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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 4h

There is, I believe, though I'm not associated with it at this time! Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off, I think?

Feel free to enter previously-published books, though. It doesn't have to be from this year, just has to be self-published and not a past winner. We're just tryna lift indies.

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks! It's a good group of people trying to lift indie authors, so I'm sure I shall. I'll be posting reviews as I go through my stuff, so feel free to give any of it a re-share if you want to boost the contest. :D

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 4h

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How to Enter SPSFC 5

The fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) has begun taking entries. The authors who’ve been asking us when SPSFC 5 will begin as they get their manuscripts ready can be giv…

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 4h

Self-Published Science Fiction Contest #5 is open for entries, and I'm volunteering as a judge again. Unlike many such contests, this one is free to enter and 100% volunteer-run.

Link in the comments.

Apply, please! I wanna read some fun and wild stuff.

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 1d

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A few minutes ago, Meghan Moretti's biggest concern was getting the kids' athletic clothes washed in time for practice this evening.

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to share that people can now listen to the first book of Apocalypse Parenting on Spotify!

It's narrated by Laurie Catherine Winkel, the best narrator I could possibly ask for.

It's also now available on Audiobooks.com

Links in the comments!

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 1d

Just curious, why? Hate the cover, premise sounds too silly, your childhood nemesis was named Carl?

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 1d

Psst...

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

A flowchart listing dozens of LitRPG and progression fantasy series, including The Perfect Run, Beware of Chicken, The Ripple System, Apocalypse Parenting, Apocalypse Assassin, Millennial Mage, and This Quest is Bullshit!

Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 2d

This is what I got for you:

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, that's a fun one! Need to get caught up on the latest installments of the series

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 6d

There's a pretty thriving subreddit for it

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 6d

Haha! I called them out as such, but yeah, had to take my shot, right?

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 6d

You may need this soon:

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 6d

The book coming out next won't be the last in the series. There will be at least 10.

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 6d

You may need this soon

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 7d

"All monsters must die bloody, and by a hero's hands, and soon," he says over brunch. He doesn't think it's a rude thing to say to a monster...– @that-gay-jedi on Tumblr www.tumblr.com/that-gay-jed...

"All monsters must die bloody, and by a hero's hands, and soon," he says over brunch.

He doesn't think it's a rude thing to say in front of a monster. There are no rude things to say to monsters, only rude things monsters say.

"Don't worry," she says between bites, "You're one of the good ones."

"But I am still a monster," I do not say. I do not say that I love my claws and teeth, my prehensile shadow and my glowing eyes. That I cannot imagine giving them up even for survival, that to hide my shadow and trim my claws for them makes me feel diminished. In public I cannot say that I do not wish to be human.

They're progressives, this bunch, even if he carries a hero's banner with its proud history and none of them ask him to put it away. They know there are good monsters, monsters who can speak eloquently and hold the fork right, monsters you can be seen with in public. Some of their best friends are monsters.

They do not know the monster who is invited to brunch knows solidarity with the monster who is not. Believes and understands the monster who is not invited more than the human who does the inviting.

"Isn't that a little harsh?" says a third human, and I have not forgotten I am outnumbered. "We have ways of killing monsters without blood now, painlessly. And, of course, a monster should be allowed to live if it never growls."

He has never seen me growl. Yet how loudly and endlessly I will, when I'm out of earshot. He's talking about killing monsters who cannot stoop to civility, about mother and brother and lover who were never able to mute themselves like me, and does he not know how small a child who can only growl is?

"To growl is not to kill," I say, and all heads turn toward me. It is one of those rude things monsters say.

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 8d

In case you're at a loss when you finish your re-read :)

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 8d

Does putting your Kindle in airplane mode still work?

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 10d

Does this help in any way?

Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 10d

She's my favorite :)

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 10d

Ooo, nice! Drawing anybody else? Scylla?

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 10d

Hair of the literary dog?

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 10d

Awesome! Thanks for checking it out. :)

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 11d

🎶 I am gonna claw out your eyes, and drown you to death 🎶

Really enjoying Hades 2! #games #gaming

Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · 11d

I have been summoned, and I answer:

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Erin Ampersand, Author @erinampersand.bsky.social · Apr 23

Behold, I have answered the question:

"I finished Dungeon Crawler Carl and want to check out more LitRPG/Progression Fantasy. What should I read next?"

#booksky 🪐📚💙📚👀 #sff

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