Drawn for the July 2026 #ArtFight Event to celebrate original artists! Character by @vestakore.bsky.social Always fun to draw celestial themes ✨

I'll admit, I've never touched 3D modeling software before, but having an adorable Cleaning Cube robot in my book has motivated me. It's a work in progress but... He needed to exist! 🧊 #3DBeginner #CubeBot #CharlesMkI #HadToMakeHim #SciFi #SciFiBooks #SFF #🪐📚

More #ConceptArt rolling in 🌠 Dessian, fully in ambassador attire. Casually standing in the crosshairs of a camera. (That's not foreshadowing, nooo ;) Moons are based off Tethys and Ganymede! #SFF #SFFArt #SciFiArt #SciFiBooks #BookArt #🪐📚

Absolutely amazing event at the #TarponSpringsBookFest Got to meet some really lovely people, and a ton of awesome authors! Also snagged a few new books to read myself. Thank you everyone who grabbed a signed copy! I nearly sold out!! #AuthorEvent #BookSigning #📚💙 #BookSky

Making pins for my upcoming author booth and these might be my favorites ✨ #SillyLilGuy #BookWorm #NoRegrets #ILoveThesePins

Author booth next weekend! It's almost here!! Sneak peak of some goodies I'm making for the event. #BookSigning #AuthorEvent #SFF #BookFestival

Official concept art of Casey + Charles from 'Just One Command' Absolutely love how messy the room turned out. Wouldn't be Casey's workspace without a random metal pipe she probably borrowed from the janitorial dept. #justonecommand #conceptart #scifi #novel #🪐📚

Absolutely amazing conference, always so excited to attend! #WomenInPublishing #WriterConferences #AuthorEvents

Made it to Saturday!! 😄 This is my fav late night emergency cake, especially for the holidays. (Also psst, my ebook is on free promo today & tomorrow so be sure to grab it to read with your cake! 👀) meharker.com/get/just-one... #LateNightSnack #Booksky #📚💙 #SFF

Alright, new version! I'm still on my quest to create the best die-cut sticker, because Charles needs to be the cutest little guy 🌟 #sticker #stickerdesign #bookswag #scifinovel #🪐📚

Behind the scenes on some of my Book Bonus Jewelry ✨ Most of these have already gone out to beta readers and reviewers! It's a small thing, but I love bringing handmade creations into my writing work! (my cat "helps" the creative process) #Author #DIY #BookSwag #SciFi #SFF #JewelryMaking

I've mentioned a lot of my DIY Craft projects I create for my books... ...But to show off some heavy machinery 🤣 here's how I make custom keychains! #Keychains #ReaderSwag #SFF #BookBonuses #AuthorDIY

Happy (early!) Holidays!! I've got some posts queued up for the next week, leading up to Just One Command's last sale for the year! I hope you'll enjoy :) #Books #HappyHolidays #Booksales #Update

I found out how to paint silly wiggly eyes in my art program. It's almost too much power. #CharlesMkI #JustOneCommand #SillyArt #Doodling #LilGuy

Got my first video review! Charles is the star ⭐🥹 Thank you so much Emily for the review. Check out her channel for more awesome books!! Youtube: youtube.com/@IndieBookReviews Instagram: @EmilyRSiems #BookReview #BookReviews #BookSky #SFF #🪐📚 #📚💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpIw...

A little belated but... 🎃🏃 Happy Halloween!! 👻🧊 Here's a sketch of Casey and Charles celebrating! (The costume did not survive 👀) Characters from: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTFLSTV7 #Sketches #AuthorArt #SFF #SciFi #SciFiNovel

Hey y'all! Will be out of town until Nov 3rd! Checking on socials will be slower, since wifi might not always be available! Much love! ❤

If you see this scroll past your feed Let me know which version of sticker you like better!! 😆 (he's a lil robot from my book) #Stickers #SFF #SciFi #🪐📚 #📚💙 #Cube #Charles #IveMadeTooManyStickers

Made some bookmarks & keychains today! Honestly I'm still in love with the colors. #AuthorLife #BookSwag #Giveaways #SFF #SciFiNovel #JustOneCommand #DefinitelyNotProcrastinating

Hid some stickers inside books for an upcoming event 👀 A few lucky takers will get a lil extra bonus! #SFF #SciFiBooks #SciFiWriting #Author #Stickers #OkayButTheyreReallyCute

Spent six hours of research trying to find out if there should be lead in the water pipes of my fictional city. (Then decided I didn't want everyone to have lead poisoning, so I changed that detail anyway 🤣) #HistoricalWritingThoughts #MedievalFantasy #OkayActually1800sFantasy #ButStill

While deleted scenes rarely emerge from my Drafts...this was a humorous part I really liked, that was cut due to ruining the tension of an early chapter. Might not be in the final book, but in my heart, Casey still loves brownies 🍫 For context, they're attempting to escape a dangerous star ship:

All right, the @narratess.com Book Sale is ✨ LIVE! ✨ indiebook.sale 🌟 #🪐📚 #SFF #BookSale 300 eBooks, lots on Kindle, some direct download & available on Nook / Kobo / other eBook stores! and now that I've got so many new books... 🌴 here's my plans for the weekend:

#BookSky crew! Are you all excited for August 23rd? 🎉 @narratess.com is hosting a HUGE #IndieAugust sale! (over 300 books!!! I'm grabbing some myself!) So excited to take part! The eBook of "Just One Command" will be on sale for $1.99, alongside a ton of other free & discounted SFF titles! #📚🪐

Charity hit their goal!! 🎇 Worked with a friend earlier in the year to create a "Date with a Book" gift basket. Basket was auctioned at the Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD) program at USF. My friend just emailed saying they reached their funding goals! So happy to have taken part!

Creating the ⭐Deliberately Terrible Drink⭐ from my book. One of the characters, Millie, uses this drink as a code word. She unironically enjoys it. After drinking it myself...well, uh... Recipe in comments to spread my regret ✨ #JustOneCommand #SFF #🪐📚 #TequilaAndHypercoffee #BookSky

All right! Last day to grab the book FREE on Kindle :) ✨ meharker.com/get/just-one... * Sci-Fi Action Adventure * Found friendship on a ragtag starship * A Heist to Steal Back the Evidence Audiobook launch's been amazing! Response from readers & listeners has me floored!! Thank you everyone 🥹❤️

Tried my hand at turning Cover Art into 🌟 Nail Art 🌟 Honestly I feel quite girlish doing this 🤣 but I'm so pleased how they turned out! (Removed right after, because nope, I cannot wear this to my day job 😆) #BookSky #NailArt #MagneticNailPolish #🪐📚

very cool, very professional trailer for my audiobook 💯✨ definitely not made with random objects I panic-found around the apartment. nope. #BookSky #SFF #🪐📚 #OnlyTheFinestContent

Sharing some of my favourite voice clips from the Audiobook! Gill did an amazing job capturing the absolute sass, tension, and hopeful feelings of the novel ⭐ 👉 audio on for this one!! My subtitles don't do it justice #Audiobook #Quotes #Booksky #🪐📚 (Is there an #AudioBookSky ? 😆)

HUGE Shout-out to anyone who is an Advanced Listener! Your reviews help books get FOUND! Thank you so much for your time and effort!! Some of my ALC listeners got a goodie box put into the post today :) 💖 This one went to my narrator a few weeks earlier! #BookSky #ALC #Audiobook #Reviewers

Audiobook is LIVE!! ✨ meharker.com/get/just-one... To celebrate, the eBook is also FREE **Today July 17th!!** (For US/UK, find it in the link!) Launch into space with us and leave behind summer heat 🚀🌴 (ps. we have fun robots!) #BookSky #Audiobook #🪐📚 #AudiobookRelease #AuthorSilentlyScreaming #📚💙

y'all. I just noticed my book's sale bio had the word "publically" instead of "publicly" 🥲 This typo passed by 20+ people (including myself) in the proofing of press kit content. my daily reminder that I'm human 🤣 really glad the typo was only digital store info, not in print! #BookSky #Whoops

By request, here's the return drawing I did!! Characters are Angela and Vikas from a WIP Romantasy by AnnaLeitensdorfer.com - This was part of an art trade between us! (Yes, I drew this 🤣 I'll have more original art up soon!) #IndieAuthors #ArtTrade #BookSky #📚💙 #FanArt #Romantasy

Fan Art of my main character, Casey Cassandra, drawn by the AMAZING @valkyrie_hero (find her on Insta and TikTok!) Part of an art trade we did together! 🫶 I'm still excitedly screaming about this!!! #JustOneCommand #FanArt #BookSky #SFF #SciFi #🪐📚

Writing fantasy is just a constant cycle of coming up with a name for a minor character on the spot, googling it, and discovering it's a Swedish telecommunications company.

Official launch date!! I'm so excited! Advanced copies are rolling out starting first of July ✨ And YES there are some official promo CDs and goodie baskets (that I'll be posting here soon!) #Audiobook #Audiobooks #ReleaseDate #Author #BookSky #FreakingOutALittleBit #MostlyExcited

For fellow authors & self-motivators, wanted to share Spirit City. Love having this game on in the background. Genuinely, wouldn't have hit the "publish" button without having chill lofi music to support 💖🎶 (I don't use the included Pomodoro timers myself, but I have a friend who swears by it!)

Freshly printed paper is his favorite. (Even if those papers are very important manuscript samples.)

Still learning BSky, but I'm thrilled by how kind everyone has been so far! Wanted to introduce myself! * I'm Maria! * I write Sci-Fi & Fantasy * I like coffee, but also tea, and smoothies, and cocktails — ok, just about any kind of fun drink! Join me for tea! Tell me your favorite book or drink!

‪Still stunned with how the book jacket turned out. So much love to my cover artist @kayliependleton (Check her out on Insta!!) #indieauthor #selfpublished #coverart #bookart #itsjustsopretty #paperback #meharker

Just getting started with Bluesky by reader request, thank you all for being here!