Me: gotta get up super early tomorrow. Let's get to bed early. *Miraculously does go to bed* My dumb brain: stresses about every tiny aspect of upcoming morning for hours on end. Me: still awake an hour before alarm is due to sound. Haven't slept a wink.

Thanks to all our #giveaway entrants! Check the comments to see if you won. Reach out to any of us authors, and we'll get you your free ebook or paperback! Didn't win? You can still pick up these crooked #fairytales here: books2read.com/NotYourEverA... #indieauthor #fantasy #anthology 📚💙 #booksky

#Giveaway! 5 ebooks and 5 physical copies! ❤️Like this post +👋tag a friend to enter. For up to five total entries, visit the other authors on IG and do the same! Ends Friday! Instagram: @charliewriteshorror @debbielynnwrites @hanamarengodfrey @booked4adventures 📚💙 #indieauthor #fantasy #fairytale

Heaven is a south-facing driveway. Love you, Colorado! <3

It's a brand new year, #writingcommunity and #indieauthor crew! I've been trying to spend half an hour on my writing each day. I'm also not editing as I go. How about you? The free trackbear.app tracks project goals and your totals. You can even share with friends to keep each other motivated

Hey #indieauthor and #writingcommunity! How is everyone handling royalty splitting among a group of authors? Draft2Digital's cut of print royalties, just standing between us and Ingram is WAY too steep. But it doesn't seem #IngramSpark supports royalty splitting on their end. Options? I'm at a loss.

Happy New Year! Looking forward to sharing at least one new novella this year! This one's a gaslamp fantasy inspired by Greek mythology. Updates soon... ⌛🎩🪄 #fantasy #novella #indieauthor #gaslamp #anthology #writingcommunity #greekmythology #booksky #writesky

Playing around on ellipsus.com and loving this writing program! 100% AI-free, FREE to use, easy collaboration, comments, chat, non-destructive drafts, sprints, folders, & visual themes. Looking forward to a NEW athology and other projects this year! #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fantasy

Cool maps aside, I wish my spouse would wake up so we could just play Stardew until dawn and it's time to take the kids to school. Then I'd call in sick, and we could nap. ...and then more Stardew.

It's one in the morning and it's windy as hell, but it's okay, because I found this super satisfying global live wind map! wx.windalert.com/map#44.642,-...

I turned on Home Alone for my kids. I forgot '90s PG is very different from 2025 PG. 😨 Naturally, they thought it was the greatest thing they'd ever seen. Ha ha 😅 Well, I suppose I turned out (reasonably) okay watching it at their age back in the day. 🤦‍♀️ #parenting #millenial #christmas #holidays

Couldn't have said this better myself. 📚💙

Just starting The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. It's promising a heisty sci-fi adventure that sounds like it's right up my alley. Anyone out there read this one? What did you think? #scifi 📚💙 #TBR

Y'all - we gotta talk. Who on earth is buying gingerbread mix and not even considering cookies? How is this recipe not on the box? Are people really only making gingerbread cake?? This hurts my soul and my brain. #holidays #parenting

We made it. My kids are finally old enough to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. It's still SO good. I friggen love this movie. There's no getting around it. The book I #amquerying is absolutely Pirates meets Firefly. Adventure, humor, action, high-stakes, sword fights, magic, warm fuzzies. The end.

A little birdie delivered #bookmail to a #littlefreelibrary in #Denver! Find Not Your Ever After and If Only You Had Stayed near #WashPark! Tag me if you find it, leave a review on Amazon/Goodreads, and let everyone know where you drop it off next! Happy reading!💙📚 #fantasy #fairytale #indieauthor

IT'S HERE! Five fairy tale retellings like you've never read before. 4.7 stars on Goodreads Be daring - grab your paperback or ebook today books2read.com/NotYourEverA... #indieauthor #fantasy #fairytale #anthology #beautyandthebeast #cinderella #redridinghood #shortstory #novella #booksky #booktok

Em-dashers rejoice! Patch coming for Windows 11. I've never been more excited for a Windows update. #emdash #indieauthor #writingcommunity 💙🖊️

#ARC reviews! Just look at this #Goodreads page! *chef's kiss* Hit that "want to read" button! If you received an ARC, we'd love to hear from you! goodreads.com/book/show/241977105-not-your-ever-after paperback coming soon! books2read.com/NotYourEverAfter ❤️Happy reading! 📚💙 #fantasy #indieauthor

Listening to the #audiobook for #dungeoncrawlercarl. (I know, I know. Very late to the party). It's super fun, but I can't unhear it... someone please tell me I'm not the only one who hears Kronk. 😅 #scifi #litrpg 💙📚

Decorating for #Halloween while sending out #ARCs for Not Your Ever After! It's #fall, and what better time is there to cozy up with a new book? Who's reading out there today? Missing yours? Check for spam from Bookfunnel, and let me know if you don't see it! 💙📚🖊️ www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

🥀 a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast ✨ a fairy tale crossover Frog Prince ☣️ a high-tech Red Riding Hood 🥿 a heisty Cinderella 🗡️ a dark fae Hansel and Gretel This is Not Your Ever After 🚨Last chance! Get your #ARC docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #writingcommunity #fantasy #scifi #fairytale 💙📚🖊️

instagram.com/booked4adventures brings a #heisty #Cinderella to Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales. snag your ARC right here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙

So apparently the Brits call granola bars "flapjacks"??? 🤨 #bakeoff #gbbo

Who wouldn't love a modern #BeautyAndTheBeast #retelling with a gender-swap? That's what www.instagram.com/debbielynnwr... brings to Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales. #ARC copies go out soon! Don't miss yours. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #fantasy #scifi #indieauthor📚💙🖊️

This one's for @coppercoinediting.bsky.social 💙📚 🖊️

@hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social brings whimsy, romance, and adventure to Not Your Ever After: an #Anthology of Crooked #FairyTales in the form of a #FrogPrince and #12DancingPrincesses crossover! Sign up for your copy now! #ARC copies go out the week of October 6th. docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/... 💙📚

Sign up to be an #ARC reviewer and join our mailing list NOW if you'd like to read the first bit of my high-tech #RedRidingHood! The newsletter with this exclusive sneak peek goes out tomorrow! Click/share below! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy #scifi 💙📚🖊️

It's that time of year again! *laughing* *crying* Real talk, I paused querying a while back and have committed to trimming down the word count and finding those perfect comps that are going to set the stage for what this story really is. I'm getting there and plan to be back to @amquerying soon! 📚🖊️

Something ✨crooked✨ this way comes. @ghostinherpen.bsky.social brings us a twisted #HanselAndGretel origin story with dark magic and darker secrets to Not Your Ever After, an Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales. docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/... #fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale 📚💙🖊️

🥿 a heisty Cinderella 🥀 a gender-swapped Beauty and the Beast ✨ a fairy tale crossover Frog Prince 🗡️ a dark fae Hansel and Gretel ☣️ a high-tech Red Riding Hood What more could you want? Snag your #ARC! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #writingcommunity #sff #fantasy #scifi #fairytale 💙📚🖊️

My heart breaks for Evergreen High School. Make this stop.

Plotter, a pantser, or something in between? The best analogy I've heard for me is the headlight method. Like driving at night, I don't need to see everything for miles. I only need to know what's right in front of me. #writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy #scifi #sff #author 📚 🖊️

Uncover wicked magic, cunning heroines, and secrets lurking beneath the surface of every enchanted world. This is Not Your Ever After. ARC sign-up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙

You'll get a little sweet something as a side-plot sometimes, but messiness is so much more fun. 😅 I'm a sucker for a broken character or a deliciously juicy shouting match. #indieauthor #writingcommunity 📚 🖊️ #writing #romance #fantasy #scifi #sff #romantasy

Here's an excerpt from the opening of "Code RED," my high-tech, near-future #RedRidingHood #novella. Get your #ARC, including this story and four other #indieauthor #fairytale #retellings now! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/... #writingcommunity #scifi #fantasy #sff #booksky #writesky 💙📚🖊️

Not Your Ever After is coming November 6th! But if you like writing honest reviews, you could snag your copy early! ARC sign-ups are live right here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale #Cinderella #heist #romance #beautyandthebeast #redridinghood 📚💙

Isn't it just the worst to get through the whole draft, addressing comment after comment, only to realize you left yourself something like this WAY at the beginning? 🤦 Oh, those pesky plot holes. #fantasy and #scifi worldbuilding is no joke. Pantser life. #writingcommunity #indieauthor

We have a release date! I can't wait to reveal it THIS WEEK. PLUS, signups for ✨advanced review copies✨! Be the first to get the link + an exclusive sneak peek: notyoureverafter.carrd.co #fantasy #scifi #indieauthor #fairytale #retellings #anthology #shortstories #novellas #shortreads #ARCs 💙📚✏️

When my writing group starts talking about attending a conference together next year, and I'm really excited, but all I can imagine is... #writingcommunity #indieauthor

...when you finish the last silly joke for your fun little #scifi Red Riding Hood novella and have to list ☣️ bioterrorism in the content warnings.😬 Does it help if I promise it's really ACTUALLY pretty light and fun? Just high stakes? notyoureverafter.carrd.co #writingcommunity #indieauthor 💙 📚

#writingcommunity, I am a sucker for friendly banter. Not "comedy," but give me jokes and laughter amidst the life-and-death stakes of an epic adventure. Those moments of light and friendship in darkness...*chef's kiss* What's the best fantasy/sci-fi banter you've read? I need to add to my TBR💙 📚

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ welp, here we go #writingcommunity #indieauthor

Okay. Finished Fourth Wing this morning. She definitely got me with the twist at the end, and I checked out book 2 audio for my drive home. I do love a good twist. The kind the reader can play along with and buy into. It's such a delicate thing to write. Props. #writingcommunity #Indieauthor 💙📚

As usual, very (un)fashionably late to the party. Reading Fourth Wing while my writing group is finishing edits on our anthology. Always strange to find myself in a lull after a mad writing dash, but it's nice to sit back and enjoy someone else's adventure. #writingcommunity #indieauthor #fantasy

There's a witch hunt happening in the #writingcommunity. Someone👀 decided that em-dashes mean the text was generated using AI. Good, honest, hard-working authors are facing accusations. Let's remember that AI has been trained to copy HUMAN writing. What other supposed AI tells are you all seeing?

My #scifi Red Riding Hood novella is edited and ready to go! I LOVE IT. Stay tuned this month for release date news Read more about the upcoming anthology here notyoureverafter.carrd.co 💙📚 #fantasy #booksky @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social @ghostinherpen.bsky.social @booked4adventures.bsky.social

The last time Davian resurrected his mother, he promised it would be the last. But that was before the war. Davian's mother knows how to save the magical Willows of their world. Becoming a vampire? That was an accident. #QuestPit #H #A #WIP

Ryan & Albert live 200 years apart - but once per day a time-slip lets them meet. Now they need to solve the mystery of Clarence Hall before they accidentally change history! Oh… and try not to fall for each other in the process! NOT TECHNICALLY GHOSTS #QuestPit #W #YA #LGBT

GOOD OMENS X THE OFFICE Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, has 3 months to turn around a vampire-ran Ohio gas station to save Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for, getting a celestial pink slip. But his old job, and mistakes, come back to haunt him. Literally. #QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT #ND