Diane M. Johnson
banner
caseyadamsstark.bsky.social
Diane M. Johnson
@caseyadamsstark.bsky.social
Writer of horror. Fan of the supernatural (and Supernatural). Think twice before you DM me. If it’s phishy it’s block-worthy. HWA member.

#ScriptSky #HorrorSky #IndieHorror #BookSky

Find me through Linktree:

https://linktr.ee/dianemjohnsonauthor
Pinned
Let’s share our work! Here’s my #PerfectProphet trilogy. A death metal atheist with a surprising gift becomes a Satanist’s target.

#SatanicPanic #horror

In the 2nd book, the MC becomes the target of a #Christian #cult.

Book 3’s theme? Redemption for the antagonist.

www.amazon.com/Perfect-Prop...
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Demelza, a world-weary witch, and Uliana, an even more exhausted vampyre, work together to send wayward demons, ghosts and otherworldly creatures back to where they came from. But some jobs are more difficult than others.

🔖 story: mybook.to/RXIIkD
💌 itch.io: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/on-demon-wra...
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Gorgeous covers, aren’t they?
Since Bluesky is opening up, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone I have some pretty awesome books for fans of epic fantasy, swashbuckling, and found family.

www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCPBJHY
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Since Bluesky is opening up, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone I have some pretty awesome books for fans of epic fantasy, swashbuckling, and found family.

www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCPBJHY
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
From: ‘Time and Time Again’
Prompt: ‘Select’
Additional: ‘-ive’

#WiPSnips
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Feeling like in 70,000+ words I should’ve selected the word select 😂
February 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Johee explains Hanaran romance (or lack thereof) while Hale tries not to panic over this romantic encounter

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
From Stars, Sparkling Like Snow ✨😘
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Good morning #WIPSnips fam. I’m close to finishing this thing (I think), so my participation may (or may not) wane in the coming weeks as I focus on editing, readers and next steps. But here’s a selected snippet for select.
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Job-hunting is just so demoralizing. Anything I can find has at least two of three drawbacks:
- Pay sucks
- Either well below or too specialized for my education and experience
- The work would grind my soul into powder and I just left a job that did that

So, you know, if you could buy my books?
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
#WIPSnips & we're well into the 9th here, so here's my entry for Select.
Written a couple of years ago, now, but feels weirdly relevant today.
Sorry for spoilers for earlier books, but I figure you've read them or won't, so all good, eh?
www.royalroad.com/fiction/42601
#Booksky #Romantasy 🇳🇿📚
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Do you like SFF that centers friendship or found family? It has them forming, tackling plot problems, or the main character making a new friend/ a friend helping a character's growth; this bundle is for you!

It includes 13 #Fantasy 12 #SciFi's 10 #SFF and 2 #Horror

itch.io/b/3486/frien...

💙📚📦
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
When you come across racists complaining about Bad Bunny today, don’t forget to hit them with this: Puerto Rican literature about Puerto Rico written by a boricua. Yo sería borincano aunque naciera en la luna. Thanks and hope you have a great Sunday!

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
February 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I had to harken back to a script for this one, and it’s a boring #WIPSnips, I know. But here it is.
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
I tried. I spent twenty minutes on a phone call talking about all the ways gen AI is unethical.
@bookspotlight.bsky.social Rebecca is the G.O.A.T.

From the NYT article that we’re all talking about… #WriteSky #BookSky
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
@bookspotlight.bsky.social Rebecca is the G.O.A.T.

From the NYT article that we’re all talking about… #WriteSky #BookSky
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
11:11. Time to wish for some indie book sales!
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
And here is the latest umpteenth article about Substack that makes it plain for readers to understand:

Substack. Platforms. Nazis!!!
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
It may be a bit of a spoiler, but Mateo eventually suffers from a constant fight to take in air after a stabbing injury in my series WIP. I won’t go into how or when that injury takes place, so maybe that makes it less of a spoiler.
Do any of your characters suffer from chronic pain? What kind? How do they deal with it?

#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
February 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
This is true. Two new chunks are being added, one previously published with limited distribution and another I'm writing now.

In the end, this Final Edition of The Fearing will be about half again the size of the original edition.

Order it today!
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
From: ‘Time and Time Again’
Prompt: ‘Redeem’
Synonym: ‘Forgive’

#WiPSnips
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I knew I would find some form of redeem in the series WIP. I picked Pedro’s entry into the series and found redemption. #WIPSnips
February 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
February 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t read this yet, but it’s been on my list for a long time. Owen is 11 when the inciting incident happens, so I can only guess that it counts? #TBRuary
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Diane M. Johnson
Scanlon is in his 80s, so that def counts. And why do I want to read it? Because of The Good Place. #TBRuary
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
#PretendPanel, my current WIP centers around a small town mayoral election, so there’s no avoiding it there. What’s weird is that my mom wrote the thing some 30+ years ago, and while I’m giving it more substance, I feel like the political element hasn’t really changed. 1/2
I'm breaking the rule of not bringing up politics, #pretendpanel! Still, I think it's important to think about it in our writing.

February 7th: How much has real world politics had an impact on your writing, or do you avoid that like the plague?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM