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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati

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31+ | She/Her | Disabled autistic ace married cat mom L2D Moms: @haerge23.bsky.social (A) & @/midnightsolum (R) 🚫 genAI #Riyati book 2 is out now; check out #RiyatiRebirth & #RiyatiRivals @ riyati.ink or join the Riyati discord @ riyati.ink/discord !

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · Jul 3

Looking for a new book series? Check out #Riyati!

🔗 Itch riyati.ink/itch
🏠 Direct riyati.ink/store
🛒 Other retailers (digital & physical) riyati.ink/series
🔮 Riyati Discord (lurker friendly) riyati.ink/discord
🚫 Series cw's riyati.ink/cws
🧩 More info riyati.ink

Individual book info 🧵👇

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 12m

I have a 6-8 mo process for each of my Riyati books (so far, 67k-97k); part of it is because I've written the first many more than once, but also I'm a workaholic so if uni/chronic pain isn't getting to me, I'm probably working. Rebirth was Aug 2024, Rivals was May 2025, and Ripple will be Nov 2025

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 28m

I allowed myself to take a stress nap, and I might end up regretting it tonight, but man was it nice in the moment

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 4h

make a smiley face and call it a signature--

But yeah, there's a webhook as far as bookvault and payhip where you can put your card on file with bookvault so they charge the pod price and then ships from them to the customer directly (and payhip collects the customer's money)

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 4h

Shyama's really giving me the "uwu I'm a cute grill give me a second can" eyes today. Alas, no, she will not get a second can no matter her uwu energy

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 5h

I have mine directly integrated through bookvault so the books never actually hit my house, but I've been considering buying a few copies to offer as signed that'd I'd have to carry myself

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 6h

Why kib when can zoom??? Gotta love the young ones (esp when they double up for more trouble together)

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 6h

why is hooman in the way of zoomies??? zoomies most important, esp at 4am

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Cheyenne Brammah | Iron Dragon @akairondragon.ca · 2d

Preorder the ebook, paperback, or hardback of The First Sin!
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✨ SWAG ALERT ✨
Preorder to receive free swag! Just provide a copy of your proof of purchase in the form below. Open to readers worldwide.
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📚🩵 🪐📚 #bsnm #scifi #scifinovels #indieauthor

A mockup of The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah.

In the sweeping expanse of the Årdrakin Empire, the people fight and die for honor as elite warriors of the galaxy. But long ago, a prophecy was spoken that presaged the apocalypse. Everyone knows and fears the truth: one day, the empire will fall.

Tårik is a guard for small, independent Clan Tsinna. Instead of pondering the end of his civilization, Tårik’s greatest concern is maintaining his honor while escorting a group of impertinent dignitaries across the treacherous Barren Gale. When the Mother Goddess speaks a passage from the prophecy to him, he has the good sense to be frightened, but he doesn’t heed the significance of Her visit.

Then disaster strikes, and Tårik is branded as an exile, leaving him with no home, no honor, and no future. Forced into a desperate struggle for survival, all Tårik can focus on is living just one more day until luck—or maybe fate—gives him the opportunity to join a new clan. But even this is fraught with danger and uncertainty, and it takes him to an inhospitable world far from the empire where survival seems all but impossible.

Faced with new challenges, including trying to navigate first contact with the low-tech locals, Tårik believes the prophecy can’t reach him. Yet it continues to loom, signaling that his fate and the fate of the empire are irrevocably entwined.

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 22h

Dare I say it, I might *actually* get all of my to do list done today. Bless migraine meds...

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

I think I might've cracked my new dissertation topic, complete with the number of people I'd need to make a full committee. I'm going to reach out to one of my profs I'm closer to for additional info/insight, but T.T it'd be such a relief to just get this started finally

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 1d

In case you saw earlier and forgot about it (looking at you, fellow ADHDers), there's still plenty of time to grab the ADHD bundle! 22 books featuring ADHD rep by mostly ADHD authors! You know you want it:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 1d

I keep forgetting: there's still an ebook sale going on! 50% off 🤘
You can grab MY LORD for just $2 on itch, kobo, smashwords & kindle 😁

So if you're looking for some queer gothic goodness this spooky month, why not check this out? 🏰
mylord.shimaira.com

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🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
#DiscountBooks

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 2d

Theso/Enaka are the genderqueer Team Rocket (Jesse & James, but romantic w/ each other) if they were Leverage bi-icon protags.

Gremlin Bird x Cat Who ❤️s Their One Fave Human.

Ride or die, & the odds aren't in their favor.

The history is complicated & plot related.

#WritingPrompt

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Cool idea! A thread of newsletters and websites.

If you wander over to Book Funnel, you can snag a free novella while you sign up.

dl.bookfunnel.com/7jmg3em8i3

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

You can get a Riyati prequel novella by signing up for my newsletter @ riyati.ink/newsletter or join the Riyati discord @ riyati.ink/discord for vibes and updates!

More interested in general Riyati info or info about me? riyati.ink or kai-zeal.com

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

If you're looking for new books, why not check out this hidden gem bundle on itch, 63 DRM-free indie books for only $38!

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Multiple covers cover the outer edge of the promo image. In the center, there is the following text:
Itch.io
Under-Rated Bundle
Oct 9th - 13th
Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of"

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 2d

Listen #Writers, I don't know how to market this book (I don't know how to market in general), but it is very short and contains humor aimed at other writers. So maybe by the end of 60ish pages you'll have a laugh and decide that you'd like to give me a chance as an author.
#TheLurker #Writesky 1/2

Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing?

With arrows pointing to center:
About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words
Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud
Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name
meta-humor that only other writers will find funny
It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation
Painfully obvious self-insert character

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

Ace Pride Bundle Peoples-- email just went out for the promo graphics-- if you haven't accepted the bundles yet, please do so while checking out the graphics! 💙

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

If you're looking for new books, why not check out this hidden gem bundle on itch, 63 DRM-free indie books for only $38!

🔗 itch.io/b/3305/under...

💙📚 🌈📚🌎 📢📚

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 2d

We all know there's so many amazing #indie #books out there waiting to be discovered, like gems in the rough 💎

Fortunately for you lot, we've compiled a list of some of them. Even better, they're on sale.

From rock stars to vengeful spirits, there's plenty of choice.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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A collage of book covers from the bundle. Text says: Itch.io Under-rated Bundle. Oct 9 thru 13th Bringing your attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 2d

This appears to have gone live early!

Grab a bunch of great books that have/had 15 or fewer ratings on Amazon or Goodreads! Maybe you'll find your next favorite.

2 of my books, Everything Is Wonderful Now & Open Wound, books 1 & 2 in The Requiem Series, are in the bundle 💜
itch.io/b/3305/under...

Itchio under-rated bundle. October 9th through the 13th. Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of. Five stars are above and below the text in the center of the graphic. Surrounding it are several books included in the bundle.

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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 3d

The reviews are in!! ✨

Thank you to all who have read and reviewed "Fimbulvinter's Fires" so far. I'm so grateful that others seem to like it as much as I do!

what readers are saying about
Fimbulvinter's Fires
$0.99 until mid-Oct
5 stars
“a fantastic survival tale”
“incredibly intense and emotional”
“lyrical writing”
“tender and emotionally resonant”
“really drew me in”

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 3d

Check out these hidden gems on Kobo Plus and find your next favourite read!

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books.bookfunnel.com/koboplusless...

#booksky #readersky #readersonbluesky #koboplus #bookfunnel #books #whattoread #bookrecs #newbooks

In the background, an apocalyptic landscape and a samurai is standing in the foreground holding a fiery sword and at a distance on a hill a person with another fiery sword is standing. Caption says Kobo Plus Fantasy and Sci Fi. Covers of The Stars in Your Soul by Niranjan, Vampires in Space by Niranjan and The Elite and the Rogues by Niranjan on the foreground

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 3d

Why'd you post a picture of just a tunnel???

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 3d

🤝 it's all fun and games until I have to task switch, and then it's just misery and suffering