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Noah Hawthorne (they/them)

@noahhawthorne.bsky.social

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fantasy punk and historical fiction author, a host on the Right Here Write Queer Podcast, and perpetual gremlin. 🧭 The Voice of Wild Places 🏳️‍⚧️ https://linktr.ee/neshamapublishing

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 1

🍁Witchtober Prep Time ! 🍁

@gagakumadraws.bsky.social is hosting this fun challenge next month, and I'm tagging along ! Instead of 31 days, we're doing 13. Burnout and all that.

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#13DaysOfWitchtober

A 13 Days of Witchtober graphic. There are 13 items listed.

Ethereal.
Devour.
Liminal.
Corrupt.
Paranormal.
Myth.
Midnight.
Poison.
Harvest.
Hex.
Hibernate.
Ancient.
Necromancer.

The background is of fall leaves with a hardback edition of Phantom and Rook by Aelina Isaacs, the color theme dark and moody.

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 10h

Kara, why are so many people in the Paranormal Society queer?
Because witch trials and witch panics also focused a lot on homosexuality or people who were gender nonconforming, so magic and queerness go hand-in-hand.
And because I wanted to.

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe there is a rule and I'm breaking it 😆 I was using sap green watercolor in this mixture I think. Just watercolor is alright, but i wanted the glitter factor.

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elka 🌾 commissions open! @saintsbeware.bsky.social · 8d

❤️‍🔥Book Cover Request Form❤️‍🔥

for my indie authors out there, my new listing for book covers is officially live!!

If you need a cover for your ebook, itch listing, or a print-ready full cover spread, consider working with me! I'd love to help you! 🖤
#indieauthor #sff #artsky

vgen.co/saintsbeware

picture of a vgen listing for a Book Cover Request Form, 5 slots open starting at $200

photo of a book covers mockup featuring an illustration of a ranger sitting on a tree in the woods with the title A CONSORT FOR THE WOODEN GOD, Elka Marsden

an illustration of a book covers mockup featuring mock up featuring a man holding a knife to another man's throat with a decorated illuminated manuscript adjacent border with the title DO KNIGHT NOT YEARN, M.R. Santua

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 2d

bookshop.org has free shipping Oct 7-8 for their anti-prime sale! They have 10 of my paperbacks in stock so you can support indie authors and bookstores while collecting pretty books for your shelves at the same time ✨

A grid of 10 paperbacks by Arden Powell priced from 10.99 to 17.99 available on bookshop.org, including 6 Flos Magicae books.

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 2d

Anti-Prime Day + free shipping on Bookshop Dot Org? Heck yeah! Here's your reminder that the paperback and hardcover of SILVER BLOOD are both available on Bookshop and you should totally get them there and support indie bookstores!

bookshop.org/p/books/silv...

Silver Blood

Check out Silver Blood - Cyrus Beldon was born to kill vampires. Or so says his indomitable family legacy.</p></p>For generations, the Beldon hunters have kept the peace between humans and vampires, n...

bookshop.org

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Sadhbh Frost 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Now in Pumpkin Spice @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Just 6* more days!

* +/- a few depending on your dimensional time variance

Sadhbh Frost 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Now in Pumpkin Spice @sadhbhgirl.bsky.social · 5d

Trope map for The Wolf Bane, available for pre-order at sadhbhstories.itch.io/the-wolf-bane

Trope map for The Wolf Bane includes:
- lesbian
- family secret
- arcane magic
- trans 4 werewolf
- goofy gadgets
- forbidden library
- bloody revenge
- sh*t's f*ck*d
- mild spice, real thirst
- over 100 years of slang
- so many bodies

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Sweet & Wild Available Now! @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Anti-Prime day and my favorite online book retailer has free shipping on all orders! Bookshop.org does wonderful work supporting indie book stores!
If you’d like a sweet as honey, cozy adjacent, witchy MM Romance, you could buy Sweet & Wild in paperback!

bookshop.org/p/books/swee...

Sweet & Wild

Check out Sweet & Wild - <p>Micah Harlow has just moved to Roseyard, a small town on the edge of a mysterious forest. Filled with hope for a new start here, Micah ventures into the woods to forage and...

bookshop.org

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Alex Larkspur 💛 Sweet & Wild Available Now! @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 2d

My #FirstDraftFall story is BanditWIP and it is a dual perspective:
First is Callum, a noble who is obsessed with birds, likes being outside, and doesn’t like talking to people (unless it’s about birds)
Second is Wilder, the son of the Bandit Queen who made a bold choice to try and prove himself

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Who's the main character of your #FirstDraftFall story?

These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall - October - Planning
Who is the main character of your #FirstDraftFall story?

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

I do watercolor with a hint of color shift acrylic. I used to use just acrylic thinned down, but too much makes the pages stick together.

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

It's a bleeding heart leaf because Watt is a bleeding heart 😆

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 2d

Painting book edges and listening to the rain was peak of my day.

A photo of a book in clamps and boards, edges painted a forest green with an darker imprint of a bleeding heart leaf.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 2d

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

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Talli 🦇SILVER BLOOD audiobook! @tallimorgan.bsky.social · 3d

oh hey the 'zon finally matched the free ebook price for Silver Blood 👀

Just gonna...throw this here...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM9YQ2G9

Silver Blood (City of Silver Book 1)

Silver Blood (City of Silver Book 1) - Kindle edition by Morgan, T. L.. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

www.amazon.com

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 3d

I'll be honest, September was low key for me ! There are two I really enjoyed, while the rest read like the same book but different fonts. They weren't bad, but not my favorites either.

October, however, is shaping up to be full of bangers.

September reads. Nicked by M.J Anderson. Vampires of Eden, Alexander by Karla Nikole. Wolves always Bite by Lori Ames. Hellhounds Never Lie by Lori Ames. A ruin of shattered secrets by max walker. Where death meets the devil by L.J. Hayward.

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 3d

Oh this sounds so rad, I love the tournament idea 😆 looking forward to seeing it !

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

@lobitacookie.bsky.social creates such beautiful work!

Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

we do call it the 'gay we found along the way' book for a reason. it's alright Watt, you'll figure it out.

Art by @lobitacookie.bsky.social

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Our Favorite Scene Zine @ofszine.bsky.social · Jul 18

SNEAK PEEK 👀
The amazing Benedetta Massaro drew their favorite scene from The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion by Margaret Killjoy ✨💛🏳️‍⚧️
The Zine will be on sale July 26th and all the profits will go to @southernequality.bsky.social
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#fanzine #Queerzine #transright #enby #Queerbooks

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 5d

Hello, my pretty.

Books are here, which means the next week or so will be spent packaging, and preparing my soul, for the postal service. And it is the beginning of annotation season!

Time to unlock my inner history nerd 🧭🏳️‍⚧️✨️

neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...