Laurell K Hamilton
@laurellkhamilton.bsky.social
#1 NYT Bestselling author of the Anita Blake, Merry Gentry, and Zaniel Havelock novels
www.laurellkhamilton.com
www.laurellkhamilton.com
Happy feast of the kings, Dia de los Reyes! Feast of the epiphany! It marks the end of holiday season for my family. Today we’ll take down all the decorations & rest the holiday lights until Valentine’s Day.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Happy feast of the kings, Dia de los Reyes! Feast of the epiphany! It marks the end of holiday season for my family. Today we’ll take down all the decorations & rest the holiday lights until Valentine’s Day.
Wrote my 1st novel , NIGHTSEER, after DMing my high school D&D group & getting frustrated they kept ruining my plans. I took the world I’d created & wrote my own high fantasy meets heroic fantasy. Think Tolkien meets Robert E. Howard at a magic school. Published some short stories set in world, too.
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Wrote my 1st novel , NIGHTSEER, after DMing my high school D&D group & getting frustrated they kept ruining my plans. I took the world I’d created & wrote my own high fantasy meets heroic fantasy. Think Tolkien meets Robert E. Howard at a magic school. Published some short stories set in world, too.
I started to write down goals for the new year, but even though I knew what they were I just kept stopping. In the end, I only wrote one thing. FINISH THE BOOK! That’s it the most important thing and I am so damn close.
January 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I started to write down goals for the new year, but even though I knew what they were I just kept stopping. In the end, I only wrote one thing. FINISH THE BOOK! That’s it the most important thing and I am so damn close.
My mug for today. Before someone asks it’s from
Death Wish Coffee.
Death Wish Coffee.
December 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My mug for today. Before someone asks it’s from
Death Wish Coffee.
Death Wish Coffee.
My new rule for library books is I can only check out as many books as I return. These three in & three more out. Yes, the rule comes from me checking out so many books I got embarrassingly overdue on several books. 🤦🏻♀️🙃📕📚
December 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My new rule for library books is I can only check out as many books as I return. These three in & three more out. Yes, the rule comes from me checking out so many books I got embarrassingly overdue on several books. 🤦🏻♀️🙃📕📚
Day started at 74F. It’s now 60F and the temperature continues to fall. 59F since o started typing this. It’s supposed to be in the 20Fs by night’s end. Even for Missouri, USA this is crazy weather.
December 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Day started at 74F. It’s now 60F and the temperature continues to fall. 59F since o started typing this. It’s supposed to be in the 20Fs by night’s end. Even for Missouri, USA this is crazy weather.
Happy Saint Stephen’s Day! I usually talk about making sure the birdfeeders are filled because it’s winter but it’s almost 70°F here so we are putting sugar water out for the bees that are coming out of hibernation when there are no flowers for them to feed on.
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy Saint Stephen’s Day! I usually talk about making sure the birdfeeders are filled because it’s winter but it’s almost 70°F here so we are putting sugar water out for the bees that are coming out of hibernation when there are no flowers for them to feed on.
All the presents have been opened, wrapping and ribbon cleared away. Time to snuggle down for a long winter’s nap in the 60F weather. Merry Christmas, Happy Yule from our house to yours.
December 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
All the presents have been opened, wrapping and ribbon cleared away. Time to snuggle down for a long winter’s nap in the 60F weather. Merry Christmas, Happy Yule from our house to yours.
What do you train in Filipino martial arts on Christmas Eve? Archangels, of course.
December 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What do you train in Filipino martial arts on Christmas Eve? Archangels, of course.
Christmas/Yule Eve calls for a special mug. One that makes me smile every time I see it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Christmas/Yule Eve calls for a special mug. One that makes me smile every time I see it.
Double sword Villabrille style tonight at Filipino Martial Arts. Blade work always clears my head. Led me to finally finish the chapter that had been frustrating me all day.
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Double sword Villabrille style tonight at Filipino Martial Arts. Blade work always clears my head. Led me to finally finish the chapter that had been frustrating me all day.
It’s going to be over 60F for five days here when it should be freezing in St. Louis, Missouri USA. Warmest Christmas I’ve ever seen here. I just heard a bird give its spring song. Hibernating bees, and other insects will wake up, and there will be no flowers for them to feed on. #globalwarming
December 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s going to be over 60F for five days here when it should be freezing in St. Louis, Missouri USA. Warmest Christmas I’ve ever seen here. I just heard a bird give its spring song. Hibernating bees, and other insects will wake up, and there will be no flowers for them to feed on. #globalwarming
Was fighting with a scene last night. I stayed at my desk trying until I was exhausted. Went to bed feeling defeated. Woke next morning knowing exactly how to write the scene. Lesson relearned. When it’s not working let my subconscious have time. I’m writing ahead of my muse.
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Was fighting with a scene last night. I stayed at my desk trying until I was exhausted. Went to bed feeling defeated. Woke next morning knowing exactly how to write the scene. Lesson relearned. When it’s not working let my subconscious have time. I’m writing ahead of my muse.
My Krampus mug from Ash and Griffin Pottery. Happy Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My Krampus mug from Ash and Griffin Pottery. Happy Winter Solstice!
Rigorous has no, e in it. For all my fellow dyslexics. I am also a New York Times #1 best selling author with forty books published. Never let anyone tell you that you can’t, because if you want it badly enough, yes you can.
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Rigorous has no, e in it. For all my fellow dyslexics. I am also a New York Times #1 best selling author with forty books published. Never let anyone tell you that you can’t, because if you want it badly enough, yes you can.
One pendulum, two tarot books, and Runes for today’s meditation. Clarity and inner peace were hard fought.
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One pendulum, two tarot books, and Runes for today’s meditation. Clarity and inner peace were hard fought.
Mug for today from HEARTS START POUNDING. One of my fav murder/spooky podcasts. Still reading through The Cat Who books by Lilian Jackson Braun & started DAILY RITUALS - How Artists Work by Mason Currey.
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Mug for today from HEARTS START POUNDING. One of my fav murder/spooky podcasts. Still reading through The Cat Who books by Lilian Jackson Braun & started DAILY RITUALS - How Artists Work by Mason Currey.
Agatha scouts my tea as I read, The Cat who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun. When I first read the series years ago I was so allergic to cats I thought I’d never have 1 of my own. 20 years of shots & my doctors ok & now I have 4. Happy #caturday
December 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Agatha scouts my tea as I read, The Cat who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun. When I first read the series years ago I was so allergic to cats I thought I’d never have 1 of my own. 20 years of shots & my doctors ok & now I have 4. Happy #caturday
Owls - “… their heads are full of optic nerves & murder. There’s no room for anything else.” I love this so much.
When I volunteered at the Austin Nature & Science Center 300 years ago, this was phrased to me as "their heads are full of optic nerves & murder. There's no room for anything else."
Me to same owl handler: "Owls are super wise, right? They read loads of highbrow Russian literature and stuff, don't they?"
Owl handler: "No, they actually have very tiny brains, due to the hugeness of their eyes. In reality they are one of the thickest animals you could ever meet."
Owl handler: "No, they actually have very tiny brains, due to the hugeness of their eyes. In reality they are one of the thickest animals you could ever meet."
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Owls - “… their heads are full of optic nerves & murder. There’s no room for anything else.” I love this so much.
I just told our 4 cats that I was going to get a dog because they were loyal! Why did I yell that? Because the cats have abandoned me in my office so that I am writing without a pet of any kind. I have written all my books with a pet at my side from birds to snakes, dogs and now cats.
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I just told our 4 cats that I was going to get a dog because they were loyal! Why did I yell that? Because the cats have abandoned me in my office so that I am writing without a pet of any kind. I have written all my books with a pet at my side from birds to snakes, dogs and now cats.
Filipino martial arts tonight! I specialize in kali which is weapons, but I also do a lot of double sword.
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Filipino martial arts tonight! I specialize in kali which is weapons, but I also do a lot of double sword.
3 pages! I thought about trying to force myself to do one more page so it would be 4, but I am wiped out. If I push tonight, I won’t make my page count tomorrow. Rest is part of the creative process, not the enemy of productivity.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
3 pages! I thought about trying to force myself to do one more page so it would be 4, but I am wiped out. If I push tonight, I won’t make my page count tomorrow. Rest is part of the creative process, not the enemy of productivity.
4 pages today, but unlike the 5 I got two days ago today’s pages weren’t done in a rush of inspiration. They were done painstakingly 1 page at a time with promised breaks in between. Like cuppa tea, read for 5 minutes, stretch, then next page.
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
4 pages today, but unlike the 5 I got two days ago today’s pages weren’t done in a rush of inspiration. They were done painstakingly 1 page at a time with promised breaks in between. Like cuppa tea, read for 5 minutes, stretch, then next page.
To celebrate book 10, the entire Merry Gentry series is getting gorgeous new covers! Keep an eye out at your favorite book stores and tag me when you see them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
To celebrate book 10, the entire Merry Gentry series is getting gorgeous new covers! Keep an eye out at your favorite book stores and tag me when you see them.
The last bit of copyedits on the tenth Merry Gentry novel took up most of the writing day, so no new pages on the current book. I can’t wait for you to read the new Merry!
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The last bit of copyedits on the tenth Merry Gentry novel took up most of the writing day, so no new pages on the current book. I can’t wait for you to read the new Merry!