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Emily Hickey ✍️
@emilyhickeywrites.bsky.social
Indie fantasy romance author, Horror enthusiast, Incurable weeb

My Books:
https://buff.ly/ioHJACX

Rootbound Hearts Trilogy Book 1 📖 Coming April 2026

My Other Writerly Activities:
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📢 Upcoming:

🍃 Rootbound Hearts Trilogy 🍃
A druid-themed #romantasy about two opposites who live in the same World Tree solving a murder.
Book 1 📖 April 24th, 2026 (Arbor Day)

⏳ Then:
A #cozyfantasy about two idiots questing for apple cake
#upcomingbooks #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #2026Books
I deeply enjoy finding lines in novels where I can really feel how pleased the author was with themselves after they wrote it. I finished #swordheart this week, and while there were many such lines in the book, this was my favorite.

#booksky #books
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I had heard Stranger Things was first pitched as an anthology. Rewatching the first season before the final one, I wish they would have followed that vision.

Season 1 was such an amazing emotional finale, and that magic is hard to re-capture when the story just... continues on.
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My Goodreads Author page (buff.ly/KUATj82) used to show books by an Emily Hickey who wrote Catholic theology books on occasion.

It was a pain to go ask the Librarians to remove them, but considering the #romantasy--and sometimes #queerromantasy at that--which I write, it gave me a giggle.
Emily Hickey
Author of Of All the Luck, Not the Crown, but You, and Famous Places
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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Do you ever just... wake up still thinking about the part of the story you were thinking about before you fell asleep like sleep never even happened?

#writers #writing #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My #currentread is Swordheart by T Kingfisher, and goodness, it's just 80 percent walking down a road to get a lawyer and walking (riding) back again.

It's fun to see simple journeys go so wonky when I'm accustomed to more epic fantasy.

#booksky
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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If you’ve ever written a scene hoping it would land emotionally, this research might change your approach.
Our new post explains the science behind “reader tears” and how writers can craft for resonance: writestats.com/why-readers-...
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Why Readers Cry, Laugh, and Re-Read: The Brain Science Behind Emotional Stories
Discover why readers cry, laugh, and re-read. Explore emotional storytelling and neuroscience with practical tips authors can use to craft unforgettable stories.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Had to go into Rootbound Hearts Trilogy's Book 2 for it, but crystals play a bigger part in Book 2's mystery.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriteSnips
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📢 My debut novel,
🪙 Of All The Luck🍀

Inspired by my friend's honestly supernatural bad luck, I wrote a #YAromance about a kid with the same affliction gaining the ability to steal luck from others... but not without a cost.

Read Now 📖 www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX73DMGC

#urbanfantasyromance #booksky
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📢 Upcoming:

🍃 Rootbound Hearts Trilogy 🍃
A druid-themed #romantasy about two opposites who live in the same World Tree solving a murder.
Book 1 📖 April 24th, 2026 (Arbor Day)

⏳ Then:
A #cozyfantasy about two idiots questing for apple cake
#upcomingbooks #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #2026Books
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don't want to show my face since no one I know knows I write sappy romantasy books, so I drew this very talented self-portrait and then doodled for a spell.

The doodles are from books past and upcoming. And also genitals, because I'm a middle-aged child.

#indieauthor #WritingCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My second novel! 👑 Not The Crown, But You

Once destined to be sacrificed to her god, Euphie becomes a contender for the hand of the King who saved her life. But it's not the King's hand she begins to want...

Read Now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2S2VRGQ

#sapphic #romantasy #booksky #sapphicfantasy
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today, we find examples of how to market a book on Bluesky.

Tomorrow, war. No, wait.
Tomorrow, we do some of them.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I'm not much of a social media person (or a social person, if I'm honest), but for my books... To try to show people they exist in a sea of good books... I will try!

I'm told the key to new social media accounts is screaming into the void, so... AAAAAA-

#NewtoBluesky #NewAuthor #writing
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM