Author MN Bennett is hosting a queer indie book promo, with almost two hundred titles, all listed for ninety-nine cents each! Two of mine are on there–A Heart of Ice and Lighthouse in the Storm–but there are so, so many others.

You can scroll through the entire list here, https://www.mnbennet.com/pride-promo with the books sorted out by genre, the covers linking to where you can purchase each book. It’s not just romance, although there is a good deal of it. There’s something for everyone on there, and it looks absolutely amazing!

Please go and give these books some love. Check out authors you’ve never heard of before, maybe try picking up a book in a genre you wouldn’t normally read. The sale runs through the twelfth, so there’s plenty of time. My TBR list is going to be creeeeeaking after this, I see so many gems that I want to pick up!

It’s hard being indie authors, sometimes very much so, but when people come together like this, when someone like MN Bennett decides to help the author community while also making it super easy for readers to get more of what they love? It’s absolutely beautiful.

Thank you, MN! And to everyone who buys a book during this promo, whether from me or from any other author–thank you, thank you, thank you.

[I was going to wait until noon to post this, since others posted earlier in the day and I wanted to stagger things, buuut I got impatient. Almost made it til noon!]

Every time one of you emails me with kind words, whether it’s about the whale book, a story about a cat, or Prince Keseij, it means the world to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Writing can be a strange art, where it’s hard to know how much it means to people, so when I hear from you? It makes my day and always kicks me into writing gear again.

Thank you for everything, all of you. It’s a silly little thing to write a blog post about, maybe, but you make me smile every time. Thank you ❤

Today was chilly and mostly sunny, with mist blowing through periodically. In the afternoon, the sun was low and shining white-gold through the mist, the trees looked all dark and mysterious… what a peaceful day to end a difficult year on.

I’m working again on the editing for this next book, and am hopeful I’ll get it out before summer. It’s a little different than anything else I’ve written so far–or feels that way to me, at least!–and I’m really enjoying it. Looking forward to sharing it with all of you!

I just finished the first draft of a book I’ve been working on for just shy of three years. It’s epic fantasy, it’s queer, and I love it. I’ll probably end up cutting a lot off of it, because the word count is astronomical right now, but man it feels good to finally have finished that thing!

It took me one full bottle of Writer’s Blood ink, half a bottle of Yama Guri ink, and almost a full bottle of Platinum Carbon Black.

I might need to reconsider this whole ‘writing first drafts by hand’ thing… but still! Right now is just for celebrating, am so excited to hopefully get this one out early next year!

There’s a lot of talk these days about people moving away from Amazon entirely, when it comes to the book world. As a tiny self-published author, I need to be where the readers are–but where do you guys want to be? I am open to moving onto platforms like Kobo if that’s something people feel strongly about.

Shoot me an email and let me know your thoughts–if you’re sticking with Amazon in the coming future, if you would really rather avoid Amazon, the whys and the why-nots. I’ll listen!

I know it’s been a while since I’ve put anything new out, I’m so sorry! I’ve been working on an absolute chonker of a fantasy book. I’m hoping to get it out by early summer–wish me luck! Hope to see you all there!

I just learned that Snow Before Sunset was chosen for a ‘Sapphic Saturday’ read by someone and that absolutely made my day. What a sweet thing to do! Sometimes, it’s the little things like that which can mean the world to tiny authors like me.

Thank you, author Katy Manz!