just spoke to paul rudd* (yep) and he said you should buy this book. *the paul rudd i spoke to may or may not be the famous one

It's the end of the week, and we want to see more aspec rep! If you write paranormal stories with #asexual or #aromantic characters - check out our submission details here: paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co 💙📚🪐📚🌈

We've put together just a few of the vibes we want to see brought to the anthology! Weird, wacky, wicked, and wonderful - and all of them paranormal in their own ways! 🌈📚🪐

it's been one week of having this cover public and I'm so happy 😭

ART REVEAL! Thank you @anastasiacroft.bsky.social for this lovely art of Ash (he/him,⬅️) and Leim (they/them,➡️) from my queer apocalyptic scifi horrormance, Fimbulvinter's Fires. This scene is similar to one from the book, after something stressful happens…🥶 Crash-landing 1 Oct 📘 amweald.com/fires

I’m excited to be a part of the cover reveal for @ashintheashes.bsky.social and her YA contemporary fantasy debut, Child of the Dragon from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social with cover art from @jv.arts.2020!

Open call for submissions! Seeking paranormal stories that centre asexual, aromantic, and aspec characters Ghouls and ghosts, werewolves and vampires, cryptids and those that search for them — we want to see them 👀👻 Open from Sept. 15th to November 30th paranormal-aspecs.carrd.co 🌈📚🪐💙

Excited for the cover of Child of the Dragon by Ashely Sheeshley (@ashintheashes.bsky.social)! Out 10 March 2026 but preorders open from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social Imagine Eragon but modern day and a girl finds out that she IS a dragon, has to defeat evil AND somehow still think of Maths!

I'm excited to be helping out with the cover reveal for @ashintheashes.bsky.social and her YA contemporary fantasy debut, Child of the Dragon from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social! Ash has been working her butt off to get this one to you, so if you're into shape-shifting dragons, give it a look! 👀

LOOK AT THIS COVER 😍😍😍 I am so freaking excited to get a copy Ash's book when it comes out, and this cover is absolutely STUNNING

omg! this looks SO COOL! I'm super excited for Child of The Dragon❤️‍🔥

Fellow 2026 small press debut has a cover! Child of the Dragon is coming in March 2026. You'll have time to read it before my debut comes out! Pre-order now. Look at that fantastic cover! Find them at @ashintheashes.bsky.social and @inkedingraypress.bsky.social

I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!

Not to cause alarm, but my cover reveal is going live in 12 hours 👀

Me during the first round of dev edits, adding chapters, expanding lore, improving foreshadowing, and adding almost 14k to the manuscript: eeheehee hoohoohoooo!! Me now asked to cut other parts to make room for all the new stuff to get it back down to ~100k: I hate this I hate this I hate this

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I had so much fun chatting with Ella!

There’s something cover shaped in my inbox that I think I can share next week 👀

Dystopian anthology update: First readings are done! I'm hoping to have all responses sent out by the 12th of September 💖

in more fun news regarding this, multiple people on Insta said they hoped Edna would "find her forever home" and if you think this means I'm going to doodle old shelter dog Edna at some point you're absolutely right

I turn 32 TOMORROW and it would be so cool if I got 32 book sales this week to mark the occasion My latest book, Killer Debt, is on sale for $1.99 Not up for horror? Grab my dark fantasy books listed in the replies (to this post, not the quoted one)

Scammers are really intent on scaring authors into not contacting someone like me. For example, this "confidentiality notice", appended to a fake offer of publication from Celadon Books, which threatens "blacklisting" of the author "across the entire publishing industry"

Here's some items you shouldn't miss during the We The People auction to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire. @kyramnelson.bsky.social is seriously the query whisperer. Trust me when I say she can make any query letter shine ✨ Don't pass this up! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Let me help you with your book! I've been in publishing over a decade!

I deleted them today and sent them back to hell from whence they came 😌

EVEN SEINTS FALL: a monster-hunting exploration of identity, religious corruption & believing in something greater than yourself. 💀Seven deadly sins as monsters 🩸Chronic illness rep 🥀Religious corruption 🖤Found family #W #YA #F #H #posterpit

I JUST FINISHED READING THIS SOMEONE PLEASE PICK THIS UP IT’S SO GOOD

*drags myself out of a fiery pit, wipes blood off my chin, and brushes the grime off my knees* So, anyway. I wrote 2 sentences today.

I've collected a lot of songs over the years with Child of the Dragon vibes, but here are just a few to listen to while we all wait super duper uber patiently (I'm not very patient) for Child of the Dragon to come out early 2026

EVEN SEINTS FALL 💀Seven deadly sins as monsters 🩸Chronic illness 🌱One last adventure 🥀Religious corruption 🖤Found family #W #YA #F #H #questpit

Post an archer 🏹 Can I use this as an excuse to share the incredible character art of my sapphic Marian and Robin archers in Artifice & Access?? Art by @nevtheartist.bsky.social

I’m at the “desperately making pumpkin spice treats in the vain attempt to summon cooler weather” stage of sick and tired of summer

I bought a pregnancy pillow because my freaking body is falling apart and I’ve heard from a lot of other disabled folk that it helps with joint support. It just arrived and it’s not finished airing out all the way, but WHY HAVE THE PREGNANT PEOPLE BEEN HIDING THIS KNOWLEDGE? THIS IS SO COMFY

I made lil video for my book on the picture app but I worked TOO HARD on it to just leave it there 😂 Anyway, if you like dragons, curses, queer and disability rep, a bunch of self-sacrificing losers, and contemporary fantasy, Child of the Dragon comes out early 2026 and you can add it on GR now!

I’ve done 5k today and am SO close to breaking 12k but this might be the end for my arm 💀

operation draft a novella in a week has been thrown off schedule by my right arm choosing violence against me, but I got new compression gloves and have strategically placed some pillows for support. let's do this

this is the funniest thing I've ever made, everyone please wish my chronic illnesses a happy 5th birthday 😂

I really want to hit 100 TBR on goodreads before my birthday next month so, umm… please add Child of the Dragon on goodreads?

😭 thank you to everyone who came and interacted with all my events today! Especially my reading! I was so nervous for it, but there was such a good turn out and it was so fun to have live reactions to the scenes and such a fun conversation afterwards!

Exciting news! I’m going to be on two panels AND doing a live reading from Child of the Dragon, my upcoming debut from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social for WriteHive THIS WEEKEND!! it’s free, virtual, and there’s still time to register! Come support me and the other incredibly talented speakers!

I’m going to make a cute graphic later but the 1st day of Disability Pride Month seems like a good day to announce that my book is now available everywhere for pre-order. 😱‼️😍 It’s a romance novel that also unapologetically calls out ableism—oh, and everyone is disabled. 😌🫶🏻 tinyurl.com/3v2rxwbz

By the time Child of the Dragon comes out next year, I'll have spent more of my life with these self-sacrificing losers in my head than without them, so, forgive me if I'm a little insufferable about them 😅

what if I just go a little bit feral and draft out an entire first draft in one sitting today for this? what then

🖤 it's time to reveal the cover of Black As Diamond~! Black As Diamond is a dark fantasy about breaking a curse, finding yourself—and complicated relationships with mothers. learn more here: nebulouswrites.com#books (art by christian chang & design by charlotte strick)

Where's everyone going to find beta readers to swap with these days? The problem with my ADHD brain deciding to write a slasher when I've built my writing friendships on soft and silly fantasy is that most of my betas don't read horror/slashers on the regular 😅

me: "oh boy, I love being a writer and writing emotionally intense scenes! I can't wait to make readers suffer!" also me, sobbing: "I forgot I am first reader"

What an interesting and exciting chapter in a history book this is! Sure sucks to live through though! 🙃

Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Adult Fiction: July-December 2025 Once again, Romance will have its own post later this week! Today's post is sponsored by Janelle Cressida and her brand-new m/m fantasy romance, Son of the Moon, on sale now for $2.99! Some acts of kindness change more than just one life...…

!!! Child of the Dragon is on a most anticipated list with some of *my* most anticipated books!!

If you don't have the Denali national park sled dog puppy cam playing 24/7 on your computer, what are you even doing?? www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...