Victoria Sterling | Poor Little Bookish Girl

4/4: My next book is going to be about a #hauntedhouse, with a big focus on the #paranormal investigation aspect. Thanks to @shanemadej.bsky.social and @ryanbergara.bsky.social for indirectly educating me on the ghost-hunting process! #horror #writingcommunity

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3/4: When I was working on my novelette "There's Something Wrong with Mercy," my favorite characters to write were Jim and Cathy Howell. I loved how much I hated them. #horror #writingcommunity

Are Self-Help Books Actually Kinda Cringe? When I first got back into the bookish lifestyle, I did so with self-improvement books. (You can learn more about that in my previous post about why I don’t want to be a capital-R “Read…

2/4: After I wrote my blog post "Are #SelfHelp Books Actually Kinda Cringe?" I got the idea to write a vague, basic life advice book that led to a ritual out of the #Cthulhu mythos, which led to me writing "5 Rules for Life." #horror

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Behind the scenes of my writing: a thread. 💙📚

1/4: I came up with the idea for my #shortstory "The Messengers" because I had a dream about reading a short story. Seriously, I read the words on the page that I ended up writing into the story. #ghoststory #writingcommunity

Trope Talk, part 5: Unreliable Narrator In the last Trope Talk post, I went over one of the common tropes in the horror genre, the final girl. Today, we're going to dive into a trope that spans across multiple genres in different ways: the unreliable narrator. In short, an unreliable narrator is one that can't be trusted--the narrator's account of events is not credible for some reason.

My #TropeTalk series continues with a deep dive into the unreliable narrator...or does it??? (Yes, it does.)

💙📚 #booksky #unreliablenarrator #tropes #readingcommunity

Love going from being sick one week to having my period the next. Fuckin’ mint, I tell ya.

Check out my short #horror book THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH MERCY in both paperback and ebook!

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Bookshelf Bloom: Stories for Women’s History Month A feminist reading list for Women’s History Month featuring transformative books that explore womanhood, power, identity, and liberation.

Bloom your shelf this #WomensHistoryMonth with stories that nourish, steady, and celebrate us. #booksky www.thegirlcave.shop/2026/03/book...

My Writing NEW!!! There’s Something Wrong with Mercy: A Novelette Deb and Michael are devout believers and devoted parents to their adult daughter, Mercy. When Mercy moves back home and begins exhibitin…

I know I'm probably best known for my #bookblog "Poor Little Bookish Girl," but did you know that I'm also an author? I like to write spooky stuff!

Learn more about my writing here: poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/my-writing/

💙📚 #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #aboutme

Boosting fellow book reviewers! 💙📚

To my #booksky peeps who read ARCs, what do you look for in an advance copy?

Author?
Genre?
Plot?
Release date?
General buzz around the book?
Literally judging it by its cover?

I'm just curious as to what makes you want to pursue something.

💙📚 #bookreview #ARC #readingcommunity

Book 7 of 2026: “Don’t Look Back - JJ Burgess, via ARC. Review will be on my website soon! 💙📚⚡️ #booksky #arc #thriller #domesticthriller

Hey, the time change can eat a bag of you-know-whats. I needed that missing hour of sleep, my dudes.

They can take the em dash from my cold, dead hands.

Fleshed out a more detailed outline and started writing bits and pieces…mostly vignettes, not full-on scenes. I’m really hoping this comes together well. 💙📚 #writingcommunity

Books to Pair with Your Beverage of Choice, part 2 A while back, I shared a list of books to pair with your beverage of choice. However, it turns out that there are multiple other beverages out there...did you know that? Like, there's a lot of stuff to drink in the world. If you drink milk... Read Mattimeo by Brian Jacques. A wholesome beverage calls for a wholesome fantasy. The third installment in Brian Jacques' …

Looking for MORE books to pair with your favorite beverage? I made a second post about it!

💙📚 #booksky #bookblog #booklist #readersofbluesky

I doubt that is within my wheelhouse.

Please do. We, as a culture, need that.

“You got beep-beep for me?” I got beep-beep for ya, @shanemadej.bsky.social. (I am so sorry about that parasocial relationship.)

Yes! That and “Bye ghosts, I love you.” My husband should feel threatened by Shane. (Actually, no, he’d fight me for him.)

I constantly say “it’s me, ya boy” despite very much not being a boy.

OMG I love it so much. My favorite genre of YouTube videos is “two guys who are silly gooses.”

You can do it. I believe in you. 💙📚

Cheap book find! 💙📚

I’m trying so hard to follow the rules! 💙📚

Issa good errand. 💙📚

Y’know what’s funny? Watching these YouTube videos from Ghost Files is helping me with my next story. 💙📚🩸 #booksky #horror #ghoststory #indieauthor #writingcommunity @shanemadej.bsky.social @ryanbergara.bsky.social

Just need two more downloads to reach 25…

Will you please give my #horror story a chance?

Find out what’s really wrong with Mercy in this suspenseful book!

Get it here: poorlittlebookishgirl.wordpress.com/my-writing/

💙📚🩸 #booksky #indieauthor #readersofbluesky

I envy you.

How dare they take these from us.