WHOO! #FictionFest has been a blast and while I'm looking forward to the rest I'm also sad that it's coming to a close. It's been such a great distraction from social media. If you'd like to close out the festival with us or hear NP and I read from our work, please join us!

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Jude's introduced letting herself into Aubrie's place. Anxious but refusing to show it, she's got blood on her hands and a stolen laptop. Her first words are a casual lie and a request for booze. She's coming off an adrenaline rush and in over her head.

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32 degree midweek Canada Day: a great time to lounge on the back balcony (the shady side, where it feels like 40 instead of 44) with my laptop and catch up on the #fictionfest panels and readings I've missed! 🍁📚

One of my fave formerly-of Austin comedians and one of my fave horror authors crossover. Bluesky is the best. Also yay pickles and fuck the confederate flag.

The linden tree's in bloom and I'm in heaven out here in the perfumed dark.

I could have easily talked to these other fantasy authors for several more hours... 😅 What a great panel!

#latenightwrite Books here stephaniecaye.com/#books Me doing my very first author panel on Monday as part of #fictionfest 🍁📚 here: events.humanitix.com/from-the-urb...

#LateNightWrite Thanks Bird for the chat. Earlier today, I promise I'd give away a signed copy of Kotov Syndrome if Project Tasman's backerkit got 10 new followers this weekend. We're at zero sadly. Perhaps convince a friend or enemy to follow for girls kissing? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

#latenightwrite Jude hates certain ppl intermittently--the Mab, Joshua, the Archduke--based on how manipulative or helpful they're being today. She gets snarky unless there's a reason to punch. Daniel is shockingly bad at hating ppl for somebody who gets kidnapped as often as he does.

Yep, almost all events leading up to and echoing through the GRAVITY'S DAUGHTER books are due to conflict between the Faerie Court and the humans who've organized and self-appointed to combat the supposed Faerie threat, the Consilium. It's a good time, 'til it's not. #latenightwrite

#latenightwrite A few characters are motivated by spite, but not wrathful, more "I'll call you out and enjoy doing it." Except Jude. She's acts in anger to a dangerous degree and has been learning to reign it in. If ever I write my own anger in, it never works and I end up excising it later. 😂

Heyo #latenightwrite, I'm Steph and I write urban fantasy! Currently working on Books 4 and 5 of my GRAVITY'S DAUGHTER series as well as the Prequel Nobody Asked for* (*barely working title).

I'm so excited for and anxious about this, not always in that order! 😂 🍁📚

Best thing as an indie author is having sold enough of a title to necessitate ordering more for my personal stock. Thanks to everyone who has bought A Third Kind of Madness recently! Want your own copy of this Indie Ink Awards finalist? www.christianeknight.com/a-third-kind... #Eleriannan #BookSky

I write fae urban fantasy books. You can buy them. (Or request them from your library!) It'd be cool if you did. Nobody's done either one for a while. You could be a trendsetter! IDK, just saying, it's worth considering. stephaniecaye.com#books

And the reminder we all need: to be kind, motherfuckers.

fuck yeah it is 🥹 still not over this art from THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS by @shaynalambert.bsky.social L: "He should've known then the danger he was in." (end Ch.XVI) R: Ch.XXVI, the second half of the penultimate page

My sapphic Dark Urban Fantasy debut. Cover reveal coming soon… out November through @scyllapublishing.bsky.social - #queerwriters #amediting

Hate it when this happens.

Is today's headache caused by (a) weather (b) stress (c) fatigue (d) dehydration or (e) the aftermath of fighting supernatural beings in a barren hell dimension with no plan, no backup, and no magic reserves It's difficult to say really

in a just world, the internet exists solely for this: enabling scholars to show me very old pretzels

Abe's the voice of reason. I'd call him a minor main character, depending which book of the series it is. He's an empath and older than the others so he's lived through more sh*t. He plays the peacemaker a lot and helps the others--mostly Jude--stop, slow down, and think. #awesomecharacters

Finally picked the scene I'm going to share on Saturday for Canada Fiction Fest! I love reading out loud. This is going to be a blast. Hope you can join - registration is free, and there are lots of other panels and readings from Canadian authors going on right now! #BookSky fictionfest.ca/events/

Dear Friends of #booksky 💙📚, would you do me the big favor of reposting this. I'm trying to reach as many folks as possible to get the word out that my Orphan Island #Horror Trilogy is now done and ready for consumption. I'd love if at least 30 people would repost! 🙏 www.amazon.com/dp/B0H594Z5X...

Instead of launching, Emma’s debut book got buried alive. I can’t imagine how awful that feels. Actually. Strike that. I can because Emma wrote beautifully about how brutal this has been. Let’s unbury it - share the link, buy a copy, send one to a friend? emmaburnett.carrd.co

“I deserve a union”

You don't want a glimpse into the reality where you didn't preorder this book. Hundreds of men die needless deaths!

Yeah.

Sylvie: Sylv SylvieBear The Bear Sylvestra Bear Little Bear Zu Zu-Bear Pazuzu Fen: FenFen Fifi Feeffers Feef FenFen Waffles Miss FenFen

Jude's dad Joshua is one of my fav #awesomecharacters to write. Manipulative, condescending, intermittently villainous, proves Jude comes by her sass honestly. Daniel and Gracie's terrible father is dead but casts a long shadow in the series. The only good dad is Ted, with whom Gracie has Riley.

BRB--draping myself languidly over parapets, balustrades and hedgerows like an Edward Gorey illustration.

ONE. MORE. SLEEP. 🙌😆 #FictionFest officially starts TOMORROW! We have 5 live events scheduled for the first day, featuring romance, mystery, SF, literary fiction, & a panel discussion on "the inspiration behind the book". You can watch them all for FREE via our YouTube channel! FictionFest.ca 💙📚

#latenightwrite find my stuff here stephaniecaye.com/#books and find me doing my very first author panel on Monday, June 29 as part of #fictionfest 🍁📚 events.humanitix.com/from-the-urb...

Ping-ponging back to PrequelNAF for this one, I'm proud of Nasrin for submitting her resignation to the Consilium (which was not in her original arc.) In hindsight, she'd be proud of herself, but in the moment she feels like a failure and a coward. #latenightwrite

#latenightwrite I'm quite proud of the killer cliffhanger I crafted between Books 4 and 5, even though I know every reader will probably hate it because I, too, irrationally hate an excellent cliffhanger when I have to wait impatiently for the next installment.

I am utterly tickled that I can craft snappy, snarky dialog that occasionally makes me (and my most loyal reader, my sister) laugh out loud. Maybe others; they haven't told me. They can feel free to tell me, fyi. I won't get a big(ger) head. #latenightwrite

Late to #latenightwrite bc I was watching "Hokum" with my parents who are leeeeeaving tomorrow and I am trying not to be sad their visit is over but glad it happened or whatever. Hi, I'm Steph, I write urban fantasy and I'm making my emotions everybody's problem, just like my characters do.

one way to make a wish come true is to wish it at 11:11 while eating something. more reliable way is to be extremely rich

What's the best show this year and why is it Widow's Bay?

I finally had a chance to scroll through all the participating books in fictionfest.ca/showcase/ and, uh, my TBR is getting a lot longer. #CanLit #CanCon #ReadCanadian 🍁📚💙

Less than a weeeeek 'til Canadian Fiction Fest starts, y'all! It's like a great big online book fair celebrating #Canadian fiction #books and authors. Check out my books and lots of others and find yourself some new favourite reads! 🍁📚 🌆📚💙📚 #CanLit #CanCon #ReadCanadian

Who’s tasked with telling Trump they’re just saying “boo-urns”

It's not quite humid and heavy enough outside to sit on the balcony and listen to Samia's "Fair Game" on repeat, but it's close.

This is my favourite online writing conference! So relevant and interesting every year! V happy I can donate $ for my ticket this time around, as I've previously attended for free. (Not flush from book sales, LOL/SOB, but we're a two income household again yay)

Ooh this is a fun one! #awesomecharacters Jude will be late and bring beer and a couple bags of chips, whatever she can grab at the dep. Daniel would probably go with a store-bought potato salad because that's classic picnic food. Gracie's ordering pizzas. 1/2

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Debated if I was going to join into this #latenightwrite bc I feel both un- and -qualified, but I recently saw that, without realizing it, I've just written my first ace character in Prequel Nobody Asked For. My first character whose feelings on physical attraction actually mirror mine. Yikes.