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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati

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31+ | She/Her | Disabled autistic ace married cat mom L2D Moms: @haerge23.bsky.social (A) & @/midnightsolum (R) 🚫 genAI #Riyati book 2 is out now; check out #RiyatiRebirth & #RiyatiRivals @ riyati.ink or join the Riyati discord @ riyati.ink/discord !

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · Jul 3

Looking for a new book series? Check out #Riyati!

🔗 Itch riyati.ink/itch
🏠 Direct riyati.ink/store
🛒 Other retailers (digital & physical) riyati.ink/series
🔮 Riyati Discord (lurker friendly) riyati.ink/discord
🚫 Series cw's riyati.ink/cws
🧩 More info riyati.ink

Individual book info 🧵👇

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 13h

Dare I say it, I might *actually* get all of my to do list done today. Bless migraine meds...

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 16h

I think I might've cracked my new dissertation topic, complete with the number of people I'd need to make a full committee. I'm going to reach out to one of my profs I'm closer to for additional info/insight, but T.T it'd be such a relief to just get this started finally

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 1d

In case you saw earlier and forgot about it (looking at you, fellow ADHDers), there's still plenty of time to grab the ADHD bundle! 22 books featuring ADHD rep by mostly ADHD authors! You know you want it:

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

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

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Shimaira ⛥ @shimaira.com · 21h

I keep forgetting: there's still an ebook sale going on! 50% off 🤘
You can grab MY LORD for just $2 on itch, kobo, smashwords & kindle 😁

So if you're looking for some queer gothic goodness this spooky month, why not check this out? 🏰
mylord.shimaira.com

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🖤📚😱🌈📚💙📢📚🌍🌶️📚🩸🌈💜
#DiscountBooks

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Verati @verati404.bsky.social · 1d

Theso/Enaka are the genderqueer Team Rocket (Jesse & James, but romantic w/ each other) if they were Leverage bi-icon protags.

Gremlin Bird x Cat Who ❤️s Their One Fave Human.

Ride or die, & the odds aren't in their favor.

The history is complicated & plot related.

#WritingPrompt

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Pixies a/k/a Map Nerd @mcburnellauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Cool idea! A thread of newsletters and websites.

If you wander over to Book Funnel, you can snag a free novella while you sign up.

dl.bookfunnel.com/7jmg3em8i3

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

You can get a Riyati prequel novella by signing up for my newsletter @ riyati.ink/newsletter or join the Riyati discord @ riyati.ink/discord for vibes and updates!

More interested in general Riyati info or info about me? riyati.ink or kai-zeal.com

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

If you're looking for new books, why not check out this hidden gem bundle on itch, 63 DRM-free indie books for only $38!

🔗 itch.io/b/3305/under...

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Multiple covers cover the outer edge of the promo image. In the center, there is the following text:
Itch.io
Under-Rated Bundle
Oct 9th - 13th
Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of"

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 1d

Listen #Writers, I don't know how to market this book (I don't know how to market in general), but it is very short and contains humor aimed at other writers. So maybe by the end of 60ish pages you'll have a laugh and decide that you'd like to give me a chance as an author.
#TheLurker #Writesky 1/2

Arrows pointing to an image of the cover for the Lurker (image credit Wesley Ferreria), subscript: what would it take for you to start writing?

With arrows pointing to center:
About trying to write 50k words but is a lot less than 50k words
Torture via reading your teenage Twilight fanfic out-loud
Kitty sidekick with a ridiculous name
meta-humor that only other writers will find funny
It's like Misery but funny and will never have a movie adaptation
Painfully obvious self-insert character

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

Ace Pride Bundle Peoples-- email just went out for the promo graphics-- if you haven't accepted the bundles yet, please do so while checking out the graphics! 💙

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d

If you're looking for new books, why not check out this hidden gem bundle on itch, 63 DRM-free indie books for only $38!

🔗 itch.io/b/3305/under...

💙📚 🌈📚🌎 📢📚

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Natasha O'Connor - Indie Author she/her @calling33.bsky.social · 2d

We all know there's so many amazing #indie #books out there waiting to be discovered, like gems in the rough 💎

Fortunately for you lot, we've compiled a list of some of them. Even better, they're on sale.

From rock stars to vengeful spirits, there's plenty of choice.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

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A collage of book covers from the bundle. Text says: Itch.io Under-rated Bundle. Oct 9 thru 13th Bringing your attention to the best books you've never heard of

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Shane💀Blackheart (they/them) @shaneblackheart.com · 2d

This appears to have gone live early!

Grab a bunch of great books that have/had 15 or fewer ratings on Amazon or Goodreads! Maybe you'll find your next favorite.

2 of my books, Everything Is Wonderful Now & Open Wound, books 1 & 2 in The Requiem Series, are in the bundle 💜
itch.io/b/3305/under...

Itchio under-rated bundle. October 9th through the 13th. Bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of. Five stars are above and below the text in the center of the graphic. Surrounding it are several books included in the bundle.

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A.M. Weald - buy Fimbulvinter's Fires ❤️‍🔥 @amweald.com · 2d

The reviews are in!! ✨

Thank you to all who have read and reviewed "Fimbulvinter's Fires" so far. I'm so grateful that others seem to like it as much as I do!

what readers are saying about
Fimbulvinter's Fires
$0.99 until mid-Oct
5 stars
“a fantastic survival tale”
“incredibly intense and emotional”
“lyrical writing”
“tender and emotionally resonant”
“really drew me in”

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Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 2d

Check out these hidden gems on Kobo Plus and find your next favourite read!

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#booksky #readersky #readersonbluesky #koboplus #bookfunnel #books #whattoread #bookrecs #newbooks

In the background, an apocalyptic landscape and a samurai is standing in the foreground holding a fiery sword and at a distance on a hill a person with another fiery sword is standing. Caption says Kobo Plus Fantasy and Sci Fi. Covers of The Stars in Your Soul by Niranjan, Vampires in Space by Niranjan and The Elite and the Rogues by Niranjan on the foreground

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

Why'd you post a picture of just a tunnel???

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

🤝 it's all fun and games until I have to task switch, and then it's just misery and suffering

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

I feel this on a spiritual level, I'd like you to know

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 2d

The only thing scarier than writing your novel, is not writing your novel.

#TheLurker coming this November!

#Writesky #Booksky

Interested in being an ARC reader? Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Lurker
Immersive Reading Kit
A red pen, remnants of coffee, creamsicle kitten. neglected writing project, confinement, copy of the book

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Professor Mitchell @professormitchell.bsky.social · 2d

The Under-Rated Bundle is now live! Check out over 60 underappreciated stories that may have flown under your radar, including fantasy, science fiction, and more.

itch.io/b/3305/under...

The bundle runs from today through the 13th, so don't miss it!

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

Thank you so much for this review, and I'm glad you enjoyed Rebirth 💙

Niranjan 🇮🇳 @ormakal.bsky.social · 3d

My review is live, @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com

www.bookbub.com/reviews/1731...

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Niranjan recommends Riyati Rebirth

I have not read anything from this author before, so I had no idea what to expect from this. I loved the book, and even the parts where I wanted to strangle or shake some of the characters. The story ...

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 2d

I've had to explain to Krishna three times this morning already: he is not a waifu. He does not belong on the waifu shelf. It's not because he's a boy, it's because he's not a figurine and that shelf is for the waifu figurines no matter how much he french grills

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Margaret A-Spelle 🎃 @margaretadelle.bsky.social · 3d

Any indie authors got new books coming out this November or December?

The new releases challenge will be the hardest part of HRCYED, I swear. 😅

#booksky #HRYCED

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 3d

I've got one coming out that releases Nov 14th; 3rd in series but has a series summary at the beginning to help catch up; this is the arc post about it if you're interested (not necessarily to arc though, of course) bsky.app/profile/kaiz...

Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 16d

New #ARC for interested readers 👀

*Releasing Nov 14
*New Adult/Adult (*not* YA)
*Buffy x Persona 4 vibed
*Lots of traumatized teenagers
*Now ft. 2 ND fMCs

Make sure to check cw's on form as heavy topics are covered!

ARC form 🔗 riyati.ink/ripple-arc

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #queerAdultSFF #QueerSFF

Every act of defiance steers you into the person you were always been meant to become.

A partially hidden cover with a bright yellow glyph showing through on the left side. On the right side, the following is bulleted

* Third book in series
* Dark Fantasy
* Contemporary & low fantasy with urban fantasy elements
* Madoka x Persona 4 Vibes
* 1st Person & Multi PoV
* Classism & effects of generational poverty
* Demi, ND fMC
* Found Family
* Reincarnations
* Intricate Elemental Magic
* Childhood Friends Slow Burn
* 97k words (~320 pages)

Retailers
Logos for the itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle are listed. Underneath says "+ more @ riyati.ink/ripple"

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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 3d

If you're looking for some cozy reading time with the cooling weather, now's a great time to sub to Kobo Plus -- and if you're looking for some books to read *on* K+, might I suggest this hidden gems list, all included for free w/ K+? 👀

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HIdden Gems on Kobo Plus

Check out these hidden gems on Kobo Plus All of these books are human authored and guaranteed to take you to new worlds of adventure, magic, and excitement!

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