Sofie Tholin

me | my books back row: military SF/horror front row: tales of pirate valkyries, a Martian cold case detective, and space submariners links to books and blurbs: satholin.com/books

A cat in a Kallax

I'm trying to not let the fact that I'll be recording an audiobook version affect my WIP word choices... ...but I sure am going to have an interesting time pronouncing things like 'Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea'!

Went to the woods in search of an old castle ruin (did not find it), but saw some Bronze Age petroglyphs instead!

🏺 Quote with your yellow art! 🏺 From that time I drew The Mountain for A Song of Ice and Fire: Tactics.

Today is publication day for Untwined, my third novel, second and final in the Imbued dark fantasy duology! 💙📚 There isn't much I can say that I haven't said a million times before. I'm incredibly proud of this book, and it means the world to me. Writing it was a terrifying, rewarding, beautiful,

moon #photography

A Murderer on the Moon is out today! On claustrophobic Phobos, Detective Grace Telluride has to tangle with a dead body in a refugee camp, warfare in chemical swamps, dangerous gravity hijinks, and much, much more! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBKHQYQM mybook.to/amotm

A Murderer on the Moon is out on August 11th! Preorders are live now: mybook.to/amotm AMotM is set during Lonely Castles, so my recommended reading order is: Iron Truth -> Lonely Castles -> A Killer in Kirkclair -> A Murderer on the Moon... ...or bravely jump right into this new Primaterre Tale!

Writer's block.

Want a **sneak peek** into Memories of Fire? I'll be sharing the Prologue and first chapter TOMORROW on Patreon! Whether you're a paid Tea Dragon or a Free Dragon, you'll get a preview of my upcoming epic fantasy quartet! www.patreon.com/llmacrae

Okay, okay, even I’m surprised that there’s more zombie shows for me to watch. Watch them I will. Another update, and this time it’s off a rec from @sofietholin.bsky.social #zombies

A Murderer on the Moon, the second Detective Grace Telluride mystery and the fourth Primaterre Tale, is now available for preorder on Amazon! Read all about it on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/tholin/posts... Or check out the preorder here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBKHQYQM

It's Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week! #SPAAW And I'm here to appreciate. #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek 💙📚 This will be a thread of cool authors and cool books!

Hello #PortfolioDay Here a selection of my works (red/orange), thanks for looking at them.

Today is the cover reveal of Untwined, the second book in my dark fantasy duology! 💙📚 The fight for freedom, revenge, and agency that started in Imbued reaches conclusion in this final installment. As near effortlessly as Imbued flowed out of me, writing Untwined turned out to be...so difficult. 🧵

Thank you @helynalc.bsky.social for making my day!

Hi everyone! It's been too long since I updated some of my lists of favourites, so today I'm revisiting my top five favourite science fiction books. Check it out here: youtu.be/m0V1zvPWcFg What are your favourites?

About fifty percent through my final read-through of AMotM and taking a break to see what it looks like on my Primaterre shelf. Yes, it's another big one!

A window into the process

Hi Hello Have you Heard? 👀 Untwined, my new book, sequel to Imbued & finale of the duology, is coming out in September 2026! Put it on your TBR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Request an eARC: forms.gle/nGYWNuSrDvENeJTh9 Help with the cover reveal in July! (comment here!~) 💙📚💙🪐 #BookSky #books

The final read-through begins. A Murderer on the Moon will be ready for publication soon, and I am super excited! I really love this book (I hope you will, too! :)

A shorter version of this interview is now available at spotlightindie.co.uk/2026/05/04/a...! With thanks to @spotlightindie.bsky.social, it was a really fun interview with some great questions!

I was lucky enough to have Wise Counsel, one of my short stories, included in @spotlightindie.bsky.social’s new library! Taken from the collection, A Roll of the Dice, this is the audiobook version, narrated by @rjbayley.bsky.social, introducing Etta's character for the first time. Link below 👇

Happy birthday, Joy Somerset! More on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/tholin

Went to see some dinosaurs, then came home to find my proof copy of A Murderer on the Moon in the mailbox. Very happy to get to work on the final edits (it's actually so much fun)!

A sneak peek at the back cover and blurb for A Murderer on the Moon! Detective Grace Telluride returns to solve a murder on Phobos. For the full cover reveal, check out my Patreon: www.patreon.com/tholin

Exciting things are happening!

I was honoured to be asked to help with the cover reveal for the upcoming indie anthology, Together Is a Distant Star! It features a lot of amazing stories and the work of good friends. beforewegoblog.com/cover-reveal... (with absolutely gorgeous art by @cblansdell.bsky.social !) #booksky

Who has books in the Narratess Indie Sale? If that's you, share your social media-sized "about my book" below! There are some incredible books included, readers! I'm going to spoil myself! #booksky #NarratessIndieSale #indiebooks #indieauthors

Lonely Castles is 0.99 in the amazing Narratess sale! On Amazon UK/US, you can also pick up Iron Truth for 0.99 this weekend. If you like SFF with intense action, love and loyalty above all, and defiance against overwhelming odds... it's a good weekend to start the Primaterre series! :)

Journey to former conversion camp Echo Island with cryptid-hunting YouTuber Tyler, as he follows a video of his presumed-dead mom, flees the co-host he drunkenly made out with, & falls in lots of ponds. #booksky #writesky #horrorsky books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil...

Have you heard about my 1st book?👀 🚀🤖 A hopeful, swashbuckling space opera with the honest, colorful camp of Star Wars & the drama and found family of Firefly and Wayfarers. #BookSky 1. loner smuggler captain rescues grieving queen 2. alien apocalypse tech breaks containment 3. ✨shenanigans✨ ensue

I've been hearing from people who were in my cozy sale that they feel like it was a success, in terms of sales and fresh attention. If you want to be in future sales, they're all linked here: sheilajenne.com/2026/02/11/i... Next month is April Aliens—really, any and all non-human characters!

I have a lot of original art available from my old comics, too many pages to list at the shops in an efficient way. If you are into this sort of thing contact me and I'll show you what I have. If original art isn't within your budget, starting next month I'm going to give you a chance to win some.

From Queen of the Corpsepickers - the first page, in fact! #WIPSnips

I'm sure there's an official post coming soon, but I couldn't wait. My new short story, Well Tester, is up on Diabolical Plots! Sara's the only person on the planet (except for Lucifer - yes, that one). She wishes he'd stop bugging her, she's got a lot to do. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Just hit 35K words on my Joy & Grace short story, which means it's inching into short novel territory... oh well!

My illustrated covers for the Illumicrate exclusive anniversary editions of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

In this interview I talk about snake charmers, the number 1 mistake you can make as a writer (you can find it in this very sentence, haha), the inimitable work of @stevewestenra.bsky.social, and my own upcoming SF detective novel!

Thrilled to see a Chaos Terrain mention! It's really special to me (okay, all my books are, haha), so big thanks to @dominishbooks.bsky.social for shining a light on it! Only Summer Empress to go... I hope you enjoy the grand finale! :)

By the way! Imbued is FREE on Smashwords for the Read An Ebook Week right now! ✨ Grab it grab it grab it! Also, read it. Deal? Sequel is in the oven! #BookSky #Smashwords #Fantasy #ReadAnEbookWeek #DarkFantasy #Books #IndieBooks www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

Here's a closer look at the creation of " The Electric Tower".

Bookmail! I haven't treated myself to any new books for a little while, so in honour of finishing the series next month, I thought I'd finish up my physical collection of The Primaterre, too!

We may be doing an online event this weekend, but in May we're doing it live and in person! Spotlight Indie Live is FREE TO ATTEND. Please support us by spreading the word, coming along or joining our Patreon. Help us spread the love! #authorevents #writingcommunity #bookchat #writerevents

HELP US SPREAD THE LOVE! In our latest blog post, Holly explains why we've launched a Patreon, what the future holds for Spotlight Indie and why all you need is love (da-da-da-da) #indieauthors #writingcommunity #authorevents #indiebooks #writerlife spotlightindie.co.uk/2026/02/18/a...

New 4 color riso print! Get one here: zeburnay.bigcartel.com/product/gosh...

Can I finish 12 SFF series in 2026? I set myself this challenge, but I may have bitten off more than I can chew. Let's see if I can plot a pathway to ace it though: youtu.be/PydD4GN9k5k