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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Help me get to 100 adds on Goodreads for my book I AM THE DEVOURING DARK. If I reach this next milestone I’ll reveal an AMAZING, no TERRIFYING piece of character art of the Skratti and her animal companion … here’s a hint… 🐺 Please help and share this post 🙏

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emily gray @authoremilyg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It’s officially ✨cover reveal day✨ for my debut sci fi novel BY THE LIGHT OF THE STARS, out this November with @berkleypub.bsky.social!! I have so much I wanna say about this book and this journey, but right now I am just overwhelmed by shock, gratitude, and awe for how far the story has come. 🪐

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Literally years in the making and I finally get to announce my adult debut I AM THE DEVOURING DARK is being published by Penguin Michael Joseph October 15th, 2026! And SURPRISE! We also have a cover reveal! #booknews #bookdeal #coverreveal

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

WRITEHIVE ANNOUNCEMENT 📢 Surprise! I chose two mentees for @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor this year because I was obsessed with both their books. They are equal parts atmospheric & emotional and I couldn’t be more excited to work with them! Congratulations 🎉 🐝

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Authors! Submissions to WriteHive’s #HiveMentor are now open! Submit your completed manuscript for a chance to work with a mentor to get it query ready, sub ready for small press, or to self publish. But hurry! The sub window closes in 3 days. 🔗 below #WritingCommmunity

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hi friends! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor submissions box opens TOMORROW at 12:59 EST. If you are a writer w/ a completed manuscript and are looking for a mentorship to help get your book ready to query agents, self publish, or submit to an indie press, THIS IS THE MENTORSHIP FOR YOU! 🔥

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Jess JR Creaden @jesscreaden.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For today's @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor question, I have a lot of reservations about my answer already, so please @ me to ask questions this week if you have them. "I think" should be the caveat here, bc I'm always open to being surprised by a manuscript OR a writer's process!!

Text: JR "Jess" Creaden. Question 3. What are you looking for in a mentee or manuscript? Answer: I'm drawn to those who write from a place of curiosity, courage, and vulnerability. I love manuscripts that blend the real and surreal, or that explore grief, love, and transformation through imaginative lenses. The best fit for me is a mentee who's ready to go deep: someone open to revision, reflection, and reshaping their words until they hum with their own internal truth. #HiveMentor

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 04/11/2025

#HiveMentor Bold of you to assume that I have read for fitness and for fun this year with all of *gestures wildly* going on. I'm going to call out two books I really liked: Tempered in Ash by Willo Glenn and An Ambitious Woman and Her Very Normal Pet by Lily Greene. Both are worth your read.

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My books are finally up on Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org! It was a little painful to get here, but seeing them up there under those banners makes me emotional. Self-pubbing this book this year has been such a roller coaster of emotions. It’s not easy but it’s been 100% worth it.

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Elizabeth Soule @soulestories.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

#HiveMentor AMA Q2: #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently? A: That would be a tie between The Wedding People by Alison Espach and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

I am currently enjoying the rich writing and slower pace of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier!

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AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Oh my gosh, so many. The most recent was Charlene Thomas’s STREETLIGHT PEOPLE, which has all the character work I loved in her debut with an additional speculative twist! In adult, Hester Steel’s THE FACELESS THING WE ADORE lives rent free in my brain. #HiveMentor

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Please share 🙏✨ATTENTION QUERYING AND INDIE AUTHORS✨ @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor is opening soon! This mentorship is unique in that they accept all publishing paths so if you are querying to get an agent or looking to self-publish, this mentorship is for you!

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently? I refuse to choose just one so here are some I've enjoyed this year: One Dark Window, For the Wolf, Scary Stories for Young Foxes, Don't Let the Forest In, Where the Dark Stands Still, Phantasma #HiveMentor

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 04/11/2025

#HiveMentor My mentee is not me. I know that's a weird sentiment, but it's also my guiding principle both as an editor and a mentor. I am here to help make a story the best it can be within the framework of the story you're trying to tell. I want to know what you're passionate about in the story...

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Jess JR Creaden @jesscreaden.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Scroll for my answers to @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Question 1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

Text: I'm a mentor for WriteHive! JR "Jess" Creaden. SWIPE for my AMA. #HIVEmentor
Image: middle aged white person with clear glasses, brown eyes, and short, wavy brown hair

Text: JR JESS Creaden. Question 1: What is your mentorship style? What can Mentees expect from working with you?
Answer: My style varies a lot depending on each project and author, but generally I can be expected to offer clear guidance wrapped in understanding and warmth.
No one starts out knowing everything, and there's always more for every artist to uncover about their process and self. My mentee should expect encouragement and support in diving deep.

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Paulette Kennedy @pkennedywrites.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

✨It's time for the @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor AMA! Here's my answere for Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

It’s time for mentor AMAs for HiveMentor! Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you? Answer in graphic 🐝 #hivementor

Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you?

Im as hands on or hands off as my mentee needs! I will reach out to set up a chat for an initial discussion, provide an edit letter with some in-manuscript comments, and help with pitches/query letters if my mentee wants that. I love graphics too if they want moodboards or agent guides, I am available!

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Jess JR Creaden @jesscreaden.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

✨Big News!✨ I'm a mentor for this coming year's #HiveMentor program from @writehive.bsky.social! 🎊✨🎊✨

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Text: I'm a mentor for WriteHive
JR "Jess" Creaden

Text: Manuscript Wishlist
Age categories: mg, ya, & adult
Genres: sci-fi and spec fic
Specifics: hopepunk, lunarpunk, solarpunk (anything -punk)
Weird or experimental structure or techniques
Earth-based sf/f mashups

Text: important dates
Nov 3-7 Mentor AMAs
Nov 13-16 Submission Window
Nov 13-Dec 30 Mentor Reading Window
Jan 1 Mentees Announced!

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S. Morgan Burbank | Project Tasman Releases Nov. 11 @anotherindiewriter.com · 27/10/2025

Alright. Fine. I did what I promised. I made graphics. But I did sign one of them in MS Paint. I have a brand.

Text reading Manuscript Wishlist followed by:

Age/Market: Adult, YA

Genres: Comedy/humor, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, LGBTQIA+ fiction, sports stories, sapphic fiction

Specifics: Good lord I’m tired. I just want to laugh. Maybe some girls kiss or some robots show up or there’s wrestling or hockey or sapphic robot hockey players who moonlight as pro wrestlers. I’m not asking for much. I’ll go back to my corner now.

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Christine Letizia @letiziawrites.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Happy book birthday, @klynnhanson.bsky.social!! Sending positive vibes for SWORDS & STONES quest out into the world!

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sunyi @sunyidean.com · 27/10/2025

Hi! I’m a #HiveMentor once again this year and excited to participate. Last time I was incredibly privileged to get to know two fantastic writers, and I hope to be lucky again 🤓 Do check out this programme as there are many wonderful folks participating, covering trad and indie and hybrid and more.

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AS Crowder @ascrowder.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I’m. @writehive.bsky.social mentor! My time as a mentee was vital in preparing me for the query trenches and beyond, and I’m so excited to have a chance to pay it forward. I can’t wait to see what y’all are working on! 💜 #HiveMentor

Text: If it’s our world with a little magic, a little extraordinary structure, or a little horror, I want to see it.
Send me your CONTEMPORARY FANTASY, your HORROR (especially SOUTHERN GOTHIC), your SCI FI that is more about the society than the hard science.

If it reads like Jules Arbeaux’s CAGE OF STARLIGHT, can be comped to anything by AIDEN THOMAS or feels like the movie HUSH…HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE, send it my way.

Open to: YA, NA, Adult

Important dates
November 3-7 Mentor AMAs
November 13-16th Mentee Submission Window
November 13-December 30 Mentor Reading Window
January 1 Mentees Announced!

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Megan Bontrager | THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD out now! 🌊 @megbontra.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

SO thrilled to be a WriteHive mentor for another year! Yes, you're counting right - I'm a part of 2 mentorship programs this year! Double the fun, y'all! My MSWL is, as ever, very loose. This is so that you don't self-reject, and so that you don't pigeon-hole yourself into not applying. Just do it!

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Elizabeth Soule @soulestories.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

✨Announcement✨: I am honored to have been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year! As a former mentee who benefited from similar contests before I was agented, I am beyond excited to influence another writer's journey in the same positive way. 💙 @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor #WriteHive

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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

✨Announcement✨ Absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been chosen as a WriteHive mentor this year! I could not be more excited to read all of your pitches and be a part of this fantastic organization. Swipe to see my wishlist and important dates! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor #WriteHive

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Time for a banner refresh! SWORDS & STONES is out now in paperback & ebook! A YA Knights Tale x BBC’s Merlin x Dungeons & Dragons energy with: ⚔️ Multi-POV ✨ Slow burn romance ⚔️ Not the chosen one ✨ Questing ⚔️ Nature magic ✨ Sword fights & scorcery ⚔️ If evil, why hot?

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · 27/10/2025

Aaaaaaah! I’m mentoring for @writehive.bsky.social’s mentorship program this coming year! Check out my MSWL, bio, and all that jazz at the link in the repost. And note all the important stuff coming up! #hivementor

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WriteHive 🐝 @writehive.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

📢ANNOUNCING the Mentors for the upcoming #HiveMentor program! We have 20 talented mentors from Traditional Publishing, Small/Independent Press, Self-publishing, Cooperative Publishing, Multi-Author Series, Serials & Web Novels and Kickstarter! Take a look 🐝 writehive.org/writehive-me...

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2026 Mentors | WriteHive Mentorship Program - WriteHive

We have organized our mentors alphabetically to help users navigate the page. If you need to do a quick search of a mentor’s industry

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I’m a mentor again for WriteHive! I had so much fun with last year’s mentee and I’m excited to find another amazing manuscript this year. Swipe for my #mswl and to view important dates. The link in my bio will take you to all mentors ✨🐝📚 #HiveMentor

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

✨eARC signups✨ for my indie debut are open! If you enjoy myth-inspired fantasy with snarky, angsty teenage knights, you will LOVE this book! Link in bio 🔗 #indiebooks

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Happy Friday character art drop! These beyond gorgeous bookmark designs were done by the talented @sleepdepriveddj.bsky.social I worked with DJ over several months and each one was done with so much love and care. I couldn’t be happier with the end result. ⚔️

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It’s finally here!!! I’ve been keeping this cover a secret for many months and screaming every time I look at it. My wonderful artist Aes Munandi captured the characters and the spirit of the book so well. It’s just GORGEOUS 😍 PRE-ORDER the ebook now! Link in my bio 🔗 #coverreveal #fantasybooks

A glowing blue book cover reveals a set of four characters in a moody cave coming upon Excalibur. Swords & Stones by Kimberly Lynn Hanson

Seventeen-year-old Ren Bedivere is no stranger to the protected life in Camelot, even though the rest of the kingdom is wore-torn in the aftermath of King Arthur’s reign. As the son of a respected Knight of the Round Table, he’s trained his entire life with the expectation of becoming the first person knighted since Arthur’s death.

When his name isn’t called at the knighting ceremony, and his girlfriend betrays him by joining forces with Mordred’s vengeful sorcerer son seeking the throne, Ren is thrust into a world of self-doubt, questioning the life he knows.

With a nudge from Merlin, Ren sets out on a rogue quest with his friends by his side—his supportive twin sister, the wise-cracking best friend, and a mysterious druid girl who is more than she appears. Together, they must venture to retrieve the legendary sword Excalibur to protect their home.

The quest leads to an ancient magic that may save Camelot but uncovers a generation of lies about the king and his knights that, once revealed, threaten to destroy the kingdom. In the shadow of betrayal, Ren must choose to embrace the legacy of the knights who came before or shatter the myths to tell his own story.

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Get yourself a copy editor like Joel who fixes ALL your mistakes and makes your sentences flow without changing your voice… and also cheers for zombie rules by chopping heads 😂 (I think there is a Sir Gawain reference somewhere in that 👀) @joelbrigham.bsky.social

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Ready to join the Round Table? I’m excited to open up sign-ups to my street team for SWORDS & STONES! If you enjoy: 💔 Teens w/ snark & angst ⚔️ Cool sword & sorcery battles 👑 Twists on old legends 🔮 Fantasy books w/ mythical quests, legendary beasts, and all the romance… THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Woke up and realized my book is due for copyedits in exactly one week. I will accept our thoughts and prayers at this time. 🙏 #indieauthors

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Joel’s newsletters are a delight, friends. Filled with humor and excellent tips and advice. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

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Elizabeth Soule @soulestories.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

#posterpit #posterpitos #YA #R TWISTERS x Lynn Painter YA When teen storm-chaser Tristan and his anxious childhood nemesis Ava are stranded in a Florida beach home with a Cat 3 hurricane approaching, they must put aside their mutual hatred and survive the wildest night of their lives.

Image: Florida ocean scene with looming storm clouds in blue and gray, silhouette of M/F couple with foreheads pressed together in the clouds. Title: YOU, ME, & OTHER DISASTERS, by Elizabeth Soule. YA Romance, 81k Words. Dual POV, enemies to loves, forced proximity, storm-chasing. Pitch: When teen storm-chaser Tristan and his anxious childhood nemesis Ava are stranded in a Florida beach home with a Cat 3 hurricane approaching, they must put aside their mutual hatred and survive the wildest night of their lives. On Submission now.

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · 19/04/2025

No teenage son of gods wants to spend Jr year stuck at a high school in central IL, but when students are attacked & clues suggest divine involvement, Zed must team up with mortal classmates before more students are hurt, even if it means putting his divinity—& his heart—at risk. #YA #F #posterpit

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tagline "High School isn't easy. Even for a god." is at the bottom.

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Nicole Loos Miller @nicoleloosmiller.com · 19/04/2025

When a lonely, grief-stricken girl accidentally wakes the village scarecrow, she finds comfort in his loyalty. When his friendship turns to jealousy & takes on a life of its own, she must find a way to stop him before he destroys everything—and everyone—she holds dear. #MG #F #posterpit

A black and white forest is in the background and a girl caught mid-turn is in the foreground, her face obscured by her hair. The tagline "Grief has a life of its own" is at the top with the title "WREN AND THE SCARECROW, a spook MG by Nicole Loos Miller" below it.

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Huge congratulations to all the winners and runners up! 🎉🎉🎉

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#CampRevPit is back! Camp RevPit provides community-led opportunities to get feedback, encouragement, and keep the games and support going. The goal is to help you keep working on your ms—with support. Details: reviseresub.substack.com/p/camp-revpi...

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

✨PUB DATE ANNOUNCEMENT✨ I’m excited to announce the publishing date for my debut novel, SWORDS & STONES, a YA fantasy King Arthur continuation, is going to be October 14th, 2025! That’s six months away! I can’t wait to introduce the next generation of knights to the world.

A visual trope map featuring a book against a blue-tinged magical forest. Swords & Stones - coming to Kindle and Paperback October 14th!

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

This is my WriteHive @writehive.bsky.social mentee! So excited for Lyndsey and her haunting book. Can’t wait to see where this goes 🌊✨🌊

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Do you know how difficult it is to have a completed cover that is so stunning, it takes your breath away and NOT be able to share it yet?! It’s agony, friends. Agony. 😩 Anyway, I am planning a cover reveal for May/June and hope everyone can still be excited for it when summer hits. #fantasybooks

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Welcome to my #RevPit #10queries! 🧵Find my feedback on randomly selected queries + first 5 pages here 🤓Posts purposely vague & hopefully helpful to everyone who's #amquerying 📧I’ll email these authors after April 14 🤨I'll stick around for Q's @ me (but can't confirm or deny subs + authors😌)

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#RevPit was such a good experience and pivotal in my author journey. I highly recommend applying if you are a querying writer with a completed manuscript. Applications open now!!!!! 👀👀👀

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Joel Brigham (Brigham Editorial) @joelbrigham.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Good morning, Revelers! I'll be doing my #RevPit Meet the Editor session later this afternoon. It's your opportunity to get to know me a little better. Please leave me some questions so I don't look like the dorky kid at the dance without any friends. Thanks! Love you all!

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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨ @klynnhanson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Reworked my opening chapter for the trillionth time. Please clap 👏🏻

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