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Here's our 2025 Wrapped Stats for our events! My wife attended nearly every event with me, which I am eternally grateful for! We cut down the schedule from almost 50 events in 2024 to just 26 in 2025, which was a definite plus.
#authorlife #vendorlife #2025wrapped

December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

I finally did some author maths to calculate how many physical books I’ve sold so far this year…488…I’m honestly blown away! This doesn’t count ebooks or giveaways or my nonfiction or any other thing I make and sell~

#authorlife #fantastyauthor #booklover #indieauthor

December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

One of the BISAC categories that @bookshop.org has listed for Sowing Spells is 'Literary Fiction LGBTQ+' which is the funniest thing! No, its just a couple of disaster queers mucking around in a magical garden and maybe falling for each other~

#sowingspells #indiebooks #cozyfantasy

December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

The T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation Event runs through this Sunday! Feel free to join the group and look through all the week's posts, and don't forget to enter the Grand Prize Giveaway on Sunday for a huge bundle of books~!

#readerappreciation #giveaway #booklover #bookgiveaway

December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Today's the day! Sowing Spells is out!!! And I'm participating in the T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation event again this year! My timeslot is 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST.

#readerevent #readerappreciation #bookrelease

December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Early in 2025 I had several folks come up to our booth to talk about ‘their’ ai books and wanting help with marketing them. So I made a sign and have not had to have any more conversations with ai-dude bros~

#antiai #humanmadeart #authorlife

November 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

This dice tray in particular took so many hours to complete…can’t wait to make a similar one!

#dicetray #dicegoblin #dndtiktok #crafter

November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Did I get duck bookends for future silliness? Yes, yes I did! If you’re an ARC reader for Sowing Spells you might already know! ^_~
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books

November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Really quickly put together samples of the pre-order exclusives for Sowing Spells to show off at GeekCraftExpo Seattle this weekend~

#preorderexclusive #preorder #shopsmall #authorlife #cozyfantasy

November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Don't have an indie bookstore near you? Bookshop.org lets you set any bookstore as 'your bookstore' so your purchases benefit them~

#shopsmall #shopsmallbiz #shopsmallbusiness #booklover

November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

@theradr.bsky.social

fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

If I die of aids forget burial just drop my body on the steps of the FDA

November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

I'm participating in the T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation Event again this year!!! My timeslot is 1:30pm EST (10:30am PST) on Tuesday, December 2nd~ That's Sowing Spells' release date!

#talesreaderappreciationevent #readerappreciationevent #booktok #booklover

November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM

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Bookshop.org

@bookshop.org

A note from our CEO Andy Hunter expressing our gratitude for our extended book family and stressing the importance of supporting independent bookstores this holiday season and beyond 💜

Image reads: “Did you know that Black Friday got its name because it helps small businesses go from “in the red” (losing money) to “in the black” (solvent)? It’s no exaggeration that a strong holiday season is necessary for most local bookstores’ survival. And their survival is critical to us as readers, writers, and book lovers. Without booksellers’ passion and advocacy, our literary culture would fade fast.

Image reads: This holiday is about being thankful and connecting with the humans you care about: your family, whether they’re biological or chosen. We are thankful for our extended book family—the authors, booksellers, and readers—and we’re fighting for them. Please fight for them, too, by choosing to support local independent bookstores this holiday season. We are all part of the same chosen family—built of readers who are trying to preserve a human-centered future with a beloved bookstore in every town.

Image reads: Your purchase on Bookshop.org supports more than 2,500 independent bookstores (90% of the bookstores in the U.S.). They are thankful for you, too.

November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Our final event of 2025 is GeekCraftExpo Seattle this coming weekend! We'll be at booth C10 all bundled up.

So if you have any TTRPG gamers or fantasy readers on your holiday shopping list, please stop by!

www.geekcraftexpo.com

#geekcraftexpo #shopsmall #shopsmallbusiness #geekycrafts

November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

Calling all cozy fantasy readers!

eARC signups for Sowing Spells are open! You can
sign up at the link in my bio or below!

#arcreader #cozyfantasy #fantasyreader #arcsignup
#arcsignups

November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

OMG a cover reveal! Finally!!!

Sowing Spells releases in just over 2 weeks and you can pre-order directly from me (find the link in my bio~) Its the perfect cozy read for the cold, dark weather approaching.

#sowingspells #silandanders #cozyfantasy #cozyfantasybooks #bookstagram

November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

If you need something cozy to read as the weather gets colder, Sowing Spells is a cozy fantasy about a garden, a wizard, and his reluctant apprentice. Imagine Howl’s Moving Castle in a magical garden with a couple disaster gays!

#bookstagram #cozyfantasy #howlsmovingcastle #preorder

November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

My unedited proof copies are in!!!! Who wants a cover reveal? And pre-order details?

#sowingspells #silandanders #wizardsgarden #cozyfantasy

November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

We swear we’re not a far trap! So come visit us at @GeekGirlCon today!

#geekgirlcon #authorlife #faetrap #booklover

November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

We’re at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social for the weekend!!!

#geekgirlcon #authorlife

November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Cay Fletcher - Author

@cayfletcher.bsky.social

@geekgirlcon.bsky.social is our last convention of the year! Come support an amazing convention & maybe get a head start on your holiday shopping from some great small, local businesses~
#convention #ggc #GeekGirlCon #authorlife