@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social
She/her. CDN author - Horror and dark spec-fic. RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS coming out Oct 20, 2026! Rep: @beckylejeune.bsky.social
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialDay 11: Horror where the scary stuff is the backdrop for incredible character work. (Sometimes unexpectedly incredible character work...looking at you, Zombieland!)
@badhandbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialYou can do a lot with a bad hand.
@badhandbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialRepresentation matters. Diversity is strength.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialDay 10: Caves and caving in real life!
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialSame, and it makes me so very happy.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialSo nice when you can work with artists who you love!
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialAdded another 500 or so words to the WIP, did some research, updated character list and lexicon. I'll take it.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialWoot! Congratulations. The cover is gorgeous!
@premeemohamed.comReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialAs discussed, here is the full list of individuals whose literary feedback I accept: 1. My agent, who gets a 15% commission for placing my work 2. Editors who are paying me money for it 3. The resurrected corpse of William Shakespeare
@tomsbrown.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialAaaand here is the cover of our next wee book with the colour and the text.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialDay 9: Caves in fiction and media! Note: It came out after RISE was written so wasn't an inspiration, but my all time favourite cave-horror is The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social🥰 I'm excited for you to read it! (And I hope you like it!)
The illustrations are INCREDIBLE. @tomsbrown.bsky.social sent me the originals, and I'm planning on framing a few to put up in my writing nook.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialI love writing a character I know well. I've spent so much time in her head/voice it flows subconsciously now. I just wrote a scene in which she reacted emotionally in a way I hadn't included in my (granted, very rough) notes, but it made perfect sense in light of her past. Love this woman!
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialNever have I been more happy to be a bit of a shut-in.
@alchemicalrat.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialOttawa possible measles exposures at multiple businesses in Hawthorne Meadows / Elmvale Acres and at one restaurant in the Market.
@alexharvv.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialOh this can just fuck off
An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus.
Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialI usually read the book before I watch the movie, but we were living in Japan at the time, so our access to English books was limited. The movie-rental place had a wide selection of English movies with Japanese subtitles, so we gave it a try and cried all evening.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialAHHH! So pretty! Seeing this for the first time as a real, book-shaped thing, and I'm in love
@badhandbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social"Reading Of Saints and Shadows again after so long, I was amazed to realize how many elements now familiar in the vampire and thriller genres appeared in Saints first." - Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series Pre-order OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS today.
@mmdaviesostrom.bsky.socialI have NEVER ugly cried so hard as I did in that movie, and that was before I was a mom. Not sure I could watch it again now, but it was definitely a formative emotional experience.
