I commissioned an artist to make me an illustrated profile picture for my author Instagram page. I used my fiverr account, which isn't linked to my socials in any way. Tell me why he's trying to be in my dms on Discord

Grab your spooky read 🖤 Five short stories of the eerie, tragic, and macabre ⏳💀 One novelette of dark waves and folkloric vibes 🌊🖤 Five creepy tales from the garden 🤎🪱 Ebook from 99c and available on paperback! Find them here: https://www.karenlykkebo.com/shortstory

NEW BOOK OUT TODAY!!! A wonderful cosy Christmas tale with a gorgeous romance between Krampus and a Christmas Elf. It's absolutely delightful, and the humour is top notch. @meaganspaidauthor.bsky.social has done an amazing job with this book. Add it to your Dec reading immediately! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

✨🖤 Heir to The Sun 🖤✨ Just when you thought your life couldn't get worse, a group of strangers kidnap you and ask you to save the whole damn world... Available wide! -->  https://linktr.ee/klykkebo 📚💙

Decided to make 'DND' style character sheets to make sure I never lose their voices and always have handy reminders as I write. Setting it as a goal to sell copies of them with my book as merch once it's finished

I may not agree with everyone's actions, beliefs, or choices in life, but goddamn I'll still show empathy.

Screw a fae trap, I'm building a trap to catch myself a Krampus! @meaganspaidauthor.bsky.social has delivered the first book in a charming Christmas duology. It has everything you could ask for! Christmas Elf X Krampus romance Hallmark baking Flying reindeer Endearing characters 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

Home renovations. But instead of painting everything millennial grey and removing original wooden flooring and painted tiles, you rip yourself apart at the seams and use your very essence to create a new home for wayward souls. Finally bringing much needed balance to the overworld. #booksky

World building, but make it sacrificial and painful A snippet from chapter 1 of The Curse of a Stolen God by me! Still a wip, no release date yet. #writingcommunity #booksky

This is a really good short story!!!

I always ask a 'question of the day' on my Instagram posts to help with engagement. I asked if people made an effort to read diverse, and someone simply said "no" ?? How can you be a reader and only read from white voices and be fully aware you're choosing not to read from anyone else?! #booksky

✨️ Diversify Your Reading ✨️ Sandeen encompassed so many lessons within their writing. Accepting every part of yourself, loving yourself, the importance of forgiveness, the problem with lying, sticking to your morals, righteousness, just to name a few! Pacing was a little off though 🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

I'm still reading only diverse voices for November. Mandanna was the author who got me back into reading as an adult. Her writing is magically and casts a spell over the reader. I loved this read and will always shout about her from the rooftops! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

✨️ Alpha Book Review ✨️ Stunning writing with well thought out and loved characters. A beautiful dark academia style read with all the paranormal goodness of vampires, witches, and failing blood lines Callahans writing is always sublime, and it was a joy to help her via alpha reading 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

Made the decision to make a second Instagram account for my author content and keep my original as reading & review content only I've either just made the best decision possible, or I'll lose my audience If my wips and vibe seem like your thing, find me on insta under @ authorstasiaroze #booksky

✨️ Diversify Your Reading ✨️ I've just finished this book, I'm struggling to put into words the warm, mind-blowing feeling that it gave me. This book encompassed Korean folklore in a contemporary fantasy with a romantic theme. The character arcs are stunning. I LOVED IT, go read! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 #booksky

I'd love to know what about me it is that absolutely despises piano. I was just listening to a no vocals reading playlist and a song with a lot of piano playing. I started getting really agitated, I just can't cope with it, god knows why 😅😂

It's sad how much joy my calendar is bringing me. I've got ARCs lined up to read all the way through to April 2026, and it makes me sooo happy. I've definitely learnt to slow down with ARCs, one month this year I had 14! I've promised myself to stop being so competitive with my reading #booksky

Trying to divide my time between reading and writing is so difficult

Why is my feed full of AI slop today

Why do people only like my low star reviews on reading apps, man 😭 I put so much thought into my high star reviews, too! #booksky

November is CRPS awareness month. I have it, and now you are aware! It's completely debilitating. The pain is unrelenting. It never ever stops. It's incurable, and most drs don't even know about it, or don't believe it exists. It's the most painful condition a human can have and ANYONE can get it

Stormy Fridays are my favourite, I've got a treatment appointment later, but apart from that, all I'm going to do is read! My current read is: The Demon Inside by Natalie Thorpe What are you reading today? #booksky

I'm part of a street team for an author friend, and they've started using genai in their social media posts. I dont know what to do, because I like them and I don't wanna lose them from my circle, but im also angrily against genai. I know if I bring it up, I'll lose them, help?

I'm doing a reading challenge where you have to read a book you've previously dnf'd. I've picked the best of a bad bunch but my god is it a chore.

"Well of Souls" an ancient katabasis, retold... 🌈 queer MCs & author ⚱️ ancient Greek myth and setting 🎭 love and tragedy 🏳️‍⚧️ trans joy 🧠 anxiety rep 🪶 dactylic hexameter 💪 women being badass 👿 facing your demons (literally) ✨ Hecate as psychopomp 📚 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQWQKPKV 🌈🚀💫🌈💜📚💛⚔️🌈📚💙🧡🦄📚

I love it when the clocks go back and we gain an extra hour of reading 📚

🖤🌊 Drowned Hearts 🌊🖤 - eerie island vibes - creepy ocean creatures - grave digging - a sinister goddess - oh the bad choices... - 30min read Ebook 99c Ko-FI: https://ko-fi.com/k_lykkebo/shop Itch: https://klykkebo.itch.io/  Other: https://books2read.com/karenlykkebo

I am down on my knees, begging this nonsense to stop The error was the comma, I'd listed something before Twilight, took it out, and forgot to remove the Oxford comma. Instead it's changing it to AND AND ?? What other programs are we using for spell checkers these days? #booksky #writingcommunity

Spell check stop trying to change "my" into "me" I know I'm a country bumpkin but 'me throat burned' just doesn't sound right

BTW folks, I created an Instagram account purely to promote indie ARCs for free! Of you have an ARC coming up please DM me either on here or on insta @ arcsaroundtown #booksky #arcsky #writingcommunity

I wish I had the type of brain to write horror, I'm always so impressed by authors that manage to make me, as a reader, scared

📢 Oh we love a giveaway 📢

I'm reading an ARC that's so good it feels like I'm reading spiritual scripture for goths. I've reread chapters and pages as I've been going along #booksky

I keep thinking about releasing poems and short stories on something like patreon, but I am a scaredy cat and don't think people will vibe with that

Saturdays after the flu jab were made for comfy pj's, fluffy blankets and reading 📚💙

I havent been on here to actually post in a while, and I'm too nervous that my first post back will be rubbish, so using this to get over my nerves Hi again bluesky!

Spooky short stories on saaaaaalleee!! You can get 11 little horrors for just $3 ✨ 📚💙

📝 400+ pages 🥀 urban fantasy 🌃 set in washington state 🔥 slow burn 🤍 romance and angst 🗡️ demons and vampires 📕 first in a duology 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and... 📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

If you grew up on Twilight but enjoy well written, non problematic reads - this is for you! Perfect for hoa hoa hoa season ❤️‍🔥 A forbidden romance 🌛 A blood moon ritual 🗡 Murder mystery ✨️ Tension & yearning 🧛🏼‍♀️ Vampires 🐺 Werewolves Extremely well written & out on 1st October ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #booksky

✨️ New INDIE ARC review ✨️ This is Spaids best writing to date. From one of the best series I've ever read. This book, in particular, was sensational. I am in awe of Spaid, the power she holds, and her care for her community. The emotion conveyed is stunning. Out October 10th ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♾️ #booksky

As it's officially midnight in the UK, I can shout at you that it's release day for Red Demon by the wonderfully talented @sillauthor.bsky.social RD is an absolute sensation of a book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Huge congratulations on your release Sill, here's to an amazing launch & all the success! #booksky

'A queer and disabled danmei author in China is facing incarceration for writing queer stories if she doesn't pay the exorbitant fines placed upon her.' No author should be sent to prison for writing about love. If you can, please donate below chuffed.org/project/1422...

A fun high fantasy with talking Dragons and an absolute villain of a Queen. With a fantastic magic system that brings an almost cosy vibe. If you like quests, DnD and adventurous vibes, this is for you! #booksky

I've just seen folks on threads using the genocide in gaza to market their books, and no one has an issue with it? What world are we living in #booksky

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

I loved this read so much! I was left with a book hangover after, I did not want to move on to the next read. I cannot wait to see where this series goes & to follow along with the growth of Rogans writing talent. This is a fantasy for the exhausted women, the down trodden women. #booksky

Thought I could finish a 720-page book in one day. I've read 300 pages so far, and I'm exhausted 😩 I just have this overwhelming drive to achieve 1 day per book reads, anymore than 2 days makes me feel like a failure

Over 1,200 actors & filmmakers have signed a pledge stating that they will refuse to work with Israeli companies that are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against Palestinian people.” Olivia Colman, Aimee Lou Wood, Mark Ruffalo & Ayo Edebiri are among those who pledged.

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