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Las 🐺🪽 @featherfangart.bsky.social · 10h

The Shadow Prince My piece for one of this year's #drawtober topics. Wanted to follow up on the rider from the last year. 💕 #originalart

portrait like illustration of a living armor/knight with a void/shadows flowing out of his helmet. The knight has his hands resting on the pommel of a giant longsword. He is partly overgrown by ivy leaves. His eyes are like two moons

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 8h

My author brand is “fairytales but make them more Jewish and more disabled/chronically ill.“ #WritingCommunity

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 8h

In THE GOLDEN STAIR, Rapunzel’s Mother Gothel (aka Galina) has a daughter through her villain couple with Mare. Mare is a mysterious man who‘s Not Quite Human. And without spoiling much, I’ll just say he reminds me of that time Johnny Knoxville played Rasputin. #Octember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 8h

In THE GOLDEN STAIR, before he becomes Rapunzel‘s future prince, Ash ends up ensnared in the affections of Mother Gothel’s witch daughter. #Octember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 17h

*️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Today‘s playlist is Gisela’s Mix. Mother Gothel’s daughter may look and sing like a theatrical pop princess, but it’s all a façade hiding how much of a murderous menace she really is. #writersky #authorsky #WritingCommunity

The Golden stair character playlist. Mother Gothel‘s daughter hides her evilness under her love of poppy theatrical princess-esque singing?

Gisela’s mix

foreign car by Kelsey Lu

we almost broke up again last night by Sabrina Carpenter.

Look what you made me do by Taylor Swift

why is she still here by Reneé Rapp

woman in love by Barbra Streisand

little bit crazy by Brooke Simpson

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ Today‘s playlist is Ash’s Mix. One day he’ll be Rapunzel‘s future prince, but for now he’s an aspiring bard. I imagine he plays a lot of ye olde indie rock and ye olde stadium rock. #writersky #authorsky #WritingCommunity

The Golden stair character playlists. Rapunzel‘s future Prince is currently a bard playing Indie rock and Stadium rock?

Ash’s mix. do me like that by the paradox. undressed by sombr. Creepin by the Weeknd. Gap Tooth smile by DJO. born to run by Bruce Springsteen. California Sun by the Ramones.

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

*️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ DAYS TO GO UNTIL RELEASE DAY*️⃣ While we wait, I thought I’d share songs reminding me of the main characters. Today is for Raissa’s Mix. I imagine this Rapunzel listens to lots of wistful fairytale inspired pop, plus songs yearning for love that hasn’t come around just yet. #writersky #authorsky

That’s So True by Gracie Abrams
Snow White by Laufey
Sever The Blight by Hemlocke Springs
These Dreams by Heart
Eternal Flame by The Bangles
Hypothetically by Twinnie

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Convincing you to pre-order my fantasy romance Rapunzel book THE GOLDEN STAIR using movie quotes from today's national holiday of #MeanGirlsDay , a thread (1 - ?) #writersky #authorsky

Screenshot with Cady Heron and Aaron Samuels saying "On October 3 he asked me what day it was. It's mean girls day so here are some festive golden stair book memes. 😊"

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The last line of the pitch is so poetic, I love it! 💛💜

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What a wonderful picture book idea for you to put out into the world ❤️

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Raissa Molina from Forgotten Island 🤝 Raissa Lebedeva from The Golden Stair ➡️anxious long-haired brunettes who are forced to become fantasy heroines against their will [support original animation with forgotten island this weekend! and support indie publishing by pre-ordering the golden stair!]

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Raissa You're Okay?

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Come check out my author website for all THE GOLDEN STAIR links at once! This is an actual photo of what I looked like while creating the site by the way #womeninSTEM 🦆🔗💻 sites.google.com/view/clara-g...

Meme of a yellow duck stuffed animal sitting at the computer keyboard

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My hands are getting tired just thinking about signing and shipping out all those books, kudos to you🫡

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THE GOLDEN STAIR is now listed on StoryGraph as well as on Goodreads! Go add it to your TBR now... 📚SG: app.thestorygraph.com/books/1e54c6... 📚GR: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Cat Reading a Book on a Couch

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And now for the official cover reveal, with art by @julsiji.bsky.social . Isn’t it gorgeous? I wanted an art noveau storybook feel, from the lettering to the flowery borders around the tower. Look for the firebird feathers and the Ukrainian inspired flower crown from the fantasy kingdom of Cherta.

Book cover design for The Golden Stair by Clara Gordon. The cover artist is Julsiji.

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Coming out of hibernation to say that The Golden Stair, my debut fantasy novel inspired by Rapunzel, is NOW AVAILABLE to pre-order on Amazon as an e-book! Come buy it now before the official release on October 19th. 🐦‍🔥 🧿 🌻 a.co/d/02UNZmE3

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There are very few people who, by the force of their own personalities, drive and character can change a culture. Gloria Steinem was one of them. May her memory be a blessing.

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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 26/08/2026

Here is Tim Curry giving 100% to a song that I suspect was written in a school music room containing a bass guitar and a VHS cassette, and filmed on a budget that presumably just read 'sandwiches' 💔

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Anything Can Happen on Halloween - The Worst Witch featuring Tim Curry (HD Remaster)

YouTube video by Rad Retro

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Back in 2023, Dolly Parton was kind enough to give an interview to promote PJ Library’s magazine, since she was “honored” that her Imagination Library inspired it. May her memory be a blessing 💖 🦋 pjlibrary.org/about/become...

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Q&A with Dolly Parton

On the occasion of PJ Library’s 18th birthday, we had the chance to speak with music legend Dolly Parton!

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With no context, Mare and Galina remind me of: 🩷Megan Hilty’s Glinda or Madeline Ashton x Johnny Knoxville Rasputin in HOTW Pt 2 🖤Morticia x Gomez if she always dressed and acted like Debbie 💫The scrapped villain couple from Wish 👀Basically hot evil witch diva x chaos nightmare gremlin man #SumLuv

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Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn: Thank You Bombshell

Alt: Megan Hilty as Ivy Lynn: Thank You Bombshell

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ash and Gisela ➡️ aspiring bard boy who is magically lured to a cute blonde girl only to realize that she’s actually an evil witch that wants to kill and/or overthrow her (cuter) princess roommate #SumLuv

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Renee Rapp Demon

Alt: Renee Rapp in a TV interview standing in front of overlaid text that says Demon

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There’s definitely mutual instant attraction (thank you magical soulmate bond). But Ash has to make the first move because at this point he’s still technically dating Gisela. With that aside, Ash pines because Princess Raissa is so high above him. Raissa pines because of her trust issues.💚🌲💚 #SumLuv

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#PitchDis @pitchdis.com · 20/08/2026

A big thanks to @listentomelovelett.bsky.social who mentioned NarratAbility, which is a directory containing books with chronic illness, mental health, and disability representation. Make sure to check it out! worldreviewofbooks.com/narratability/

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Books with Chronic Illness, Mental Health & Disability Representation

NarratAbility is a database or Directory of Books with Chronic Illness, Mental Health & Disability Representation

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another swoon ( 👁️ 👁️ 🩶🩷) moment from our late entry villain couple Galina and Mare (+ embarrassed daughter Gisela) #SumLuv

The princess wobbled forward, stumbling towards Ash. Galina dropped her grip on the long braid of hair to dash over towards her husband. "Mare! Did he hurt you, my darling?" Galina purred as she ghosted a hand along the gash in his shirt, where a scar had newly formed above all the crumbling dried blood.
"Nothing so painful that you can't fix, honey," he grinned back, grabbing her hand and snaking it up his chest and towards his shoulders.
As the young lovers continued to bubble over with laughter, their daughter looked ready to retch. "Can you please do that some

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A swoon (and 👀 ✨ 🔥) moment from when Ash first meets Gisela the younger witch #SumLuv

His shoes dragged him a minute's walk into the clearing before he saw her.
They locked eyes, and his limbs were still and his mind was clearer once more. Lying above him in a tree bough was a genuine damsel in distress. Ash let out a sigh. She was humming to herself to distract herself from the danger. Her long limbs clung to the base of the tree, as far as they could get from the withering too crown above her.

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Clara Gordon || The Golden Stair coming soon! @claragordon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A squee moment from Raissa and Ash in the witches’ garden 🌱 💚 #SumLuv

She crouched down next to him and gently swatted at the flies with one hand. "Why would you ever want to be in a place where you feel like no one cares what you have to say?" I could ask that about why you stay in the witch's tower, he thought. "Well, because it seems like that's what it's like in every place that I go. So I'm sure that being a jester in a palace, even your family's palace, would be the same. It's nothing personal," he assured her.
"But..." The princess nudged out her chin. "I don't think that you should have to be making a fool out of yourself all of the time just to have crowds of people pay attention to you." He brushed the dust off the outer leaves of one lettuce head. "Yeah, well, maybe you've
never met the least successful child of fishmongers," he joked.
Raissa didn't laugh. "I would still notice you," she murmured, eyes shining.
Ash froze, suddenly grateful that he wasn't too prone to blushing, otherwise he would
turn as red as the nearby patch of beets.

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