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Because I absolutely dropped off of this platform over a month ago, here is a little update! My cosy fantasy serial with LGBTQ+ romance is now releasing in my Substack newsletter. Read the first two chapters and subscribe here: ivybee.substack.com/s/let-me-be-...

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In an astonishing turn of events, putting a book up for pre-order on March 14 means that you will in fact be a published author on March 14th. (Breathes into a paper bag)

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A huge thank you to @crowkeys.bsky.social for publishing my short story "Heaven is the Sea." This is one of my favorite pieces; I'm so honored that Crow & Cross keys saw the beauty in my story and chose to publish it. Super excited to be a part of their incredible roster of writers 💗

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Cats need books, too! Research has shown that my cats like my book. #booksky #romancelandia #writingcommunity #cats

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📚 THE LOST APOTHECARY x THE FROZEN RIVER ▶️ At the edge of the Solimões River, two women a hundred years apart will face the same choice: 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧. #WSPitW #A #Hi #R #Own

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✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA, Summer '26 ✨ BARU CORMORANT x LOCKE LAMORA 🗡️ An imperial officer with a secret identity 🪽 A thief trying to start a revolution ⚖️ A university student turned diplomat 🩸 They want to kill each other 🔥 But they must cooperate to stop a war #WSPit #WSPitP #A #F #2026debut

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Every UK national newspaper has printed identical front pages. A thousand UK musicians have released a silent protest album: apnews.com/article/uk-m... Amazing list of publishers and creative associations: www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members Join the fun, write to your MP today!

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This month’s #RomanceColumn: A hot and harrowing historical set in Belle Epoque Paris, an Instagram-inflected contemporary about fake dating the ex who broke your heart, and a hockey player and Black ballerina doing it for the ‘gram (gift link). #Romancelandia

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Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳 reviseresub.com/editors

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It's hard for me to believe there are only 3 weeks left until Trial Run is out in the world! Now that the date is getting closer, I'm wanting time to hurry up! Trial Run will be available in ebook, paperback, and KU on March 14, 2025. #contemporaryromance #books 29s

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Maybe this is the point in history we develop the warp drive?

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My story, The Maddening, is up on @creepypod.bsky.social Patron! Content warnings are listed. It is not a gentle story. www.patreon.com/posts/2-13-2...

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Roses are red, Resistance—we love it,

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New post is up! As always, it's in two formats, so you can take your pick... Written version: briannaheath.substack.com/p/convince-m... Video version: youtu.be/IwJge9tXj98

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Check out this amazing book cover hat by genius knitter and author Erin Pullmann! 😍😍 I love it so much. #writingcommunity #fiberarts

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In a small mountain town, Memory seeks answers buried in her family’s past. But when a stranger captures her heart, she must discover the link between the magic in her veins and his bloodlust for it, before he destroys the town and her happy ending #questpit #AG #A #F Art by Kay Fine 🍂🧡🍂

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When Dassy is forced to attend her estranged mother’s magical school, she prepares herself for the challenge. She’ll have to get along with girls who don’t think she belongs & thwart gemstone thieves while maintaining her grades to keep her magic & memories. #QuestPit #MG #F #Q

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Squid Game x 1984 🔪📺🩸 To find her bestie, Tate lies her way onto the Trinity Trials—televised games in which viewers decide all:magic players are 💉 with, the hunter, &each twist. She must survive not only the games+hunter but other desperate players who follow their own rules. #QuestPit #YA #Q #SFF

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IRON WIDOW X ARCANE #Questpit #Q #YA #SF Enemies-to-lovers⚔️❤️ Opposites attract🤬 Endless angst💀 Rad bio-mods🧬 Futuristic Lagos setting🇳🇬 AI dictator & scary robot police🤖 Vibrant art 🎨 Prison break 🔥 Two women, split by a bridge, united by tragedy, fighting for freedom

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Aww, thanks for helping support my debut novel, NYT crossword! Hey, if you’d like to read about two sort-of broken people testing out dating, you might like my book! #romancelandia

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There needs to be a word for the phenomenon wherein every time you start to write a new book, you forget how to write a book. #writingcommunity

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Want a contemporary romance? Check out this group sale I'm in! We got rock stars, cowboys, nannies, bad boys, polyamory and more! books.bookfunnel.com/krcontempora...

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My other birthday wish: spend a moment today reading one of my free-to-read stories found below. 🙏❤️🙌 linktr.ee/karoywrites

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First chapters are too hard to write. I hereby declare that all books shall start on chapter 2. #writingcommunity

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Trial Run, my steamy contemporary romance, is out in just 5 weeks! As the date gets closer, I'm getting more excited! Link below to pre-order.

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I’m so excited to present to you the cover of my new WattPad novella! Let Me Be Your Villain is a cosy queer fantasy with a magic library, a ghost librarian, and a failed, almost forgotten villain protagonist. Follow me on WattPad to be notified when the first chapter goes live this weekend 💕

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Of course my link effed up. Here y'all go: forms.gle/MaxA16Ua5HME...

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Weird, “procrastinate” and “doomscroll” don’t fit into this 5-letter spot… 🤔 #writingcommunity

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Continuing my reveals for the serial I'm working on for ONC, here is a little cover teaser! I've updated my bio links, so you can find my Wattpad profile if you want to follow me and my story over there!

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ARC readers are saying nice things about my book! Therefore making me cry! I am so incredibly grateful for my early readers. I'm also excited, terrified, and happy that this book will be out in the world for everyone to read in just 5 weeks.

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A skunk-nado happened near our house last night, and everything in a half-mile radius smells of skunk. Skunkpocalypse! 🦨

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Announcing my new Wattpad serial! I am participating in the Open Novella Contest 2025 with a brand new novella releasing 1 episode per week. It came faster than expected, but this contest gives me the perfect structure to start a serial, and start it small. I hope some of you will follow along!

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I’m having a moment where I’m really enjoying medieval romance as an escape. Friends, you must run, not walk, to get Alex de Campi’s The Scottish Boy. M/M, medieval knights, jousting tournaments, spicy and so much pining. Just amazing. #booksky

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