Susan B. James
@susanbjames.bsky.social
Reader, writer, wife, mother, animal lover, treehugger
Querying my novel, The Seeker's Charm, an origin tale for the Fae, told through a romantasy between halfblood farmgirl Rose Woodman and Eeden leader of the Faerie clan of the Stars.
Querying my novel, The Seeker's Charm, an origin tale for the Fae, told through a romantasy between halfblood farmgirl Rose Woodman and Eeden leader of the Faerie clan of the Stars.
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"The moment was all; the moment was enough."
~ Virginia Woolf
🎨 Walter L. Palmer (1854–1932)
~ Virginia Woolf
🎨 Walter L. Palmer (1854–1932)
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"The moment was all; the moment was enough."
~ Virginia Woolf
🎨 Walter L. Palmer (1854–1932)
~ Virginia Woolf
🎨 Walter L. Palmer (1854–1932)
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#OTD Happy Robbie Burns Day! 🏴🍻
Scotland's beloved Bard, Robert Burns, was born this day in 1759. Tonight, raise a dram to #BurnsNight Address the haggis with fiery poetry, neeps & tatties, and toast the Memory amid tales of Highland folklore.
Slàinte mhath!
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
Scotland's beloved Bard, Robert Burns, was born this day in 1759. Tonight, raise a dram to #BurnsNight Address the haggis with fiery poetry, neeps & tatties, and toast the Memory amid tales of Highland folklore.
Slàinte mhath!
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
January 25, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#OTD Happy Robbie Burns Day! 🏴🍻
Scotland's beloved Bard, Robert Burns, was born this day in 1759. Tonight, raise a dram to #BurnsNight Address the haggis with fiery poetry, neeps & tatties, and toast the Memory amid tales of Highland folklore.
Slàinte mhath!
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
Scotland's beloved Bard, Robert Burns, was born this day in 1759. Tonight, raise a dram to #BurnsNight Address the haggis with fiery poetry, neeps & tatties, and toast the Memory amid tales of Highland folklore.
Slàinte mhath!
Gif: #NiftyBucklesFolklore
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"The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people... She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."
—Matilda, Roald Dahl
#BookologyThursday
—Matilda, Roald Dahl
#BookologyThursday
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
"The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people... She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village."
—Matilda, Roald Dahl
#BookologyThursday
—Matilda, Roald Dahl
#BookologyThursday
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I had 12k followers on Twitter before everything changed. I’ve reconnected with some—but lost touch with many. A reminder that social media can change suddenly
I’d love to keep in touch—please subscribe, and if you have a newsletter, drop your link and I’ll subscribe too!
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
I’d love to keep in touch—please subscribe, and if you have a newsletter, drop your link and I’ll subscribe too!
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I had 12k followers on Twitter before everything changed. I’ve reconnected with some—but lost touch with many. A reminder that social media can change suddenly
I’d love to keep in touch—please subscribe, and if you have a newsletter, drop your link and I’ll subscribe too!
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
I’d love to keep in touch—please subscribe, and if you have a newsletter, drop your link and I’ll subscribe too!
#BookSky #WritingCommunity
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"[Shehrzad]... had read many books and histories and chronicles of ancient kings and stories of people of old time; it is said indeed that she had collected a thousand books... Moreover, she had read books of science and medicine."
—The Arabian Nights, 1909 translation
#BookologyThursday
—The Arabian Nights, 1909 translation
#BookologyThursday
January 15, 2026 at 1:04 AM
"[Shehrzad]... had read many books and histories and chronicles of ancient kings and stories of people of old time; it is said indeed that she had collected a thousand books... Moreover, she had read books of science and medicine."
—The Arabian Nights, 1909 translation
#BookologyThursday
—The Arabian Nights, 1909 translation
#BookologyThursday
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📚 Tales of over 200 goblin and goblin-like characters from world folklore
"Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; a encyclopedia of world folklore"
by Stephen G. Rae
more: folklorepress.co.uk
#bookologythursday #booksky
"Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; a encyclopedia of world folklore"
by Stephen G. Rae
more: folklorepress.co.uk
#bookologythursday #booksky
January 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
📚 Tales of over 200 goblin and goblin-like characters from world folklore
"Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; a encyclopedia of world folklore"
by Stephen G. Rae
more: folklorepress.co.uk
#bookologythursday #booksky
"Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; a encyclopedia of world folklore"
by Stephen G. Rae
more: folklorepress.co.uk
#bookologythursday #booksky
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“It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree.”
(Coleridge)
🎨 Elisabeth Shippen-Green
#bookologythursday
(Coleridge)
🎨 Elisabeth Shippen-Green
#bookologythursday
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
“It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree.”
(Coleridge)
🎨 Elisabeth Shippen-Green
#bookologythursday
(Coleridge)
🎨 Elisabeth Shippen-Green
#bookologythursday
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Question for any Star Trek and Lego fans. How would you go about with making a Q minifigure?
December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Question for any Star Trek and Lego fans. How would you go about with making a Q minifigure?
#FantasyIndiesDecember
16. There all great but Tolkien's (and the Faerie Queen) are my faves. I like Legolas, but I he's not swoony in the books. Give me Galadriel's brothers: Fingolfin, Finrod.
17. Authors new to me this year: Nicola Morgan
18. Favorite holiday: can't choose, love them all!
16. There all great but Tolkien's (and the Faerie Queen) are my faves. I like Legolas, but I he's not swoony in the books. Give me Galadriel's brothers: Fingolfin, Finrod.
17. Authors new to me this year: Nicola Morgan
18. Favorite holiday: can't choose, love them all!
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#FantasyIndiesDecember
16. There all great but Tolkien's (and the Faerie Queen) are my faves. I like Legolas, but I he's not swoony in the books. Give me Galadriel's brothers: Fingolfin, Finrod.
17. Authors new to me this year: Nicola Morgan
18. Favorite holiday: can't choose, love them all!
16. There all great but Tolkien's (and the Faerie Queen) are my faves. I like Legolas, but I he's not swoony in the books. Give me Galadriel's brothers: Fingolfin, Finrod.
17. Authors new to me this year: Nicola Morgan
18. Favorite holiday: can't choose, love them all!
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Welcome to #BookologyThursday 🦤
Today we invite you to send all manner of beasts and monsters (both real and imagined) in literature, art, and lore for our theme:
🐅🦙🐉✨Merry Bestiary✨🐉🦙🐅
art by George Edwards (1694-1773)
Today we invite you to send all manner of beasts and monsters (both real and imagined) in literature, art, and lore for our theme:
🐅🦙🐉✨Merry Bestiary✨🐉🦙🐅
art by George Edwards (1694-1773)
December 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday 🦤
Today we invite you to send all manner of beasts and monsters (both real and imagined) in literature, art, and lore for our theme:
🐅🦙🐉✨Merry Bestiary✨🐉🦙🐅
art by George Edwards (1694-1773)
Today we invite you to send all manner of beasts and monsters (both real and imagined) in literature, art, and lore for our theme:
🐅🦙🐉✨Merry Bestiary✨🐉🦙🐅
art by George Edwards (1694-1773)
#WIPSnip #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I didn't have a single "request." I guess my characters aren't very polite. So, I used "summon."
I didn't have a single "request." I guess my characters aren't very polite. So, I used "summon."
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#WIPSnip #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I didn't have a single "request." I guess my characters aren't very polite. So, I used "summon."
I didn't have a single "request." I guess my characters aren't very polite. So, I used "summon."
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"I am a big, big, big fan of people that add their voice, especially when it's a funny voice to the query letter. The tone is so great."
—Ivan Taurisano, Macmillan editor, on what makes queries stand out at our latest Query & Page Feedback Panel
#AmQuerying #QueryTip #WritingCommunity
—Ivan Taurisano, Macmillan editor, on what makes queries stand out at our latest Query & Page Feedback Panel
#AmQuerying #QueryTip #WritingCommunity
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"I am a big, big, big fan of people that add their voice, especially when it's a funny voice to the query letter. The tone is so great."
—Ivan Taurisano, Macmillan editor, on what makes queries stand out at our latest Query & Page Feedback Panel
#AmQuerying #QueryTip #WritingCommunity
—Ivan Taurisano, Macmillan editor, on what makes queries stand out at our latest Query & Page Feedback Panel
#AmQuerying #QueryTip #WritingCommunity
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Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
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AGENT SPOTLIGHT: Jon Michael Darga of Aevitas Creative Management!
Jon Michael answers our most pressing questions and gives their best advice. Learn more, and see if they might be your dream agent, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity #literaryagent
Jon Michael answers our most pressing questions and gives their best advice. Learn more, and see if they might be your dream agent, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity #literaryagent
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
AGENT SPOTLIGHT: Jon Michael Darga of Aevitas Creative Management!
Jon Michael answers our most pressing questions and gives their best advice. Learn more, and see if they might be your dream agent, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity #literaryagent
Jon Michael answers our most pressing questions and gives their best advice. Learn more, and see if they might be your dream agent, on our blog:
writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity #literaryagent
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Any indies have SF/F/H books coming out in January?
I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊
#booksky #writingcommunity
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊
#booksky #writingcommunity
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Any indies have SF/F/H books coming out in January?
I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊
#booksky #writingcommunity
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I'm building next month's new release post, and there's room for new titles! You can submit the book info using the form below 😊
#booksky #writingcommunity
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused”
📖 “A Christmas Carol” ~ Charles Dickens, 1843
#BookchatWeekly
🎥 “Scrooge”, 1935
1:45pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
📖 “A Christmas Carol” ~ Charles Dickens, 1843
#BookchatWeekly
🎥 “Scrooge”, 1935
1:45pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused”
📖 “A Christmas Carol” ~ Charles Dickens, 1843
#BookchatWeekly
🎥 “Scrooge”, 1935
1:45pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
📖 “A Christmas Carol” ~ Charles Dickens, 1843
#BookchatWeekly
🎥 “Scrooge”, 1935
1:45pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
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I love everything about this painting, the colors, the texture, the perfectly-placed moon, the smoke from the chimneys, the lone rabbit. 🐇
December 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I love everything about this painting, the colors, the texture, the perfectly-placed moon, the smoke from the chimneys, the lone rabbit. 🐇
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For #WyrdWednesday and its day of Saturnalia, here the ‘world turned upside down’ with rabbits hunting, catching and executing a hound. Courtesy of the British Library.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
For #WyrdWednesday and its day of Saturnalia, here the ‘world turned upside down’ with rabbits hunting, catching and executing a hound. Courtesy of the British Library.
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Ten years after Edie first goes to Bludeye Beach, she's sworn to never return, until she gets a phone call that brings everything back...
If anyone's interested in this snip from BLUDEYE BEACH, word is there's going to be some reveal tomorrow👀
#hqpress #bludeyebeach #indiewriters #writesky
If anyone's interested in this snip from BLUDEYE BEACH, word is there's going to be some reveal tomorrow👀
#hqpress #bludeyebeach #indiewriters #writesky
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ten years after Edie first goes to Bludeye Beach, she's sworn to never return, until she gets a phone call that brings everything back...
If anyone's interested in this snip from BLUDEYE BEACH, word is there's going to be some reveal tomorrow👀
#hqpress #bludeyebeach #indiewriters #writesky
If anyone's interested in this snip from BLUDEYE BEACH, word is there's going to be some reveal tomorrow👀
#hqpress #bludeyebeach #indiewriters #writesky
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Spots are filling up quickly! If you’d like to ARC Star of Shalik, please sign up soon—spots are limited 💛💫
And thank you so much to everyone reading and leaving those crucial early reviews. I see you and truly appreciate you 🫶✨
#Booksky #FantasyBooks
And thank you so much to everyone reading and leaving those crucial early reviews. I see you and truly appreciate you 🫶✨
#Booksky #FantasyBooks
ARC readers wanted✨
A conscript with forbidden magic. A demon of stars and shadow. A choice that may change their world.
Star of Shalik is seeking early readers. If you love character-driven stories, I’d love to have you.
📖 Apply to read early booksirens.com/book/QC54TPM... #FantasyBooks #BookSky
A conscript with forbidden magic. A demon of stars and shadow. A choice that may change their world.
Star of Shalik is seeking early readers. If you love character-driven stories, I’d love to have you.
📖 Apply to read early booksirens.com/book/QC54TPM... #FantasyBooks #BookSky
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Spots are filling up quickly! If you’d like to ARC Star of Shalik, please sign up soon—spots are limited 💛💫
And thank you so much to everyone reading and leaving those crucial early reviews. I see you and truly appreciate you 🫶✨
#Booksky #FantasyBooks
And thank you so much to everyone reading and leaving those crucial early reviews. I see you and truly appreciate you 🫶✨
#Booksky #FantasyBooks
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December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Happy 250th birthday
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Happy 250th birthday
a woman is reading a book in the sunlight
Alt: a woman is reading a book in the sunlight
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Happy 250th birthday
—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Happy 250th birthday
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According to r/pubtips today, Kayla Bramante is STILL at it on TikTok, sucking in gullible writers.
Please pass it on...she is NOT legitimate.
Please pass it on...she is NOT legitimate.
Ask the Agent Q of the day, in which somebody asks about an "Agent" they saw on TikTok and discovers a Schmagency!
[No, it is NOT typical that a literary agent would cold-call B&N stores to ask them to do events for their authors. Or charge $50 for a phone consult.]
www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...
[No, it is NOT typical that a literary agent would cold-call B&N stores to ask them to do events for their authors. Or charge $50 for a phone consult.]
www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
According to r/pubtips today, Kayla Bramante is STILL at it on TikTok, sucking in gullible writers.
Please pass it on...she is NOT legitimate.
Please pass it on...she is NOT legitimate.