Writer Beware is currently receiving an incredible volume of reports of impersonation scams: publishers, editors, literary agents, production companies, conferences, & more. I started keeping a list in 2024; in recent months it has more than doubled. writerbeware.blog/2024/03/15/t...

This month, I’m also taking part in the Indie Fantasy Addicts Summer Reading Challenge — essentially a festival of #indiefantasy … Here’s my review of Child of Vanris by Nikki McCormack @authornikki.bsky.social (Review in alt text). #FantasyIndiesJuly — 3 📚🪐 💙 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

Hello! This month I’m celebrating the oneyear book birthday of my debut fantasy novel, Beyond the Humming Downs — a romantic fantasy adventure with a dash of hopepunk, quiet rebellion and earth magic. There will be cake and shenanigans ☺️ books2read.com/hummingdowns #FantasyIndiesJuly — 1 📚🪐 💙 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

My new little brother. My mom named him Kasiel after the main character in my Warden’s Son series. 🥰 #KittyLove #Cats #AuthorLife

What if the person you trusted most turned out to be the enemy? BBNYA Finalist Review - Child of Vanris (The Warden's Son book 1) by Nikki McCormack neverenoughbooks.net?p=20939 @The_WriteReads @BBNYA_Official @Author_NikkiMc #bookblog #bookreview #bbnya #bbnya2025 #childofvanris

Hi Bookish Friends, I'm back to shine a spotlight on the 4th place BBNYA 2025 Finalist, Child of Vanris (The Warden's Son book 1) by Nikki McCormack! #BBNYA2025 #Spotlight #BlogTour #BookCommunity #BookBlogger

Child of Vanris Review Spotlight Today is the day! Welcome to my stop for the book tour for Child of Vanris by Nikki McCormack! The first thing that grabbed my attention when it came to this book was the blurb. I was immediately curious about the characters and Kasiel’s story. I wanted to know…

💙📚 Today I'm spotlighting Child of Vanris by Nikki McCormack, the 4th Place Finalist in BBNYA 2025. A boy with a hidden heritage must cross a war-torn kingdom to uncover the truth about his past—and the father everyone fears. ginaraemitchell.com/child-of-van... #FantasyBooks #IndieFantasy #BBNYA

Today's my stop on @thewritereads.bsky.social @bbnya.bsky.social #BlogTour for #ChildOfVanris by @authornikki.bsky.social a brilliant #fantasy which came 4th in #BBNYA2025! Check out my #BookReview on the blog today! buff.ly/hHoMRva #bookblogger #books #epicfantasy #thewardensson

This review of Child of Vanris made my morning! 😍

My spotlight for #BBNYA2025 4th Place Finalist #ChildOfVanris by @authornikki.bsky.social is up on the blog. Go check it out! #fantasy #epicfantasy #youngadult #Booksky 📚💙 @bbnya.bsky.social @thewritereads.bsky.social

Ready for a new book! Check out the SFF Stories of Power & Defiance sale, on now through June 1st. books.bookfunnel.com/poweranddefi... via @BookFunnel #EpicFantasy #SciFi #BookSale #ReadersCommunity #BookSky

Today is the last day to get my #BBNYA 2025 4th place finalist, Child of Vanris, in the #Kobo First in Series sale, along with other great #fantasy books. Start your next adventure now! (Also on sale on several other platforms.) #EpicFantasySeries #BookSale #BookSky kobo.com/us/en/list/f...

Working on book 3 of my new #nobledark epic fantasy trilogy while my writing solar-powered assistant recharges. 🥰 #Author #AmWriting #CatMom #BookSky

Looking for a new fantasy #audiobook? Look no further than the April Fantasy Audiobook collection. Discover your next great listening experience! books.bookfunnel.com/aprilfantasy... #EpicFantasy #BookSky

A cryptid-hunting YouTube darling follows a video of his presumed-dead mom to an isolated island that was once a gay conversion camp & may house the monsters he swears aren't real AVAILABLE NOW!: books2read.com/u/boB9YL steve-westenra.itch.io Queer TWIN PEAKS x Grady Hendrix #PosterPit #A #H

A great opportunity to try out some new authors! (I didn't put any books in this time, but there are plenty of others to check out.) #IndieBooks #BookSky #BookSale

HEADLINE OF THE DAY: 😆 #BuhBYE

For my #Kobo readers, Child of Vanris, The Warden's Son book 1 is available free as the New to Kobo Editor's Pick for the week of March 23rd. Snag a copy now and start your journey through the Tales of Vanris. #EpicFantasy #BookX #FreeBooks #ReadersCommunity www.kobo.com/us/en/p/free...

Only have time for a quick read? The Short Story Smorgasbord is back! Get a variety of stories, including my Warden's Rise epic fantasy, and my In Silence Waiting sci-fi short free now! Happy reading! books.bookfunnel.com/short-story-... #BookSky #ShortStories #EpicFantasy #SciFi

Spread this dear ones: "Bernie Sanders is suggesting the Epstein files be read during the filibuster on the SAVE Act this week. Let's get this to TREND! Answered that for you

I love that moment when you have other things to do, but you just got out of the shower and the muse apparently lives in there. 😂 #AmWriting #AuthorProblems

Fellow authors, do you find yourself taking breaks when writing extremely tense or emotional scenes? I've been working on this intense battle for a few days and I keep stopping to give myself a little breather. #AmWriting #AuthorProblems

Finished the first of seven novel editing projects. 🎉Now I #amwriting my nobledark epic for a bit, before I start the next one. My writing boss doesn't give me any breaks (glares at the mirror). At least I have an excellent assistant (seen here forcing a break). #EpicFantasy #CatMom #AuthorLife

Personally, I'm relieved the adults finally admitted they’re just tall children with spreadsheets.

@chappatte.bsky.social 🎯🎯🎯

Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can get hundreds of books, including most of my collection, at a promotional price at @Smashwords from March 1 - March 7. www.smashwords.com/sale #ebookweek26 #Smashwords #EpicFantasy #eBookSale #BookSky #ReadersCommunity

ChatGPT is shedding users fast. Since yesterday alone, estimates suggest more than a million accounts have been deleted and the boycott continues to gain momentum. Incredible work, everyone!

#WSPit Reader's guide to TETK! Featuring a brief description, a mood board, character bio, & an excerpt to prove the writing doesn't totally suck. 🤣 Check it out if you like: the gays cryptids found fiction isolated settings the woods Grady Hendrix x Audition #A #P #H #Hu #LGBT #ND #OWN #IN

✨UPDATED✨ Guidelines for #WSPit Please read them ALL. This is an AUTHOR HYPE EVENT (but industry participation is welcome). #WIPSnips has always been about growing community. You show up and share glimpses into your works, but this gives the chance to go beyond snips and pitch your work!

Hear the call to adventure! Only a few more days to check out these epic fantasy books on sale for the month of February, including my #BBNYA 4th place finalist, Child of Vanris. books.bookfunnel.com/epicfantasys... via @BookFunnel #EpicFantasy #FantasySeries #BookSky #BookSale #ReadersCommunity

If love made-up creatures in your epic fantasy, this is your promo! Get these books free by signing up for the author's newsletter. Snag a copy of #BBNYA 4th place finalist Child of Vanris and Wave Dancer. books.bookfunnel.com/creature-bon... #EpicFantasy #FantasyCreatures #FreeBooks

Just 20 more backers will get us there! If you like fantasy, and you want to support indie authors, this special edition is like a ‘best of’ from our past 20 issues, ready to introduce you to 20 new indie fantasy authors through their short stories. Back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/268...

Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."

You know you didn't sleep enough when you decide to check email and just type "email" into the search bar like you actually expect that to get you there. To be fair, my cat did wake me up at 4 a.m. puking precisely down the gap between the couch cushions. Devoted #CatMom = #SleepyAuthor

Thought I had a good place to use "ichor" in my new book last night, but in the end, it just didn't fit. Now I really want to find a spot for it because it's an excellent word. I did get to use "moist" though. 😂 #AmWriting #BookSky #NobleDarkFantasy #EpicFantasy

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

If love made-up creatures in your epic fantasy, this is your promo! Get these books free by signing up for the author's newsletter. Snag a copy of #BBNYA 4th place finalist Child of Vanris and Wave Dancer. books.bookfunnel.com/creature-bon... #EpicFantasy #FantasyCreatures #FreeBooks

All set up! Whew. 😥 Why are books so heavy? 😂 #AuthorLife #Books #EpicFantasy

The word is out! Draft2Digital has officially partnered with Bookshop.org to get indie ebooks into indie bookstores! For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...

I'm delighted to announce Child of Vanris, book one in the Warden's Son series, is available in audiobook with narration by Gary Furlong! Gary did such an amazing job on this! Happy listening!!! #EpicFantasyBooks #Audiobook #NewRelease #BookSky www.audible.com/pd/B0GKR1Y8S7

Looking for some new sci-fi and fantasy books to start the new year? Check out this collection of sci-fi and fantasy with awakened heroes on sale now. books.bookfunnel.com/AwakenedHero... via @BookFunnel #EpicFantasy #BookSale #BookSky #ReaderCommunity

AI bros are unreal. ‘Here is something we made and have decided you cannot live without it!!!!!!!!!!!’ ‘I’ve been living without it just fine so far.’ ‘You need it to LIIIIIIIVE.’ Try as you might, AI bros, most of us like using our brains, not stealing or being lazy, and not killing the planet.

Child of Vanris is a finalist for the Ozma Awards! 😁❤️ Congratulations to the other finalists! #AuthorLife #EpicFantasy

Since I've been reviewing the audiobook for Child of Vanris, I thought it might be fun to drop a snip of that today for #WIPSnips. The word today is "calm." Enjoy. #EpicFantasy #FantasySeries

Looking for some new sci-fi and fantasy books to start the new year? Check out this collection of sci-fi and fantasy with awakened heroes on sale now. books.bookfunnel.com/AwakenedHero... via @BookFunnel #EpicFantasy #BookSale #BookSky #ReaderCommunity

For any self-published #SFF authors, the #SPFBO entry form opened today & can be filled out for 24 hours! 300 entrants will be chosen by lottery to be entered in the contest! Definitely encourage everyone to apply as it gets new eyes on your books! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

What the United States did in Venezuela is prohibited under international law, which bars the use of force as an instrument of national policy.