I make things. Then I fix them. Then I fix what I fixed. It’s a system. Published in Maudlin House https://maudlinhouse.net/world-domination-pending-waiting-for-the-wi-fi-to-connect/ Debut novel loading… at its own pace...https://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mlyar3uejt2m1997: Did we make it yet??? 2026: YES We made it to the front fucking door. 29 years in the making. Sleepless nights Blood, sweat and tears poured into page after page of prose nobody bothers to look at, and finally the tiniest crack opens up It's not much YET but it's a start #Booksky #booktok16 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyar3uejt2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mlya6f6zet2mFor YEARS my author photos were basically just digitally constructed evidence that I probably existed somewhere behind a laptop. Because professional author photos? Stupidly expensive. And starving author me said absolutely not when Photoshop, Canva and Youtube tutorials are all free. #booktok16 May 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlya6f6zet2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mly7jnhmak2mThe third rewrite broke me a little, honestly. I got stuck in this loop of: how do I write a novel like this without sanding down my own voice and make it still work? And does MY VOICE even work here?? “World Domination Pending: Waiting for the Wi-Fi to Connect” https://maudlinhouse.net/world-domination-pending-waiting-for-the-wi-fi-to-connect/16 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly7jnhmak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3milxxfilfc2rMama needs a night off! And after this week, I do. I’m done for the week so happy Easter everyone! #booksky #timelapseart #behindthescenes #dcc #princessdonut03 Apr 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3milxxfilfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mikjbqweuk2uI’m almost ashamed to admit I spent HOURS adding shadows and sparkles to a foot today. 😂 How did you spend your day… while I am 💀(iykyk) If you would have told me last year, I’d be making ✨👣… yeah. I wouldn’t have believed you. 😂 For those who know. It’s time to pay the daddy tax. #booksky03 Apr 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikjbqweuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mii3tzezj22o#booksky Who hurt us like this?02 Apr 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mii3tzezj22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mihzh46znk2oNovel is on rewrite #3: I’m calling this one me vs. my past self (I’m losing). In between I up my art instead… 3 new #DungeonCrawlerCarl graphics finished! Samantha’s next, and I made a timelapse of her creation so you can watch the chaos in fast-forward. Baby steps #booksky #booktok02 Apr 2026 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihzh46znk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mg2ahy43pk2a😂 At Home Depot for the 2nd time this weekend. Me and the cashier giggling about how I’m about to kill half these plants bc I have zero clue how to adult. Me: Lordy, I used to be getting ready for hot girl summer round this time … and now I got a buggy full of 🪴 I gotta figure out how not to 💀.02 Mar 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2ahy43pk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3mfps7gygy22hRediscovering my old Instagram account after years was a powerful trip down memory lane, and stumbling upon decades-old micro poems was the icing on the cake. The spark is reigniting ❤️. #Booksky #Booktok #amwriting #micropoetry25 Feb 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfps7gygy22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m64buwvzxs2a#booksky I just had to grab some memory foam house slippers so my back will stop hurting after cleaning and doing yardwork all day. It's the end of the road for me guys. 🤣 I've reached the "oh my back" age. #myneckmyback #takemyadviljustlikethat21 Nov 2025 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64buwvzxs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m5yioz4oys2g#booksky Not me sitting here like, “I WILL NOT cry over a hat.” Book: lol sure you won’t. And now I’m on my couch clutching my chest like a Victorian widow. 🎩😭 #doughnutholes #princessdoughnut #DCC19 Nov 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yioz4oys2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m4qllet4gc2cA few days late to #booksky but Happy Halloween! Spam me with your halloween pics! #drow #dnd #bookworms03 Nov 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qllet4gc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m4atouhyqk2a#booksky #dogmom #rainbowbridge Yesterday was a sad day.... so show me your rainbow bridge babies. Sunday night Barkley started showing signs that it was close to time, so today Adam rushed home from work to give the little man the best day ever and help him over the rainbow bridge.28 Oct 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4atouhyqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m3ugsgpanc23I KNOW WE'RE NOT.... 🤣 Dear younger folks, If yall pull these straight from my freshman year of HS, I WILL NOT hide a single 🤣 when you’re sliding all over the place and you keep losing a shoe like some cutwater Cinderella. Js....let this one die. Trust me, here. #bookishauntie wouldnt lie. 🤣23 Oct 2025 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ugsgpanc23https://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m3nx46g2f22nme, blissfully writing for hours: wow, such focus, much productivity. the internet: flatlines me: oh....well, maybe that explains it. 🤣 #booksky I knew it was #toogoodtobetrue #amwriting #aurhorlife20 Oct 2025 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nx46g2f22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2wvrw4rps2uI woke up and decided to try something new with my hair, which was my first mistake. My hair does not...hair. So, now, I've been ROASTED by my niece. I'm 💀. Absolutely cooked. But I laughed at her response for a solid ten minutes. I'm both proud and terrified of her 🤣 A flippin 🪳 #booksky11 Oct 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wvrw4rps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2wurvz7c22uCooper is a nonverbal autistic boy who has always seen the world differently. When a beam of living light opens a doorway, he discovers a place that finally speaks to him, but there's also something in the dark calling out to him.11 Oct 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2wurvz7c22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2r7zgyfak2nOne page down......four hundred something to go. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2r7zgyfak2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2r7vhtfac2nTried using new analytics software to find trending #Booksky hashtags. Learned absolutely nothing… except that winter sausage season is apparently thriving. Fully support #MenReading and #Jocktober, but I was emotionally unprepared for that portion of bsky. 🤣 #Istillclickedittho09 Oct 2025 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2r7vhtfac2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2q3xkp4lk2lme: ctrl+f “she let out a breath she didn’t realize she was holding” 👀: 37 results me: lets out a scream I didn’t realize I was holding and opens The Emotion Thesaurus No characters were harmed in the making of this meltdown... for now. #booksky09 Oct 2025 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2q3xkp4lk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2atjqp3d22hHonestly, same. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2025 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2atjqp3d22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m2atdos7ns2hLet me go ahead and get a list of who is and who isn't canceled started, because it seems like not even authors are decent anymore. #booksky [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2025 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2atdos7ns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m25wmc6ras2aCOVER REVEAL TIME ✨ Should this be the final cover art? You decide. 👑 Light bends. Shadows breathe. And in the space between, a boy discovers who he was meant to be. #BookTok #YAFantasy #FantasyBooks #Bookish #IndieAuthor #CoverReveal #BookGlowUp #BookAesthetic #FantasyTok #AuthorTok01 Oct 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25wmc6ras2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3m25rmytwh22sI don’t usually talk about my heritage. Growing up in MS in the 90s, I knew maybe 3 Hispanics total, and not one Cuban I wasn’t related to. I've always been an outsider to my own roots & that doesn’t have to be my 📖. If I’ve got to make my own way, might as well take a path that brings me home.01 Oct 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25rmytwh22shttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3lzwc7f4kv22g#booksky Nap time isnt complete without my best boy. Show me your furry book and nap buddies in the comments!28 Sep 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzwc7f4kv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3lzvvm5y7ec2g#booksky Believe in yourself with reckless abandon because sometimes the only person in your corner is you.28 Sep 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzvvm5y7ec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3lzr7dcluh22d Cooper pressed his hands over his ears, but the world still got in. The hum of the lights buzzed behind his eyes, too sharp, too close, like bees trapped beneath his skin. Someone’s voice, loud and laughing, hit him sideways, and the air turned heavy. #openingline #teaser #booksky26 Sep 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzr7dcluh22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/authornicolecalvo.bsky.social/post/3lzom2dr7zs2s#booksky Creating a world where everything responds to emotion felt brilliant.... That is... until I realized one big burrito could trigger a magical chain reaction that could destroy a large continent. Edits are underway. Please remain calm. With great power... comes....?? Wait...nevermind...25 Sep 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:rxmqwgkxo7nubc44r6rad2bh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzom2dr7zs2s