there in the back of one’s throat despite a sip of water." and #firstlinefriday

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Nine years with this handsome man. NINE. YEARS. How??? Anyway, Happy Anniversary love!!

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

And oh hey, a bonus verse! If this song sounds like you, like and follow. If this song sounds like you, like and follow. If this song sounds like you, we can be author friends - it's true! If this song sounds like you, like and follow ;)

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If you "only" wrote one sentence, shout hurray! If you only wrote one sentence, shout hurray. If you only wrote one sentence, CELEBRATE THE FACT YOU'VE WRITTEN! If you wrote a whole damn sentence, shout hurray! 4/4 ... why is this the best thing I've written lately lolololol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If the writing turned to scrolling, drop your phone. If the writing turned to scrolling drop your phone. If the writing turned to scrolling, then just drop the phone you're holding. If the writing turned to scrolling, drop your phone. 3/4

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If the caffeine isn't helping, stomp your feet. If the caffeine isn't helping, stomp your feet. If the caffeine isn't helping...I'm to tired to rhyme with helping. If the caffeine isn't helping, stomp your feet. 2/4

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

If the words just aren't a'coming, clap your hands. If the words just aren't a'coming, clap your hands. If the words just aren't a coming and it feels like teeth you're pulling, if the words just aren't a'coming, clap your hands. 1/4

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A song for the #amwriting Monday morning crowd. #writermoms is anyone else thinking only in #nurseryrhymeparody lately? LOLSOB #booksky (Unhinged lyrics in the thread)

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Time for a Saturday #writingsprint! I’m working on a #shortstory in my TRAILER PARK CRYPTIDS verse for an anthology, but if it doesn’t get accepted, it might end up a newsletter treat 😉 What are y’all #amwri̇ti̇ng today? #authorsky tell me about your projects! We gotta cheer each other on!

A picture of a messy desk with an open laptop with an ergonomic keyboard in front of it and a second screen with pictures of a trailer park on it.

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Yeah that's what I figured LOL. But too many things to read, too little time to do it!

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Granted, THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME drops in 4 days and I have it preordered in ebook, audio, and the Waterstones embellished version so uh... any read I start soonish will likely get derailed IMMEDIATELY upon it's arrival lolsob

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I really enjoyed SMG's CERTAIN DARK THINGS, so I'm definitely excited for THE BEWITCHING, but I honestly am leaning toward TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES if only because it's the shortest of the 3 and I can ease into the pile lol

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C.L. McCollum is Writing Too Many Books @clmccollum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Look Mom, I got some ARCs out of the house by donating them to a small town #littlefreelibrary! Um, let's ignore that I checked out more than twice as many library books lolsob Anyone have suggestions on which of my #librarybooks I should read first? They all look so good! #fridayreads #amreading

Two pictures cattycorner to each other: 1) featuring some books and YA SFF ARCS in a little free library and 2) a group of 7 library books on a library cart shelf.

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Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

A reminder to authors: If your book was among the many titles pirated by Anthropic to train their AI, make sure to file your claim by March 30th. Your publisher will be filing, but my publishers tell me that the only way to *ensure* payment is by submitting your own valid claim. #AcademicSky 🧵1/n

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 25/03/2026

This is the secret to the output of so many prolific artists. There's someone to do all the other stuff. Fine and dandy if you can afford it, or swing it some other way, but it's so often completely invisible.

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PaAAAAAAAAH!!!z Pardo @pazsays.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

ALSO authors, yell about your books AT MULTIPLE TIMES OF DAY! remember there is no algorithm here and people are in all different time zones, smash that repost button without shame, the three of us who are always online will forgive you

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