She knew the way all the women in the kitchens whispered about her, the way they eyed her, as though they were any less familiar with the concept of earning one's daily, albeit stale, bread. It was no different than anyone else anywhere else she went. - my WIP, When Morning Comes #WIPSnips

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My favorite one to answer this for is probably Henry in Be. Everyone thinks he's impulsive & doesn't think anything through, but the truth is he often does think things through. He just sees things differently & values certain things more than his own physical safety.

Robyn from A Dance of Bow & Blade can be incredibly patient when it comes to certain people & certain situations. She can be known to weigh her options carefully, but her friends wish personal safety weighed a bit more for her. When her temper flares, though, she can be known to jump into things.

Be: www.amazon.com/Be-Ellie-Lie... Oath Keeper: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVZRL68W/ A Dance of Bow & Blade: currently with beta readers

Oh, and then there's this gem from my Seven Years Love WIP: The character who will die if she touches the ocean almost launches herself over the side of the ship to save a stowaway she's not too happy having on board to begin with from potentially drowning.

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2/2- Day or night, they have the ability to vanish & reappear anywhere on the ship they want. They can interact with people & inanimate objects if they wish, but not vice versa. I'm still working on the details, but that's pretty much what I have so far.

1/2- Seven Years Love WIP: The souls of pirates who died at sea who are bound to a set of skeleton keys to work the pirate-witch's ship. Their appearance reflects the state of their bodies at the bottom of the ocean. They have the ability to be invisible during the day if they want.

Be: "Anyone ever tell you blue is your color?" An Impossible Dream: A general wretchedness permeated the air. Where the Heart Is: According to Clary’s mother, time was the most precious gift of all. www.amazon.com/dp/B0987YP9J... #WritingLifeMonthly

Oath Keeper: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVZRL68W/ Water's Edge: books2read.com/u/4D791A The Memory Tree: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08D... A Dragon's Treasure: www.amazon.com/Dragons-Trea...

Oath Keeper: Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! Water's Edge: The crackling of the call wakes me from my half-asleep state. The Memory Tree: It was said the crooked shack grew with the trees of the woods that surrounded it. A Dragon's Treasure: It started with an egg.

Robyn in A Dance of Bow & Blade is not normally one to take orders. As leader of the outlaws, she gives orders to her friends, which they don't always follow, except when it really counts. Art, on the other hand, is queen, but often feels like she's playing dress up, even when she does it well.

Words and how we use them have a special sort of magic to them and the more we know, the more magical we become, too! www.amazon.com/dp/B09H7L6GYZ 🦋 origin of "butterfly" 🌼 origin of "dandelion" 🍪 Idiom: the way the cookie crumbles ☔ Origins of "disaster" #booksky #kidslit 📚💙

"It takes a lot of fortitude to set aside one's pride for the needs of their people. That, at the very least, deserves our respect. We have the means to help and extending an open hand might get us further than a closed fist." - A Dance of Bow & Blade

Always! While A Dance of Bow & Blade is with beta readers, I'm working on When Morning Comes (book 4 of the Be Series), as well as Seven Years Love (pirate witch story), & dabbling with 200 Years (book 2 in Uncanny Encounters Series)!

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I wander the halls looking for doorways that might lead me to my ghosts. I press my ear to the closed wood like a seashell whispering "home." I open it only to find that all consuming darkness. - Where the Heart Is #vssdaily Paperback, ebook, KU: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJWSGDTL/

For the first time since she could remember, she could feel the start of a seam, mending the tears in her. She let Elsbie be her needle and thread. She let her take care of her. - my WIP, When Morning Comes #WIPSnips

In one particular scene of A Dance of Bow & Blade, Robyn mocks knights by peppering Art with an inordinate amount of progressively ridiculous questions with scarcely a breath anyone else can get in edge wise. #AwesomeCharacters

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Here’s my review of SFINCS3 round 1 contestant Water’s Edge by Ellie Lieberman pagechewing.com/sfincs3-roun... @thesfincs.bsky.social #novella #horror

Paperback, ebook, & KU! Dystopian sundae with zombie sprinkles... www.amazon.com/Solving-X-El...

Paperback, ebook, KU! "Some promises don't require magic. The most important ones never do." After stealing a dragon egg, an Oath Keeper is caught between a few contradicting, binding oaths. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVZRL68W/

Water's Edge: books2read.com/u/4D791A Itch- ellielieberman.itch.io/waters-edge Kofi- ko-fi.com/s/19a0c20d1a A Dragon's Treasure: www.amazon.com/Dragons-Trea... An Impossible Dream: www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7GN6QWD/ A Dance of Bow & Blade (coming soon!)

Some of the covers for my books! The first three are photos I took! And the fourth is my digital artwork!

She wondered before what the King's ultimate goal was. Now, it came crashing over her. This wasn't the 1st time survival & safety became twisted by the King. Nothing was black & white when he was around & somehow he even made love a tainted thing. #WIPSnips www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJWSGDTL/

Paperback, ebook, KU! www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7GN6QWD/ #booksky 📚💙

Non spooky picture book for the season... Paperback, ebook, KU! www.amazon.com/Peggys-Littl... #kidslit #noai #booksky 📚💙

Why some dreams take longer than a lifetime.

Each knot and tie represented a person. Someone in a moment of shedding all bulwarks and pretenses. Someone vulnerable. And even when all other life faded, when the land itself laid fallow, but a memory itself, what endured most were people's hopes. - A Dance of Bow & Blade #WIPSnips

“Curiosity, as you’re well aware of, is not a very welcomed nor admired trait in the world I grew up in. You learn quickly not to ask questions.” Again, there was that same weight to Art’s words. “But curiosity does not always simply leave." - A Dance of Bow & Blade #WIPSnips

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“The title & arrow are yours.” “I'll take the title.” Robyn leaned up on her toes, mischief dancing in her eyes, all the more for the enamored sparkle she swore she found hidden in the queen's ever-so stoic ones. “But I want something far more precious.” - A Dance of Bow & Blade #WIPSnips

Orpheus by Sara Bareilles always reminds me of Clary in Where the Heart Is: 🎶 If the bottom drops out I hope my love was someone else's solid ground 🎶 Song: youtu.be/weOOrdN3sDY?... Book: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJWSGDTL/ #WritingLifeMonthly #booksky

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Outsourced this to my 😇 Saint-of-an-Editor 😇 She says... Sare: so incredibly loyal but doesn't see the loyalty she inspires in others Gracelynn: who she is in spite of her mother Fra: that he courts Sare with sewing pins because that's all he has Henry: pure cinnamon roll #AwesomeCharacters

The consequences of freedom, the sacrifices for what is loved, and the battle for the future... All in the shadow of a castle that looms large over all who preside within the kingdom. www.amazon.com/Be-Ellie-Lie... #booksky 💙📚

"Alas, we'll both have to settle for your terms previously discussed, unless you'd prefer to move this back into my dungeon." "Oh, don't threaten me with a good time." Robyn downed her glass and gestured for more. - A Dance of Bow & Blade #WIPSnips

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2156 more words thanks to the most recent writing sprint! "Even when she was turning sixteen, picking blueberries from her celebratory muffin, and trying to help her friends understand that an enduring wish and hope cared little for the alteration of a ticking clock." - my WIP, When Morning Comes

Midnight on Halloween, supernatural investigative reporter, Gretchen Mallory Belle receives a phone call that sends her chasing the urban legend of her hometown. Paperback (Amazon)/ ebook (Wide): books2read.com/u/4D791A Itch: ellielieberman.itch.io/waters-edge Kofi: ko-fi.com/s/19a0c20d1a 📚💙

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Laughter firework-ed from her grin-graced lips as she skipped off the last of the castle's stone steps, spread her arms wide to embrace the blessed outside she so sorely missed, & spun in dizzying circles. - When Morning Comes #WIPSnips

Me, coming back from a writing sprint: So, Finnley might totally kill Ansel. 😇 Saint-of-an-Editor 😇: wHaT!?! Me: Not actually kill, kill. Like just upset at him & telling him off kill. 😇 Saint-of-an-Editor 😇: Lead with that!

Just her, the still angry waves, and the expanse of gray sky above. Even Morfran couldn't stand to be in her presence. - my WIP, Seven Years Love

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Paperback, ebook, KU! "Some promises don't require magic. The most important ones never do." After stealing a dragon egg, an Oath Keeper is caught between a few contradicting, binding oaths. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVZRL68W/ #booksky 📚💙

Paperback, ebook, KU! During a dark, rainy night, everything seems to be going wrong. Can Brigid and her basset, Basil, find some light in the dark? www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXDF61QM #booksky 📚💙