Skyla Dawn Cameron
@skyladawn.ca
Mystery/UF/Horror writer of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak unless she expects to say something that will amaze the whole room. Also a cat lady. Very tired. skyladawncameron.com patreon.com/skyladawncameron Cranky Canadian
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Writer of horror, thrillers, mysteries, and urban fantasy. Fifth-generation crazy cat lady. Lover of coarse language. Proud supporter of Unlikable Female Characters™. My characters kill people so I do...
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Slowly fleshing out the print side of my Payhip shop! Livi 4-6 and the Demons of Oblivion will wait until I've redone the files with the new cover branding, but some Waverly and standalone paperbacks are all there and print orders unlock discounts on eBook (and audiobooks).
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Delighted to announce that Rats, the third part of the Castaways saga, is available now! This was a blast to work on, and I hope you enjoy it. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMJSLDW7
Rats
Amazon.com: Rats (Castaways Book 3) eBook : Schaefer, Craig: Kindle Store
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February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Delighted to announce that Rats, the third part of the Castaways saga, is available now! This was a blast to work on, and I hope you enjoy it. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMJSLDW7
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Facing a lawsuit for defamation, babysitting her brother, lamenting losing the love of her life, breaking in a new assistant, and now hunting child traffickers. Waverly might be hostile, depressed, and anxious, but she's never boring.
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Facing a lawsuit for defamation, babysitting her brother, lamenting losing the love of her life, breaking in a new assistant, and now hunting child traffickers. Waverly might be hostile, depressed, and anxious, but she's never boring.
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
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If you don't use Kobo (or are in a different region), you can still get The Silent Places on sale at:
Payhip payhip.com/b/4nIg
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/the-...
Smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
GooglePlay play.google.com/store/books/...
(Some may still be updating.)
Payhip payhip.com/b/4nIg
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/the-...
Smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
GooglePlay play.google.com/store/books/...
(Some may still be updating.)
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
If you don't use Kobo (or are in a different region), you can still get The Silent Places on sale at:
Payhip payhip.com/b/4nIg
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/the-...
Smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
GooglePlay play.google.com/store/books/...
(Some may still be updating.)
Payhip payhip.com/b/4nIg
Apple books.apple.com/us/book/the-...
Smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
GooglePlay play.google.com/store/books/...
(Some may still be updating.)
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Kobo's Lovers & Haters sale is live! This is the CA link but there's a similar sale in the US, and UK/AU/NZ have their own as well. www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/love...
Surprising no one, I am in the haters section with my domestic thriller The Silent Places: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Surprising no one, I am in the haters section with my domestic thriller The Silent Places: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Kobo's Lovers & Haters sale is live! This is the CA link but there's a similar sale in the US, and UK/AU/NZ have their own as well. www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/love...
Surprising no one, I am in the haters section with my domestic thriller The Silent Places: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
Surprising no one, I am in the haters section with my domestic thriller The Silent Places: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
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i extra love this bc you can see how many people are doing it bc as much as they try to make us think ai will replace artists IT WON'T BC WE ALL WANT TO DRAW SILLY LITTLE HORSES
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
i extra love this bc you can see how many people are doing it bc as much as they try to make us think ai will replace artists IT WON'T BC WE ALL WANT TO DRAW SILLY LITTLE HORSES
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The Livi character stickers Niken designed are done, so getting ready to order those this week. I've been happy with Jukebox's quality of the others I've ordered--if you're looking to get stickers (or other promo items), I do recommend them. This is a referral link that'll get us both some savings.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
The Livi character stickers Niken designed are done, so getting ready to order those this week. I've been happy with Jukebox's quality of the others I've ordered--if you're looking to get stickers (or other promo items), I do recommend them. This is a referral link that'll get us both some savings.
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Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
A detail I don't want to get lost in this: So far, Bri and her network have helped more than 500 families with grocery deliveries and more than 300 with diapers and wipes. In just two months.
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
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You don't know what else someone who's wearing a red knitted cap is doing, and they prob shouldn't announce all the things they are doing — nor do we want the fash to be able to identify who is and isn't doing heavy resistance work by virtue of a hat. Let symbols be popular.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
You don't know what else someone who's wearing a red knitted cap is doing, and they prob shouldn't announce all the things they are doing — nor do we want the fash to be able to identify who is and isn't doing heavy resistance work by virtue of a hat. Let symbols be popular.
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Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
Facing a lawsuit for defamation, babysitting her brother, lamenting losing the love of her life, breaking in a new assistant, and now hunting child traffickers. Waverly might be hostile, depressed, and anxious, but she's never boring.
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Facing a lawsuit for defamation, babysitting her brother, lamenting losing the love of her life, breaking in a new assistant, and now hunting child traffickers. Waverly might be hostile, depressed, and anxious, but she's never boring.
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
Check out the roadmap to the release of her next book! 👇
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Everything on my Buy-Direct store is 15% off (no coupon needed).
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Buying books directly from me means there's more money to spoil a corgi. Act now. Dogs are getting hungry.
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Buying books directly from me means there's more money to spoil a corgi. Act now. Dogs are getting hungry.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Everything on my Buy-Direct store is 15% off (no coupon needed).
payhip.com/kristadball
Buying books directly from me means there's more money to spoil a corgi. Act now. Dogs are getting hungry.
payhip.com/kristadball
Buying books directly from me means there's more money to spoil a corgi. Act now. Dogs are getting hungry.
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Today's update: new stretch goal unlocked! (That's right, we all get "Before the Night Catches Us", one-page RPG written by Julia LaFond)
Check out the book & the other stretch goals. Join the crowd & become a backer!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Check out the book & the other stretch goals. Join the crowd & become a backer!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Update 8: New Stretch Goal Unlocked! RPG from Julia LaFond · Fascination: Fantasy & Horror Anthology w/ a Witchy Vibe
We're starting the last week of the campaign with the $4000 stretch goal unlocked! Author Julia LaFond will write a one-page RPG, tentatively called
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February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Today's update: new stretch goal unlocked! (That's right, we all get "Before the Night Catches Us", one-page RPG written by Julia LaFond)
Check out the book & the other stretch goals. Join the crowd & become a backer!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Check out the book & the other stretch goals. Join the crowd & become a backer!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...
Shawn is turning SEVEN on Friday, provided I don't do a murder here with all the crime he's committing today, and there'll be a sale on Dweller in ebook and audio over the weekend to celebrate and also pay his constant vet bills.
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Shawn is turning SEVEN on Friday, provided I don't do a murder here with all the crime he's committing today, and there'll be a sale on Dweller in ebook and audio over the weekend to celebrate and also pay his constant vet bills.
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Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
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"Why don't victims come forward?"
*meanwhile a volunteer crew of angry dudes starts combing through every aspect of the survivor's entire life to find "evidence" that could be used to discredit the allegations no matter how irrelevant*
*meanwhile a volunteer crew of angry dudes starts combing through every aspect of the survivor's entire life to find "evidence" that could be used to discredit the allegations no matter how irrelevant*
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
"Why don't victims come forward?"
*meanwhile a volunteer crew of angry dudes starts combing through every aspect of the survivor's entire life to find "evidence" that could be used to discredit the allegations no matter how irrelevant*
*meanwhile a volunteer crew of angry dudes starts combing through every aspect of the survivor's entire life to find "evidence" that could be used to discredit the allegations no matter how irrelevant*
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It's a once in a lifetime chance. They've spent, in most cases, dozens of years training for this, dedicating their lives to this moment, because the difference between gold and nothing may be a 1% difference.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It's a once in a lifetime chance. They've spent, in most cases, dozens of years training for this, dedicating their lives to this moment, because the difference between gold and nothing may be a 1% difference.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
There's nothing "extreme" about not wanting to lose a gold medal because you had a cold.
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gonna start assuming the people who write op-eds about the "absurdity" of masking don't wash their hands after using the bathroom
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
gonna start assuming the people who write op-eds about the "absurdity" of masking don't wash their hands after using the bathroom
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Even my worst day wrestling with copyedits, agonising over definite vs. indefinite articles, swearing at revisions, or feeling the pre-release brainweasel nerves is *exponentially* better than the best day a slopagandist has pushing what they think is the “free money by plagiarism” button.
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Even my worst day wrestling with copyedits, agonising over definite vs. indefinite articles, swearing at revisions, or feeling the pre-release brainweasel nerves is *exponentially* better than the best day a slopagandist has pushing what they think is the “free money by plagiarism” button.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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It’s the oldest story in the world. The Epstein Files reminded me of this piece I wrote on a devastating anniversary.
February 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
It’s the oldest story in the world. The Epstein Files reminded me of this piece I wrote on a devastating anniversary.
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All of this. I am the first of my target audience.
Part of this is, if you aren't creating for someone, it's like creating for everyone, which is creating for no one.
And as a writer, that someone should be me since I HAVE to reread my work over and over and over 🫠 that's publishing, bay-bee
Part of this is, if you aren't creating for someone, it's like creating for everyone, which is creating for no one.
And as a writer, that someone should be me since I HAVE to reread my work over and over and over 🫠 that's publishing, bay-bee
"Why would I read something someone couldn't be bothered to write" is a great refrain but I would also add as a writer "I won't write something I couldn't be bothered to read" because that's what every one of my books are: something *I* want to read.
February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
All of this. I am the first of my target audience.
Part of this is, if you aren't creating for someone, it's like creating for everyone, which is creating for no one.
And as a writer, that someone should be me since I HAVE to reread my work over and over and over 🫠 that's publishing, bay-bee
Part of this is, if you aren't creating for someone, it's like creating for everyone, which is creating for no one.
And as a writer, that someone should be me since I HAVE to reread my work over and over and over 🫠 that's publishing, bay-bee
I finished the draft of the new low-stakes mystery Waverly short going in the next hardcover (okay, novelette--it'll be 12K by the time I revise and polish) with 4200 words this afternoon, thanks to extra writing sprints with @michellemanus.com
I really recommend this method if your focus is shot!
I really recommend this method if your focus is shot!
February 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I finished the draft of the new low-stakes mystery Waverly short going in the next hardcover (okay, novelette--it'll be 12K by the time I revise and polish) with 4200 words this afternoon, thanks to extra writing sprints with @michellemanus.com
I really recommend this method if your focus is shot!
I really recommend this method if your focus is shot!
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But @libro.fm isn't making it easy. How can I tell readers to get audiobooks from you if you keep yanking listings randomly?
I can't be constantly checking links; I have books to write.
I am literally not writing right now bc I have to spend time getting to the bottom of this.
Do better.
I can't be constantly checking links; I have books to write.
I am literally not writing right now bc I have to spend time getting to the bottom of this.
Do better.
Sorry to anyone trying to get PETITION on @libro.fm - searching turns up "no results" & the link returns "no longer available".
The listing's been removed yet AGAIN 🤦🏻♀️
I've lodged a ticket, but in the mean time:
Direct: www.delilahwaan.com/shop/petitio...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/en/audiobook...
🎧📚🪐📚🌎📚💙
The listing's been removed yet AGAIN 🤦🏻♀️
I've lodged a ticket, but in the mean time:
Direct: www.delilahwaan.com/shop/petitio...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/en/audiobook...
🎧📚🪐📚🌎📚💙
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
But @libro.fm isn't making it easy. How can I tell readers to get audiobooks from you if you keep yanking listings randomly?
I can't be constantly checking links; I have books to write.
I am literally not writing right now bc I have to spend time getting to the bottom of this.
Do better.
I can't be constantly checking links; I have books to write.
I am literally not writing right now bc I have to spend time getting to the bottom of this.
Do better.
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Geriatric/elder Millennials are absolved. No one born before 1990 had a smartphone during their childhood or teen years.
TikTok, IG, and YouTube shorts are dominated by 1990s- and 2000s-born influencers, mostly. They came of age in this immersive digital world.
TikTok, IG, and YouTube shorts are dominated by 1990s- and 2000s-born influencers, mostly. They came of age in this immersive digital world.
February 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Geriatric/elder Millennials are absolved. No one born before 1990 had a smartphone during their childhood or teen years.
TikTok, IG, and YouTube shorts are dominated by 1990s- and 2000s-born influencers, mostly. They came of age in this immersive digital world.
TikTok, IG, and YouTube shorts are dominated by 1990s- and 2000s-born influencers, mostly. They came of age in this immersive digital world.