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Marie Sinadjan

@quillandcrib.bsky.social

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She/her. 🇵🇭 in 🇬🇧. Wife, mum, author, reader, crafter ✨📚 mariesinadjan.com

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · Nov 9

Hi #BookSky! 💙📚 I'm Marie, a Filipino #SFF and horror author/reader living in the 🇬🇧. I write myth/folklore based tales, mostly flash fiction and short stories, and I also co-wrote The Prophecies of Ragnarok, a Norse myth urban fantasy trilogy. mariesinadjan.com ✨

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 2d

🚨RELEASE DAY🚨

To Fetch a Pail of Water is officially out now! This beautifully written literary noir romance novel sees students Jack and Jill try to escape their dark pasts, only to discover the universe has other plans.

Order yours here: share.google/kLGOocvuukye...

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 17m

For the 3rd year in a row I'll be at the Canwick Christmas Fair! This year it'll be on November 15 from 11am-3pm 🎄

My latest book babies won't be able to make it, but my human baby will and she'll be mummy's little helper 🥰 And I'll still have plenty of titles for guests to choose from. See you!

Poster for the 2025 Canwick Christmas Fair. It reads:

Canwick Village Hall
Christmas Fair - Market
Saturday 15th November 2025
11am - 3pm

Free Car Parking in Canwick Playing Field on the Heighington Road
(No Parking in the village please)

ENTRY FREE
Numerous Stalls
Local Artisans
Crafts/Gifts

Mulled Wine
Bailey's Hot Chocolate
Mince Pies & Sausage Rolls

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Karen Lucia | Author @karenlucia.bsky.social · Jul 29

Looking for a dystopian novella to read this hot soupy summer? Like supporting indie authors? Want to read about not the hero of the story?

💙📚

Blue background with white lettering. Centered is the cover of A Second Life Worth Living.
Reads: "Ben has already died once and is so over it, dark & dystopian, Second chances, found family, finding purpose"

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 28m

I checked and it's not available. I'd request it but the library charges for an admin fee and they don't even guarantee that they'll order it 🥲😅 I'd love an ebook in the meantime, do you need my email or my Kindle address?

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D.C. (Desi) Heart @desiheart.bsky.social · 19h

This is the last weekend to grab this bundle! True to form, I’ve not focused enough on promoting this one.

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

ADHD Awareness Month Fiction Itchio Bundle. This bundle features books by mostly ADHD authors and/or featuring at least one significant ADHD character. Several book covers are displayed in this graphic (all of which can be found in the bundle).

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sure I will, your books have never disappointed me! Thank you again so much 🥹

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 2h

I'm really enjoying it! I'm updating my progress on Goodreads — since this isn't a paid gig, I don't feel there's a conflict of interest in leaving a review. So I will 😄

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Alex - Spells & Spaceships @blogspells.bsky.social · 3h

My son chose this book today with me on our trip into town.

It's really good! He's already designed his own fantasy map and wrote the things he's encountered in a journey across the map.

Maybe I'll be promoting his books in a few years 👀

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 3h

Hi Karen, that sounds exactly like my cup of tea! I'm still in the middle of another book but I'll get to yours as soon as I can if that's okay? ☺️

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 4h

Just completed FINAL EDITS for Disposable Magic & made my epub. Huge thanks to my editor & marine biology fact-checker @amphipodgirl.bsky.social

November is looking good for launch once I format the paperback.

Cephalopod-on-cephalopod romance with trans themes & ecoterrorism, coming your way soon!

Disposable Magic by Dani Finn, showing a large octopus and a tiny one looking at each other in an underwater bubble with black ooze dripping down on them from above.

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 5h

It is not too late, on this, #BookshopDay, to wander into your local bookshop (be it chain or otherwise) and order a copy of A Short History of the Future: 42 retro themed #sci-fi short stories, including some award winnners. From @northodoxpress.bsky.social, promoting Northern writers.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5h

I really recommend browsing a reddit called "Is this AI?" for this purpose. people post questionable images and commenters weigh in on their validity, but are required to provide specifics as to their reasoning. once you start seeing the signs, it gets easier and easier over time

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 7h

Remember, this is how much it has cooked people’s brains after like one year. Think of what 10 years of this will do. Think of the brains of kids who will grow up not only unable to spot AI but unable to understand “real” and “AI generated” as two different concepts.

Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 8h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 6h

"Flesh. Her skin and bone limited her, falsely classified her as something she abhors. None would listen to her pain and struggles, so she forged her own body, her own future; the world itself be damned."

Powerful stuff @b-saxon.femfactory.tech 🫶🏻

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 9h

The ebooks are on sale this weekend on my shop for book 3's upcoming anniversary! Hotel Fen is free, Monster Ridge and Mist Gallows at 99c 🥳 ko-fi.com/quillandcrib...

Visit Marie Sinadjan's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 9h

✨ What do the titles of your books REALLY mean? ✨

Hotel Fen - The name of the hotel where the story takes place.

Monster Ridge - As in, that's a huge (monster) mountain (ridge).

Mist Gallows - Gallows are for hanging. Mist = death. People are gonna die. Ragnarok time baby!

💙📚 #BookSky #norsemyth

Front covers of The Prophecies of Ragnarok trilogy by Meri Benson and Marie Sinadjan. From left to right: Hotel Fen, Monster Ridge, Mist Gallows.

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 10h

Also yes that's Heretical in the place of honor on my shelf 🙊

Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 10h

OMG @northodoxpress.bsky.social you were serious! Thank you so much 😭

Hand holding a gift wrapped book in front of a bookshelf.

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 11h

Reading this novel about tree lesbians and things are getting exciting! 🥳

Bailey Bangtan, Lesbian Extraordinaire @b-saxon.femfactory.tech · Aug 25

Transition can be hard for a number of reasons. So what about a tree-sition? Find out for yourself today! Don’t leaf yourself in the dark 🍃

bailey-saxon.itch.io/song-of-the-...

Cover of my book, Song Of The Dryads cover! Tree woman holding what looks like a lute or something similar standing in a grassy field with some faded trees in the background and butterflies flying around her.

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Air and Nothingness Press @aanpress.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing our first open call for 2026 - "Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity" which will ask for hard SF stories with tea or coffee, stars, and gravity all playing a prominent narrative role. Info here - aanpress.com/submissions.... Important: Be sure to read the cover page to the PDF.

Cover image to the book, showing the back of an astronaut in a space suit as he steps off into a psychedelic swirl of cosmic colors and stars. The title circles around the figure.

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Lou ✍🏻 🧶 @loustardust.com · 1d

#books #booksky 📚💙 📚🪐

Book mail!

Thank you @servantand.bsky.social

I’m so excited! 😆

Picture of Queen of Thorns by Joel C Flanagan Grannemann

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Marty Davies @smartypantsmarty.com · 1d

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves really matter. Especially right now when so many stories about us are not by us and are hateful distortions and lies.

Now is your opportunity to shape the types of stories we develop for Year 3 of Trans+ History Week.

Please share with your network.

Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 4d

Help shape Trans+ History Week!

Please complete our annual story survey and have your say on what kinds of stories we tell next year with @wearequeeraf.com

Shape Trans+ History Week - Have Your Say

What kinds of stories, history and communities should we focus on next year?

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 1d

Got it, thank you! I'm excited 😄

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Jon Stubbington @bookcoversbyjon.bsky.social · 2d

I've had a few projects postponed this month so I have availability for book cover and character art commissions.

* Illustrated or photo-based covers

* Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror character art

All reposts very much appreciated as I am hoping I can fill these gaps in my schedule this month.

Examples of illustrated sci-fi book covers

Examples of illustrated sci-fi character art

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 10d

We've got a big announcement to make! For the entire month of November, we're going to be hosting an event celebrating indie and self-published SFF authors that we're calling... A Month of Rain and Reads!

But we'd like YOU to get involved! Find out more:
www.readindiefantasy.com/announcing-a...

A banner image showing a planner with autumnal decorations and stickers along with calligraphy spelling out A Month of Rain and Reads. There is a stack of indie books in the background and a cup of coffee.

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