Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

Shop the Anti-Prime Day sale at @bookshop.org and receive free standard shipping on all orders!

The group sale will run from June 14-17. You’ll be able to find the ebook of The Floating Castle for FREE at many online retailers and in paperback directly from me for a ridiculously low price!

Congratulations, Brittany Brown! You’ve won the Three Nation Fantasy Giveaway at Big Ohio Book Con! Please come by booth number 14 in the green aisle of the primary general admissions building to pick up your prizes!!! 🎉

Meet Me at Big Ohio Book Con! Come join me at Big Ohio Book Con for a chance to win free books and snag free extras!

It's officially out of the bag, so I can tell everyone that I'm a part of the Rings of Adventure anthology! Almost three dozen authors across genres (Fantasy, Sci-fi, Horror)! Go check out the list of luminaries and click the button to be notified when our Kickstarter goes live!

I can FINALLY talk about this!!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!! The RINGS OF ADVENTURE kickstarter launches September 1! Get one short story per day in December, plus options for deluxe hardcovers. Not your traditional holiday stories (think fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and maybe some romance)! 🔥

Really excited to be part of this upcoming anthology. My story's already written, critiqued, revised, and ready to go, and I've commissioned some art to introduce it, coming next week. It's a great group of writers. If you're interested, the Kickstarter is here. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rvb...

Is your book club interested in reading The Floating Castle? Then let me provide you with a book club kit that includes a special discount, discussion questions, and more!

This Saturday, join me at Grove City Brewing Company and Plum Run Winery (3946 Broadway, Grove City, OH 43123, USA) for the Grove City Book Festival! I’ll be selling books at the brewery/winery from 10:45 AM to 4 PM. I’d love for you to stop by and say hello! #grovecitybookfestival #grovecityohio

Join Me at the Grove City Book Festival! This Saturday, join me at Grove City Brewing Co. and Plum Run Winery (3946 Broadway, Grove City, OH 43123, USA) for the Grove City Book Festival! I’ll be selling books at the brewery/winery from 10:45 AM to 4 PM.

Find My Books During Independent Bookstore Day! For Independent Bookstore Day, you can find my books in six different independent bookstores!

Selection Box: A Reading Tomorrow, on the 24th of April at 3 pm EST, Sarah R. New will be hosting the first ever BOOKED open mic, The Selection Box! Listen to the first chapter of The Floating Castle ready by me during the event!

Looking to discover some amazing new reads? The Crafty Bookstore is hosting a massive 20% off sale across most of their books! Here's just a few, feat. @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social, @qilannaquinn.bsky.social, and other amazing indie authors! 💙📚 Browse the full sale at www.thecraftybookstore.com

The Floating Castle has been nominated for the 2026 Indieverse Awards in three categories: Book of the Year, Best Debut, and Irreplaceable Sidekick!

My books are 20% off at The Crafty Bookstore during Independent Bookstore Week!

Today!

Author Interview with RowdyPlayer1 Tonight at 8 PM EST, I will be chatting with Rowdy from the RowdyPlayer1 channel! Come join us over on the YouTube channel tonight and you can participate in the conversation!

The dragons remember, and they are angry.

“Elias inhaled the heady scent of the ever-blooming roses at his fingertips. He stroked the petals of a flower, their color the purple of bruised lips, the center reddish black like congealed blood.” —from THE FLOATING CASTLE by L. N. Holmes Available from six independent bookstores!

The Floating Castle an April Indie Book Club Selection! The Floating Castle is an April Indie Book Club selection at The Cozy Book Nook! I’ll be at the April book club meeting to discuss my book and answer questions. You can join the club in-person or via Zoom. Hope to see you there!

Interview with Danothy Grimm I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Danothy Grimm, a local Cincinnati writer, on his podcast, Behind the Curtain. We discussed writing, marketing, bookstores, sales, and I even read the first chapter of The Floating Castle.

I was a top-selling author at The Cozy Book Nook for the month of February! 🔥 Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who shopped small and bought my book. Thank you for supporting independent bookstores and local, indie authors. Congratulations to all the authors!

The Floating Castle in Two New Independent Bookstores! My books are now at Snapdragon Books and Gifts and The Floating Bookshop! I am elated that my books are now stocked at SIX different independent bookstores!

The Floating Castle is now available from @thefloatingbookshop.com! Shop small and check out this wonderful bookstore today.

ONE DAY ONLY... (Read the graphic for details. 👀 )

To celebrate all of the women I so deeply cherish and love, I am pricing the ebook for The Floating Castle—my dark, epic fantasy novel that centers women—to *FREE on March 8th and on March 8th ONLY.

On February 21 from 11 AM to 2 PM, join us at Snapdragon Books & Gifts for an author event! I’ll be there selling my books and would love to meet you!

Hey friends, Marc contacted me about an unexpected schedule conflict, so we are rescheduling our chat to March 6 at 8 PM EST. Stay tuned.

I have a live interview and an author event coming up this weekend, and I would love for you to join me!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqL... JOIN ME LATER

I have several upcoming events this year, including four, in-person events scheduled so far. Come see me all across Ohio!

Print copies of THE FLOATING CASTLE are available from Bookshop.org (US) for a limited time for a discount. Shop here and you can raise money for your favorite independent bookstore!

I’m so excited to share that The Floating Castle is a 2025 Indie Ink Awards Finalist!

I have some special announcements, a few promotional opportunities, and even some Medieval recipes going out in my newsletter today! For those who’ve been wondering about aspic in my novel, this one’s for you! 🙂 The newsletter will go out at 7 PM EST tonight.

Nominations close on January 31 for the 2026 @specawards.bsky.social, & we have sent everyone who signed up or nominated an email. If you haven’t received an email, check your spam folder. Otherwise, let us know. Most are welcome emails; however, some have to do with nominations eligibility. #SSBA

New Character Art of Emmeline from The Floating Castle It’s finally time to unveil the character art that I received as a prize for winning second place in the 2025 StarPath Creatives Writing Contest!

Exclusively at the Cozy Book Nook, you can buy The Floating Castle and receive a FREE 3D printed dragon!

You can get a FREE 3D printed dragon when you buy my book from The Cozy Book Nook (in Dayton, Ohio) during the month of January! They sold out of the book last week, but I'm bringing them a restock tomorrow. 🙂

Congrats to the wonderful @lnholmeswriter.bsky.social whose book is on my TBR, she's a pillar of the indie community and I hear wonderful things about her entrant amzn.eu/d/1wcMlfZ

Last year was both incredible & super tough. Thank you to all the readers, writers, book influencers, & bookstore owners who helped me launch THE FLOATING CASTLE this year. You are all so deeply appreciated. ❤️ I’m looking forward to all the good things that will come in 2026. 🎉

Do you love to shout about books? 📚 How about small & independent press fantasy, science fiction &/or horror books? Yes? We want you on our team! 📣 You choose what you do. ✅ Be as creative as you want! 👩‍🎨 You even get an influencer badge.✨ Volunteer for the SSBA today! 💙

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards! Submit nominations here: t.co/f8OP3txZar

Before we open the Small Spec Book Awards Nominations Form tonight at midnight, we’d like to discuss all the changes we are making to the awards in 2026. You can find all of these changes reflected in updates on our webpage. You can also find them here. 🧵👇 #SSBA #SSBA2026

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

Librarians and booksellers, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… The Small Spec Book Awards Library and Bookstore Guide just dropped. ✨ What does this mean for you? Follow us into the land of exceptional small and indie press books. 🧵👇 #SSBA #SSBA2025

Time is running out to take advantage of the End of Year Sale at Smashwords. For a limited time, ebooks of The Floating Castle will be 50% off and ebooks of Space, Collisions will be absolutely free! Sale ends January 1. Hurry and secure your books now! #BookSky #booksale #EOYsale25 #ebook #sale

It’s the LAST DAY to vote for THE FLOATING CASTLE in the Indie Ink Awards! 🏰 PLEASE GO VOTE FOR THE FLOATING CASTLE BEFORE VOTING CLOSES! 🙏 Good luck to all who are in the running for the award! Happy New Year! #BookSky #📚 #fantasy #darkfantasy #epicfantasy #IndieInkAwards #IndieInkAwards2025

The final two days! Please consider THE FLOATING CASTLE for the #IndieInkAwards!