Dani Ripley Indie Author
@daniripleywrites.bsky.social
Horror and science fiction writer. Voracious reader. Author of climate apocalypse novel North Woods and science fiction short story collection, Strange Worlds. Images/text copyright Dani Ripley unless noted. DMs closed.
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Friends and family review my post-apocalyptic thriller, North Woods! 👀
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
Wait, they're seriously called generation "Alpha?" Somebody didn't think this through but good luck generation Beta
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November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wait, they're seriously called generation "Alpha?" Somebody didn't think this through but good luck generation Beta
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Mattress commercials showing people living and sleeping on bare mattresses is so weird and I can't unsee it now
#wtf
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November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mattress commercials showing people living and sleeping on bare mattresses is so weird and I can't unsee it now
#wtf
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#commercials
#stupid
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When you finally receive your author proof thinking it's the final draft and it's... not
🫠🫠🫠
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🫠🫠🫠
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November 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
When you finally receive your author proof thinking it's the final draft and it's... not
🫠🫠🫠
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🫠🫠🫠
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Two spooky reads for a joyous Halloween!
Fancy an ice apocalypse?
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
Or perhaps some smaller, sci-fi/horror bites are more your speed:
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
Check them out today! 🖤
#booksky
#halloween
#books
#reading
#writing
#scifi
#indie
#indieauthor
Fancy an ice apocalypse?
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
Or perhaps some smaller, sci-fi/horror bites are more your speed:
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
Check them out today! 🖤
#booksky
#halloween
#books
#reading
#writing
#scifi
#indie
#indieauthor
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Two spooky reads for a joyous Halloween!
Fancy an ice apocalypse?
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
Or perhaps some smaller, sci-fi/horror bites are more your speed:
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
Check them out today! 🖤
#booksky
#halloween
#books
#reading
#writing
#scifi
#indie
#indieauthor
Fancy an ice apocalypse?
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
Or perhaps some smaller, sci-fi/horror bites are more your speed:
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
Check them out today! 🖤
#booksky
#halloween
#books
#reading
#writing
#scifi
#indie
#indieauthor
Why is it approximately 7000x louder when you drop it in the shower 😂
#why
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October 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why is it approximately 7000x louder when you drop it in the shower 😂
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Friends and family review my post-apocalyptic thriller, North Woods! 👀
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Friends and family review my post-apocalyptic thriller, North Woods! 👀
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
I mean, if these glowing reviews don't entice you, I don't know what will 🤣
Check it out for yourself today!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
#indieauthor #books #horror #apocalypse #booksky #writingcommunity #reading #read
So it turns out limerence is just the emotional equivalent of "the call is coming from inside the house" 😂
#limerence
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October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So it turns out limerence is just the emotional equivalent of "the call is coming from inside the house" 😂
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Look I can feed us from the forest at this point if the sh*t hits the fan, but there still needs to *be* a forest
#planetearth
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#climate
#ecosystem
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October 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look I can feed us from the forest at this point if the sh*t hits the fan, but there still needs to *be* a forest
#planetearth
#writingcommunity
#writer
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#climate
#ecosystem
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#climate
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You are an animal. You should probably take yourself outside for a walk sometime.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You are an animal. You should probably take yourself outside for a walk sometime.
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Every time I leave a bookstore
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#fortheloveofbooks
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October 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Every time I leave a bookstore
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North Woods by Dani Ripley
See what everybody's talking about!
Get it now 👇
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
(Photo credit Dylan Leagh via Pexels)
#read
#dystopian
#apocalypse
#horror
#horrorwriter
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See what everybody's talking about!
Get it now 👇
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
(Photo credit Dylan Leagh via Pexels)
#read
#dystopian
#apocalypse
#horror
#horrorwriter
#books
#booksky
#indie
#goodbooks
#writingcommunity
#readingcommunity
#reading
#readit
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
North Woods by Dani Ripley
See what everybody's talking about!
Get it now 👇
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
(Photo credit Dylan Leagh via Pexels)
#read
#dystopian
#apocalypse
#horror
#horrorwriter
#books
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#goodbooks
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See what everybody's talking about!
Get it now 👇
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
(Photo credit Dylan Leagh via Pexels)
#read
#dystopian
#apocalypse
#horror
#horrorwriter
#books
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#readit
Where do animals that don't make it through natural selection go?
The Ghoulapagos Islands
Sorry, I'll show myself out 😆
Happy October!
#darwin
#darwinjoke
#joke
#funny
#halloweenjokes
#jokes
#jokewriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
#indie
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#ghosts
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The Ghoulapagos Islands
Sorry, I'll show myself out 😆
Happy October!
#darwin
#darwinjoke
#joke
#funny
#halloweenjokes
#jokes
#jokewriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
#indie
#indieauthor
#ghosts
#ghouls
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Where do animals that don't make it through natural selection go?
The Ghoulapagos Islands
Sorry, I'll show myself out 😆
Happy October!
#darwin
#darwinjoke
#joke
#funny
#halloweenjokes
#jokes
#jokewriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
#indie
#indieauthor
#ghosts
#ghouls
The Ghoulapagos Islands
Sorry, I'll show myself out 😆
Happy October!
#darwin
#darwinjoke
#joke
#funny
#halloweenjokes
#jokes
#jokewriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
#indie
#indieauthor
#ghosts
#ghouls
It's October. If you need me, I'll be baking pumpkin spice muffins, drinking herbal tea, and watching Practical Magic on repeat until the 31st
#october
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#practicalmagic
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's October. If you need me, I'll be baking pumpkin spice muffins, drinking herbal tea, and watching Practical Magic on repeat until the 31st
#october
#fall
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#writerlife
#writer
#writing
#practicalmagic
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#practicalmagic
When your cat is purring so hard their whiskers vibrate 😂
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September 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When your cat is purring so hard their whiskers vibrate 😂
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True story 😂
Check out my stuff!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#indie
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#writingcommunity
#writers
#writing
#scifi
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Check out my stuff!
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#indie
#indieauthor
#writingcommunity
#writers
#writing
#scifi
#apocalypse
#climatefiction
#books
#booksky
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September 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Obviously Bluesky posts aren't called "tweets" but since nobody's given them a cutesy name yet I propose we start calling them "bleats" 🐑
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September 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Obviously Bluesky posts aren't called "tweets" but since nobody's given them a cutesy name yet I propose we start calling them "bleats" 🐑
#blueskyposts
#whatsitcalled
#nameit
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September 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Every time I swim in this lake where I live a bunch of fish gather around in a half circle 3 or 4 deep and just hang there, watching me. I've started calling them "The Council" and I now consult them before making all important life decisions
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#fishy
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September 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Every time I swim in this lake where I live a bunch of fish gather around in a half circle 3 or 4 deep and just hang there, watching me. I've started calling them "The Council" and I now consult them before making all important life decisions
#writingcommunity
#indieauthor
#writerlife
#fishy
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#indieauthor
#writerlife
#fishy
How goes the editing?
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September 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I may be a horror writer but my secret dream is to live inside a Hallmark movie 🤫
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September 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I may be a horror writer but my secret dream is to live inside a Hallmark movie 🤫
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That editing feeling 🫠
And hey, while I'm busy editing my latest novel, why not check out my other stuff? Purchase here👇🤓
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#writer #amediting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indie #apocalypse #scifi #books #booksky #bestbooks #read
And hey, while I'm busy editing my latest novel, why not check out my other stuff? Purchase here👇🤓
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#writer #amediting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indie #apocalypse #scifi #books #booksky #bestbooks #read
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
That editing feeling 🫠
And hey, while I'm busy editing my latest novel, why not check out my other stuff? Purchase here👇🤓
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#writer #amediting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indie #apocalypse #scifi #books #booksky #bestbooks #read
And hey, while I'm busy editing my latest novel, why not check out my other stuff? Purchase here👇🤓
www.amazon.com/North-Woods-...
www.amazon.com/Strange-Worl...
#writer #amediting #writingcommunity #indieauthor #indie #apocalypse #scifi #books #booksky #bestbooks #read
The editing process 😂
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August 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The editing process 😂
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Writer: this is the best thing I've ever written. I must submit it to [insert publication name] immediately. They can't *not* publish it, it's that good, done deal
Narrator: it was not a done deal
#writingcommunity #writer #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #shortstories #rejection
Narrator: it was not a done deal
#writingcommunity #writer #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #shortstories #rejection
August 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Writer: this is the best thing I've ever written. I must submit it to [insert publication name] immediately. They can't *not* publish it, it's that good, done deal
Narrator: it was not a done deal
#writingcommunity #writer #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #shortstories #rejection
Narrator: it was not a done deal
#writingcommunity #writer #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #shortstories #rejection
Notes re: editing package ✔️
"Feline Good" mug ✔️
Existential dread ✔️
I think I'm ready... 🫠
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writesky #writer #writers #editing #amediting #writing #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #indie #horrorwriter #horror #magicalrealism #thriller
"Feline Good" mug ✔️
Existential dread ✔️
I think I'm ready... 🫠
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writesky #writer #writers #editing #amediting #writing #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #indie #horrorwriter #horror #magicalrealism #thriller
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Notes re: editing package ✔️
"Feline Good" mug ✔️
Existential dread ✔️
I think I'm ready... 🫠
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writesky #writer #writers #editing #amediting #writing #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #indie #horrorwriter #horror #magicalrealism #thriller
"Feline Good" mug ✔️
Existential dread ✔️
I think I'm ready... 🫠
#writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #writesky #writer #writers #editing #amediting #writing #writinglife #writerlife #indieauthor #indie #horrorwriter #horror #magicalrealism #thriller