oh to be a crumpled up piece of paper lying there

💖🐤 I’m partnering with this incredible woman-owned indie bookstore on a pre-order campaign for Design and Desire (Book 2)! You get fun pigeon stickers depicting one of my fave sidekicks I’ve written in a variety of themed disguises. What are you waiting for 😅

Do you really wanna know where I was April 29th? 💖😎 Reading Book 1 before Book 2 comes out June 1 [Book 3 Easter Eggs hidden] #indieauthor #midnights #summerromance

As a reminder, I have ARC apps open right now for Book 2, a fake dating summer romance packed with forced proximity, bickering as banter, and a house pigeon. They close May 4th! I’d love to have you on my ARC team. 💖 #ARCreaders #ArcReaderswanted

I honestly don’t know what to say, but as a baby indie author, I don’t have an abundance of people to celebrate this milestone, so I hope you don’t mind! Today, I hit 180,000 page reads in 2.5 months and nearly 275 GR ratings on my debut romance! Grateful doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel 💖😭

If you want to read about a thicc king in fiber arts who will crack you, then cuddle you, save to your TBR or Want-to-Read today to support my indie author delusions 🤪💖😋 📚: Design and Desire by Farrah Colson #plussizemmc #romancebookrec #indieauthor #bookboyfriend

if you wanna read about a tall girl who is one step away from getting bangs at any given point, consider saving my indie book to your TBR 😌💖 live laugh love roasting my own characters, byeee 🫶🏻

Join my lil’ pyramid scheme and read my unhinged summer romance book early, won’t you? 😌 We don’t have skincare, but we do have one sky rat. 🐤 💖ARC READERS WANTED💖 #arcreaders #arcs #summerromance #fakedating #romancearcs

the romantic prose sneaks up on you in this one (among all the bickering and banter), and I’m so obsessed! Save to your TBR today so you don’t miss it, or apply for an ARC! They’re open right now ‼️🫶🏻🥹 Thanks for supporting indie authors 💖 #romancebook #summerromance #indieauthor #fakedating

Trust me when I say you want to read this!

The gift of ARC sign-ups on April Fool’s Day? Come back on Christmas for a prank 😌💖😭 Anyway, if you like plus size MMCs who wear slutty little sewing glasses, stressed girlies who have to fake date their enemy for a week in Italy, or pigeons in general, link in bio to apply! 👀🧵🪡 #arcs #fakedating

COVER REVEAL DAY! A thicc man in fiber arts and a tall girl with abandonment issues find their HEA in Design and Desire, an unhinged summer romance out June 1st! 💝😭💖 Their PINKIES? Her hopeful eyes? If you love hilarious banter and fake dating, save this one to your TBR today! #indieauthor #cover

DESIGN AND DESIRE. An unhinged summer romance coming June 1! Blurb and Trope Reveal below 🧵🪡💝💛 #blurbreveal #announcement #indieauthor #fakedating #romancebook

i miss group therapy

SOBBING 😭 100K in a month. For a debut indie who thought she’d get maybe 5 people to read, I’m in disbelief. And all of you can’t be my sister (right?). I’m incredibly grateful. TYSM for taking a chance on me! 🥹❤️🥲 #indiedebut #indieauthor #romanceauthor #pagereads #friendstolovers #newauthor

In a week where I found out my epub file was being passed around Reddit and uploaded to piracy sites (cried for an entire day), this brightened it a little. I am in shock. Thank you for supporting my book ethically. For SEVEN days of being live, this is beyond my wildest dreams 🥹❤️ #indiedebut

Who’s bringing a book to tomorrow’s festivities? 😅🏈 If you need a good one, my indie debut romance is out now ❤️ #factsandfeelings #biggame #indieauthor #romancebook #booksky

okay which one of you keeps recommending Facts and Feelings to your family and friends 😭 I need to know ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Getting messages from readers across the world that they couldn’t put the book down, it’s their favorite second chance romance, etc. has been incredibly surreal. I never thought this would happen to me (and my little romance that could), and I’m so, so grateful. Thank you for the kind words! 😭🥹❤️

Hey so this is actually unreal to me. Thank you so much for your support of F&F!

RELEASE DAY! I cannot believe Facts and Feelings is out in the world. I’m so grateful for the reception! If you love childhood friends to lovers to strangers stories told on a dual timeline, you might want to check it out ❤️ #indieauthor #romancebook #friendstoloversromance

SEVEN DAYS IN PARADISO: a second-chance fake-dating contemporary romance that sits between THE EX VOWS and THE PARADISE PROBLEM. Because wouldn't you also escape this bitter winter cold by running off to a lush Mexican resort for a week -- even if it includes your ex-fiancé? #QuestPit #Q #R #A

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION x Taylor Swift's "Right Where You Left Me" One Marriage Pact Two Childhood Best Friends Three Years Since They've Seen Each Other One Last Chance to Get It Right #QuestPit #A #R #W

The Whalebone Theatre x In Memoriam. A historical coming of age story inspired by real letters, BOTANY BEACH follows a suffragist and Oxford botanist whose fight for recognition is overtaken by WWI—forcing her to redefine survival, ambition, and legacy. #questpit #Q #Hfic #HF #LF #WF

FLEABAG x ROMANTIC COMEDY Hennie's in freefall when she inherits a London flat from the father she never knew - and gains a downstairs neighbor, Everett, who’s about to be caught in her chaos. Too bad they make questionable choices. Sex tends to complicate things. #Questpit #A #R #Q

Phoenix’s Recent Google Searches: 🔍 statute of limitations on small town gossip (asking for a friend) 🔍 he sighed at me 4 times today meaning 🔍 why do grumpy men look good in flannel 🔍 is bickering over fences considered a date in the south? #questpit #Q #R #A

RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Comic nerds (complimentary) Ex-lovers turned rival comic artists reunite on a cutthroat reality competition. Their on-screen chemistry goes viral, but the manipulated footage threatening to destroy their budding relationship is even more popular. #questpit #a #r #q

RuPaul’s Drag Race x Comic-Con When two rival comic artists with romantic baggage are forced to partner on a reality TV competition, their rekindled chemistry goes viral—but the producers are editing their story into something it's not. #QuestPit #A #R #Q

Okay, which one of you ARC readers is telling your friends about my book, I need names 😭 This is wild, thank you so much to anyone who has pre-ordered and/or added to their TBR! We’re so close to Feb 2, and the response so far is making me so emoooo 🥹🫶🏻❤️ #indiedebut #indieromance

What’s happening in the world(more specifically, the U.S) is pure evil and chaos. I’m not sure I even have the words to describe my rage and disgust. Doing my absolute best to try to find some solace within the things I love and enjoy. Don’t forget to take moments for yourself to decompress.

Completely overwhelmed by the support and DMs across platforms for the Facts and Feelings ARC. I never expected this kind of response and for some to finish the book in just 2 days! 😭 If you are early reading, thank you so much! ❤️ If not, consider saving it to your TBR if you love second chance! 🥹

Also, let me add. If you are ARC’ing my book right now, I want to thank you for briefly leaving the cottage to read my lil’ romance novel. I know how hard it is, and I commend you 🙏 May your algorithm be blessed with the best edits and highlight reels, amen #heatedrivalry

Today, someone told me that early readers were leaving my book reviews on Goodreads. And I know we’re not supposed to check. But as a debut indie with no team, I just wanted to glance this once. Cue the sobbing. I rarely talk about my book on here, but I just wanted to commemorate this for myself. 💙

*cell phone rings at my parent’s house* Mom: “Is that yours or mine?” Me: “My cell phones stopped ringing in 2008.” #vibrateonly #millennial

WOOOOOOOOOO FACTS AND FEELINGS ARC from @authorfarrahcolson.bsky.social just dropped into my email.

🎶 THEY SAY ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL BUT I'M IN A NEW HELL EVERYTIME MY OUTLOOK DINGS WITH MAIL🎶

Obviously, I had to be “historically accurate” to Y2K ✨culture✨when crafting the dual timeline for my second chance contemporary romance. 😅 Which piece of ‘00s lore is your favorite? Namely, who else got unalived from dysentery on the Oregon Trail? #Y2Klore #indieauthor #childhoodfriendstolovers

Writing Community: As an indie author, you have to start a newsletter. Me: sure thing My Author Pals: Farrah, please make your newsletter normal. Me: okay… My Author Pals: No, really. Don’t title it something weird. Me: totally Anyway follow my newsletter please 😏 farrahcolson.substack.com

🥹 tysm

I can’t afford therapy so I commissioned the cutest character art for my upcoming romance novel from indie artist #babydragonart 🥹 #supportindieauthors #supportindieartists

Surprise dropping my debut indie romance novel pre-order like Beyoncé, but with more *italics* 😏FACTS AND FEELINGS, a childhood F2L (to strangers) second chance romance, is coming out 2.2.26! 😭 ARC updates in two weeks! 🔜 #booksky #indieauthor #romancebooks #yearning

Life has been so wild over the past few weeks, but so excited to be back on this corner of the internet 💙 (oh, and I have updates on my debut childhood best friends to lovers second chance contemporary romance novel coming soon 👀) #booksky #romancebooks #indieauthor

This is me 😭

Just got eras tour war flashbacks waiting in line on the site 😩 but secured the tickets! 🧡 #releaseparty #lifeofashowgirl #taylorswift #swiftie

pining men are my favorite, but when she also secretly pines a little it tips my heart right over the edge 😭 if you enjoy men who yearn for well over a decade, and women who never got over them, stay tuned ❤️‍🩹 #mutualyearning #booksnippet

“Why do you write Dual POV?” Because he thinks about her like this ❤️‍🩹🥹 #romancebooks #dualtimeline #menwhoyearn #secondchance

This #LaffyTaffy sent me 😭 IRL, authors need an editor, marketing and advertising, a cover, and about 976 more things 💀 #authorhumor #indieauthor #writerwoes

One time in the early aughts, I (read: my older teen brother on my behalf) responded to a Parade Magazine question “what is your pet peeve” with “the noise people make when they eat a banana” and they published it. Anyway should I list that in my author bio y/n? I got a T-shirt if that helps.

Authors: What is an oddly specific thing about yourself that you wrote into your book? In my #WIP, my female lead’s last straw with her ex was when he let the microwave beep instead of turning it off with three seconds left. 💀 VALID imo, cuz WHO DOES THAT? #authorsky #booksky #writersky #amwriting 😅