I've been in Minneapolis for almost a year now, and I've been *busy* in that time. Here are some of the projects I've edited this year, all of which feature queer characters.

My book review for Cleric of Aphrodite by @arkhorton.bsky.social 📚💙 Polyamory, gaming, gods, adventure, love! Read it!

New tattoo 🖋️

These look gorgeous!

IT’S TIME! 😍 Friends, I have been sitting on this cover for SO LONG and now I can finally share it with you - AAAAHHHH! Not only that, but the ebook for this Medusa retelling is now available to pre-order! 🤩 🔗 below. IT’S GETTING REAL, PEOPLE Cover by the very talented @faylane.bsky.social 🩷

Look at this gorgeous Cleric of Aphrodite character art @ruesparks.bsky.social did of my MC Lauren. It’s her before AND after she wound up in a video game. I loved the depth of symbolism Rue put into this work. #Booksky #litrpg

I’m shopping around for good resources on the history of illuminated manuscripts and their art. I’d love to find some that folks here personally recommend. Yes, this is for a book. #Booksky #WritingCommunity

I wrote 6k words yesterday and 8k words today, all while riding in the van after leaving Yosemite. Road trips are magic.

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

True story. You can find this line and many other examples of creative swearing in my #LitRPG book with bi and polyam rep called “Cleric of Aphrodite.” mybook.to/CoA-Ark books2read.com/u/mexpeE #Booksky

CLERIC OF APHRODITE — OUT NOW! 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA 👱‍♀️👩‍🦰🧔🏻Polyam 🏛️ Greek Mythology 👾 LitRPG (story that takes place in a game) 🤬 Lots of creative swearing 🤣 Lots of jokes 😢 Sad moments 💋 Romance 🥹 Happy Ending! mybook.to/CoA-Ark books2read.com/u/mexpeE

CLERIC OF APHRODITE (coming 4/14) 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA 👱‍♀️👩‍🦰🧔🏻Polyam 🏛️ Greek Mythology 👾 LitRPG (story that takes place in a game) 🤬 Lots of creative swearing 🤣 Lots of jokes 😢 Sad moments 💋 Romance 🥹 Happy Ending! mybook.to/CoA-Ark books2read.com/u/mexpeE #Booksky

CLERIC OF APHRODITE (coming 4/14) 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQIA 👱‍♀️👩‍🦰🧔🏻Polyam 🏛️ Greek Mythology 👾 LitRPG (story that takes place in a game) 🤬 Lots of creative swearing 🤣 Lots of jokes 😢 Sad moments 💋 Romance 🥹 Happy Ending! mybook.to/CoA-Ark books2read.com/u/mexpeE

My newest blog is up! Complete with a really unflattering freeze frame of a TikTok video I made yesterday. It's got all the details about my upcoming release Cleric of Aphrodite! (Map is of CoA’s fantasy world) ‪https://arkhorton.com/2025/04/02/cleric-of-aphrodite/‬

I was told specifically not to write LitRPG because I’m a woman. I decided to do it anyway. mybook.to/CoA-Ark #Booksky

Use your heart to guide your actions. Use your brain to seek out the truth. Use your hands to vote every time you have the opportunity.

I woke up and saw one of my ARC readers messaged me at 3 AM to tell me she finished the book, loved it, and was crying.

2025 Book 18: Cleric of Aphrodite by @arkhorton.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fugging loved this :) #Booksky

Happy Lupercalia!

In the process of going through notes from my editor and every once in a while I get gems like these. 😂

People complain about January being the longest month of the year, but the longest month is actually February. You know, because of Groundhog’s Day.

If anyone needs help who to follow on here; Q&C Crows, friends, and folks I’ve followed for years 🖤 (if I missed you, I’m sorry, I’m old and tired) go.bsky.app/Cav97JN

2024 60 Books 15 @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social 5 @sarahjmass.bsky.social 5 @arkhorton.bsky.social (plus a short story in Shatterlore) 2 @drjengunter.bsky.social 44 books by women 9 hardcopy / 51 ebooks 27 Library loans via Kobo/Libby 41 Fiction / 19 Non-Fiction 📚 📖 📚 #BookSky

A huge congrats to our authors for their Indie Ink Award nominations! Be sure to show them some love by voting Crow at indiestorygeek.com

Thrilled to reveal the cover for L.V. Russell’s folk horror novel THE BONE DRENCHED WOODS available for pre-order now at TheCrowShoppe.com 💀🍃 Cover by @faylane.bsky.social 🖤

Heroes & Harbingers by @arkhorton.bsky.social 💙📚 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing! The characters, the plot, the worldbuilding, the POVs, and the relationships are all fantastic! The mythologies blend together better than I imagined. This book really inspired how I'll write going forward. Good thing I bought book 2!

#vss365 #delay Delay .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Just a little... Yet not the heart Love doesn't linger Always soon to depart.

She'd been repairing holes in the time-space matrix since she was old enough to stand on her hind legs. Never #complain, no one wants to hear from the time witch, but there comes a point where even magic needlework couldn't fix a fabric that didn't want to be part of the system anymore #vss365

She says she’s “fine” when she doesn’t want to complain, when just the thought of sharing her emotions exhausts her. Does that mean she’s inauthentic or simply guarding her vulnerability. Why should she expose her wounds when she’s anything other than fine? #vss365 - complain

Today’s repeat listen: open.spotify.com/track/38psZM...

I have been there. And trust me, anyone who needs to be convinced that you’re a human being will be unconvinced the moment it fits their narrative.

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

2024 Book 51: Shatterlore ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m a fan of stories like these, riffing off established lore like Greek/Norse gods - this book brings together a fun collection of short stories along those lines Since @arkhorton.bsky.social has a story in here, I’m calling this my book six from them on the year 🙃

medical schools are an echo chamber because they don't teach leeching anymore

He went down on his knees in the rain calling out my name like Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire”. I passionately embraced him as he proclaimed his eternal love. By summer, he’d moved on and so had I. Teenagers are like that. #vss365 - rain

Quill & Crow always knocks their covers out of the park, so I’m looking forward to this one!

I am not going to accept the things I cannot control. I am going to start screaming.

Husband last night: This show is too slow for me. I’m just not into it. Husband today: Wait… Were you going to watch this show without me? I wanted to see what happens next. Me:

my partner and i are co-writing a fantasy series and referencing some history for it, which mainly manifests in him telling me, constantly, “babe they literally don’t have buttons on their clothes for another two hundred years you have to stop writing them unbuttoning their shirts”

It’s amazing to me how many non-writers assume that there’s no research involved in writing fantasy when I spend at least 30% of my blocked off writing time looking up stuff. One time I spent hours learning about fish gill mechanics AND THEN I DIDN’T EVEN KEEP THAT SCENE! #WritingCommunity

SCAM ALERT!!! #WritingCommunity Aaand here they are! I hadn't get one of these since I'm in Bluesky but I guess vultures are everywhere. These kind of accounts disguise like publishers, promoters, reviewers, etc, offering their services in exchange of money. IT'S A SCAM, BLOCK AND REPORT.

Back into edits for Cleric of Aphrodite. Realizing for the first time that no one but me might understand what half the songs on my CoA playlist have to do with the plot. But damn, this is 5 hours and 19 minutes of gold. I listen to it just to listen to it now. open.spotify.com/playlist/37j...

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Black Friday starts now! Head on over to TheCrowShoppe.com and grab books, candles, and more—all 50% off!!

I will forever be impressed with erotica writers because writing sex scenes is so much harder for me to write than any other kind of scene for me. Political intrigue? Easy. Monster battle? I’m ya girl. Banter? I was made for this. Sexy time? This is gonna take me a couple of days to get right.

A flyer found in an abandoned office block many light years away: THE SIGHTSEEING TRIP OF A LIFETIME! BE AMONG THE LAST PEOPLE TO SEE EARTH BEFORE IT'S CONSUMED BY SOL! :( All-inclusive trip for one affordable price. Entertainment for all the family. Kids club and VIP places available. #vss365

What is it about vss that gets me way too honest on social media?