Jeff Vande Zande
@jeffvandezande.bsky.social
I am a community college professor and a writer (and other stuff too!)
My latest novel is Blood of the Witness Tree (Montag Press)
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Witness-Tree-Vande-Zande/dp/1957010606/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
My latest novel is Blood of the Witness Tree (Montag Press)
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Witness-Tree-Vande-Zande/dp/1957010606/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
Coming soon on my book blog... 💙📚
▶️ How to find free reading
▶️ A review of a manga
▶️ My guide to reading the classics
▶️ Discussion on self-help books and if they actually work
It's about to get gooooooood...
▶️ How to find free reading
▶️ A review of a manga
▶️ My guide to reading the classics
▶️ Discussion on self-help books and if they actually work
It's about to get gooooooood...
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Coming soon on my book blog... 💙📚
▶️ How to find free reading
▶️ A review of a manga
▶️ My guide to reading the classics
▶️ Discussion on self-help books and if they actually work
It's about to get gooooooood...
▶️ How to find free reading
▶️ A review of a manga
▶️ My guide to reading the classics
▶️ Discussion on self-help books and if they actually work
It's about to get gooooooood...
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
First-in-family uni students should be recognised as disadvantaged or risk being left behind, author of new report says
First-in-family uni students should be recognised as disadvantaged or risk being left behind, author of new report says
People without university-educated parents are 36% likely to enrol in degree, compared to 59% of students whose parents are tertiary educated
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Jason Clare was the first person in his family to go to university, finish high school, or graduate Year 10, he told the Universities Australia’s annual gala dinner in 2022.
“My mum and dad never even dreamt of going to university,” the education minister said in his first address to the peak body for the higher education sector. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
First-in-family uni students should be recognised as disadvantaged or risk being left behind, author of new report says
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
Struggling to afford specialist doctors’ fees? See if your GP can refer you to one of Australia’s free public hospital clinics
Struggling to afford specialist doctors’ fees? See if your GP can refer you to one of Australia’s free public hospital clinics
Excellent treatment is available for outpatients – though where you live matters and wait lists can be long
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$1,000 for a one-hour appointment: why are fees for Australia’s specialist doctors skyrocketing?
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What are my rights when I need to see a specialist doctor – and what if I can’t afford the fee?
Madeleine’s* GP wanted to refer her to a urologist to review a large cyst on one of her kidneys, along with kidney stones. The out-of-pocket fee would have been $290.
“I just said, no – not on top of everything else.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Struggling to afford specialist doctors’ fees? See if your GP can refer you to one of Australia’s free public hospital clinics
A writer to follow, #booksky 💙📚
This morning's dawn. Today I'll pass the halfway mark on 50k words in November. But. I also have to make time to finalize my newsletter, going out on the 20th. A horror book review. An update on TLSQ. This month's wild Tarot card. Why short stories. Check it out. www.sycoffelt.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A writer to follow, #booksky 💙📚
Can I single-handedly bring back Blue Sky?
I'm going to try.
I'm going to try.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Can I single-handedly bring back Blue Sky?
I'm going to try.
I'm going to try.
Hey #booksky 💙📚, I know I have a few dedicated, supportive fans. I ask them a favor...if you celebrate #Christmas, would you consider buying a copy of The Dance of Rotten Sticks as a gift for a #reader in your life?
Could also do signed copy...details through DM.
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
Could also do signed copy...details through DM.
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks: 9798264795503: Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hey #booksky 💙📚, I know I have a few dedicated, supportive fans. I ask them a favor...if you celebrate #Christmas, would you consider buying a copy of The Dance of Rotten Sticks as a gift for a #reader in your life?
Could also do signed copy...details through DM.
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
Could also do signed copy...details through DM.
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Mill Street Diner in Vanderbilt, MI makes an appearance in my #horror #novel, Blood of the Witness Tree.
#BookSky 💙📚
Now, copies of my book are for sale in the diner. They've sold 18 copies in two weeks!
You don't have to go to Vanderbilt to get a copy, though:
www.amazon.com/Blood-Witnes...
#BookSky 💙📚
Now, copies of my book are for sale in the diner. They've sold 18 copies in two weeks!
You don't have to go to Vanderbilt to get a copy, though:
www.amazon.com/Blood-Witnes...
Blood of the Witness Tree
Blood of the Witness Tree [Vande Zande, J.C.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Blood of the Witness Tree
www.amazon.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Mill Street Diner in Vanderbilt, MI makes an appearance in my #horror #novel, Blood of the Witness Tree.
#BookSky 💙📚
Now, copies of my book are for sale in the diner. They've sold 18 copies in two weeks!
You don't have to go to Vanderbilt to get a copy, though:
www.amazon.com/Blood-Witnes...
#BookSky 💙📚
Now, copies of my book are for sale in the diner. They've sold 18 copies in two weeks!
You don't have to go to Vanderbilt to get a copy, though:
www.amazon.com/Blood-Witnes...
If you’re mourning the end to #spooky season, #BookSky 💙📚 you can keep that #horror vibe going by picking up a copy of my latest #horrorbook, Blood of the Witness Tree.
Only $2.99 on #kindle and also on #kindleunlimited
#mystery
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1957...
Only $2.99 on #kindle and also on #kindleunlimited
#mystery
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1957...
Blood of the Witness Tree
Blood of the Witness Tree [Vande Zande, J.C.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Blood of the Witness Tree
www.amazon.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
If you’re mourning the end to #spooky season, #BookSky 💙📚 you can keep that #horror vibe going by picking up a copy of my latest #horrorbook, Blood of the Witness Tree.
Only $2.99 on #kindle and also on #kindleunlimited
#mystery
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1957...
Only $2.99 on #kindle and also on #kindleunlimited
#mystery
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1957...
Well, #booksky 💙📚, I have stumbled my way into the first 1,000 words of the 3rd book in my #horror series, tentatively titled The Orphan Ward. Starting raises severe doubts!
I could use some fuel. Any takers on the 1st book to help me believe there's an audience?
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
I could use some fuel. Any takers on the 1st book to help me believe there's an audience?
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Well, #booksky 💙📚, I have stumbled my way into the first 1,000 words of the 3rd book in my #horror series, tentatively titled The Orphan Ward. Starting raises severe doubts!
I could use some fuel. Any takers on the 1st book to help me believe there's an audience?
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
I could use some fuel. Any takers on the 1st book to help me believe there's an audience?
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
Support an indie author and add my poetry to your paperback collection! I'd appreciate it 💛💛💛
www.lulu.com/spotlight/an...
www.lulu.com/spotlight/an...
December 5, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Support an indie author and add my poetry to your paperback collection! I'd appreciate it 💛💛💛
www.lulu.com/spotlight/an...
www.lulu.com/spotlight/an...
Book marketing is not for the thin-skinned. You can have an "up" week, and then turn around and see that momentum stop cold, like sack of wrenches dropped on the ground.
But, #booksky 📚💙, you can't quit. Here's hoping I can pick up more #readers!
#horror ... $2.99
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
But, #booksky 📚💙, you can't quit. Here's hoping I can pick up more #readers!
#horror ... $2.99
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Book marketing is not for the thin-skinned. You can have an "up" week, and then turn around and see that momentum stop cold, like sack of wrenches dropped on the ground.
But, #booksky 📚💙, you can't quit. Here's hoping I can pick up more #readers!
#horror ... $2.99
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
But, #booksky 📚💙, you can't quit. Here's hoping I can pick up more #readers!
#horror ... $2.99
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
His dead mother hadn’t reached out to him in years.
That's the opening line to my latest book, titled The Orphan Ward. It's the third book in the series that includes The Dance of Rotten Sticks and Blood of the Witness Tree.
#booksky 💙📚
Get in on the ground floor!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
That's the opening line to my latest book, titled The Orphan Ward. It's the third book in the series that includes The Dance of Rotten Sticks and Blood of the Witness Tree.
#booksky 💙📚
Get in on the ground floor!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
His dead mother hadn’t reached out to him in years.
That's the opening line to my latest book, titled The Orphan Ward. It's the third book in the series that includes The Dance of Rotten Sticks and Blood of the Witness Tree.
#booksky 💙📚
Get in on the ground floor!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
That's the opening line to my latest book, titled The Orphan Ward. It's the third book in the series that includes The Dance of Rotten Sticks and Blood of the Witness Tree.
#booksky 💙📚
Get in on the ground floor!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
#Booksky 💙📚
Hickory Nuts and Bones and Other Uncomfortable Tales
Hickory Nuts and Bones: and other uncomfortable tales
Hickory Nuts and Bones: and other uncomfortable tales [Wilson, David Niall] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hickory Nuts and Bones: and other uncomfortable tales
www.amazon.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#Booksky 💙📚
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
Writing What Hurts - 10-26 My new newsletter is live. This one breaks down the stories in the brand new collection. Circumstances prevented the normal ways this might have been marketed so look. There are 10,000 of you. If even 10 percent are really interested... this is good stuff. Share! Subscribe
Writing What Hurts - 10-26
Brand New Collection Available - and new audio
david-nialls-newsletter.beehiiv.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Writing What Hurts - 10-26 My new newsletter is live. This one breaks down the stories in the brand new collection. Circumstances prevented the normal ways this might have been marketed so look. There are 10,000 of you. If even 10 percent are really interested... this is good stuff. Share! Subscribe
Hey, #booksky 💙📚 ... I heard an unsettling statistic. I heard (I believe it was on @npr.org) that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure. I figured the number was low (because I'd also heard that 62% of Americans never read another book after high school) ... but to me 16% sounds very low!
Scary!
Scary!
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So much easier to ask for new #readers in October when you’re a #horror #writer. It just makes sense.
Nevertheless, the marketing must go on. So, what do you say, #booksky 💙📚, will you take a chance on a #horrorbook from a little-known #author.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...
Nevertheless, the marketing must go on. So, what do you say, #booksky 💙📚, will you take a chance on a #horrorbook from a little-known #author.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...
Blood of the Witness Tree
Amazon.com: Blood of the Witness Tree eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So much easier to ask for new #readers in October when you’re a #horror #writer. It just makes sense.
Nevertheless, the marketing must go on. So, what do you say, #booksky 💙📚, will you take a chance on a #horrorbook from a little-known #author.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...
Nevertheless, the marketing must go on. So, what do you say, #booksky 💙📚, will you take a chance on a #horrorbook from a little-known #author.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FL...
Happy #Halloween, #booksky 💙📚!
The season of the #horror #writer is almost over…sadly. It’s been a good month for me with many events and many sales!
Nevertheless, I’m always seeking more #readers for my #gothic #horrorbook series!
Take a chance on the 1st #book!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
The season of the #horror #writer is almost over…sadly. It’s been a good month for me with many events and many sales!
Nevertheless, I’m always seeking more #readers for my #gothic #horrorbook series!
Take a chance on the 1st #book!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Happy #Halloween, #booksky 💙📚!
The season of the #horror #writer is almost over…sadly. It’s been a good month for me with many events and many sales!
Nevertheless, I’m always seeking more #readers for my #gothic #horrorbook series!
Take a chance on the 1st #book!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
The season of the #horror #writer is almost over…sadly. It’s been a good month for me with many events and many sales!
Nevertheless, I’m always seeking more #readers for my #gothic #horrorbook series!
Take a chance on the 1st #book!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
I was invited to talk about horror with Katie Campbell at @kuow.org NPR Seattle and Roxanne Guiney from Haunted Burrow Books and you can listen to our conversation and book recommendations here:
www.kuow.org/stories/horr...
www.kuow.org/stories/horr...
Horror is bigger than Stephen King. These spooky Seattleites help find the right scare for you
Since it's spooky season, and readers of all sorts may be looking for scares, KUOW's Katie Campbell called up a couple of local literary horror experts to talk about how the genre has evolved and who ...
www.kuow.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I was invited to talk about horror with Katie Campbell at @kuow.org NPR Seattle and Roxanne Guiney from Haunted Burrow Books and you can listen to our conversation and book recommendations here:
www.kuow.org/stories/horr...
www.kuow.org/stories/horr...
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
Hey, hey, hey #ghoststory fans - Here's a great little novella for #spookyseason about the hardscrabble life in the Ozarks and the trouble with dead sisters. Get it at labarnitzbooks.com
#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity
#southerngothichorror
#bookworm
#HappyHalloween
#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity
#southerngothichorror
#bookworm
#HappyHalloween
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hey, hey, hey #ghoststory fans - Here's a great little novella for #spookyseason about the hardscrabble life in the Ozarks and the trouble with dead sisters. Get it at labarnitzbooks.com
#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity
#southerngothichorror
#bookworm
#HappyHalloween
#BookSky 💙📚
#readingcommunity
#southerngothichorror
#bookworm
#HappyHalloween
Hey #booksky 💙📚, both of my #gothic /folk #horrorbooks are available on #kindleunlimited. Even on #Kindle, they are only $2.99.
#horror
I would love to pick up more #readers as I start (gulp!) the 3rd and final book in the series.
Give me a reason to keep writing!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7SDTB...
#horror
I would love to pick up more #readers as I start (gulp!) the 3rd and final book in the series.
Give me a reason to keep writing!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7SDTB...
Blood of the Witness Tree
Amazon.com: Blood of the Witness Tree eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hey #booksky 💙📚, both of my #gothic /folk #horrorbooks are available on #kindleunlimited. Even on #Kindle, they are only $2.99.
#horror
I would love to pick up more #readers as I start (gulp!) the 3rd and final book in the series.
Give me a reason to keep writing!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7SDTB...
#horror
I would love to pick up more #readers as I start (gulp!) the 3rd and final book in the series.
Give me a reason to keep writing!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7SDTB...
#booksky 💙📚
Okay, but f’real, this is one of my favorite books I read this year. 💙📚🩸
Not that I would be opposed to additional sales, #BookSky 💙📚 but tonight at a library event in Bay City, MI, I sold 5 more copies of The Dance of Rotten Sticks! That brings me to 704 sold so far, exceeding my goal.
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#booksky 💙📚
Not that I would be opposed to additional sales, #BookSky 💙📚 but tonight at a library event in Bay City, MI, I sold 5 more copies of The Dance of Rotten Sticks! That brings me to 704 sold so far, exceeding my goal.
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks: 9798264795503: Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Not that I would be opposed to additional sales, #BookSky 💙📚 but tonight at a library event in Bay City, MI, I sold 5 more copies of The Dance of Rotten Sticks! That brings me to 704 sold so far, exceeding my goal.
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
#horror #horrorbooks
Still welcoming readers!
www.amazon.com/Dance-Rotten...
Still looking for new readers, #booksky 💙📚!!
Need something to get you in that #spooky spirit?
Want to take a chance on a #gothic #horror written by a little-known but hopeful #author?
Only $2.99 on #Kindle and on #KindleUnlimited!
#writingcommunity
Grateful…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
Need something to get you in that #spooky spirit?
Want to take a chance on a #gothic #horror written by a little-known but hopeful #author?
Only $2.99 on #Kindle and on #KindleUnlimited!
#writingcommunity
Grateful…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
The Dance of Rotten Sticks
Amazon.com: The Dance of Rotten Sticks eBook : Vande Zande, J.C.: Books
www.amazon.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still looking for new readers, #booksky 💙📚!!
Need something to get you in that #spooky spirit?
Want to take a chance on a #gothic #horror written by a little-known but hopeful #author?
Only $2.99 on #Kindle and on #KindleUnlimited!
#writingcommunity
Grateful…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
Need something to get you in that #spooky spirit?
Want to take a chance on a #gothic #horror written by a little-known but hopeful #author?
Only $2.99 on #Kindle and on #KindleUnlimited!
#writingcommunity
Grateful…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FQ...
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Reposted by Jeff Vande Zande
This sounds like a gripping read! 🌍✨ The blend of romance and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting is always captivating. Can't wait to dive in! 📚❤️ #SFF #BookRecommendations
The Last by D. Ellis Overttun
@neoverttun.bsky.social
#extinction #genetics #postapocalyptic #romance #sff
A forgotten three labor in the last stronghold of a once technologically advanced society to save a post-apocalyptic world from its impending destruction.
Amazon: amzn.eu/d/j76Bjc0
@neoverttun.bsky.social
#extinction #genetics #postapocalyptic #romance #sff
A forgotten three labor in the last stronghold of a once technologically advanced society to save a post-apocalyptic world from its impending destruction.
Amazon: amzn.eu/d/j76Bjc0
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This sounds like a gripping read! 🌍✨ The blend of romance and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting is always captivating. Can't wait to dive in! 📚❤️ #SFF #BookRecommendations