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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author

@lynnstrong.bsky.social

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Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) https://lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 27d

💙 📚 🌈 📚 🪐 📚 ♿ 😺 Hi! I'm Lynn. I write #cozyfantasy with scampering kittens, feisty book-witches, & kind priests who nourish everyone, even the mice. Joyfully body positive, inclusive, & welcoming. (So many bonus recipes!) Come for the chai; stay because everyone is treasured. lynnstrong.com/books/

Three book covers: Chai and Cat-tales, Haroun and the Study of Mischief, and Chai and Charmcraft by Lynn Strong

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Alicia Warne @aliciawarne.bsky.social · 6h

Love cozy fantasy? 150+ books are on sale this weekend: all deeply discounted, 120 free or 99c.

Includes my series starter, Death on the Loper, for 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway 📚🌍 🪐📚🌈🚀💫 💙📚

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 12h

And Hearthcon: www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2025

LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2025

October 11-12, 2025 Schedule of Events*online and livestreamed to Youtube

www.lazydragonbooks.com

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 12h

The book sale:
cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
(Starting tomorrow but Karryn might start flipping switches tonight)

Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale

This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2025 have…

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 12h

So this is excellent timing considering Hearthcon and the Cozy the Day Away book sale are both going on this weekend! Cozy the Day Away has 160 cozy fantasy books on sale, many of them indie, and Hearthcon has cozy authors, bookstagrammers, and fanfolks all talking shop. BRB w links!

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 16h

This plus "your computer forgets what electricity is 30 seconds after you manage to install the Win10 extended service pack you'd been fighting Microsoft tech support about for two months" ....the timing really does seem beyond coincidence and into enemy action here.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 16h

Dear universe,
If I have to have an unexplained migraine every week, today is a better day for it than either earlier in the week or during both cons

But do I really have to have an unexplained migraine every week? Especially on the "I was going to make book progress dammit" day?

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

I think the world is fortunate that I am tired enough to think "Zucchini and pumpkin are both squash, zucchini bread is a fall squash disposal mechanism, zucchini bread is similarly spiced to PSL, I should try making a zucchini squash latte For SCIENCE!"

...but also much too tired to implement rn🤣

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

I am not sure whether I am brave enough or mad enough to determine whether a Zucchini Squash Latte is Proof of Concept or Too Far Beyond the Mad Food Science Horizon, and the world may be grateful I am presently too exhausted to find out? But the thought is there...

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Since the spice profile of zucchini bread, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin spice lattes are pretty similar, and since many of the zucchini survival tactics overlap with hard squash survival tactics (with similar lock-your-doors notes in the midwest)... have a lol? lynnstrong.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pumpkin Spice Season and Conference Season

HearthCon and Cozy the Day Away are coming this weekend! …amid 9 other conferences and conventions in a 5 week window ahahahahawhimper

lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Also, the Pumpkin Spice Mad Food Science Experiment has been further documented, including variations for different food sensitivities: lynnstrong.com/2025/10/09/p...

Pumpkin Spice Season and Conference Season

HearthCon and Cozy the Day Away are coming this weekend! …amid 9 other conferences and conventions in a 5 week window ahahahahawhimper

lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #booksky #cozyfantasy readers - Need some more mischievous romps in your life?

Chai and Cat-tales will be on sale for 99c & Haroun and the Study of Mischief is 30% off through #Hearthcon.

Bonus: Hypoallergenic ebooks don't shed fur on your clothes 😸🐶

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 5d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Have seen many variations on "Do Not Lick the Science," but here's one for "The Science Is Delicious, Please Lick" :D (hat tip to friend on Celia's server!)

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce

``Pasta alla Cacio e pepe'' is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce ca...

arxiv.org

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

But also I have wildly different reactions to different types of heat for some reason? I love gochujang but guacamole with even a splash of jalapeno juice is a no fly zone...

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2d

Very similar boat, except mine varies wildly based on how much background ouch I'm already having. I know there are people who find pain relief with overloading their food heat receptors. Mine are wired in the opposite direction so the more ouch I have the less heat I can handle.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 4d

(sigh)
IDK how "We can steal your personal data and interests unless you know where to whack-a-mole to opt out and know where and how to keep whacking moles every time you get silently opted back in" is a legal business model, either here or the video thieves

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI unless you opt out now

LinkedIn has changed its Terms to include users data for Microsoft's AI training. Read here how you can opt out

www.malwarebytes.com

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Alicia Warne @aliciawarne.bsky.social · 6d

I've told my friends and family...

... that I will be UNAVAILABLE while I roll around in all the #COZYFANTASY GOODNESS on 11-12 Oct! 😂

#heathcon www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2025
#cozythedayaway cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Alicia Warne @aliciawarne.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, #cozyfantasy #authors with #diverse themes! Just THREE days left to apply for an author account and submit your books to the Cozy the Day Away sale on Oct 11th-12th. All books must be submitted by 9pm CDT on Wednesday Oct 8th

For more info, see cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway

Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale

This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2025 have…

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 5d

I am a horrible queer who has been thrown out of a "sweet and clean" promo because obviously nothing queer could be sweet or adorable or--

--Look at this kitten's face and say that to her, I dare anyone.

lynnstrong.com/books/chai-a...

Chai and Cat-tales: Three magical Middle Eastern cozy fantasy novellas by Lynn Strong. Featuring a ridiculously adorable brindle kitten with the most hopeful little kitten face and big shiny eyes.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

#booksky #cozyfantasy readers - there's a lot of free book promos this month!

(Some folks have different definitions of cozy because "cozy murder mystery" is a very popular genre! But I personally tend to dodge it. Read the descriptions to find your cozy. 😸 )

books.bookfunnel.com/cosyfantasyp...

No/Low Spice Cosy Fantasy Promo

Searching for your next favorite story? Look no further! These bestselling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books. Available for a limited time.

books.bookfunnel.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

I would probably earn a lot more by being in Unlimited & getting all of Amazon's free advertising for Unlimited.

But since I'm lucky enough to still have my day job, I don't have to make the purely-money decision just yet & can also be wide.

If the fed cuts go through permanently, that may change.

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

I understand that folks don't like Amazon and say that people should buy in other places.

But until people DO buy in equivalent numbers in other places, I have to still be on Amazon. We're not even remotely there yet.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not in Unlimited but I am in KDP in general. I'm wide with d2d and itch.

Amazon continues to be upwards of 95% of my sales and profits.

I sold more copies and made more money on Amazon just last month alone than on every other platform combined for the entire past year.

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

There will at some point be more detailed "All The Nutmeg" and "Pumpkin spice as a spice doesn't technically need pumpkin per se, but yum" and "have you ever accidentally melted Culver's pumpkin ice cream? That's basically this" notes, but in the meantime I'm going flat for a while

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

So the Cozy Science Report (TM) is delayed by the reason I didn't do this experiment during Hearthcon itself:

I suspected there might be too much Ambient Coffee in the Starbucks system, like how many gluten sensitive folks nope out of bakeries.

My body is on round 4 of "AS PER MY LAST EMAIL 😡"

Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 6d

#cozyfantasy #writesky 🫖dilemma:

Me: I have never had a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte, how can I call myself a cozy fantasy writer?

(nb: coffee and I are Not Friends)

Also me: Oh hey they have a pumpkin spice CHAI--

Also also me: FFS how do they have 21 different toggles with over 100 options??

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