Gwenda Bond
@gwenda.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author * dog and cat person * moon and pet photographer * gwendabond.com * gwendabond.substack.com * linktr.ee/GwendaBond
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
Tonight! Who will I see there? I do believe this will be an epic one.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Tonight! Who will I see there? I do believe this will be an epic one.
The recipe -- gift link! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The recipe -- gift link! cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
Four thousand words today. One more chapter to go tomorrow, then the read through, last clean-up, and it’s going in. Woofie helped. As did @joshaboldt.bsky.social and Ruby. And the leftovers from last night. 💪😍
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Four thousand words today. One more chapter to go tomorrow, then the read through, last clean-up, and it’s going in. Woofie helped. As did @joshaboldt.bsky.social and Ruby. And the leftovers from last night. 💪😍
Woofie got a grooming and now is helping me work at the Lexington Writer’s Room. Very distinguished.
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Woofie got a grooming and now is helping me work at the Lexington Writer’s Room. Very distinguished.
This is both a description of what just occurred outside and my finest IG story work.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
This is both a description of what just occurred outside and my finest IG story work.
All right, 3k yesterday at our monthly communal writing gathering at the LWR, ever closer to the end. Time to motivate, shower, write, brunch, write more!
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
All right, 3k yesterday at our monthly communal writing gathering at the LWR, ever closer to the end. Time to motivate, shower, write, brunch, write more!
Say what you will about small towns, but @joshaboldt.bsky.social helped pull a still off the video (we finally got) off the security system and the entire county is enhancing and my friends are IDing the car's make, etc. etc. Look out, scamster pick-up guy who robbed my mother. We're gonna find you.
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Say what you will about small towns, but @joshaboldt.bsky.social helped pull a still off the video (we finally got) off the security system and the entire county is enhancing and my friends are IDing the car's make, etc. etc. Look out, scamster pick-up guy who robbed my mother. We're gonna find you.
I'll play -- share the first line of your novel. (The Frame-Up, in this case!)
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'll play -- share the first line of your novel. (The Frame-Up, in this case!)
In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In better news: Throw 'em if you got 'em
Halloween fun with @joshaboldt.bsky.social — who am I? Answers within 18.207.115.111
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Halloween fun with @joshaboldt.bsky.social — who am I? Answers within 18.207.115.111
This headline literally applies to every author multiple times a day
Hashtag relatable 😂
Hashtag relatable 😂
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This headline literally applies to every author multiple times a day
Hashtag relatable 😂
Hashtag relatable 😂
NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY is on sale! THE DATE FROM HELL is not, but c'mon, live a little! I forgot to post while it was. Get a little apocalyptic rom-com action on for Halloween week, why don't you? These are the FUNNEST books I've written. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NOT YOUR AVERAGE HOT GUY is on sale! THE DATE FROM HELL is not, but c'mon, live a little! I forgot to post while it was. Get a little apocalyptic rom-com action on for Halloween week, why don't you? These are the FUNNEST books I've written. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Sally helping me revise earlier
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sally helping me revise earlier
I do like that Amy McGrath's campaign emails have just descended straight into shit-talking 😂
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I do like that Amy McGrath's campaign emails have just descended straight into shit-talking 😂
Here’s the cemetery!
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Here’s the cemetery!
Yesterday @joshaboldt.bsky.social and I went on a spirits and spooks walk at Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill after a whole day of rain — maybe your Monday needs the magical rainbow we saw at the very end.
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yesterday @joshaboldt.bsky.social and I went on a spirits and spooks walk at Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill after a whole day of rain — maybe your Monday needs the magical rainbow we saw at the very end.
It’s so great! I had on this one!
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s so great! I had on this one!
Some scenes and signs at the Lexington No Kings protest. The march was the biggest I’ve seen maybe ever here. 💪
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Some scenes and signs at the Lexington No Kings protest. The march was the biggest I’ve seen maybe ever here. 💪
I keep envisioning Nicholas Sparks refreshing all the ranks and being so mad that Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben's collab are beating his and M. Night Shyamalan's collab -- but taking comfort in the fact at least his name is bigger on the cover (which is not classy, bud). 😂
October 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I keep envisioning Nicholas Sparks refreshing all the ranks and being so mad that Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben's collab are beating his and M. Night Shyamalan's collab -- but taking comfort in the fact at least his name is bigger on the cover (which is not classy, bud). 😂
Wiped so watching a Goldie Hawn movie. Still in deadline mode and starting an ADHD med tomorrow BUT the banana plant I bought as a tiny smol early in the summer just came in for the season and seems happy.
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wiped so watching a Goldie Hawn movie. Still in deadline mode and starting an ADHD med tomorrow BUT the banana plant I bought as a tiny smol early in the summer just came in for the season and seems happy.
Is Sally especially radiant or did she just get a new squeaky tennis ball?
October 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Is Sally especially radiant or did she just get a new squeaky tennis ball?
Not related, but tangential -- I recently wanted to watch an old courtroom drama and picked Runaway Jury and there's a random Beetlejuice nod to Winona Ryder's character
October 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not related, but tangential -- I recently wanted to watch an old courtroom drama and picked Runaway Jury and there's a random Beetlejuice nod to Winona Ryder's character
Newsletter, featuring a new old essay about my childhood insomnia and Nightmare on Elm Street: gwendabond.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Newsletter, featuring a new old essay about my childhood insomnia and Nightmare on Elm Street: gwendabond.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
I'm reading Samantha Harvey's short beautiful burst of a novel, Orbital, for tonight's book club and it's nice to see the Earth from so far away this week. Recommended. (Late to the party, I know.)
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'm reading Samantha Harvey's short beautiful burst of a novel, Orbital, for tonight's book club and it's nice to see the Earth from so far away this week. Recommended. (Late to the party, I know.)