Michelle Sagara
@msagara.bsky.social
I write the Chronicles of Elantra (and related books) as Michelle Sagara, and the Sun Sword & House War series as Michelle West, which are much longer.
https://michellesagara.com
https://michellesagara.com
Today's spam phone call: "I am Lana and I'm am calling from <mumble> office."
"The what office?"
"The Astrology office."
...
"The what office?"
"The Astrology office."
...
September 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today's spam phone call: "I am Lana and I'm am calling from <mumble> office."
"The what office?"
"The Astrology office."
...
"The what office?"
"The Astrology office."
...
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One of my fav installments of the Chronicles of Elantra series by @msagara.bsky.social is book#15 Cast in Wisdom. I've been wanting to throw together a sketch of some prominent characters for a while now - here's my interpretation of Kaylin, Starante, Robin, Bellusdeo, and Sadaris.
#art #sketch
#art #sketch
![A sketch of several people huddled around a giant spider. Kaylin [human woman, bottom right] touching the spider with a concerned expression. Behind her Sedaris [Barrani woman] holds a sword defensively. To the right, Robin [human boy] looks nervous but curious. Behind them stands Bellusdeo [dragon woman in human form with scale armor] looking tense.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ueuzjfpj4zdepdl7zeyjc2x7/bafkreiab2p3ou4bzrsonylrighqa3znyqdvzw3y477iz7uvxffzchwzmty@jpeg)
August 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
One of my fav installments of the Chronicles of Elantra series by @msagara.bsky.social is book#15 Cast in Wisdom. I've been wanting to throw together a sketch of some prominent characters for a while now - here's my interpretation of Kaylin, Starante, Robin, Bellusdeo, and Sadaris.
#art #sketch
#art #sketch
Reposted by Michelle Sagara
Happy book launch day to my friend @msagara.bsky.social, whose THE WILD ROAD is out today! Like the 1st bk in the series, HUNTER's REDOUBT, THE WILD ROAD has gorgeous cover art by Jody Lee. More info about Michelle at MichelleSagara.com.
#TheBurningCrown #BookSky
#TheBurningCrown #BookSky
June 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Happy book launch day to my friend @msagara.bsky.social, whose THE WILD ROAD is out today! Like the 1st bk in the series, HUNTER's REDOUBT, THE WILD ROAD has gorgeous cover art by Jody Lee. More info about Michelle at MichelleSagara.com.
#TheBurningCrown #BookSky
#TheBurningCrown #BookSky
Today in writer's life: HEIR OF LIGHT's book day. Pub days are the culmination of a lot of people's efforts, so I pause from the rest of 10k-paper-cut-2025 to briefly celebrate!
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Heir of Light pub day! - Michelle Sagara & Michelle West
Today, the 27th of May, is my wedding anniversary. Today, the 27th of May, is the Guy Gavriel Kay book launch for Written on the Dark, which is being held at the Merrill collection of Speculative ...
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May 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today in writer's life: HEIR OF LIGHT's book day. Pub days are the culmination of a lot of people's efforts, so I pause from the rest of 10k-paper-cut-2025 to briefly celebrate!
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michellesagara.com/heir-of-ligh...
Notes from the copy-editing trenches: Large and small are not the same word and do not mean the same thing T_T.
All cursing and teeth gnashing aside, copy-editors are, imho, essential.
... but I daydream of a time when I hand in a book to the CE and *there are no corrections* required.
All cursing and teeth gnashing aside, copy-editors are, imho, essential.
... but I daydream of a time when I hand in a book to the CE and *there are no corrections* required.
February 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Notes from the copy-editing trenches: Large and small are not the same word and do not mean the same thing T_T.
All cursing and teeth gnashing aside, copy-editors are, imho, essential.
... but I daydream of a time when I hand in a book to the CE and *there are no corrections* required.
All cursing and teeth gnashing aside, copy-editors are, imho, essential.
... but I daydream of a time when I hand in a book to the CE and *there are no corrections* required.
We had, in the summer, a huge deluge of rain that flooded basements up and down our street. Our flooding was low and manageable. Our neighbors was ... not.
But I swear they have been rebuilding the basement for a month now >.<. I think they're sawing and drilling today. During writing time. T_T
But I swear they have been rebuilding the basement for a month now >.<. I think they're sawing and drilling today. During writing time. T_T
January 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We had, in the summer, a huge deluge of rain that flooded basements up and down our street. Our flooding was low and manageable. Our neighbors was ... not.
But I swear they have been rebuilding the basement for a month now >.<. I think they're sawing and drilling today. During writing time. T_T
But I swear they have been rebuilding the basement for a month now >.<. I think they're sawing and drilling today. During writing time. T_T
Our whole household was hit by the latest norovirus.
Now I'm that almost-recovered phase where I'm very, very hungry, which is awful, but if I eat anything, I feel worse.
I haven't done much writing the past few days, and really can't afford that >.<.
2025, right?
Now I'm that almost-recovered phase where I'm very, very hungry, which is awful, but if I eat anything, I feel worse.
I haven't done much writing the past few days, and really can't afford that >.<.
2025, right?
January 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our whole household was hit by the latest norovirus.
Now I'm that almost-recovered phase where I'm very, very hungry, which is awful, but if I eat anything, I feel worse.
I haven't done much writing the past few days, and really can't afford that >.<.
2025, right?
Now I'm that almost-recovered phase where I'm very, very hungry, which is awful, but if I eat anything, I feel worse.
I haven't done much writing the past few days, and really can't afford that >.<.
2025, right?
I admit, when writing, that I find this encouraging--but also, while rewriting the same paragraph four times, wondering if I can live up to it >.<
If you haven't read the Elantra series of books by @msagara.bsky.social yet, I HIGHLY recommend them. Fantastic characters and plots!
December 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I admit, when writing, that I find this encouraging--but also, while rewriting the same paragraph four times, wondering if I can live up to it >.<
<3 <3 <3
I'm writing, and this was lovely encouragement!
I'm writing, and this was lovely encouragement!
These were the first books on my Kindle when I bought one years ago. I still eagerly await each and every novel. I LOVE this series. It has ALWAYS been worth the read, or the listen!
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Chronicles of Elantra Archives - Michelle Sagara & Michelle West
These follow the adventures of Private Kaylin Neya, a young woman who serves the Hawks in the towering Halls of Law. She’s Elantra’s version of a police officer, a mortal in a city ruled by Dragons.
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December 22, 2024 at 4:25 PM
<3 <3 <3
I'm writing, and this was lovely encouragement!
I'm writing, and this was lovely encouragement!
Thank you <3
If you haven't read the Elantra series of books by @msagara.bsky.social yet, I HIGHLY recommend them. Fantastic characters and plots!
December 21, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Thank you <3
Reposted by Michelle Sagara
My current BOOKISH obsession:
Anything written by @tkingfisher.com/Ursula Vernon.
Love the adult horror & fantasy, now reading one of the delightful HAMSTER PRINCESS bks. Discovered all books via indie bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, thx to bksellers @kchew.bsky.social & @msagara.bsky.social.
Anything written by @tkingfisher.com/Ursula Vernon.
Love the adult horror & fantasy, now reading one of the delightful HAMSTER PRINCESS bks. Discovered all books via indie bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, thx to bksellers @kchew.bsky.social & @msagara.bsky.social.
December 13, 2024 at 1:09 AM
My current BOOKISH obsession:
Anything written by @tkingfisher.com/Ursula Vernon.
Love the adult horror & fantasy, now reading one of the delightful HAMSTER PRINCESS bks. Discovered all books via indie bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, thx to bksellers @kchew.bsky.social & @msagara.bsky.social.
Anything written by @tkingfisher.com/Ursula Vernon.
Love the adult horror & fantasy, now reading one of the delightful HAMSTER PRINCESS bks. Discovered all books via indie bookstore @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social, thx to bksellers @kchew.bsky.social & @msagara.bsky.social.
While talking about customer service debacles at lunch, my spouse said: it's the well known motto:
We're not happy until you're not happy.
We're not happy until you're not happy.
November 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM
While talking about customer service debacles at lunch, my spouse said: it's the well known motto:
We're not happy until you're not happy.
We're not happy until you're not happy.
How stressed and distracted am I?
I just put my deodorant away.
...in the fridge >.<
I just put my deodorant away.
...in the fridge >.<
October 31, 2024 at 5:00 PM
How stressed and distracted am I?
I just put my deodorant away.
...in the fridge >.<
I just put my deodorant away.
...in the fridge >.<
So if you give me a "first draft" that anyone else wrote and you tell me that I have to spend my writing time just revising it to make it better...
I would not love that job. I would not love that version of writing. It might seem more reasonable to writers who hate drafting? I doubt it, though.
I would not love that job. I would not love that version of writing. It might seem more reasonable to writers who hate drafting? I doubt it, though.
October 13, 2024 at 2:52 PM
So if you give me a "first draft" that anyone else wrote and you tell me that I have to spend my writing time just revising it to make it better...
I would not love that job. I would not love that version of writing. It might seem more reasonable to writers who hate drafting? I doubt it, though.
I would not love that job. I would not love that version of writing. It might seem more reasonable to writers who hate drafting? I doubt it, though.
More on yesterday's AI submission discussion: I'm a writer who loves drafting. I love first drafts. (I've thrown out up to 200k words of a draft when I realize it's not working.) But when I say I love my job, I mean: I love *writing*. I love *drafting*. I...don't love revision the same way.
October 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
More on yesterday's AI submission discussion: I'm a writer who loves drafting. I love first drafts. (I've thrown out up to 200k words of a draft when I realize it's not working.) But when I say I love my job, I mean: I love *writing*. I love *drafting*. I...don't love revision the same way.
It’s like sucking the very best parts of writing out of the process and leaving the worst work for the author >.<
that is genuinely so weird to me because it feels like it's a lot harder than just writing it yourself. I was once asked to deep revise someone's badly written first chapter and it took forever and was agonizing.
October 12, 2024 at 9:52 PM
It’s like sucking the very best parts of writing out of the process and leaving the worst work for the author >.<
Reposted by Michelle Sagara
Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
October 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Congratulations! I’d be seriously envious of Phil in different circumstances :)
So, this happened this morning.
It’s only taken us 37 years to get around to it.
It’s only taken us 37 years to get around to it.
October 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Congratulations! I’d be seriously envious of Phil in different circumstances :)
I swear, "I am a political moderate" is, for me, the new "I am a Nice Guy". If you feel the need to say it - particularly as your first statement - there's a 99% chance you are not what you say you are >.<
October 1, 2024 at 4:01 PM
I swear, "I am a political moderate" is, for me, the new "I am a Nice Guy". If you feel the need to say it - particularly as your first statement - there's a 99% chance you are not what you say you are >.<
Story of my writing life >.<
Familiar to many writers, speeding past that tilt point between ‘oh god this book is going to run short’ to ‘oh Christ this is going to be way too long.’
September 23, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Story of my writing life >.<
I only just saw this a day ago, and I eventually broke out laughing. While drinking coffee, because that's when I look at social media >.<.
September 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I only just saw this a day ago, and I eventually broke out laughing. While drinking coffee, because that's when I look at social media >.<.
Just in case you're not following @marthawells.bsky.social, everything here is true. Find the way in that works for you and that gets you through your story to the end of it.
Try new things, sure--but be wary of the MUSTs or the ONLYs. If it doesn't work for you, when it does for your favs, move on
Try new things, sure--but be wary of the MUSTs or the ONLYs. If it doesn't work for you, when it does for your favs, move on
The thing about writing advice is that no writing advice works for everybody. Or even a large percentage of everybody. The "write every day" thing is like workshops, Clarion, MA degrees, how-to books, special software, etc, it is not for everyone. Nothing is. 1/-
September 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Just in case you're not following @marthawells.bsky.social, everything here is true. Find the way in that works for you and that gets you through your story to the end of it.
Try new things, sure--but be wary of the MUSTs or the ONLYs. If it doesn't work for you, when it does for your favs, move on
Try new things, sure--but be wary of the MUSTs or the ONLYs. If it doesn't work for you, when it does for your favs, move on
Wow. I go away for a bit and come back to NaNoWriMo setting itself on fire.
One thing: the classist argument mentions the cost of editors/proofreaders. But... that happens *after* you've finished the month, no? The point is to write without internal editor shutting you down?
One thing: the classist argument mentions the cost of editors/proofreaders. But... that happens *after* you've finished the month, no? The point is to write without internal editor shutting you down?
September 2, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Wow. I go away for a bit and come back to NaNoWriMo setting itself on fire.
One thing: the classist argument mentions the cost of editors/proofreaders. But... that happens *after* you've finished the month, no? The point is to write without internal editor shutting you down?
One thing: the classist argument mentions the cost of editors/proofreaders. But... that happens *after* you've finished the month, no? The point is to write without internal editor shutting you down?
Reposted by Michelle Sagara
When I joined Bluesky, this post from @debbieohi.com was SO helpful to me, I want to re-circ for this week's influx of newer folks 💙📚👀
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New To Bluesky? Here Are Some Tips
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September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
When I joined Bluesky, this post from @debbieohi.com was SO helpful to me, I want to re-circ for this week's influx of newer folks 💙📚👀
debbieohi.com/2024/03/blue...
debbieohi.com/2024/03/blue...
omg. It has >.<
New short post for (free) subscribers at Wordpress and Patreon, on @msagara.bsky.social's latest Chronicles of Elantra novel.
Has it really been twenty years?
Wordpress link: lizbourke.wordpress.com/2024/09/01/7...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/77-ive...
Has it really been twenty years?
Wordpress link: lizbourke.wordpress.com/2024/09/01/7...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/77-ive...
77. I’ve been reading this series for half my life: Cast in Atonement by Michelle Sagara
After twenty years, reading a new book in Michelle Sagara's Chronicles of Elantra series is like visiting with old friends.
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September 2, 2024 at 2:03 PM
omg. It has >.<