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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

My audiobooks are now available on Spotify! (As well as just about everywhere else--see below.) Start listening now! books2read.com/imposterking

Tiles displaying the 19 retailers The Imposter King is available at. In order, they are: Audible; Chirp; Rakuten Kobo; Google Play; Everand; Barnes & Noble Nook; Libro.fm; Audiobooks.com; Booktopia audio; Books a Million; Spotify; 24Symbols; Hoopla; Apple Audiobooks; Overdrive

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Dropping in to share my utterly inconsistent playlist for The Imposter King series. (All are bops, albeit amongst vastly different genres.) open.spotify.com/playlist/21G...

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Forget a live-action adaptation of my books, I want a Blue Eye Samurai-style adaptation with the raw beauty and mindful composition of traditional animation yet also the dimensionality of CGI. #WritingCommunity

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR!!! The time of year where big cats play with pumpkins, that is. 🦁🎃🐯 www.youtube.com/watch?v=odvy...

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

The dragon was not the captor and the princess not a prisoner, the beast was a loyal protector and the maiden was safe🐉

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

I feel for people trying to sell my data to advertisers. I'm not consistent in my hyper-fixations, and my search history is a testament to that.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

I’m still doing #Inktober, despite not having posted recently! I’ve been away all week for a work trip, but now that I’m back home, I’ll be able to upload my newest doodles soon. 🖊️

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

I'm not one to bang on about "we need to be nice to men!!1", but recently I feel it's worth stating that masculinity =/= toxic masculinity. Positive, healthy masculinity is very much a thing that exists and deserves to be celebrated.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

The feminine urge to babygirlify your villains

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Kovu walked so that Zuko could run

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

My Inktober submissions for days 13-15, rise, castle, and dagger. I think I’m getting.. better? Increased practice leads to improvement?! What a concept! I think getting smaller pen nibs helped, too 😆

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

peep my cardigan that's inspired by the medieval flemish tapestry "la dame a la licorne" !!!

Olivia, who runs weird medieval guys, wearing a dark teal knit cardigan with rabbits, dogs, birds, and flowers on it

A section of the medieval tapestry "la dame a la licorne" showing a dog, rabbits, trees, and flowers

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Inktober day 12, spicy! I opted for some seasonal spices—specifically pumpkin pie spice.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

For day 11 of Inktober, wander, I did some book-monster art! Here’s a scene from book 3 of The Imposter King, featuring one of the wandering yiridim, monstrous half-wolf half-boar creatures.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Might go off and make butternut squash soup tonight 🥣

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Today’s Inktober, ‘fortune’! I drew a fish based on some decor I saw in Hong Kong Park around Lunar New Year some years ago (which I also happened to take a picture of). This little guy always stuck with me! I don’t feel I did him justice, but he made for good practice. 🖊️

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Catching up on Inktober! Here are my submissions for golden (for which I chose a ginkgo tree), drip, toad, and bounce. I actually really enjoyed drawing the froggy! 🌳🕯️🐸🏀

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Lamassu are a human faced, winged bull creature/deity found in Mesopotamian cultures. Mesopotamia being a historical region where the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians lived over different eras. They're protectors who embody strength, intelligence, and freedom✨

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Today’s Inktober, map. Again, this one was a challenge, but rewarding after many years of sucking at landscapes lol

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Tips for making friends as an adult? I live in a suburban area, almost rural, and most events in my community are kids or faith based, neither of which is for me. I’ve looked at writing & art groups, but they’re over an hour away into town!

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Slig @slig.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Commander the White House dog had consumed the sun and is now poised to battle Odin in Ragnarök

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Inktober days 3 and 4, path and dodge.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

me when people think their subjective tastes = objective artistic standards

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/10/2023

I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Inktober, days 1 and 2! “Dream” and “spider”, respectively.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

At last, I've decided on my next books' titles! Book 3 of The Imposter King series will be "The Wayward Heir," and book 4 will be "The Warring Pilgrim." Thank you to everyone who helped me make this decision--but most especially to @happyhermitltd.bsky.social for finding the perfect adjective!

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Going to try to do Inktober this year. Any excuse to practice is worth it!

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Here are the articles and books I went through in my research for book 3 in the Imposter King series! I went over everything from ancient Akkadian demons to linen production to marsh life and more, and got a TON of excellent fodder for book 3. (Also, Jstor is bae.)

A stack of books and highlighted, printed articles viewed from above. The first few books are The First Ghosts by Irving Finkel, The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger, and then Ancient Mesopotamian Religion by Tammi Schneider. Beneath that are standard printed articles with their titles highlighted.

A close up of some articles. These are Spinning in the 5th Millennium in the Southern Levant: Aspects of the Textile Economy, and The Sacred Marriage in Early Times of Mesopotamia. The other titles are obscured.

Another close up of articles. They are Demons in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East, and Astral Divination in the Context of Mesopotamian Divination, Medicine, Religion, Magic, Society, and Scholarship.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

I like my fictional men TRAUMATIZED and PATHETICALLY IN LOVE. And I aim to deliver more of that content to the world.

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

I love to see it! 😍 (And yes, my cover designers and I love stars, lol.)

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Eli Hinze @elihinze.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Paperbacks of my books. 📚♥️ Give them a try if you love: ✔️ Ancient history ✔️ Romantic “want-you-but-can’t-have-you” tension ✔️ Eldritch monsters ✔️ Myths and magic ✔️ Intrigue and treason ✔️ Lush worldbuilding Find them here: elihinze.com/books

Four books side-by-side on a wooden bookshelf. The wall in the background is green. The books are paperbacks of the Queen of Shades omnibus, Death of an Immortal, The Imposter King, and The Wretched Spy. To the left of the books is a small glass vase with a pothos vine in it.

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