The Narratess Indie August Sale is ALMOST OVER! Dozens of indie fantasy, sci-fi and horror books are on sale or even free! Go check out this amazing sale before it ends!!! indiebook.sale 💙📚

@fondalee.bsky.social on the “why fantasy” panel, telling us why she likes fantasy. She also said “it tells the truth by lowering the defenses”

The Narratess Book Sale is on! 320+ fantasy, science-fiction and horror books for Free, 0.99, or 1.99—including The Rarkyn's Familiar! 🪶Blood magic 🪶Kickass heroine 🪶Monster companion 🪶Enemies to begrudging allies 🪶Multiple magic systems 🪶Mental health rep + Now in audiobook 🎧 🔗➡️ indiebook.sale

Whelp, I hit my 220,000 word target and I'm not done (so many loose ends to tie up 😵‍💫). The good news is I'm solidly into act three and the end is in sight. #therarkyntrilogy #booksky #amwriting #epicfantasy #nzbooks

Heads up book lovers! This weekend is the Beloved SFF Sale. Check out the amazing, curated list of recommended indie fantasy and sci-fi books that are either free or US$0.99! talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025... 1/2 #Booksky #booklovers #indiebooks #booksale

Te Pae Tawhiti Distant Horizon Awards—Aotearoa New Zealand's first juried speculative fiction awards—are currently open to entries! We’re very excited to see this award make its way into the world and are encouraging New Zealand and Pasifika authors to submit in the following categories: 1/3

200k down! I am no longer sure how much more I have to go 😅 But I think it's going to be more than the 20k I gave myself. Ooops 🙈 #therarkyntrilogy #amwriting #authorlife #epicfantasy #writing #drafting

It's official! THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is now out on audiobook 🎧🎉 Narrated by the brilliant Anna Maste (@annamastevoice). It's now available on Amazon, Audible, Kobo Plus and all the usual audiobook places — links at www.books2read.com/rarkyn 🪶 #audiobooks #epicfantasy #darkfantasy #booksky

Wowza, what a review! Thank you @yourpaperquest.bsky.social 🤩

🚨 Book bundle alert 🚨 Enjoy speculative fiction with strong women? Check out these two book bundles! Buy 13 books for $16.25 instead of $43 and save over 60%! DEAL ENDS MAY 22. Bundle 1: itch.io/b/3023/stron... Bundle 2 (contains Rarkyn 1 & 2): itch.io/b/3022/stron... #Booksky #BargainBooks

#WIP update: Rarkyn Book 3 is at 180k words! #TheRarkynTrilogy

#NZWrites April 30: Share something good that happen to me this month! (No video again, as cold still not gone 😤) I won a Sir Julius Vogel Award for my sci-fi horror novella "We Who Remain"! And I also found out I was shortlisted four times in the Australian Aurealis Awards 🤯

#ZNWrites April 26 catch up (no video as a cold has claimed my voice 😫) I use a lot of tools, but the one I constantly recommend to people—especially if you're struggling with motivation and focus—is 4thewords! It's basically an RPG for writers 👇 4thewords.com youtube.com/shorts/UKkGk...

I'll be there too at Stall A15 with the North Shore Writers Crew 😊

#NZWrites April 24: Do I reread books? I have recently discovered the wonders of relistening to audiobooks at bedtime. It's great!

I'm thrilled to share that my sci-fi cosmic horror novella "We Who Remain" from A NIGHT SO DARK AND FULL OF STARS won a Sir Julius Vogel Award last night! Big thank you to @austinpsheehan.bsky.social and @deadsetpress.bsky.social for all the work you put into this story 🫶 #Booksky #nzbooks

#WIP update: Rarkyn Book 3 has officially hit the 160k mark. It's sooo close to hitting the homeward stretch. Sooo close. #Booksky #Fantasy #Writersky

Meet our next feature member: Andrew Taylor! Head over to the SpecFicNZ website to read the full interview: specfic.nz/2025/04/15/s... His book The Dimension Stone is available now from Amazon. #specficnz #memberfeature #scifi #nzwrites #nzscifi #nzwriter

#NZWrites April 16: Do I read multiple books at once or one at a time? Me: "Why read one when you can read five?!" 📚 😅 *starts new book*

Delighted to share that three of my stories—"We Who Remain", "Maiden's Dawn" and "Doors"—are finalists in the Aurealis Awards! Massive congratulations to all my fellow finalists 🥳 aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2... #booksky #auswrites #books

COVER REVEAL: Parasitic Omens by @jessicaamcminn.bsky.social 💙 A gaslamp fantasy horror novella pitched as Supernatural x The Witcher x Bloodborne. Coming May 27th! 🔥 beforewegoblog.com/cover-reveal...

#NZWrites April 14: A book that's been on my TBR the longest? Let's see what my Goodreads says...

Catching up on #NZWrites again 😅 Short answer: 1st POV - oj both counts. Explanation 👇 #booksky #writersky #amwriting

Last day for #SFINCS before a winner is crowned! Therefore, I have a Finalist review for Team Secret Scribes! Once we Flew by @nikkythewriter.com fanfiaddict.com/93611-2/

#NZWrites April 10: what am I currently reading? My April reading plans are not going to plan. Goddammit Donut. #nzwrites #dungeoncrawlercarl #litrpg #amreading #amreadingfantasy

#NZWrites catch up: Share a favourite opening line. This one's from Sam Hawke's City of Lies. Highly recommend! #fantasy #fantasybooks #bookseries #fantasybooklover

Head up book lovers! The @campfirewriting sale is on with over 250 books (including three of mine) discounted until April 13 🔥 The Rarkyn's Familiar - now $0.99 The Rarkyn's Fall - now $2.99 Dingo & Sister - FREE Head over to www.campfirewriting.com/explore to browse the books #booksale #booksky

SFINCS finalist Once We Flew by Nikky Lee was a fun mix of Sci-fi and fantasy. 5⭐️ Full review below: The SFINCS team will be posting Team Secret Scribes final scores soon and later this week we will know our winner. Get hyped! Lots of amazing novellas this year.

#NZWrites: A bookish world would want to live in? Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree. Because coffee ☕️ #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity

A bunch of #indieauthors (including me!) have banded together to give away 20 novellas to 3 separate winners (globally)! Includes all 10 #SFINCS finalists + other great authors! Enter here 👉 forms.gle/XrLaUXyzQ8AU... You have until Friday April 4th to put your name in for the draw! #booksky

#NZWrites April 2: Plotter or pantser? I landed somewhere in the middle 👇

#NZWrites March 31: Share something good that happened this month. I found out I'm a finalist in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 😊

Introducing our next featured member: Melissa Gunn! Read her interview here: specfic.nz/2025/03/20/s... And see all her work at melissagunn.com #memberfeature #specficnz #melissagunn #nzwriter #nzauthor #cosyurbanfantasy #fantasywriter

Robinne Weiss has a new book out, Demonic Summoning for the Modern Gardener! Congrats! Get yours today from Amazon. #newrelease #bookrecs #nzauthor #specficnz #newbook #cosyurbanfantasy #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram

#NZWrites returns on April 2!

#NZWrites March 30: My favourite bookshop or library? The Book Exchange in Glen Eden. Books + coffee + super supportive of local indie authors = amazing

#NZWrites March 28: A bookish pet peeve. Easier for me to show you 👇 Does it annoy me enough to replace the books? No. Does it nevertheless annoy me when I see it on my shelf? Just a bit 😅

#NZWrites March 26: I dislike this trope so much that I deliberately wrote the ending of The Rarkyn's Familiar to stomp all over it 😅

Me: Okay brain, end of Act 2. We need to get the characters from here (point A) to here (point B). What have you got? Brain: A brand new, fully-formed story idea Me: THAT'S NOT PART OF THE GODDAMN PLAN, BRAIN Brain: Look how ✨shiney✨ it is Me: Stop Brain: ✨shiney✨ Me: Please stop 😭 #writersky

Thanks for the spotlight @fantasticphil.bsky.social 😊 And great questions!

Extremely this! I always remind myself to play it like a game. You hit the ball over the net, maybe somebody hits it back, maybe they don't and they put it in their pocket. The most important thing is: when you see it returning towards your face, SWING THE RACKET.

If you are a NZ author, I urge you to check the LibGEN database to see if your books have been scrapped by Meta. If so, the NZSA is collecting names (and book titles) in preparation for an international class action lawsuit. #NZWrites #WritingCommunity authors.org.nz/books-scrape...

#NZWrites March 24: My favourite trope? The animal/magical companion trope. I don't use it in everything, but it sure does pop up A LOT 😅

#NZWrites March 22 (yes, I know, I forgot again 😅): Do I have a writing ritual. I landed on snacks for this one.

Folks, there's a NZ and Aussie edition of a $0.99 Stuff Your Kindle Sale happening this weekend! Check out the books here 👉 www.aus-nz-indiewritersbookclub.com/stuff-your-k... #booksky #booklovers #nzbooks #auswrites

So, Meta used pirated copies of my books to train their fucking AI. In case my stance hasn't been clear before, if you use Generative AI to write your stories, it is a black list from me. I will not buy your works, I will not promote them, I will not read or review them. #FuckAI

#NZWrites March 20: Series or standalone? And why? Gah, this is hard. Okay series. But by a narrow margin.

Thought I had posted this, but nope. So, here we are a bit late ... again 😅 #NZWrites March 18: My preferred reading format. Audio. And it 100% counts as reading (I will die on this hill).

#NZWrites March 16: My favourite reading spot. The couch! Preferably with a blanket and a coffee ☕️

Delighted to share that three of my works are finalists in the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel Awards! A Night So Dark And Full Of Stars (Collection); "We Who Remain" (Novella), and The Rarkyn's Fall (Youth Novel)! Thank you to those who nominated these and congrats to my fellow finalists 🥳