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Prepare thyselves!

Now the frondy "beard".

Year of the Mer – ARC Review

Hello, everyone! Today I'm reviewing Year of the Mer by L. D. Lewis, a new sapphic fantasy retelling inspired by the events of The Little Mermaid. Read on to find out all of my thoughts!

This comment from someone who read Wraith and the Revolution:

(it made my day 😊)

Also, Tailwind Projects is doing a great thing. If you don't know about it, please go check out the page.

#FantasyIndiesApril 8
Do you reread books?

Very rarely.
(I have read all of the books on the shelf in the background of the photo I shared on the 1st. I buy physicals of books I think my husband will also like to read, and he *is* a rereader.)

Fantasy Indies April prompts by @ChesneyInfalt & @LydiaVRussell 1. Introduce yourself & WIP 2. Season(s) in WIP 3. Free Friday or how do you come up with book titles? 4. Saturday Snippet 5. Where would your characters want to travel? 6. Describe your characters’ homes/homelands 7. Animals in WIP 8. Do you reread books? 9. What do your characters take for granted? 10. Free Friday or when did you first start writing stories? 11. Saturday Snippet 12. Routines in WIP 13. MC’s childhood 14. How would your characters describe themselves? 15. Preferred reading format(s) 16. Flash Fiction about a storm 17. Free Friday or how do you choose your next read or WIP? 18. Saturday Snippet 19. Nicknames in WIP 20. What words do you tend to overuse in your writing? 21. Have others ask anything about your WIP(s) 22. Tropes or subgenres you’d love to see more of 23. Plants in WIP 24. Free Friday or comfort books/movies/tv shows 25. Saturday Snippet 26. Character scars or injuries 27. Which part of the writing process is your favourite? 28. Tough decisions in WIP 29. Character habits 30. Monthly Wrap-Up

#FantasyIndiesApril D08

Do I reread books? Absolutely. In fact, I have a list of "comfort reads" that I will reread, over and over, if I'm not in a headspace to be able to read new things. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, and a few others. It's a bit of a mishmash, but it works for me. #BookSky

Snippet from Bear My Heart: The relief of not having to bury her is short-lived when the terror of the other option settles: She will wake up, and then I’ll have to face her. Maybe even talk to her. Underneath snippet is ebook cover, green background with a bear silhouette in the middle, mountains within it. Text: April 9th 2026. Bear My Heart. A cozy sapphic novella.

💜🐻 TOMORROW!! 🐻💜

Release day is almost here!!! This is a soft, emotional, and loving story. It's a neurodivergent romance with no kisses, barely touching, but so much cuteness.

Read more: www.karenlykkebo.com/daughtersofd...
Pre-order or even get it now! -> books2read.com/karenlykkebo

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#AprilWorldbuilders

We're going to go with the humanoid beluan species called okiyū. 🦊

They're a bipedal fox-like creature, typically orange furred but on rare occasions found with black fur, wearing bark-cloth robes with hoods that have little ear bumps and decorated with old Tuyo patterns.

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What better way to celebrate #IndieApril than with the annual #NarratessIndieSale?

From April 11–13 this sale will bloat your TBR once again with hundreds of books from amazing indie SFFH authors, all discounted $1.99 to free. More details in the blog post:

www.alankdell.co.uk/...
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up in time for #5amWritersClub

good morning y'all! what are we working on this morning?

#writingcommunity

The Green Bridge of Wales on the Pembrokeshire coast. A natural arch in the rocky cliffs.

Also visited The Green Bridge of Wales yesterday.

An impressive natural stone arch created by the sea.

I sacrificed my writing time to get an extra hour of sleep and lemme tell you, it was amazing. Do I feel bad for not writing? Absolutely. But I had been running on fumes for the past month. I needed this

The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The text beside and below it reads: Gerard shifted out of the way of a curious copper birch just before its questing leaves could brush against his shoulder and aimed a quick, wary glance around them. “I’ve never in my life seen any woods so thick with magic.” “Welcome to the fae realm, darling—and to the glorious kingdom of Efaelen, in particular.” Reaching out, Lorelei gently stroked those trailing, copper-tinged green leaves that he’d snubbed, humming over them in consolation. “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from the trees. As long as you don’t share your true name with anyone here, you’ll be perfectly safe. You are my guest, after all.” “Your prisoner,” he ground out. Goddess be praised, she really had gotten to him this time, hadn’t she?

This week's Book Quote Wednesday word is "quick," and here's a snippet from Enchanting the Fae Queen, in which Lorelei has just kidnapped Gerard and he is Not Happy about the situation...

stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

#romancelandia #bookqw

“What was that?” she asked, pushing her hair out of her eyes. “Nothing,” Min replied hastily. “Just a twinge.” “No, it was not,” Bethia disagreed. “You were in pain. A mother knows.” Min tried to divert her. “It was just you, crowding me in bed. You didn’t have to stay.” “Yes, I did,” Bethia replied, getting to her feet. “Though my back will regret it later.” She poked at the bed. “Why is this so hard? And you and Elanor sleep together on this? Fool around on this?” she asked, making Min blush. “You should have a better bed. At least for the children.” “No, Mother,” Min said, sitting up. “This is the best we have. Others have far less.” She pushed back the blanket. “It wouldn’t be seemly.” “Since when have you started worrying about being seemly?” Bethia joked. “And only one blanket? And you couldn’t share with your old mother?” “I’m the pregnant one,” Min bantered back. “And,” Min announced, standing, “Elanor and I create enough heat that we don’t need more.” It was Bethia’s turn to blush. She opened her mouth.

From Fairy Court in Exile.

Min and her mother banter in the morning.

Servantsofthemoonandsun.com

#FantasyIndiesApril 8: Do I reread books?

All the time.

Little things will set me off--a beautiful quote, a character I love, a line or an image--and I go to my shelves and pick up that book so I can dive between the pages. Books are adventures, each unique, and I treasure them.

#AprilWorldbuilders 8: Nonhuman species

Why, the Dog Men of course!

The Dog Men, or Hen Kyon, are an ancient people bred by the Aryati of the First Creation in Exile. They were created to hunt the Highborn. This illustration by @thenobleartist.bsky.social
captures how fearsome they are. ⤵️

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i'm so tired and disheartened and everything is so hard all the time. i just need a fucking win.

you ever just feel like everything sucks everywhere all at once

Girls just wanna have fun (fun)
But capitalism said no (oh oh oh)

Whaaaa

I know of several authors who were lied to by ai ‘artists’. It’s why I always ask - some have no clue! It’s awful for them. But the lack of crediting an artist is an instant red flag and then his profile was covered in AI images too. :/

In this week's episode of incompetent AI-scam-bot emails:

"I really like your book [Desperate measure]and the message it conveys. I would love the opportunity to speak with the author behind it. Would that be possible?"

No, because AI, like Xerox machines, cannot speak.

#booksky #indieauthor 💙📚

Crazy someone would spend 22 years on a book to use an AI cover.

Please feel free to do this on any books that are on the pinned post, I am quite often at work when these come through and do not have the time in some cases to even look at them other than read what was posted and then share it. And authors as a warning I'm not doing the DM call out anymore

Uhhh, that cover looks very AI and I can’t find an artist in the credits :/

I’m tired. It’s been a long week. It’s Tuesday. It’s Tuesday?

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Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.

📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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