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J.A. Skald + CJ Pines πŸ’œπŸŒˆπŸ“š MM Author
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πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Queer author of heart-in-your-throat, stay up til 3am, pump ur fist & kick ur feet πŸŒˆπŸ“š 🧠ADHD πŸ‘‚HoH 🧳Immigrant πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆPan πŸ‘ΎDork 🧷 πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈThey/Them 🎨Art usually mine πŸ”ž πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβš”οΈπŸ²Epic Fantasy aSunlessLand.com πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ’žπŸŒΆοΈMM Romance ChancesHarbor.com πŸŒˆπŸ“š suncatcherpress.com/Kickstarter
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βš”οΈEpic dark fantasy
πŸ‘»Spooky monsters
πŸ’žMM Romance
✨Folklore, but make it queer
πŸ“š+Complete trilogy
πŸ“—New standalones
🌢️Stretch Goals
🌈Stickers & Swag

Get all my books bundled:
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Amazing work!

Got an error trying to check your comm pricing via that linktree in your bio, tho
Just wait. You're gonna be soooo embarrassed during the scene everyone thinks he got hit by the enemy's arrow, but then he reveals his strategically placed charf miraculously stopped it from-

Wait, hold on - our sources are telling us that no, the arrow's pierced fully thru & thru. Yeah, he's f'd
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Critique partner: You open too many sentences in this scene with β€œbut”. Way too many buts. Pick your favorite but and focus on that one.

Me:
a man with a mustache is smiling and says " giggles "
Alt: Clip of Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec giving an uncharacteristic childlike giggle. Text reads (giggles).
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I don't think I've come across a poem that taps into my ethos when it comes to navigating queer community within the context of a hostile world as much as "We Have Enough Dead Friends" by Lena Oleanderson.

I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.
Hey babe, wake up - an unhinged new Diner Dash concept just dropped
Problem is the initial "customers" are investors & publishers, who don't care about player enjoyment as much as they do turning their pile of money into larger piles of money. Devs do what they can but are ppl w/ bills, & run up hard against whatever buzzy thing investors heard was trending that wk
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Show a snip of my MM enemies2lovers standalone? Ok!

Grab all 3 cover variants, my other books, & discounted swag:
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#πŸŒˆπŸ“š #mmfantasy #mmromance #mmsuspense #GayRomance #queerwriters #queersff #romantasy #βš”οΈ #lgbtqwriters #WritingCommunity #wipsnips #AmWriting #WriteSky
A Sunless Land is a series of journeys, both personal & literal; as messy & complicated as the ppl living there. Call it self-care, but I need those glimpses of discovery, self-acceptance, & punching bigots in the face as much as scenes of fighting a Big Bad. Now more'n ever
Qnorm can't deliver that
#QueerPrompts November 3: Why you chose or didn't choose queer acceptance in your story's world
Need a lil dose of escapism? Join the ARC team for my upcoming standalone novella!

πŸ›·Dogsledding
πŸ‘ΉMonsters
🀯Surprise Twists
πŸ”₯Huddling for warmth
✨Thinking outside the magic box
πŸ›‘οΈShieldmates
🐺The goodest boy
🍲Found family

#πŸŒˆπŸ“š #mmfantasy #mmromance #mmsuspense #GayRomance #queersff #romantasy #βš”οΈ #πŸ’™πŸ“š
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High Tide 🌊 ✨ Hey guys I just finished this new painting in my ongoing series of paintings called β€˜A Starry Place’ where I explore spaces that are meaningful and nostalgic to me. This piece is inspired by overcoming insurmountable challenges.
This is how I'm gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.
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If you donate $5 or more to any foodbank or organization in November, show me a receipt, and I'll send you a free ebook of TEMPEST, TAKE ME HOME.

One of the main characters and I both grew up unhoused and hungry, and we relied on the kindness of others to survive. Help me give back now.
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There's a particular type of guy who spends a lot of time in a forest, y'know?
I'm 2 friends away from a round number of followers. What bribery shall it take- a giveaway?

1) Follow me &
2) Comment on THIS post &
3) Share THIS post &
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Random roll in 1 wk
1 winner gets $5 USD credit on suncatcherpress.com

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Take KΓ€re, from Under Ghostfire Mountain (coming out Thursday!):

Sole heir of a powerful mage family, he has no magic of his own. But instead of being married off or sent to the church, war & his own father's choices alter both his & Martel's fates forever

#πŸŒˆπŸ“š #mmfantasy #mmromance #mmsuspense #βš”οΈ
Take KΓ€re, from Under Ghostfire Mountain (coming out Thursday!):

Sole heir of a powerful mage family, he has no magic of his own. But instead of being married off or sent to the church, war & his own father's choices alter both his & Martel's fates forever

#πŸŒˆπŸ“š #mmfantasy #mmromance #mmsuspense #βš”οΈ
Priest class is mostly their no/low magic castoffs whose social/political clout comes directly from basically doing PR work for their magical relatives

Creates a broad palate to paint chars across the caste system, from magical nepo-babies down to not-as-middle-class-as-they-thought to have-nots
A Thaumatocracy; for the gods taught the mages of a Sunless Land the secrets of the Weave, to protect the people from the yearly Mist & what lurks within. Some nations are ruled by monarchies, a diarchy, triumvirate, a theocracy or two, & even a fledgling 'democracy' - but always w/ mages at the top
How do the politics of your book's world work? Is it a monarchy? A democracy? Theocracy? How does it affect your characters? #WritingPrompt
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if you're a writer feeling down, just remember, you can always make your characters' days even worse
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Oh, the fae realm of A Sunless Land has LOTS of teeth. They're worth quite a bit in the local barter system, you see...

(If I had a mood board for this realm, it'd be filled with Ghibli, del Toro, & Edward Gorey. And folklore, fables, faith, & fairytales have always been special interests of mine.)