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laylakingwrites · 4 months
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Hey! I am an author who has just finished writing their first book and I want to know if it’s something people will read, so let me give you guys the low down on here!
♡ High fantasy romance!!!
♡ Follows the perspective of the morally gray male rather than the female.
♡ Gambling raccoon??? (Like come on! Hell yeah!)
♡ LGBTQ and all inclusive!!!!!!
♡ Villain gets the girl?
♡ You don’t know who’s lying until the very end!
Basic Synopsis:
Morally gray guy is tasked by a nobleman he doesn’t like to bring runaway girl back home. However, after meeting this girl he starts to realize that her father has sinister plans for her and she is not who she says she is either. Our morally gray guy also isn’t sure he can turn her in anymore.
Our working title is The Prince of Lies!
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tmkutawrites · 5 months
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A COMMON BOND by T. M. KUTA
Construction Project Manager Carneline has a lot of her plate at the family business. The last thing she needs is romance. But Josie, the skilled superintendent, is complicating things one iced coffee at a time.
✅️ Contemporary Lesbian Romance (Author Debut!) ✅️ Small Town Romance (in the queerest small town ever) ✅️ Salvadoran MC/POV character ✅️ Butch/Femme ✅️ Colleagues To Lovers ✅️ One Night Stand ✅️ Cringe-y Yet Loveable Sidekick ✅️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/🍋🍋🍋🍋 (spicy!)
Well y'all after many fits and starts and life chaos later, my debut lesbian romance novella A COMMON BOND is finally here! We battled 3 family deaths, covered two separate maternity leaves at work, and rewrote this puppy twice, but it is HERE!
A Common Bond is my love letter to my day job in historic reconstruction and all of it's quirks, cliques, and capricious capers. Also... y'know, being a giant raging queer in construction. ;) It is an honor to publish a Clover Hill Romance book, and I hope you fall in love with Josie, Carneline, and Clover Hill the way I did while writing them!
Edit 10/30: Read the entire first chapter for free HERE!
PRE-ORDER NOW!
Dropping November 7, 2023!
Note: While A Common Bond is Book 13 in the Clover Hill Romance, all of the novellas stand alone. They share the same setting, a.k.a Clover Hill - Population: Queer, but are otherwise able to be read alone! If you like my novella, please consider buying one (or all) of the other 12 :)
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artificelux · 2 months
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“Many say the moon is closer to the dead.”
This is COLOR OF A MIRROR, my debut novel with an original, dark ambient soundtrack by composer Josh McCausland to go along with it.
Written, designed, and published by me, it’s the culmination of years of work, and it’s exactly the story I wanted to tell. It’s not loud or bombastic, but rather a cerebral, slow-burn cyberpunk narrative lingering on themes of fame, paranoia, religion, and technology. If you’re a fan of the brooding futures of William Gibson, Blade Runner, or anything with a mood like the movie Drive, I think you’ll find something to love here.
Available exclusively on my website, it comes in limited edition deluxe-hardcover, softcover, and e-book. (And if you’re a vinyl lover, the soundtrack is pressed in 180g Moondust White; also available on my site.)
Welcome to the Dive. Hope to see you around.
-Dan
colorofamirror.net
(Book photos by Josh McCausland.)
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elizmanderson · 2 months
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voting is open for the Queer Indie Awards, and The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher is nominated for several categories!
best overall fantasy
best overall urban fantasy
best cover
best lead character (Edna)
best supporting character (Kiernan)
best villain (Redway)
best romantic relationship (Benjamin/Kiernan)
best friendship (Benjamin, Edna, & Clem)
best debut
like I'm really sitting here like 🥹 like!! that is! so many categories omg?? 🥹
anyway if you've read Remarkable Retirement and liked it, I'd love if you voted for it in the Queer Indie Awards! voting is via the Google form on the QIA website and open through this Friday, January 26.
click here to go directly to the form
click here to go to the QIA website
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joshualunacreations · 2 months
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Happy Lunar New Year! In our house, we’re jokingly calling it the Luna New Year. I’m proud and excited to announce that my partner, Alexis, is about to publish her debut novel! LOVE IN THE OCCULT TRAUMATIC is a paranormal romance set for digital release on March 1st. I provided the cover art for the characters, and Alexis and I worked on the cover design together. Here’s what the story is about:
𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐁 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒.
Heidi Bauer would give anything to not be able to read people’s memories. Yet every time she sees blood, she loses consciousness and gets a glimpse into the private inner worlds of the wound’s owner, tracing through the events that caused the injury—with frightening precision.
She can’t tell anyone this, of course. It’s bad enough that she has severe PTSD and hemophobia, but unexplained magical powers as well? She’d rather spiral into jobless poverty than admit the truth and risk getting locked up in some kind of mental institution.
That is, until she meets the handsome and caring Dr. Bùi Đức Khiêm. Despite Heidi’s intentions of telling no one her secret, she finds herself opening up to the psychiatrist better than her own therapist—in more ways than one.
And yet, while Dr. Khiêm may not have any powers, he’s hiding secrets of his own. So when a mysterious figure starts to stalk Heidi in pursuit of her hidden gift, it isn’t just her safety that’s threatened, but Khiêm’s too. Together, Heidi and Khiêm learn that not all wounds are visible—and healing them may cost one of their lives.
𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐌𝐀: 𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. — Just a warning, it’s steamy! So if you’re interested, know someone who would be, or even if neither apply, we would really appreciate it if you could spread the word about the book and help find readers. It’s been a joy to witness Alexis’ journey through the years, from a CPA working for one of the big four accounting firms to pursuing her talent and passion as a novelist. Although I sometimes feel a little guilty for inspiring her with my comic book career—the path of following your dreams is definitely not easy. But Alexis’ fire gave me the gift of helping reignite my own fire, especially when there have been many people throughout my journey who’ve tried to snuff it out. So in this year of the dragon, let’s remember to protect those dreams and the inner fires that fuel them. 🐉
Alexis set up a FB and Tumblr page, so feel free to check them out, say hi, and give her a follow!
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killemwithkillness · 8 months
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07/25/2023
Thinking about how part of my deconstruction journey was when I added a fake religion to my fantasy book, then had the uncomfortable realization of how easy it is to just make up an entire half-assed religion on the spot because it didn’t sound all that different from what I believed in real life. 
Now I’m an agnostic atheist who gives their characters religious trauma.  Write what you know I guess lol
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moonlil-y · 3 months
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JO MOONLESS BOMB-REVIEWING
There’s a soon to be author, Jo Moonless, who is bomb-reviewing indie/debut authors for no valuable reasons.
She has supposedly read 12 books in a row by indie/debut authors whom she gave one star rating each on Goodreads (one has evolved into a 2 star recently but started with one star).
Her reasons for giving one star to each of these books ? Let’s get into it.
Reviewed on 08.12.2023 :
• Fear the Flames, by Olivia Rose Darling (debut author)
→ DNF at chapter 3
→ “not in the mood to hate read” (ah yes because that’s the book’s problem and not yours…)
→ doesn’t like a character’s name, says it’s too much of a fuck boy name to be respected (???)
→ the writing
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Reviewed on 09.12.2023 :
• Heavenly Bodies, by Imani Erriu (debut author)
→ DNF at chapter 2
→ “I can already tell this is gonna be full of tropes and clichés” (but hasn’t read more than 2 chapters so how would she know)
→ “I am reading for quality, for more than just a good story” (…)
→ the writing
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• The Curse of Ophelia, by Nicole Platania (indie author)
→ DNF
→ “smells like something I have read before” (???)
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• Heir of Fates, by Rowan Redfield (indie author)
→ DNF at chapter 1
→ nothing she disliked but nothing that hooked her (so she gave one star and dnf at chapter 1… what?)
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• The Goddess and the Hawk, by Chiara Gala (debut author)
→ DNF at chapter 1
→ great energy but the book needs heavy editing
→ smut
→ too much telling (backstories… in chapter one? Seems normal to me… how is it too much if she only read chapter one???)
• The King’s Weapon, by Neena Laskowski (indie author)
→ DNF at chapter 1
→ “feels like a story I have read before”
→ not interesting enough to hook me (maybe read more than chapter one…)
→ the writing
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• Daughter of Darkness : Wielder of Shadows, by Allie Cole (debut author)
→ DNF after a few paragraphs
→ “the writing? Like something I wrote before I ever started taking writing seriously” (for someone who isn’t even an author yet… pretentious much?)
→ wasn’t hooked (but again, she read a few paragraphs only so… is she even trying?)
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• How Does It Feel? By Jeneane O’Riley (indie author)
→ DNF at chapter 2
→ the MC is beautiful and the villains not good enough (buuuuut she only read a few chapters)
→ the writing and needs editing
• Dream by the Shadows, by Logan Karlie (debut author)
→ DNF
→ “too vague and too generic” (okay that’s a fair reason I guess)
→ “the story might not be something I have read before, but the writing itself feels like it” (nevermind)
→ the writing was something she read before (I mean, there isn’t millions of ways to write a book Jo!)
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Reviewed on 14.12.2023 :
• Powerless, by Lauren Roberts (debut author)
→ “immediate no” (so I’m guessing she opened it and straight up closed it?)
→ “the prose was not posing” (does that even mean something?)
• The Stars are Dying, by Chloe C. Peñarando (indie author)
→ DNF at the prologue (the prologue??!!)
→ “the prologue is to die for (not in a good way)”
→ the writing
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• The Silver Birds, by Apolline Lucy (use to have 1 star, now has 2) (debut author)
→ DNF after chapter 1 (maybe she hates reading?)
→ “the writing was okay but not enough to charm me”
→ “I missed the details that could really immerse me into the story and make me feel” (TRY READING MORE THAN ONE CHAPTER MAYBE JO?!)
→ stopped reading because of the writing even though the story was up her alley (I have read this book, the writing is exquisite by the way)
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First you’ll notice how she DNF all the books (most of them at chapter one) but still has a lot to say about them.
Then, the dates these books were reviewed on : if not the same day, close. Not a proof because obviously she could have read them at any time, but still weird.
Third, most of these authors are debut authors, who are trying their best at writing. Maybe encouraging them instead of bringing them down would be a better thing to do? Or strategy, considering she’s about to put a book out herself soon…
She even posted online (Instagram) about how proud she was to be hated by indie authors :
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Finally, I wonder if she even bought the books… just to DNF all of them at the beginning? As a soon to be debut indie author herself, she better…
When her book comes out, I’ll read it, but the writing better be like something I’ve never read before. And if I didn’t get into the story straight up at chapter one, I guess I’ll DNF and rate it one star. Just like she did.
I encourage you to seek these books and read them to make your own opinion. I’m sure some of them are good and will be to your liking. If you do like them, give them a rating on Goodreads and boost some confidence into these authors.
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inkcurlsandknives · 12 days
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Signing my first box of bookplates! These will be for signed copies through Forbidden Planet that will be available in June
But you can enter the giveaway on my website if you want a chance to win one of these gorgeous signed ARC copies
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sarahwyland · 6 days
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I published a book!
So, um, HI! It's been a minute... ❤️ You my have already heard, but... I PUBLISHED A BOOK! Self-published, specifically. One of my favorite Sabrina and Nick fanfictions took on a life of its own and became my debut novel. I'm really proud of it.
OFF THE RECORD is available now on Amazon in e-book, paperback, and on Kindle Unlimited! Check it out? https://amzn.to/43JYuYx
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sasha-valerio · 6 months
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Debut Novella - out soon!
I'm so excited to start talking about this! My debut novella is (finally!) on its way.
If you love mythology and soulmates, endless devotion and dangerous, sexy characters, then this M/M novella will be perfect for you!
Check out the link to get more information on release dates and platforms, and to find out more about these dynamic heroes!
https://sashavalerio.com/
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bensbooks · 5 months
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Upcoming in 2024: Lockjaw
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Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt. She'll need the help of her crew — inseparable friends, bound by a childhood pact stronger than diamonds, distance or death — to hunt it down. But she's up against a greater force of evil than she ever could have imagined.
Lockjaw is a queer young adult horror, set for release June 4!
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slaughter-books · 14 days
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Day 13: JOMPBPC: Debut Author
This is Chelsey Furedi's debut graphic novel and I'm excited to read more in the future! 💜
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tmkutawrites · 5 months
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Construction Project Manager Carneline has a lot of her plate at the family business. The last thing she needs is romance. But Josie, the skilled superintendent, is complicating things one iced coffee at a time.
If you know, you know. 😈
A COMMON BOND by T. M. KUTA
A 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Colleagues-To-Lovers lesbian romance novella set in the queerest small town ever.
Out November 7, 2023!
FREE SAMPLE: HERE!
PRE-ORDER NOW!
[ID: A marketing image for T.M. Kuta's lesbian romance novella, A Common Bond. It is peach. On the right is a copy of the novella cover, with a white woman with curly red hair holding a to-go coffee container with the text A COMMON BOND by T.M.Kuta and A Clover Hill Romance in white with a blue outline. The marketing text says DEBUT LESFIC NOVELLA and "Y’know, where I come from “wearing a harness” meaning something completely different. 😈 OSHA Regulation 1910.140 - Personal Fall Protection System"]
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artificelux · 2 months
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Unconventional literary science fiction? ☑️
Dark cyberpunk setting that oozes from each page? ☑️
Badass female main character? ☑️
Available in e-book so you don’t have to deal with international shipping? ☑️☑️☑️
Buy COLOR OF A MIRROR direct from the author (AKA: me). No bullshit. No subscriptions. No gatekeeping.
Welcome to the Dive.
colorofamirror.net
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elizmanderson · 11 months
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happy Edna Fisher release day to all who celebrate!!
You're never too old for adventure.
When you’re a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer from wiping out an entire dragon-fighting organization is a tall order. No one understands why 83-year-old Edna Fisher is the Chosen One, destined to save the Knights from a dragon-riding sorcerer bent on their destruction. After all, Edna has never handled a magical weapon, faced down a dragon, or cast a spell. And everyone knows the Council of Wizards always chooses a teenager—like the vengeful girl ready to snatch Edna’s destiny from under her nose.
Still, Edna leaps at the chance to leave the nursing home. With her son long dead in the Knights’ service, she’s determined to save dragon-fighters like him and to ensure other mothers don’t suffer the same loss she did. But as Edna learns about the abuse in the ranks and the sorcerer’s history as a Knight, she questions if it’s really the sorcerer that needs stopping—or the Knights she’s trying to save.
“Beyond the utterly charming premise of this wonderful book, you will find dazzling wit, a cast of delightful characters, and a plot that will sweep you away. At heart, this is a love story, but one that shows the depth and complexity of love in all its permutations. But my very favourite thing about this book is how it makes me believe in a kinder, better world.” - SJ Whitby, author of the Cute Mutants series
buy The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher now, rsvp to a book event, or preorder the audiobook!
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alexislunacreations · 2 months
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Happy Tết (lunar new year)! The year of the 🐉 starts in a few hours for folks in Asia, and what better way to kick it off than with a cover reveal for my debut novel?
LOVE IN THE OCCULT TRAUMATIC is a steamy psychic romance, and will be released on major ebook retailers on March 1st!
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𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐁
𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒.
Heidi Bauer would give anything to not be able to read people’s memories. Yet every time she sees blood, she loses consciousness and gets a glimpse into the private inner worlds of the wound’s owner, tracing through the events that caused the injury—with frightening precision.
She can’t tell anyone this, of course. It’s bad enough that she has severe PTSD and hemophobia, but unexplained magical powers as well? She’d rather spiral into jobless poverty than admit the truth and risk getting locked up in some kind of mental institution.
That is, until she meets the handsome and caring Dr. Bùi Đức Khiêm. Despite Heidi’s intentions of telling no one her secret, she finds herself opening up to the psychiatrist better than her own therapist—in more ways than one.
And yet, while Dr. Khiêm may not have any powers, he’s hiding secrets of his own. So when a mysterious figure starts to stalk Heidi in pursuit of her hidden gift, it isn’t just her safety that’s threatened, but Khiêm’s too. Together, Heidi and Khiêm learn that not all wounds are visible—and healing them may cost one of their lives.
𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐔𝐌𝐀: 𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
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Want to read it early? ARCs are available now on BookSirens! You can submit your request to become a reader here.
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