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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 13h

It's Hump Day, folks, and our friend demands a sacrifice. Let's get a page from your wip. Maybe it's the middle for you? Give us a line from PAGE 120

Haven't gotten to page yet? How about just 12, then?

#Wednesday #HumpDay #indieauthors #WritingCommunity #booksky #writesky #writingq 🪐📚💙

Wednesday Hump Day

The judgey-est camel you have ever seen

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #tuesday! Today's #writingq and #trope for discussion is:

Be careful what you wish for.

Do you enjoy this trope? Have you written it? When was it done well vs bad?

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity 📚🪐💙

Tuesday Trope Treasures

Open treasure chest with coins inside

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 2d

Today's affirmation:

Progress is not about giant leaps; it’s about the courage to take one small step forward every single day.

Remember to relax the space between your ears. And as always, drink your fucking water.

#monday #motivation #relax #breathe #water #booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙

Monday Mindfulness

Woman sitting cross legged with eyes closed

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 4d

We made it to Saturday, friends! Did you do any writing this last week? If you did, share a short line from your recent writing sessions. Are you happy with it? Do you already have plans to improve it?

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #SaturdaySnippet #indiepub #selfpub #writers #snippet 🪐📚💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday!! We made it!

Today's question is for #writers:

What's something you wish you knew about your current wip before you started?

#writingq #booksky #writesky 🪐📚💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

Richard Charles Stevens is a poet from the UK who spends his days out in his garden crafting the perfect words to intricate poems. He is a movie fanatic. More of his work, including movie reviews, can be found on his website riversofgrue.com.

#booksksy #writesky

Richard Charles Stevens Fusions

I produce multi-genre music with a unique and inspirational edge, known as Pulse Fusion. All songs free to download. Turn up the volume and get lost within a melody.

riversofgrue.com

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

Today's SSP #authorspotlight goes to @richarcharlesstevens_fusions (on insta)!

Richard was the very first author signed to Shadow Spark and you can get all six volumes of his All of Me poetry series now!

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Amy Grimes @amygrimes.bsky.social · 6d

Sorry I haven’t been active. It’s been a crazy couple of months. But next week The Cursed of Atharia goes on pre-order. It’s my own fault for feeling unprepared, but hopefully I’ll know better for next time.

#BookSky #WriteSky #debut #2025debut @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

This is the story of those who lived it.

#booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

by her, descending on the island prison of Varmidar, where the struggle for their freedom begins. For Jira, this is only the beginning of a far greater conflict, one that will bring her people across the Aeran Sea to join the War of Two Brothers. They would call it the Age of Madness…

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

Its reply is a song of what came before and what will come after, the scales that balance light and shadow. The Heart of Windgari beats at the center of Forever Mountain, and the Heartless who serve it are massing for battle. Jira can hear their heartbeat and follows it with the free tribes united

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

💨 BLURB 💨

It's the cycle of all things Generations of women have climbed the One Hundred Towers of Serenity to hear the wind, and generations of women have received its words. When Jira hears nothing, she refuses to be named Windless. Desperate for answers, she forces the Wind to speak.

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 6d

💨 PRE ORDER ALERT 💨

We're excited to announce that WINDS OF THE WORLD, Kori Valley's (@korivalley.bsky.social) is now on pre-order. Check out the blurb below and follow the link for more info.

Preorder here: a.co/d/3UGcuRP

Check out Kori's profile here: shadowsparkpub.com/kori-valley

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 7d

It's Hump Day, folks, and our friend demands a sacrifice. Let's get a page from your wip. Maybe it's the middle for you? Give us a line from PAGE 506

Haven't gotten to page yet? How about just 50, then?

#Wednesday #HumpDay #indieauthors #WritingCommunity #booksky #writesky #writingq 🪐📚💙

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Tom Rimer @rimertom.bsky.social · 9d

Buoygeist, Odious Ghouls, Malevolent Nevers. New England horror set in the fall. Three terrifying seasonal reads for your spooky season. From @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social.
Get 'em, here:
a.co/d/hIPIWJz

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #tuesday! Today's #writingq and #trope for discussion is: Happily ever afters!!

Do you enjoy this type of ending? Have you written it? When was it done well vs bad?

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity 📚🪐💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 9d

Today's affirmation:

As I submerge my body in Mother Earth, I heal all my hurts.

For more insight 👇🏻

Remember to relax the space between your ears. And as always, drink your fucking water.
#monday #motivation #relax #breathe #water #shadowsparkpublishing #booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙

Before concrete jungles, rubber shoes, sterile hospital delivery rooms, carpets, paints, plastic bottles and cubicles, your tough-ass ancestors evolved and survived over millions of years ind direct connectivity with the Earth. They were bare-assed, absorbing antioxidants, vitamins, critical aminos, and dense nutrients through untainted soils, natural water sources, and spiritually. There is a reason why ideas explode, inflammation disappears, and stress retreats when exploring the outdoors. Take off your shoes and grab some bananas, yo. It's time to monkey around.

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 10d

It's #sunday shout out time!!

Tag someone or introduce us to someone you admire in the writing, reading, or art community!

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #artists #reviews #shoutout #shadowsparkpublishing 📚🪐💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 11d

We made it to Saturday, friends! Did you do any writing this last week? If you did, share a short line from your recent writing sessions. Are you happy with it? Do you already have plans to improve it?

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #SaturdaySnippet #indiepub #selfpub #writers #snippet 🪐 📚 💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Friday!! We made it!

Alright, this one is for readers and writers: Who’s your all-time favorite book character?

#shadowsparkpublishing #booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 13d

Kaitlin Corvus is from Ontario, Canada. The north holds the best part of her. She writes about nobodies, monsters, and gutter glitter, loves the stars, the deep dark sea, and a good horror mystery.

#shadowsparkpublishing #booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 13d

Today's SSP #authorspotlight goes to @kaitlincorvus.bsky.social

Kaitlin has been featured in all four SSP Anthologies: Panthology, Horn(y), Cozyish, and Dreamcaught, and is the author of the Sorrow’s Forest series, along with the standalone books Dark Dark Heart and The Long Way Down.

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 14d

It's Hump Day, folks, and our friend demands a sacrifice. Let's get a page from your wip. Give us a line from PAGE 25

#Wednesday #HumpDay #indieauthors #WritingCommunity #booksky #writesky #writingq 🪐📚💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 15d

Happy #tuesday! Today's #writingq and #trope for discussion is: Starting with the mirror

Where a character looks into a mirror and the narrator describes their appearance

Do you enjoy this type of intro? Have you written it? When was it done well vs bad?

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity 📚🪐💙

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Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 16d

Today's affirmation:

Today I will create some dope-ass shit.

For more insight 👇🏻

Remember to relax the space between your ears. And as always, drink your fucking water.
#monday #motivation #relax #breathe #water #shadowsparkpublishing #booksky #writesky 📚🪐💙

You are creatively explosive like a supernova. You plan connect the dots with the stars and chew up asteroids for breakfast. When you create, you trigger infinite galactic parties full of stardust shoots, cosmos champagne, and extraterrestrial bong rips. The Sun just initiated 111 solar flares in celebration of your triumphs. The Moon just altered herself in glitter and went streaking for your grace. As you honor your creativity, the Universe honors you. It's time to make some dope-ass shit, dude.

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