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Darcy Marks
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Author of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY & THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY. Fangirl of so many things.
www.DarcyMarks.com
Order Grounded: https://bit.ly/45wwWG3
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IG: https://www.instagram.com/darcy.marks/
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My latest borrow from my local library was a great one! Check it out if you're in the mood for vampires and getting angry at people who Just. Won't. Listen!
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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That's awesome! My son made his own hollow knight costume!
A kid in a hollow knight costume holding a costume sword in front of a pumpkin carved with the same character.
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Dragula has been my background show lately & I love the disclaimer they make before judging. Rejection is such a huge part of being in the arts, & I think a lot of us as authors or illustrators could use that reminder whether we're querying, on submission or just having our art out in the world.
"We are not here to judge your drag. Drag is art and art is subjective. What we are judging you on is your drag as it relates to this competition."
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Hmm...for some reason I don't think Nora Roberts wants to bond with me over writing.
An email purporting to be from Nora Roberts wanting to discuss the craft of writing.
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Reading The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan with my youngest and noticed this very particular car mentioned. Hmm...Sam and Dean battling giant ants? #SPNFamily
A page from The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan. A circle surrounds the line which reads, "One, inexplicably was dragging a 1967 Chevy Impala."
November 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A rainy but awesome Halloween. My youngest made his Hollow Knight costume himself!
Two kids in costume on a porch. One is dressed as batman. The other is dressed as The Knight from Hollow Knight. A pumpkin carved with the Kinght from Hollow Knight. A tiny gourd carved with a silly face Kids in costume leave a house after trick or treating
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Something with tiny hands was having fun on my porch. ❤️
Tiny handprints in dust on a glass table appear to show an opossum having some fun.
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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It's here! It's here! Happy Halloween everyone! Get that candy and do your best to stay on this side of the veil! 🎃

(We'll be doing our best to stay dry *sigh*)
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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My local bar listed a book club as one of the events this month and the book looked great, so I checked to see if the club was open to anyone and went last night with a friend! Super excited about jumping outside my comfort zone. I also really enjoyed this book. I'm all about the cozy right now.
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna. The cover features a vine covered Inn behind a picket fence with a pink sky in the background. A woman reads a book with a fox wrapped around her feet in the foreground. A man holds a steaming mug behind the fence. A skeleton rooster hangs out by the walkway.
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Did you know my book, Grounded for All Eternity, takes place on Halloween?? It's the perfect treat!

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October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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A very successful evening! The shadow cast did a great job, props were excellent and kiddo had a wonderful time! She did wonder where the last 20 minutes of the movie came from though. LOL!
Me and my daughter in front of a Rocky Horror backdrop A movie screen displays a gate with a signed that reads "enter at your own risk." The audience in the theater have newspapers on their heads Brad and Janet are on the movie screen. Janet holds a newspaper on her head. The theater audience waves glow sticks The floor of the theater shows confetti, news papers, playing cards, and empty popper tubes. A typical theater after a successful Rocky Horror Picture Show night!
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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@justinepwinans.bsky.social over in the YA section with a perfect slasher for Halloween!
HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER face out on the shelf. Teens are running from a knife wielding killer with a knife
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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@medenkuyatt.bsky.social latest spooky novel in verse, THE GIRL IN THE WALLS
THE GIRL IN THE WALLS spine out on the shelf
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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@jldurona.com with a signed copy in the MG section!
THE STONE HOLLOW CIRCLE by JL DuRona with an autographed copy sticker
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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@lorasenf.bsky.social Bright Harbor series, including the latest prequel PENNIES.
The spines of Lora Senf's series: THE CLACKITY, THE NIGHTHOUSE KEEPER, THE LONELIEST PLACE and PENNIES
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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@allymalinenko.bsky.social latest scary book BROKEN DOLLS on the shelves!
The spines of three copies of BROKEN DOLLS by Ally Malinenko
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I also picked up a cozy fall YA romance for myself and visited with my friends books:

@dekemoulton.bsky.social (right in the Halloween display!)
A zoomed in portion of the Halloween display. The top book is DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR MONSTER by Deke Moukton. Other books include Small Spaces by Katherine Arden and Grounded for all eternity by Darcy Marks.
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Stopped by @phoenixbooks.biz today in Essex to sign a special order (did you know you can order my books signed & personalized?) & was thrilled to see GROUNDED in the Halloween display. There are now signed copies of both GROUNDED and AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY so go grab them before they're gone! 🎃
A Halloween display of books for kids. Copies of GROUNDED FOR ALL ETERNITY and THE AFTERLIFE OF THE PARTY spine out on the shelf. They are all signed copies!
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Hey @maryaverling.bsky.social,
I was just browsing my library on the Libby app and look what I found...
A screen shot of the Libby app. The middle book is The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by Mary Averling.
October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Now this is how you do it! This sign caught our eye at the roller derby, so we had to pick up a few stickers! Love to support actual artists, not the plagiarism machine.
www.dianamarieclarke.com?fbclid=PAZXh...
A sign with a smiling potato, reads "All designs are hand-drawn by me, a real live human artist! Absolutely no AI is used here. Ever." A opossum with the words. "First of all...I'm a delight!!" A stack if book with a long bookmark. The books say, "Read banned books" the bookmark reads "gain forbidden knowledge." A sticker in the shape of Vermont with a clover. It says, "Brave little state."
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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What condiment would you partner with to promo your book?
Grounded For All Eternity by Darcy Marks. The cover shows winged children standing on power lines above a residential street. Flames and a a gate are in the background A hot sauce bottle with jack-o-lanterns "Pumpkin spice"
October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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IT'S TIME IT'S TIME!!! Ok, you don't actually need it to be October for spooky reads, but it doesn't hurt! Time for scary books and horror movies, hot cider and the crunch of falling leaves. Cozy blankets and ghosts and ghouls. Let's do this!
October 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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My second read I raced through in a day. Literally glancing down at my phone while putting shelves up in my daughter's room. SAY A LITTLE PRAYER. A F/F friends to lovers YA at camp! But it's a religious camp and her dad is the pastor. Yikes. A disection of religion, spirituality, fear and belonging.
A girl stands in the center of the book with a challenging expression and her hands tented. Another girl is watching her with a smile. Say a little prayer by Jenna Voris
October 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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First up! BINGSU FOR TWO. An enemies to lovers,YA, in rival coffee shops with an exploration of found family, standing on your own and figuring out who you are. Loved it! While it was not completely angst free, it was minimal, so perfect cozy read.
Bingsu for two by Sujin Witherspoon. A girl with green hair sits next to a boy sharing a Bingsu and discussing something on a phone.
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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On this day in 1692, Giles Corey was pressed to death at the age of 81, for not entering a plea, thus not allowing himself to be tried for witchcraft, during the Salem Witch Trials. His last words were, "More weight..."

Anyway, more than 300 years later he gets a shout out in my kid's book so...
"Sean laughs bitterly, 'more weight.'" 'Seriously,' agreed Charity. 'Good thing I work best under pressure.' 'More weight?' Lilith asked. 'It's something we say when bad stuff keeps piling up.' I was a big fan of less weight." A book cover appears under the text on a black background with flames in the front. A boy with wings stand with his friends on the power lines above a hellish neighborhood. Flames border the bottom of the page.
September 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM