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Young Adult Fantasy Author | Secrets of Magic (Nov 2024) | | Secrets of Battle (July 2025) | Stay Tuned 👀 https://linktr.ee/authorlaurynh

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · May 31

Book cover reveal!!!

Secrets of Battle is the 2nd book of my Secrets of Magic trilogy set to be out on July 30th! Filled with more action, higher stakes, drama, love, & heartbreak

A HUGE thank you to @nalou.bsky.social for designing the cover! It is absolutely breathtaking💜

#skywriter #bookreveal

A book cover reveal with the book at the center of a sword in a field. The background is a field with two white dragons flying around

A synopsis page with a field as a background

A sword in a middle of a field. The title Secrets of Battle, Book two, on it along with the author name, Lauryn Hall,

A field in the background. Two white dragons flying around the text saying 'July 30, 2025'

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 11h

That's good to hear that they are still thriving with kids today!!

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 11h

Alyce & Cyle were always homeless. They lived in camps that constantly moves around to stay hidden. They were always hunted down, so they were always on the move.

Quinn never had a home on her own as a servant. Just lived in the masters' residence

Milo grew up in a home, till he joined the group

Daily OC questions @dailyocs.bsky.social · 14h

Was your OC ever homeless? 🌧️

#dailyocs

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 11h

I would have to say the Magic Tree House books. The stories of magic and the adventures were always so cool

#Bookvember #writesky #writingcommunity

A book cover from Magic Tree House series. With a large serpent and two children holding a sword

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 11h

My 1st story i ever written was in the 4th grade. A short little story about kids time traveling. Then in middle school, I really got into writing fanfiction. In high school, I continued to write fanfics & started my novels. Been writing since then

#FantasyIndiesNovember #writesky #writingcommunity

List of writing prompts for writers to answer

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes...the good times with the gang...before it all goes crazy lol

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

I fricken LOVE Bones! Such a good comfort show to binge

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Seán @wizardhill.bsky.social · 1d

💕QRP with your cover + first page + link 💕

Not just the first full page, that's the first two stories (alt text of them is in the first and second pic respectively)

shadowsandsorcery.substack.com

Crystal Abyss

Far to the south, there lies a range of vast mountains who peaks touch the celestial Upper Air. Far beneath the two highest summits however, leading deep into the earth, is a steep valley that suddenly opens up at its darkest reaches. This new passage is studded for leagues with singing crystals that thrum with a curious energy and soft light. At a point, the earth and rock ends, and one’s path is made entirely of crystal slopes and steps, which seem to the astute observer cunningly fashioned rather than of natural growth. Descending into the sunless, shimmering depths, one comes to a tall cavern and there is revealed to them a strange vision. An ancient race of beings lies entombed within crystal sarcophagi, serene and still, lining the walls and ground. Through the distortion of the crystal, it can be seen that they resemble us in some superficial way. It should be noted that striking these tombs elicits a shrill and immensely unpleasant tone, a tone that feels to all who hear it, like an alarm. And yet there is more, for beyond the long hall of crystal graves there is an immense set of irregular steps, now plainly shaped by hand, or grown. At the end of a three day descent, there is a change in the air, the singing dims, stops, and before them lies a vastness of dark. The steps continue until, at a point, they don’t, and the wanderer finds themselves surrounded on all sides by what seems to be nothing less than the infinite expanse of the night sky, perforated with silent stars. No further progress can be made here, and a long trek in silence must be made back out, for after glimpsing this, the crystals stop singing. Sages who have ventured deep within and studied the stars in that dark say they are like no constellations of the world above, and guess either the entombed old ones happened upon the cosmos of the underworld, or perhaps sit now as eternal guardians of the place from which they once emerged.

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

Hello! I'm Lauryn. A YA fantasy writer. I'm currently working on my trilogy, Secrets of Magic. My writing goal this month is to work on book 3 with my bestie.She is currently reading it & tearing it to shreds in a good way to help me rewrite it lol Best way to get unstuck with your WIP

#Writevember

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 2d

#Writevember begins!

Let's start with who you are, the WIP you'll be working on this month, and your writing goal. Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#Writevember
a November writing challenge prompt tag hosted by @gunsmile.bsky.social

November 1: Introduce yourself, your WIP, and your writing goal for this month.

Remember to use the #Writevember hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

💕QRP with your cover + first page + link 💕

Link: linktr.ee/authorlauryn...

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 1d

💕QRP with your cover + first page + link 💕

Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bzNng9
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alexlarkspur...
Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Cover by the wonderful @northyme.com

A young man, Micah, kneels in a field of purple flowers. He holds a bundle of purple flowers in one hand while reaching to gather more with his other hand. He has peach skin, golden hair, and brown eyes. He wears a white shirt, brown pants, and a wide-brimmed straw hat with flowers woven through. Behind him, there is a verdant forest of trees. Bees buzz around the man as he looks down towards his work. The title, Sweet & Wild, is above him and the author’s name, Alex Larkspur, is below him.

1 - The Forest

The trees welcomed Micah Harlow like an old friend even though he had never been in this particular forest. It had been a rainy few days, but the spring morning was finally crisp and cool, not a sweaty, unforgiving, humid monstrosity. Instead, it was a perfect day for foraging. Micah stepped carefully through the trees, humming to himself, avoiding mud puddles as best he could. As he leapt from one
root to the next, his worn leather satchel bounced on his hip and the milk bottle in his carry basket fell over. He took a moment to right the bottle—luckily none had spilled—and continued his search.
Sun dappled between the oak leaves and danced on the ground. Birds twittered around him, filling the morning air with their songs.
He could hear animals scampering through the underbrush. He straightened his wide-brimmed straw hat and pushed up his sleeves. A grin spread across his freckled face when he spotted exactly what he was looking for.
Every forest, whatever its size, has its guardian spirit. And the forest outside of Roseyard was anything but small. Micah’s mother had
always taught him that before taking anything from the forest, you should make an offering to its spirit. They did it every week when she was still alive, back in Steephall, where the woods were considerably

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 1d

💕QRP with your cover + first page + link 💕

MoKaM link: mybook.to/OirI
Itch io: shadow-spark-publishing.itch.io/merchants-of...

Cover of the Dark Adult Fantasy novel, Merchants of Knowledge and Magic. Trees form the shape of a peacock feather, with a castle atop a waterfall in the center of the peacock's 'eye'. Along the feather, Calinthe and Zakuro are sitting on the back of a giant beetle as it heads down a road toward the castle. The image is overall very greenish-blue and evokes feelings of fantasy and adventure

Chapter 1: The Game of Eight Questions

In the eyes of the tavern’s patrons, I was a lone, unarmed woman. Their eyes lied; I was neither alone, nor unarmed, nor a woman. I walked across the common room, passing sailors and dockworkers of various species as they drank, gambled, laughed, and paid only the faintest attention to me. They saw a Mind volkhv , purple cloak drawn close to fight the northern chill, but not my four-armed, dark-skinned companion Zakuro. The young woman could not be seen, heard, or in any other way detected by any entity in a three-hundred-foot radius—except me.
Most people would say a Mind volkhv in a tavern made as much sense as a fish on land. Faithful worshippers of Lucognidus, God of the Mind, wouldn’t dull their brains with alcohol. This was technically true, but as with all things, the truth was nuanced. Though my companion and I were no strangers to alcohol, it was not why we came. Taverns were a place to seek knowledge. Drunkards with wagging tongues spilled secrets as they spilled beer.
Our target sat on a bar stool, drinking the cheapest swill available. He had the grey fur and long, pointed ears of a Wolf , though given that he was bipedal, clad in trousers and a jerkin, he was undoubtedly a hybrid. I’d been told by my informant, the church keeper in this town, that this Wolf was actually a demon. If that was correct, Minirya was a good place to infiltrate; there were plenty of Wolf hybrids among the locals, and the town’s Godlight was probably dead. He blended in perfectly—he may have been reborn from the corpse of a man who’d once lived here.

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K Lykkebo 🖤 Fantasy author @karenlykkebo.com · 1d

💕QRP with your cover + first page + link 💕

✨ KoFi: ko-fi.com/s/2ad9d33e05
✨ Itchio: klykkebo.itch.io
✨ Other: books2read.com/u/mZXA0l

ebook cover of Heir to The Sun next to a pink orchid.

Cover illustration: girl in a blue dress holding a sword looking through a blue-ish portal

CHAPTER 1 A New Beginning
The finger traced Aura’s cheek and left a cold imprint in its wake, but she kept her breathing steady and pretended to sleep. After a moment, the front door closed with a click. Her eyes sprung open, and she stared into the dimness of her room with a quivering breath. Was he leaving? Dave rarely left the apartment, and Aura almost never. Keys rattled in the lock and the dull thump when the bolt turned confirmed it: He was leaving! Aura grabbed her phone from under her pillow, flipped it open and set a timer for twenty minutes. She dared to lift her head to hear better, but the footsteps down the staircase echoed in the otherwise silent building.
She slipped out of bed and peeked into the hallway. It was dark and the apartment silent. She stared at the front door, but it remained closed. With a bracing breath, she tiptoed across the living room floor and leaned carefully against the window. If she angled her face just right, she could see the road below and the street corner. A black-haired man walked with his back to her, turned at the corner “and disappeared out of sight.
“He left!” Her breath fogged on the window and a wild surge of nerves erupted through her stomach. She stepped back and stood in a moment of indecisiveness. The living room was sparsely furnished, the walls blank and empty, and the air cold with a hint of neglect lingered. It wasn’t a home”

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

Hello!

I'm Lauryn. I'm a YA fantasy writer. Currently, I am working on my trilogy called Secrets of Magic. Books 1 & 2 are available. Book 3 in the works! :3

linktr.ee/authorlauryn...

#FantasyIndiesNovember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

A book promo for Secrets of Magic and Secrets of Battle on Amazon or Barnes & Noble

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 1d

Hello! I'm Lauryn. I'm a YA fantasy writer

I became a reader & writer in the 4th grade. We were reading a class book together called The Hardy Boys: The Desert Thieves Book #141. I was hooked with the story of teenagers going on wild adventures & I wanted to experience more adventures

#Bookvember

Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to #Bookvember Day 1!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity

Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social

Day 1: Introduce yourself and share how you came to be a reader/writer. What is your reader/writer origin story? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

Awwww man! That is a shame!

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

West Coasty party! 🥳 Chilling the with the ghosts that roams in the cemetery 😳

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

There are a couple of monster creatures in my current WIP. There is a wolf at the size of a bear that sucks the soul of out of your body and traps it in its belly till the beast is slain. There is also giant snakes as well. Both dark creatures that are difficult to defeat

#SFFChat

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 3d

#SFFChat Q3: What kinds of monsters/creatures exist in your work? OR, how would your characters respond if a monster suddenly appeared?

Text the same as post. Image: a white silhouette of a spider on a spiderweb.

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

I like all kinds of monster stories. Mostly vampire love stories lol That's always a classic. Also horror or thriller monster stories are good too.

#SFFChat

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 3d

#SFFChat Q2: What kinds of monster stories do you prefer (or maybe you don't like them at all! Share what does or doesn't appeal)?

e.g. sympathetic monster stories, traditional monster stories, monster romance, maybe a specific type of monster, etc.

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

Monsters can be the physical beings/creatures but they can also be metaphorically. The evil/twisted versions of the protagonists. Their worst selves. Sometimes they could be their greatest enemy

#SFFChat

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 3d

#SFFChat Q1: What is the role of the monster in SFF? Doesn't have to be a traditional monster--interpret as you like (including moral monstrosity, etc)! Maybe you like friendly monsters, sympathetic monsters, sexy monsters!

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 3d

Hello #SFFChat!

My name is Lauryn. I'm a YA fantasy writer. Currently working on my Secrets of Magic trilogy

Something I find spooky is horror movies. I can't do horror movies that deals with ghosts,but I do enjoy watching horror films about serial killers. Humans are predicable.Ghosts not so much

SFFChat @sffchat.bsky.social · 3d

#SFFChat Intro!: Introduce yourself and share something spooky (maybe something you find spooky, a spooky fact, something spooky that happened to you, or something your characters find spooky)!

Also, we're back! Looking forward to chatting tonight. (:

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 4d

I love that! 🤣🤣 that is honestly them

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks! And the funny thing is that Alyce & Milo are a couple. 😅 Which works out actually. Alyce gets to scare away all the annoying people & Milo can stand there to the side & look pretty while he admires his wifey lol

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 5d

Yes they do, but not too often for most of them. I would say that Carter and Francis cuss a lot. That's why book 3 has a lot more swears thanks to those two lol 😅

Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 5d

Assuming your target audience are adults, do your characters cuss?

#WritingCommunity #WritingQ

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Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 5d

Such a sweet little baby kitten!! 😻

Lauryn Hall @authorlaurynh.bsky.social · 5d

Alyce is feared by others & she loves it. The power it gives her over others makes her feel strong & powerful

Milo is also feared by others due to his past & he hates it. I hates the look of fear on people's faces. It makes him sick being seen as a monster when he's truly not

#AwesomeCharacters

Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 5d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

It's spooky season so let's talk about fear! Do others fear your character?

How does your character feel about it? Do they hate being feared? Like it? Wish that they were?

If they don't fear them, should they?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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