Think 'cause it has such an accessible title that That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story has no secrets for you? Think again 🤔 All of the ship names in the book are either a shout-out to a valued reader of the series - or a multi-lingual pun...because you know that's how I roll 🛞 #booksky #bskybookclub

I had an amazing time at Vampfangs Salem Vampire Market on Saturday. My best sales day ever, and the people buying books were so kind and supportive - they actually *thanked me* for writing 🥰 I feel spoiled! Very happy indie author ☺️ #booksky #bskybookclub #vampire #darkfantasy

Unbox my new #stickers with me! Message me to find out how to get yours 📩 #booksky #bskybookclub #librarian

Everyone who drinks #tea with milk has the *exact right shade of brown* the tea turns when your correct amount of milk has been added. Tea drinkers - post your shade of "perfect cuppa tea" (This is PG Tips brewed strong with soy milk and sugar - "no cow builder's" 😉) #authorlife #teadrinker

Picked up these cool queer, vampire books by @ravenbelas.co at the Peabody Oddities Expo today. Thanks Raven!

It's finally live! Amber Benson (Tara from #buffy) and I were interviewed at Hellmouth Con '25, and here is proof of what total nerds we are 🤓💪 #booksky #bskybookclub #buffythevampireslayer #vampires

Want to enjoy all that Salem has to offer without the hassle of finding & paying for parking? Dark Forest Oddities Expo is your home for everything Halloween! 📍Marriott Hotel Peabody MA 🗓️Saturday September 6th ⏰11am to 6pm 🎟️Tickets at the door only $10 🅿️FREE PARKING #booksky #bskybookclub

This is how it feels being a vampire author heading into #spookyseason 😂 #authorlife #booksky #bskybookclub #halloween

Hey friends! Would you pretty please take a moment to vote for That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story in the Best Sapphic Rivals-to-Lovers poll? You don't have to sign up for anything & it would mean so much to Sadie the Goat, Gallus Mag, & me 🙏 (Scroll down to #29) iheartsapphfic.com/2025/08/28/v...

This is kinda my gooiest, lovey-doviest one. But if any character deserves to find love again, it's absolutely Zoraida, who did not have long enough with the "patar" who made her into a vampire, and she lived for so long with the pain of that loss ravenbelas.co/b3/ #booksky #bskybookclub #queer

My most recent piece for Booklife just dropped: "The Funny Business of Sex Scenes" (yes, of course puns weren't optional!) www.digitalpwselect.com/pwselect/lib... #booksky #bskybookclub #indiewriters

#nationalbookloversday Bookworms party! 📚🪱🎉 Celebrate all weekend with a sale on Blood Ex Libris: The ebook is dropped down to ONLY 99¢💥 a.co/d/iwbe13N Or head over to ravenbelas.co for a signed paperback ONLY $6.99💥 Grab your copy before this sale is GONE‼️ #booksky #bskybookclub

I’m sure you all have world maps up on your walls and are moving the pushpin every time I post one of these, so get to it! 📌 Noosh is finally leaving Tangier and making her way to the next part of the adventure in Book IV, Blood Depths #wip #booksky #bskybookclub

New interview up about That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story 🏴‍☠️ There’s some great questions, including what the perfume for the book would smell like & “What song does your character put on to start your book launch party?“ Go check it out: iheartsapphfic.com/2025/07/31/a... #booksky #bskybookclub

In bed w/ food poisoning & I finally allow myself the final Ncuti Gatwa #drwho season Having all the feels by ep 5, I call my partner to both gush & rant. At end of the call I say, "This is probably the nerdiest stuff I've ever said to you" Without missing a beat he says, "No, it really isn't" 😂

I had put on makeup on this hot-ass day so you lot better appreciate it! Also, here are all the ways to get your hands on That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story ravenbelas.co/lesbian-vamp... #booksky #bskybookclub

Summer 2025 is "subversive, badass gaslamp lesbians having wild adventures summer" (says the woman who just published That Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story... 😉)

Well then. I now have one person in this world who I know definitively I am NOT writing books for. Thanks for making that clear, buddy 👍 #booksky #bskybookclub #diversebooks #inclusion

Well, this author is a barely functional puddle after #readercon34 - but only in body! In mind & spirit, I'm recharged by all the great conversations with both dear friends & exciting new friends! I'll be back at #readercon35 next July I hope you will be there!

Sometimes, prepping for a convention looks like this 😂 See you all at #readercon34 — hopefully with all my stuff held together 😁 #authorlife #booksky #bskybookclub

This coming #readercon34  July 17 – 20, 2025 📅 at the Boston Marriott Burlington in Burlington, MA 📌 I'll be signing books at the IIP table in the Bookshop ✒️📖 Stop by and talk fiction with me! #booksky #bskybookclub #darkfantasy #vampires #bookworm

Still got my smudged makeup and t-shirt on from last night's #runthejewels and #wutang concert, but I'm still getting out book orders because I adore you all 😁🥱 I can't talk much today because I screamed my voice away last night 😂 Anyway, this is your weekend slice of #authorlife 🤓 #booksky

When I couldn't choose a name for this story I turned to my readers and asked, "I need help with the title! My working title has been "That Lesbian Vampire Pirates Story." And my readers were like, "Why would you change that? Keep it!" 🤷‍♀️😂 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 Pre-order here: a.co/d/bNmPOdr #booksky #bskybookclub

The 🚫 Anti-Prime 🚫 sale starts now 📚Free shipping AND sticking it to Bezos? Oh yeah. Grab my whole series with FREE SHIPPING now & support this indie author AND indie bookstores 💖 bookshop.org/lists/blood-... #booksky #bskybookclub #darkfantasy #vampires

This is a very worth-a-watch video on the use of Gen AI in the book community which highlights why it's not okay to steal from artists and authors just because you aren't bothered to find an economically feasible solution like the rest of us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqzn...

If you missed my first time reading at @swsworlds.bsky.social it's finally up online! All the readings before me are excellent and worth a listen, but if you *must* jump right to me, I start at 34:34 😁

@booksrme.bsky.social You wrote such a better thing about my selfie than *I* did though 😂😂💀👻

Kinda love this selfie of me shading myself with my newest book on the hottest day of the year (so far) - I title it: "Melting Goth Makes Her Own Shade" 🫠 #booksky #bskybookclub #goth #vampireseries #darkfantasy

My newsletter went out on Tuesday with a couple *very special* deals for newsletter subscribers, and by Wednesday I could barely carry all the packages to the post office 😂 If you are not already a reader, rush over to the link below to fix that 👇 ancientscrolls.beehiiv.com #booksky #bskybookclub

Yesterday I left some signed copies of my books at the wonderful Pandemonium Books in Cambridge. Come along with me as I share the experience... #booksky #bskybookclub #authorlife #goth #vampireseries #darkfantasy #bookstore

There's still time to get 15% off ALL audiobooks in the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series for Audiobook Month 😎 🧛‍♀️ Cool vampires for hot nights 💪♀️ 📚 Kick-ass librarian MC 💝 Found family 🤔 Morally grey characters ♟️ Power struggles, betrayals, & intrigue www.barnesandnoble.com/s/raven+bela... #booksky

Immortal Influence Publications presents “Genre Literature: a Conversation with Amber Benson and Raven Belasco.” Amber will be joining us as a panelist ONLY. But you will be able to catch Raven at the Immortal Influence table all weekend!! #hellmouthcon

So excited to announce I'll be doing a panel with Amber Benson @hellmouthevents.org on June 14th! If you have been wavering about whether to attend, this is your decision maker‼️ Can't wait to see you there and sign some books for you 🥰 #booksky #bskybookclub #buffythevampireslayer

*ONLY 1 DAY* until this amazing panel of ♀️ & non-binary authors of speculative fiction Zoom to you live! @swsworlds.bsky.social Giveaways, live readings, & chat with the authors 💫 Event is FREE but you have to pre-register ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom... This is a hint of what I'll be like...

Finding my people 🏳️‍🌈 this #pridemonth #queer and diverse vampires for #pride, anyone? You know the best Pride parties are at night... 🧛‍♀️ ravenbelas.co/b3/ #booksky #queerauthor #bskybookclub #darkfantasy

✅ Swept & mopped the floor ✅ Washed the sheets ✅ Furniture polished ✅ Everything tidied ✅ Dog finally able to go back to his spot on the bed! #dogsofbsky #dogsky

Readers tell me that having a #fantasylanguage for these books is one of the things they're most excited about, like the languages in Game of Thrones, this makes the world of the series feel much more real & immersive Today's word is Adharmhem 📜 #booksky #bskybookclub #darkfantasy

Readin' Demons 📖👹🏍️

Yesterday after doing the big drop of Finding Bela Lugosi I stepped away from the screen & did something nice for myself I headed over to get my smilie put back (long story 🙄) Of all the piercings I've gotten—I'm a #gothgirl so you know it's been a few 😁— this is my most favoritest 💖 #piercing

This World Dracula Day 🧛 Monday the 26th, go back to the nighttime streets of London in 1979 in “Finding Bela Lugosi,” a FREE vampire story of discovering yourself though forbidden love and stopping a vampire serial killer: bookhip.com/TCAPFXV #goth #vampire #booksky #bskybookclub #freestory

Happy #WorldGothDay, please remember that goth has always been trans and queer, directly inspiring the style and shape of it's fashion and that it has always encouraged gender-fuckery.

It’s after midnight in the UK so Happy World Goth Day 2025

🦇🦇🦇 of the world, fly into the Dark! For it is #WorldGothDay! Readers have demanded more of my goth backstory, so here's an overview of when I was living it hardest and darkest. (I will never stop calling myself a goth—I'm GOTH 4EVA—I just am a bit more chill about it these days... #booksky #goth

Why are #vampires in a big ol' tourist trap, you may ask? Well, you'll just have to read Blood Depths to find out 😉 16,000 words in as of today! Thanks for playing "Where in the world is Noosh?" & we'll see you from another chapter and geographic location soon 🌍 #booksky #bskybookclub

What used to be cat-and-cow is now terrier-and-toy pose 😂 When I said all my yoga is now puppy yoga, this is what I meant 💝

"Before they were a tourist attraction they were brothels" is my favorite sentence for the day. (It's even better if you know this is discussing CAVES) Yes, research for Blood Depths is going delightfully 😁 #booksky #bskybookclub #nerdsky

I just got 17 easy! (Only missing making a friend in a book club)

Why the Blues are so important to the film Sinners (and to me) and about how the vampires in Sinners are the *scariest vampires* and how important this film is (hint: it's very important) #sinners #sinnersfilm #sinnersmovie #vampires #vampirefilms #vampireauthor #blues #booksky

Holly crap! Just realized @ravenbelas.co and I both won Audiobook Reviewer's best-of for horror 2024! See Raven on the Indie Author Showcase! - tinyurl.com/48wc2myh Also available on Youtube, Podbeam, and more! #AudiobookOfTheYear #AwardWinningAuthor #HorrorBookAward #IndieHorror #HorrorAuthors

Did you know there is no yoga position that cannot be modified to pet or play with your dog? And that a yoga flow is way more exhilarating when your dog could be anywhere you want to put a foot or hand? *This message is brought to you by the Small Terriers of the Universe*