Hima dreams of making a living selling her magical healing makeup. While working as a shopkeeper, she mourns the loss of her mother’s healing power. She blames the nobility who failed to defend her town against the monsters who stole her mother’s connection to their magic. #DVpit #YA #F #POC #WOC #⚔️

When a common girl who crafts magical healing makeup is accidentally bonded to a dangerous nobleman to protect their homeland from vicious monsters, she’ll have to battle her feelings or take up the mantle of warrior if she wishes to save herself or her kingdom.   #DVpit #YA #F #Asian #POC #WOC

Margaret Rogerson X Studio Ghibli Set in a world plagued by monsters, an ambitious makeup artist with an axe to grind unwittingly bonds with a dangerous noble, leaving her fate and the fate of their kingdom depending on their fragile and contentious partnership. #DVpit #YA #F #R #Asian #POC #WOC

P. 11: A sneak peek! When a common girl who crafts magical healing makeup is accidentally bonded to a dangerous nobleman to protect their homeland from monsters, she’ll have to battle her feelings or take up the mantle of warrior if she wishes to save herself or her kingdom. #DVparty #YA #F #POC #⚔️

#DVparty 🎶 for my project! “Suraj Hua Maddham” from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Classic Hindi movie songs often inspire my writing. Here, the intensity of the couple’s desire is revealed subtly but vividly through moonlight so bright, it burns. And a sky that melts around them. #YA #F #POC

When a common girl who crafts magical healing makeup is accidentally bonded to a dangerous nobleman to protect their homeland from vicious monsters, she’ll have to battle her feelings or take up the mantle of warrior if she wishes to save herself or her kingdom. ⚔️ First Lines! #DVparty #YA #F #POC

MC: Hima dreams of making a living selling her magical subtly healing makeup. While working as a shopkeeper, she mourns the loss of her mother’s healing power. She blames the nobility who failed to defend her town against the monsters who stole her mother’s connection to their magic. #F #YA #DVparty

Hi all! Here is my mood board for #DVparty! THE STRANDS OF OUR MAGIC * sparkling ballrooms and nightmarish beasts * powerful plants and magical swords * dollops of humor and bursts of raw emotion * romantic abandon hemmed in by agonizing restraint Image credits in alt-text #Asian #POC #YA #F #R

Publishing gave me ANOTHER good news this week?? Wow. I need to go lie down. But first, check out that banner CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is sporting! She's an Amazon Editor's Choice/best book for ages 9-12! Probably because of the cat.

With #DVpit only a week away, we ask anyone planning to participate to thoroughly review the rules & guidelines first: dvpit.carrd.co - This is a pitch event for unagented MARGINALIZED WRITERS & ARTISTS seeking rep - Must have a completed manuscript or portfolio to pitch - Pitch only once/hour

I am obsessed 😍 with hearing about people's ✍️ schedules. If you are a writer, let's chat! * How do you schedule your writing sessions? (time based/ word count based/ it depends) * When do you write vs. read? * What do you read and how? (🎧/📚) #amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading #writingschedule

My soft sci-fi novella, THE LEGEND LIMINAL, is out today from @starsandsabers.bsky.social! 💫 Climb into the camper van for a surreal roadtrip that slides out of time & reality. TLL is a story about grief, hope, and the shining lifeline of human connection. 🔗: www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-le...

Wow! Never thought I'd see WICKED FOX in the New York Times more than 6 years after it came out! Thanks for the shout-out @smartbitches.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b... #booksky #twilight

Okay, funny bookstore category

✨ BLURB REVEAL ✨ My love for @chelsabdullah.bsky.social is well-documented, but I can't tell you how flattered I was that she loved my Adult debut. An Arcane Inheritance is out on December 30, 2025. The Stardust Thief and The Ashfire King are out as well. Buy them! bookshop.org/p/books/an-a...

“I like to think of ‘Make Me a Monster’ as a continuation of ‘Frankenstein’ ”: Kalynn Bayron on how her new YA novel ‘Make Me a Monster’ puts a modern spin on Mary Shelley’s classic buff.ly/XaELiJ5

How soothing it is, seeing my cats resting beside me when I am drafting plot progressions for my next WIP! Of course, when they are trying to gnaw on the corner of my laptop it is not so soothing.😂 #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingwithcats #cats #catsandbooks