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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 18/09/2026

bonus: smiling arms on stairs

c. l. clark sitting on sitting on stairs but smiling into the distance

Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 18/09/2026

exciting times! new author photos! and thanks to the good folks over on insta, i’ve more or less narrowed it down to these for the regular rotation. all thanks goes to the wonderful photog, chris kammerud, and london for being pretty that day.

“something something daddy.” c. l. clark looking over their shoulder in a white t-shirt.

“arms in nature.” c. l. clark with crossed arms in a white tshirt in front of trees.

“urban arms.” c. l. clark sitting on stairs on a train bridge.

“hipster sideeye” c. l. clark sideeyeing the viewer.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 15/09/2026

83,821, give or take. almost there. things are slowing down (my head, my capacity) as i try to get all of this right. this end of the present day is also the end of the book (naturally) so i’m trying to make sure all the pieces are in the right place this draft.

a spreadsheet with word counts per chapter in the first half of warmongers

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 17/08/2026

this could be me if you buy my books

suit of armor by enric pujol art, the Ulfr set

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 12/08/2026

Just a reminder—this event is just a couple weeks away! Get your tickets now and we can hang out, I’ll sign your books, which are very fancy, and you can listen to @ianthegreen.bsky.social and I talk about all the different ways for a fantasy character to drown. A short, incomplete list follows:

C. L. Clark in conversation and signing with Ian Green at Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Monday August 24, from 5 PM - 7 PM. Tickets on sale now.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 10/08/2026

it’s my birthdayyyyy! i am going to spend the day working, which sounds terrible but actually i get to write about sword lesbians swording and lesbianing so it’s great! carrying the tradition from twitter, feel free to send me flex pics for my bday!

c. l. clark standing backlit against the cliffs of moher

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 03/08/2026

sayre boarbane is hot. that’s all i have to say. gruff scarred mentors for the win. (but don’t worry, kova fortunehunter earns her scars, too. 😘)

c. l. clark holding an advance reading copy of fortune’s wake

fortune’s wake advanced reader copy on top of notebooks and pens on a messy desk

interior black and white art of fortune’s wake’s main characters, Kova and Sayre.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 01/08/2026

Yesterday’s—July’s—great news is that I broke 40k! I was hoping to hit that by the end of the month and succeeded. We have religious philosophical debate, some ill-advised sex, a few self-destructive tendencies, and a little hurt/comfort. 😌

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 31/07/2026

Bad Moms and Butch Mentors is officially up for PHYSICAL preorders now! Paperback and hardback available. Many of you have asked, and the time is officially now! If you come to the London Forbidden Planet event, you’ll be able to get a copy AND get it signed. bookshop.org/a/13683/9781...

Cover of Fortune’s Wake, Releasing on Aug 24, 2026
A young masculine woman with a spear faces down the viewer while an older masculine woman holds a torch in the background in a glowing cave.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 28/07/2026

Here’s the schedule for the virtual tour and the info for the Forbidden Planet launch! @ianthegreen.bsky.social and I’ll be signing, there will be lil drinks, and probably some shenanigans. The event is ticketed, but the price of the ticket goes towards the book! forbiddenplanet.com/events/2026/...

Aug 1: TBRCon Live panel on “Foreshadowing Done Right” @ 3pm EST/8PM BST. Aug 5: Video Interview on Realm Runners with Bromantasy and Pete Talks Books Good. Aug 10: Exclusive Ch. 1 Excerpt on Grimdark Magazine. Aug 12: Video interview with Noah’s Brisk Reviews. Aug 13: Live YouTube Interview with Kenny Gould @ 3PM EST/8PM BST. Aug 14: Video Interview on FanFiAddict & SFF Addicts Podcast. Aug 16: Live Youtube Interview on Six Elementals with P. L. Stuart @ 10AM EST/3PM BST. Aug 18: Video Interview on Dear Dr. Fantasy with Philip Chase. Aug 21: Video Interview on Aaron’s Book Nook with Aaron N. Hall; Video Interview on Author Adjacent with Michael Vadney. Aug 23: Live Youtube Launch Party on FanFiAddict with Hannah Kaner and M.J. Kuhn @ 2PM EST/7PM BST. Aug 24. LAUNCH DAY!! Fortune’s Wake is available in eBook, paperback, and hardcover formats. Aug 24: Video Interview on The Broken Binding with Stephen Aryan. Aug 28: Using TTRPG Rules in Narrative Writing on Author Adjacent with Michael Vadney.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 24/07/2026

emma d’arcy. which is unfortunate because they’re already extremely good looking on screen.

c. l. clark standing next to emma d’arcy.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 20/07/2026

i know first hand how expensive this isssss (please buy more of my books, lolsob) but also—i love the work i got for The Sovereign so you will surely not be disappointed!

a broadside comic by savanna meyer aka well_dipper for the first chapter of C. L. Clark’s The Sovereign. The text “It was so fragile, this thing between them. Fragile and beautiful and stained with blood. How could it possibly last?” is strewn across ribbons all down the page. Four images down the middle—a hand holding a casket of ashes with the name Gil engraved on it; two women (Sabine and Touraine) supporting a third weeping woman (Luca) between them, two women (Luca and Touraine) embracing, about to kiss; Two women (Luca and Touraine) being nakedly intimate. Four images in each corner: Touraine smiling in the snow; Luca, throwing a snowball and dressed in peasants clothing; Touraine hanging Luca on a gallows beneath a desert sun; and Luca, cutting Touraine’s throat amid the flags of empire. In the backdrop of the entire piece is a tree, with branches at the top of the page and roots at the bottom.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 13/07/2026

also, hey, if you want to read more novellas, Fate’s Bane is out now and Fortune’s Wake comes out in August and you can preorder it! shorturl.at/Lj5xV

Two women with a triangular cave mouth behind them, from which a blue bioluminescent light glows. Blue runes line the stone, too. On the ground at their feet are many skeletons. The woman in the foreground is younger, with brown skin and a fishing spear with dangling beads. She has rope tied around her wrists and tattoos and bracelets. Her face has claw-like wounds across it. The woman in the background is older and grizzled, pale skinned with a scar across one eye. She holds a torch in one hand, is armed with many knives, and has a boar spear strapped to her back. She wears a boarskin cloak. The title “Fortune’s Wake” and the author’s name “C. L. Clark” are in bright yellow font.

the cover of fate's bane by c. l. clark, a green theme depicting two girls floating opposite each other on a body of water, mournful and romantic tone

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 12/07/2026

after yesterday’s many shenanigans (incl. a 14k trail race), I plan on living on the couch today and tearing through The Thrice-Bound Fool. Might go wild and switch it up with John Gwynne’s upcoming Wolves of War if I want to change gears.

An ARC of The Thrice-Bound Fool by Christopher Buehlman sits on a carpet. It’s a cool orange-ish book with some giant stone statues and mountains and two tiny people and a donkey at the bottom, who are our heroes. Presumably.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/07/2026

Event klaxon! I’ll be participating in TBRCON on Saturday August 1! Tune in to hear me talk about Foreshadowing Done Right with Stephen Aryan, Ryan Cahill, Eileen Mueller, and J.D.L. Rosell, moderated by D.W. Ross! We’ll be on at 2PM CST/8PM BST. Also that’s basically my birthday so you gotta come.

Swamp themed TBRCon 2026 Flier for Foreshadowing Done Right virtual event. Featuring authors C.L. Clark, Stephen Aryan, Ryan Cahill, Eileen Mueller, and J.D.L. Rosell, moderated by D.W. Ross. Event start at 2PM CST/8PM BST.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 30/06/2026

al’Lan Mandragoran taught me everything I know and then some. Duty is heavier than a mountain…

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 22/06/2026

in other news, we commence upon the rewrite for #Warmongers, which includes this fancy calendar of the sort that I usually only use for my athletic training plans (which says a lot about the overlap of these pursuits). Today: writing exercises and rewriting a chapter with a more epistolary POV.

a bullet journal spread that goes for 20 weeks for Warmongers Draft 2. There is a plaintive WHY on the second page for the author to remind themselves why they are doing this.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 18/06/2026

The astute among you will notice that I cheated and included a book that comes out THIS year—FORTUNE’S WAKE: Kova the wannabe monster slayer returns home with zero (0) glory to find the monsters dragging her people to sea—and her girlfriend with some pirate! Preorder: shorturl.at/xp1Cg

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 26/05/2026

the butch mentor in question, teaching the important lessons:

An excerpt from the word document version of Fortune’s Wake, the novella by C. L. Clark coming out in August 2026:

The hunter’s eyebrows rose and she made a surprised little grunt.
“Love her? I only just met her.”
“Didn’t stop you from following her to bed.”
“That hasn’t stopped me from following many women to bed.”

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/04/2026

open.qobuz.com/album/ih7fi5...

album cover for VIGRIDR by Gealdyr. Depicts a battlefield with fire and blood and many fallen warriors.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/04/2026

FATE'S BANE When a burgeoning love for the enemy chieftain’s daughter lures Agnir to a hidden spring, a magic awakens in them that could bind their clans under one banner at last—or destroy any hope of peace. US: tinyurl.com/2k4hr2cm UK: tinyurl.com/3awnyke2

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/04/2026

THE SOVEREIGN Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all. US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/04/2026

2025 was a THREE BOOK YEAR for me. I'm gonna break them down for you in this thread, but head to my website at the link in bio for more details and sign up for my newsletter to keep tabs on future books, giveaways, sneak peeks, and events!

the cover of the sovereign by c. l. clark, a red color theme with touraine holding a limp luca in her arms in front of a tree

the cover of ambessa chosen of the wolf by c. l. clark, depicting ambessa the warlord before a background of fire and smoke and a noxian fortress

a cover placeholder that is made of many other grimdark covers from grimdark magazine with a picture of c. l. clark’s face and the title Fortune’s Wake. A novella set in a new monster hunter dark fantasy world. coming august 2026.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 09/02/2026

I love the broadside they made me for the first chapter of #TheSovereign! You will surely not regret getting a comic of your characters.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 22/12/2025

whirlwind couple of weeks, faster than normal but having a blast and wanting to be done before christmas

a spreadsheet screenshot depicting the wordcount per day of the novel, resulting in a novella of 36,600 words approximately.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 07/12/2025

just finished my first solo play-through of ironsworn by @shawntomkin.bsky.social and it was such a fun storytelling experience. my first completed solo rpg, def not my last. won’t say much more about it for reasons but here’s a hint of what went down and who i was.

half a character sheet, an open notebook, and three dice (a d6 and two d10s)

two domain cards and one theme card from ironsworn: delve. they depict a sea cave that is also a series of barrows that are haunted.

three asset cards from the game ironsworn: waterborn for those who have skill and affinity with water, skirmisher for those proficient with spears, and bonded for those with strong relationships that are important to them.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 13/11/2025

when the ai promo—sorry, reader critic curator—scammer forgets their ai affirmation in the bottom of the email 🙄 and anyway, it’s sad swamp lesbians. if you’d actually like to help Fate’s Bane reach readers who “crave tragic beauty” with a “soft spot for doomed love,” share it with a friend!

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 02/11/2025

After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops! Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social Tickets below!

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 21/10/2025

Reminder: my event with @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social and @storyenginedeck.bsky.social is Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 6:30 PM! Last stop before I skate out of town!

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 30/09/2025

Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT! Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign? I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 29/09/2025

this is after a run. i was very thirsty. you can see the salt lining my running vest

c. l. clark sitting on a train in a running vest and cap. everything is streaked white with salt.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 22/09/2025

just shy of 180k, i DO think it will grow more in the revision process, but i’m going to take standalone privilege and say that it doesn’t need to be shorter.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 19/09/2025

so close—i don’t even think that i’m going to need the 200k that i thought this book would be. just finished the last big fight scene. not going to say too much about it, but the choreography was inspired by the duel of the fates scene in star wars episode 1 and Eivor vs. Kassandra (IYKYK 😏)

a scrivener word count progress tracker, with manuscript target at 174,943/200,000 words and session tracker at 2816/2533.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 17/09/2025

back in may, i had the chance to interview Antonia Hodgson, author of one of my favorite books this year, The Raven Scholar. it’s a big book that, to me, heralded the return to massive page turners, and it was clever and twisting in ways that satisfied even this jaded reader. plus, it was just FUN.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 12/09/2025

if you stiiilll like lesbiannnnns i have mooooore lesbiannnnnsss (yes, i made that knife) (yes, it’s thematically relevant)

a final hardback copy of fate’s bane novella by c. l. clark that is green along with a knife forged by c. l. clark on a wooden table

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 10/08/2025

forgot to post the actual picture of me in the shirt! also, me with some swords at a sidesword tournament!

C. L. Clark in a "hills of tanchico" t-shirt.

C. L. Clark fencing another fighter with sideswords, C. L. Clark is on the right side in a black sock and a white sock.

a sidesword in repose next to a fencing mask and glove resting on the mask

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 30/05/2025

There is a video in there, somewhere, but here it is for posterity, Siuan tats on display. (My letter would be impossibly long and I haven't gotten all of my thoughts together yet. You could say every book I write, every story I write, is a love letter to the wheel of time.) #SaveWOT

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 16/05/2025

AMBESSA: CHOSEN OF THE WOLF AN ARCANE NOVEL Before Ambessa can lead her empire, she must fight her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik for the title, and he knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past. OUT NOW US:https://tinyurl.com/2xrjr8tb UK:https://tinyurl.com/249s9xzh

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 16/05/2025

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 16/05/2025

THE SOVEREIGN Luca is the new queen of Balladaire and Touraine is her general. A storm is coming and they will stand against it together, or it will tear them apart once and for all. Available Sept. 30 - preorder now: US: tinyurl.com/4j7e5nbc UK: tinyurl.com/3w37yd9v

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 16/05/2025

It's a THREE BOOK YEAR for me. I'm gonna break them down for you in this thread, but head to my website at the link in bio for more details and sign up for my newsletter to keep tabs on sales, pre-order campaigns, sneak peeks, and events! Ambessa: Out Now! The others: Sept 30!

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 13/04/2025

I just finished my Sunday long run and now I’m settling in to read more of Another Country, by James Baldwin.

James Baldwin library of America edition ‘early novels and stories’

Picture of aforementioned Baldwin anthology from the page view, full of tab stickers

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 31/03/2025

Oh, my loves, my loves. You loved Touraine's cover, and you loved Luca's cover, and in your love you asked for them both on #TheSovereign cover. Be careful what you wish for. #TheSovereign, book 3 of the Magic of the Lost, out Sept 30. Read chapter one below.

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Cherae @clclarkwrites.com · 08/03/2025

my current internet situation isn't strong enough to watch the #WheelOfTime virtual fan event (otherwise, YES, I would be watching S3E1 AGAIN--trust me, I tried). To celebrate anyway, I'm putting myself in chibi Warder mode until the season is over (at least 😜).

cl clark as a cute little chibi warder from wheel of time with a chest tattoo and a sword and a devilishly handsome smirk.

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