HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO MEEEEE!!! My super gay urban fantasy is coming Spring 2027! It has: - Contract Magic - Heists - and a lovable dumbass Come for the Smoky Mountain setting, stay for the M/M/M shenanigans ✨ art by the amazing @mmarsloud.bsky.social

HEY👉 if you're looking for [book covers][book art] I can tell you I have are a very particular set of skills or whatever that guy said. I'm available for #bookcovers and #characterart work! 🎨marslauderbaugh.weebly.com

can vouch for this, they’re pretty great at creating art you will want to stare at forever

HEY👉 if you're looking for [book covers][book art] I can tell you I have are a very particular set of skills or whatever that guy said. I'm available for #bookcovers and #characterart work! 🎨marslauderbaugh.weebly.com

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

my paperback copies of HOLLOW MAGIC came in today!! my baby that I made in 2023 is finally coming out in August❄️🌈🥹 #hollowmagic #graphicnovels #comics

We're celebrating our favorite lost boy on Peter Pan Day! LOST IN THE NEVER WOODS by bestselling author @aidenschmaiden has a brand new cover AND it's coming out in paperback on 9/8! If you haven't read this dark and atmospheric retelling of the classic fantasy, now's a great time! Preorder today!

Hi all! 👋🏽 I'm Aishwarya, a children's book #illustrator & #cartoonist from India. I'm currently open to work on #picturebooks, #chapterbooks, #covers & #comics. I also work as a #flatter & #colorist. 😊 I'm rep'd by @draper-claire.bsky.social. 🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com #PortfolioDay #kidlitart

almost forgot to post here too!! some 2026 trans debut books that I'm excited for 🌟 some of which are out right now and you can feast your brain upon! #debutauthors #booksky #lgbtqia

CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS! Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!

🔔 NEW VIDEO! Today, I'm sharing all my reading stats for 2025 📈📊📚 How many books did I read? Which cover color was the most popular? How many 5-star reads did I have? How much money did I save at the library? Find out all this and more! #BookTube 📷 youtu.be/KQb5HmOnbdw

almost forgot to post here too!! some 2026 trans debut books that I'm excited for 🌟 some of which are out right now and you can feast your brain upon! #debutauthors #booksky #lgbtqia

Hey if you live in the greater Seattle area and you approve of Mayor Wilson's plan to ban ICE from using city property, vote Yes in the Komo poll. It's being flooded by right-wing bots. komonews.com/news/local/s...

🌟 Our Starling Illustrator Pages are now live! 🌟 Visit our website to learn more about the Starling artists and view their incredible work! ✨ #StarlingFirsts #StarlingLit #StarlingArt #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookcoverart

I'd love to build out my list of BIPOC illustrators interested in book covers or page illustrations!! If anyone is interested (or if you want to rec an artist), please introduce yourself, ideally with some art samples and/or portfolio link!✨ *Absolutely no AI allowed, and please tag any NSFW art!

🔔 NEW VIDEO! In 2025, I read 175 books, and 43 of them became new favorites. Today, I'm chatting about all my favorite books of 2025 and what makes them so memorable! 📚❤️ #BookTube 📷 youtu.be/u4qrAy2CWaQ

Black Dingo, my upcoming collection of short stories by @flametree.bsky.social, is sponsored by the @otherwiseaward.org 💞 otherwiseaward.org/otherwise-fe...

❄️COVER REVEAL TIME❄️ I'm teaming up with the incredible @lgbtqreads.bsky.social to bring you the cover of my debut YA graphic novel, HOLLOW MAGIC! This is my first time taking on such a huge project and I'm so excited to share it with the world in August! #coverreveal #graphicnovels #lgbtq

LOOK HOW PRETTY!! 😍💗 Go preorder HOLLOW MAGIC, or else 🔪

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Hollow Magic by Mars Lauderbaugh Today on the site, I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Mars Lauderbaugh's Hollow Magic, a queer YA Fantasy releasing August 11, 2026 from Feiwel & Friends! Here's the story: Seventeen-year-old Rosefinch has been traveling along the…

❄️COVER REVEAL TIME❄️ I'm teaming up with the incredible @lgbtqreads.bsky.social to bring you the cover of my debut YA graphic novel, HOLLOW MAGIC! This is my first time taking on such a huge project and I'm so excited to share it with the world in August! #coverreveal #graphicnovels #lgbtq

For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well: go.bsky.app/8daQmpX

💞 AN ARCANE INHERITANCE IS OUT NOW 💞 This book has been mine for so long. Now it's yours. Thank you to @emilykaitlin.bsky.social and @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social for believing in me and this story. You can find An Arcane Inheritance wherever books are sold. Purchase: linktr.ee/kamilahcole

sometimes you don't realize how dark your palettes are or how much jayvik you draw or how much you really liked one specific head angle until you do your yearly art summary.. 🥴 #2025artsummary

It's almost that time!! HOLLOW MAGIC cover reveal in exactly one month on January 11th 2026 ❄️ you can keep up with HM on goodreads! goodreads.com/book/show/186790171-hollow-magic #coverreveal #booksky

115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.

sometimes you don't realize how dark your palettes are or how much jayvik you draw or how much you really liked one specific head angle until you do your yearly art summary.. 🥴 #2025artsummary

oops it's her again

It’s here!!!!! The cover for BEING ARO is live over on @lgbtqreads.bsky.social! This anthology of all aromantic stories will release May 26th next year! 🏹💚

[ #Arcane Major Arcana series ] 2 Mel, The High Priestess 3 Caitlyn, The Empress

[#Arcane Major Arcana series] 0 Jayce, The Fool 1 Viktor, The Magician

[ #Arcane Major Arcana series] 17 Sky, The Star 18 LeBlanc, The Moon 19 Isha, The Sun

Exactly 9 more months until my #2026debut GN is out in the world! You can add HOLLOW MAGIC on goodreads and pre-order from your local indie bookstore (and keep the receipt for something special 👀) #booksky

We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced... 👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...

Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121

IN 2 WEEKS! come see me at table 41 at GeekGirlCon from November 8-9! I have many wares and a few freebies and I exude a strange off-putting energy 🌟

IN 2 WEEKS! come see me at table 41 at GeekGirlCon from November 8-9! I have many wares and a few freebies and I exude a strange off-putting energy 🌟

✨Happy Asexual & Aromantic Awareness Week!✨ Though “Demisexuality” as a term didn’t exist in 1911, there are a number of scenes scattered throughout WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON that articulate Benny’s experience of being on the gray-asexual spectrum. This one might be my favorite.

🔔 NEW VIDEO! Today, I'm back with my September Wrap-Up 📚 I read 16 books in September — some short, some sapphic, some Latine, and much more! Check out my full review below ⬇️ #BookTube 📷 youtu.be/zIoCQ4A6Kxc

🚨Hollow Magic Street Team is officially open!🚨 Apply here: forms.gle/UNU47yPF7o5s...

I wish everyone participating in Portfolio Day a very get all the money and love and manageable workload

#portfolioday again? no problem 👌 I'm Mars and I'm always available for book covers! Particularly sci-fi, fantasy, or horror 🎨marslauderbaugh.weebly.com

hi #portfolioday 🌸 i'm bex, a UK based illustrator, comic artist and colourist. available work starting mid november and onwards! i would love to do some comic covers :3 🌐 www.lgions.com 📧[email protected]

Hello #PortfolioDay 💗 I'm Libra, a freelance illustrator from Germany! I love working on character art and book covers, especially if they're queer 🌈 📧 [email protected] ✏️ ilibra.carrd.co#portfolio

ITS A BAT DAMN TIME! 🦇⚰️🩸 Dead & Breakfast is out today! Vampires Arthur and Sal just want to live a quiet retirement running a B&B, but when the mayor is found dead in their garden, they must solve the crime to prove their innocence! Get your copy: www.rosieethor.com/dead-and-bre...

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝) For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

🚨Hollow Magic Street Team is officially open!🚨 Apply here: forms.gle/UNU47yPF7o5s...

Welcome to the seaside village of Harp ❄️ When I first got the deal for Hollow Magic in 2023, I blacked out and drew a ton of things that I'd use for promo when I was finished. Now we're 10 months out from publication and I can finally start posting it 🥹 #hollowmagic