Maria Schneider
@bearmountainbooks.bsky.social
Author of Executive Lunch, One Good Eclair, Dragons of Wendal, Under Witch Moon, Null Witch. Blog: http://www.BearMountainBooks.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Maria-E.-Schneider/author/B002M3FL16
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Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
“Re ‘There are a lot of people on your side who will be in the Epstein Files too!’: No there aren't, my side is the ‘People Who Don't Fuck Children’ side, anyone not on this side can get all the way into the bin, what side are YOU on, exactly?” — John Scalzi
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Can confirm, I did say this, over on Threads. I stand by it here as well. And everywhere else!
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
UK shoppers!!!
This company does wonderful pottery. If you're stuck for a Christmas present idea, have a look here!
🎄✨ The Advent Sale begins tonight! ✨🎄
We’ll reveal a new handcrafted piece every day with a fab festive discount.
And yes, our annual mince pie tasting returns too! 🥧 Tell us your fav mince pies or tag a small bakery that deserves a shout-out. Unwrap history with us:
potted-history.co.uk/collections
We’ll reveal a new handcrafted piece every day with a fab festive discount.
And yes, our annual mince pie tasting returns too! 🥧 Tell us your fav mince pies or tag a small bakery that deserves a shout-out. Unwrap history with us:
potted-history.co.uk/collections
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
UK shoppers!!!
#booksky Snippet from the great Ilona Andrews! Always wonderful stories and posts at the blog. Fun stuff.
Fridays mean snippet!
Head over to the #IlonaAndrews blog for the further adventures of Augustine Montgomery and his House friends. There’s a kitty in it 🐱
ilona-andrews.com/blog/friday-...
Head over to the #IlonaAndrews blog for the further adventures of Augustine Montgomery and his House friends. There’s a kitty in it 🐱
ilona-andrews.com/blog/friday-...
Friday Snippet - ILONA ANDREWS
It's Friday. How did that happen? We haven't had a snippet for a bit, so here is Augustine being impersonating an impressive business owner. Augustine’s office lay on the seventeenth floor. He’d chose...
ilona-andrews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#booksky Snippet from the great Ilona Andrews! Always wonderful stories and posts at the blog. Fun stuff.
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The Kobo Writing Life team is excited to announce our 2025 Cover Contest! Open to residents in Canada, the UK, and the USA, we've got a lovely prize of a Kobo Clara Colour, as well as our brand-new Kobo remote!
#covercontest #indieauthors #selfpublishing
Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/4o1vVOH
#covercontest #indieauthors #selfpublishing
Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/4o1vVOH
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Kobo Writing Life team is excited to announce our 2025 Cover Contest! Open to residents in Canada, the UK, and the USA, we've got a lovely prize of a Kobo Clara Colour, as well as our brand-new Kobo remote!
#covercontest #indieauthors #selfpublishing
Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/4o1vVOH
#covercontest #indieauthors #selfpublishing
Submit yours here: https://bit.ly/4o1vVOH
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I’m going on tour in February 2026 to celebrate the publication of The Killing Time (Ali 2). From Mold to Nottingham with lots of lovely places in-between. Here’s the link to buy tickets:
geni.us/TheKillingTi...
geni.us/TheKillingTi...
Get your tickets now:
geni.us
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I’m going on tour in February 2026 to celebrate the publication of The Killing Time (Ali 2). From Mold to Nottingham with lots of lovely places in-between. Here’s the link to buy tickets:
geni.us/TheKillingTi...
geni.us/TheKillingTi...
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Aha - another Penric and Desdemona novella by Bujold - just in time to save me from doing any further work today 😀
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Aha - another Penric and Desdemona novella by Bujold - just in time to save me from doing any further work today 😀
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Pepper & Carrot Episode 39: "The Tavern" is out! An 11-page standalone (5 min read) about courage + an experiment with sound. Translations: EN, FR, DE, ES, 中文, Nynorsk, Toki Pona. Thanks to 1,106 supporters! Read: www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/...
#webcomic #krita #peppercarrot
#webcomic #krita #peppercarrot
Episode 39: The Tavern - Pepper&Carrot
Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
www.peppercarrot.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pepper & Carrot Episode 39: "The Tavern" is out! An 11-page standalone (5 min read) about courage + an experiment with sound. Translations: EN, FR, DE, ES, 中文, Nynorsk, Toki Pona. Thanks to 1,106 supporters! Read: www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/...
#webcomic #krita #peppercarrot
#webcomic #krita #peppercarrot
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DAY 7 – ADVENT SALE 🧀✨
Today’s treasure from the Roman kitchen, the Cheese Press! This was a must-have gadget for every Roman cook. Freshly discounted!
So tell us, what’s your favourite kind of cheese, Roman or modern?
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Today’s treasure from the Roman kitchen, the Cheese Press! This was a must-have gadget for every Roman cook. Freshly discounted!
So tell us, what’s your favourite kind of cheese, Roman or modern?
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
DAY 7 – ADVENT SALE 🧀✨
Today’s treasure from the Roman kitchen, the Cheese Press! This was a must-have gadget for every Roman cook. Freshly discounted!
So tell us, what’s your favourite kind of cheese, Roman or modern?
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Today’s treasure from the Roman kitchen, the Cheese Press! This was a must-have gadget for every Roman cook. Freshly discounted!
So tell us, what’s your favourite kind of cheese, Roman or modern?
Unwrap some history:
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...
Okay, it's only about a sandwich, but I loved this article #foodie because I love a good samich. www.rrobserver.com/rio_rancho/d...
Danny Dines: That's My Rez Sandwiches
RIO RANCHO — “Have a car!” they said. “It makes life so much easier.” Scoff.
www.rrobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Okay, it's only about a sandwich, but I loved this article #foodie because I love a good samich. www.rrobserver.com/rio_rancho/d...
Stocking stuffer from one of the absolute best! Just gorgeous!
There will be a limited quantity of calendars for sale in my shop this
Sunday, November 16 @ 5 PM ET! 🌼🎉
maxinevee.com
Sunday, November 16 @ 5 PM ET! 🌼🎉
maxinevee.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Stocking stuffer from one of the absolute best! Just gorgeous!
Another solar balcony company, this one with solid state batteries (which I like better than lithium FWIW): bigblue-tech.com/products/pow... Some items on sale.
POWAFREE Balcony Solar H1
Among the world’s famous renewable energy solution providers since 2007 - Explore BigBlue’s most reliable and high-performance energy storage systems, portable power stations, solar panels, and solar ...
bigblue-tech.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Another solar balcony company, this one with solid state batteries (which I like better than lithium FWIW): bigblue-tech.com/products/pow... Some items on sale.
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DAY 6 – ADVENT SALE ✨
Inspired by Iron Age Gaulish pottery, our pedestalled urn captures the elegance & high burnish of the originals, timeless, simple, & strikingly modern. Freshly discounted for the Sale, when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Unwrap some history: potted-history.co.uk/products/ped...
Inspired by Iron Age Gaulish pottery, our pedestalled urn captures the elegance & high burnish of the originals, timeless, simple, & strikingly modern. Freshly discounted for the Sale, when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Unwrap some history: potted-history.co.uk/products/ped...
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
DAY 6 – ADVENT SALE ✨
Inspired by Iron Age Gaulish pottery, our pedestalled urn captures the elegance & high burnish of the originals, timeless, simple, & strikingly modern. Freshly discounted for the Sale, when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Unwrap some history: potted-history.co.uk/products/ped...
Inspired by Iron Age Gaulish pottery, our pedestalled urn captures the elegance & high burnish of the originals, timeless, simple, & strikingly modern. Freshly discounted for the Sale, when they’re gone, they’re gone!
Unwrap some history: potted-history.co.uk/products/ped...
This looks like a stocking stuffer!!! #booksky
@graphicaudio.bsky.social is celebrating the five-year anniversary of TAMORA CARTER: GOBLIN QUEEN by offering 70% off through December 12. That's a full-cast audio recording for only $4.80.
(Also, how the heck has it been five years since this one came out???)
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
(Also, how the heck has it been five years since this one came out???)
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
70% OFF Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen [Dramatized Adaptation]
One night after roller derby practice, twelve-year-old Tamora Carter discovers a pair of goblins digging through the dumpster behind the rink. The scruffy pair passed through a magical portal into our...
www.audiobooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This looks like a stocking stuffer!!! #booksky
From Murderbot (great series.) Yes @beniowa.bsky.social I know you didn't like it, but I still think it's a great series!!!
the officers are only issued energy weapons when there’s actually an energy-weapon-involved emergency. Which is good, because the fewer humans running around with weapons the better.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From Murderbot (great series.) Yes @beniowa.bsky.social I know you didn't like it, but I still think it's a great series!!!
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Autumn Cottage 🍂🍁🏡
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Autumn Cottage 🍂🍁🏡
Happy Halloween! 🎃
Happy Halloween! 🎃
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It’s #coverart Monday, and we’re diving into genres, styles, and why blue and magic beasts won the battle for the castle!
Only on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/cover-s...
Beautiful tower art by Candice Slater and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cover by Andrew Davis 📚
Only on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/cover-s...
Beautiful tower art by Candice Slater and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cover by Andrew Davis 📚
Cover Sensibilities - ILONA ANDREWS
It is Monday, and I'm armed with Russian Country tea and a list of BDH questions. The process of creating the Maggie cover through traditional publishing. How did everyone decide on the theme, covers,...
ilona-andrews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It’s #coverart Monday, and we’re diving into genres, styles, and why blue and magic beasts won the battle for the castle!
Only on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/cover-s...
Beautiful tower art by Candice Slater and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cover by Andrew Davis 📚
Only on the #IlonaAndrews blog: ilona-andrews.com/blog/cover-s...
Beautiful tower art by Candice Slater and This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cover by Andrew Davis 📚
Because it shouldn't matter. Because it DOESN'T matter who marries who.
The supreme court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Because it shouldn't matter. Because it DOESN'T matter who marries who.
Winter is coming! Get your ears on!
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Winter is coming! Get your ears on!
apollycon ticket chance! #booksky
#FYI Thanks to the awesome folks at ApollyCon, I have one (1) Primal ticket to giveaway for ApollyCon 2026, April 23-26 in Washington, D.C. Woot!
👉To enter, visit my blog and fill out the entry form: www.jenniferestep.com/apollycon-20...
1/ #books #authors #ApollyCon #bookconventions
👉To enter, visit my blog and fill out the entry form: www.jenniferestep.com/apollycon-20...
1/ #books #authors #ApollyCon #bookconventions
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
apollycon ticket chance! #booksky
Fabulous #podcast on future of medical tech by #scifi authors AND doctors. #booksky Really fun from Blasters and Blades: rumble.com/v71d584-epis...
Episode 656: Medical Technology of the Future
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We had some super smart people to talk about what medical technology might look like in the future and the things we should consider. I wrangled Dr. Brent Roeder, Jana S
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November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fabulous #podcast on future of medical tech by #scifi authors AND doctors. #booksky Really fun from Blasters and Blades: rumble.com/v71d584-epis...
Rule of law. The Constitution. It matters. The ends do not justify the means when you tear down the Constitution for your own selfish purposes.
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Rule of law. The Constitution. It matters. The ends do not justify the means when you tear down the Constitution for your own selfish purposes.
Over at the blog today talking dyeing! Learning curve ahead! www.bearmountainbooks.com (Picture of last creative attempt is paper flowers!)
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Over at the blog today talking dyeing! Learning curve ahead! www.bearmountainbooks.com (Picture of last creative attempt is paper flowers!)
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***Drumroll, please***
I have received a proof of the special edition of ONLY BAD OPTIONS, Galactic Bonds #1.
Isn't is GORGEOUS?!?!?! 🤩🤩🤩
To order the special edition and other books, please fill out the Google form: forms.gle/QiErWKvc9XJH...
1/ #books #specialedition #scifi #romantasy
I have received a proof of the special edition of ONLY BAD OPTIONS, Galactic Bonds #1.
Isn't is GORGEOUS?!?!?! 🤩🤩🤩
To order the special edition and other books, please fill out the Google form: forms.gle/QiErWKvc9XJH...
1/ #books #specialedition #scifi #romantasy
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
***Drumroll, please***
I have received a proof of the special edition of ONLY BAD OPTIONS, Galactic Bonds #1.
Isn't is GORGEOUS?!?!?! 🤩🤩🤩
To order the special edition and other books, please fill out the Google form: forms.gle/QiErWKvc9XJH...
1/ #books #specialedition #scifi #romantasy
I have received a proof of the special edition of ONLY BAD OPTIONS, Galactic Bonds #1.
Isn't is GORGEOUS?!?!?! 🤩🤩🤩
To order the special edition and other books, please fill out the Google form: forms.gle/QiErWKvc9XJH...
1/ #books #specialedition #scifi #romantasy
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Not all crooked trees are bent with age.
Some lean over to tell secrets, if only we would listen.
Secrets only the owls know.
Some lean over to tell secrets, if only we would listen.
Secrets only the owls know.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Not all crooked trees are bent with age.
Some lean over to tell secrets, if only we would listen.
Secrets only the owls know.
Some lean over to tell secrets, if only we would listen.
Secrets only the owls know.