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33✨Autisic Queer Lesbian Indie Author✨They/Them ✨www.AsterVaughn.com✨ #BriarthorneUni - Modern Fantasy Series Finally, She is Home - Sapphic Poetry

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hello👋I'm Aster Vaughn, an autistic, queer, indie published author of the series #BriarthorneUni & a sapphic poetry collection (Finally, She is Home). I've been a book lover and writer for as long as I can remember. Libraries saved my life in a world before the internet. Nice to meet you! #booksky

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · May 29

Currently offering my queer magical school fantasy trilogy ebooks for $20!

You can also grab the paperbacks in my shop if you prefer hard copy media - all come signed & with stickers, bookmarks, and other goodies I've made over the years.

ko-fi.com/astervaughn/...

#pridemonth #queerauthor

Visit Aster Vaughn | CorvidWitxh's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · May 27

‘AI is in everything! If you use spellcheck, you can’t be mad about ChatGPT!’

Look, you determinedly obtuse cantaloupe, don’t slander spell check, first created in 1961, made for PCs in 1980. NO ONE THINKS A SPELL CHECKER IS GEN AI.

What in the ever-loving straw-man tomfoolery.

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · May 24

It’s Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love 📺

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · May 24

I’ve been posting more on my tiktok lately 📚 besides that, lots of writing/revising/editing/repeat. #authorsky #authors #writing #writers

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ebooks are now available in my shop! My time with the Kindle Select program has ended (and it did not help me at all)

Grab both Book 1 & 2 for the price of one paperback :D

ko-fi.com/astervaughn/...

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · Feb 19

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.

I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · Feb 20

Time to shout out my bookish artists starter pack again!

#booksky #booktok #writers #artists #bookishart #coverart #illustration #illustrators

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Feb 3

I'm no popular or trending author, but I will always send my books to libraries for free. If there are any libraries interested in carrying a NA modern fantasy magical college series with queer, autistic, and diverse representation, please send me a message!

#libraries #booksky #authorsky

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

Do any other authors write fanfic for fun? It's a nice break from my original work to play around with other people's characters in media I like 💗 #authorsky #booksky

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

Same! I read a lot in high school but this series def stood out

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

Day 4 of #BriarthorneUni (my book) aesthetics for the main cast! Introducing Francesca (Frankie), a rich-girl-witch from a New Jersey coven. She's at BU to master her craft...and not welcome home until she does.
#originalcharacters #characterart #storytelling #fantasynovel #booksky

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

-- Trying new platforms is fine and good but I can't spend all my time in one place and use all my engagement spoons hoping for a hit. I was spread too thin, I consolidated, maybe I lost connections, but it just feels so forced now. I just want to be seen 😅(without paying for views or begging)

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

- I never used twitter, so no loss. Tumblr was my preferred social media until 2018 when I started using TikTok, but both spaces are almost unusable now if you want growth and engagement (without clickbait or ragebait). Now I've heard Substack is leaning 'right' at the top and I'm just so tired --

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

It's so difficult to remember to post here sometimes. I was off Meta for a week (a boycott that didn't seem very effective) and deleted my presence there for my personal, author, and jewelry business pages (kept my cosplay page, it has the most community engagement & threads) -

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 30

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.

Day 8

#booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

book cover for angus, thongs, and full frontal snogging by louise rennison

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 28

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.

Day 7

#booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

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dee 📚✨ @readsbymurcielago.bsky.social · Jan 27

My mom got a grant for a book vending machine so that students can get free books! She’s been buying books to stock it out of pocket, but she’s also made a wishlist if you’d like to help. She teaches at a Title 1 elementary school, so it would be very appreciated! #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky

Shared Wishlist

View a shared wishlist.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · Jan 26

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 26

That feeling when you're on a forced break to work on other stuff but it's so hard to focus on other stuff when all I want to do is write my book #justauthorthings

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 26

Day 3 Aesthetics of my #BriarthorneUni cast! This student is Dura, a half-orc fitness oriented woman dedicated to her path as a healer. She's queer, and on a path of self-discovery in more ways than one during the series.

#booksky #originalcharacter #characterart

aesthetic moodboard for my character Dura in the #BriarthorneUni series featuring green hands, face, lemon hearts, clouds, and scrubs

character art for my half orc student Dura in the #BriarthorneUni series by Aster Vaughn

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 26

20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.

Day 6

#booksky💙📚 #booksky #bookchallenge

pink book cover for the princess diaries by meg cabot

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Disco (he/they) 📚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @discobooks.bsky.social · Jan 26

Black indie authors to support!

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#booksky #blackbooksky

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Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 25

How I arrived on BlueSky

Aster Vaughn | Author @astervaughn.bsky.social · Jan 25

Authors, post something related to your last publication or WIP without context