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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Books2Read.com/MonstersInLove7
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Monsters in Love 7: Lost in the Stars is coming out March 27th, continuing the wildly popular Monsters in Love anthology series. My story is Cy-D3R, a tale of a rule-breaking explorer and an abandoned space farm with a sordid secret.

#VeraValentine

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Mar 4

🦎 Books2Read.com/StrangeLove 🦎

Strange Love: A Non-Human Romance Charity Anthology features my Pattern Recognition, an MF cryptid monster tale.

It's only available until May 13th, and supports Trinity Haven, an organization meeting needs for LGBTQ+ youth at risk for homelessness.

#VeraValentine

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Mar 4

🐺 Books2Read.com/EvilHearts 🐺

Evil Hearts: A Monster Romance Charity Anthology features Raw Dogging, my special MF werewolf co-write with Latrexa Nova.

This charity romance anthology is only available until May 1st, with proceeds benefitting The Dollywood Foundation!

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Feb 11

Sharing the poorly-translated cards that came with my cheap BDSM kit that have had me CACKLING all night.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Feb 1

Hey friends! I've revamped my pay schedule cheat sheet (apparently I left February completely off the last one😬) for KDP authors.

Find more helpful tips and resources here:

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www.valentineverse.com/author-resou...
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#VeraValentine #IndieAuthor #KDPPaySchedule #AuthorPaySchedule

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 29

Hey, asking for a friend, Canva isn't allowed to cancel our subscriptions for crimes against humanity purposes right

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 29

Back on my bullshit at Barnes and Noble today, making sexy morally grey carpet monsters hot. There is a quartet of older folks at a table across the cafe that have brought their own tablecloth and are playing an intense game of mahjong and their vibes are ✨immaculate✨.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

People were arguing about closed door vs open door romance at the time and I just thought it would be stupid funny to have a straight-up door romance. From there it was a whole lot of wondering "How does a door gain sentience AND be fuckable?" *jazz hands*

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

Hey, uhhh... hi to my new followers, but if you followed me just because I have author in my profile, please be aware that my bestseller title is a book about a woman fucking her front door. Yes, a literal door.

So if you write kids books / YA? You might wanna rethink the follow. 😅

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

Nope! It's actually one of my few full lengths :)

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

✨ Stowaway and Silent Song✨

🌊 Books2Read.com/TempestTossed 🌊

Most know my #SentientObjectRomance shenanigans by now, but I actually started with #Romantasy! Stowaway and Silent Song is the FIRST BOOK I ever published, and these characters - Miranda, Ronen, and Lyric - genuinely changed my life.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

Ehhh I'll live. This is the same body I used to dose with Stacker 2s (holla, 90s teens) with a big swig of Jolt Cola before homeroom in high school. Just forgot what it felt like haha

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

In hindsight, maybe the first day I start an increased dose of my adderall *isn't* the best day to also have two cups of coffee.

"Huh, wonder why my breathing's short and I have this persistent dry cough. Weird."

My pulse, in the stratosphere: *smacks forehead with palm*

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 25

😂 We are grateful for you, my friend!

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 24

Listen, I don't know either. 🤷‍♀️
#VeraValentine #SeagullWithAFrenchFry #AuDHD #IndieAuthor #SexPositive #Bisexual #Polyamorous #FormerChoirKid #PastaIsLife

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 23

Pattern Recognition by Vera Valentine - Coming February 13th! (A little bird tells me it *may* be loosely linked in with my #CarnalCryptids universe ;) )

Preorder the Strange Love anthology here:

➡️ Books2Read.com/StrangeLove ⬅️

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 23

So I just got over the flu last week and woke up with food poisoning today - January is not going my way. Send treats and cozy blankets cause I got weird stories to finish.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 20

Only because I didn't have a ring on me probably

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 20

Okay but I had a first date today and she brought me fluorescing rocks AND a blacklight to admire them and called them penguin presents??!

😭 🥰😊

You know what men bring to first dates? ✨Audacity✨

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 18

New office goals 😍

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Kit Fox @kitfoxart.bsky.social · Jan 18

Best of 2024 2/3!

All art is by me and authors are credited in the alt text.

Cover art for Hot Summer’s Prey by Latrexa Nova depicting a lovely plus sized Filipina woman in a dance pose underwater with a green fish/lizard man.

Cover art for Cold Sweat by Vera Valentine, showing a wooden sauna with a Polynesian woman wrapped in a towel and looking surprised as a giant sentient jug of flavored water approaches.

Art by myself, Kit Fox. Depicts a King King inspired scene with a giant purple gorilla reaching out to touch a woman tied to a totem pole by flowering vines.

Cover art for Fully Charged by Nicole Parker and Unfortunate Reads, showing a smiling woman sitting on her bed in front of a giant pink bunny with a drum and battery pack.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 18

Doing my best to turn helplessness into productivity today, rearranging my office a little bit to try and shake up the vibes.

It's jazz, determination, and my lil 10mg of Adderall against the world.

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 17

I KNOW RIGHT?? I did the Carlin test a couple months back and passed with flying colors 😂

Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 17

Eyyyy welcome friendo! We can post NSFW and cuss here! :-D

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Vera Valentine @valentineverse.bsky.social · Jan 13

As in, you can't get toilet paper the normal way from underneath the holder. You basically have to pull out tissues from the little dispenser until you get a stack you feel comfortable wiping yourself with.

WHY

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