Mary Kendall
@mkauthor.bsky.social
Fiction writer with gothic sensibilities and a fierce love of goat cheese. Check out https://www.marykendallauthor.com for all the things.
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Mary Kendall
@mkauthor.bsky.social
· Oct 12
New Mexico Book Award Finalists and Winners were announced. A HUGE congratulations to all of our authors whose books were recognized!
All of our finalists are listed in the thread below.
Check out all the winners and finalists here: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
All of our finalists are listed in the thread below.
Check out all the winners and finalists here: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
Grateful to @apbooks.bsky.social for all they do for their authors and proud to be a finalist!
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🚨NEW RELEASE 🚨
Ruins, a heart-pumping, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback.
Order it here: mybook.to/Ruins
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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
Ruins, a heart-pumping, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback.
Order it here: mybook.to/Ruins
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#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨NEW RELEASE 🚨
Ruins, a heart-pumping, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback.
Order it here: mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
Ruins, a heart-pumping, suspense- filled supernatural mystery of vengeful ghosts, family secrets and dark revelations is out now on #kindle #KU & #paperback.
Order it here: mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror #HorrorAuthor
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ONE WEEK TO GO!!!
#TheRoadToRuins
A missing sister, a sinister stalker, a crew bound by secrets & lies…
And a lost soul haunted by a vengeful ghost.
The Norfolk Broads have never been so deadly!
Ruins - coming Halloween 2025.
mybook.to/Ruins
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#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor
#TheRoadToRuins
A missing sister, a sinister stalker, a crew bound by secrets & lies…
And a lost soul haunted by a vengeful ghost.
The Norfolk Broads have never been so deadly!
Ruins - coming Halloween 2025.
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ONE WEEK TO GO!!!
#TheRoadToRuins
A missing sister, a sinister stalker, a crew bound by secrets & lies…
And a lost soul haunted by a vengeful ghost.
The Norfolk Broads have never been so deadly!
Ruins - coming Halloween 2025.
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor
#TheRoadToRuins
A missing sister, a sinister stalker, a crew bound by secrets & lies…
And a lost soul haunted by a vengeful ghost.
The Norfolk Broads have never been so deadly!
Ruins - coming Halloween 2025.
mybook.to/Ruins
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚📖💙💀✨
#booksky #horror #HorrorAuthor
Grateful to @apbooks.bsky.social for all they do for their authors and proud to be a finalist!
New Mexico Book Award Finalists and Winners were announced. A HUGE congratulations to all of our authors whose books were recognized!
All of our finalists are listed in the thread below.
Check out all the winners and finalists here: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
All of our finalists are listed in the thread below.
Check out all the winners and finalists here: nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Grateful to @apbooks.bsky.social for all they do for their authors and proud to be a finalist!
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Publishing scams are absolutely rampant these days (including someone impersonating me). Spread the word to your fellow writers and be careful!
Return of the Nigerian Prince: A New Twist on Book Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
Marketing scams have always been plentiful. Over the past year or so, though, they’ve really surged. I’ve written about one type of marketing scam–the “friendly author” social media scam, in which som...
writerbeware.blog
August 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Publishing scams are absolutely rampant these days (including someone impersonating me). Spread the word to your fellow writers and be careful!
It’s gothicky and folk horror-esque with a vein of dark comedy. Look for it in 2026 from @apbooks.bsky.social!
#pubnews
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August 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s gothicky and folk horror-esque with a vein of dark comedy. Look for it in 2026 from @apbooks.bsky.social!
#pubnews
#pubnews
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When the dead speak & old secrets are dragged to the surface, Lily West’s world will shatter forever…
Bleak Waters - a #supernatural #mystery.
£1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU
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mybook.to/BleakWaters
Bleak Waters - a #supernatural #mystery.
£1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU
💙📚👀📢📚😱 #HorrorAuthor
mybook.to/BleakWaters
Amazon.com
mybook.to
July 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When the dead speak & old secrets are dragged to the surface, Lily West’s world will shatter forever…
Bleak Waters - a #supernatural #mystery.
£1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU
💙📚👀📢📚😱 #HorrorAuthor
mybook.to/BleakWaters
Bleak Waters - a #supernatural #mystery.
£1.99 on #kindle or FREE on #KU
💙📚👀📢📚😱 #HorrorAuthor
mybook.to/BleakWaters
Stay tuned….more to follow👀
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Stay tuned….more to follow👀
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Badlands is BACK with new scenes, a new look AND IT’S FREE on #kindle from 8th to 11th July.
Dive into the dark side of Cornwall in this twisty thriller full of deception, betrayal and conspiracy!
mybook.to/Badlands2025
#freebook #thrillerbooks #thriller #booksky #writingcommunity
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Dive into the dark side of Cornwall in this twisty thriller full of deception, betrayal and conspiracy!
mybook.to/Badlands2025
#freebook #thrillerbooks #thriller #booksky #writingcommunity
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July 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Badlands is BACK with new scenes, a new look AND IT’S FREE on #kindle from 8th to 11th July.
Dive into the dark side of Cornwall in this twisty thriller full of deception, betrayal and conspiracy!
mybook.to/Badlands2025
#freebook #thrillerbooks #thriller #booksky #writingcommunity
👀📚📢
📚💙
📚⚡️
Dive into the dark side of Cornwall in this twisty thriller full of deception, betrayal and conspiracy!
mybook.to/Badlands2025
#freebook #thrillerbooks #thriller #booksky #writingcommunity
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99 cent ebook! All month!
The house of her dreams might just turn into a nightmare.
Bottled Secrets of Rosewood #ebook by @mkauthor.bsky.social is just 99 cents in June.
#booksky📚💙
mybook.to/rosewood
Bottled Secrets of Rosewood #ebook by @mkauthor.bsky.social is just 99 cents in June.
#booksky📚💙
mybook.to/rosewood
Bottled Secrets of Rosewood
Read it now
mybook.to
June 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
99 cent ebook! All month!
Best wishes to @karenbmccoy.bsky.social on her debut now out in the world!🥳
Karen B. McCoy - Debut Release Day! The Etiquette of Voles is out in the world! mailchi.mp/105302357065... Plus a Bookbub giveaway www.bookbub.com/books/the-et..., upcoming appearances, & archived interviews w/ @kaaauthor.bsky.social @choldenko.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social and others!
June 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Best wishes to @karenbmccoy.bsky.social on her debut now out in the world!🥳
June 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall - booksbywomen.org/authors-inte...
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall - Women Writers, Women's Books
The Accidental Heiress In a quest to save her ancestral property, Margaret just might expose secrets that cost her everything . . . Horse farm owner Margaret O’Keefe is desperate to save her family fa...
booksbywomen.org
May 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Authors Interviewing Characters: Mary Kendall - booksbywomen.org/authors-inte...
@janefriedman.com ‘s second edition of The Business of Being a Writer drops this Friday. It is a honor to have provided a sample query for the book’s website. businessofwriting.org/supplemental...
Supplemental Resources - The Business of Being a Writer
Examples of query letters, synopses, and book proposals.
businessofwriting.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@janefriedman.com ‘s second edition of The Business of Being a Writer drops this Friday. It is a honor to have provided a sample query for the book’s website. businessofwriting.org/supplemental...
Great read; great setting!
Thanks @mkauthor.bsky.social for the awesome 5 star Badlands review on BookBub! #readers, check out the book here: mybook.to/Badlands2025
It’s FREE on #KU!
#ThrillerThursday #IndieApril #Booksky #thriller
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April 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Great read; great setting!
Amongst the narcissuses…these two lovelies both on ebook special today at the ‘zon.
March 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Amongst the narcissuses…these two lovelies both on ebook special today at the ‘zon.
Our panel was so fun and @valwillwrite.bsky.social was such a great moderator.
Many thanks to the fabulous authors who participated in the "Creepy Homes & Creaky Mysteries" panel at the Virginia Festival of the Book today. You made my job as moderator easy. Kudos to @mkauthor.bsky.social, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social, and @laurenthomanwrites.com.
March 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our panel was so fun and @valwillwrite.bsky.social was such a great moderator.
Really looking forward to this session and meeting the delightful moderator, @valwillwrite.bsky.social !
On Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 am I will be moderating "Creepy Homes and Creaky Mysteries." The panel features three outstanding authors: @mkauthor.bsky.social (The Bottled Secret of Rosewood), @sarahpinsker.bsky.social (Haunt Sweet Home), and @laurenthomanwrites.com (You Shouldn’t Be Here).
March 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Really looking forward to this session and meeting the delightful moderator, @valwillwrite.bsky.social !
March 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thanks for this shout out @apbooks.bsky.social! See you there!
Be sure to meet @mkauthor.bsky.social at the Virginia Festival of the Book in March! She will be on a panel discussing Creepy Homes and Creaky Mysteries!
www.vabook.org/2025/02/03/g...
www.vabook.org/2025/02/03/g...
March 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks for this shout out @apbooks.bsky.social! See you there!
Thanks for reading @rachaelgray.bsky.social!
The brilliant books I've enjoyed in February 😀📚💗 @mkauthor.bsky.social @alibacon.bsky.social @garykruseauthor.bsky.social @rosiemeleady.bsky.social @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thanks for reading @rachaelgray.bsky.social!
February 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM