Lyssa Chiavari
@lyssachiavari.bsky.social
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📚: THE IAMOS TRILOGY, CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X, JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME
📚: THE IAMOS TRILOGY, CHEERLEADERS FROM PLANET X, JUST LIKE THE FIRST TIME
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Lyssa Chiavari
@lyssachiavari.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Ending the social media adventure – Lyssa Chiavari, Author
As you may recall, back in 2023 I dipped my toes back into social media after several years away. You can read all my thoughts about the first ten months of that experiment here.
www.lyssachiavari.com
I've decided to step back from social media: www.lyssachiavari.com/2025/09/16/e...
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
It's Ace Week, and reading the Iamos Trilogy is the perfect way to celebrate. Binge the complete series now with Kindle Unlimited, or request it from your local public library!
www.lyssachiavari.com/books/the-ia...
www.lyssachiavari.com/books/the-ia...
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's Ace Week, and reading the Iamos Trilogy is the perfect way to celebrate. Binge the complete series now with Kindle Unlimited, or request it from your local public library!
www.lyssachiavari.com/books/the-ia...
www.lyssachiavari.com/books/the-ia...
Looking for feedback: When backing a Kickstarter, would you rather pay for shipping as part of the campaign or at time of fulfillment so you can choose specifically what shipping method you want? (eg tracked/untracked)
I'll be shipping as soon as I get the $, so within a month of the campaign ending
I'll be shipping as soon as I get the $, so within a month of the campaign ending
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Looking for feedback: When backing a Kickstarter, would you rather pay for shipping as part of the campaign or at time of fulfillment so you can choose specifically what shipping method you want? (eg tracked/untracked)
I'll be shipping as soon as I get the $, so within a month of the campaign ending
I'll be shipping as soon as I get the $, so within a month of the campaign ending
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#LesFicFri: hurt
Surprisingly, I haven't actually used the word "hurt" in JLTFT—surprising because so much of the book is about overcoming the hurts of the past and learning to love yourself and find people who build you up rather than tear you down.
(This chapter is going live Oct. 1 btw)
Surprisingly, I haven't actually used the word "hurt" in JLTFT—surprising because so much of the book is about overcoming the hurts of the past and learning to love yourself and find people who build you up rather than tear you down.
(This chapter is going live Oct. 1 btw)
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#LesFicFri: hurt
Surprisingly, I haven't actually used the word "hurt" in JLTFT—surprising because so much of the book is about overcoming the hurts of the past and learning to love yourself and find people who build you up rather than tear you down.
(This chapter is going live Oct. 1 btw)
Surprisingly, I haven't actually used the word "hurt" in JLTFT—surprising because so much of the book is about overcoming the hurts of the past and learning to love yourself and find people who build you up rather than tear you down.
(This chapter is going live Oct. 1 btw)
#TimeTravelAuthors 19: Any reference to other time travel works in your story?
Quite a few—like this scene in chapter 4 where Alana and Maureen rely on JT's encyclopedic knowledge of the genre to try to brainstorm an answer to how Maureen traveled back in time.
Quite a few—like this scene in chapter 4 where Alana and Maureen rely on JT's encyclopedic knowledge of the genre to try to brainstorm an answer to how Maureen traveled back in time.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 19: Any reference to other time travel works in your story?
Quite a few—like this scene in chapter 4 where Alana and Maureen rely on JT's encyclopedic knowledge of the genre to try to brainstorm an answer to how Maureen traveled back in time.
Quite a few—like this scene in chapter 4 where Alana and Maureen rely on JT's encyclopedic knowledge of the genre to try to brainstorm an answer to how Maureen traveled back in time.
#TimeTravelAuthors 17: strange
Look, I'm cheating a little on this one because it is post-sized on Mastodon, it's the only occurrence of the word strange(r) in the book, and it makes no sense without the context of all these sentences. And because I like Alana and JT's banter.
Look, I'm cheating a little on this one because it is post-sized on Mastodon, it's the only occurrence of the word strange(r) in the book, and it makes no sense without the context of all these sentences. And because I like Alana and JT's banter.
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 17: strange
Look, I'm cheating a little on this one because it is post-sized on Mastodon, it's the only occurrence of the word strange(r) in the book, and it makes no sense without the context of all these sentences. And because I like Alana and JT's banter.
Look, I'm cheating a little on this one because it is post-sized on Mastodon, it's the only occurrence of the word strange(r) in the book, and it makes no sense without the context of all these sentences. And because I like Alana and JT's banter.
I've decided to step back from social media: www.lyssachiavari.com/2025/09/16/e...
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
Ending the social media adventure – Lyssa Chiavari, Author
As you may recall, back in 2023 I dipped my toes back into social media after several years away. You can read all my thoughts about the first ten months of that experiment here.
www.lyssachiavari.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I've decided to step back from social media: www.lyssachiavari.com/2025/09/16/e...
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
I will still post here when I have news or announcements.
I have a couple more #TimeTravelAuthors posts queued, but I'm not going to finish out the month. I'll miss you all!
Keep in touch on Patreon or my blog!
#TimeTravelAuthors 15: miracles?
Even though I'm religious, I try to keep my books secular, apart from characters mentioning their own faith. In JLTFT, things can be explained by magic rather than miracles. That said, there are always coincidences that can't be explained, make of that what you will
Even though I'm religious, I try to keep my books secular, apart from characters mentioning their own faith. In JLTFT, things can be explained by magic rather than miracles. That said, there are always coincidences that can't be explained, make of that what you will
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 15: miracles?
Even though I'm religious, I try to keep my books secular, apart from characters mentioning their own faith. In JLTFT, things can be explained by magic rather than miracles. That said, there are always coincidences that can't be explained, make of that what you will
Even though I'm religious, I try to keep my books secular, apart from characters mentioning their own faith. In JLTFT, things can be explained by magic rather than miracles. That said, there are always coincidences that can't be explained, make of that what you will
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
They look so sci-fi! 🤩
I LOVED this series. Time-travel romance set in the near future with varied cultures. Looking back, a lot of it seems more and more timely; I'll have to read it again someday.... Check it out!
I LOVED this series. Time-travel romance set in the near future with varied cultures. Looking back, a lot of it seems more and more timely; I'll have to read it again someday.... Check it out!
It's the 10th anniversary of Fourth World in just a few months, so the series has been refreshed with all-new covers!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
September 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They look so sci-fi! 🤩
I LOVED this series. Time-travel romance set in the near future with varied cultures. Looking back, a lot of it seems more and more timely; I'll have to read it again someday.... Check it out!
I LOVED this series. Time-travel romance set in the near future with varied cultures. Looking back, a lot of it seems more and more timely; I'll have to read it again someday.... Check it out!
#TimeTravelAuthors 13: fire
I’d gotten off the freeway during “Firefly,” and from there I’d headed east. The last refrain of track nine was playing by the time I’d turned into the parking lot of the Oak Dell Inn and pulled into the shady spot at the foot of a tree where I sat now.
I’d gotten off the freeway during “Firefly,” and from there I’d headed east. The last refrain of track nine was playing by the time I’d turned into the parking lot of the Oak Dell Inn and pulled into the shady spot at the foot of a tree where I sat now.
September 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 13: fire
I’d gotten off the freeway during “Firefly,” and from there I’d headed east. The last refrain of track nine was playing by the time I’d turned into the parking lot of the Oak Dell Inn and pulled into the shady spot at the foot of a tree where I sat now.
I’d gotten off the freeway during “Firefly,” and from there I’d headed east. The last refrain of track nine was playing by the time I’d turned into the parking lot of the Oak Dell Inn and pulled into the shady spot at the foot of a tree where I sat now.
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
COMMON BONDS lovers, you can get even more of the good stuff. An entire anthology of short stories and poems that have:
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
September 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
COMMON BONDS lovers, you can get even more of the good stuff. An entire anthology of short stories and poems that have:
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
💚 science fiction and fantasy
💚 aromantic MCs
💚 a focus on platonic relationships!
Publication in 2026; preorders through late pledges: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cla...
🌈📚
As a reminder, I'm putting the series in Kindle Unlimited at the beginning of October, so if you want to get the books with these covers on retailers other than Amazon, be sure to do that in the next week or so! books2read.com/ap/ng5kzx/Ly...
It's the 10th anniversary of Fourth World in just a few months, so the series has been refreshed with all-new covers!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
September 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
As a reminder, I'm putting the series in Kindle Unlimited at the beginning of October, so if you want to get the books with these covers on retailers other than Amazon, be sure to do that in the next week or so! books2read.com/ap/ng5kzx/Ly...
#LesFicFri: beauty
Only occurrence of beauty/beautiful in the book and of course it's JT being a diva 😂
Only occurrence of beauty/beautiful in the book and of course it's JT being a diva 😂
September 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#LesFicFri: beauty
Only occurrence of beauty/beautiful in the book and of course it's JT being a diva 😂
Only occurrence of beauty/beautiful in the book and of course it's JT being a diva 😂
It's the 10th anniversary of Fourth World in just a few months, so the series has been refreshed with all-new covers!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
September 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's the 10th anniversary of Fourth World in just a few months, so the series has been refreshed with all-new covers!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
These are just for the ebooks, with the print editions keeping the old covers—but print editions with the new covers will be available on Kickstarter this spring, so watch for that!
Periodic reminder that I'm not really a social media user! 99% of my posts are queued with Buffer. I will usually check my notifications every couple days and maybe glance at whatever happens to be the top post on the feed, but I don't scroll. So apologies as ever if I miss anything!
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Periodic reminder that I'm not really a social media user! 99% of my posts are queued with Buffer. I will usually check my notifications every couple days and maybe glance at whatever happens to be the top post on the feed, but I don't scroll. So apologies as ever if I miss anything!
#TimeTravelAuthors 11: How do you keep up urgency in your story?
I tend to end chapters on cliffhangers to keep pages turning. This also has the side effect of working well for serialization, which is why I decided to do that for this one. It's how I write anyway, but it works well for that format!
I tend to end chapters on cliffhangers to keep pages turning. This also has the side effect of working well for serialization, which is why I decided to do that for this one. It's how I write anyway, but it works well for that format!
September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 11: How do you keep up urgency in your story?
I tend to end chapters on cliffhangers to keep pages turning. This also has the side effect of working well for serialization, which is why I decided to do that for this one. It's how I write anyway, but it works well for that format!
I tend to end chapters on cliffhangers to keep pages turning. This also has the side effect of working well for serialization, which is why I decided to do that for this one. It's how I write anyway, but it works well for that format!
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
📚✨ Today’s #CreativeConnections spotlight: Snowy Wings Publishing — a co-op press for MG & YA fiction, empowering authors through collaboration.
🎤 I interviewed founder Lyssa:
👉 kindredcreativityclub.claredugmore.com/the-kindred-...
#CoOpPublishing #YAFiction #KidLit #IndieAuthors
🎤 I interviewed founder Lyssa:
👉 kindredcreativityclub.claredugmore.com/the-kindred-...
#CoOpPublishing #YAFiction #KidLit #IndieAuthors
September 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📚✨ Today’s #CreativeConnections spotlight: Snowy Wings Publishing — a co-op press for MG & YA fiction, empowering authors through collaboration.
🎤 I interviewed founder Lyssa:
👉 kindredcreativityclub.claredugmore.com/the-kindred-...
#CoOpPublishing #YAFiction #KidLit #IndieAuthors
🎤 I interviewed founder Lyssa:
👉 kindredcreativityclub.claredugmore.com/the-kindred-...
#CoOpPublishing #YAFiction #KidLit #IndieAuthors
#TimeTravelAuthors 9: Tone of your story
It's definitely supposed to evoke early 00s movies like 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, etc, so I'm going for that vibe only in written form!
It's definitely supposed to evoke early 00s movies like 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, etc, so I'm going for that vibe only in written form!
September 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 9: Tone of your story
It's definitely supposed to evoke early 00s movies like 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, etc, so I'm going for that vibe only in written form!
It's definitely supposed to evoke early 00s movies like 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, etc, so I'm going for that vibe only in written form!
#TimeTravelAuthors 7: Smartest character in the story
I would definitely say Alana is the *wisest*. She has good intuition and is able to read between the lines better than most. She has a good understanding of the human condition, I think.
Chapter 5 is live now on Patreon!
I would definitely say Alana is the *wisest*. She has good intuition and is able to read between the lines better than most. She has a good understanding of the human condition, I think.
Chapter 5 is live now on Patreon!
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 7: Smartest character in the story
I would definitely say Alana is the *wisest*. She has good intuition and is able to read between the lines better than most. She has a good understanding of the human condition, I think.
Chapter 5 is live now on Patreon!
I would definitely say Alana is the *wisest*. She has good intuition and is able to read between the lines better than most. She has a good understanding of the human condition, I think.
Chapter 5 is live now on Patreon!
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
Thanks for hosting!
I just updated Titanic Voyage on Itchio to have two cover choices. So cool that a platform would let you back-door that!
The thumbnail came out looking more aggressive than I intended, but heck, maybe someone will go "Oh, guess I will." juliebihn.itch.io/tv #LateNightWrite
I just updated Titanic Voyage on Itchio to have two cover choices. So cool that a platform would let you back-door that!
The thumbnail came out looking more aggressive than I intended, but heck, maybe someone will go "Oh, guess I will." juliebihn.itch.io/tv #LateNightWrite
August 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Thanks for hosting!
I just updated Titanic Voyage on Itchio to have two cover choices. So cool that a platform would let you back-door that!
The thumbnail came out looking more aggressive than I intended, but heck, maybe someone will go "Oh, guess I will." juliebihn.itch.io/tv #LateNightWrite
I just updated Titanic Voyage on Itchio to have two cover choices. So cool that a platform would let you back-door that!
The thumbnail came out looking more aggressive than I intended, but heck, maybe someone will go "Oh, guess I will." juliebihn.itch.io/tv #LateNightWrite
September 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 5: How many people are aware of time travel in your story?
Just Maureen, Alana, JT... and whoever is the person who cast the time travel spell on Maureen in the first place...
Just Maureen, Alana, JT... and whoever is the person who cast the time travel spell on Maureen in the first place...
September 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 5: How many people are aware of time travel in your story?
Just Maureen, Alana, JT... and whoever is the person who cast the time travel spell on Maureen in the first place...
Just Maureen, Alana, JT... and whoever is the person who cast the time travel spell on Maureen in the first place...
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
⭐️ This is your periodic reminder to leave stars/reviews for books you've enjoyed! ⭐️
It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.
It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.
September 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
⭐️ This is your periodic reminder to leave stars/reviews for books you've enjoyed! ⭐️
It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.
It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.
Reposted by Lyssa Chiavari
A thread of all the Nerezia novellas so far (whether released or available for preorders) 🧵
You can get more information at claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫
You can get more information at claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫
September 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A thread of all the Nerezia novellas so far (whether released or available for preorders) 🧵
You can get more information at claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫
You can get more information at claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
🌈📚 💙📚 🌈🚀💫
Amazon has changed its Kindle Unlimited exclusivity policy to now allow your books to be distributed to public libraries while enrolled in KU: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/t...
So you can use D2D to distribute your ebooks to library and this will not harm your KU eligibility.
So you can use D2D to distribute your ebooks to library and this will not harm your KU eligibility.
How to enroll in KDP Select
kdp.amazon.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Amazon has changed its Kindle Unlimited exclusivity policy to now allow your books to be distributed to public libraries while enrolled in KU: kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/t...
So you can use D2D to distribute your ebooks to library and this will not harm your KU eligibility.
So you can use D2D to distribute your ebooks to library and this will not harm your KU eligibility.