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Kara is writing (maybe)

@karasiert.bsky.social

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just a housewife & mama who writes books~ ☀️Read CITY OF THE SUN in ARTIFICE & ACCESS☀️ 🗡️Read BELYN BELOVED in UNCONVENTIONAL LOVE🗡️

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 16

EVEN SEINTS FALL: a monster-hunting exploration of identity, religious corruption & believing in something greater than yourself.

💀Seven deadly sins as monsters
🩸Chronic illness rep
🥀Religious corruption
🖤Found family

#W #YA #F #H #posterpit

Image shows a dark, moody photo of a cathedral with the title, "Even Seints Fall" with red splattered across the final word. Subtitle at the top of the poster reads, "A gothic horror fantasy." Underneath, two sets of accolade-style laurels accompany text reading, "One last adventure" and "One last chance." A mock five star review reads, "ID LITERALLY DIE FOR HIM" - my best friend. The bottom of the photo reads, "Kara Siert" in a smaller subtitle.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 3d

Please send in some messages to be included as artwork in this anthology! ✨

🚨If we can raise an extra $400, there'll be enough funds for more art which will go into the presentation of each story! gofund.me/797ce01c

#books #booksky #disability #anthology #submissionscall

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · 3d

Toddler is having a meltdown because it's not our turn for the "trash dump" to come yet. It's not even 10 AM. We're gr8t

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · 5d

I make art to support my writing but to support my art I've started crocheting, have I created a pyramid scheme for myself??

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 9d

We are almost at 50 written reviews for Artifice & Access! 😍

If you're a #reader of fantasy #books 👀 you may have a good time with this one!

And if you've already read it, writing a short review will help me continue uplifting disabled & chronically ill writers 😁💖

An image of shrek running, facing toward the bottom right corner, with a bright green wavy pathway beneath him. Above him is the green text "we're on the way to...".
The path stops in the lower right corner where a wooden sign reads "50 written reviews".
in the bottom left is magazine cutout letters that read "help" above small green text that says "graphic design is my passion".
on the right side of the image is a screen shot of the 4.64 rating and orange stars from Goodreads.
Two images of the blue book cover for ARTIFICE & ACCESS sit on the left and right of the image.

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ella t. holmes (wizard) @ellatholmes.bsky.social · 9d

I want your empowering/supportive/disability justice messages, poems, and sentiments for the Disability in Dystopia Anthology!

I'm going to make them into art for the collection.

Submit a picture or typed message to [email protected] 💌 from now until November 1st!
#books #disability

This image contains text on a two-toned green background. Header text in white reads "Handwritten message submissions wanted". Below that, a ripped piece of paper has brown handwriting that reads "We will survive. Together!".
In the bottom left there is a slightly askew neon green mail sticker with the image of a green gas cloud and a skull. To the right of that is light pink text that reads "Write an empowering and supportive disability justice message, poem, or sentiment. Take a picture & submit to dis-anthology@outlook.com It will be included in a collage inside the upcoming anthology!"
At the very bottom, centred, in bright green text, is the message "if you cannot hand write it.I can do that for you! Simply submit it as a typed message."

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · 5d

Met another mom. Exchanged numbers. THIS IS TERRIFYING IS THIS HOW YOU FRIEND

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · 11d

Toddler wants to know who's coming over today. The answer is NO ONE. No one is coming over today. I am not prepared to raise an extrovert help-

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Ash 🐉 CHILD OF THE DRAGON @ashintheashes.bsky.social · 29d

I've been dreaming about the day I'd see my own name on a book cover. A massive thanks to JV Artists for making the cover of my dreams! Child of the Dragon is releasing March 10, 2026 from @inkedingraypress.bsky.social and preorders are available now on their website!

A purple background with the cover for Child of the Dragon (A cover with fire on the left edges and ice on the right edges centering around a girl in shorts and a tank top, raising a sword high and summoning lightning in front of a massive purple-y european dragon inside some sort of arena. The title: Child of the Dragon is written across the center in a curly, silver font, and the author name is in a smaller version of the same and says Ashley N.Y. Sheesley). Fire and ice surround the cover in a way that gives it a somewhat 3D effect. The text reads Cover Reveal at the top and across the bottom it says Coming March 10, 2026

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Sep 9

Help my toddler can't say S's yet so he's calling the schoolbus a "poo bus"😅

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 30

#1stlinepit is on Instagram today!! Let me know your username and I'll drop you a like over there~

Image shows a moody floral background with bold white writing. Large letters read: Brunror and Eduardo were dead. In smaller letters, the top left corner reads: Even Seints Fall and the bottom right corner reads: Kara Siert.

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yay! I dropped you a follow on Insta!

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#1stLinePit @1stlinepit.bsky.social · Aug 3

Next #1stLinePit will be on August 30 - but only on instagram!
Bc it's stressful enough to engage in a pitch event on just one platform, don't you think? 😅

Check it out here:
www.instagram.com/1stlinepit/

#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Agents #Editors

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 23

Toddler: No!! Baby!!
Me: Oh, okay, baby wants to do it. So you just needed some moral support?
Toddler: Uh-uh.

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yes

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sitting here eating a calm-down-everything-is-fine popsicle so I can stare at my laptop screen for an hour and call it writing🎉

Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 19

I LOVE THE SHRIMP FRIEND

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Kara is writing (maybe) @karasiert.bsky.social · Aug 17

Loved seeing so many wonderful entries for #Posterpit! Thanks to the organizers & participants for another fun event!

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M S Dyliacco @msdyliacco.bsky.social · Aug 16

NOBODY WANTS THIS x YOU, AGAIN

She sees love as a balance sheet.
He gets paid to read romance novels out loud.
Dating isn't working for either of them, so what are best friends to do?
Start a podcast to figure out what they're doing wrong, of course.

#PosterPit #W #A #R #C

Movie poster for Date Expectations. Two best friends. 12 dates. A podcast where they rate each other. What could possibly go wrong. Images of an Asian woman, podcast equipment and an Asian man in front of a laptop.

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Kim Cayley @kimcayley.bsky.social · Aug 16

Coming Soon to the Query Trenches!
✨✨FATED FAKES✨✨
Remi is a terrible psychic, Asher's a grieving skeptic.
It was supposed to be fake—but what if it's fate?

#PosterPit #W #A #R
Agent's Guide 📌

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Carla G Garcia @carlaggarcia.bsky.social · Aug 16

Out on sub now: a YA fantasy of ocean guardianship and messy first loves 🌊
🌍 Eco-fantasy with high stakes
🧜 Fierce mermaid MC
⚔️ Reluctant human allies
🏭 Energy company destroying the sea
⏳ Magic that fades with time
🔥 A fight to save the ocean before it’s too late
#PosterPit #YA #AG #F

movie poster of a ship shrouded in mist. text reads THE BURNING SEA by Carla G Garcia, out on submission now

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Aerin Apeltun - THE OPAL KING out now! @aerinapeltun.bsky.social · Aug 16

Forced to marry to appease his family’s curse, best friends, Jac & Nell, set out to break it - but friendship turns to love.

When Nell must make the ultimate sacrifice to free them, Jac has only one chance to save her before he loses her forever...

#PosterPit #Q #NA #F #R

Movie poster for Spark Amongst The Shadows, a New Adult Romantasy currently being queried. All the romance of A Court Of Silver Flames set in a Three Musketeers inspired world, with an enchanted book, romance, a dash of magic, and he falls first vibes.

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Charli Rae @charlirae-writes.bsky.social · Aug 16

Imagine opening a book and finding your grandma’s 10th birthday. Or your classmate’s worst day. In The Last Blank Page, every book holds the last borrower’s memory… until the story starts to vanish. #PosterPitq #posterpit #MG

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Rachel is Editing @rpiswriting.bsky.social · Aug 16

Rosemary and Flame: a fantasy romance

A woman dying from a generational curse must team up with a handsome, but grumpy, fae with dubious intent to survive the mysterious land of Faerie and save her mother from an ancient and powerful enemy.

#posterpit #writingcommunity

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T. is agented 🐀🖤 @tessaswck.bsky.social · Aug 16

A film {see: book} about endings, but also beginnings happening at the same time. Dead flesh & nectarines. Things taken & inexplicably returned, by things without hands.
For fans of: Monstrilio, Our Wives Under the Sea, Tender is the Flesh, etc.
#PosterPit #PosterPitA #AG #H #SPF #A

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Sarah Rowlands @sarahauthor27.bsky.social · Aug 16

BELLADONNA x Outlander

An old Irish curse transforms 20-yr-old Estella into a monstrous plant at night. She must find a cure in this hidden, enchanted glen before her sinister doctor uses her as a science experiment.

#posterpit #Q #F #A

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