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M. Vixen

@mvixen.co.uk

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Scottish-based author of The Druid's Bindings. With Midnight Tide Publishing. Also a queer hippy, bird whisperer, academic, GM, and full-time nerd. Find me online: http://mvixen.co.uk/

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · Jun 19

The Druid's Bindings is now available everywhere good books are sold! You can also pick up a signed copy via my website: buff.ly/6Wxmtt6
It’s a passionate tale of seduction full of:
✨Magic
🎲A TTRPG setting
😈Beyond morally grey characters
🥵Quite a bit of spice!🌶️

Photos by donalddalzielmedia

A paperback copy of The Druid's Bindings against a beautiful backdrop of bark, rope, and smoke

Arrows from the Druid's Bindings pointing to the text "beyond morally grey", "druids, magic, devils, and banter", "ttrpg inspired", "hella spicy", "party of thieves", "world threatening disease"

Arrows from the Druid's Bindings pointing to the text "she's morally grey", "he's beyond morally grey", "adrenaline junkie", "overly possessive", "so messy", "hates anything untidy"

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 9h

I'll be at the Edinburgh Book Bonanza next weekend! If you want to grab yourself a signed copy to curl up on the couch with so you can dodge Halloween parties, now would be the perfect time! 😁

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Midnight Tide Publishing @midnighttidepub.bsky.social · 10h

For our trick-or-treaters with a more mature palette we have a decadent treat in the form of M. Vixen's The Druid's Bindings.

#bookstagram #book #booklover #booknerd #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #indieauthors #midnighttidepublishing #trickotreat #happyhalloween #trickortreating

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 11h

Most of the Slaanesh minis are absolutely gorgeous. But oh man, do I dread painting all the details

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 1d

And I think it's really fucking cool that in a traditionally male-dominated space, we have an army that is repping so much

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 1d

Nerd chat (40k) for a moment--I think the best thing about joining the Legions of Excess is that more or less all characters are intersex in an army of pleasure. It's not just big women boobing boobily. It's everything for everyone.

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 6d

Why thank you❤️

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 6d

You know you shouldn’t want it, but you can’t help it. He is the Devil after all. You never stood a chance resisting him.

#booksky

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 7d

I think it’s clear from my previous message that she does all stages, and that I’m not looking for anything else 😉

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 7d

Absolutely! She does all rounds of editing—dev, line, and copy. And she’s absolutely amazing! She did The Druid’s Bindings as well, and I think she was phenomenal with it!❤️

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 7d

Fantasy romance :)

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 8d

About half a year ago I had a little cry on the couch about something I couldn’t share. A beta reader just threw their phone away and gave me the “now I know why”. Yes, it’s 2am. Yes, we spent the last hour talking about it and are emotionally damaged. Can’t wait to share it with you all <3

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 13d

Wild that The Druid's Bindings has been out in the world for 4 months now! It feels like it has been so much longer already... I guess that's the side-effect of working on a book so long before publication. If you have grabbed a copy since, let me know how you enjoyed it!

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 17d

Yep 🙃

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E.M. Faulds / Beth @bethkesh.bsky.social · 18d

"we want something fresh that hasn't been done before really innovative but also please compare it to 2 massive current familiar million sellers with huge rabid fandoms tysm 🫶"

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 18d

Big order for all my upcoming events placed. Only 40 out of a 100 books were printed correctly. The other 60 have a massive white line at the bottom of the cover. These books have been printed before, the margins are correct. #IngramSpark how did this not get caught? Was there no quality control?

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 21d

Why are reviews so important? Not only do they help me find more readers, Amazon will not recommend a book unless it has received at least 50 reviews! Additionally, bookshops might check Goodreads and/or Storygraph before they stock a book.

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 22d

Events update! I'm so excited to be adding a few new locations to my list (and I'll be in Wales in 2027, whuaat!!!).
Tickets for most of these events are available via their respective pages. If you want me to join an event I'm not yet visiting, drop me a message!

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 23d

And now we’re all wondering what a forked tongue would be like 👀🤷

#booksky

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 23d

This is such an important post

Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 26d

Hey, so, survivor of CSAM (child sexual abuse material) here—and a global survivor advocate, including policy work!

Fictional material is not illegal. That’s actually why deepfakes are such a big issue for survivors too.

That said, actual art should *not* be made illegal. Why? (Con’t)

𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · 27d

I must have missed the news where the author, writers, actors, and everyone involved in things like Game of Thrones, Euphoria, millions of other works etc. were all jailed
🤔🤔🤔

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 23d

Hard agree

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 24d

Hear! Hear!

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 24d

Happy day-late BI visibility day! I'll be honest, it entirely passed me bi (ha). But I also don't think the date matters that much. We exist the entire year around, and deserve to be acknowledged the entire year around! You are seen. You are beautiful. And Arkhael would probably still want your soul

The bi-flag over a copy of the Druid's Bindings and the text: Happy Bi-visibility day! Am I a day late? Absolutely. But are we queer the entire year and not just on one day? Also absolutely, so I don’t think a day makes that big a difference!
Let’s talk about queerness in my books

The bi-flag over a copy of the druid's bindings and the text: My Characters?

Ailith? Outspokenly queer. She loves anyone who can challenge her.

Arkhael? He is far too interested in souls to care about silly concenpts like gender and sexuality.

And no, being in a m/f relationship doesn’t make them any less bi!

The bi-flag over a copy of the druid's bindings and the text: My books?

They will always be set in a queer normative world, and are free of homophobia. As a queer author, I don’t need any of that in my fantasy world.

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 25d

Ready to snuggle up with your next favourite read?

The Druid’s Bindings is a passionate tale of seduction in which a thief tries to outwit a devil as she balances on a knife’s edge between damnation and desire.

#booksky

M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 25d

Absolutely! I shall hype thee!!! (Just ignoring the “unfounded” part🤷)

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M. Vixen @mvixen.co.uk · 25d

…sounds like a you problem while we enjoy the other 26🤷

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