Indie authors with wholesale forms for bookstores: do you have order minimums? If so, why and what are they? Trying to figure this out for myself given Ingram's pricing/policy changes.

This year, I'd finally like to get a cool, old typewriter.

We started watching the extended edition of LOTR this evening without realizing it was Tolkien's birthday. What good timing! Anyway, happy birthday to Tolkien, a writer whose stories have changed my life for the better.

In case it was missed yesterday

I'm gonna need the US to stay tf out of South America. Forever.

First game of 2026 ✨️🎮✨️

Happy New Year, friends!! 🎉🪅🥳 May 2026 bring good things for you all. 💜

I haven't sold a book this month. There's still time, yeah?!

Today is the LAST DAY to vote for the Indie Ink Awards! My book, The Divines, was nominated for Best Cover, Best Setting, Best Use of Tropes, & Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Rep. Please consider voting for The Divines in one or all categories 🙏🏼 Thank you all so much for your support!! 💜

Bribing my rescue pup to love me one little piece of chicken at a time. 😌

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Sorry I haven't been on social media much lately. Life got overwhelming, and I needed time. I still need more rest, but I'm finally starting to feel like I can return, little by little. Just in time to start a new year with you all. 💜

I got 3rd place in League 1 for Best Debut in the 2025 IG Writer Awards!!! For such a new indie author, this is a huge honor!!! Thank you all SO MUCH for your support, votes, & most importantly, kindness & encouragement. You all truly keep me going, & I'm so happy to be in community with you. 💜💜💜💜

QotD: F M K your favorite love interest from a romance? Hola readers! Here's day 5 of Indiecember with books by @cat_rector, why? Because I honestly couldn't decide on one lol! 🧵/1

QotD: What was your last read? Hola readers! Self promoting for Indiecember, here's my NA dark fantasy series inspired by Diablo 3, I really loved the demon designs in that game lol. 🧵/1

Just did a lil interview here, NBD boldjourney.com/life-values-... #WritingCommunity

I'm an aging adult, so I'm eating salad for lunch. But I'm also a depressed millennial, and it's cold and gray out, so I'm having pop tarts too. Balance? 🤷🏽‍♀️

WooCommerce has defeated me. Time to throw in the towel and try again tomorrow. 🫠

You know things in the world are bad when a lot of the new, upbeat Christmas albums are ending with bittersweet songs advocating for the end of wars, for kindness, & for retaining our humanity. Surprised, but very here for it.

Saint Mesa covered Sparks -AND- Mansionair covered Wicked Game?? Excuse me... -gets headphones and disappears into vibes-

What an extremely hectic month full of ups and downs for me. I likely won't be very active until the new year. However, I'm now working on the RSVP form for the next writers' group on Jan. 17. I will post and pin this to my profile shortly! Wishing you all a happy and healthy end to 2025! 😊 🫶🏼✨️

I'm so awkward on the phone that sometimes I wave goodbye at the end of the call even though they can't see me 🤦🏽‍♀️

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QotD: Cybernetic limbs or a back up for your mind? Hola readers! Here's day 3 of Indiecember with The Ellinor series by C. E. Clayton, a cyberpunk fantasy series full of feminine rage, betrayal, revenge, and an elf with awesome magic swords who's totally not checking Ellinor out. 🧵/1

My art account is @talunaria91.bsky.social I've been wanting to redraw this character before Valhalla book 1 released. Oops lol. Anyway, here's Vardan new look, and me attempting hairy arms lol. I also like the tattered edges of the coat, I've always wanted to try that too. 🧵/1

Books, books, books. You still want ‘em, I still have ‘em. Fantasy worldbuilding (Even werewolves) #worldbuilding #fantasy #writing #ttrpg #dnd brentstypczynski.wordpress.com/my-books

It's such an honor to formally announce that my book, The Divines, has been nominated for four categories in the 2025 Indie Ink Awards!!! Voting is NOW OPEN!!! Please consider voting for my book 🙏🏼 Thank you so much for your support!!! 💜

QotD: Magic or superpowers? Hola readers! Here's day 4 of Indiecember with the Cardplay duology by @bmwillows.bsky.social and it's an amazing YA Urban Fantasy, perfect for readers who love anime like My Hero Academia, Sailor Moon, and RWBY. 🧵/1

Ways to help indie authors (like me!) this holiday season & beyond!🧵: -Buy our books! Move them from your theoretical to your physical tbr📚 -Read our books on KU! We get paid by first time page reads, & if you read enough pages per month, you cost A-zon more møney than they make from you. Win-win💪🏽

Today is the last day to get my book, The Divines, on s/@/l/ę in both ebook and paperback versions!! It's a high stakes NA contemporary fantasy romance set at a magic college, and is book 1 in a trilogy. ⚔️

Final round voting closes TOMORROW (12/15) for the 2025 IG Writer Awards!! Please consider voting for The Divines in the Best Imagery and Best Debut categories!!! ⬇️

Nodding in respect every time I drive past the Jiffy Lube that only has one thing on its outdoor price sign: "Live, Laugh, Lube."

Why is it taking me the same amount of time to defeat a gauntlet as a boss fight?? This is why I'll still be working through Silksong in 10 yrs lol.

Woot woot! I've got my first bookish art commission for 2026 set up! This will be my last book commission for The Divines (for now) before I start commissioning for book 2 of my trilogy (title still unannounced 🤭)!!

New Free Stuff The Harbor Trove Library, a destroyed, island covering library of arcane knowledge once used by the Shipwrights' Guild to dominate the seas. #worldbuilding #fantasy #ttrpg #dnd #writing brentstypczynski.wordpress.com/free-stuff/#...

One never wants to care about anyone again. One puts their orders before the person they love. One's extreme patience both gains and almost loses them the person they care about most. Will these three messes figure their sh*t out?

My new adult contemporary fantasy romance trilogy is untraditional in a few ways, but here's one: each book has a different FMC. But have no fear, the previous main characters will still be in the subsequent books! And it means you get three different romances 🤭

I succumbed to IG advertising and joined a meal subscription service for...salads. Send help. 🥗

Do you like contemporary fantasy w/ a heaping serving of romantic angst, a dollop of growing beyond trauma, a dash of healing together, and a generous sprinkle of high stakes? Well, have I cooked up a book for you 👀

My NA Contemporary Fantasy Romance book called The Divines is m@rked døwn for one week only!! Already have a copy or isn't your go-to genre? It's book 1 in a trilogy, so it's a great entry point & would make a great gift for any fantasy romance lover in your life! 💜

Milking this post fir all it’s worth

My villain origin story will be doctors denying medical & fertility care to patients due to body size. Fat people deserve quality medical care. Fat people deserve fertility care & reproductive justice. This should not be controversial.

Today is the last day that my ebook will be available for $1.99, before the cøuntdøwn deal is bumped up a dollar. Run and grab it for it's lowest price! 🏃🏽‍♀️

Looking for readers who: 💘 Love fantasy romance 👥 Appreciate character-driven stories ⚔️ Like darker vibes & high stakes 💔 Love romantic angst ⚡️ Think powers & transformations are cool 💪🏽 Appreciate complex & intense FMCs 🌱 Like distinct character arcs ✍️🏽 Want to support 100% human-written books

It only took 4 years and 9 revisions… But How We Survive is finally live. 😭🥰 It’s queer and diverse with an Asian trans MC and his merry band of misfits. www.amazon.com/How-We-Survi...

Late night spicy take: Someday the book community will need to talk about how y'all want marginalized authors to perform their identities, both in their books & in their public personas, in order for you to consider us [marginalized identity] enough to support us. M'kay. Goodnight. -flies away- 🦇

Looking for a quick, cozy, and queer winter read? Check out Glimmer in the Dark, a winter solstice romance novella with all the Hallmark romcom joy! Perfect winter read for the non-religious queers, with a balance of heart, humor, and heat! 🌈💜 🌈📚 💙📚 CozyDuBois.com

This is the perfect time to grab book 1 of my NA contemporary fantasy romance trilogy for yourself or a friend ⚔️ (or read in KU!)

STARTING NOW through 12/15 - The Divines ebook AND paperback are on s/@/l/ę. Details below!

T-minus 90 minutes until my contemporary fantasy w/ an angsty love triangle goes on s/@/l/e in both ebook AND paperback versions. 😊