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Angela Boord

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Nerdy introvert. Hopeless romantic. Character-driven epic fantasy about chasing hope in the darkness. 🦾❤️‍🩹 #SPFBO Finalist FORTUNE'S FOOL #SFINCS Finalist #BBNYA Semifinalist https://linktr.ee/angelaboord

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · Oct 24

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If you like your epic fantasy with deeply personal stakes...
If you need to read about the private lives of mercenaries...
If you like your worlds intricate and dark...

Check out my Eterean Empire series! 🦾

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On an epic fantasy book cover, a woman holds a sword in her metal hand and throws a deck of cards onto a table with a Renaissance still life of wine and fruit

An epic fantasy book cover featuring a man, sitting beside a sleeping woman, who holds a dagger in one hand and clenches his other in a fist.

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The Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship @thesfincs.bsky.social · 22h

Curious to see what reviews were done this week for SFINCS3? Check out the updated page!
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SFINCS3 | The Speculative Fict

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 13h

Such an awesome book

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 1d

Starting a new book this evening!! Shout out to the lovely @jpatriciaanderson.bsky.social who sent me this gorgeous hardcover 😍 #BookSky

Cover for Your Blood and Bones by J Patricia Anderson, with a black bird diving into dark water

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 14h

Read some super fun books. Wrote some reviews.

You should check out the books too if you want some gritty, fun fantasy adventures with plenty of banter and brilliant character work!

Five star The Envoys of War by Dave lawson goodreads review: This one was such a fun, and slightly silly(in the best way), fantasy adventure/quest book!

The character work was fantastic in this one and to me, really what pushed this into 5-star rating territory. We get 3 POV's and each is voicey and distinct, never allowing any confusion as to who we're following. The characters are also very consistent and realised, they don't change their personalities to conform to a pre-determined plot(something that's a pet peeve of mine).

The plot was also solid, subtly changing its course as we go on but it all makes sense for the characters and their motivations so it felt like the natural progression of things.

Five stars The Pawns of Havoc by Dave Lawson goodreads review: After loving The Envoys of War, I knew I had to grab this one the moment the audiobook was released and I was not disappointed!

This one follows Cork, a side character in Envoys although I believe this story is set before the events of Envoys. Where Envoys have more silly streaks this one also has plenty of humour and great character work.

It's a novella and a quick read but that doesn't mean there isn't loads of action and heart packed into it. I particularly enjoyed some of the more serious internal monologue from Cork after things had gone to sh!t, it helped flesh out sides of him I had worried wouldn't ever be addressed despite all the bloody mayhem.

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Tessa Hastjarjanto @tessahastjarjanto.com · 17h

Doing another call to #booksky for participation in an event we're doing in November!

If you're a book blogger, reviewer, book lover, I'd love for you to join us with a review of an indie book or guest post about any book-ish topic.

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Announcing a Month of Rain and Reads… Coming this November! – Read Indie Fantasy

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 21h

lol My boys loved that show! Many fond memories 😂

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It does make for an excellent story, though! 😆

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 1d

I had to go with "greeting" as a synonym. This is Sergei's POV; his older brother Kolya has shown up unexpectedly (as he often does).

(Kolya, incidentally, is a MC in my short story "Wishes", which is available for free with my newsletter.)

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He grinned suddenly and said, “Seryoshenka.” My little kid, family name. Then he pitched his cigarette to the asphalt of the parking lot, ground it beneath his boot, and grabbed me by the arms, embarrassing me by kissing both cheeks the Russian way. I knew he knew it embarrassed me to do it in public, but he was just enough of an asshole big brother to do it because it made me uncomfortable. On the other hand, I guess there are ways siblings let you know they’re different from strangers and acquaintances. You can secretly appreciate those behaviors, even if they’re a pain in the ass. The point is, them being a pain in the ass makes it feel like everything is in its proper place.
He smelled like cigarette smoke and some kind of soap or cologne and a little bit like sweat because it was hot, and we were both sticky with humidity. His cheeks always seemed to have just enough stubble to scrape mine in the greeting kiss, like he was perpetually in need of a shave or undecided about growing a beard. All these things let me know he’d stepped into my life again for a brief, disorienting moment.
“I’m proud of you,” he said gruffly. “You’re really doing something with your life.”

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 1d

I love Alyas so much, but poor Esar 😂

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C M Debell @cmdebell.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips 10th October 'prize'

I have this one! It's not a WIP, but here's a snippet from In Midnight's Shadow. Alyas is proposing to steal a famous treasure from a temple and Esar just knows this is a Very Bad Idea.

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #writingfantasy

Quote from In Midnight's Shadow for WIPSnips 10th October prompt 'prize'

“That was the easy part.” Alyas unfolded a sheet of parchment. “Getting hold of this was much more difficult.”
It was another sketch. Though ‘sketch’ didn’t do it justice. In the centre of the page, surrounded by crabbed notes, was an illustration of the Empress Ivane casket, colours and details picked out by a skilled artist. Esar scanned the notes, what he could read of them, then the faded signature in the corner. Not any artist. The artist. Eirik Hagan. One of the most famous Isyr craftsmen who had ever lived and the man who had made the box.
He met Alyas’s eyes with a sinking feeling. “Where did you get this?”
“Same place I got the Isyr. The Temple of Yholis. Their library is a treasure trove.”
Esar dropped his head in his hands with a groan. “You robbed Yholis so we can rob Ithol? Have you lost your bloody mind?”
“I didn’t steal it,” Alyas protested, retrieving his prize. “I borrowed it.”
“Do they know you borrowed it?”
“If I’d asked, they might have said no.”
“Then you stole it. And I don’t want to know about the rest. We’ll have no friends left by the time this is over.”

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry, Sara 😞

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James Lloyd Dulin @jamesldulin.bsky.social · 1d

Ethos is going to be amazing! Don't forget to follow the Kickstarter!

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 1d

My twins used to love Monster Bug Wars back in the day ☺️

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 3d

Some years are better than others 😅

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Kira of the Wind (Erika McCorkle) @kiraofthewind.com · 5d

Request for writers who consider me a friend, especially those of you who do WIPSnips or other engagement posts talking about your wip:

If you have the time and energy, post here about your wip. Give me CONTEXT. Tell me who your characters are and their relationships. Tell me about your setting.

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

things are a little tense. Then there's Maddie, Cam's sister, who dreams alternate futures. There's a bit of a romance here with Sergei, but it's a subplot, this isn't romantasy.

Sergei's sister Anya and brother Kolya also show up, not as POVs, though.

Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

Cam has his own weird "abilities", premonitions which manifest as extreme anxiety. And he's really good at swordwork, but of course that's just a sport in Illinois in 1988, right? (nervous laughter)

Sergei and Cam are pretty much like brothers, but they have had a recent split and...

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

...is also trying to find her by digging through his nightmares (of which, he has many). Sergei sees things other people don't, like not-rats and actual , alive bugs which he thinks are listening in on him. As the book opens, he's using his best friend Cam as cover at a party...

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

I'm revising my giant Cold War portal/epic fantasy Through Dreams So Dark into 2 books, so right now I'm working on the first part. Sergei's mother was supposedly killed while escaping the USSR with her family, but Sergei has been told that she might not be dead. A creepy government organization...

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

Hope y'all are ok and out of the hospital soon!!

Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

It's also a convenient date to add up the cumulative copies and see how much it's sold in its lifetime.

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Angela Boord @angelaboord.bsky.social · 4d

I do, probably because it took so long to get it finished and published! Just getting it out into the world felt like a victory I wanted to remember. I've marked its anniversary with a sale at least once, but usually I just think, "hey, it's been x years now!"

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James Lloyd Dulin @jamesldulin.bsky.social · 5d

The time has come...

Introducing Ethos by The Arcanist Guild, @benjaminaeveryn.bsky.social, E.J. Doble, @bshgarcia.bsky.social, Jonathan Neves Mayers, Morgan Shank.

A Dark Fantasy Anthology with six novelettes and beautiful artwork.

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Paul G. Zareith @paulgzareith.ink · 14d

Quite a beautiful review of my little novella, The Moribund Monarch's Masterpiece, by Vivian Cicero from Grimoire Ink.

It's always delightful to know that something I wrote evokes such strong emotions in a reader & that alone makes participating in #SFINCS worth it for me.

#BookSky #DarkFantasy

Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 14d

#3 for #SFINC3 is The Moribund Monarch’s Masterpiece By @paulgzareith.ink, reviewed by Vivian!

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The Moribund Monarch’s Masterpiece By Paul G. Zareith

Reviewed by Vivian Cicero We enter the story in the hold of a merchant vessel, in which an imperial inspector has chosen to impose his will, rather than simply signing off on the manifest. He has g…

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