We have spiffed up the BackerKit store for the Rook and Rose pattern deck with new images of the actual products (as opposed to the Kickstarter mockups), and also SIGNED BOOKS! Check it out: pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Rook and Rose pattern deck and guidebook with dark green drawstring bag. Kickstarter rewards from @macarrick.bsky.social!

LAST CALL for copies of @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social's special edition of the Rook and Rose trilogy! Once these gorgeous volumes are gone, that's it, there's no more! Signed and numbered: thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/roo... Unsigned: thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/roo...

We'll be closing our BackerKit store to pre-orders on JULY 22ND, and while we may have a setup for selling the remaining decks afterward, that won't be available for a while. So if you want a Rook & Rose pattern deck by M.A. Carrick, get it while you can! pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

The sale will take place on Thursday 3rd July in the Dragon’s Hoard. Tier 1 sets will go on sale at 7pm BST and cost £120 + shipping. Tier 2 sets will go on sale at 7.15pm BST and will cost £100 + shipping.

We are holding a sale for leftover sets of The Rook and Rose trilogy by M.A. Carrick! 😍

haha, that one is very lovable! i'm so glad Marie asked to keep the face the same as in the thumbnail sketch.

The pattern deck is HERE, y'all, and it is every bit as gorgeous as we hoped!!! HUGE thanks to @emiko-ogasawara.bsky.social , @aliellkok.bsky.social , and @blueludebar.com for their gorgeous, gorgeous work in bringing this dream to life. pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

We are just TWO WEEKS out from @baycon.org (which is also Westercon this year), where @alychelms.bsky.social and I, as @macarrick.bsky.social, are among the Guests of Honor! We'll have sample pattern decks to show off and so much more -- hope to see you there!

Damn! I was so sure! Thanks for answering though! I finished the last book a few days ago, and I was LOCKED IN the whole time! So many twists and turns! I am normally really good at guessing upcoming story beats, but this series constantly surprised me. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm hyping it up to everyone I know. 😆

Our next BayCon 2025 Guests of Honor to join our amazing lineup are @swantower.bsky.social and @alychelms.bsky.social , AKA, @macarrick.bsky.social !! ✍️📚 We’re excited to have them join us for this years BayCon!

Final hours! (And we are at a Norman Conquest of backers: 1066 at time of posting!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...

BIG NEWS: the Rook and Rose pattern deck is about to go into production! We have not yet locked our BackerKit orders, so there is still time to get your own beautifully illustrated deck of cards: pattern-deck.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

At last, I've finished this series and can start sharing them. For @macarrick.bsky.social Rook and Rose pattern deck (shoutout to @alychelms.bsky.social and @swantower.bsky.social, the dynamic duo themselves). Each Face/Mask are the twin visages of the Vraszenian gods. First up: Mask of Mirrors!

Final winner in the three-way tie for “Satisfying Series Send-Off” is LABYRINTH OF HEARTS by @macarrick.bsky.social. I haven’t written my review yet because I finished it yesterday. 😂 I cried a lot, happy tears and sad. Here’s my review of the first novel: kara.reviews/the-mask-of-...

No idea if this will reach the intended recipient, but to the person with the initials LM who just emailed M.A. Carrick about bookplates: your email address appears to be incorrect, and so my reply to you is bouncing! Try again?

We ride again! Our next collaboration is a historical fantasy: THE SEA BEYOND, set in Golden Age Spain, where the map becomes the territory and cosmographers are the architects of reality, conquering the mystical islands of the Otherworld. Hard at work on the first book, expected out in 2026!

We ride again! Our next collaboration is a historical fantasy: THE SEA BEYOND, set in Golden Age Spain, where the map becomes the territory and cosmographers are the architects of reality, conquering the mystical islands of the Otherworld. Hard at work on the first book, expected out in 2026!

IT LIVES! We created the #RookAndRose wiki privately for ourselves, to track worldbuilding and such, but it's now publicly available for viewing and fan editing. Spread the word! rookandrose.wiki.gg/wiki/Rook_%2...

IT LIVES! We created the #RookAndRose wiki privately for ourselves, to track worldbuilding and such, but it's now publicly available for viewing and fan editing. Spread the word! rookandrose.wiki.gg/wiki/Rook_%2...

Coming soon . . .

THE MASK OF MIRRORS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! A whole brick of a(n ebook) for only $3! @alychelms.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Mask-Mirrors...

Hugo award nominations are open! The Rook & Rose trilogy is eligible for Best Series, and we are genuinely SO PROUD of what we did with this one: the worldbuilding, the intricate plotting, the characters, all of it. If you liked our bricks, consider nominating them!

Hugo award nominations are open! The Rook & Rose trilogy is eligible for Best Series, and we are genuinely SO PROUD of what we did with this one: the worldbuilding, the intricate plotting, the characters, all of it. If you liked our bricks, consider nominating them!

NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about LABYRINTH’S HEART by @macarrick.bsky.social. The final volume in the Rook & Rose Trilogy brings the duels, magic, masks, & mystery to a grand conclusion. Our drink, the Trials of the Volti, is a bittersweet summer highball. LINK BELOW!

Only $2500 to go for the Rook and Rose Pattern Deck Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

Cards for divination and games, based on the #RookAndRose series! With other rewards ranging from signed books and tea samples to frock coats and an RPG session for you and your friends -- many available separate from the deck!! #Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...