Currently offering my queer magical school fantasy trilogy ebooks for $20! You can also grab the paperbacks in my shop if you prefer hard copy media - all come signed & with stickers, bookmarks, and other goodies I've made over the years. ko-fi.com/astervaughn/... #pridemonth #queerauthor

‘AI is in everything! If you use spellcheck, you can’t be mad about ChatGPT!’ Look, you determinedly obtuse cantaloupe, don’t slander spell check, first created in 1961, made for PCs in 1980. NO ONE THINKS A SPELL CHECKER IS GEN AI. What in the ever-loving straw-man tomfoolery.

It’s Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love 📺

I’ve been posting more on my tiktok lately 📚 besides that, lots of writing/revising/editing/repeat. #authorsky #authors #writing #writers

Ebooks are now available in my shop! My time with the Kindle Select program has ended (and it did not help me at all) Grab both Book 1 & 2 for the price of one paperback :D ko-fi.com/astervaughn/...

Hello👋I'm Aster Vaughn, an autistic, queer, indie published author of the series #BriarthorneUni & a sapphic poetry collection (Finally, She is Home). I've been a book lover and writer for as long as I can remember. Libraries saved my life in a world before the internet. Nice to meet you! #booksky

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

Time to shout out my bookish artists starter pack again! #booksky #booktok #writers #artists #bookishart #coverart #illustration #illustrators

I'm no popular or trending author, but I will always send my books to libraries for free. If there are any libraries interested in carrying a NA modern fantasy magical college series with queer, autistic, and diverse representation, please send me a message! #libraries #booksky #authorsky

Do any other authors write fanfic for fun? It's a nice break from my original work to play around with other people's characters in media I like 💗 #authorsky #booksky

Day 4 of #BriarthorneUni (my book) aesthetics for the main cast! Introducing Francesca (Frankie), a rich-girl-witch from a New Jersey coven. She's at BU to master her craft...and not welcome home until she does. #originalcharacters #characterart #storytelling #fantasynovel #booksky

It's so difficult to remember to post here sometimes. I was off Meta for a week (a boycott that didn't seem very effective) and deleted my presence there for my personal, author, and jewelry business pages (kept my cosplay page, it has the most community engagement & threads) -

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 8 #booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 7 #booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

My mom got a grant for a book vending machine so that students can get free books! She’s been buying books to stock it out of pocket, but she’s also made a wishlist if you’d like to help. She teaches at a Title 1 elementary school, so it would be very appreciated! #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky

That feeling when you're on a forced break to work on other stuff but it's so hard to focus on other stuff when all I want to do is write my book #justauthorthings

Day 3 Aesthetics of my #BriarthorneUni cast! This student is Dura, a half-orc fitness oriented woman dedicated to her path as a healer. She's queer, and on a path of self-discovery in more ways than one during the series. #booksky #originalcharacter #characterart

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 6 #booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

Black indie authors to support! List in comments cos alt text isn’t working for videos. #booksky #blackbooksky

How I arrived on BlueSky

Authors, post something related to your last publication or WIP without context

This seems more important than ever right now. BIPOC authors with great political plots ... For reasons! 🙃 Books are Inherently Political. So here are some that have political plotlines and are also diverse! #booksky #booktok #bookrecs #bipocbookrecs

Day 2 of sharing character aesthetics for my novel series #BriarthorneUni - Introducing Cian, my gruff, grumpy, runaway werewolf man (A main POV in the series). He's on campus against his will, but for his protection. Maybe he'll learn to trust again 🐺 #fantasynovel #booksky #aesthetic #authorsky

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 5 #booksky #booksky💙📚

Day 1 of posting Aesthetics for the cast of my novel #BriarthorneUni: The Living Doll (book one) This is Lavendula, an undead human who has no access to her soul, and therefore, no magic. She's an ace-lesbian solitary artist. This year, she begins to uncover her lost past. #booksky

People on the "dump Amazon" bus related to books. Remember that many writers don't have money to print, market, and get our books in front of Indie bookstores. Bookstores still rely on big publishing to select books to sell. Without Amazon, our books don't exist. #indiebooks #booksky #authors

Genuinely pissed I haven’t been whisked off to a fantasy world yet #booksky 📚

#Booksky important term: -Book Worm: Avid devour of stories, in any way shape or form -Book Dragon: Avid collectors of book, mostly in physical form -Book Wyrm: The dangerous combination of the first two, and I admire them so much

When online community via SM is the only community you have as a result of disability/ chronic illness, it can be devastating when it falls apart. Please make sure to find your disabled and chronically ill friends and peers when changing platforms. #Disability #Comics #bookSky

Read more queer books! 📚🏳️‍🌈 [ #cuteart #artshop #booksky ]

PSA ‼️ A black author writing a contemporary romance with black characters does not make it urban fiction novel. Black Romance is not synonymous with Urban✌🏾 #booktok #blackbooksky #booksky

#sapphicbooks #questioning #readingcommunity #butchfemme

I started my author journey in 2019, and self-published in 2023. Since then, I've found community, but few writer/author friends. 📚 BookTok was hard to break into as an author. BookThreads was better, but not great for positive engagement. So hopefully #booksky is the charm 💗

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 4 #booksky💙📚 #booksky

Queer books about priests, nuns, angels and religion. List in comments! #booksky #queerbooksky

Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!! This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)

I can't wait to write book 6 of #BriarthorneUni. I need a good board wipe to set the stage for new stories

A book fell on my head. I can only blame my shelf. #booksky #books

Queer Your e-Reader is live this Saturday (25th), courtesy of @divinationhollow.bsky.social! Reading queer titles and listening to queer voices has never been more vital - and I'm happy to say that HUMMINGBIRD will be free all weekend, along with many other awesome stories Mark your calendars!

Transgender fantasy book rec of the day A trans girl joins a women-only coven of witches. She learns magic, makes friends and fights against an evil blight, but she worries what would happen if the coven discovers she was born a boy I love this witchy coming of age story! #booksky #queerbooksky 🪐📚

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only. Day 3 #booksky💙📚 #booksky

More books by Trans and Non-Binary authors: - Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi - PET by Akwaeke Emezi - Blood Orange by Yaffa - They Were Here Before Us by Eric LaRocca - The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco - The Deep by Rivers Solomon - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White #BookSky #DiverseBookSky

Nor am I!

Part One done ✔️ 40k words (oops) ✔️ #BriarthorneUni Book Three comes out in May 2025!

When you're halfway through writing book 3 so making the outline of book 4 comes more naturally (plz brain let me work on one project at a time) #justauthorthings

Much love for the whole Cute Mutants series! <3

Share more books with trans MCs by trans authors? Don't mind if I do. If you take the fungal zombie premise of The Last of Us but make the story focused on a group of adults (and a dog) you'd have this book. It's a solid start to the series! #Booksky 📚💙 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚 #SciFi #LGBTQIABooks 🌈📚

my fairytale short story and my magician short story haven’t sold all month but are currently on ✨SAAAALE✨ so mayhaps check them out 🥺👉👈 FINAL ACT: mybook.to/H6oGDdB FINGERTIPS: mybook.to/WDd0F [ 🧡🦄📚 ] [ 🌈📚 ] [ 💙📚 ]