Look at this art! Go back this Kickstarter so we can get it in full colour!!!

Cover reveal!! This cover is so gorgeous and I just know the book will be fantastic as well 😍

Have you started my space fantasy series yet? It's perfect for fans of Treasure Planet and readers who love found family, mental health rep, queer-normative worlds as well as character driven plots. And it's available on KU! KU: books2read.com/u/4D2rlP Direct paperbacks: nataliekelda.co.uk/shop

Guess what, friends & enemies, we'rrrrrrrrre baaaaaaaaaaaack! Join @quillbeard.bsky.social & myself as we reacquaint ourselves with ourselves and talk about my Kickstarter for Death Show Colossus! Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30pm CST #booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXLm...

All That Is In The Earth, by @aknighton.bsky.social (pub @lunapress.bsky.social) is a well-executed and thought-provoking sci-fi novella, an examination of purpose and motivation in a lost situation. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/all-... 💙📚

📢COVER REVEAL📢 I have the privilege of helping with the reveal for @zbsteele.bsky.social's upcoming sequel: Rising Gale "The noose beckons. My days dwindle. And still, my story is unfinished." I've heard a rumour you can sign up for beta/ARCs already so check the next skeet too👀

Special edition time! Don't miss out on this!

Surprise!!!!!! Party of Two is OUT NOW in paperback and ebook! www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Lapland's evening sky looking like the trans flag made me happy 🏳️‍⚧️

#TBRuary Keeping it to real countries so I don't default to fantasy every time, lol Book: Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @nataliekelda.bsky.social (Edwardian England) Manga: Otoyomegatari (19th century Central Asian steppes) Game: Saiyuki: Journey West (7th century China to India)

Way of the Walker, by @salgo.bsky.social (pub by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social) is a great sophomore novel, a return to Suroyam in a tale of feminine rage, colonialism and carving your own path. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/way-... 💙📚

I had a great time chatting with Ryan about writing English when it's not your first language. I hope our conversation might inspire some fellow ESL/EAL writers!

It looks like Lilje Damselfly's time in SPFBO has come to a very quick end but I'm actually very proud of the lyrical prose of that book. If you like lyrical prose, cosy vibes, a sapphic romance and most importantly, a chronically ill MC you should give Reflections of Lilje Damselfly a read 🪷

It's a new month and I need to post about my books more bc sales have died but let's wait until tomorrow 😅 For today: Barry understands the assignment of "how to have a good Sunday"

And the hardcover proof has arrived and looks good! Hardcover of SMOKE AND STEEL now available everywhere but for peeps in the US, I've set up a link on Ingram Spark that let's you get it basically at-cost for $15.99 shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?kbMV3I...

Is my Itchio profile visible? Someone messaged me to tell me they tried to visit it, but couldn't! steve-westenra.itch.io (if someone who's not following me could check, that'd be especially helpful, haha. Absolutely no pressure to follow--I just want to know if it's working)

Update that I think it was because on the metadata page, "this content is not suitable for minors or the workplace" was checked. I genuinely don't think I would have checked a box with that wording, so I wonder if the language was changed. If you're an author on Itch definitely check yours!

To celebrate leaving Kindle Unlimited (and also my birthday!), all of my Cruel Gods books are now on Itch.io, and for this weekend only, they're part of an Itch bundle! Get all four books with a 35% discount! If you hate buying books on Amazon, this is for you: itch.io/s/179524/the...

Cover reveal! And I hear the book is just as fantastic as the cover!!

Today, we have the 2nd installment in Willow Wraith Press' new blog series about indie/self-publishing. We're discussing some of the pros and cons involved. (This isn't an all-inclusive list, but I think we hit most of the big topics.) You can read it here: willowwraithpress.com/2026/01/29/p...

Because of struggling with fatigue I've not been very creative lately(aside from writing/editing) To kickstart myself, I bought a cyanotype starter kit. We finally had sun today - first time in WEEKS - so I did a test print on some torn paper I had kept. Even in the British winter sun it worked!

Spotify continually putting AI slop music on my recommends feed despite me immediately clocking it and blocking the artist will be my villain origin story.

I'm going to cocoon myself in fictional places for the foreseeable future. I have a cosy book that might temporarily lift your spirits if you also need to escape. Here's a big stretch Barry for your timeline cleanse 💜

It has come to my attention it has been far too long since the last installment of "Which Barry are you today?" Crisis edition. Are you hiding away? Trying to dissociate? Screaming and fighting? Have you *seen things*?

Look at this cool cover!

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is a FINALIST in the Indie Ink Awards! So grateful to everyone who voted! If you'd like to read along w/the judges you can find it: books2read.com/u/boB9YL &: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... + in paperback! #indiehorror #queerhorror #canlit #books #indieinkawards

Lilje Damselfly is an Indie Ink Awards Finalist! Ironically, my health is pretty shot atm so just making this graph has been a *lot* but I want to say huge thank you to everyone who voted for my book 💙

Hey, so I have really cool space fantasy books for all of you who loved Treasure Planet but thought it needed more space crocodiles and cannibals. Available in KU! Download them today 👇 River in the Galaxy(book 1): books2read.com/u/4D2rlP

Monday = Indie book recs in mini vid form! #booksky Today I'm sharing all the 🌶️🌶️🌶️, with Wings So Soft by @danifinnwrites.bsky.social - Smut ✔️ - Owl companions ✔️ - InstaLove during wartime ✔️ - Smut ✔️✔️ - Cute dates ✔️ - Humans being violent ✔️ - Cool tech ✔️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B87K...

25 years since I last saw this in the cinema but I understand now why it had such a big impact on kid me. The visuals are stunning of course but sound design and score hits different in the cinema.

🏳️‍⚧️Sisterhood in joy🏳️‍⚧️ 8 stories of women (and other creatures) finding identity, love, & community against the steepest of odds. 🪐Sci-fi 🐉Fantasy 👮‍♂️Dystopian 🧟‍♀️Horror With trans HEAs 💞 itchio danifinn.itch.io/women-and-ot... Elsewhere books2read.com/b/b5Nyr6 Cover designs by me Paperback soon!

I know this platform is real big on the political and social justice thing so let me just put something out into the ether. Supporting small businesses, artists, and creatives (especially marginalized ones) is a step toward social justice. Especially if you do that instead of buying from box stores.

Welcome to the first WWP advice for Self-Publishing. We wanted to start this series somewhere simple and set the stage for the really interesting topics in the months to come. First up: What is Self Publishing? willowwraithpress.com/2026/01/15/w...

This week's blog has some big news, and it's something I've been working toward for a long time. I now have a store on my website! ajcalvin.net/huge-news-yo...

There's been talk of long covid brain fog's similarities to dementia for a while but here we have concrete evidence. A single infection with COVID can change your life forever. Mask up, take care and make sure you DON'T get COVID.

I'll be drawing a winner in a few hours! Last call!

I forgot to check my sales stats for December but would you know it, first month ever to net over 100 sales! It's small fish to some but I write fairly niche dark space fantasy and have a single cosy historical (queer) book that is slightly more popular so I'm super chuffed!

It's been a few days since I shared a Barry picture. Here he is when he expects belly kisses(it's not a trap) 🥰

Over on the 🧵 place there's a bit of a discourse around cliffhangers in books so I thought I'd make some graphics for those who want to know which of my books have one and which don't (spoiler, most don't have a full on cliffhanger)

#NewRelease! Egypt, 58 BCE Ptolemy Princess Cleopatra grows up in a palace of wonders, delights & dangers Through peril & politics Cleopatra's fate unfolds, leading her to Egypt's throne The Last Queen $3.99 #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Histfic #Ancient #KU #booksky 📚💙📚💙📚 a.co/d/clHBipm

Lilje has 80 ratings and 67 reviews 🥳 Thank you to everyone who's bought, read, reviewed! Have you picked up my cosy historical fantasy yet? If sapphic books an chronic illness rep is your jam, you should 🙌

It came to our attention that cover art by a certain cover artist who had a few entries into our contest now uses AI art as part of their process. These have been replaced, and we've double checked the artists of our picks where possible! We celebrate artists who don't use AI!

I can't be the only one with random switched vowel typos? I do this all the time but with different words and don't even realise until I start editing 😂 (also yes, an awful lot of names right here, it's a trial haha)

Sale still going! Still a pretty great deal!

What's good indie book lovers??? #booksky With the holidays now behind us, time to talk all things Coward by @ayrtonmsilva.bsky.social! Join us on our Willow Wraith Press Indie Bookclub livestream this Saturday, January 10 at 3pm CST! www.youtube.com/watch?v=icT-...

Quick reminder that today is the last day of my sale! It'll be a while before any of these are on sale again so now's the time to get them!

Your birth month is your character from my interconnected space fantasy series! Would you be a human or a Squamate (lizard person) if you were in my world? And yes, there are 2 for January because it's my birthday month and I make the rules(aka I couldn't pick between my MC's) 🧵

!COVER REVEAL! The Dreamwalker is book 3 of the Seer of York series by @alethearlyons.bsky.social and isn't this cover just as amazing at the other ones? The series is currently available on netgalley. The Dreamwalker releases on March 3rd. Cover by Alison Flannery

Lilje got through the lottery! Amidst all the chonky epic fantasy books, here's a gentle little one that'll amke you smile and maybe cry but feel very alive I think. Just over a day left in the sale so be quick!