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Today I learned there's a debate about whether listening to audiobooks should count as "reading." I guess I "read" movies now, since I use subtitles.

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And I've just found someone else I need to follow on tiktok it seems. Went through and watched Dr. Emily's stuff, and she makes some amazing points about exactly how political our favorite stories are. Women's rights? political. LGBT+ rights? politial. Etc.

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Where are ya @kihre.bsky.social ? Remember how you offered to take one for the team? Yeah, um, we need to read this!

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Ohh, tough one. When writing, Helvetica. When reading, I'm an old school Garamond type (ha!) of person.

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Vinegar was judging me earlier. Now Piss is stalking me. These two make writing challenging!

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Made it to 68K words last night (in #book). *cracks knuckles* Let's see if I can get more than 5k more today. #amwriting And look at the pretty fire chicken. (if you know, you know)

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Vinegar is making sure I get the words done today.

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Am I deluding myself, or do I hide it well?

There are 2 kinds of writers:
1. Those who are insane
2. Those who are good at hiding it

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In a school filled with secrets and magic, how was I to know being normal might make me the most interesting thing here? #fae #sapphic #slowburn #queerfantasy #foundfamily Books2read.com/AAFT1

Book cover for Mistaken Magic, the first book in An Accidental Fairy Tale series by AH Hadley

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

My day: the husband tilled the arena, cleaned the barn, is now making me dinner. I, otoh, stared blankly at this chapter trying to imagine the scene. Seems fair. #writingcommunity.

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Reposted by Auryn Hadley

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It's funny. On here, I keep hearing that #romantasy is overdone. Yet my reader base is begging for more - and growing constantly. Granted, I also write polyamorous, diverse, queer-inclusive but plot heavy stuff. Dunno if that changes it. I also wrote this stuff before it had a catchy name.

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My answer is marketing. Lots and lots of it. That includes working with other authors, mentioning them to your reader base (and them doing the same for you) as well as targeting like-minded books by other indies for your ads. Discoverability requires the business side of this gig.

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Sicara J Weaver @sjweaverauthor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

They threw her in the gladiator arena to die. She refused. Now the princess is chained to one of the best in the games. To make it out of this alive, she has to choose between herself, her kingdom, and him. 💙📚 #romantasy books2read.com/b/WOO1

Image of a gladiator woman with text that says, "When no one will save you, you learn to save yourself." Includes the cover of When We Were Kings by AH Hadley.

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Reposted by Auryn Hadley

I set up a feed! I'm starting to figure all these things out lol ... so I have a Starter Pack of Indie Authors and I have started a feed for Indie Authors as well who write Romantasy and Dark Romantasy called Writers of Romantasy Shares appreciated #indieauthors #amwriting bsky.app/profile/sjwe... 🖤

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often! Thankfully mine's been keeping up with me all night.

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In other times, she never would have been chosen; she wouldn't have been good enough. Lucky for us, she's all we have. #romantasy #booksky Epic fantasy, slow burn, and plenty of destroying her enemies. books2read.com/b/ROTI1

Image of a non-human woman looking back with the text, "She was nobody. Now she's their only hope," and the cover of Bloodlust by AH Hadley.

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