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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 6h

ICYMI: We have a new #Patreon post by @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social sharing tips on creating your own monsters! Whether you're writing through spooky season or homebrewing for your TTRPG, hopefully you'll find something helpful! Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 23/09/2026

We have a new #Patreon post up by @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social sharing some tips on creating your own monsters! Whether you're writing through spooky season or homebrewing for your TTRPG, hopefully you'll find something helpful! Check it out on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 21/09/2026

@woodenvelt.bsky.social 's upcoming novel THIEF OF DEATH is a fun romantasy with a thief and a priest of the dead. How would you win the heart of Wren, the no-nonsense thief with a heart of gold? #hqpress #writingcommunity #wrencer

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 21/09/2026

Thief of Death is looking for #ARCReaders! If you're interested in getting an early chance to read this snarky and delightful romantasy, please sign up! If you've read for us before, we do ask that you submit a response again to show your interest for this specific book🙏 #booksky #indiewriter

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 16/09/2026

ICYMI: We have a new Patreon post from our @woodenvelt.bsky.social discussing the most forbidden F word: Failure 😬 Check out this latest post and our other BTS bonus posts for Friends of Quillbert supporters, over on our #Patreon! www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress #writesky

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 14/09/2026

Hello, friends! Quillbert's checking in to make sure everyone's been taking care of themselves. And if you're not sure how to get started? Look no further! #hqpress #quillbert4ever

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 14/09/2026

ICYMI: @woodenvelt.bsky.social 's debut novel Thief of Death is looking for #Arcreaders! It's sweet. It's funny. It's charming. It's spooky. It's the perfect read for the coming season 😍 Don't miss your chance, sign up now! #booksky #writingcommunity

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 10/09/2026

ICYMI: We're looking for #ARCreaders for @woodenvelt.bsky.social 's Thief of Death! A fun romantasy following a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold, with rich worldbuilding and a delightful cast of characters. Sign up here! forms.gle/rY9zMRSo1uNN... #writingcommunity #booksky

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 09/09/2026

Hello, friends! We have a new Patreon post from our @woodenvelt.bsky.social discussing the most forbidden F word: Failure 😬 Check out this latest post and our other BTS bonus posts for Friends of Quillbert supporters, over on our #Patreon! www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress #writesky

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Walker Harris 🫜‬ @walkerharris.net · 08/09/2026

AHHH!! 🤯 I need to catch up on my reading before I consider this ARC but everything I have seen from this book is SO FREAKING GOOD!!! If it sounds even vaguely like something you might be interested in, y'all need to sign up now!!! Here's some more exclamation points because it deserves them!!!😁

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 08/09/2026

We're looking for #ARCreaders for @woodenvelt.bsky.social 's Thief of Death! A fun romantasy following a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold, with rich worldbuilding and a delightful cast of characters. Sign up here! forms.gle/rY9zMRSo1uNN... #writingcommunity #booksky

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 07/09/2026

Happy almost spooky season! If you were a Priest of the Dead, such as one you might find in @woodenvelt.bsky.social upcoming novel THIEF OF DEATH, what do you think the best and worst kind of ghost to meet would be? HQP members weigh in! #writingcommunity #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 02/09/2026

ICYMI: Our Kelsey Ann has a lovely photojournal to share on our Patreon for her local library! Come check out Kelsey's library adventures 💖 😄 www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #patreon #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 31/08/2026

Inspired by @woodenvelt.bsky.social 's Thief of Death, here at HQP, we spent some time brainstorming the most polite ways to introduce oneself to a Priest of the Dead 🤔 #hqpress #thiefofdeath

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 26/08/2026

Go on a library date with our Kelsey Ann for this week's BTS post on Patreon! Thank you beloved Patreon supporters, and come check out Kelsey's library adventures 💖 😄 www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #patreon #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 24/08/2026

Life's a little better when you've got a little critter (or two, or...) HQP members share some of our animal companions this week! #hqpress #dogsky #catsky #indiepublishing

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 19/08/2026

ICYMI - @karamoonauthor.com shares a very helpful list of words to look out for when making line edits in our most recent Patreon post! Interested in writing advice, BTS tidbits, and more? Consider joining our Patreon 💖 www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #writingcommunity #writesky #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 17/08/2026

We're so, so grateful for our Patreon supporters! If you haven't checked it out yet, we've got some really cool behind the scenes bonuses for folks that can help out 💖 Check us out at www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress #patreon #indiepublishing

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ @karamoonauthor.com · 14/08/2026

#AugCharWork Likeability through... - Morality: Daphne's morality is actually still forming, because she's not used to human society. So the fish-out-of-water, sometimes innappropriateness of her might be something that readers get a laugh at. - Suffering: this is probably the big one for her. 1/3

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 14/08/2026

Wren and Spencer will certainly have a way of creeping into your hearts, friends 💖 and they may be doing so in the not-too-distant future...👀 #hqpress #wrencer #indiepublishing

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 13/08/2026

Pretty much what you'd expect from a plant witch 😂

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 12/08/2026

Line edits can be a real chore. Luckily, @karamoonauthor.com has some terrific advice on working through some common sore word spots in our latest Friends of Quillbert patreon BTS post! www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #writingadvice #hqpress #writingcommunity

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 10/08/2026

What do you do when you're stuck on a project? HQP weighs in! #indiewriting #hqpress #writingcommunity

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 07/08/2026

Have you had a chance to check out BLUDEYE BEACH by @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social ? The town may be scary, but catching feelings can be scarier! Grab a copy here: books2read.com/u/4AVPAp #indiewriters #indiepublishing #booksky

An ocean background with a text bubble that reads "In Bludeye Beach, we don't say "I love you." We say, "If you're scared, I'll do it with you." And that's beautiful."

A second text bubble reads "Read more in Eliwood S. Gheist's Bludeye Beach!"

There is a cover of the book Bludeye Beach.

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 06/08/2026

The sweetness between these two is just sublime ❤️❤️ 100% team #Wrencer!!!! #hqpress #indiewriter #booksky

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 03/08/2026

Quillbert's been enjoying his summer break, but there's important lessons to be learned everywhere! What's an important experience you've had this summer? #quillbert4ever #hqpress

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 31/07/2026

Have you had a chance to check out @professoremily.bsky.social 's THE GODS OF ATALANTIS? On top of wonderful characters and rich worldbuilding, Emily Klotz also delivers a beautiful love story 💖 #hqpress #indiewriters #indiepublishing

An image with a background of water, seaweed, and fish. At the top in large text reads "In Atalantis, we don't say "I love you." We say "You're really very decent." And that's beautiful." Below that is the cover of the book The Gods of Atalantis, and another word bubble that reads "Read more in Emily Klotz's The Gods of Atalantis!"

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#SummerOfStories 29 I have sat on this question all day because Kay had such a perfect answer. But I will add: "Hearts starve as well as bodies." Humans need art, beauty & creativity as much as they need food & water. Try to take it from us, we'll find new ways to feed our souls. Always.

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ @karamoonauthor.com · 29/07/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Technically, Kallista and Geni meeting in chapter two of A Prayer for the Pirate Queen IS a reunion. They met briefly at a naval dinner, back when Kallista was in the navy and Geni was married to another officer. They weren't in the right place to properly notice each other yet.

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#AwesomeCharacters #GodsOfAtalantis: Mireia gets to reunite a couple of times with her family after being chosen as the Sea Mother! Kena gets a reunion with both the man who nominated him as a Sun Father candidate, & also with his biological father. The first will be fun; second, not so much 🥲 1/4

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Samantha Breaux is looking for ARC readers @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Wren has several reunions after being gone from her home for 8 years. The most prominent one is with her old mentor, Scarlet. Things start off tense, but over the course of the series they make peace with each other and the way they were treated by the Blackboots. #AwesomeCharacters #Wrencer

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 30/07/2026

😭😭 poor Daphne!! But we totally get the hots for Iona 🥰🥰 #hqpress #indiewriters #indiepublishing #booksky

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 29/07/2026

ICYMI: @professoremily.bsky.social shares some terrific writing advice for our Patrons in our most recent Patreon post! Wanna check out this article and other behind-the-scenes tidbits? Check out our Patreon below! www.patreon.com/cw/hookandqu... #hqpress #patreon #indiewriting

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 27/07/2026

It's no secret that we're big fans of @professoremily.bsky.social 's THE GODS OF ATALANTIS over here at Hook & Quill! We shared who our favorite TGoA characters are; how about you?! #hqpress #atlantis #indiewriting

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 23/07/2026

We believe in Mireia, even if she doesn't yet! ❤️❤️❤️ #atlantis #hqpress #writingsnippet

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 22/07/2026

Have you had a chance to meet the MC's from @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social 's BLUDEYE BEACH? You can learn more about Edie and Milo in her book, found here: books2read.com/u/4AVPAp #bludeyebeach #hqpress #indiewriter

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Edie
Scaredy-cat
Cinnamon roll, but feisty
Fantasy nerd
Just trying to make her parents proud
Indecisive
Anxious bean
Music-lover
Just wants to be friends with you
"If you're scared, do it scared"

Milo
Emo isn't just a phase
Peak big brother
Resting mean face to cover social anxiety
Much nicer than he looks
Surprisingly sincere
Protector-type
Secret health-nut
Don't worry, he's got your back
"If you're scared, I'll do it with you"

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Samantha Breaux is looking for ARC readers @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It's good to have goals. From book 2 of my romantic fantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

Wren slipped up to the edge of the door, pressing her back against the slab of stone and angling her body to present as small a target as possible.

Forget sleeping for a week. I will sleep for a month when this is over, she promised herself. I will crawl into Spencer’s bed and they’ll need a crowbar to pry me out of it.

The tableau below was grim, lit by thin shafts of broken moonlight filtering through breaks in the storm clouds and the occasional harsh flare of lightning that stuttered across the sky. The orderly camp Wren had been marched through was shredded to ribbons. Tattered tents flapped in the whipping wind as skeletal Fain warriors milled around the base of the pyramid, ripping down tarps and shoving over support poles.

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🫜Prof Emily🫜 @professoremily.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Just a silly little snip from #GodsOfAtalantis Book 2. Mireia & Kena are playing a board game and flirting shamelessly 😂

“What?” He wrinkled his nose. “Why do I have to roll again?”
“Because you’re cheating!”
“I am not!”
“You are too!”
“You’re just upset because you’re losing.”
“I’m losing because you’re cheating!”
He tried to reach around her with his other hand in attempt to pick up his pawn and move it. But, still clutching his first hand, she twisted her elbows to block him. The battle soon escalated into an awkward kind of arm-wrestling match, in which Kena continuously tried to find a way around her elbows to reach his pawn, while Mireia kept contorting her arms in whatever absurd way was necessary to stop him, still keeping a tight grip on his other hand. Both of them were barely holding back laughter as the wrestling match grew more and more ridiculous. And Mireia’s eyes blazed at him with ferocious determination, which only made it harder for him not to laugh.
“Mireia! You’re going to knock over the game.”
“At least then you won’t win!”
“Will you just—?” He finally grew so exasperated that he grabbed her by the elbow, attempting to pry his hand free.
“No!” She resisted him as hard as she could. And, just as he’d predicted, after a few moments of struggling, their hands jerked downward and hit the game board, scattering pieces across the bed.
“There, now look what you’ve done!” Kena said.
“That was your fault.”
“How was that my fault?”

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ @karamoonauthor.com · 21/07/2026

#WIPSnips "pry" from A Prayer for the Pirate Queen 🏴‍☠️ 💜 ⚓️ currently in third draft revisions

"No, Captain," Melissa insisted. "I didn't think about our location, and Doctor Philistos didn't either."

"Good. Nevertheless, we'll set off as soon as we have everyone back on board. What does Heliodorus know?"

Geni breathed out, then looked up at Melissa. The lieutenant was, of course, opening the floor to her, as much as she didn't want it. "He asked the sender to pry into my mind to find out what it would cost for me to betray you." Her voice sounded flat to her, despite the hollowness in her chest which should have made all sound echo in desolation. She look up at Kallista, expecting anger, but found only patience.

"And the answer he found?"

"My children, of course."

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 20/07/2026

HQP loves our fantasy writing, and Quillbert's got some great wisdom to share 💖 What are some of your Do's and Don'ts when writing fantasy? #writingcommunity #hqpress #writingprompt

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ @karamoonauthor.com · 15/07/2026

#AwesomeCharacters There's a throughline in A Prayer for the Pirate Queen where the lack of safety is leading to our protagonists not making the best decisions all the time. Kallista and Geni are wanted criminals in a country that devalues women, queer people, and indigeneity. 1/2

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Samantha Breaux is looking for ARC readers @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Spencer and Bruce find an altar to the Gray Lady in the Fain ruins. They probably should have followed Wren's advice to look but not touch. From book 2 of my romantic fantasy wip about a priest of the dead and a thief with a heart of gold. #WIPSnips #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #Wrencer

It all seemed to happen so slowly, Spencer felt as though he was hanging above the floor for an eternity, staring up at the swirls of clouds and stars painted on the slight dome of the ceiling, before the ground rushed up to meet him. He hit with a hard smack that knocked the wind out of his lungs and left him gulping like a fish flipped onto the dock.

“So much for looking, not touching.” Bruce groaned from the ground beside him. Evidently the lash of power had traveled across the entire room. “What the hell was that?”

“I don’t know,” Spencer wheezed once he could speak again. “I hope I didn’t offend Her somehow.”

“We put flowers on the Lady’s altar at home all the time.” Bruce grunted as sat up and clutched his aching head. “Surely that wouldn’t piss Her off?”

“Well, I wouldn’t think so, but gods and their mysterious ways.” Spencer shrugged. The floor was cold and hard against his back but he wasn’t quite ready to try sitting up yet.

“Oh. Huh.” Bruce muttered cryptically. “Spence… I don’t think you made Her mad. I think maybe you did the opposite.”

“What does that mean?” He groused as he scrabbled upright. Bruce grabbed his arm and helped lever him into a sitting position, then pointed towards the offering shelf. Spencer’s orchid had vanished and a small opening had appeared in the wall behind the bronze bracket. The candlelight glinted against something pale in the dark recess.

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Samantha Breaux is looking for ARC readers @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thief of Death is my weird little baby that doesn't fit neatly into any box. BUT I think it has The Mummy's humor and adventure vibes mixed with a cozy found family and a compassionate, handsome guy who talks to the dead like Surreal Estate. #SummerOfStories #Wrencer #WritingPrompt

A two panel scene from the 1999 horror adventure The Mummy. The top panel shows Beni standing on a river bank with horses and people in the background. Beni says, "Hey, O'Connell! It Looks to me like I've got all the horses!" The bottom panel shows O'Connell standing on the opposite river bank with Evie and Jonathan behind him. O'Connell says "Hey, Beni! Looks to me like you're on the wrong side of the river!"

A still image from the tv show Surreal Estate. It shows main character Luke Roman played by actor Tim Rozon wearing a black peacoat and sitting next to a boy in overalls holding a firetruck toy. The child is a ghost and Luke is talking to him, trying to comfort him and help him move on to the afterlife. Words on the image say Handsome guy, dressed in black, helping ghost kids.

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Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 16/07/2026

Will Zangari has the best advice, for Edie or any artist! #hqpress #writingsnip

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