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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 20h

Looking for a sapphic autumn romance? WHEN LOVE BARGES IN is 99p/c this October & includes:

🍂 brother’s best friend
🍂 opposites attract
🍂 small town
🍂 canine friends
🍂 late bloomer
🍂 plus size mc
🍂 lesbian x bi+
🍂 family dynamics
🍂 secret relationship

books2read.com/u/3L5LK1

WHEN LOVE BARGES IN by Bryony Rosehurst: And she couldn’t remember ever noticing the exact color of the autumn sun before, or the smoky smell that lingered on the cusp of the seasons. She couldn’t remember anybody ever looking at her and waiting for her to speak.

She couldn’t remember ever feeling like she truly existed before now. So Piper said the things she’d always been too ashamed to say before. Because she could see her breath in front of her when she exhaled. Because she was here and she could

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 20h

thank you!!

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

tonight’s painting is extra cosy

a gouache painting of a lit candle in the dark with a bokeh effect

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

☕️ ko-fi.com/rachelbowdle...

🔗 rachelbowdler.itch.io?fbclid=PARlR...

Support Rachel Bowdler

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 1d

A HAUNTING AT HARTWELL HALL will remain 99p/c until the end of October! If you’re looking for a spooky read, this one promises:

🕸️ sapphic romance
🕸️ historical setting
🕸️ opposites attract
🕸️ ghosts
🕸️ medium x sceptic
🕸️ family secrets
🕸️ ~130 pages

🔗 books2read.com/u/bxJNL6

also available direct 👇🏻

SPOOKY SALE: a quote from A HAUNTING AT HARTWELL HALL by Rachel Bowdler

Blair might have been surrounded by death, but she carried so much life in her that Felicity couldn’t run from her now. So she kissed her again, tasting lavender soap and the woods and Blair, Blair, Blair.

And it was enough to keep the ghosts at bay. For now.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

thank you so much 😭 most of my paintings are followed from tutorials so I’m not able to sell them but I hope one day I’ll be confident enough to create original work!

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

I just know his owner is a sunshine witch he will protect with his magical powers

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

I PAINTED THIS????!!!!

An autumnal forest with a cat sitting on a pumpkin

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · 5d

I only have a few copies left of Have it All and Give it All with the ✨original✨ covers.

You can order both on kofi or etsy!!

I also have sticker/bookmark bundles on kofi!!

ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...

#booksky #sapphic #lesfic #asexual #kofi #smallbiz 💙📚

Visit Beverly's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

ko-fi.com

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Swords & Sapphics: The Podcast @swords-andsapphics.bsky.social · 4d

Today we’re joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size rep is so important, and what she’s learned on her journey so far.

www.swordsandsapphics.com/post/the-gre...

The Great Tree of Iris: An Author Interview with Jess Skultety

Today we're joined by indie fantasy author Jess Skultety to chat all about her debut, The Great Tree of Iris, including how she balanced seven(!) POV characters, why bisexual and plus-size representat...

www.swordsandsapphics.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 4d

Oh gosh Matt, I’m so sorry. Sending support and love 🫂

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Issy Waldrom @iwaldrom.bsky.social · 6d

Happy International Lesbian Day, to those out and proud, to those who are still figuring it out, and to those who can't come out yet.

And yes, plenty of lesbians in my books (in fact, lesbian mc's in all bar one of them, at different stages of their journeys).

www.amazon.com/stores/Issy-...

Issy Waldrom: books, biography, latest update

Follow Issy Waldrom and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Issy Waldrom Author Page.

www.amazon.com

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V. S. Holmes is querying @vsholmes.bsky.social · 6d

Querying: THE PASSING OF EIR LAHREN, folkloric fantasy + gothic romance inspired by death, sex, and Frisian folklore

Snarky sapphic sci-fi archaeologists:
books.vsholmes.com/cnzvzl8ab2

Fantasy with bloodthirsty gods + broken heroes: books.vsholmes.com/m4juo9rp4d

Free shorts: vsholmes.substack.com

A promo image on a dark space background showing the six books in the Stars' Edge Universe with the tagline: Dr. Nel Bently discovers her pristine archaeological site is the center of an intergalactic feud. Tossed into a world of high tech and higher stakes, she only has her trowel, her attitude, and her badass and alien girlfriend, Lin.

A promo image on a dark forest background showing the four books in the Blood of Titans World with the tagline: When Alea's home is destroyed by a mad kin's genocide, she is forced to choose between mortals who play at gods and gods who pray for mortality. With the gods at war with the titanic creatures that created them, the only heroes left are as broken as the world they must reforge.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats on the job!!! but how dare it get in the way of literally everything else!!

Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 7d

I was scrolling through Facebook and completely at random a post came up with a photo of Sunrise on the Reaping in a store and… KINDLING was on the shelf underneath? That’s my book? I jump-scared myself? at some point I am going to have to process that my books are being Perceived in the real world

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 7d

Hooray! 8 days after it was first published, you can finally buy the paperback edition of A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence at @bookshop.org in the US. More links still to come! books2read.com/honeymoonGrave

#romancelandia

The illustrated cover for A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, by Stephanie Burgis, shows the silhouette of an elegant traveling carriage over the title and a bat with wings outstretched underneath, all of it framed by apples and with mirrors at the top and the bottom of the image.
The headline above the cover reads: “Out Now,” and various key elements of the story are arranged in a text map around the cover: “They may be married, but she’s certainly not in love…is she? Uh-oh…”
“What’s up with all the mirrors in this inn?”
“He always makes certain she has the BEST tea”
“She’ll take on any challenge to protect her vampire husband - even (gulp) socializing…”

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 7d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

Support Matt Mason ❤️

Become a supporter of Matt Mason today!

ko-fi.com

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 7d

hope you’re okay! 🫂

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 7d

am I fatigued because last week was hellish, because I’m burnt out from writing three books, because I’m on my period, because it’s october, because I stayed up playing stardew valley, or a secret tenth option?

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 8d

let me know if you’d like an invite! 💞

Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 9d

yeah it's a really efficient, albeit weak, escalation tactic to get more people angry and involved. it has made me realise that bsky isn't particularly safe, especially with the list thing.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 9d

god I’m sorry. I haven’t checked but probably same. fortunately they have little impact beyond their little corner of social media, which is probably why they are so so angry.

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 9d

I was only getting pennies with kdp. D2D is fine but I only get a few sales a month. itch bundles have been my biggest income since publishing there!

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 9d

god are they *still* at it? no hobbies to enjoy this weekend or…?

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Rachel Bowdler / B.B. Woods @rachelbowdler.bsky.social · 10d

I do not have the spoons to make more graphics this weekend so here is your reminder that it’s day two of the Hauntfest! lots of cheap & free indie books at indievisibleevents.com

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