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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 25/09/2026

Always wild to be going about your day, and then get a reminder that no, you're not the only one who's pissed.

$31.29 for 6.775 gallons of gas. Sticky note reads "Because MAGA cult voted in a corrupt man we all are paying higher prices. Next vote for integrity.

🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 13/09/2026

If you like happy chaos, Pinching Tarts is my love letter to Alice in Wonderland. Full color pastiche-style layout! Working on a second edition! #SelfPromoSaturday #ttrpgCommunity #ttrpg #artsky #ocsky #writing #rpg www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 10/09/2026

Tarot for Storytellers: a how-to book for authors, game masters, and LARP storytellers is now available on Kindle! Would appreciate a share and/or review if you have time! Thank you! #howto #tarot #TTRPG #LARP #writing #storytelling www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJ956RPG

Tarot for Storytellers | a how-to book by Monica Valentinelli | cover art: dice in a variety of sizes | The Sun and The World tarot cards

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 08/09/2026

My next event will be Game Hole Con XIII in October! Spaces are filling up fast, so be sure to register! For your convenience, I've attached an infographic of my public-facing schedule. Hope to see you there!

Monica Valentinelli
booksofm.com
Special Guest
2026 Events

Thursday, October 15th
Noon CST: Worldbuilding in Faerie Realms Seminar

5:00 pm: Setting design in RPGs

Friday, October 16th

11:00-2:00 pm: Teatime with the Hatter

2:30-5:30 pm: Teatime with the Hatter

8:00-11:00 pm: Drinks with Authors VI: The Reckoning

Saturday, October 17th

10:00 am: Magic and Consequences

2:00-5:00 pm: Teatime with the Hatter

Register online at www.gameholecon.com

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 12/07/2026

Signing in from a cabin in the woods to ask you to help restore protections for our lands and wildlife. This reversal affects everyone regardless of political affiliation and will be deadly. Call your reps!

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 08/06/2026

Y'all have been kind enough to listen to me rant, so please enjoy this pic I snapped recently of a polar bear swimming on her back.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 27/05/2026

Today, I'm pleased to announce the development of Shards of Remorsica, a high-fantasy solo journaling game powered by tarot, will take place on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/booksofm

Text reads: Shards of Remorsica a solo journaling fantasy game for artists and writers | patreon.com/booksofm

Image of: a blue, crystal castle floating on a rocky island

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 03/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using, with no explanation.

Bottle of chianti classico riserva, a navy blue win tumblr with the words "Every Sip Tastes Like It's Not My Problem Anymore" and wrapped chocolates.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 02/04/2026

Started a new relationship in Feb. It's a long-term commitment that requires upkeep. The good news is that if I put the effort in? Our relationship will pay off in three or four years. Meet Mephistopheles. Guardian of the dark beans that bear the Devil's juice--black coffee. 😉

A coffee plant with plant magnets that create the face of a silly vampire.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 22/12/2025

(Summarizing) The white modern garden rose originated in 1897 and was bred in the UK by Alexander Dickson II. It inspires you to seek wisdom and beauty wherever you can find it. Adventures don't have to be life-changing, they can be small and meaningful, too.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/12/2025

A while back I designed a badge for my indie-published works to clearly mark that I don't use AI. You're free to use either badge if you'd like for your stuff. 1/2

100% Organic Art Made by Human Hands | Picture of an artist's silhouette with dice and books on a green background

100% Organic Certified Human Writer | Silhouette out a hand holding a pen on a yellow background

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 28/11/2025

TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS is a cyberlicious deal. On sale now for only $2.50 through Monday, December 1st! Designed for authors and GMs! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers a How-To Book by Monica Valentinelli

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025

Heya, wanted to pop in with a note of massive, massive thanks. TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS has been steadily selling, and thanks to you this title hit its first milestone. Wooooo! That is amazing! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/index.htm...

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 04/11/2025

I hope you had a fun and safe Halloween! I had so much fun in the woods, lighting campfires, making s'mores... AND BECOMING AN AUNTIE! Meet Sir Jacks!

Sir Jacks of the Heart-Shaped Box | black and white Shih Zhu puppy

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 07/10/2025

Now available on DriveThruFiction, DriveThruCards, and @drivethrurpg.com! Tarot for Storytellers is a how-to book that teaches writers and game masters all about tarot! www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/5...

Tarot for Storytellers | A How-To Book by Monica Valentinelli | New Release! Tarot for Storytellers is an eBook inspired by Monica Valentinelli's popular tarot workshop. Perfect for writers and game masters, this "how to" book packed with prompts and writing exercises teaches you about tarot, how to use tarot to create characters and plots, and so much more! Now available in PDF at DriveThruRPG, DriveThruCards, DriveThruFiction

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 28/07/2025

Heya, I won't be online during the #GCWS at #GenCon, so I'm sharing one of my announcements today! As the August 2025 reward for BooksOfM Patreons, I'll be releasing the draft of my upcoming eBook Tarot for Storytellers! Includes GM-specific advice! Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/booksofm

Tarot for Storytellers Draft | August 2025 BooksOfM Patreon Reward | Perfect for Authors and GMs | Based on Monica's popular writing workshop! | eBook written by Monica Valentinelli

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 25/07/2025

Heya, I'm presenting at the Gen Con Writer's Symposium next week! Kindly use #GCWS #GCWS2025 for hashtags if you're there and live-posting. I will not be, but I'll be pointing people to the hashtags. Cheers! My schedule: tinyurl.com/42jh7pe7 My links: linktr.ee/booksofm

This is the text of my Gen Con Writer's Symposium schedule. The schedule is available on the Gen Con website. Visit this link: https://www.gencon.com/events?c=indy2025&search=valentinelli

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 11/07/2025

Timeline cleanser! A bumblebee extremely focused on a bergamot blossom. There were literally dozens of them in the garden yesterday. 🐝

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 25/06/2025

This is a post about nothing important. Want to tell you how much I F'ing love Posca paint markers. Trial and error, discovering that acrylic paint markers are my jam. This is the back of a toad abode. Combination of acrylic paint, textured medium, and Posca markers. Not bad for the 1st go!

Terracotta pot upside down painted like a fairy mushroom with a butterfly on the back.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 13/05/2025

Working on my newsletter. Please enjoy this picture of Elva, a brand new mother, to pups Wasabi and Ginger. :-)

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 28/04/2025

Had an unexpected wildlife photography session this past weekend that included my first birbs! Happy to share them with you excellent humans. My first owl!

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 22/04/2025

Current WIP. It's a cotton shawl (my own design) that'll have many uses at the pool, picnics, etc.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 14/04/2025

Please enjoy this beautiful tiger named Kuza who just wants a little snack.

A tiger carrying his food dish in his mouth.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 23/01/2025

Can't remember if I posted a picture of my new friendo Two Spot, but here is this beautiful boi, a white gator from NOLA, again. Chompy, chomp.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 07/01/2025

Please enjoy this wee bab (baboon) playing at the Oakland Zoo.

A baby baboon playing on a log at Oakland Zoo.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 26/12/2024

Please enjoy this photo I snapped of a baby giraffe eating a leaf. You can visit them at the Oakland Zoo.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 26/12/2024

Hey folks, did you know I was one of the writers who worked on the Mistborn Adventure Game line for Crafty Games? The license ended this year, and this is your last chance to get the core rulebook and supplements. www.drivethrufiction.com/browse/pub/3...

Last Chance to get the Mistborn Adventure Game DriveThruFiction Covers of Nobles: The Golden Mandate, Alloy of Law, Alloy of Law Masks of the Past

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 11/12/2024

What's a writer with anxiety who has friends in multiple countries celebrating holidays this time of year? :-D

Photo of a starry night sky above the silhouette of a forest. White shooting stars. Text reads: Sending Cheer. Happy Whatever Seasonal Holiday You Celebrate. Monica Valentinelli | BooksOfM.com

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 19/11/2024

My patrons this month (via www.patreon.com/booksofm) will get a batch of photos from Yosemite National Park. Here's a photo I took of three climbers (one of them barefoot!) on their ascent. They're climbing a granite cliff face of Il Diablo.

A trio of climbers ascending the granite cliff face of Il Diablo in Yosemite National Park.

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