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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 10h

Check in day:

I made a lot of progress on my main project. Not nearly as much on the other goals I had for the week, but overall it was still a good week.

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 13h

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 11:

Check in day! How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 11: Check in day.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon Something that makes me happy:

I finished the current round of edits on Wrapped Up in Murder. I just have the listen through, formatting & 1 final proofread then I can get it to Kickstarter backers & finalize files for pre-order.

Also this exchange still makes me laugh:

screenshot of an excerpt from my novel, Wrapped Up in Murder, of a text exchange between Lou and Quin.
Lou: Have you really been watching that since last night?
Quin: Set up a program to snapshot any instance of her face during the relevant timespan. Nothing showed up.
Lou: nerd
Quin: Thank you

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AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 10:

It's promo Friday! Today, share something that makes you happy! Don't forget to boost others' posts!

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Pride flags:

WUiM: Lou(genderqueer).
Triple Play: Rhys(bisexual), Alfie(demisexual), Mel(agender & bisexual)
TYGT: Lennie(genderqueer & bisexual), Alex(genderfluid & bisexual), Kenna(bisexual)
CitB 3: Avery(agender & demisexual), Jude(genderfluid & pansexual)

#LGBTQWriteAThon

Mood board of pride flags for my current works in progress. Under Wrapped Up in Murder is the genderqueer flag. Next to that is Triple Play, featuring bisexual, demisexual, and agender flags. At the bottom is Till You Get There with genderqueer, genderfluid, and bisexual flags. Next to that is Cat in the Bakery 3 with agender and genderfluid flags.

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 4d

apparently I also write 🏳️‍🌈 romance books: if you're team has been eliminated or your team is about to be eliminated or you just want something for the off-season that involves baseball (complimentary) and Baseball (derogatory), but also there is kissing, check it out

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 29d

"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year

The cover of Breakout Year by KD Casey. The book is green. Objects important to the characters (baseball equipment, tea, plants, etc.) are present.

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Wrapped Up In Murder: cozy mystery
Triple Play: contemporary sports romance
Til You Get There: contemporary romance
Cat in the Bakery 3: cozy mystery

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Wrapped Up In Murder: Coalville(fictional small town in NW PA)
Triple Play: Deltry(fictional city in NW Pa)
Til You Get There: Renrock(fictional small town in NW PA)
Cat in the Bakery 3: Salisdale(wait for it…fictional small town in NW PA)

All of them are contemporary

#LGBTQWriteathon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 4d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:

What is the setting and/or time period of your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Solving a mystery? Easy
Having to buy Christmas presents for their large family? Difficult
Bringing Matt's family into the mix? Terrifying

Wrapped Up in Murder is up for pre-order, coming December 19(earlier for Kickstarter backers).

books2read.com/wrappedupinmurder

#booksky #teasertuesday 🌈 📚

A wood slat background. At the top is the text: I took a few steps forward and put a hand to Matt's chest. "The only murder happening is going to be to my back account." I reached up and brushed snow off his shoulder. "I need to go Christmas shopping."

Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 5d

And now, this week, it's back to working on all the projects. I've already met today's goal on Wrapped Up in Murder(25% into the read through), and about 3/5 through Triple Play's(getting to Chapter 23 in the revision plan). Cycling through the projects in 30-minute sessions, and that is going well.

Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday morning I watched one of my daughter's final cross country meets and she beat her time on this course by a good 2 minutes.
As soon as we left that, I put my ear buds in and jumped right into watching the Rainbow Space Magic panels. All of them were wonderful, as usual.

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 5d

Goals:

Wrapped Up in Murder: finish read through and edits
Triple Play: finish setting up revision plan
Til You Get There: Add 2500 words
Cat in the Bakery 3: write suspect profiles
Kickstarter: send out backer surveys, work on bonus content for one of the add-ons

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 5d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 6:

Goals day! What are your goals this week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 6d

If you're looking for a sports romance, step up to the plate with one of these:

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Sports Romance of All sorts

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Want to consider a romance sports book from a differen...

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 6d

Looking for a queer romance to curl up with this month? Take a look at these and see if any of them appeal to you:

books.bookfunnel.com/bfhostmmslmi...

Sales: MM Romance & Fiction: Mid Sept

CLICK HERE FOR MOAR FREE, ARC & NEW RELEASE ROMANCES!

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to attending this today and tomorrow, even if I do have to catch the first couple panels in the car(brought my ear buds just for this reason!) after daughter’s final cross country invitational.

Rainbow Space Magic @spacemagiccon.bsky.social · 8d

This year's RSM is October 4 & 5, and is about writing with resistance, Imagining a better future. Don't forget to register on rainbowspacemagic.org.
#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy

Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Set up Wrapped Up in Murder pre-order, started first proofreading round (I do 3: kindle, listen, physical copy). Minimal progress on the other projects, but this one is my highest priority (the only 1 with a set deadline).

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 7d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 4:

Check in day. How was your week?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Spooksica BOOlin Still Masks @olinj.bsky.social · 8d

#LGBTQWriteAThon I'm super proud of this book I published this summer.
This book has:
👭 sapphics
👩‍🦳 later in life
❤️‍🔥 hot hot HOT sex
🔐 forced proximity
🤕 hurt/comfort
🔯 jewish rep
📏 fat rep
🌔 one night stand ➡️ true love

Most importantly?
🍀/🧍‍♀️ leprechaun/human pairing

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Jax Wolff Writes @jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social · 8d

#LGBTQWriteAThon While I'm working on my first real book, I'm also posting The Infinite Sadness, the 90s AU, to my Beehiiv. Yes, 90s AU, in which two bi disasters discover that something witchy is going on at the new mall. It's for free (but for Beehiiv members only).

jaxwolffwrites.beehiiv.com

Moodboard for The Infinite Sadness, consisting of eight images:
Top left: A hand holds a cassette tape over the dashboard of a car.
Top center: An orange crescent moon hangs in the black sky.
Top right: A figure in jeans and a loose, brown jacket leans against the back of a red vintage car.
Center left: A pile of concert posters. One for Jane's Addiction lies on top.
Center: A woman holds a burning, black candle in a hazy room.
Center right: A figure stands within a circle of fire (which is being drawn by poi).
Bottom left: A road cuts through a forest in autumn. The trees are all gold and red.
Bottom right: A person with a halo stands with their back to the viewer.

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Dahlia Donovan @dahliadonovan.bsky.social · 8d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 3:

Come sit by the fire with tea and your knitting needles—and take a deeper dive into the world of South Myrddin.

books2read.com/skeletoncrew...

#CozyMystery #ParanormalRomance #LGBTQRomance

Dark blue/purple background with a faded graphic of knitting needles and a ball of yarn. Over the graphic is a kindle and a paperback version of the cover.
A black cat sits to the left of the books.
Cover: a dark blue cover with a black castle, a Scottish flag, a black cat, and books floating around. Words: A Skeleton Crew Anthology by Dahlia Donovan. Folklore, Fated mates, and Deleted Scenes. A Mixed Stew of Everything.

Text in the center of image: Queer love, cozy crimes, and a dash of chaos

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 8d

Book 4 in my Jax of All Trade cozy mystery series is up for preorder after a successful Kickstarter(copies will go out to backers about a month before the general release). Books2read.com/wrappedupinmurder
#LGBTQWriteAThon

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! It's the 3rd(probably final) book in my second cozy mystery series(with a few connections to the first one).

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Untitled(plotting): Cat in the Bakery 3(cozy mystery): Avery and Jude are whisked into another mystery when someone from Alex's past winds up dead.

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Til You Get There(drafting): Bookstore Cousins 5(small town contemporary romance): Lennie is the last of their cousins left unattached, but surely finishing the bookstore renovations has to come before a *shudder* relationship. X/X/F

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 9d

Triple Play(early revisions): Deltry Ocelots 2(baseball romance): Rhys can catch a strike and throw someone out stealing 2nd, but dealing with feelings...no thanks M/M/X

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not a very visual person, so I don't usually do mood boards, but my WiPs:

Wrapped Up in Murder(final edits): Jax of All Trade 4(cozy mystery): Lou is *done* investigating, until they aren't.

#LGBTQWriteAThon

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 9d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 2:

Introduce your WIP and post a moodboard/aesthetic if you'd like!

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Fallon Brown @fallonbrown.bsky.social · 10d

I may be able to move the date up. But, right now, I'm looking at December 19!

So, if you want to pre-order yourself a Christmas gift(or just because), you can do that now!

books2read.com/wrappedupinm... (currently only links for Smashwords and Amazon are live, but more should be available soon)

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Wrapped Up in Murder by Fallon Brown

books2read.com