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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! BIG NEWS: Our Alpha of Mortal Flesh edition by Ben Alderson has arrived at our packing center earlier than expected! These will be shipping out around mid November. 🧵

Why do you think I wrote a The Witcher but lesbian book? 😉

My ghost bookmarks (& bonus cards!) from kana.aiysoublood arrived 🥰🥰🥰

Reasons you should fill out my reading challenge interest check: -you love to read books/manga/graphic novels -bingo is fun -cool potential prizes 👀 -seeing the number of responses go up will spark joy for me ☺️

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Gibby @gibbarts.bsky.social who illustrated the dust jacket for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social 🧵

Sun or moon? Which do you choose? Comments have the answer ☀️🌕

My book made it to round 2 of the 2025 IG Writer Awards!! Thank you all so much for your support!! 💜 Voting is now open for round 2, so please consider voting for The Divines in the Best Imagery, Best Debut, and Best Published Book categories!! ⬇️

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the July Hoist the Colors photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 1: Fragments of a Fallen Star by Viano Oniomoh @vianoniomoh.bsky.social 🧵

QotD: You ever been on a boat before? Hola readers! Don't know what to talk about today, so here's a YA Norse Mythology book by Cinda Williams Chima. I haven't read it yet lol 😆

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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the June We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 2: Veil Us In Gold by Shepard DiStasio @shepardnosheep.bsky.social 🧵

Can't be a medieval revival without me & my game, music, & book recs! Here is some great stuff for your weirdieval needs 🐇👑 Song: Melt in the Sun by Small Fools #booksky

Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity: What is something you love about a character of yours, that you would absolutely NOT love if you met them IRL? 😆

I’m floating outside your window at night like a vampire, tapping on the glass, but it’s just so I can ask if you remembered to leave a review for the indie book you just read

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Houda @houdabelgharbi.bsky.social who illustrated the hardcase for Static Crush by Alistair Reeves @kataraqui.bsky.social 🧵

Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity: How motivated is/are your character(s) by love—romantic, familial, social (e.g. fame or approval), or otherwise?

QotD: What's something new to you that you're watching today? Hola readers! Last month was my wedding anniversary and my husband decided to surprise me by taking me to BaN. I. Had. Way too many options to choose from lol, 🧵/1

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Our September Where the Magic Happens photo challenge is officially underway! Entries are open until November 15th! 🧵

If any of you happen to be readers and on Goodreads, one of the books I published, Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove, has been nominated for Best Sci-Fi of the Year and I’d love it if you could give it a little vote. ☺️ www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

Announcement time! I'm hoping to run a reading challenge this winter and would love if people fill out the interest check form! The event is only gonna run if enough people are interested, otherwise I'll put it off until next year. More details below! 1/2 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Kateryna @vitkovskayaart.bsky.social who illustrated the hardcase for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social 🧵

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Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity: Is there a love your character has had that's made them a worse person?

The art vs. the artist's hand 🖐️✨

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for the June We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It photo challenge! Today we’re featuring book 1: It’s a Queer, Queer Summer. This is our second anthology curated by RC Staff and edited by Rachel Skelton! 🧵

QotD: Would you want a talking sword or a hammer that can show your favorite shows/movies? Hola readers! Don't know what to talk about today, so here's a YA Norse Mythology trilogy by Rick Riordan. It's Magnus Chase. It's fine.

New little game - see the comments for the results! 🎉

Last day for this! We’ve raised 71$ which is super cool and awesome, but it’d be even more super cool and awesome if we raised more! 💗 DorkyBoyo gets: grocery money You get: discounted art from me!

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! BIG NEWS: Our November Queer & Quirky books are scheduled to arrive at our packing center this week! We expect these boxes to begin shipping out either late this week or early next week! 🧵

My platform is a lil too small for a successful r*ffle, so I'm instead committing to donate 30% of my royalties to Rogers Park FNB until SNAP benefits resume. Hopefully someday I can make a longer term d*nati*n commitment. I'll also keep the 🔗s for both orgs in my b/*/o for direct d*nations.

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Noah @noahdeaart.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers for Static Crush by Alistair Reeves @kataraqui.bsky.social 🧵

Aw heck 🥹 🫶

A year later, I'm still plugging away on the second pass! I have about 150 pages left (or about 47k words) based on the current total. There's almost no way I'll hit my end-of-year completion goal at this point, but hopefully I can wrap it up within the first couple months of the new year 😤💪

Remember how last week I said there would be some big announcements happening? They got pushed to this week because life happened. Expect announcements (hopefully) today, tomorrow, and Friday 👀

QotD: Would you befriend an all knowing tree or a mouthy squirrel? Hola readers! Obviously I can't go through Norsevember without recommending one of my favorite duologies evah! 🧵/1

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our next artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! Next up is Alistair @kataraqui.bsky.social who illustrated the edges & wrote the book: Static Crush by Alistair Reeves! 🧵

1st page snippet for ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE 👻 #QuestPit #Q #PR Reluctant medium Alice moves to the coast for some peace and quiet. Instead, she accidentally lands a job cleaning houses and exorcising restless spirits. 🏡 cleaning haunted houses 🌊 ghosts by the coast 🔪 serial killer plot

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our first artist reveal for the December Run Away With Me crate! First up is Anta @antaarf.bsky.social who illustrated the endpapers for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social 🧵

Silver, god of greed, rules Aebbenary through his church & ambitious High Priest. Fount Marzanna craves freedom, prioritizes survival when her accidental Miracle kills a cleric & draws his attention. Silver's Hands & Eyes accompany her. But unholy secrets yet remain... #questpit #p #df #rf #a

So excited to share that The Divines was nominated for the 2025 Instagram Writer Awards!! It was nominated for the Best Imagery, Best Debut, and Best Published Book categories. Round 1 of voting is open now until November 13, so please consider voting for my book!! Thank you!! L/*/n/k in b/*/o 💜

1st page snippet from my #wip K!LL ME MAYBE 🔪💕 #QuestPit #W #R #DR 🔪 serial killer club 🌶️ dark rom-com ✌️ dual pov 👀 accidentally falling for the guy who's supposed to k!ll you

Gilded, rancid, decadent, & accursed...that is the Aebbenary Saint Bettina returns to after her lengthy exile. Goddess has called her back at last - & Bettina intends to use Her love to save her grown children, mortal Cristoval & Godling Cosima, from the golden appetite. #questpit #a #df #rf #p

A Ballad for Slayers & Monsters is for the Castlevania fans who think we deserved to see Trevor and Alucard make out

My book is finally on Barnes & Noble, but instead of having my actual cover on the listing, it has the cover for -checks notes- Nova Scotia's Part in the Great War?!?!?! 🤣 but also 😭🫠🙃

QotD: What type of elemental magic would you have? Hola readers! In case you missed it yesterday, book 1 in The Valhalla Chronicles, The Valkyries Fire, IS NOW OUT! After 10+ years, she's finally available to be read, and I'm so happy. 🧵/1

My #AgentsGuide for ✨ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE✨ #QuestPit #Q #PR Reluctant medium Alice accidentally lands a job cleaning haunted houses & exorcising spirits... 🏡 cleaning haunted houses 🌊 ghosts by the coast 🎭 dark humour 🔪 serial killer plot 🧠 autistic herione 🌈 queer & trans rep

I bet you thought I forgot about my newsletter, huh? Well… you’re right. I did. But I’m going to try using it more often from now on ritaarubin.substack.com

SIXTH SENSE x MAID #QuestPit #Q #PR 👻 Alice sees ghosts 🏡 Rani cleans houses Together they start a business cleaning haunted houses & banishing spirits. But spectral scrubbing soon turns into a serial killer investigation, and the ghosts from Alice’s past won’t give her the day off...

A coveted Saint beseeches a Grand Archivist for aid. A huntress with a secret hunger fights inevitable heartbreak. A firstborn daughter, spurned & exiled, deliberates between ambition & freedom. Above them all, Goddess reigns in golden glory while glittering Aebbenary rots. #questpit #p #df #rf