Calen + Rosalind ♥️ #booksky 🪐 📚 💙

It’s here!! Catalyst: Bonded Earth Book Two available at buy.bookfunnel.com/3gik4461cp 🏔️ Alt-Appalachian Fantasy ✨ Original Magical Lore 🌊 Action/Adventure 🌈 Sapphic Subplot (with some additional romance tossed in 🥰) 🔥 Feminine Rage and Justice #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 📚 💫

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Come see me and pick one up at the Cle Indie Author Expo this weekend! #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky ✨ 📚 #writingcommunity

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It’s happening! It’s finally happening! 😍😍 #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙

Join me at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books next Saturday! Guaranteed to be a great time 😁 (not a legally binding guarantee ☝️) #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚 #pittsburgh

As an indie author, I’m so grateful when folks like Haylie and Lauren help elevate my voice and share a love of my stories! Wanna hear what they thought of Vessel: Bonded Earth Book One? 👇👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l... #readersky 📚 💫 #booksky 💙 📚 🪐 #writingcommunity

SO excited for this one! Who’s joining me at the Newark Book Fest next weekend?! #bookshow #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 💙 📚 🪐

Who’s the Comeback Kid in Catalyst: Bonded Earth Book Two? Guess you’ll have to stick around and find out! 😉 📚 💪 🏔️ #readersky 📚 💫 #booksky 💙 📚 🪐

Are you ready? #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #fantasybooks

Picking violets and looking up. #nature #ohio

Breathe in some fresh air, listen to the birds, maybe eat a few worms…really just get out there and commune with nature. 🌏 🌳 🌷 🐦‍⬛ 🌞 🐛 #gardening #earthday

Better think twice before crossing me…I’m ruthless. 🤧 🚫 #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 📚 💙

I thought I got this egg chair so I could sit outside and write. Turns out, it’s yet ANOTHER place for my spoiled cats to lay about doing nothing…what a life! 🐈 #cats #indieauthor

Which would you choose, and why? I love seeing all the answers to these questions. It’s like a sneak peak into your weird, little minds!! #booksky #writingcommunity #readersky

You can totally join me. Where are my other weirdos at?

🏔️ Alt-Appalachian fantasy ✨ Original lore and magic system 🎒 Action and adventure 🔥 Feminine rage and revenge 🌈 Sapphic love 💵 Free Review Copies available 👇🏻 forms.gle/SBxMfZitDoSG... #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚 #writingcommunity

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

Wanna find your next earthy, vibey read? Check out the amazing books I’ve partnered with for the Happy Earth Book Promo! 🌍 📚 books.bookfunnel.com/happy-earth-... #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Great chance to meet local authors, pick up some books, enjoy some food, drinks and music! See you there :) #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Do you want this alt-Appalachian fantasy novel? 🏔️ ✨ 📖 Do you want it for free? 🤔 Yes, yes you do! Free review copies available securely here: forms.gle/tHov2cF5i8Mo... #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Me, the author, knowing the emotional damage I’m about to do with my next book. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😆 Catalyst: Bonded Earth Book Two is coming soon! (you should probably read Vessel: Bonded Earth Book One now, so you’re ready for it 😉) #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Wanna read Vessel: Bonded Earth Book One for freeeeee?? Comment for a free review copy! 🏔️💪🏻🗡️📖 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Indie authors supporting indie authors. Love to see it! #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 📚 💫

Sometimes, it is very hard to be normal. I did my best 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway, it was a good day for a book signing! #booksky 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Did I enter an international sci-fi/fantasy contest with my debut novel? Yes. Am I proud that I put my work out there for the judges to read? Sure. Am I also overly-competitive and IRRATIONALLY upset that I didn’t make the top 12?! …yes. 👉🏻👈🏻 🤷🏻‍♀️ #booksky 📚 💙 #writingcommunity

Me (talking to me): So, I’ve finished editing part two of the book! Me (answering me): Great. Now all you have left to edit is the *deeply traumatizing* last part of the book… Send coffee and tissues. 😭 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Alt-Appalachian fantasy with bold women, beautiful prose, and representation of all kinds! 🌈 ✨ 📚 💪🏻 You know where to find the sneak preview 😏 @lizzi-bizzi artist is on Instagram, check out her stuff! #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚 #writingcommunity

I can’t believe it’s taken so long to introduce you to the one and only Revered Calen of the Third Order! The FMC of my dreams (and books). #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫📚#fantasysky

If anyone needs me, I’ll just be here 👆🏻 for the next 5-7 business days. Also, Catalyst: Bonded Earth Book Two is out June 2025 (if I ever leave this table…) #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚 #writingcommunity #fantasybooks

Just jokes. Just jokes. No arson. #booksky 📚 💙 #writingcommunity

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She lives 😍 #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #writingcommunity

Get your hands on Book One ahead of the release of Catalyst: Bonded Earth Book Two! 😍 📚 ✨🏔️ www.authorsamanthajo.com for multiple retailer links or comment for preview! #readersky 💫 📚 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #fantasybooks #writingcommunity

Anyone else sob like a baby when they kill off a fictional character? This is why you don’t get attached to the imaginary people living in your head. 🤦🏻‍♀️ But also, book two is gonna be lit. (Book one sample on my page, if you wanna check it out!) #writingcommunity #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

Did I set an insane deadline for my wip (book two 📖 in a series)? Sure did. Am I still about to meet that deadline? Sure am! Is it all hot garbage that needs to be thrown out? 🤔 As yet unknown. #writingcommunity #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #readersky 💫 📚

It finally came up on my Libby, I can’t wait to get it started! #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #ReaderSky 💫 📚

To all the women who continue to make the world a better place. 💙📚🌶️ #bookSky #romancebooks #womensday

✨Amazing✨ show today! So busy I barely had a chance to grab any clips. Thanks to everyone who came out to say hi and get some books, I love the reading community!! #booksky 🪐📚💙 #ReaderSky 💫📚 #writingcommunity

If you want a chance to check out my alt-Appalachian fantasy series for free, head on over and you’ll get two chapters a week, straight to your inbox! (And check out the archives for any chapters you might have missed!) #booksky 🪐📚 💙 #ReaderSky 💫📚#writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/authorsa...

Hi. I’m Samantha, and I write fantasy books and such. Lovely to meet you! Are we doing this here? ➡️ #booksky 🪐📚💙

Is it a post-dystopian America in the book? Yes. But at least in this one, we get magic 🤷🏻‍♀️ 🏔️ alt-Appalachian fantasy 🎭 bold women 🤝 forged family ✨ original lore and magic system 🎒 action and adventure 🌈 lgbtq+ 😍 FREE chapter! BookHip.com/NKHPVDP #writingcommunity #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #ReaderSky 💫 📚

“And that, my friends, is called foreshadowing,” I whisper to my computer screen as I write the most obvious hint of all time… #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #ReaderSky 💫 💙 #Catalyst #writingcommunity

Anyone else tired of being catfished by beautiful books?? I can appreciate a lovely cover and maybe some sprayed edges but FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, focus on writing a great story first! 😫 #booksky 🪐 📚 💙 #ReaderSky 💫 📚 #writingcommunity

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