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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author

@lynnstrong.bsky.social
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Addicted to words. Used to be paid by the column-inch. (You can probably still tell.) Gleeful flipper of all the tropes. Queer, disabled, neurospicy thespian. Indie author of Chai and Cat-tales. (About to commit a trilogy.) lynnstrong.com

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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 2h
When I could still go to conventions I used to bring one of those fold up wheely luggage carts with a collapsible milk crate thing to have extra carrying capacity that was easier to stash new purchases in than wheeled luggage? In small mode it fit in the backpack until it was time for more carrying.
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JP Rindfleisch IX 🌈📚| CheshirePope @jprindfleisch.bsky.social · 11h
It's National Coming Out Day. I'm a queer author who writes cozy fantasy with unapologetic queer joy. Because we deserve stories filled with hope and a life where we simply exist and live the fantastical lives we deserve. #BookSky #queerbooks Those out, proud of you. Those not, stay strong.
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10h
Out is complicated when you're multidimensionally queer/disabled/neurospicy/etc! There's a constant calculus of "how out, to which people, with what impact on life/employment/future career/unwelcoming family" going on that takes a lot of energy. Thanks for the nod to both the out and the not-out.
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David Pines | Cozy Fantasy Author @davidpinesbooks.com · 19h
Looking to connect with other queer/lgbtq+ authors and readers in the (cozy) fantasy genre! <3 Let me know if you're in that space and I'll follow you! ❤️ #cozyfantasy #mmromance #lgbtbooks #writingcommunity #booksky 📚🌈🏳️‍🌈✨🪄
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10h
hi there, fellow queer cozy author! 🤝 I wish I'd found your post two weeks ago, I would have happily tossed you links to Hearthcon and the Cozy the Day Away sale, but just missed it by a week...
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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I just finished reading my e-ARC of @kjcharleswriter.com's Think, Write, Edit, Romance and absolutely loved it. Highly recommended for writers at every level! www.kjcharleswriter.com/all-books/th... #romancelandia
This screenshot shows Stephanie Burgis's 5-star review of the book, which reads: This is by far the best book on writing romance I've ever read - and definitely worth reading for writers of any genre who care about building solid characters and plots. This covers everything from the nitty gritty of copy editing to the loftiest overarching structural and thematic questions, so writers at different stages of their own careers will find different sections particularly useful. I've already recommended this to one friend who's won awards in their own (different) genre and has been thinking of trying to write romance next; I'd also recommend it without question to anyone who's just starting out with writing and wants to learn everything from the ground up. Charles manages to articulate so many grounding truths about writing in ways I haven't seen elsewhere, and her own writing is warm, encouraging, and accessible throughout. Highly recommended!
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This video of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was taken by Sondre Eriksen Hensema (@itseriksen on IG). There are 4 species in genus Lynx & what's striking is that 2 of them are in North America, 2 in Eurasia... but the lynx line originates in Africa. Let's learn more about these right-sized kitties.
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JP Rindfleisch IX 🌈📚| CheshirePope @jprindfleisch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Want a cute, cozy queer fantasy with tons of art, but half the price??? Grab a Blemished Book with some scratches on the foil letters. Signed, with stickers and a bookmark! #BookSky #queerbooks shop.jprindfleischix.com/products/cop...
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Mosswood Apothecary — Scratch & Dent Special Editions
These special editions of *Mosswood Apothecary* have **cosmetic scratches on the foil lettering** and are available at a reduced price. The scratches vary from copy to copy. **Paperback: $17 · Hardcov...
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It was not 2 am accessible on the tablet, but 9 am on the laptop with more forceful "Excuse me, I need different CSS now" tools on the browser is hopefully a different story? Will find out!
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He is! My brain is also mush, it's 2 am I the Month of 15 Conferences, so much solidarity there. If the form doesn't do dark mode I'll come back when my head can cope with more eye-stabbing, gotta love the multiplatform game of roll the accessibility dice XD thank you!
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Learning and Laughing @bridgesofwords.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Alt text for quoted image: Two photos side by side. Left photo includes 3 small cats of varying shades, curled into 3 adorable and symmetrical balls of fur, all lined up side by side on a blanket or sweater that is lying on a couch or chair.😻 Right photo includes 3 small pumpkins of matching colors!
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😻💞🍊 eeeeeeeeeee!
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don't think I've filled out your form, but alo mine aren't new releases (and I don't know if Najra counts outside Cat-tales), so I'm not sure if I should? Should I?
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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Heyhey! Remember to tell me about your upcoming aspec releases so I can collect them more easily! tally.so/r/obKa8P
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Aspec Releases Submission Form
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I definitely understand that! I try to write one a month myself, I know there are some folks who send them every week and I don't know how they have the time and the inspiration for weekly...
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I have a beta team who've made many suggestions, some of which involve rearchitecting some timing in some scenes that are chronologically linked across 3 books and emotionally linked across 5, so that's the kind of thing that needs a whole weekend free instead of ten minutes between videos 😅
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
(by which I mean they don't charge you monthly until you have 2500 subscribers, not that they hand over mailing lists or anything. But MailerLite is down to like 250 free subscribers, I'm glad to have hopped to Octopus last year)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
(Happy squeaking sounds from hapoy author, delighted to see little cozy kitten book out prowling in the wild! 💕😻📚🌈)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh my gosh, thank you so much! 😻💕 I'm currently hoping to get final edits on Katayef and Kittens in place soon, I had just obliterated from my memory that there are 15 conventions between mid Sept and early Nov so uh the ARCs may be a bit more delayed than I hoped, but 🙏 aiming for March release!
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oh, I thought you did? (Would you like to have one? :D EmailOctopus has been great for me in terms of a large free subscriber offering!)
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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR could always do with more readers. It's a tale about growing up in Calcutta in the 90s/00s, in a family that may be members of a diaspora from another reality, in a house that may be a dragons' nest. British Fantasy & Subjective Chaos Kind of Award-winner.
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The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar eBook
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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S.L. Dove Cooper @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm reminded that Award Nomination Season is here, so it's time to collect my publications this year. I wrote some really cool things exploring aspec things and cosy SFF! You can check them out (and then nominate them) if you're so inclined! Find out more on my website: dovelynnwriter.com
A list of S.L. Dove Cooper's 2026 publications that are eligible for awards this year. The graphic has some decorative flowers in the corners and shows three covers in the centre. The text reads:
 
Short Story Category
“The Glamour of Hope” (6,372 words; self-pub)
“The Charm of Connection” (7,396 words; self-pub)
Novella Category
All That Glitters (Dovelet Books)

Non-fiction Category
“Yes, You Get to Do That” (Ruadán Books, Feb 26)
“That Soft and Gentle Feeling: Relationships in Cosy SFF” (Strange Horizons, Mar 26)
“His Family of Monsters: Asexual and Aromantic Traces in John Wiswell’s Novels“ (Speculative Insight Journal, Sep 26)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'd advise reading it before deciding whether to give it to your child, because one of the stories involves a kitten hunting for her dinner and some kids would be upset by that? And some families don't want any mention of LGBTQIA folks existing. But 99c at Amazon rn: lynnstrong.com/books/chai-a...
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Chai and Cat-tales
Now available at: Amazon Apple Barnes and Noble Bookshop.org Everand Hoopla Kobo Libby / OverDrive libraries Queer Liberation Library Smashwords Thalia Vivlio Bask in a sunbeam with three cozy fant…
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I didn't set out to make Chai and Cat-tales middle grade but I 10000% set out to make it center people who are too used to being pushed to the side and haven't seen themselves as heroes often enough. Most of the humans are Egyptian; there are a couple from what would be Gujarat in current borders.
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey C, would you be interested in a group newsletter swap in January? Toni Binns of Contracts and Cats and I are rounding up all the cozy cat books we can find for January's newsletters, because January is the best month to have a warm purring cat on your lap while sipping fav warm beverage!
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C.Quince🌈 Author @cquince.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Have you read Consorting with the King...? Regency Rom-Com set in a Solarpunk Istanbul, with the king's court being a vibrant pocket of queer utopia 🌈 Also there's one thousand cats 🐈 #cozyfantasy Available from @jms-books.com www.jms-books.com/consorting-w... 🎨 @kalimpaszmadar.bsky.social
Image description: collage of pictures and photographs from classic Istanbul, Türkiye. Cover of my book in the lower right corner. Portrait of Haşim (Turkish, brown skin, beard, chubby size, wearing classic Ottoman clothing in cream) staring up at Prince Francis adoringly (Francis is white, redhead, German, wearing royal fantasy style clothing in dark blue and cream). Art is by Kalimpaszmadar.
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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only 8 more days until A Waltz of Sinister Import will complete The Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven! If you haven't read the 1st 2 cozy-spooky romantasy novellas yet, grab them in ebook & paperback now. Start with A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience
The cover of A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread. Beside it is this text: Growling, Margaret turned to her much larger husband. “Are you strong enough to break this door down?”
He shrugged. “Perhaps, but I wouldn’t be able to enter the house afterwards. If you recall, I am held under a code.”
“Ugh.” Of course. As per the Bosworth Accords, vampires were not allowed to enter any mortal residence without an invitation. “I could invite you once I was inside,” Margaret pointed out.
Lord Riven looked pained. “That might suffice—with an extraordinarily lenient judge—but have you considered trying a tediously obvious strategy first?” As she gazed back at him in confusion, his lips quirked. “Here.” Stepping up to her side, he rapped on the door, producing two loud, authoritative knocks.
Footsteps sounded from within a moment later, and Lord Riven smiled down at her with disconcerting tenderness. “You see? I do have some uses after all.”
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
*need to hug him and apply both Shai Madhur and kittens for all the cuddles*
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I hope some of these might be interesting to you? (I didn't know about any of these when I got started, so I figured some links might be useful.)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And here's the authors' page for Casey Blair's Cozy Up with Fantasy book blast; the next one is coming up in December: www.cozyupwithfantasy.com/for-authors/
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For Authors - Cozy Up With Fantasy
A book blast is an event where a group of authors come together around a given theme (in this case, cozy fantasy!) to all set their ebooks to an agreed-upon discount price on the same day, and then we...
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We're also three days past Hearthcon, but if you want to connect up with more cozy readers and writers approximately this time next year, here's this past year's event page for an idea of what generally happens: www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2026
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LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2026
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Excellent! Also, I'm sorry that we're just three days beyond the end of this fall's Cozy the Day Away sale, but if you'd like to enter your book in next spring's sale (you can list for free, this is not a pay-to-list situation) -- cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
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Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale
This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2026 will…
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Shay Bradham @shaybradham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My novel is published! At 58 years old, after almost 20 years of writing nonfiction , I have published my first novel. I am SO excited! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM1ZCYY5 #amwriting #cozyfantasy #dragons #firstnovel
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A Wish for the Moon: Book 1 of the Realm of Qiren Series
A Wish for the Moon: Book 1 of the Realm of Qiren Series [Bradham, Shay] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Wish for the Moon: Book 1 of the Realm of Qiren Series
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Digital fistbump of very similar boat! 🥰 Do you have any plans for an ebook edition? I can't see well enough to read print, but ebooks I can make whatever size / font / contrast ratio I need them to be for whatever my eyes are doing that day.
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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Book launch day! YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION is a #queer #romantasy with a real emotional bite about the difficulty of repairing a relationship with someone else when you haven't even repaired your relationship with yourself. Plant magic, village festivals, nosy gods! 🩵📚🪐 #queeradultsff
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(for comparison, here is Priye as a kitten, when she is not an illustrated cover modelcat:) lynnstrong.com/2024/01/25/p...
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Pre-orders, previews, and Priye’s brindle chai
Wyngraf’s Valentine Special is available for preorder! Come celebrate with Priye’s brindle chai: chocolate, orange, and chai masala. But Priye and I are low on spoons, so this is the ea…
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😻🧶🥰 I've found my fancast cat for Priye when she grows up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbqy...
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This Rescued Cat Was Almost Too Perfect to be Real 🥹
YouTube video by Girl With The Dogs 2
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe there should be a Bat Scale like the Pepper Scale only for cozy horror? One bat: Scooby Doo Two bats: Bunnicula Three bats: Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking Four bats, unless it's five: Someone to Build a Nest In? Five bats: Someone else will have to name this, I'm hiding under covers XD
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I mean, SO MANY PEOPLE cite Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking as pure cozy without mentioning the horror? And I loved it, but also that one is right about the edge of my personal cope, so my own scale is kinda diff calibrated there. 😅 So I generally handwave in the direction of "here is a thing!"
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
💙📚🪐📚🌶️ October is just not generally my type of month, I am a wimp. But for those for whom October is *exactly* their month, Alex has a new book out! (I don't know what the horror book emoji is, I mentioned I'm a wimp? XD)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
oh man, timing! Three days earlier and we could have had you in the Cozy the Day Away sale! (Presumably in the "cozy adjacent" category, but still :D)
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cozy pixels are likely worth more than their weight in gold because (a) pixels weigh nothing and (b) since they weigh nothing and travel at lightspeed, you can bypass the post office disaster entirely.
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hilarious data from CDAS - Alicia noticed that the Faroe Islands are sending us a lot of traffic! And also these folks are the many-greats descendants of the Vikings. So now I have a mental "how to train your dragon" outtake of someone telling their kid "Put down that axe and pick up an ebook!"
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And the horses! And the camping! I can't do either of those physically anymore but your writing sets off SUCH vivid memories 🥰
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
right back at you - have I squeaked about how much I love the "these people REALLY need therapy, oh hi Truck-kun, I guess we're doing this" setup? Not to mention what I'd pay a therapist who could literally pull the demons out of my head! 💕
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's the last day of both Hearthcon and the Cozy the Day Away sale -- all my cozy fantasy books are on sale for half off (or 99 cents). Great time to pick them up! (as Priye says, 📚📚💕🐱🧶, translated as "BOOK BOOK ALL BOOK MINE!!!") cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org/author/lynn-...
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
so I'm dialed into Streamyard on my phone with earbuds on a wire in case YouTube sound came back, with power line running under my chin, phone hand for mute/unmute, other hand on laptop for YouTube chat answers, and I legit am not sure if my Show Must Go On was anywhere near coherent XD
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let me know if you can tell how much I was in Duck Mode (serene on top, madly paddling underneath)? Behind the scenes Streamyard and YouTube both crashed for me specifically, my phone was nearly out of juice for emergency transfer... everything else fine on laptop, just not the absolute essentials 💀
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm grateful it is cool but not rainy here, we got the Migraine Inducing Storm out of the way Thursday and I literally can't remember the last time the universe said "hey, I'll give you the migraine two days before the big event, not on the day of the event." Happy surprise!
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
💙📚🪐📚🌶📚🌈📚😻📚♿️ The stream is open and in about 20-30 min Mysti and Jolly will be explaining how to play Trope Bingo & win actual prizes for it! inc. a full set of my cozy fantasy books 😄 (did I mention how much I love that this con is free & accessible online?) www.youtube.com/@LazyDragonB...
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Stories that warm the heart.
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