Genalea Barker
@gcbwrites.bsky.social
Author, Mom, surviving on caffeine & carbs.
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I thought the 99cent sale was over but apparently I was wrong - so, #booksky , if you're a fan of emotional, sometimes painful YA and haven't already, maybe go get yourself a copy ;)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX57SB36
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX57SB36
Lovehurts
Amazon.com: Lovehurts eBook : Barker, Genalea: Kindle Store
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December 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I thought the 99cent sale was over but apparently I was wrong - so, #booksky , if you're a fan of emotional, sometimes painful YA and haven't already, maybe go get yourself a copy ;)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX57SB36
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX57SB36
Took my daughter to friend's birthday party and got to see the CUTEST puppies 😍😍😍
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Took my daughter to friend's birthday party and got to see the CUTEST puppies 😍😍😍
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Check out my review and then do yourself and your kids a favor and get the series! #KidLit
@melruthwrites.bsky.social rounds out her series with another winner!
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@melruthwrites.bsky.social rounds out her series with another winner!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
December 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Check out my review and then do yourself and your kids a favor and get the series! #KidLit
@melruthwrites.bsky.social rounds out her series with another winner!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
@melruthwrites.bsky.social rounds out her series with another winner!
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Want to know more about how we operate and what we look for? Check out this interview @melruthwrites.bsky.social did with @duotrope.com !
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Duotrope's Interview with Epistemic Literary
Read Duotrope's editor interview with Epistemic Literary to learn what they're looking for and gain more insight into this publication.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Want to know more about how we operate and what we look for? Check out this interview @melruthwrites.bsky.social did with @duotrope.com !
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
duotrope.com/interview/ed...
Well this was the best possible way to end the day🥹🥰
I'm never not overwhelmed with joy by positive reader reviews (written, verbal, or otherwise)
I'm never not overwhelmed with joy by positive reader reviews (written, verbal, or otherwise)
@gcbwrites.bsky.social teen reports she read Love Hurts and it’s “good!” with an excited voice reserved for things she reaaaally likes and followed it with an eager “have you read it?” (This may sound like a blah response but really it’s quite high praise 😆)
So #BookSky read Love Hurts #YA
So #BookSky read Love Hurts #YA
Lovehurts
Amazon.com: Lovehurts eBook : Barker, Genalea: Kindle Store
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December 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Well this was the best possible way to end the day🥹🥰
I'm never not overwhelmed with joy by positive reader reviews (written, verbal, or otherwise)
I'm never not overwhelmed with joy by positive reader reviews (written, verbal, or otherwise)
This series has been so fun to read with my kids! Highly recommend for readers young and young at heart.
Hey friends!
The ebook is finally available for my third book is The Ridders Series: Back to the Ridderlands
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It is also up on Goodreads to review! Please, please, do leave a review!
The ebook is finally available for my third book is The Ridders Series: Back to the Ridderlands
a.co/d/7cym4P2
It is also up on Goodreads to review! Please, please, do leave a review!
Back to the Ridderlands: The Ridders Series - Kindle edition by Rotert, Melissa Ruth. Children Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Back to the Ridderlands: The Ridders Series - Kindle edition by Rotert, Melissa Ruth. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note takin...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This series has been so fun to read with my kids! Highly recommend for readers young and young at heart.
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Our nominees for Best Small Fictions:
Barbara Reese Yager
@fbereaud.bsky.social
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
James B Nicola
#BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards
Barbara Reese Yager
@fbereaud.bsky.social
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
James B Nicola
#BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our nominees for Best Small Fictions:
Barbara Reese Yager
@fbereaud.bsky.social
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
James B Nicola
#BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards
Barbara Reese Yager
@fbereaud.bsky.social
@thorntonforreal.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social
James B Nicola
#BestSmallFictions #Fiction #Awards
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And our final piece from Issue 2: Trustworthy, a Young #Fiction Highlight:
“Tag” by Abigail Houlihan — a comic about helping a friend
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“Tag” by Abigail Houlihan — a comic about helping a friend
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epistemiclit.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
And our final piece from Issue 2: Trustworthy, a Young #Fiction Highlight:
“Tag” by Abigail Houlihan — a comic about helping a friend
epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...
“Tag” by Abigail Houlihan — a comic about helping a friend
epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit...
Yesterday two first graders ran up to tattle on their classmate for calling me "mean." They were really disappointed when I elicited zero reaction.
Do you guys think you can hurt my feelings? I have ME in my head 24/7.
Do you guys think you can hurt my feelings? I have ME in my head 24/7.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Yesterday two first graders ran up to tattle on their classmate for calling me "mean." They were really disappointed when I elicited zero reaction.
Do you guys think you can hurt my feelings? I have ME in my head 24/7.
Do you guys think you can hurt my feelings? I have ME in my head 24/7.
Completely forgot to post on here about the 99 cent Kindle sale that ends....tomorrow🙃🫠
🤦♀️Oof. 404: Brain not found
You can also get 25% off the paperback here: vineleavespress.myshopify.com/discount/LHG...
🤦♀️Oof. 404: Brain not found
You can also get 25% off the paperback here: vineleavespress.myshopify.com/discount/LHG...
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Completely forgot to post on here about the 99 cent Kindle sale that ends....tomorrow🙃🫠
🤦♀️Oof. 404: Brain not found
You can also get 25% off the paperback here: vineleavespress.myshopify.com/discount/LHG...
🤦♀️Oof. 404: Brain not found
You can also get 25% off the paperback here: vineleavespress.myshopify.com/discount/LHG...
It came a day late, but I'll still consider it a birthday present. The Lovehurts Audiobook is LIVE!!
Listen on Audible & Google Play (more sites to come)
Listen on Audible & Google Play (more sites to come)
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It came a day late, but I'll still consider it a birthday present. The Lovehurts Audiobook is LIVE!!
Listen on Audible & Google Play (more sites to come)
Listen on Audible & Google Play (more sites to come)
Latest issue is live!
Thank you for continuing to trust us with your work. It's an honor we don't take lightly.
Thank you for continuing to trust us with your work. It's an honor we don't take lightly.
ISSUE 7: INTEGRITY is now LIVE!
Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights.
Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Please read, share, and discuss! And watch this space all week for lots of spotlights.
Thank you to everyone who is a part of this issue and our wonderful #EpistemicLitFamily!
epistemiclit.com/current-issue/
Current Issue -
digital literary anthology accepting submissions based on theme to open conversations aimed at interpersonal understanding.
epistemiclit.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Latest issue is live!
Thank you for continuing to trust us with your work. It's an honor we don't take lightly.
Thank you for continuing to trust us with your work. It's an honor we don't take lightly.
Every 6-9 months I show back up for a "Hey, how y'all doin!" and then disappear again. I'd like to say, "But that's all about to change!" but I know myself.
Anyway, the Lovehurts audiobook will be releasing super duper soon. So be on the lookout for that. ;)
Anyway, the Lovehurts audiobook will be releasing super duper soon. So be on the lookout for that. ;)
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every 6-9 months I show back up for a "Hey, how y'all doin!" and then disappear again. I'd like to say, "But that's all about to change!" but I know myself.
Anyway, the Lovehurts audiobook will be releasing super duper soon. So be on the lookout for that. ;)
Anyway, the Lovehurts audiobook will be releasing super duper soon. So be on the lookout for that. ;)
Please send me your CNF!!
1000 words or less
Theme: Resistance
I look forward to reading your powerful words!
1000 words or less
Theme: Resistance
I look forward to reading your powerful words!
Submissions open on theme: Resistance
Fiction, CNF, Poetry, and Visual Art
Open through March 31!
Details can be found here:
epistemiclit.com/submissions/
Fiction, CNF, Poetry, and Visual Art
Open through March 31!
Details can be found here:
epistemiclit.com/submissions/
Submissions -
Submission guidelines for a fully digital literary anthology that explores themes to open conversations through the written word.
epistemiclit.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Please send me your CNF!!
1000 words or less
Theme: Resistance
I look forward to reading your powerful words!
1000 words or less
Theme: Resistance
I look forward to reading your powerful words!
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Send me your "Resistance" fiction!
Now accepting submissions for poetry, art, and short fiction on the theme until March 31.
#subsopen #submissions #submissionswelcome #fictionsubs #fictionsubmissions #fiction #writerscommunity #writing #resistance #resist #booksky #artistsresist #writersresist
Now accepting submissions for poetry, art, and short fiction on the theme until March 31.
#subsopen #submissions #submissionswelcome #fictionsubs #fictionsubmissions #fiction #writerscommunity #writing #resistance #resist #booksky #artistsresist #writersresist
March 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Send me your "Resistance" fiction!
Now accepting submissions for poetry, art, and short fiction on the theme until March 31.
#subsopen #submissions #submissionswelcome #fictionsubs #fictionsubmissions #fiction #writerscommunity #writing #resistance #resist #booksky #artistsresist #writersresist
Now accepting submissions for poetry, art, and short fiction on the theme until March 31.
#subsopen #submissions #submissionswelcome #fictionsubs #fictionsubmissions #fiction #writerscommunity #writing #resistance #resist #booksky #artistsresist #writersresist
ARCs for my forthcoming YA contemporary are now available on Booksirens! Read LOVEHURTS here: booksirens.com/book/MBHV7Y4...
April 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM
ARCs for my forthcoming YA contemporary are now available on Booksirens! Read LOVEHURTS here: booksirens.com/book/MBHV7Y4...
#Coverreveal for my upcoming YA contemporary! I'm so in love with this cover!!
March 12, 2024 at 4:33 PM
#Coverreveal for my upcoming YA contemporary! I'm so in love with this cover!!
Hurray for good news! :)
#indieauthor
#indieauthor
February 1, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Hurray for good news! :)
#indieauthor
#indieauthor
I was venting about a situation to my best friend. Except I didn't send the text to my best friend. I sent it to the person I was venting about. I'd very much like to disappear forever now.
January 18, 2024 at 11:33 PM
I was venting about a situation to my best friend. Except I didn't send the text to my best friend. I sent it to the person I was venting about. I'd very much like to disappear forever now.
Only TWO WEEKS until my next book releases!! I am totally not nervous at all.
Said the liar.
"An unputdownable winter warmer . . . with the ideal amount of romantic tension." - Shelly Mack, author of Landis
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Said the liar.
"An unputdownable winter warmer . . . with the ideal amount of romantic tension." - Shelly Mack, author of Landis
pre-order: linktr.ee/genalea_barker
December 6, 2023 at 4:39 AM
Only TWO WEEKS until my next book releases!! I am totally not nervous at all.
Said the liar.
"An unputdownable winter warmer . . . with the ideal amount of romantic tension." - Shelly Mack, author of Landis
pre-order: linktr.ee/genalea_barker
Said the liar.
"An unputdownable winter warmer . . . with the ideal amount of romantic tension." - Shelly Mack, author of Landis
pre-order: linktr.ee/genalea_barker
I am working on acknowledgements for the next book and I can't express how stressed out this part makes me. What if I forget someone?!?! I have so many amazing people in my corner.
November 29, 2023 at 7:25 PM
I am working on acknowledgements for the next book and I can't express how stressed out this part makes me. What if I forget someone?!?! I have so many amazing people in my corner.
woooo!
Subs open in 3 days!!
November 29, 2023 at 2:15 AM
woooo!
This is the part where I shamelessly remind you a NYT bestselling author said really nice things about my book.
www.amazon.com/Life-After-G...
#indieauthor
www.amazon.com/Life-After-G...
#indieauthor
November 24, 2023 at 4:15 PM
This is the part where I shamelessly remind you a NYT bestselling author said really nice things about my book.
www.amazon.com/Life-After-G...
#indieauthor
www.amazon.com/Life-After-G...
#indieauthor