Shout-out to Alex and the awesome co-hosts for today: Beth Camp, Crystal Collier, and Cathrina Constantine!
Oct 1 question - What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?
I still love my (Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Myths and Legends, Speculative Fiction, New Adult, "Superhero Fantasy") Existence series, the first of which is Fractions of Existence. I still get giddy on the rereads at certain scenes. (My favorite being when Xavier and Wend are at the pier.)
My #bookiversary for Fractions of Existence (urban fantasy). #booksky Publication date : September 19, 2017 amzn.to/4pnOBKe
— J Lenni Dorner (@jlennidorner.bsky.social) September 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Alex- I'd like to volunteer to co-host in February.
In other news:
This email happened. Sounds like a scam to me!
(It IS a scam. https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18063778520360608/ )
Oh look... prices... 😧🫨
Good Monday Morning #BookSky! Did you add care & joy to the world this weekend? Great! As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇
— Authors Against Book Bans (@authorsabb.bsky.social) September 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Let Freedom Read Day on October 11! #LetFreedomReadDay and #BannedBooksWeek!
UniteAgainstBookBans.org Will you take part?
Legendary Actor/Author/Activist George Takei Named Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025 (click)
https://bsky.app/profile/jlennidorner.bsky.social My current favorite social media site.
https://amzn.to/41QBB4P Author page on Amazon — please consider following and supporting this indie author!
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/j-lenni-dorner BookBub author profile— I'd be grateful if you'd follow me.
#AtoZChallenge a-to-zchallenge.com Kindly check out the blog hop's website. Watch for special features: Oct 8- Family History Month - Csenge Oct 22- Eat Better, Eat Together Month - John
Nov 5- Gaming - Jayden Nov 19- Dream Destination - J
Dec 3- Books Make Great Gifts month - Ronel Dec 18- Keith Richards 🎂 - John
Jan 7- International Creativity Month - Arlee Jan 21- National Be On-Purpose Month - J
Feb 4- Women's Role in History Month - Csenge Feb 18- Fondue Month - Jayden
Jewels of Darterra— New novelette, only 12k words. A fantasy about a world on the brink of change. (Comp title, perhaps, Allegiant- book 3 of the Divergent series, because the society collapses and the main character is betrayed by a former ally.) Only .99cents at Barnes and Noble!
I was thinking if they were going to charge for it, yes it's a scam - and they do! Never pay for stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteYes, it sounds like a scam. I've been getting lots of scam emails offering to help me promote my nonexistent book.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, people are crazy! Yeah, scam 100%. You know, urban fantasy used to be my go-to genre. Still quite fond of it.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a scam. And happy to have you co-host in February.
ReplyDeleteBeware of those scams. They're so annoying.
ReplyDeleteYou have a wide range of writing/reading interests. I love that.
https://cleemckenziebooks.substack.com/
Anything that asks for money is likely a scam, or at least very sketchy.
ReplyDeleteThe one that I did not understand was awhile ago on BlueSky, when people were going around pretending to be famous and semi-famous authors who were... just chatting with people, pretending to be random authors. They didn't appear to be asking for anything, they were just getting off an catfishing people, I guess? I exchanged several pleasant and encouraging messages with someone I thought was Annie Proulx (author of Brokeback Mountain and The Shipping News) before they suddenly disappeared and were banned by the platform. Very odd.