so uh my book got a STARRED REVIEW IN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY nbd nbd

Psst you can all still find me at @see_starling on twitter (mostly for book news but… isn’t that the only thing I post about now anyway?)

dantalaois

lifesgrandparade

Imagine typing out this letter and not stopping halfway and thinking “Hmmm, this makes me sound like the worst human being in the world.”

bogleech

Holy fucking shit

jay-of-the-rain

Some of these old people are so fucking awful.

Gift etiquette?!?!

ladylenoragriffin

God I love Prudie.

aggressivewhenstartled

Can you IMAGINE. A fucking BEDSPREAD. Can you imagine the TIME and EFFORT and SKILL that… Oh my GOD. Yeah I bet she’s acting cold!

allthemarvelousrage

Do you fucking know how long it takes for me to crochet a single granny square? Jesus fucking Christ, it’s not six months because she’s lazy and taking her time with it. It’s six months because she’s a goddamn badass and worked her fucking ass off to get it done in time for their anniversary.

dantalaois

@serindrana did you see this one???

serindrana

I DID AND I HATE THIS WOMAN. The daughter in law is a fucking legend and does not deserve this bullshit.

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S’more Sci-Fi Book Club – Interview with Caitlin Starling

Happy Halloween and welcome back to the S’more Sci-Fi Book Club! This week we’re spooking things up by interviewing Horror/Sci-Fi author

Marshmallow Commonwealth

Hey! Want to hear me talk about my upcoming book, fanfiction, creepy mech suits, NaNoWriMo, and how a cover gets designed? I talked for AN HOUR with the awesome people at S’more Scifi about all that and more! Go listen! I sound halfway smart!

I did call him Jacob Vorhees though, so not like… that smart.

Because of day job and where various writing projects are at (aka TLD being just marketing now but SO MUCH MARKETING PREP…), sometimes it really doesn’t feel like I am An Author, but then I’ll take a morning to sit in my office(!) reorganizing my scrivener file for my second book’s millionth revision pass (but this time I think we’ve got it) while I wait to do an audio test call for my first podcast interview(!!) and it feels real again.

Also the STACK OF PRINT COPIES OF MY BOOK helps a little.

IT IS BOOK SHAPED????

my book!!! what the fuck is happening

ladysmaragdina

myjetpack

For the @guardian review

p.s. you can now pre-order my book of postcards: https://goo.gl/Y4vvmP

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serindrana

It’s official - THE LUMINOUS DEAD has a cover and is available for pre-order! The book comes out April 2, 2019 and is full of caves, body horror, lesbians, lies, and spooks.

I’ve got an essay over at Voyager today discussing the cover design, and I’ve also got pre-order links galore!

Back cover copy:

When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.

Instead, she got Em.

Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too …

As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, her control giving way to paranoia and anger, Gyre severs her connection with Em and the outside world. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.

But how come she can’t shake the feeling she’s being followed?

serindrana

ICYMI I’m still screaming.

It’s official - THE LUMINOUS DEAD has a cover and is available for pre-order! The book comes out April 2, 2019 and is full of caves, body horror, lesbians, lies, and spooks.

I’ve got an essay over at Voyager today discussing the cover design, and I’ve also got pre-order links galore!

Back cover copy:

When Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, she thought she’d be mapping mineral deposits, and that her biggest problems would be cave collapses and gear malfunctions. She also thought that the fat paycheck—enough to get her off-planet and on the trail of her mother—meant she’d get a skilled surface team, monitoring her suit and environment, keeping her safe. Keeping her sane.

Instead, she got Em.

Em sees nothing wrong with controlling Gyre’s body with drugs or withholding critical information to “ensure the smooth operation” of her expedition. Em knows all about Gyre’s falsified credentials, and has no qualms using them as a leash—and a lash. And Em has secrets, too …

As Gyre descends, little inconsistencies—missing supplies, unexpected changes in the route, and, worst of all, shifts in Em’s motivations—drive her out of her depths. Lost and disoriented, her control giving way to paranoia and anger, Gyre severs her connection with Em and the outside world. On her own in this mysterious, deadly place, surrounded by darkness and the unknown, Gyre must overcome more than just the dangerous terrain and the Tunneler which calls underground its home if she wants to make it out alive—she must confront the ghosts in her own head.

But how come she can’t shake the feeling she’s being followed?

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