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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 @jolantru.bsky.social · 6h

Yes, I have a YA fantasy out!

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/fire-he...

www.snowywingspublishing.com/book/cold-st...

#YAfantasy #sapphic #swords

The promo graphic/banner for the Fire Heart duology. Cover art is by Yasu Matsuoka.

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Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 5h

my books are available widely in print and ebook, including itch vriccithode.itch.io. i highly recommend starting with my sapphic ace romantasy, the dragon next door, about two disaster queers raising a baby dragon. 5/12
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The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode

Tollar's got a stolen dragon egg, and that's the least of her problems!

vriccithode.itch.io

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ShawnaHunter @shawnahunter.bsky.social · 21h

🗡She Conquers🗡

Inspirations: #Gor #DeSade #TheOdyssey

#enemiestolovers #touchheranddie #DarkRomance #darkfantasy #spicy #sapphic #smut #bdsm #kinky #naughty #romantasy #bookstoread

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQ9L4VF...

Princess of Shadow: Odyssey of a Conqueress

Amazon.com: Princess of Shadow: Odyssey of a Conqueress eBook : Hunter, Shawna: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Trans Librarian @translibrarian.bsky.social · 16h

Trans / Nonbinary Book of the Day (TBOTD): A sapphic space fantasy with swords. #transbooks

translibrarian.com/books/name-h...

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 7h

LATE BLOOMER X THE HONEY WITCH

THE WITCH AND THE GROCER, a 78k sapphic cozy fantasy romance about a disabled witch and the butch werewolf who turns her life upside down
#agentsguide #amquerying #litagents #cozy

The witch and the grocer 78k sapphic cozy fantasy romance

The romance
Witch x werewolf butch x femme ownvoices heds rep firt time open door spice alarra thorene

Comps the honey witch late bloomer irregular witches and legend and lattes

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 11h

novels? it was 2 years between my first book and its sequel.

(I drafted a 3rd in that time, but it's still lounging in 1st draft form, waiting for the right time in the series)

So lets say, if I stay committed, one a year 😅

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 13h

nah is fine, is only a dollar

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 15h

Still time to grab the #ADHDAwarenessMonth bundle

Mostly #ADHD authors, ADHD characters. 22 books for only $25

There's some #LGBTQ rep in there too

💙📚📢 #BookSky #Books

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction by Elise Carlson and 22 others

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction: 22 items for $25.00

itch.io

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 15h

okay, I suppose the ONLY thing that isn't using rjmartinwrites.com now is my email? lol

it's just easier to use gmail 🤷

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Steve Hugh Westenra @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 22h

I've got a book in this!

Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 22h

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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Swords & Sapphics: The Podcast @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social · 20h

Today we’re joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size rep is so important, and what she’s learned on her journey so far.

www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/the-gre...

The Great Tree of Iris: An Author Interview with Jess Skultety

Today we're joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size representat...

www.swordsandsapphics.com

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 16h

💀 they've come for the dogs, too!

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 16h

this is how I learn that I already own it 😅

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 17h

Okay for our yearning lesbian enjoyers who liked Name Her Holy we got:

-Locked Tomb series
-Tiger’s Daughter
-Spear
-This Is How You Lose The Time War (or so I’ve been told)
-The Cradle of Eternal Night
- Baru Cormorant (okay maybe not, but Kye *wishes* she was on that level)

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 17h

What books should people be reading if they enjoy yourself? Shout them out! #WritingPrompt

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 1d

I guess there's some political stuff going on in the 2nd half of this book. (at least in this middle section back in civilization)

very different from the rushed adventure of the first half

#AmWriting

🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 1d

exactly. And SOMETHING inside, but do you even want to know what?

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 1d

geez see? grotesque

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

This is a typo, but I'm scared of what horror a "Skinfolk" would be

#AmWriting

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Aubrey 💖🏳️‍🌈 @clericofthevoid.bsky.social · 2d

My sapphic space fantasy is still on sale for ✨🌸$1 on my kofi🌸✨

Come get your cosmic lesbians holding hands while the horrors persist 🫶🏻

ko-fi.com/s/748ece637a

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

🏃‍♂️ Fast-paced narrative (try and keep up)
💥 Explosions
🔫 Flirting at gunpoint
🗣️ Taunting and banter
💥 More Explosions
🏎️ A flying car chase
🔗 and some kink
🐦 This Is How You Lose the Time War x Cowboy Bebop

#LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #LesbianBooks #WLW #SapphFic #LesFic #PromoSky #SciFiBooks 🪐📚🌶️🌈📚💙📚📢

🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

Knockout's latest bounty is getting under her skin: Bombshell Jones is dangerous, brash, and flirts at gunpoint

It's not long before K realizes there's more to B than just another space pirate

She also just destroyed K's favorite jacket

#PromoSky #WLW #SapphFic #LesFic #LesbianRomance 🌈📚💙📢📚🪐📚🌶️

Do You Know What You’re Worth, Bombshell Jones? by RJ Martin

She released the safety on her pistol. “This is me flirting. Hands above your head.” Space pirate Bombshell Jones has a price on her head the size of Jupiter, and bounty hunter Knockout means to co…

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

SOMEONE'S gotta want to buy a body around here...

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 2d

✨ FANTASY SHORT STORY ✨

🐉 a dragon (with a princess)
🗡️ a knight (with a plan)
👑 a palace (with a cruel king)
🏰 second pov

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/eJsBfU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-knight-s...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Cover for The Knight Saves the Dragon by Rebecca Crunden; background is a water colour type picture of a castle with trees and mountains behind, leaves surround the edges

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 2d

It's International Lesbian Day! 🧡🤍💗

As a reminder, you can get so many literary lesbians from me at riengray.shop and they are all unabashedly attuned with their sexuality 🔥

My one trad pub release is also available here: www.amazon.com/Her-Wolf-Wil...

Covers for Rien Gray's lesbian romance books: Valerin the Fair, The Scales of Seduction, Her Wolf in the Wild, and Martis the Brazen.

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

🏃‍♂️ Fast-paced narrative (try and keep up)
💥 Explosions
🔫 Flirting at gunpoint
🗣️ Taunting and banter
💥 More Explosions
🏎️ A flying car chase
🔗 and some kink
🐦 This Is How You Lose the Time War x Cowboy Bebop

#LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #LesbianBooks #WLW #SapphFic #LesFic #PromoSky #SciFiBooks 🪐📚🌶️🌈📚💙📚📢

🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

Knockout's latest bounty is getting under her skin: Bombshell Jones is dangerous, brash, and flirts at gunpoint

It's not long before K realizes there's more to B than just another space pirate

She also just destroyed K's favorite jacket

#PromoSky #WLW #SapphFic #LesFic #LesbianRomance 🌈📚💙📢📚🪐📚🌶️

Do You Know What You’re Worth, Bombshell Jones? by RJ Martin

She released the safety on her pistol. “This is me flirting. Hands above your head.” Space pirate Bombshell Jones has a price on her head the size of Jupiter, and bounty hunter Knockout means to co…

rjmartinwrites.wordpress.com

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🏳️‍🌈RJ Martin - Queer. Cat Parent. Author. @rjmartinwrites.com · 2d

I ended up with "horn slits" but it feels like there would be a bespoke word for it. Might make something up based in French (a lot of English clothing words at least look like they come from French.)

"cornefente"?

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