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Elizabeth Briars

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She/Her Indie author of The Lady and The List- an LGBT Regency Romance (book one of The Steer Queer Series) https://books2read.com/u/3kdAP6 https://elizabethbriars.itch.io/the-lady-and-the-list Currently editing: The Gossip and The Guest Wip: TBA(😉)

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's finally time to release The Lady and The List!
A queer Regency Romance with a genderfluid MC, bisexual, lesbian and Ace rep, as well as profoundly Deaf rep.
Book one of The Steer Queer Series available here:
books2read.com/u/3kdAP6
#booksky #queerromance #romancelandia #lgbtqia #newbook

On a light purple background is a centered book cover in very dark purple with gold silhouettes of the masc and fem version of a regency era person. The book is titled The Lady and The List. Around the cover is a list of tropes: he falls first, open door, slow burn, friends to lovers, queer romance, fake courtship. The top says 'Now Available ' and the bottom text reads: when Gregory Fletcher agrees to pen the revival of the infamous Harris' List of Covent Garden Ladies, he never imagined he would accidentally write a not so ambiguous entry about his childhood friend, Henrietta Crofton. Henrietta, begrudgingly attending her first London season, has no idea why so many men are trying to court her. But she's busy trying to conceal from the 'Ton that some days, she's a man.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 1d

Made a graphic, hate it

But I do LOVE this art of Henry I commissioned from the endlessly talented @lyannatropes.bsky.social ! She was so easy to work with and brought my antisocial MC to life!

The Lady and The List is a queer historical romance available: books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

#queerbooks 📚💙

A black background with an illustration of a Caucasian person in a cream regency style gown. This person has dark hair and the shoulders of the gown are purple and maroon layers. The bottom right corner houses an ornate gold frame with the dark purple book cover of The Lady and The List inside. The texts reads: About me
I'm Miss Henrietta Crofton, but my friends call me Henry
I can be a little standoffish and I've never been to London before
Oh, and the other thing you should know about me? Some days, I'm a man
Henry, sent to London for a season she doesn't want, navigates the return of an old friend and the prying eyes of the 'Ton as she tries to express who she really is

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely valid. Every time I reread it I find myself weirdly more appreciative of Sir Thomas and then I have to sit and stare at the corner, wondering what's wrong with me

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

You should check if they're ladybugs or the invasive Asian ladybeetle. Ladybeetle's can bite, apparently, and culling them is a good thing (if you aren't morally opposed)

Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

I just read some beta feedback on The Gossip and The Guest and it was very insightful, definitely gave me some things to chew on, but also so nice?? Like I feel like I have to run around the block or something, I'm just... Giddy?

📚💙 #writingcommunity #queerbooks #historicalromance

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone should get to see themself in fiction. But I often can't find as much neurodiverse rep as I'd like, especially in SFF.

So for ADHD Awareness Month, I've gathered 22 mainly ADHD authors & their fantasy/ other books with main/significant ADHD chars in this bundle

🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

Adhd Awareness Month Fiction.
By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s)
22 Book. Oct 1st-15th

Covers:
The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars
Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly
The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw
Bestiary Beas
The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks
The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin
He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf
Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith
Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra
Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson
A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger
Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans
Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon
Wizard's Debt, Niranjan
Blood, D.C. Hart
Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani
A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne
Translucent, Wayward Spark
War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin
Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke
Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

There's no time like the present to snag the ADHD Awareness Month bundle featuring 22 great works either by authors with ADHD or featuring characters with it!

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

📚💙 #adhdawareness #indiebooks #booksale

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

Been my dream for soooo long, this is just the cherry on top of a stack of cherries

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siichele @siichele.bsky.social · 3d

80+ degrees in salem mass during october bc y’all wanna ask chatgpt to show u what u and ur crushes future babies r gonna look like

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

Bodice rippers and my first exposure to books written for adults, let alone adult romance. But I was hooked. When I started writing my fantasy duology at 18, I stupidly decided I shouldn't read fantasy, fearing plagiarism, so I read ONLY HR for a literal decade. Writing it now feels so natural (3/3)

Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

Silly mistake. When I was about 11, there was a fill a bag for $1 at a white elephant. I filled my whole bag with these books that had the most beautiful dresses on the covers. When my mom saw them later she- very nicely- confiscated them. I found them again when I was about 16. They were (2/3)

Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

Oh this one is tough! I've learned sooo many things in writing regency romance. I think one of my favorite bits is in 1814 England, basically any sexual act that wasn't PIV could be considered sodomy but to be persecuted it you need two witnesses to the ENTIRE act 😅 I found the genre by (1/3) 👇🏻

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me about your work more grounded in the historical. What drew you to that setting? What things did you learn? #WritingPrompt

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

I've gotten no less than ten mailers from either side and I've read them all. At no point did a left leaning one correct the right's assertion that this election is imposing term limits on a position that is otherwise served for life. Turns out it isn't. Why isn't that the talking point on the left?

Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 2d

I don't consider myself very politically in tune (at least not as much as I should be) but it scares me that until I read the CNN article on it, I completely misunderstood what the pa supreme court vote was actually ON. Republicans are framing it as term limits and democrats are not refuting that 👇🏻

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 4d

I can't decide if I think it's more exciting that I already hit my October sales goal for The Lady and The List (only five copies, I don't aim high) or that NONE of those were on Amazon!

📚💙 #queerbooks #queerromance #indieauthor

Keep it going here: books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

Available now at your favorite digital store!

The Lady and The List by Elizabeth Briars

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a regency romance about a genderfluid person because being queer isn't new, so I'm plenty horrible 😊

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The Lady and The List by Elizabeth Briars

Book one of The Steer Queer Series

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 5d

I still have slots available. Sharing is appreciated!

Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 18d

Apologies for making another post, but I'm still struggling to get work for October! Help sharing this post is appreciated 💕

You can contact [email protected] to book a slot! Please check lyannacomm.carrd.co for the ful TOS and info ✨

#supportartists #artshop #commissionopen #art

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 6d

I published a queer Regency Romance this year! The Lady and The List follows our genderfluid MC as he navigates a London season and the return of his childhood best friend. Except all of London only knows him as a woman. 📚💙

#queerbooks #LGBTQWriteAThon #queerromance

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 8d

Tis ADHD Awareness Month! Hi fellow Chatty Cathys, Restless Rebels & Day-dreaming Daves!

I'd like you to be aware of: the AuDHD, ADHD & Autism Feed: bit.ly/4nSIA6C

My Writers &Authors Discord inclu. an ND channel😉

Bsky Lists I can + you to
-ND People
-ND/♿ Authors

And of👇 itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

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Burgundy Pendragon (Professor Redwood) @dragonkeeper22.bsky.social · 7d

Listen, I couldn't say for sure one way or another if Devyn Torez has ADHD, but EYE certainly do!!!! In fact my ADHD ass almost missed the sharp deadline on approving this ADHD Awareness Month Fiction bundle! 😂 If that's not poetic I don't know what is.

$25 for 22 eBooks!

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

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bay 🌙 @ dragonposting @baydews.com · 8d

woo birthday time!! if you could share my art around, it would make me very happy for the occasion 💕👉👈

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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 9d

It's my birthday 🥳🎊✨!!

I guess I can show my art and ask it to be shared (if you want to of course)!

Picture of a dragonair floating in the air with its head bent toward the ground. There's a gold halo behind the head, some stylized gold clouds and Chinese decoration in the background, as well as stars.

Painting of a red borzoi dog. It looks ominous and scary, its half of the body is unraveling into red stripes and glitch effects can be seen in the whole picture.

Painting of the light dragon from Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. It has a star in its mouth and it's brightly colored in green, yellow and blue.

Painting of a bust of a purple tiger on a yellow backgroung, crying dark ink with ink dripping from its stripes and its jaw. Inkcaps mushrooms are on its body and some stripes are flowing through the drawing space. There are also purple clovers with ink dripping from them as well.

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 9d

I can already tell I'm going to be *obsessed* with the top left! But I'm also super curious about the bottom right 👀

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Elizabeth Briars @elizabethbriars.bsky.social · 9d

Still true and I'm down to the wire! If the zon is not your thing, you can also find The Lady and The List at a bunch of other retailers here: books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

#queerbooks #queerromance #historicalromance 📚💙

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 10d

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Swords & Sapphics: The Podcast @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social · 10d

CALLING STABBY SAPPHICS!

Add 19 new swords & sapphics-themed books to your TBR this autumn with our Ultimate Book Bundle! 19 books for $22 including:

⚔️ fantasy, romance, mythology, sci-fi, & horror
⚔️ lesbian, bi, & pan women
⚔️ will definitely include sharp objects

itch.io/b/3296/the-u...

The Ultimate Swords & Sapphics Book Bundle: 19 sci-fi, fantasy, & horror books featuring weapon-wielding sapphics for $22, at tinyurl.com/sandsbundle.

Includes the following books:
Kiss of Death by Bryony Rosehurst
Tide Breaker's Curse by Ivy H. Marikova
Stars and Soil by Dax Murray
Unchain My Heart by RJ Martin
Her Lady of Steel and Fire by Fern V. Bedek
Of Serpents and Sorrow by Katherine Shaw
Shadows Dark and Deadly by Andrea Marie Johnson
Jagged Shard by Dani Finn
Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray
Dame Ophis by Merlina Garance
Soul Flames and Dawn Weaver by Issy Waldrom
The Gift of Blood and They Who Brought the Storm by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea
Blood Bounty by Elena Abbott
Beyond Bringers by visceralhit
Born from Earth by Jake Vanguard
My Lord by L.B. Shimaira
The Price of Peace by Senka Heksum

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