#TimeTravelAuthors 19: Any reference to other time travel works in your story? Quite a few—like this scene in chapter 4 where Alana and Maureen rely on JT's encyclopedic knowledge of the genre to try to brainstorm an answer to how Maureen traveled back in time.

#TimeTravelAuthors 17: strange Look, I'm cheating a little on this one because it is post-sized on Mastodon, it's the only occurrence of the word strange(r) in the book, and it makes no sense without the context of all these sentences. And because I like Alana and JT's banter.

I've decided to step back from social media: www.lyssachiavari.com/2025/09/16/e... I will still post here when I have news or announcements. I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all! Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!

#TimeTravelAuthors 15: miracles? Even though I'm religious, I try to keep my books secular, apart from characters mentioning their own faith. In JLTFT, things can be explained by magic rather than miracles. That said, there are always coincidences that can't be explained, make of that what you will

They look so sci-fi! 🤩 I LOVED this series. Time-travel romance set in the near future with varied cultures. Looking back, a lot of it seems more and more timely; I'll have to read it again someday.... Check it out!

#TimeTravelAuthors 13: fire I’d gotten off the freeway during “Firefly,” and from there I’d headed east. The last refrain of track nine was playing by the time I’d turned into the parking lot of the Oak Dell Inn and pulled into the shady spot at the foot of a tree where I sat now.

COMMON BONDS lovers, you can get even more of the good stuff. An entire anthology of short stories and poems that have: 💚 science fiction and fantasy 💚 aromantic MCs 💚 a focus on platonic relationships! Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla... 🌈📚

As a reminder, I'm putting the series in Kindle Unlimited at the beginning of October, so if you want to get the books with these covers on retailers other than Amazon, be sure to do that in the next week or so! books2read.com/ap/ng5kzx/Ly...

#LesFicFri: beauty Only occurrence of beauty/beautiful in the book and of course it's JT being a diva 😂

It's the 10th anniversary of Fourth World in just a few months, so the series has been refreshed with all-new covers! These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!

Periodic reminder that I'm not really a social media user! 99% of my posts are queued with Buffer. I will usually check my notifications every couple days and maybe glance at whatever happens to be the top post on the feed, but I don't scroll. So apologies as ever if I miss anything!

#TimeTravelAuthors 11: How do you keep up urgency in your story? I tend to end chapters on cliffhangers to keep pages turning. This also has the side effect of working well for serialization, which is why I decided to do that for this one. It's how I write anyway, but it works well for that format!

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#TimeTravelAuthors 9: Tone of your story It's definitely supposed to evoke early 00s movies like 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, etc, so I'm going for that vibe only in written form!

#TimeTravelAuthors 7: Smartest character in the story I would definitely say Alana is the *wisest*. She has good intuition and is able to read between the lines better than most. She has a good understanding of the human condition, I think. Chapter 5 is live now on Patreon!

Thanks for hosting! I just updated Titanic Voyage on Itchio to have two cover choices. So cool that a platform would let you back-door that! The thumbnail came out looking more aggressive than I intended, but heck, maybe someone will go "Oh, guess I will." juliebihn.itch.io/tv #LateNightWrite

#LesFicFri: secret Sometimes sharing secrets can backfire...

#TimeTravelAuthors 5: How many people are aware of time travel in your story? Just Maureen, Alana, JT... and whoever is the person who cast the time travel spell on Maureen in the first place...

⭐️ This is your periodic reminder to leave stars/reviews for books you've enjoyed! ⭐️ It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.

A thread of all the Nerezia novellas so far (whether released or available for preorders) 🧵 You can get more information at claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/ 🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

Amazon has changed its Kindle Unlimited exclusivity policy to now allow your books to be distributed to public libraries while enrolled in KU: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/t... So you can use D2D to distribute your ebooks to library and this will not harm your KU eligibility.

#TimeTravelAuthors 3: smooth “Hi there,” said the man behind the counter. He was older than my parents by probably about ten years, with gray hair on the sides of his head and a smooth bald scalp on top. I’d only met him once, but I was pretty sure this was Mrs. Hagen’s husband. “Checking in?”

I like how MailerLite gave us next to NO WARNING that they were going to be making this change.

🏔️ The RUINED HISTORY release bundle is up! 🏔️ You can get any previous Nerezia novellas at a discount or all for $10! Embark on a sentient Wagon across haunted lands, fall in love with the motley crew, and dive into an adventure that keeps growing in scope. itch.io/s/157140/rui... 🌈📚 🌈🚀💫

Fuck off, robots

#TimeTravelAuthors: intro from a secondary character's POV Alana: "The weirdest thing happened today. I met this girl—well, I've met her before, but I hadn't seen her in a couple years. But she told me that she's not the same girl I met before. She's that girl's future self. Should I trust her?"

New month, new chapter for Just Like the First Time! Patrons at the $1+ tier can read it here: www.patreon.com/posts/136651...

Hey #TimeTravelAuthors, I took August off because I was fried and not feeling well, but I'll be back for September! I'm going to *attempt* to focus on Just Like the First Time this month (though some of the prompts may be harder to apply to this story, haha). See you tomorrow!

#LesFicFri: this week's word is tongue, which doesn't appear in my book, so I'm going to go back in time (😉) and do the one I missed a few weeks back, sleep!

You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all And you don't have dental.

Oh heck yessss, someone bought my cozy fantasy books through my direct store, I'm assuming through the Narratess sale? I am stoked to see sales through a group sale that aren't just on Amazon, this may be a first!

🚀 She can create worlds… or destroy them. A Spark in Space by Janina Franck is featured in the Indie Book Sale—300+ SFF & horror titles discounted Aug 23–25! https://indiebook.sale 🌌✨

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The Narratess Indie Book Sale starts today, and I'm participating with my pen-name cozy fantasy series starter! ✨ Step into magic, mystery, and mayhem! ✨ Alexandra’s Riddle is part of the Indie Book Sale—fantasy, sci-fi, and horror reads discounted Aug 23–25. Don’t miss it: indiebook.sale 📚🪄

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#LesFicFri: eyebrow Free wi-fi didn't widely become a thing until 2010! And if that seems recent, remember that 2010 was 15 years ago 🫠 New chapters post on the first of the month! www.patreon.com/lyssachiavari

What the Sea Brings is officially One Week Old! I've been busy prepping for the upcoming launch party (August 24th!), and enjoying not having to yell on socials so much. Thank you to everyone for their support! You can buy What the Sea Brings wherever books are sold! books2read.com/whattheseabrings

Reminder to all and sundry that I use em dashes and I use them on social media too bc on your phone you just hold down on the hyphen and change it to an em dash, and in fact the only time I don't use em dashes is in emails written on my PC because I don't have number keys on my laptop bc Dell sucks

So, I'm needing to make a decision that I'm not loving. I've been a wide author for most of my career, but since the beginning of this year my sales have dropped off a cliff. Even when I do marketing that normally works well, I am seeing no bump. We're talking single digit sales every month.

Gah this scene 😭 Rocky 😭😭

Eyyyyy, the #BelovedSFFSale is in full swing! You can grab CHAMELEON MOON - books2read.com/u/b5O5D7 - as well as a crapton of other incredible and recommended books (mine were FOURTH WORLD and TALES OF NEREZIA!) for 99 cents or free! ENJOY! talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...

The sale is still ongoing through tomorrow, be sure to check it out!

It's an Epic Sale of Beloved SFF to cheer your weekend up! 😄 All books free or 99 cents, including my own Sunbolt. 🔥 talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...

🌊 Just 3 more days until What the Sea Brings rolls ashore! Get swept away by a tale of mystery, memory, and the sea’s haunting call. #WhatTheSeaBrings #YAbooks #CoastalFantasy #SnowyWingsPub #SnowyWingsBooks #SnowyWingsAuthor #BeverlyTwomey

#LesFicFri: quiet Maureen is an ace lesbian, and back in 2004, asexuality was even less known of than it is now. Here she's describing her experience of falling in love to a curious Alana

The Epic Sale of Beloved SFF is happening now, and I'm so honored that CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X is included! Check out all the great books on sale here: talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...

⏳ Just one day left! Ready to dive back into Bianca Wallace’s world of secrets, sleuthing, and shocking twists? A Criminal’s Game drops tomorrow! 🔍💥#CozyMystery #BiancaWallaceMysteries #DariaWhite #CrimsonFoxPub #CrimsonFoxBooks crimsonfoxpublishing...#CozyMystery

Congratulations to Madeehah Reza, @madeehahwrites.bsky.social, part of our All World's Wayfarer writing fam! She has a new story out today in @thefantasticother.bsky.social. Way to go Madeehah!

"Surely, there will be many stock images evoking the spirit of Mauritz de Haas' Nocturne with Lighthouse, and this is the ideal inspiration for an ATV safety image."

"CPSC, where's the fun graphic." Well, it's a Tears of the Kingdom reference and we haven't made a new one yet.