Diana Urban
@dianaurban.bsky.social
Bestselling, award-winning author (she/her)
📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS
📚 UNDER THE SURFACE
📚 LYING IN THE DEEP
📚 ... and book marketing consultant!
📚 ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS
📚 UNDER THE SURFACE
📚 LYING IN THE DEEP
📚 ... and book marketing consultant!
Just found out the Polish publisher of my book Under the Surface is sending influencers early copies IN BOXES OF ACTUAL DIRT TO REPRESENT HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE MISSING UNDERGROUND IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just found out the Polish publisher of my book Under the Surface is sending influencers early copies IN BOXES OF ACTUAL DIRT TO REPRESENT HOW THE CHARACTERS ARE MISSING UNDERGROUND IN THE PARIS CATACOMBS
Iiiiiiit’s my birthday! In some ways this year was rough, BUT I wrote a new novel, got to see JAPAN, and started a business that’s already generating steady income. So hey, not too shabby! And next year should be interesting… 🤐😜
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Iiiiiiit’s my birthday! In some ways this year was rough, BUT I wrote a new novel, got to see JAPAN, and started a business that’s already generating steady income. So hey, not too shabby! And next year should be interesting… 🤐😜
This Polish bookstagrammer took the book I wrote (translated!) about four teens who go missing in the Paris Catacombs and COSPLAYED AS THE CHARACTERS IN THE CATACOMBS!!! PEAK AUTHOR MOMENT, I AM DECEASED THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This Polish bookstagrammer took the book I wrote (translated!) about four teens who go missing in the Paris Catacombs and COSPLAYED AS THE CHARACTERS IN THE CATACOMBS!!! PEAK AUTHOR MOMENT, I AM DECEASED THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
HAPPY N7 DAY TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT IS!!!
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I should go
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I should go
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
HAPPY N7 DAY TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT IS!!!
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I should go
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I should go
I HAVE PASSED AWAY, THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
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November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I HAVE PASSED AWAY, THIS IS MY GHOST 👻
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Girls be like “I needed this” and it's just gerrymandering revenge
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Girls be like “I needed this” and it's just gerrymandering revenge
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THIS MOMENTUM FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND THEN ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND THEN FOREVER 🌊🌊🌊
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THIS MOMENTUM FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND THEN ANOTHER TWO YEARS AND THEN FOREVER 🌊🌊🌊
Why do I ALWAYS have to spot the typo THE INSTANT I hit "enter" or "send" or THE INSTANT the "undo" button disappears and not TWO SECONDS beforehand? WHY MUST THIS BE????
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Why do I ALWAYS have to spot the typo THE INSTANT I hit "enter" or "send" or THE INSTANT the "undo" button disappears and not TWO SECONDS beforehand? WHY MUST THIS BE????
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🚨Book news! 🚨 My original space opera THE PHOTONIC EFFECT is up on NetGalley!
🚀Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect
💗A romance with a non-corporeal being
⚛️Lots of fake science
🕵️Multiple conspiracies colliding for chaos
🎸Rilo Kiley saves the galaxy
Request now!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
🚀Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect
💗A romance with a non-corporeal being
⚛️Lots of fake science
🕵️Multiple conspiracies colliding for chaos
🎸Rilo Kiley saves the galaxy
Request now!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
The Photonic Effect
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🚨Book news! 🚨 My original space opera THE PHOTONIC EFFECT is up on NetGalley!
🚀Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect
💗A romance with a non-corporeal being
⚛️Lots of fake science
🕵️Multiple conspiracies colliding for chaos
🎸Rilo Kiley saves the galaxy
Request now!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
🚀Voyager x DS9 x Mass Effect
💗A romance with a non-corporeal being
⚛️Lots of fake science
🕵️Multiple conspiracies colliding for chaos
🎸Rilo Kiley saves the galaxy
Request now!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
I may be a published author of four books but I’ll still use the word “impact” so I don’t have to pick between effect and affect
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I may be a published author of four books but I’ll still use the word “impact” so I don’t have to pick between effect and affect
The No Kings protests are always so comforting because it proves that millions of us still haven’t lost our entire goddamn minds
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The No Kings protests are always so comforting because it proves that millions of us still haven’t lost our entire goddamn minds
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Just finished Under the Surface by @dianaurban.bsky.social Highly HIGHLY recommend! It was so good, and had a lot of genuine surprises. I loved it and now I have to watch every documentary about the catacombs I can find!
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Just finished Under the Surface by @dianaurban.bsky.social Highly HIGHLY recommend! It was so good, and had a lot of genuine surprises. I loved it and now I have to watch every documentary about the catacombs I can find!
“I think publishers keep setting near-impossible deadlines because so many of us keep accepting them, and we’ve set a precedent that we’ll acquiesce to unreasonable demands. Without a union, we must collectively set new precedents to protect ourselves and each other.”
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“I think publishers keep setting near-impossible deadlines because so many of us keep accepting them, and we’ve set a precedent that we’ll acquiesce to unreasonable demands. Without a union, we must collectively set new precedents to protect ourselves and each other.”
Reposted by Diana Urban
Erm hi, it's my most incendiary post to date. Enter at your own risk???? 😂
September 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Erm hi, it's my most incendiary post to date. Enter at your own risk???? 😂
Eternally grateful for this recognition from @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social. I vividly remember checking out Hatchet from my local library as a kid, which sparked my love of survival stories. So to get this honor for my own survival story is epically surreal. 🥹
September 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Eternally grateful for this recognition from @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social. I vividly remember checking out Hatchet from my local library as a kid, which sparked my love of survival stories. So to get this honor for my own survival story is epically surreal. 🥹
The fact that the FBI director keeps publicly sharing the most UTTERLY LUDICROUS evidence before any trials that explicitly reinforces the Trump administration's narrative AND THAT ANYONE ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT makes me feel like we're in a broken simulation.
September 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fact that the FBI director keeps publicly sharing the most UTTERLY LUDICROUS evidence before any trials that explicitly reinforces the Trump administration's narrative AND THAT ANYONE ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT makes me feel like we're in a broken simulation.
Listening to Kamala’s audiobook is honestly devastating. I will forever mourn what we lost out on. We were so close to brilliance.
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Listening to Kamala’s audiobook is honestly devastating. I will forever mourn what we lost out on. We were so close to brilliance.
Do we think Skylight will be a legitimate replacement for TikTok? I’m not loving the UI but I only just started using it. Thoughts??
September 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Do we think Skylight will be a legitimate replacement for TikTok? I’m not loving the UI but I only just started using it. Thoughts??
Oh interesting, so Skylight posts automatically cross-post to Bluesky. Good to know lmao 🙈
September 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oh interesting, so Skylight posts automatically cross-post to Bluesky. Good to know lmao 🙈
This is what happens in UNDER THE SURFACE, a twisty, high-stakes thriller with danger, romance, and moments that’ll make you SOB.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is what happens in UNDER THE SURFACE, a twisty, high-stakes thriller with danger, romance, and moments that’ll make you SOB.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
four girls follow a charming French guy into the Paris catacombs… then get lost for DAYS. no cell signal. no food or water. masked creeps with knives are hunting them.
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Publishing is not for the thin skinned (courtesy @dianaurban.bsky.social)
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80+ Ways Publishing Can Reject You AFTER a Book Deal
As an aspiring author, I thought once I got a book deal, things would be smooth sailing. Here's what I wish I knew...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Publishing is not for the thin skinned (courtesy @dianaurban.bsky.social)
open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
Okay so my question is: how the heck are all these readers JUST NOW figuring out that most authors are liberals LMAO where have you beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Okay so my question is: how the heck are all these readers JUST NOW figuring out that most authors are liberals LMAO where have you beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
FOR SAYING 100% OF MY EMPATHY GOES TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED BY GUN VIOLENCE. We are officially in an episode of Black Mirror.
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
FOR SAYING 100% OF MY EMPATHY GOES TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED BY GUN VIOLENCE. We are officially in an episode of Black Mirror.