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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 8h

Here's my design for 12 in my steampunk number series.

#steampunk #coloring #monotone #monochrome #digitalart #photoshopart #artnouveau

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 1d

Two weeks to go! Swing by my table at the Louisiana Book Festival on November 1st in Baton Rouge.

https://louisianabookfestival.org/information/exhibitor-information/exhibiting-authors-publishers-and-more/<a href="/hashtag/D" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#D

#coloringbooks #adultcoloring #dragonfiction #novella #fantasy #bookfestival

Wall of books written by panelists at the 2017 Louisiana Book Festival

Tents and booths of exhibitors at the Louisiana Book Festival, as seen from the top of the State Capitol.

Tents and booths of the Louisiana Book Festival, as soon from ground, with the State Capitol in the background.

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 7d

I'm at Moncus Park right now with the Writers Guild of Acadiana. Come by and talk dragons with me. If you're not in Lafayette, LA, check out chapter one of my dragon fantasy novella on my website.

#shoplocal #shopleauxcal #fiction #lafayette
https://danielleducrest.com/scales/excerpt.html

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 8d

One day to go! Meet me tomorrow at the Moncus Park Farmers Market. I'll be selling my book at the booth for the Writers Guild of Acadiana. Come talk about dragons, fantasy, fiction, the humidity and more!

https://danielleducrest.com/scales/ #books #farmersmarket #lafayette #louisiana

Stacks of the paperback and hardcover versions of Tipping the Scales.

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Banned Books Week! If you're looking for something good to read, check out this censored book list from Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/banned-books/_/N-rtm #bannedbooks #censorship #readbooks

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 14d

Art update: My steampunk design for the letter Z is done, and so is the version without the letter. Here are the coloring book versions and the monochrome art print versions.

#steampunk #art #digital #photoshop #Z #coloring #alphabet

Z with gears visible through window spaces in letter, surrounded by stained glass elements, pipes and bare lightbulb fixtures.

White Z with black gears visible through window spaces in the letter, surrounded by stained glass elements, pipes and bare lightbulb fixtures on a black background.

Machinery with gears, pipes, bare lightbulb fixtures, stained glass panels and other elements, where bits of the Z are still present but the rest has been removed.

Black and white machinery with white and black gears, pipes, bare black lightbulb fixtures, stained glass panels and other elements, where bits of the Z are still present but the rest has been removed.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 15d

My book is coming soon to Red Stick Reads in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Check it out there and in New Iberia at Books Along the Teche.

https://scales.danielleducrest.com #bookstore #shopleauxcal #shoplocal #independent #fiction

Stacks of paperback and hardcover copies of Tipping the Scales, as seen from above.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 15d

Meet me at the Moncus Park Farmers Market next Saturday, October 11th. I'll be at the booth for the Writers Guild of Acadiana.

https://www.writersguildacadiana.org/about-us
https://scales.danielleducrest.com

#bookshopping #farmersmarket #lafayette #louisiana #october

Booths, vendors and shoppers under the shade of the oak trees at the Moncus Park Farmers Market.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · 16d

Next week is Banned Books Week. If you're looking for something good to read, check out this censored book list from 2023-2024: https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2023-2024/ #bannedbooks #censorship #readbooks

PEN America Index of School Book Bans – 2023-2024

PEN America's 2022-2023 Index of Banned Books found 3,362 instances of books banned, affecting 1,557 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented ban.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Sep 6

Happy Read a Book Day! The 20% off sale ends today.

As the Dragon Protector, she has freedoms no dragon has ever had ... but she is not free. A betrayal forced her into this role, but she is stronger now. Perhaps it's time to break free.

#sale #lastday #discount #dragon #fantasy

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Sep 5

Perhaps it’s time to stop pretending. She can embrace what she is meant to be, not what humans expect her to be.

The sale ends tomorrow! Get Tipping the Scales, my new urban fantasy novella, for 20% off. https://danielleducrest.com/scales/sale.html.

Stacks of paperback and hardcover copies of Tipping the Scales; print and ebook versions 20% off until 9/6/25; scales.danielleducrest.com

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Her ancestors were feared and hunted. Cayna entertains with dragon fire, appears on talk shows, and openly patrols the border. As the Dragon Protector, she has freedom ... but she is not free.

Happy Read a Book Day! Get Tipping the Scales for 20% off at https://danielleducrest.com/scales/sale.html

Cover of Tipping the Scales next to price list: Ebook $3.99; Hardcover $19.99; Paperback $11.99. These are the 20% off prices until 9/6/25. Available now at scales.danielleducrest.com.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Sep 1

Saturday is National Read a Book Day! Are you ready? For this week only, get my fantasy novella, Tipping the Scales, for 20% off at danielleducrest.com/scales/sale....

#novella #fantasy #dragons #sale #discount scales.danielleducrest.com

Image of novel cover next to price list. eBook: $3.99; Hardcover: $19.99; Paperback: $11.99. 20% off at scales.danielleducrest.com

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 31

Saturday is National Read a Book Day! Are you ready? For this week only, get my fantasy novella, Tipping the Scales, for 20% off at https://f.mtr.cool/ltgbmkolat

#novella #fantasy #dragons #sale #discount scales.danielleducrest.com

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 28

Funny quotes are my favorite quotes. Here are a few: https://f.mtr.cool/gfynjegniv

#fiction #quotes #recs #recommendations #funny #comedy #youngadult #middlegrade #fantasy

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 27

I have been the victim of Gaiman's Law: I have looked at a random page of my published, heavily proofread book and found a typo. Ugh.

Quote for Tipping the Scales: "The planes headed at last for the runway. Cayna didn’t wait for them to enter the sky. She started her attack on them immediately, sending them scattering with their wheels still on the ground."

Read It Now in Hardcover, Paperback & eBook: scales.danielleducrest.com

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 24

#WritingPrompt: The Sea of Villia isn’t treacherous due to the water but due to the air. The only safe way to cross is by submarine. Yala's whole life has been on the edge of the sea. Her village has charged itself with patrolling the beach, warning visitors of the poison deathtrap beyond the sand.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 23

Making the designs was fun. Coloring them is meditative.

coloring.danielleducrest.com

#adultcoloring #steampunk #artnouveau

Steam & Stained Glass: Numbers 0-10 collection opened to number 4, with page partly colored with a green marker.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 22

Bonus Material! Enjoy these Tipping the Scales illustrations you won't find anywhere but on the internet. You may have seen these already in my social media posts; now enjoy the story behind them. https://f.mtr.cool/exqqafyqiz

Foreground: A taxi with a rooftop ad for the Olympic Opening Ceremony broadcast with a dragon silhouette in the ad. Background: a Manhattan street.

Electronic billboard ads in Times Square. Top: Visit Maine tourism. Middle: Welcome message to Olympians. Bottom: An ad for a refreshing beverage.

Larger view of the Maine tourism ad from Times Square. White text says Visit Maine above a graphic of the West Quoddy Head lighthouse.

Larger view of the beverage ad showing the silhouette of a dragon on a red background. Above the dragon, a message says: Cool Off After a Fiery Day With an Ice Cold Soda.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 15

Attention lovers of independent bookstores in Lafayette and Denham Springs, Louisiana: You can now order my book through Cavalier House Books's website! https://cavalierhousebooks.com/search?q=danielle%2Bducrest

#shopleauxcal #independent #bookstore #fantasy #novella #dragons

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today, I brought copies of Tipping the Scales to Books Along the Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana! This is the first bookstore to carry my book. https://www.booksalongtheteche.com/

#shopleauxcal #independent #bookstore #newiberia #fantasy #novella

Image of Books Along the Teche's street sign outside the brick building.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 10

It was nice talking to other authors and art lovers at Artwalk yesterday! 2nd Saturday Artwalk returns every month in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.

Art print of steampunk exclamation point.

Hardcover copies of Tipping the Scales next to copies of my steampunk adult coloring books.

Elora King's LBGTQ bird sculptures -- one painted blue and pink, the other painting in rainbow colors.

Elora King's painting of a Louisiana moth, her art prints of a Louisiana butterfly, and more art prints of other paintings.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 10

#Flash #Fiction: The king underestimated his subjects. It wasn’t the first time. Read it now. https://danielleducrest.blogspot.com/2025/08/flash-fiction-tax.html.

Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 9

It's an Artwalk Saturday in Lafayette, Louisiana! Elora King and I will be in downtown at our table this evening.

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Danielle Ducrest @danielleducrest.bsky.social · Aug 8

I hope to see lovers of fantasy fiction & steampunk adult coloring at the Louisiana Book Festival on Nov. 1! Come find my table on Exhibitor Row.

Tipping the Scales: scales.danielleducrest.com

Steam & Stained Glass Coloring Series: coloring.danielleducrest.com

#fiction #art #steampunk #coloring

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