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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann

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Author of the epic fantasy adventure Servants of the Moon and Sun series: an epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil? Servantsofthemoonandsun.com

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 9d

Manifesting sales for October.
My books are an epic fantasy reimagining of Sleeping Beauty. What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil?
The latest is Queen of Thorns.

www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

Book cover for Queen of Thorns by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann.
Across the top is a banner announcing "Book Five of Servants of the Moon and Sun" in a clean silvery white font.
Against a deep red background with ominous dark thorny trees and fog, an armored knight dressed all in black and wearing a silver helm and breastplate rides a black horse, which is also armored at the head and body. The knight holds a crossbow loaded with a bright silver bolt in his right hand. The book's title is placed under the mounted knight in large silver letters in a fantasy font with thorn serifs. The author's name is centered below that over two lines in a smaller clean silvery white font.

A cartoon raccoon looks out from behind the cover and pink Raccoon footprints circle the cover.

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 7h

Sammy the Wizard is here.

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 7h

This is the last weekend to grab this bundle! True to form, I’ve not focused enough on promoting this one.

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

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction Itchio Bundle. This bundle features books by mostly ADHD authors and/or featuring at least one significant ADHD character. Several book covers are displayed in this graphic (all of which can be found in the bundle).

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 12h

Some of the paperbacks I ordered to sell in my direct store were damaged and while the book is still perfectly readable I can’t in good conscience sell them at full price. So good news for you! If you want to snatch up a paperback of SoBB for just $10+shipping look no further!

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The spine of one of the damaged book showing that it’s been bent

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 7h

Need to rewatch this show.

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Joanna Masters 🏳️‍⚧️ @joannamasters.bsky.social · 8h

#WorldMentalHealthDay

Babylon 5 introduced me to somethign that changed my life:

"It's easy to find something worth dying for. Can you find something worth living for?"

It's worth living.

a close up of a person 's face with the words `` i 'm not afraid '' written on the bottom .

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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.bsky.social · 8h

Hello #QueerWritersChat

My name is Addy, I'm a cross-genre author and at the moment I am giving my cyberpunk-flavored retelling of Snow White a listen-through before I send it off to my editor. 😆

After that, it's on to modern fantasy 🤩

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 8h

Welcome to #QueerWritersChat!

To start things off, introduce yourself and tell us what you're working on!

Next question at :10!

@theodoresnapdragon.bsky.social #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

#QueerWritersChat Question One: Introduce yourself and your current project Hosts: @amaralynn and @theodoresnapdragon Every Friday 8pm EST All LGBTQIAP writers and allies welcome Background: gray wood with multicolor art supplies around the border.

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 8h

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 9h

#AwesomeCharacters

The thing about being a merchant of light is that you get crystalights and can technically do whatever you want with them, LOL. So Amiere often gifts them to people and it's considered a HUGE FUCKING DEAL cuz crystalights are like... a lifetime thing.

Amiere from Merchants of Light and Bone in his workshop, carving a crystalight (a glowing crystal) which is pure white and radiant. On the shelf behind him are colored and sculpted crystalights. Amiere is a lion man with a mane and electric spark on his tail. He's wearing a visor to protect his eyes from the bright light of the crystal.

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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 8h

a raccoon standing on its hind legs in the grass with its arms outstretched .

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🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 21h

#QueerPrompts October 10

Definitely. I was raised to believe being anything but cis and straight is a sinful choice and that others making me suffer for being different was my fault. Reading stories where queer people were fully accepted by others and themselves was revolutionary.

🌈CJ Aralore @cjaralore.bsky.social · 1d

#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

Graphics: The background is pumpkins surrounding a stack of books. The border has broken chains saying "BANNED", a rainbow saying LGBTQ History, books wrapped in tape or chains, pride flags, and cute Halloween characters.
Text: "October 2025" on top and "#QueerPrompts" and "Host: @CJAralore" on the bottom, all in a rainbow font.
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#QueerPrompts October 10: Free Friday or World Mental Health Day: Has positive queer rep in books helped your mental health?

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Diane Youngblood @dmyoungblood.bsky.social · 10h

Day 10 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober

This week, I added almost 7K words to Book 7 of my Oracle of Delphi series WIP.

Today, I wrote about King Perseus of Macedon, who is just about ready to start (another) war with Rome.

Spoiler alert: It won't end well. 🤐

Happy Friday! 🎉

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List of daily post prompts for indie fantasy authors for October. Today's is: Free Friday or explain your WIP with emojis/gifs

Hosts: @chesneyinfalt.bsky.social and @lvrussell.bsky.social

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David A Ludwig @davidaludwig.bsky.social · 8h

Captain Caitlin Nicole Kinnery loves lying or just misdirecting. Whether she lies or tells the truth all comes down to what she feels will be the most fun in the moment.

Melody Fayth doesn't necessarily consider lying the most serious sin, but it is definitely too naughty for her.