Jill Corddry

@jillcorddry

Redhead, chaos magnet, fantasy author. Hounded by Editor Dog. 100% Against generative AI! She/her Almost Like Magic: urban fantasy series (book 3 out now!) Soulless Mates: cozy fantasy short story collection linktr.ee/jillcorddry

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Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 4d

And somehow it's #fridaysmooch time again! Where did the week go??? This week we're LONGING thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social Here's a snippet from Bad Company, when maybe the enemies aren't hating each other so much anymore...

Screen capture of a snippet from my urban fantasy novel Bad Company. It reads:

He stared into me—the way only he had ever been able to do—until whatever battled raged inside came to a sudden peace. Beneath my awkward, provocative position, he relaxed. The lines around his eyes softened, his breathing slowed. A smile formed, one devoid of any cockiness or snark. The one he'd always saved for me.

I returned the smile, knowing it was the one that belonged to him, and him alone. I felt whole for the first time since I was twelve, a puzzle with its long-missing piece finally in place. A teasing whisper reached out to my mind. A LONGING I hadn’t realized existed, now fulfilled

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 11d

Flower tax! (3)

Photo of a gorgeous burgundy iris with a yellow center

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 11d

SOOOO... With all the changes Canva has made over the past year--making it nearly impossible to tell if you're using an AI created image, graphic, element, etc--I opted to use a picture I took at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, BC a few weeks ago instead of guessing. (2) #booksky

Screen shot with text that reads:

“Like they’re really old, right? I was studying the way photos used to be taken, processed, all that. So I found really old film that was mostly still useable, and voila! Unless you thought *I* was really old…”

I shrugged. “No judgement. But I’d absolutely ask about your skin care routine, because wow.”

“I bathe in the blood of virgins every five years. Miraculous stuff.” She flashed a fangy grin.

I snorted. “Okay, maybe a little judgement. But if I decide to embrace my villain era, I’ll know what to do.”

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 18d

#booksky! It's #fridaysmooch time! Thanks as always to the lovely @sadirastone.bsky.social for making us all ✨SPARKLE✨ this week All of the mentions of sparkle in Season of the Witch were waaaaaay to spoilery, so this is from Against the Wind. #fantasybooks #fantasyreaders #urbanfantasy

Image is a book graphic. The background is pale blue with star shaped confetti-glitter scattered across it. The glitter is silver, darker blue, and purple. In a scripty black font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: Winter air chilled my cheeks as soon as I stepped outside, and I zipped my heavy coat all the way to my nose. Thankfully, the winds remained still and sunlight SPARKLEd on the snow, reminding me of the glitter incident involving an imp when I was about eight.

©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic (book 2)

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 20d

👻 Did you love Supernatural? (what's this DID!!?? Still DO!) 💖 Is Dean forever imprinted on your heart? 🪽 Are you secretly 3 confused angels in a trench coat? Have I got an urban fantasy series for you! www.amazon.com/dp/B09K6X2828 #booksky #fantasybooks

Image is a book graphic. The background is a fantasy looking forest (photograph) with purple skies and the silhouettes of evergreen trees. At the very top says: available at Amazon. Across the top third in a white, scripty but easy to read font says Need an escape from the real world? Welcome to Eight-Fold Acres. Along the bottom third are three e-readers with the covers of the Almost Like Magic series, from left to right: Bad Company, Against the Wind, and Wild Spirit. At the very bottom in the same white font reads: Book 4 coming in 2026!

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 21d

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to Ron Walters! I love this book so much!!! Inspired by Ron's love of Firefly, The Expanse, and Guardians of the Galaxy...but for MG readers! If you’re a fan of space hijinks, found family sagas, and lots of explosions, this is the book for you! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBVXDG6R

Cover of Rust Bucket, a middle grade scifi adventure by Ron Walters

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 28d

Abso-fucking-lutely NOT, fortune cookie! My idealism will contain impractical multitudes, thankyouverymuch! #booksky #fortunecookie

Photo of a fortune cookie fortune laying on a table. The fortune reads: Keep your idealism practical.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· 29d

#Booksky Love urban fantasy? I've got a book for all of the seasons (well...three so far! book 4 is out later this year)... Book 1: Embark on the road trip from hell Book 2: Wild magic bites back! Book 3: Some secrets have a life after death... #fantasybooks #fantasyreaders

Image is a book graphic. The background is a gradiated orange that's darker on the outer edges and lightens toward the middle. There's an illustrated spider web in the upper left corner. Centered at the top in a bubbly white font reads: Summer-ween. At the center bottom in the same font reads: When you wish it was autumn all year! In the very center is the cover of Bad Company: Almost Like Magic (book 1) by Jill Corddry. The cover is mostly black with faint silvery spider webs along the left side. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded by a silvery curlicue frame. Inside the frame is the arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman holding a ceremonial dagger, aimed slightly outward. She's wearing a plaid flannel shirt that's rolled up just above her wrist, displaying a band of tattoos around her wrist, and there's also a red, eight-wheeled spoke tattooed on her right index finger. In the background are purple and green mists and the silhouette of a crow in a bare tree. The title—Bad Company—is at the top of the oval in a sort of spikey white font. At the bottom in a more loopy font reads Jill Corddry Almost Like Magic, book 1

Image is a book graphic. The background is a swishy looking emerald green. On the far right is a splash of gold and silver glitter. Centered at the top in a bubbly white font reads: Yule in July. At the bottom in the same font reads: When you long for the holiday season in summer! In the very center is the cover of Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic (book 2) by Jill Corddry. Image is the cover of a book, Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic, book 2, by Jill Corddry (HI! That's me!) The entire background is black with faint snowflakes visible around the large oval in the center of the cover. The oval is outlined with icy silvery pattern that looks kind of like jack frost. In the oval is the right arm and partial torso of a Caucasian woman wearing a green coat. Her hand has a red, eight-wheel spoke tattoo on the index finger and there's a greenish glow around her hand. In the background is a large stone altar of plain gray rock sitting in the snow, and a lightning bolt spiking overhead.

Image is a book graphic. The background is a purple gradient, starting very dark at the top and lightening toward the bottom. Centered at the top in a bubbly white font reads: Mid-winter in July. At the bottom in the same font reads: When spring is just around the corner... In the very center is the cover of Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic (book 3) by Jill Corddry. The cover of Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic, book 3, is mostly black with faint gray leaves. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded with a vine-line decorative frame in dark silvery-gray. The side/back and right arm of an illustrated Caucasian woman is visible on the left side of the oval; she's wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket and has a tattoo of a small eight-spoke red wheel on her index finger. Her arm is thrown up in surprise. The ground is covered with snow and in the background is an old farmhouse. A window in the upper right glows purple and a faint silhouette is visible. In front of the house a sword in embedded in the snow and lightning is striking it. The sky is purple and green, like the aurora borealis. The title of the book—Wild Spirit—is in white font at the top centered over the oval. At the bottom, centered at the base of the oval in white font reads: Jill Corddry / Almost Like Magic, Book 3.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jul 17

I was off for a few weeks on vacation and though the UK and Scotland are lovely it's good to be home! Here's this week's #fridaysmooch from @sadirastone.bsky.social Keeping it to book 1 this week because I'm jet lagged and my brain is mush...

Image is a book snippet. The background is a muted photo of ocean waves as if you were looking down on them from above. At the top in a black font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: Another “lucky” roll of the red die and Cole pulled up to a motel on the outskirts of Detroit. He turned around and stared angrily at me for a good ten seconds, and I knew better than to argue about sharing a room, no matter that I'd saved him from being smote by a god. I sighed and gathered my bag, shuffling along behind Mikey into my Hell for the night: a harmless OCEAN themed room, complete with nets and plastic fish on the walls. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic (book 1)

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 26

Thank you to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this week's RELEASE for #FridaySmooch! (and you should definitely read her swoony, spicy books!) #booksnippet #urbanfantasy #booksky

Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a soft teal with orb-like circles in blues and pinks (kind of looks like effervescent bubbles). At the top in a marker-like font in black says #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: The bright orb pulsed, faster and faster, flooding my prison with the brightness of a thousand colliding stars. Instead of love, instead of safety and comfort, sharp pain shot through my heart, pulling at every nerve ending until I begged for RELEASE from this nightmare. ©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 22

Found the summer sun in my yard ☀️ #summersolstice

Photo looking down on a rose bush in full bloom. The flowers are glowing red, pinks, oranges, and yellows. The yard below it is full of clover and part of a front porch is just visible along the bottom edge.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 21

#Booksky Thanks to all you amazing readers who stopped by the @indiebookdirectory.bsky.social's Indie Stuffed event yesterday! There's still time today to find your next favorite book and author! (1/2) www.indiebookdirectory.com/indie-stuffed

Image is a book graphic. The background is hot pink with a white-ish pink circle roughly in the center. At the top in black font reads: My book is in Indie Stuffed (by the Indie Book Directory) In smaller black font on the center left reads: Come check out my book for free June 10th and 21st, and there are three illustrated arrows pointing to the cover of my book, Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1, by Jill Corddry. At the very bottom reads: A stuff your e-reader event you will not want to miss! Be sure to mark your calendars. https://www.indiebookdirectory.com/indie-stuffed

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 19

you just type in your name and it give you this but for your name

screen grab from the in the weights website

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 19

It's #fridaysmooch time! @sadirastone.bsky.social has provided us with POWER this week!!! Here's another lil sneak peek from Season of the Witch, book 4 (coming out later this year!!) (1/2) AND... (see reply)

Image is a book snippet. The background is black with a red lightning bolt shooting from upper right to lower left. At the top in white font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads: I squinted but couldn’t see anything except darkness. Abnormal darkness. The lights lining the edge of the park didn’t pool on the ground like they should, instead ending abruptly, with harsh lines in one spot. I reached out with my mind, but sensed only the low thrum of gentle, natural power, nothing wild like the ley lines that threaded under Eight-Fold Acres. The POWER shivered at my inquisitive poke, but didn’t react. Still, there was a blank space in the middle of the darkness.

Something, or someone, was there. Hiding.

©2026 Season of the Witch: Almost Like Magic, book 4

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 17

#booksky HAPPY 1st birthday to Wild Spirit! I can't believe it's been a whole year. (thread follows if you want the tale of how it came to be!)

Image is a book birthday graphic. The background is light blue with brightly colored confetti and streamers. A blue frosted cupcake with blue paper, sprinkles, and an unlit candle is in the lower right. Taking up most of the right side of the graphic is the paperback of Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic (book 3) by Jill Corddry. The cover of Wild Spirit: Almost Like Magic, book 3, is mostly black with faint gray leaves. In the center of the cover is an oval surrounded with a vine-line decorative frame in dark silvery-gray. The side/back and right arm of an illustrated Caucasian woman is visible on the left side of the oval; she's wearing a red-and-black plaid jacket and has a tattoo of a small eight-spoke red wheel on her index finger. Her arm is thrown up in surprise. The ground is covered with snow and in the background is an old farmhouse. A window in the upper right glows purple and a faint silhouette is visible. In front of the house a sword in embedded in the snow and lightning is striking it. The sky is purple and green, like the aurora borealis. The title of the book—Wild Spirit—is in white font at the top centered over the oval. At the bottom, centered at the base of the oval in white font reads: Jill Corddry / Almost Like Magic, Book 3.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 14

WHEW! My feet are tired & my voice is all-but gone, but this year's Emerald City Romance Readers event was amazing! I love meeting all you readers and talking about books! If you're in the Seattle area and missed out this year, be sure to add ECRR to your watch list for 2027 📚🩷

Photo of a book-reader event. Close up of my table (Jill Corddry). The table has a black cloth with silver spider webs on it, and books from my Almost Like Magic series are stacked on a black shelf. In the background is a stand up banner with my name on it.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· Jun 12

#booksky! It's #fridaysmooch time and this week @sadirastone.bsky.social wants us to REALIZE something in our books! So here's a lil snippet from book 4 of my UF series... (Hey, it's my title reveal here too! Season of the Witch, ALM 4 will be out later this year)

Image is a book snippet. The background is a pale pink fabric that's very stylishly wrinkled. At the top in a scripty black font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold black serif font and reads: I hadn’t REALIZED how much I needed the reassurance of his touch. His hand rested on my back, melting the already flimsy compartments I’d tossed my fears into. Exhausted tears leaked—trickling at first, then pouring—down my cheeks until his t-shirt was soaked through. “Oh, hey, shhh, it’s okay. It’s okay. Gonna get us all through this.” Cole pulled me tighter. ©2026 Season of the Witch: Almost Like Magic, book 4

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 30

Hi #Booksky! It's time for #FridaySmooch, and @sadirastone.bsky.social picked 'ABANDON' this week...and I decided to celebrate finishing my first draft with a sneak peek of what's to come in book 4...

Image is a book snippet graphic. The background is a slightly muted cobblestone sidewalk. At the top in bold white kind of old english looking font says #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and says: The sidewalks were busy, most people walking heads down toward bus stops and parking lots. Not that I minded the crowds; it was easier to be ignored. But it was a surprise. Loud bells rang out, signalling the time. Already six. Right…traditional work hours were ending. My own schedule at the family clinic seemed eons ago, and I felt a pang of guilt for just leaving, for ABANDONing my duties there. ©2026 Almost Like Magic, book 4

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 29

hugs! here's a cheery bumble in a poppy... I'd miss you

Photo of a bright orange California poppy with a very busy bumblebee at the center

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 27

I like to take pictures of the #flowers in my neighborhood (these are from last week before norovirus took out the entire family), and tend to find a theme for my collections... So here are some tiny flowers to brighten your feed (I have no idea what most of them are but they were all so adorable!)

Image is a grid of nine photos of tiny flowers. I do not know the names of most of these! The upper row of three are greenish-yellow euphoria | lilac | tiny little five petal white flower. The middle row of three are magenta four petal flower | pink daisy (the kind that's a 'weed') | a cluster of yellowy, very small almost star-shaped flowers with red-pink stems. The bottom row of three are a five petal white flower peeking out from a rockery | soft blue five petal flowers | lil baby hens and chicks on a rockery

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 19

#booksky #authors Sharing with those who get it! (and NO A I used in any part of the 115,994 word first draft!)

Screen capture from a google doc of the words 'The end'

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 15

Hey #booksky it's time for #fridaysmooch! Thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social for giving us a chance to talk about our REGRETs 🙂 This snippet is from Against the Wind (book 2) and offers a bit of levity before the storm...

Image is a book snippet. The background is faded red and white stripes at a diagonal. At the top in black bubbly font reads: #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in bold black serif font and reads: During my trek home, I un-hexed three teenagers who’d given themselves candy cane stripes on their entire bodies and come to REGRET it. Or so they said. I suspected they were covering for the real hexer, and I was curious who the talented person might be. ©2023 Against the Wind: Almost Like Magic, book 2

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 12

AHHHH! ECRR book event is pretty much only a month away!! Come see me and a lot of other amazing romance and romance-adjacent authors, plus awesome vendors!!! I'll have of all three of my urban fantasy books available + the adorable pocket-sized Soulless Mates!!! Hope to see you there PNW #booksky

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 8

This #fridaysmooch is a little longer than usual, but I wanted to include that extra paragraph leading into this week's word: REMEMBER. As always, thanks to @sadirastone.bsky.social for this fun weekly game! If you love spicy modern romance, you should 100% check out her books! #booksky

Image is a book snippet. The background is dark blue storm clouds. At the top in a white slightly loopy font reads #FridaySmooch. The snippet is in a bold white serif font and reads:

Cole shook his head in frustration and faced me. “You've put a serious kink in our lives, you know that, princess? Can't leave you in here because I don't trust you not to steal my truck—and yes, I know you know how to hotwire it because Bobs taught both of us—and I shouldn't take you into a potentially dangerous situation since we're supposed to be protecting you. So thank you, rock and hard place.”

“Bite me, jackass. Besides, you seem to forget it’s not your job to protect me. We’re all in danger. REMEMBER? Or have you been hit on the head too many times?”

©2021 Bad Company: Almost Like Magic, book 1

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 7

My last flower pictures were popular, so I thought I'd share a few more. Today's theme was dual-color flowers... Stella, the main character of my fantasy series, is a doctor and healer who uses flowers and herbs to heal people. Perhaps that's why I love this time of year! #booksky #flowers

Image is a grid of nine flowers on a pale gray background. (I don't know the names of most of these--sorry!)

In the upper row are a pale and dark purple iris, a deep pink and pale pink rhododendron, and a white daisy-like flower with a dark purple center. In the center row is a red and orange tulip, a pine like bush-tree with deep green needles ending in pale new-green growth, and a deep red and orange pansy. In the bottom row are a glowing red and orange flower, purple and white columbine, and red and white bleeding hearts

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 7

I hope you get lots of rest and healing this week

Close up photo of pink and white flowers that might be snapdragons or similar.

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 5

#booksky let's wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of my favorite people on this planet! @jdcadmon.bsky.social I hope you have a fabulous birthday and get alllll the story ideas you can handle this year. I'll be there to enable all of them :)

Image is a birthday graphic. The background is a teal wall and a teal surface covered with multi colored confetti. In the center is a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting and multi colored sprinkles. There's a classic red and white spiraled candle that's lit, and the cupcake is in a multi colored polka dot paper holder

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 4

Found the rainbow on my walk this morning! (plus bonus white and pink) #springflowers #flowers #rainbowofflowers #booksky

Image is a grid of nine separate photos of flowers taken by Jill Corddry (hi! that's me!) The grid is 3x3. Starting at the top, left to right are a red flower of unknown name, an orange California poppy, a yellow dandelion | middle row, left to right: green euphorbia, small blue flowers, deep indigo flowers | bottom, left to right: purple iris bud, white tulips, hot pink clematis

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 2

Okay #booksky! Who on here lives near Knoxville and wants to go say HI to my amazing friend and critique partner @evagibsonbooks.bsky.social (Eva V Gibson)??? She can show you the sticker I sent her... www.knoxvillebookfestival.com

Image is a digital poster for the Knoxville Book Festival, May 2-3, 2026 at the Knoxville Convention Center

Jill Corddry@jillcorddry· May 2

Hey #booksky, here's a timeline cleanse! please admire all the #springflowers from my walk this morning. the air is so fragrant right now! (2/2)