Olivia Dade

A starchy demon utterly undone by love. An underpowered oracle fighting for her community (and cheese). Sexy Satan. Villains actually getting their comeuppance. WOO(R)SD is out today, and I hope you love it as much as I do! Bookshop.org: go.oliviadade.com/WOObs AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/WOOamz

💜💚 TODAY'S THE DAY! 💚💜

Non-U.S. readers: You may want to check WOO(R)SD's price in your country and at your preferred retailers too!

I also wore balloon pants to the concert, because they were the closest modern equivalent I could find to Hammer pants

A quick heads-up for my UK readers: WORLD'S OKAYEST ORACLE (RELUCTANTLY) SEEKS DEMON is a Kindle Deal this month, so it's only 99p right now! www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Okaye...

In celebration of my long-ago youth, I broke out some blue eyeliner and pulled the front of my hair up into a ponytail at the crown of my head before the concert, much to my 16-year-old son's confusion and consternation 🥰

This review captures exactly what I wanted to do with this book! The story is, in fact, both "brazenly, joyfully silly" and "about what it means to live in community and how we can (and should) show up for each other," and Hamilton's recognition of that duality is immensely heartening for me. 💕

I spy SEVERAL of my auto-buy authors in this collection... and the hard copy formatting is very fun. A literal seal to break to unlock each story ... you don't necessarily know whose it will be in advance!

Oh, I loved this story!

It's been a while since I've done serialized fiction...and since I've done an October spooky-season freebie. This year, I'm doing both, with a free long gothic novella for October, e-serialized here: www.kelleyarmstrong.com/ravens-moor/

I have a new short story out now! "A Solstice Kiss" is the gentle, cozy tale of a woman stuck in a rut who finds a new path forward--and a possible new love--while visiting Stockholm. ❄️ Also, the other authors in the collection are a romance Murderers' Row! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Tw...

I'm seeing Duran Duran soon, so I checked out their recent setlists, and I'm always amused by the mutually agreed upon fiction of a band's "spontaneous" encore that everyone already knows is going to happen. Like, you haven't played "Rio" yet, my dudes, we all know you're not going anywhere 😂

Aaaaaaand I'm going to force Emma to talk about her own amazing upcoming book, YOU, ME, AND THE CONSPIRACY! 🎉

I think the most “adult who was in a gifted and talented program as a kid” thing I could have done to myself was become an author. Just giving myself endless homework and a need for people to be proud of me forever.

rip annie dillard

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Now it's a form with my own graphic! (Times are hard but if you've got $5-10 to throw my way, I'd appreciate it.) secure.actblue.com/donate/emily...

Have to hand it to the writers of America! bringing it back around to a president chopping down a cherry tree in the conclusion. that is Anna Karenina level shit

😭😍 Damn, this story is making me so emotional! Did you SEE all the different categories she won over the years? This woman is an all-around ribbon-earning beast, and fuuuuuuuuck her father!

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Sweden's far-right party is now sponsoring the local hockey club...to which we recently bought season tickets. 😭 It feels super-gross, especially since we live in a city with an enormous immigrant population.

If you are agented by: The Wylie Agency, Malatesta Literary Agency, L. Perkins Agency, Global Lion Intellectual Property (formerly PMA Literary), Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency, Sanford J. Greenburger, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency ...read this and consider hard.

If your agent is doing this, they are not in any way operating with your best interests at heart and you need a different agent.

I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org

My run of good luck continues unabated! Today's amazing email comes from a "VP, Executive Editor" at Hachette, who is *also* a fan of my latest book release. She must be far too busy doing important-editor things to note the extra "h" in her email address: lyssakeuch.hachhettebook@gmail.com! 🎉

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

this item title from a diamond painting company whose motto is--and I quote--"Let the Pleasure Begin"--is truly testing my maturity

I've injured my shoulder the most badass way possible: diamond painting. 😂 (I'd like to tell you that I was DPing [haha] while hanging from a helicopter skid or rollerblading away from determined assassins on a deadly obstacle course, but alas. I was just sitting at my damn dining room table.)

Don’t mind me. Just charging up my glow in the dark book before bedtime. Loving this book, btw. @oliviawrites.bsky.social never disappoints!

The 10th #MinCup is a battle of carbonates with copper-rich #Azurite vs zinc-(and sometimes other stuff)-rich #Smithsonite It’s the first day of #MinCup26! VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

or if you want a signed book (plus some swag) you can preorder from Under the Cover! (the swag is a wine disc and a nsfw vellum)

Also, I have a new diamond painting finish! This is "Fairy Queen Pippa Returns" by the artist Moonbound Studio (www.instagram.com/moonbound.st...), and it was a joy to complete. :-)

Excellent news: My editor loved EAT, FAE, LOVE! Which is awesome, since I love it too! I've done my main edits, and now I need to have Word robotically read the whole story aloud while I cringe, hide my face during the sex scenes, and try to notice missing words and inadvertent repetitions. 😅

You won't believe my luck! #1 NYT bestselling author John Grisham wrote me to praise my recently released book and initiate an author-to-author chat! Oddly, he used the email address "johngrissahamm@gmail.com" to do so, but I'm sure that's just a weird super-famous-writer quirk.

GENTLEMAN is on sale on kindle for $1.99 for those who might want to pick it up, not sure how long the sale lasts, nobody tells me nothing www.amazon.com/Gentlemans-G...

also, yes, that tangerine quartz definitely looks like a penis

As a lifelong nerd and rock collector, of course I had to get this LEGO set, and of course I absolutely loved it! (Also, my husband held up a blanket behind our table so you couldn't see the disastrous mess in the background. Please pretend it's a soothingly normal backdrop, okay? )

🌟 This auction ends TONIGHT! 🌟

This message landed in my inbox overnight. It's a good reminder that romance authors need to stand up for sex workers--not only because sex workers are human beings and citizens with a right to dignity and safety and self-expression, but also because many people consider *us* sex workers too.

Olivia’s new book is so good. The tension between the two characters is excellent. The world building and story is fun. I was giggling and kicking my feet the whole time.