M.L. Hamilton
@authormlhamilton.bsky.social
Mystery and Fantasy Author of Over 75 Books
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Escaping Enemies is available now for order in eBook, print and audiobook formats!! Great for your holiday travel reading and listening. www.amazon.com/Escaping-Ene... #booksky #newbook #holidayreads2025
The past few months of news have been terrifying, so I decided to find one small joy each day—for at least a week. 💛
It doesn’t change the world, but it makes my corner of it feel less bleak. Today’s joy: Trader Joe’s maple leaf cookies. 🍁🍪 (I’ve eaten so many.)
#SmallJoys #FindingLight #booksky
It doesn’t change the world, but it makes my corner of it feel less bleak. Today’s joy: Trader Joe’s maple leaf cookies. 🍁🍪 (I’ve eaten so many.)
#SmallJoys #FindingLight #booksky
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The past few months of news have been terrifying, so I decided to find one small joy each day—for at least a week. 💛
It doesn’t change the world, but it makes my corner of it feel less bleak. Today’s joy: Trader Joe’s maple leaf cookies. 🍁🍪 (I’ve eaten so many.)
#SmallJoys #FindingLight #booksky
It doesn’t change the world, but it makes my corner of it feel less bleak. Today’s joy: Trader Joe’s maple leaf cookies. 🍁🍪 (I’ve eaten so many.)
#SmallJoys #FindingLight #booksky
I enjoy all genres, but when I’m craving an escape, fantasy is my favorite. 🧝♀️📖✨
What’s your go-to genre when you want to disappear into a story?
#BookTalk #ReadingLife #FantasyReads #ReadersCommunity #booksky
What’s your go-to genre when you want to disappear into a story?
#BookTalk #ReadingLife #FantasyReads #ReadersCommunity #booksky
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I enjoy all genres, but when I’m craving an escape, fantasy is my favorite. 🧝♀️📖✨
What’s your go-to genre when you want to disappear into a story?
#BookTalk #ReadingLife #FantasyReads #ReadersCommunity #booksky
What’s your go-to genre when you want to disappear into a story?
#BookTalk #ReadingLife #FantasyReads #ReadersCommunity #booksky
For a break from all the heavy news, here’s something light. 💛
Strong preference: beach 🏖️ or snowy mountaintop ❄️⛰️?
#JustForFun #Lighthearted #EverydayJoy #ChooseOne #booksky
Strong preference: beach 🏖️ or snowy mountaintop ❄️⛰️?
#JustForFun #Lighthearted #EverydayJoy #ChooseOne #booksky
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
For a break from all the heavy news, here’s something light. 💛
Strong preference: beach 🏖️ or snowy mountaintop ❄️⛰️?
#JustForFun #Lighthearted #EverydayJoy #ChooseOne #booksky
Strong preference: beach 🏖️ or snowy mountaintop ❄️⛰️?
#JustForFun #Lighthearted #EverydayJoy #ChooseOne #booksky
These two are my heart. 💛🐾
And the way they are with each other is just so sweet to witness.✨
#SweetMoments #PetLove #JoyfulThings #LifeSnippets #booksky
And the way they are with each other is just so sweet to witness.✨
#SweetMoments #PetLove #JoyfulThings #LifeSnippets #booksky
January 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
These two are my heart. 💛🐾
And the way they are with each other is just so sweet to witness.✨
#SweetMoments #PetLove #JoyfulThings #LifeSnippets #booksky
And the way they are with each other is just so sweet to witness.✨
#SweetMoments #PetLove #JoyfulThings #LifeSnippets #booksky
Café Amaretto weekly update ☕📚
Another chapter in the books—literally! Slowly but surely getting there. ✍️✨
#WritingProgress #StoryUpdate #CreativeProcess #BookTalk #booksky
Another chapter in the books—literally! Slowly but surely getting there. ✍️✨
#WritingProgress #StoryUpdate #CreativeProcess #BookTalk #booksky
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Café Amaretto weekly update ☕📚
Another chapter in the books—literally! Slowly but surely getting there. ✍️✨
#WritingProgress #StoryUpdate #CreativeProcess #BookTalk #booksky
Another chapter in the books—literally! Slowly but surely getting there. ✍️✨
#WritingProgress #StoryUpdate #CreativeProcess #BookTalk #booksky
To finish off the holiday season, we had dinner at the Sheldon Inn. ✨🍽️
Such a fun night and so much good food. A perfect way to wrap things up. 🎄💛
#HolidaySeason #GoodFood #SimpleJoys #MakingMemories #booksky
Such a fun night and so much good food. A perfect way to wrap things up. 🎄💛
#HolidaySeason #GoodFood #SimpleJoys #MakingMemories #booksky
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
To finish off the holiday season, we had dinner at the Sheldon Inn. ✨🍽️
Such a fun night and so much good food. A perfect way to wrap things up. 🎄💛
#HolidaySeason #GoodFood #SimpleJoys #MakingMemories #booksky
Such a fun night and so much good food. A perfect way to wrap things up. 🎄💛
#HolidaySeason #GoodFood #SimpleJoys #MakingMemories #booksky
Café Amaretto is the final book in the Zion Sawyer Cozy Mystery series ☕📖, but it won’t be the last time readers visit Sequoia.
Next up, a new series led by Zephyr O’Malley—part-time barista and pastry student extraordinaire. 🥐✨
#CozyMystery #BookNews #StoryWorld #WritingUpdates #booksky
Next up, a new series led by Zephyr O’Malley—part-time barista and pastry student extraordinaire. 🥐✨
#CozyMystery #BookNews #StoryWorld #WritingUpdates #booksky
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Café Amaretto is the final book in the Zion Sawyer Cozy Mystery series ☕📖, but it won’t be the last time readers visit Sequoia.
Next up, a new series led by Zephyr O’Malley—part-time barista and pastry student extraordinaire. 🥐✨
#CozyMystery #BookNews #StoryWorld #WritingUpdates #booksky
Next up, a new series led by Zephyr O’Malley—part-time barista and pastry student extraordinaire. 🥐✨
#CozyMystery #BookNews #StoryWorld #WritingUpdates #booksky
Most avid readers seem to have a reading ritual. 📖✨
Mine is a favorite spot on the couch, a blanket, dogs close by. 🐕🛋️
If it’s raining, all the better. ☔
What’s your reading ritual?
#ReadingLife #CozyReading #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
Mine is a favorite spot on the couch, a blanket, dogs close by. 🐕🛋️
If it’s raining, all the better. ☔
What’s your reading ritual?
#ReadingLife #CozyReading #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Most avid readers seem to have a reading ritual. 📖✨
Mine is a favorite spot on the couch, a blanket, dogs close by. 🐕🛋️
If it’s raining, all the better. ☔
What’s your reading ritual?
#ReadingLife #CozyReading #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
Mine is a favorite spot on the couch, a blanket, dogs close by. 🐕🛋️
If it’s raining, all the better. ☔
What’s your reading ritual?
#ReadingLife #CozyReading #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
Shout out to a fellow woman-owned business 💛✨
I met Maria Passetti and her mother at a craft fair at Kaiser. Her candles from MySoyCandlesConcreteStudio are absolutely beautiful. 🕯️
#WomenOwnedBusiness #SmallBusinessSupport #HandmadeGoods #CreativeCommunity #booksky
I met Maria Passetti and her mother at a craft fair at Kaiser. Her candles from MySoyCandlesConcreteStudio are absolutely beautiful. 🕯️
#WomenOwnedBusiness #SmallBusinessSupport #HandmadeGoods #CreativeCommunity #booksky
January 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Shout out to a fellow woman-owned business 💛✨
I met Maria Passetti and her mother at a craft fair at Kaiser. Her candles from MySoyCandlesConcreteStudio are absolutely beautiful. 🕯️
#WomenOwnedBusiness #SmallBusinessSupport #HandmadeGoods #CreativeCommunity #booksky
I met Maria Passetti and her mother at a craft fair at Kaiser. Her candles from MySoyCandlesConcreteStudio are absolutely beautiful. 🕯️
#WomenOwnedBusiness #SmallBusinessSupport #HandmadeGoods #CreativeCommunity #booksky
Say piñata 65 times in one book and suddenly everyone’s a comedian. 😂🎉
Honestly though, this was a truly funny and thoughtful gift from the best audiobook producer and friend ever.
Love you, Kelley 💛
#WritingLife #AudiobookWorld #AuthorHumor #CreativeCommunity #booksky #kelleyhazen
Honestly though, this was a truly funny and thoughtful gift from the best audiobook producer and friend ever.
Love you, Kelley 💛
#WritingLife #AudiobookWorld #AuthorHumor #CreativeCommunity #booksky #kelleyhazen
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Say piñata 65 times in one book and suddenly everyone’s a comedian. 😂🎉
Honestly though, this was a truly funny and thoughtful gift from the best audiobook producer and friend ever.
Love you, Kelley 💛
#WritingLife #AudiobookWorld #AuthorHumor #CreativeCommunity #booksky #kelleyhazen
Honestly though, this was a truly funny and thoughtful gift from the best audiobook producer and friend ever.
Love you, Kelley 💛
#WritingLife #AudiobookWorld #AuthorHumor #CreativeCommunity #booksky #kelleyhazen
Wrapping up the holiday season with a few photos from Glowfari at the Oakland Zoo. ✨🦓
A fun event and an absolutely gorgeous zoo, especially all lit up for the holidays. 🎄
#Glowfari #HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #ZooLife #booksky
A fun event and an absolutely gorgeous zoo, especially all lit up for the holidays. 🎄
#Glowfari #HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #ZooLife #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Wrapping up the holiday season with a few photos from Glowfari at the Oakland Zoo. ✨🦓
A fun event and an absolutely gorgeous zoo, especially all lit up for the holidays. 🎄
#Glowfari #HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #ZooLife #booksky
A fun event and an absolutely gorgeous zoo, especially all lit up for the holidays. 🎄
#Glowfari #HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #ZooLife #booksky
Finally past the crest of the mountain—the saggy middle ⛰️📖
Now it’s downhill toward the finish. Still a long way to go, but the momentum is building 🚆✨
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess #ProgressUpdate #StoryMomentum #booksky
Now it’s downhill toward the finish. Still a long way to go, but the momentum is building 🚆✨
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess #ProgressUpdate #StoryMomentum #booksky
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Finally past the crest of the mountain—the saggy middle ⛰️📖
Now it’s downhill toward the finish. Still a long way to go, but the momentum is building 🚆✨
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess #ProgressUpdate #StoryMomentum #booksky
Now it’s downhill toward the finish. Still a long way to go, but the momentum is building 🚆✨
#WritingLife #CreativeProcess #ProgressUpdate #StoryMomentum #booksky
A dialogue teaser from Café Amaretto ☕📖
This brief exchange offers a hint at one of the subplots unfolding in the story. 👀✨
#CozyMystery #BookTeaser #WritingProcess #StoryClues #booksky
This brief exchange offers a hint at one of the subplots unfolding in the story. 👀✨
#CozyMystery #BookTeaser #WritingProcess #StoryClues #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
A dialogue teaser from Café Amaretto ☕📖
This brief exchange offers a hint at one of the subplots unfolding in the story. 👀✨
#CozyMystery #BookTeaser #WritingProcess #StoryClues #booksky
This brief exchange offers a hint at one of the subplots unfolding in the story. 👀✨
#CozyMystery #BookTeaser #WritingProcess #StoryClues #booksky
After a tough night with a terrified pup who hates fireworks 🐕💥 and waking up to rain and a leaking roof ☔, I’m still feeling hopeful.
Here’s to 2026 being a great year. ✨
Happy New Year, everyone!
#NewYear #HopefulMoments #PetLife #FreshStart #booksky
Here’s to 2026 being a great year. ✨
Happy New Year, everyone!
#NewYear #HopefulMoments #PetLife #FreshStart #booksky
January 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
After a tough night with a terrified pup who hates fireworks 🐕💥 and waking up to rain and a leaking roof ☔, I’m still feeling hopeful.
Here’s to 2026 being a great year. ✨
Happy New Year, everyone!
#NewYear #HopefulMoments #PetLife #FreshStart #booksky
Here’s to 2026 being a great year. ✨
Happy New Year, everyone!
#NewYear #HopefulMoments #PetLife #FreshStart #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In May, I’ll post my annual summer reading challenge. 📖☀️
This year marks the tenth anniversary, and I’m hoping to make it the biggest one yet. Consider this your early warning—the summer reading challenge arrives in five months!
#SummerReading #ReadingChallenge #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
This year marks the tenth anniversary, and I’m hoping to make it the biggest one yet. Consider this your early warning—the summer reading challenge arrives in five months!
#SummerReading #ReadingChallenge #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
December 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In May, I’ll post my annual summer reading challenge. 📖☀️
This year marks the tenth anniversary, and I’m hoping to make it the biggest one yet. Consider this your early warning—the summer reading challenge arrives in five months!
#SummerReading #ReadingChallenge #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
This year marks the tenth anniversary, and I’m hoping to make it the biggest one yet. Consider this your early warning—the summer reading challenge arrives in five months!
#SummerReading #ReadingChallenge #BookTalk #ReadersCommunity #booksky
I’ve only ever made one New Year’s resolution, but I do enjoy setting goals. 📖✨
My reading goal this year is to work my way through the impressive stack of books I collected in 2025. What’s your reading goal or resolution?
#ReadingGoals #BookTalk #ReadersLife #NewYearReads #booksky
My reading goal this year is to work my way through the impressive stack of books I collected in 2025. What’s your reading goal or resolution?
#ReadingGoals #BookTalk #ReadersLife #NewYearReads #booksky
December 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ve only ever made one New Year’s resolution, but I do enjoy setting goals. 📖✨
My reading goal this year is to work my way through the impressive stack of books I collected in 2025. What’s your reading goal or resolution?
#ReadingGoals #BookTalk #ReadersLife #NewYearReads #booksky
My reading goal this year is to work my way through the impressive stack of books I collected in 2025. What’s your reading goal or resolution?
#ReadingGoals #BookTalk #ReadersLife #NewYearReads #booksky
Enjoyed some holiday cheer in Caldwell, Idaho ✨🎄
The Indian Creek riverfront was especially lovely—peaceful, bright, and full of seasonal charm. 💙
#HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #TravelThoughts #SeasonalJoy #booksky
The Indian Creek riverfront was especially lovely—peaceful, bright, and full of seasonal charm. 💙
#HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #TravelThoughts #SeasonalJoy #booksky
December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Enjoyed some holiday cheer in Caldwell, Idaho ✨🎄
The Indian Creek riverfront was especially lovely—peaceful, bright, and full of seasonal charm. 💙
#HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #TravelThoughts #SeasonalJoy #booksky
The Indian Creek riverfront was especially lovely—peaceful, bright, and full of seasonal charm. 💙
#HolidaySeason #WinterMoments #TravelThoughts #SeasonalJoy #booksky
Deep in the middle of Café Amaretto ☕📖 and starting to see the story take shape. With the holidays nearly behind us, here’s hoping for a productive stretch of writing ahead. ✍️✨
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WorkInProgress #WritingThoughts #booksky
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WorkInProgress #WritingThoughts #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Deep in the middle of Café Amaretto ☕📖 and starting to see the story take shape. With the holidays nearly behind us, here’s hoping for a productive stretch of writing ahead. ✍️✨
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WorkInProgress #WritingThoughts #booksky
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WorkInProgress #WritingThoughts #booksky
After all these years, reader reviews still move me.📖
This one from Escaping Enemies💛:
“I patiently wait all year for these books. I love Everleigh and Isaac, they are so good together.”
To my readers—you are the reason I keep writing. ✨
#BookTalk #AuthorGratitude #ReadingCommunity #booksky
This one from Escaping Enemies💛:
“I patiently wait all year for these books. I love Everleigh and Isaac, they are so good together.”
To my readers—you are the reason I keep writing. ✨
#BookTalk #AuthorGratitude #ReadingCommunity #booksky
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After all these years, reader reviews still move me.📖
This one from Escaping Enemies💛:
“I patiently wait all year for these books. I love Everleigh and Isaac, they are so good together.”
To my readers—you are the reason I keep writing. ✨
#BookTalk #AuthorGratitude #ReadingCommunity #booksky
This one from Escaping Enemies💛:
“I patiently wait all year for these books. I love Everleigh and Isaac, they are so good together.”
To my readers—you are the reason I keep writing. ✨
#BookTalk #AuthorGratitude #ReadingCommunity #booksky
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
December 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Writing multiple series gives me a creative reset ✍️📚—new genres, new voices, new worlds.
The downside? Characters occasionally escaping from one series and popping into another… completely uninvited 😅
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WritingThoughts #BookTalk #booksky
The downside? Characters occasionally escaping from one series and popping into another… completely uninvited 😅
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WritingThoughts #BookTalk #booksky
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Writing multiple series gives me a creative reset ✍️📚—new genres, new voices, new worlds.
The downside? Characters occasionally escaping from one series and popping into another… completely uninvited 😅
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WritingThoughts #BookTalk #booksky
The downside? Characters occasionally escaping from one series and popping into another… completely uninvited 😅
#WriterLife #CreativeProcess #WritingThoughts #BookTalk #booksky
Bookish thought experiment 📚🍽️
If you could invite one favorite author to dinner, who would you choose and what’s the one question you’d want answered most?
#BookTalk #ReadersChat #LiteraryThoughts #AuthorQuestions #booksky
If you could invite one favorite author to dinner, who would you choose and what’s the one question you’d want answered most?
#BookTalk #ReadersChat #LiteraryThoughts #AuthorQuestions #booksky
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Bookish thought experiment 📚🍽️
If you could invite one favorite author to dinner, who would you choose and what’s the one question you’d want answered most?
#BookTalk #ReadersChat #LiteraryThoughts #AuthorQuestions #booksky
If you could invite one favorite author to dinner, who would you choose and what’s the one question you’d want answered most?
#BookTalk #ReadersChat #LiteraryThoughts #AuthorQuestions #booksky
Friends since sixth grade—more than forty years and counting ❤️
Three years ago we turned The Nutcracker into an annual tradition. When a friendship lasts this long, it becomes family 🎄🩰✨
#Friendship #ChosenFamily #HolidayTraditions #LifeMoments #booksky
Three years ago we turned The Nutcracker into an annual tradition. When a friendship lasts this long, it becomes family 🎄🩰✨
#Friendship #ChosenFamily #HolidayTraditions #LifeMoments #booksky
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Friends since sixth grade—more than forty years and counting ❤️
Three years ago we turned The Nutcracker into an annual tradition. When a friendship lasts this long, it becomes family 🎄🩰✨
#Friendship #ChosenFamily #HolidayTraditions #LifeMoments #booksky
Three years ago we turned The Nutcracker into an annual tradition. When a friendship lasts this long, it becomes family 🎄🩰✨
#Friendship #ChosenFamily #HolidayTraditions #LifeMoments #booksky