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it's the biggest week in american birding
May 19, 2025
I love that I name-dropped the Biggest Week in American Birding in The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, because now when I gush about the Biggest Week I can claim...
a giveaway, columbus book festival, and short stories on itchio
April 28, 2025
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits has officially been out for a month (or slightly more), and The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher has officially been out for...
happy Keeper of Lonely Spirits release day to all who celebrate!
March 25, 2025
buy links, TBR links, and this week's celebratory events!
t-minus one month to book launch!
February 25, 2025
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH okay that’s out of my system. anyway, let me tell you, friends, this is a weird fucking time to be releasing a book. which is...
exclusive ARC giveaway (and more)
January 27, 2025
ARC giveaway for subscribers and upcoming events as book release draws closer
oops I did it again (started my WIP over from scratch)
December 16, 2024
WIP rewrites, trade reviews, and the usual odds and ends updates
in case you need this
November 25, 2024
I wasn’t sure I was going to send out a newsletter this month, because I fell into the Pit of Despair the first few weeks of November for obvious reasons. I...
the real horror: trying new things
October 28, 2024
this month, I performed my first-ever pole routine with a solo during my dance studio’s showcase. after a lifetime of being deeply unathletic, out of touch...
don't you hate it when you learn a life lesson
September 20, 2024
free SFF convention online this weekend, audiobook more widely available
unhinged drafting (finally)
August 22, 2024
August is the month I finally for real really drafted a WIP I’ve been struggling with since March. the state of the WIP folder on my desktop is indicative of...
SALE: 25% off preorders at Barnes & Noble
July 11, 2024
barnes & noble is having their Sale for the Pages now through July 17, and The Keeper of Lonely Spirits is part of the sale! premium and rewards members can...
in which my brain is homophobic to me for pride month
June 24, 2024
this month has been largely nothing. I’ve been in a not-great place mental health-wise, to the point where I asked for an extension on my next book and then...
audiobook, goodreads links now available
May 20, 2024
I have the worst movie hangover from rewatching the 2010s Planet of the Apes movies in preparation for seeing the new one. I hadn’t seen them since they were...
celebrating one year as a published novelist
April 22, 2024
happy first birthday to The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher! yesterday was Edna's birthday, which means my socials will be full of fun games, events,...
march march marchin on
March 25, 2024
if you've followed me on Facebook for a while, you know how much I love the Northwest Ohio Teen Book Festival. I've volunteered the last two years, and each...
reading renaissance
February 26, 2024
reading is really tricky as an author. on one hand, you're supposed to be reading recent books in your genre to keep up with the ~market~. on the other hand,...
new year, new ̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶o̶k̶ birds
January 22, 2024
I feel like I had a topic in mind for my monthly intro-to-newsletter thoughts. in true ADHD fashion, I've forgotten it. but this month's issue is packed full...
new book deal!
November 13, 2023
hey hi hello! I fully did not expect to be able to announce this until, like, the new year, let alone in this newsletter, BUT IT TURNS OUT I CAN SO LET'S...
happy six months to Edna!
October 23, 2023
hey, folks! if you've been a subscriber for a while, you may notice that my newsletter looks different today. this is because I transitioned from Substack...
bzz bzz
September 25, 2023
my brain is full of bees lately (even more so than usual), because hormones suck and I want it to be autumn outside, but it isn’t quite. I haven’t been...
look for the light
August 21, 2023
thanks to the Twitter rebrand, the announcement that it’ll be ~powered by AI~, and the frankly befuddling statement that the goal is for it to become a major...
it's getting hot in here
July 24, 2023
happy july! that’s not something I say often, both for personal reasons and because the july weather usually does me in, but this one has been better than...
hometown glory
June 22, 2023
extremely homophobic how utterly exhausted I’ve been all pride. June is nearly over, but I haven’t posted about my queer characters or my own queerness or...
it's about the birds
May 22, 2023
as of yesterday, Edna has been out in the world for one month. I was hoping to do a newsletter with, like, reflections on my first month as a debut author....
happy (belated) Edna Fisher day to all who celebrate
April 24, 2023
happy (belated) book birthday to me! I had this newsletter all ready to go for Friday, aaaaaaaaaaaaand then I forgot to schedule it, whoops. so we’re...
[singing] one month more 🎶
March 21, 2023
this month, I had my first-ever event as a Real Author™: my uni hosted a session of Power of the Pen, a statewide writing event and competition for young...
all hail the queen of march
February 27, 2023
hey, folks! it’s the end of February, which for me means two things: it’s silence retreat timeit’s birthday time I’ve been going on an annual silence retreat...
welcome to debut year! everything is fine.
January 23, 2023
helloooooo! due to the continued fuckery that is Musk Melon's Twitter takeover, I migrated my newsletter from Revue (which has now shut down) to Substack,...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - 🎵 it's beginning to feel a lot like 🎵 E please stop it's only november
November 28, 2022
industry news that for once is not shitty, even though mostly the industry is still shitty if you haven't been keeping up on the state of the publishing...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher: exclusive cover reveal
October 28, 2022
okay so maybe that's not exactly how the poem goes, but anyway you're not here for a poem, are you. or maybe you are, in which case excuse me mx but you...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - in which you may perceive me, a bisexual
September 23, 2022
[me sitting on the curb beside the lavender, coreopsis, and violets in my front corner garden, all of us looking very sunny] let's have a bit of bi!E lore...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - august is the sunday of summer
August 29, 2022
anti-monopsony court cases & shitty business decisions, oh my! welp. august has been an awfully long month here in the publishing industry. I won't despair...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - impasta syndrome
July 29, 2022
say hi to grandpa it's july, so I have spent most of the month remembering more than usual one of my favorite people who ever existed. here is a painting I...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson! - this is the bad place
June 27, 2022
I know you're scared. I am, too. if you're panicking about all the scotus decisions that dropped last week, you're not alone. you're not overreacting. you're...
live from the forest, it's e.m. anderson!
May 24, 2022
then THIS happened Double Magister E.M. Anderson ✴ AWAKENINGS out now @elizmanderson#ChosenGrandmaWIP is coming to you from @HansenHousePub in April 2023! I...
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