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ᑕᕼᗴᖇYᒪ @cheryl2877.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t. #Pinks

Just because something doesn’t affect you personally, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about it. We, as humans should desire to see others free from suffering

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Mikel J. Wisler (he/him) @mikelwisler.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Here's a great way to support indie authors without spending a dime. On Amazon and Goodreads, look up that author and follow them. You'll get updates on book releases. It's free and helps boost that author's profile. It would mean a lot to me if you could follow me on those sites. Thank you!

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES (Mossa & Pleiti #3) comes out a week from tomorrow!! Pre-order now and get a lovely, snarky, linguistically rich mystery-romance set on Jupiter and steeped in petty academia on June 10!

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Check out The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses - The next entry in the multi-award-nominated cozy space-opera mystery series The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti! When a former clas...

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sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

If you're interested in my fiction (and poetry), this site has an almost complete list of my books in English. www.fantasticfiction.com/d/seb-doubin...

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Seb Doubinsky

Author Seb Doubinsky's list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability.

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K. R. Yauger @kryaugerauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Preorders are available now! My short story 'A Curse of Spines' is in Unconventional Love. These anthologies release on 06/12/25 through @dragon.bone.publishing. #unconventionallove #aphoticlove #dragonbonepublishing #acurseofspines #kryauger @nathanielluscombe.bsky.social

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Thank you so much for getting it! 💚

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 I hope we all agree that trans rights are human rights.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

That’s my logic too! I’ve seen some people distinguish between indie author and indie published author. 🤔

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I’ve always said I’m an indie author because I’m published by a small independent press. But is the term only applied to self-published authors now? Genuinely curious; I don’t want to gatecrash a party I’m not invited to! 📚💙

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

That makes sense! Usually for me, it just fits in like I’d planned it, so I love it.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Me: I’ll write this scene though it’s probably mostly here to link the important bits of the story Also me: … Oh. So this is one of the most important and defining turning points in the MC’s whole character arc. I seriously love when writing does this.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I had such a fun time talking about Sherlock Holmes, coffee, space elves and cats! 💙📚 🌈🚀💫

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thsnk you for having me! 😊

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

That’s cool, though! My favourite part is the first draft (which used to be a problem because I’d just write five first drafts instead of editing).

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Pride month is coming up, so here is my reminder that I have an LGBTQIA+ masterlist of books with queer main characters! You can filter & search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...

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LGBTQIA+ Fiction Masterlist

A masterlist of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filter by preferences such as genre, age group, representation, and romantic pairing.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Me neither, honestly, but it might make sense in the context. (When I call my own books diverse, it doesn’t have anything to do with genre, but with the fact that I am a queer, disabled writer whose books feature a diverse cast.)

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

At this point, I usually go through 5. Though, I often do a sort of testrun of the first couple of chapters that’s a sort of 0.5 draft and also edit a bit as I write. Not sure if my process is considered the normal amount, though.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

To me, it means reading books by and/or about marginalised groups like those you mentioned. But thinking about it now, maybe some people would define it as simply different genres? (I would call that eclectic reading, though.)

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES comes out in TWO (2)! WEEKS! 🚄🪐🫖 🔍💞 🎓trains, tea, mysteries, romance, and academia on Jupiter, tons of lovely reviews, two previous books in the series please read them first, PRE-ORDERS = 💖 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

the cover of THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, purply-pinky stylized Jupiter in the background, two female silhouettes

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

When they said Bluesky is like oldschool Twitter, they weren’t lying. I like it here, but have no idea what I am (supposed to be) doing. 😅

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

(I am not saying that writers shouldn’t be paid for their work or look at numbers, by the way. But there’s the reasons we do this, and the factors that need to work for us to be able to do it.) (3/3)

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

But when something I wrote makes someone feel seen, makes them feel better, that makes me feel so incredibly happy. (2/3)

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Publishing is exhausting and time consuming, but it is also incredibly rewarding. I’m not talking about money or making the bestseller lists or anything like that. I’m not even talking about readers enjoying my books (though that is absolutely fantastic too). (1/3)

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Such an amazing in-depth review! Thank you! 😃

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

On an extremely related note: Happy Sherlock Holmes Day! 🔎

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

A Study in Black Brew is here! If you like queernormative worlds, Holmes/Watson dynamics, space elves (?), chronic illness representation and cozy murder mysteries, I wrote this book for you. readspaceboy.com/portfolio/a-...

The cover of A Study in Black Brew by Marie Howalt. It is blue and purple and looks futuristic despite an old-fashioned font. Elements from the story (a gun, a ring, a coffee cup and two capsules) are around the title.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

My newest book comes out in a couple of days, and I am totally normal about it. … If normal means obsessively checking GR and Bookstagram to see if anyone is talking about it and squealing with joy every time someone comments or shares a post about it. Anyway, how is your week going?

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Fantasticon @fantsticon.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Writing in English as a second language For authors, the English language book market offers the potential for more readers and bigger advances. But how does one go about breaking into the biggest SF&F market if you are not a native English speaker? 💙📚 #copenhagen

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I want to say that you can preorder my next book now, but I also really want to not be the type who only checks in on Bluesky when it’s time to announce a thing …

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Thank you!! I just might, if I can finish quickly enough.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A big Danish publisher announced a romantasy contest last week. So um, I’ll be doing that for a few months. Yes, it is going to be very queer. No, I don’t expect to win, but I’ve been putting off writing a book in my native language for years, and this is an opportunity to get past that hurdle.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

That is the highest praise I could ever hope for! 🥹❤️

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Therapy can be really tough. I hope you are feeling better now.

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Thank you so much! That makes me super happy to hear! 💚

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Kvärn @kvarndk.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Kaffe spiller tit med i litteraturen: For 166 år siden, den 22. maj, fødtes Arthur Conan Doyle og dermed de ikoniske Holmes & Watson. På denne dag lander M. Howalts "A Study in Black Brew", frit og underholdende efter fødselarens "A Study in Scarlet". @mhowalt.bsky.social @spaceboybooks.bsky.social

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I am ridiculously bad at posting here. 😅

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Marie Howalt @mhowalt.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Last night, I dreamed that Elon Musk controlled a giant dragon that ate Donald Trump and that he meant to use to conquer the world. Look, all I’m saying is that US politics are really messed up if my European mind tries to deal with the situation while I’m asleep.

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