J. Patricia Anderson
@jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
Canadian SFF author of DAUGHTERS OF TITH and YOUR BLOOD AND BONES | Computer Scientist | UBI NOW | Parent to 3 | Zero AI! | Commit the sin of empathy | She/her (-ish)
https://linktr.ee/jpatriciaanderson
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Introduction thread! 🥰🍁🌳
Hello, I am an indie fantasy author with one chonky, very different high/epic fantasy series starter (will be 5 books when done) 🌳✨ and one standalone dark fantasy with horror elements novella 🩸🐦⬛☠️ published so far 😎 1/X
Hello, I am an indie fantasy author with one chonky, very different high/epic fantasy series starter (will be 5 books when done) 🌳✨ and one standalone dark fantasy with horror elements novella 🩸🐦⬛☠️ published so far 😎 1/X
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Imagine being a tree. Day to day, month to month everyone thinks you're just sitting there. But you're not. You're an unstoppable force. A juggernaut. You will destroy concrete, brick, rock. All you need is time.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Imagine being a tree. Day to day, month to month everyone thinks you're just sitting there. But you're not. You're an unstoppable force. A juggernaut. You will destroy concrete, brick, rock. All you need is time.
You should try this and read my books because no one is reading them in Kobo Plus and I've never seen a payment in there 🤣...but one day I might!! 📚💙
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You should try this and read my books because no one is reading them in Kobo Plus and I've never seen a payment in there 🤣...but one day I might!! 📚💙
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They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
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Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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They want to reserve the right to be direct (and harsh) to women, but men *hate it* when women treat them the same way bc they find it disrespectful
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They want to reserve the right to be direct (and harsh) to women, but men *hate it* when women treat them the same way bc they find it disrespectful
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We say men are less emotional because we coincidentally don't define anger or reacting because of ego as emotions.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We say men are less emotional because we coincidentally don't define anger or reacting because of ego as emotions.
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#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 5: Last, current and next reads
Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social
Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social
Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social
and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
Day 5: Last, current and next reads
Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social
Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social
Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social
and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
📚 #FantasyIndiesNovember 📚
All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books.
Feel free to ask the hosts questions!
Love,
Faeries at Fantasy Indies
@lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
All genres welcome! You can use the prompts for WIPs or published books.
Feel free to ask the hosts questions!
Love,
Faeries at Fantasy Indies
@lvrussell.bsky.social @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
#FantasyIndiesNovember
Day 5: Last, current and next reads
Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social
Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social
Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social
and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
Day 5: Last, current and next reads
Last: Austringer's Wrath – @lyonspen.bsky.social
Current: Serpentus – @ajcalvin.bsky.social
Next: Unlucky Evans, Cursed Odds – @williamjadams3.bsky.social
and I really want to get to Daughters of Tith by @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social
I took 12 months for my first two and 18 months for my third 😁. The only reason my husband didn't take part of it was because he was a PhD student during the first two and stay-at-home dad during the third. We had intended to split it if applicable though!
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I took 12 months for my first two and 18 months for my third 😁. The only reason my husband didn't take part of it was because he was a PhD student during the first two and stay-at-home dad during the third. We had intended to split it if applicable though!
Parenting with no voice. The worst.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Parenting with no voice. The worst.
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listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
listen, if you're ever despairing about your art or whatever, just ask yourself "is anything i ever make going to be as stupid as a cybertruck?" ✨
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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It's time for our first Daily Challenge!
Daily Challenge 1: T H I C C - Share the chonkiest indie you've read. The giveaway for today's challenge is the entire ebook trilogy to The Cruel Gods series by @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com!
Reply with your answer to win and use #AMoRaR!
Daily Challenge 1: T H I C C - Share the chonkiest indie you've read. The giveaway for today's challenge is the entire ebook trilogy to The Cruel Gods series by @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com!
Reply with your answer to win and use #AMoRaR!
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's time for our first Daily Challenge!
Daily Challenge 1: T H I C C - Share the chonkiest indie you've read. The giveaway for today's challenge is the entire ebook trilogy to The Cruel Gods series by @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com!
Reply with your answer to win and use #AMoRaR!
Daily Challenge 1: T H I C C - Share the chonkiest indie you've read. The giveaway for today's challenge is the entire ebook trilogy to The Cruel Gods series by @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com!
Reply with your answer to win and use #AMoRaR!
One time for Halloween I was the colour green in a rainbow.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
One time for Halloween I was the colour green in a rainbow.
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It's still October!
Why not try a queer horror comedy that doesn't skimp on any of the three?
A cryptid-hunting skeptic follows a (fake?) video of his presumed-dead mom to a former conversion camp on an isolated island, all while fleeing the "straight" co-host he drunkenly made out with.
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Why not try a queer horror comedy that doesn't skimp on any of the three?
A cryptid-hunting skeptic follows a (fake?) video of his presumed-dead mom to a former conversion camp on an isolated island, all while fleeing the "straight" co-host he drunkenly made out with.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's still October!
Why not try a queer horror comedy that doesn't skimp on any of the three?
A cryptid-hunting skeptic follows a (fake?) video of his presumed-dead mom to a former conversion camp on an isolated island, all while fleeing the "straight" co-host he drunkenly made out with.
⬇️
Why not try a queer horror comedy that doesn't skimp on any of the three?
A cryptid-hunting skeptic follows a (fake?) video of his presumed-dead mom to a former conversion camp on an isolated island, all while fleeing the "straight" co-host he drunkenly made out with.
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No, I'm not doing a Halloween sale
But at $3.99, I'd say this book is already a killer deal 😈💀
But at $3.99, I'd say this book is already a killer deal 😈💀
It's Halloween week, the best time to support your favourite serial killer... By buying a book full of murder 😈😈😈
Killer Debt holds 33 murders within its pages, from the humorous to the horrific - all perfect reads for every goth's favourite holiday books2read.com/u/bO9Ne9 #BookSky #HorrorReads
Killer Debt holds 33 murders within its pages, from the humorous to the horrific - all perfect reads for every goth's favourite holiday books2read.com/u/bO9Ne9 #BookSky #HorrorReads
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No, I'm not doing a Halloween sale
But at $3.99, I'd say this book is already a killer deal 😈💀
But at $3.99, I'd say this book is already a killer deal 😈💀
If you're looking for another spooky season read, late in the season, this can be read in one sitting! 😱📚💙
Check it out for a standalone dark fantasy novella with some body horror, about a girl turning into a monster and her search for a cure.
🩸🐦⬛☠️
books2read.com/u/bPLWBz
Check it out for a standalone dark fantasy novella with some body horror, about a girl turning into a monster and her search for a cure.
🩸🐦⬛☠️
books2read.com/u/bPLWBz
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Your Blood and Bones by J. Patricia Anderson
books2read.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you're looking for another spooky season read, late in the season, this can be read in one sitting! 😱📚💙
Check it out for a standalone dark fantasy novella with some body horror, about a girl turning into a monster and her search for a cure.
🩸🐦⬛☠️
books2read.com/u/bPLWBz
Check it out for a standalone dark fantasy novella with some body horror, about a girl turning into a monster and her search for a cure.
🩸🐦⬛☠️
books2read.com/u/bPLWBz
I was never able to consistently hit the nano daily goal, and I never used to win! Then I started "writing every day" by making sure I wrote at least one sentence on my zero days (good accomplishment hit) but still accepting my need for those zero days and letting the big days carry me. Then I won!
I'm doing (unofficial) nanowrimo to finish my novel draft. My top tip for drafting on deadline, having done it a lot: 50 words is better than 0. If you have a day when you think "no way I get 1,666 words today" ask yourself if you can do 50. The less far Future You has to go to catch up, the better.
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I was never able to consistently hit the nano daily goal, and I never used to win! Then I started "writing every day" by making sure I wrote at least one sentence on my zero days (good accomplishment hit) but still accepting my need for those zero days and letting the big days carry me. Then I won!
I'm never going to do anything with this so free best idea of the day - experts looking for new research avenues should be holding yearly meetings with people who have their field as a special interest. I got ideas, baby.
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm never going to do anything with this so free best idea of the day - experts looking for new research avenues should be holding yearly meetings with people who have their field as a special interest. I got ideas, baby.
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Notes from #CanCon2025
1. Your name deserves stickers. Everything is better with stickers.
See also: buttons.
1. Your name deserves stickers. Everything is better with stickers.
See also: buttons.
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Notes from #CanCon2025
1. Your name deserves stickers. Everything is better with stickers.
See also: buttons.
1. Your name deserves stickers. Everything is better with stickers.
See also: buttons.
Thanks to the people who responded to the quoted post and helped me out, I have received my first ever Kobo payment!! (It is deposited 45 days after the statement that finally rolls over 50CAD). Woohoooo. Thank you booksky! 📚💙
I've never had a Kobo payout (you have to accumulate 50CAD 🫠) and I'm finally one sale away 👀.
Kobo readers - any interest in a dark fantasy novella with body horror about a girl turning into a monster? 📚💙
www.kobo.com/en/ebook/you...
Kobo readers - any interest in a dark fantasy novella with body horror about a girl turning into a monster? 📚💙
www.kobo.com/en/ebook/you...
Your Blood and Bones ebook by J. Patricia Anderson - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Your Blood and Bones" by J. Patricia Anderson available from Rakuten Kobo. Kill the monsters when they’re found.
No matter who they used to be.
The girl with secret feathers in her skin and stra...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thanks to the people who responded to the quoted post and helped me out, I have received my first ever Kobo payment!! (It is deposited 45 days after the statement that finally rolls over 50CAD). Woohoooo. Thank you booksky! 📚💙
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Folks who are at @canconsffh.bsky.social : if you would like to find the panelists, vendors and volunteers on here, behold a starter pack for just that purpose: go.bsky.app/UXVrVHZ
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Folks who are at @canconsffh.bsky.social : if you would like to find the panelists, vendors and volunteers on here, behold a starter pack for just that purpose: go.bsky.app/UXVrVHZ
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As #CanCon2025 comes to an end, we'd like to thank all our amazing volunteers who made the whole weekend possible, all the vendors who brought wonderful things for us to take home, and all the guests who came to be a part of our community's weekend!
Thank you for supporting us, and see you in 2026!
Thank you for supporting us, and see you in 2026!
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As #CanCon2025 comes to an end, we'd like to thank all our amazing volunteers who made the whole weekend possible, all the vendors who brought wonderful things for us to take home, and all the guests who came to be a part of our community's weekend!
Thank you for supporting us, and see you in 2026!
Thank you for supporting us, and see you in 2026!
I love that Can*Con is growing but I'm sad it's so big I've completely missed people I know must be here! 😭
October 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I love that Can*Con is growing but I'm sad it's so big I've completely missed people I know must be here! 😭
Ooo Can*Con
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ooo Can*Con