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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nothing brings my cats more joy than "helping" me sort clothes. #cats

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I really question the usefulness of Word's dictionary

A picture of a computer screen. Word is incorrectly correcting the word "galleon" to "gallon"

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

When I first started the draft if Mistress & Mage, my oldest promised she'd make me a costume to match my book once it was published. She had such faith in me. It published in Feb. We picked patterns in March, and she's finishing custom stays for me. Next is the skirt. #costume #cosplay

Woman in a red knit dress trying on a custom set of Georgian era stays

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'm co-presenting two different workshops.

Poster featuring a picture of the author and the announcement: Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Workshop Presenter, Blythe Brandenburg.
Colorado Gold Writers Conference 2026 Oct. 1-4

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

An aristocratic widow with nothing to lose plays faux-mistress to a powerful, inhuman mage as they hunt shadow creatures through the opulent and sordid underworld of her city, in a high-fantasy romance blending elaborate magic with a Baroque-inspired setting. #booksky #romantasy #monsterromance

Shows the book Mistress & Mage, by Blythe Brandenburg, which has a green cover portraying a castle in the rain with lightning in the background and a gold, floral border. Text says: "Magic was part of the contract. Love was not."

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My 11 yo has started calling alligators "swamp puppers," which is really cute, even though alligators and crocodiles terrify me. #momlife #familylife #kids

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I have a total of 10 stories on 2 anthologies A Season for Romance: Spring Blossoms A Season for Romance: Summer Simmer Both are free on digital platforms, and the 3rd one, Fall Flames, is coming in Sept. with 5 more of my stories.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The process videos was too long, but here's an overview of my newest couple Cae and Camellia meet in one of my short stories for a fall spec fic romance anthology. #romantasy #art #illustration #characterart #romanceart #fantasy #copics

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This piece went through so many ugly stages, but I'm finally starting to like it again. Delphine, Varrick, and the shadow creature from my most recently finished book, on Copic markers and gel pen. #characterart #fantasyart #fantasyromance #romantasy

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

My yellow roses are done. They're a heritage type that only blooms once (but profusely). My red roses have started. In theory, they should reboot the rest of the summer.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

So, maybe I bought it because it matched my nails, but maybe it's because everyone I know loves everything Kingfisher has written.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Authors and readers, Favorite ways to describe a plus size fmc? She's 5' 10" and about a US size 16. It's a historical setting ~late 18th century #amwriting #amediting #plussizecharacter #fmc #romance #romantasy #fantasy

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Finally getting color on a piece I traded for editing. This is Bernard and the prince from Naito Diamond's story Red String in the anthology "A Season for Romance:Spring Blossoms."

Detail of a pen and ink drawing of two men, one sitting cross-legged, the other reclining with his head on the first man's lap. Their hands are clasped. It is a progress shot, so they are partially colored.

Pen and ink drawing of a caracal tupe of cat with lynx fur patterns. It is colored in copic art markers

The full shot of a landscape orientated drawing. It is a pen and ink piece of two men, one sitting cross-legged, the other reclining with his head on the first man's lap. Their hands are clasped. A large cat sits at the feet of the second man. It's a progress shot, so it's partially colored.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Dealing with the dread by drawing tiny how's on Delphine's dress. #characterart #fantasycharacter #romancecharacter #romantasy

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

And this rough draft is done. I started in January, stepped back to revise the PoV, and finished Saturday afternoon. The hard part will be ignoring it for a week before self-editing (and cutting 15k) DnD x Bridgerton stand alone romantasy #romantasy #roughdraft #wip #fakedating

Photo of a woman in a choker and the words: Mistress for the Mage, rough draft, 102,000 words, finished 4-19-25

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Getting color on Varrick, the mmc and LI in my current romantasy wip. He wouldn't intentionally pose like this. He flirts by explaining arcane geometry. #charcterart #fantasyart #romantasy

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Book research today: naval blockades #amwriting

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Me: I can't wait to write this epilogue. It will be so cute. Also me: I could draw it into a bonus comic Also me: I need to draw that REALLY SAD comic about the FMC's great-grandparents Sensible me: but not until I've finished this round of revisions. #wip #romantasy #comics #graphicnovels

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Jenny Dolfen ✨MCM AA M-19✨ @jennydolfen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

#portfoliday, huh! I'm Jenny, an illustrator from Germany. I do whimsical illustrations from my favourite stories. You can find my contact info at linktr.ee/jennydolfen!

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Ann Glimmer @annglimmer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Nine years of fragile truce between our clans—and my boneheaded mistake could tear it all apart. ⚔️Age-old clan feud 🧪Unique magic & world 🐉Scandinavian fairytale creatures ❤️‍🔥Steamy forbidden love 🛡️"Who did this?" 🗡️"Touch him & die" #1stLinePit #Romantasy #NA #AgentsGuide

An agent’s guide to: TRUE HATE’S KISS

A jarl’s daughter must trick her enemy into kissing her to break a deadly curse on her family.

109,000 words
New Adult Romantasy
By Ann Glimmer

Blurb:
When a man from the enemy clan murders Älva’s father, she swears revenge. But then her family is cursed to die. The only way to break the curse?
A TRUE HATE’S KISS
The man she hates the most must kiss her of his own free will.
But the more she learns about her enemy, the more she questions who the true villain really is—and forbidden desire threatens to ruin everything.

Comp Titles:
- A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
- Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

Tropes:
Scandinavian Iron Age (almost Viking Age)
Pretending to woo him while betraying him
Feuding clans = enemies-to-lovers + forbidden love
Knife to throat
Complicated family dynamics
Magical swords and potions
Fairytale creatures based on Scandinavian folklore

Feedback from Beta Readers:
- "Couldn't stop reading all afternoon."
- "Your writing style is really strong, and you have a strong voice."
- "Their conversations being more tangible things rather than just flirtatious really open up the relationship."
- "This is one of thee the best books I've read since Addie LaRue."
- "It was a good slow burn romance and I liked that the male main character wasn't toxic or mean."
- "I loved how twisty the story became and found it a breath of fresh air in the genre."

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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/04/2025

If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Varrick has a crush, but it's supposed to stay strictly professional. (Mabel is one of his adoptive mothers) #wip #wipsnips #romantasy #fantasyromance

Screenshot with the snippet:
Varrick turned to Mabel, who stood in the door to main hall, arms folded, face quizzical.
“I need to run the drakes.” He buttoned the coat.
“It’s raining again,” she said.
Perfect. “I like the rain.”
“And quite chilly.” She raised her eyebrows, as if that information was new and might deter him.
“I enjoy the cold.” He flipped the hood up. Hat and horns were an impractical combination. He needed the cold right now. Everything felt hot and flushed, like he had a fever, except he wasn’t ill, not at all.
“It sounded like you and Mrs. Leighton are getting along well.” Mabel smiled. “I heard laughter.”

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Mr. Stokes is a bookie threatening Delphine over her late husband's debts. Varrick would have settled it quietly, but Stokes pulled a knife. A reminder of what a fully-trained hunter magus can do was in order. #wip #romantasy #touchheranddie #fantasyromance

Photo of lighting and the quote: Varrick emerged from the glare of his own anima, leaning close to Stokes’s ear. “I can call the wind into your lungs until they burst. I know sigils that, if carved into your skin, will turn your blood to steam in your veins. I can slide my anima under your skin and flay you alive. Do you understand me?”

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Varrick is a highly-educated, magical prodigy, but he's also 6'5", green, and has horns, so humans treat him like a dangerous, dumb barbarian. He's equally frustrated by society's obsession with scandals and how they affect Delphine. #wip #romantasy #fantasyromance #amwriting #amrevising

Photo of a castle hallway with the quote:
Varrick could challenge any magus in Torlund and hold his own. He could, from memory, trace sigils and recite incantations that would bring down walls. He could speak the secret names that would shape the wind.
He couldn’t make Rockhaven see him as an equal.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Please enjoy new line art of Varrick as we head into a new week and a new month. Be aware that he flirts by info-dumping about theoretical arcane geometry and interplanar vertices. #characterart #lineart #handdrawn #penandink #ocart #originalcharacter #bookcharacter

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

1/3 through my edit (by page count). Delphine wondered if polishing his horns is part of Varrick's routine because they're SHINY! the next few chapters will have a lot of revisions and rewriting. They'll be visiting the glass gardens and confronting a bookie. #wip #romantasy #amwriting #amediting

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

From my romantasy wip: Jaglin have stripes, dapples, spots, and rosettes. Delphine is not amused when Varrick points out that some humans, like her, also have spots. "Those are FRECKLES!" "But they're still spots and speckles." (art by me) #wip #amwriting #romantasy #fantasyromance #fantasyart

drawing of a fantasy race with green skin, a wide, slightly feline nose, horns, blue hair, dark green jaguar-like rosette spots, cat-ears and yellow cat-like eyes.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Okay, random karate skeleton in the university science lab

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It's the first robinses of spring, my preciousssss. I have to sort out details of the finale and resolution for my wip, so I've gone back and started applying my revision notes while it simmers. #cats #wip #romantasy #revising

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Today: I woke up to a very loved cat (lipstick kisses from teen 1) and finished and scanned in two pieces of character art: Sannek is one of the gods in my high fantasy quartet, and Varrick and Delphine are from my romantasy wip #wip #characterart #cat #illustration

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

When someone tries to convince Marahu that Gen AI is ethical.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Athos and Aramis keeping me company as I write. #amwriting #cats

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Wip is at 75k, so I worked on this today. Her dress will take more time than all the rest because I'm trying to make it shiny. I'm still learning how to do that with Copics. Varrick and Delphine from my still untitled romantasy that's Bridgerton meets dnd #wip #romantasy #amwriting #monsterromance

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Varrick (formerly Felix) is enjoying picking a fight with Delphine's brother-in-law. #amwriting #romantasy #fantasyromance #MMC

A sepia-toned photo of a statue of a lion with the quote: “I have no tolerance for treating women poorly.” Varrick swung his leg. “Rockhaven prides itself on manners and etiquette, but it’s like gilded drake dung. No matter the shine, the stink is still there.”

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I have to change my mmc's name (because my new nephew now has his name). Which do y'all like for a burly mage who will info dump about the math involved with elemental summoning? Jasper Varrick Maximus Cyrik Theon Theron #wip #character #name

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“We are not catching them for study,” Mrs. Halsey said. Felix spun a sphere of anima, hollowing it out into something like a birdcage. “But think what we could learn. They’re little. Controllable. Maybe trainable.” Tanner shook her head. “And when they grow into one of the bigger ones?” #wipsnips

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

FRANKENSTEIN Part of a Universal Monsters official print set I did a while back. charcoal + digital colour! Final art, scanned drawing, charcoal details. If you'd like a monster, check my studio shop for signed sets/uniquely geekly for individual monsters. links in bio #art #horror

Art by Carly A-F Frankenstein's monster surrounded by machinery and lightning bolts in bright pink, blue and black

Art by Carly A-F Frankenstein's monster surrounded by machinery and lightning bolts in black and white

charcoal drawing closeup of textures of frankensteins monster

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

70K and Del's in-laws have really pissed Felix off. I can totally wrap this up in 20K, right? #amwriting #romantasy

Photo of someone in a large hat silouhetted in front of a fire and the quote: I’d thought Felix was angry at Everard’s when he confronted Bertram, but that had been noise and show. Now he was furious. Rage burned dark red and white hot in his corona, and he made no effort to hide or repress it.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Stepping into the gold dress felt like stepping into my new part. I would never simply be Mrs. David Leighton again. The woman in the glamorous dress would be bolder. Happier, I hoped. #wipsnips #romantasy

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I know I'm no Jenny Dolfen, but maybe character artists could check my posts before cold DMing me, "Would you like someone with artistic talent to draw your characters ..." It's the same message to everyone, but I have someone for character art, and the budget is very friendly because it is me.

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I know where the book is going and how it ends, but I still need to organize my thoughts on the specific events between the 66k mark and the finale. Meanwhile, I'm coloring my illustration. #characterart #characterillustration #romantasy #romantasyart #wip #fantasyart #speedpaint #processvideo

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The closest I have is coy: “In certain circles, yes. Of course,” I ducked my chin, looking up at him through my lashes, coy and demure, “he doesn’t just want to play. He intends to win. Build his reputation off yours.” “Like the depths he will!” Bertram’s fingers tightened on the snifter. #wipsnips

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

“You want to protect Felix,” That was the crux of this. Felix was not their employer or some sort of partner in this endeavor, but someone they knew well and cared about, and he had a dangerous task ahead of him. #wipsnips

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I understand that if I'm writing a kissing book, I need kissing character art. This will be a fun one to color. #characterart #romantasy #amwriting #fantasyromance

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Speedpaint of inking and coloring Delphine. Sharpie pen and copic art markers. #characterart #portrait #illustration

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

One more, a quick sketch of Delphine before bed. #characterart #pencilsketch

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Blythe B @fuentes-fantasy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Met and exceeded today's wordcount, so I made it back to the art table and rediscovered the group shot of my elf brothers I started in December. #amwriting #characterart

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Designercon @mahoukarp.com · 04/03/2025

lily of the valley but as a dragon

Illustration of a dragon based on the flower lily of the valley. They are a tiny guy wearing a little flower hat. Colors used are mainly green and bluish green

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