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✍️ Coauthors of THE COURTESAN'S EYE, debuting Summer 2025 with Conquest Publishing 🦞 a mainer with too many tattoos 🩷💜💙 🌪️ an oklahoman who loves sharks 🎲 dnd wives 👩‍🦰 redheads https://linktr.ee/hyerssmith
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ARC READERS WANTED! Ready for a dark fantasy filled w/ enemies-to-lovers tension, disaster bisexuals, and the ultimate "touch her & die" moments? 😏💀 Sign up for an ARC of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲: storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies... @conquestpublishing.bsky.social Cover by @annalisejensen.bsky.social 💜

If empathy is a sin, sin boldly.

A little over a week left to enter our giveaway of a hand bound Special Edition of Blackblood! RULES UPDATE: GIVEAWAY NOW OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES! See pinned post to enter. #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT #giveaway #readingcommunity

📚 Must-Haves! 🖋 For a little extra challenge, try and match the author to their top 3 picks. 👀 #writingcommunity #writersky

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‼️👀 COVER SNEAK PEEK 👀‼️ This is all we can show you for now, but trust us—there's way more where this came from. Think magic, danger, romance, & a bit of sass. HUGE thank you to @annalisejensen.bsky.social for creating a cover that's as bold as our titular courtesan. @conquestpublishing.bsky.social

Two redheads, one dark fantasy, and a whole lot of long-distance teamwork. Meet the authors behind 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗘𝘆𝗲 – coming this summer from @conquestpublishing.bsky.social! 📚✨ #WritingCommunity #FantasyBooks #Bookish #BookLovers #AuthorLife #ComingSoon

Read the first BLACKBLOOD prequel story from the perspective of Armina nine years before the novel starts. It’s a big day for the Blackblood, whether Armina and Averard know it or not…  Full story can be found at www.tinyghostpress.com/post/before-... #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT

Win a copy of Blackblood hand bound by author Kree Sullivan! This is a special edition, one-of-a-kind copy of my queer, YA, western-inspired story of revenge and redemption. #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT #giveaway

It's 12 WEEKS 🙀 until my next horror novel comes out, let's play a game! Pick a number between 1-335 and I will post the 12th sentence from that page. #HorrorCommunity #amreading #WritingCommunity

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foggy friday fantasy feels

July release date means we have to hold our beautiful cover hostage for several more months before the ✨reveal✨ But we couldn’t resist sharing the beautiful typography hand drawn by @annalisejensen.bsky.social (1000000/10 recommend ❤️) #writersky #booksky

BLACKBLOOD releases in one month! To kick us off, I have tons of fun extras to share in the coming weeks. Keep an eye on here and my Instagram for more, and prepare to join the crew of the Blackblood on their blood-soaked cross-country rescue mission! #booksky #writesky #YAfantasy #LGBT #readsky

Ending on a high note 😏😏😏

Last day of #ValenTales! Post a snippet from your WIP with the word "throb." #writersky

Our current WIP is the very definition of enemies-to-lovers... 👀💡🍻⚔️⛓️🤬💥🆘🔥...🔥🔥🔥🌶️🌶️❤️

#ValenTales Day 25! Using emojis, describe the build-up of romantic tension in your WIP. #writersky

#ValenTales Cordè would have one goal and one goal only: make Aelus blush as hard as she can. And if that means performing an impromptu striptease during her song, so be it. ✨💃 open.spotify.com/track/5YTUCH...

#ValenTales For our big burly priest in THE COURTESAN’S EYE, he’d pick a lil sultry jazz tune to try and woo Cordé—but he’d be a nervous, blushing mess the entire song. open.spotify.com/track/70iYqa...

#ValenTales Day 18 🎶 Post a song one of your MCs would sing to their significant other during karaoke. #writersky

Next up, J.C.’s characters! Aelus (THE COURTESAN’S EYE) is undoubtably an Oath of Devotion Paladin. Loves pretty things & flowers 💐 Briar (BIND THE NIGHT) is a Psychic Warrior (w/ high cha) who prefers to get down and brutal w/ his bronze knuckles. Craves control, but v v bad at maintaining it 💜

First up, Kate's characters! Cordè (from our upcoming debut, THE COURTESAN'S EYE) would be College of Dance Bard, no question. Kal (WIP, BIND THE NIGHT) would multiclass Hexblade Warlock/Swashbuckler Rogue bc of the whole air captain thing. Dice-wise, they'd both go ✨glam✨ (Cordè gold, Kal purple)

#ValenTales Day 17 🎲 If your MCs played D&D, what would their classes be? Post pics of the dice they'd use! #writersky

For our WIP, our two main leads are Richard Madden and Rahul Kohli—who are going to be starring together in Citadel. Believe us when we say we are STOKED about the possibilities 🤩🤩 #ValenTales

First up: the leads from our upcoming debut, THE COURTESAN'S EYE! The question is kind of irrelevant because Florence would have chemistry with literally anyone 🔥

#ValenTales Day 16 ✨ Give us your WIP fancast! Do you think the actors would have good chemistry? #writersky

Our second couple would, again, be polar opposite styles. Our assassin would lean fully into 90s Evanescence vibe, while our poor air captain painstakingly plans and sews an ornate outfit that would make Calvin Klein weep. #ValenTales

For our first couple, they would have drastically different styles. Our priest would Not Consent to be disarmed and would insist on wearing armor. 🗡️ Our courtesan, however, would get glammed UP. Very demure. Very mindful. Very red. 💋 #ValenTales

#ValenTales Day 14! What would your MC(s) wear on a Valentine’s Day date? 💃💋 Post pics! #writersky

THE COURTESAN'S EYE is a slow burn, so their first spicy scene is a ✨big release✨ with ✨a lot of payoff✨

Two WIPs means two gifs! ✨ First up, BIND THE NIGHT features a masochist hooking up with someone who wields pain magic, soooooo

#ValenTales Day 13! Post a gif describing your characters' first spicy scene 🌶️🌶️ #writersky

For our beloved himbo priest, we have delphiniums: colorful, big hearted, dignified. For our courtesan, we have lilies: inherently feminine, beautiful, and fragrant. #ValenTales #writersky

#ValenTales Day 12! Which of your MCs would make a great Valentine’s date? Why? #writersky

#ValenTales Day 11! What flowers do you associate with your MCs? #writersky

We have instances of the word "passion" scattered across multiple WIPs, but this one felt appropriate for Valentine's Day week. #ValenTales #writersky

#ValenTales Day 10! Post a snippet from your WIP that includes the word "passion." #writersky

Our two leads in our WIP (Bind the Night) are both captains of airships, so I imagine the cargo hold would be put to use for ✨extracurricular activities✨

#ValenTales Day 6! If your MCs had a secret meeting spot for private moments, where would it be? #writersky

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Gotta say, one of our favorite tropes is forbidden love 🚫🔥 the tension, the angst, the pining 🤌🤌 #writersky #writingcommunity