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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author

@lynnstrong.bsky.social

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Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) https://lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 28d

💙 📚 🌈 📚 🪐 📚 ♿ 😺 Hi! I'm Lynn. I write #cozyfantasy with scampering kittens, feisty book-witches, & kind priests who nourish everyone, even the mice. Joyfully body positive, inclusive, & welcoming. (So many bonus recipes!) Come for the chai; stay because everyone is treasured. lynnstrong.com/books/

Three book covers: Chai and Cat-tales, Haroun and the Study of Mischief, and Chai and Charmcraft by Lynn Strong

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 13h

Hey #writesky and #cozyfantasy - next up at the link below is Indie Publishing Basics with @nat20.bsky.social, @elaynegriffith.bsky.social, @adriennehiatt.bsky.social , and Wren Jones (apologies if you have a Bsky I don't know)

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 14h

Hey #booksky #cozyfantasy #romancelandia -- @caseyblair.bsky.social , Gabrielle Landi (I'm not sure of her Bsky), and @heatherschneider.bsky.social are presenting on Cozy Fantasy Romance at HearthCon right now :D Here's the all purpose entry link for the weekend: www.youtube.com/@LazyDragonB...

Lazy Dragon Books Inc

Stories that warm the heart.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 14h

Lazy Dragon Books Inc

Stories that warm the heart.

www.youtube.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 14h

At least 13 over the course of my life, I've lost count. My apologies, I'm many-way multitasking to keep two online events running and can't handle Internet medical diagnostics on top of it?

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

I'm glad that magnesium worked for you! For me the thing that has worked best over time has unfortunately involved removing body parts for other medically necessary reasons, and with those parts gone I am Just Not Up for removing the skull or brain that remain XD

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

Unfortunately, all of us are different. This has been nearly lifelong, starting at 8 years old. I've been taking Mg daily for 4 years for insomnia, and it hasn't made a difference. A coworker gave me a ten page list of foods to eat or not-eat that is the opposite of my own triggers.

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

The disabled friends who've known me both before and after have told me, kindly, that I wasn't a terrible abled person, and that I did make a difference.

But I know in my soul how much I didn't understand about everything outside my sphere of tech accessibility until I joined the ranks...

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

And I'm just as tired of the "But my athletic kid can't possibly be disabled by one little cold, I refuse to accept this, he is a FIGHTER, he just isn't fighting HARD ENOUGH, why are the rest of you pretending My Kid is just like the rest of you lazy disabled slackers" entitled posts/reddits/etc.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

If they were as exhausted then as I am now by the constant daily grinding abrasion of a world that's purposefully designed with the grindstone of capitalist productivity in mind, I even understand why they kept it quiet. BC I'm already tired of finding out the hard way when I was too real for a min.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

Because I was an ally, and because I was working to get access for people, and because I was an able-bodied advocate to the people with power, and because the world had ground "shut up and stay focused on the specific tech thing you need from this person" into their souls.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 15h

For fifteen years I was more tuned to disabled folks' lives than the average person on the street because of my accessibility and user experience training.

But until I joined Team Crip, I had no idea how much the disabled folks I was trying to advocate for were fighting things they kept hidden.

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Alicia Warne @aliciawarne.bsky.social · 1d

Love cozy fantasy? 150+ books are on sale this weekend: all deeply discounted, 120 free or 99c.

Includes my series starter, Death on the Loper, for 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway 📚🌍 🪐📚🌈🚀💫 💙📚

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

And Hearthcon: www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2025

LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2025

October 11-12, 2025 Schedule of Events*online and livestreamed to Youtube

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

The book sale:
cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
(Starting tomorrow but Karryn might start flipping switches tonight)

Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale

This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2025 have…

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

So this is excellent timing considering Hearthcon and the Cozy the Day Away book sale are both going on this weekend! Cozy the Day Away has 160 cozy fantasy books on sale, many of them indie, and Hearthcon has cozy authors, bookstagrammers, and fanfolks all talking shop. BRB w links!

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

This plus "your computer forgets what electricity is 30 seconds after you manage to install the Win10 extended service pack you'd been fighting Microsoft tech support about for two months" ....the timing really does seem beyond coincidence and into enemy action here.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Dear universe,
If I have to have an unexplained migraine every week, today is a better day for it than either earlier in the week or during both cons

But do I really have to have an unexplained migraine every week? Especially on the "I was going to make book progress dammit" day?

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

I think the world is fortunate that I am tired enough to think "Zucchini and pumpkin are both squash, zucchini bread is a fall squash disposal mechanism, zucchini bread is similarly spiced to PSL, I should try making a zucchini squash latte For SCIENCE!"

...but also much too tired to implement rn🤣

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

I am not sure whether I am brave enough or mad enough to determine whether a Zucchini Squash Latte is Proof of Concept or Too Far Beyond the Mad Food Science Horizon, and the world may be grateful I am presently too exhausted to find out? But the thought is there...

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Since the spice profile of zucchini bread, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin spice lattes are pretty similar, and since many of the zucchini survival tactics overlap with hard squash survival tactics (with similar lock-your-doors notes in the midwest)... have a lol? lynnstrong.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pumpkin Spice Season and Conference Season

HearthCon and Cozy the Day Away are coming this weekend! …amid 9 other conferences and conventions in a 5 week window ahahahahawhimper

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the Pumpkin Spice Mad Food Science Experiment has been further documented, including variations for different food sensitivities: lynnstrong.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pumpkin Spice Season and Conference Season

HearthCon and Cozy the Day Away are coming this weekend! …amid 9 other conferences and conventions in a 5 week window ahahahahawhimper

lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Hey #booksky #cozyfantasy readers - Need some more mischievous romps in your life?

Chai and Cat-tales will be on sale for 99c & Haroun and the Study of Mischief is 30% off through #Hearthcon.

Bonus: Hypoallergenic ebooks don't shed fur on your clothes 😸🐶

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 6d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 3d

Have seen many variations on "Do Not Lick the Science," but here's one for "The Science Is Delicious, Please Lick" :D (hat tip to friend on Celia's server!)

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

``Pasta alla Cacio e pepe'' is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce ca...

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 3d

But also I have wildly different reactions to different types of heat for some reason? I love gochujang but guacamole with even a splash of jalapeno juice is a no fly zone...

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 3d

Very similar boat, except mine varies wildly based on how much background ouch I'm already having. I know there are people who find pain relief with overloading their food heat receptors. Mine are wired in the opposite direction so the more ouch I have the less heat I can handle.

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