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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · May 4

Hi Bluesky. I’m Hana Maren. I write books, usually the kind with magic. My TBR is an over-designed spreadsheet with 200+ entries. And I’m probably listening to an audiobook right this very moment. Let’s be friends :)
#writer #writingcommunity #fantasyauthor #booksky

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · 5d

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Not Your Ever After

An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales by the Story Sisters

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · 5d

ARCs are out, preorders are up, people are reading our anthology and loving it!

Head to our site (below) to preorder yours! Paperback preorders coming soon! No Amazon preorders unfortunately, but it will be available everywhere 11/6!

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#booksky #preorders #anthology #fairytaleretellings #fiction

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · 24d

So apparently the Brits call granola bars "flapjacks"??? 🤨 #bakeoff #gbbo

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · Sep 15

Something ✨crooked✨ this way comes.

@ghostinherpen.bsky.social brings us a twisted #HanselAndGretel origin story with dark magic and darker secrets to Not Your Ever After, an Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales.

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#fantasy #scifi #sff #indieauthor #arc #fairytale 📚💙🖊️

Image is white text over a black background. It reads "all that glitters is not gold, charlie morgan" "Her mother always said the fae were dangerous, wicked things. But Eira had never seen a fae, and as far as she was aware, they only existed in bedtime stories. Tucked between thick pages and dried ink, the biggest threat they posed was heavy eyelids, hungry for sleep." "featured in not your ever after" "coming November 6th"

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · Sep 18

Sign up to be an #ARC reviewer and join our mailing list NOW if you'd like to read the first bit of my high-tech #RedRidingHood! The newsletter with this exclusive sneak peek goes out tomorrow!

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · 26d

Who wouldn't love a modern #BeautyAndTheBeast #retelling with a gender-swap? That's what www.instagram.com/debbielynnwr... brings to Not Your Ever After: An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales.

#ARC copies go out soon! Don't miss yours.
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#fantasy #scifi #indieauthor📚💙🖊️

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by any other name
debbie lynn
At least I’d have time to study the flowers. After all, I’d risked everything to do so—my family, my career, my future. The letter my dad had written to me felt like fire in my pocket. I pulled it out and unfolded it once more. It had only been in my possession for two days, but it was worn and wrinkled from the dozens of times I had read it.
featured in Not Your Ever After
coming November 6

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Sep 22

Eee! So exciting!

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CP Ashton - querying FOUNDRYSIDE x FIREFLY x Kuhn's THIEVES @cpashton.bsky.social · Sep 22

@hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social brings whimsy, romance, and adventure to Not Your Ever After: an #Anthology of Crooked #FairyTales in the form of a #FrogPrince and #12DancingPrincesses crossover!

Sign up for your copy now! #ARC copies go out the week of October 6th.
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Clever
Hana Maren Godfrey
“Your cloak, Sister,” Leonora whispered in the moonlight. She smoothed the invisible fabric over Berenice’s petite frame, blotting the girl from view under its ephemeral gauze. “Hold it closed, here.”

The child balled her fists around the seams, securing the two halves of the cloak together, and lowered her freckled face beneath the billowing hood. It was as though the night had eaten her. Yet Leonora could sense Berenice there, feel her younger sibling’s warmth as she turned to
follow their unseen sisters into the wood.

Featured in not your ever after
coming November 6

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Sep 13

Today my husband said, “I got the babysitter for this evening. Wanna pack up our laptops and go write at the bookstore for a while and get dinner after?”

I asked him to marry me.

#booksky #indieauthor #bookshop #fantasy #writersky #bookpeople #writer #truelove #likeafairytale #magic #datenight

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reading Challenge #6: Read a book by an author whose ethnicity is different from your own
Met with: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, Sangu Mandanna

Truly cozy. I loved the diverse cast and ND representation. Wish I could crawl into this world. 💙📚

#cozyfantasy #amreading
#bookworm #booksky

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Sep 4

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IMPORTANT: ARCs will be sent out the week of October 6, 2025. In fairy tales, gentle maidens are rescued by dashing princes and happily ever after is guaranteed. The truth, however, is something mor...

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Sep 4

Time for #ARC sign ups! Our collection of #fairytaleretellings is coming soon & we’d love to send you a copy to review in October. Sign up now for first dibs! This #anthology spans genres like #fantasy, #horror, & #scifi, putting clever twists on classics.

Link in thread!
#booksky #indieauthor 📚💙

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 31

I live under a rock and didn’t know until recent days Goodreads was Amazon. Moving on and trying out a women-developed social reading site instead. Find me on Pagebound!

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#booksky #bookworm #booktracking #reading #booktrackingisahobby #amreading #books #readinglog 💙📚

Pagebound | Welcome home, reader 📚

Pagebound is your community to chat books, make friends, and discover new reads ✨

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 26

I just finished the final revisions on Clever! It’s formatting time!!! ✨🦊

#indieauthor #fairytaleretelling #anthology #fantasy #fantasyauthor #amdoneediting #author #novella #fantasynovella #fairytalenovella

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Not Your Ever After

An Anthology of Crooked Fairy Tales by the Story Sisters

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 22

Got called a “dynamo” at work this week. It was about time for another burnout.

#tired #adhd #hyperfocus #indieauthor #dayjob

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 18

One of my reading goals this year is to help my mom get back into reading. She gave all of these 5 stars and is eager to borrow The Sirens next.

🕰️The Wishing Game, Meg Shaffer
🪲Weyward, Emilia Hart
📚The Library of Borrowed Hearts, Lucy Gilmore

#booksky #indieauthor #bookrecs #bookworm #amreading

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 18

I love it too!!! So exciting!

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 18

No judgement! I still haven’t hopped on the ACOTAR train.

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 16

I have made a grave error…bringing my child to a birthday party without also bringing yarn and a crochet hook 🧶

#socialanxiety #crochet

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 15

Audiobooks are real books.

#booksky #amreading #bookworm #indieauthor #audiobooks

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Yes!!! And it’s ✨ILLUSTRATED✨

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 14

#booksky #bookworm #amreading #indieauthor #bookrecs

What are you reading today?

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Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 10

#amreading #booksky #audiobooks #bookworm #indieauthor

What are you reading?

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 3

Come build Legos with me :)

#indieauthor #fantasywriter #legos #legobuilds #typewriter #writing #writersky #writingcommunity

Hana Maren Godfrey, Author @hanamarengodfrey.bsky.social · Aug 1

I am an octopus
Reaching, stretching in all directions
Squeezing into tight spaces to be
Where, how, who I need to be
For you.

#poetrysky #indieauthor #writer
I don’t write poetry often—a professor told me to stick to fiction. Found this in my old notebook & remembered I can write whatever I want.