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Will Elm

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Fantasy writer. Reader of everything. Exhausted parent. Searching for a perfect cup of tea. Debut novel SHADOW OF THE ELDERS out now (available widely) books2read.com/shadowoftheelders https://www.ko-fi.com/willelmauthor he/him willelmauthor.com

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today's the day. SHADOW OF THE ELDERS, a dark epic fantasy, is available wide both ebook and paperback! If you've been waiting until it left Amazon to check it out, now's the time!

books2read.com/shadowoftheelders

#booksky #writingcommunity #fantasy
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Book promotion image with a hooded rider on horseback on the left Shadow of the Elders book cover on right. Author Will Elm. Red background, black tree in the center growing out of a white angular design and surrounded by repeating white lines that recede into distance. Three people, black, shadows, walk white paths towards the tree. Quotes on the left read "Imaginative, intense, and full of heart." with 5 stars beneath it. Available wide at barnes and noble, amazon, apple books, ratkuten kobo, smashwords, bookshop.org, google play books, and more.

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 4d

One more post for the late afternoon and then I’ll shut up about it 😁

I think this book would look really cool on your shelf, and also in your hands while you read it. It’s got angry magic and lesbians, what’s not to want?

lillylockwood.carrd.co#songsofbroke...

Softcovers of Songs of Broken Bells laid out in a 2x3 grid. Text in the middle says “Now Available!”
Text at the bottom says “50% of profits Oct 17-24 will be donated to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund”
Cover description: It features the four main characters arranged in a diamond formation, a stained glass design at the top with a sun on one side and shadows on the other, and a string of cracked bells on the sides.
Liadan is at the bottom, holding up a candle. She has orange skin, silver hair, black rams horns, and black markings on her arms. She's wearing a green cloak and a yellow dress. Vasil is to her left. He is also holding a candle. Vasil has brown skin with a bark-like texture with patches of paler skin and moss. His hair is brown and curly. He is wearing a green caftan with yellow filigree. Minno is on the right, also holding a candle. They have pale skin, blonde hair with braided sideburns, and round framed glasses. They are wearing a white shirt with part of their kilt (in a brown and blue tartan) draped over one shoulder. Aila is behind the other three characters with her wings wrapped around them. She has pink skin, magenta hair styled in pigtail braids, and small pointed horns. She has a red scarf.
Cover art by heavenlystarr (Yune)

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 7d

I ordered via Amazon already. When I get a chance I'll post a review there too. At least it saves you some shipping costs.

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 Ordering a copy now. Can't wait to see it in the flesh.

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Walt Shuler (he/him) @waltshuler.substack.com · 7d

There's something of an announcement on my Substack:

And Then There Was a Book

ADTR Is Unleashed on the World

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 7d

Very cool. Thanks!

Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 7d

This is a really neat idea. I think it could add a lot of information to reviews without having to write it out. What do you use to make them?

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 12d

Awesome. Can't wait!

Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · 12d

Love the cover! I think it fits the story perfectly

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Walt Shuler (he/him) @waltshuler.substack.com · 12d

So, ADTR has a cover now :)
waltshuler.substack.com/p/adtr-gets-...

ADTR Gets a Cover

The Cover Reveal: A Dread Tide Rising Is One Step Closer to Reality

waltshuler.substack.com

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Zeggy @infernulls.bsky.social · 14d

In other news you can see and preorder my book #Infernulls The Golden Letter at Walmart now!

www.walmart.com/ip/180015167...

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Moti Black 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @motiblackart.bsky.social · 20d

No matter what I do, The Casa Martyrs keeps being labelled as dark fantasy, even though I have never ticked that box and don't think it really fits. But hey, it's Halloween, so I'll lean in to it!

In the post below, I have picked a short scary except from the book.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CG2PQCP9

A book cover Title: The Casa Martyrs - Book One of the Blazing Court. Moti Black. The image is of a windswept woman's head filled with a red fantasy landscape with a tall blue mountain to the right hand side.

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Austin Worley @amworleywriter.bsky.social · 21d

Preorders for the new standalone “Hanging at Crosbhothar” are live on Amazon!

Carnomancy. Fanatical reavers. A bandit chief who’s more than a man. If she’s to see justice done for the horrors at Crosbhothar, Knight-Mother Arlise Dun must face them all.

#darkfantasy

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DH37SDXV

Hanging at Crosbhothar (Tales of the Watchers)

Hanging at Crosbhothar (Tales of the Watchers) - Kindle edition by Worley, Austin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hanging at Crosbhothar (Tales of the Watchers).

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E. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 21d

Hey, come listen to me talk about the revision process! There will be other cool presentations too, and cool people! Should be awesome!

Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 21d

E. H. Lupton's (she/they) debut novel was shortlisted for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Midwest Book Award. Her poems have been published in various journals, including Asimov's Science Fiction.

We're so excited to have @pretensesoup.bsky.social join us!

wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

Meet our speakers! E.H. Lupton, novelist and poet. Let's talk about joy & collaboration in revision! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com The background behind the text is the audience's view of a theater with closed red curtains.

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Ellen Starsmore @ellenstarsmore.bsky.social · 21d

This month has been all about wrangling the paperback of my debut fantasy, Beyond the Humming Downs.

Back cover design… rookie mistakes… a gazillion interior PDFs… Proofs received…

Later today I will hit go. Yesss!

#FantasyIndiesSeptember — 30
#indiefantasy 📚🪐💙🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 18

Yeah, I'm loving it so far. I read When the Wolf Comes Home by him and liked it a lot so I'm making my way through all his books.

Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 17

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 17. TBR list

I've got to finish Mary by Nat Cassidy and then I'll continue with the indies The Night Plummer and the Mockemortician by Walter Thinman and Convergence of Connection by Sarah J Hoodlet. Then... I don't know, there's a lot to read!

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 17. Your autumn TBR

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 15

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 14 Favorite books

It's so hard to pick my favorite books, even out of those from the last few years. But I have a special place in my heart for Le Guin's Earthsea books. They are a comfort read I can go back to any number of times and still love them.

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 14. Your favorite books

Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 12

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 11. Do you know what your next WIP will be?

After I finish the first draft of my current WIP, I'm returning to the sequel to Shadows of the Elders, book 2 in that series. I have a first draft done, so it's back to editing but I suspect there's a good deal of work to be done.

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 11. Do you know what your next WIP will be?

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 10

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 10. Does your MC covet knowledge or power.

Knowledge is power for her. But she doesn't covet power, certainly not for power's sake. She wants to help her people survive and power would help that but it's really the knowledge of how to lead that she seeks.

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 10. Does your MC covet knowledge or power.

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K. N. Brindle (they/them) @knbrindle.com · Sep 8

Getting ready for a sales table at the end of the month, I worked up a poster for the Paths of Memory duology (A MEMORY OF BLOOD AND MAGIC and A MEMORY OF WAR AND SOLACE). Pretty proud of this one. Background painting by me using Procreate. Composition and typesetting by me using Affinity Designer.

A poster for the Paths of Memory duology, by K. N. Brindle. The title features a swirl of fine lines and arcs extending from the serifs and ascenders of the typeface. The text is colored in a gradient from light lavender, through pink, peach, orange, and back to lavender.

The background is a landscape of green and lavender under a dark shadowed sky at sunset. A river runs through the landscape and passes by a city sprawling across the bottom of the frame.

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Walt Shuler (he/him) @waltshuler.substack.com · Sep 8

Chapter 11 of ADTR is live :)

waltshuler.substack.com/p/chapter-11...

Chapter 11

A Dread Tide Rising, by Walt Shuler

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · Sep 8

40 days until Songs of Broken Bells is released!

In the lead up to its release date, I’m sharing a short snippet from each chapter alongside a fun fact about that chapter or the book/world in general. Today’s snippet is from chapter 1.

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Text over an orange background. And the top is an image of two blown out candles with smoke trailing to the right.

SILENCE FALLS
ON THE AMSTELVOORT
"Is it alright if I bring some of you back with me? I only need a basket full."
She took the gentle birdsong rising around her as their consent. Her serrated black nails made excellent knives for harvesting the delicate flowers, and she soon lost herself to the rhythm of the work.
FUN FACT
Around the time I was working on the worldbuilding for the Amstelvoort and the Selvestra that inhabit Her, I took a foraging class. Our teacher was Anishinaabe and encouraged us to always ask the plants for permission before harvesting anything (as well as many other practices that would make our foraging more sustainable). I decided to ingrain that practice in the Selvestra culture as a way for them to live harmoniously with the sentient forest. You'll see Líadan do this a few times throughout the book both in and outside of the Amstelvoort.
SONGS OF BROKEN BELLS
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 17TH

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 8

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 8 Would/does your MC like school?

It would depend a lot on what the school focused on. She would love learning trades, things she could make and do with her hands, or anything active. But she wouldn't like a traditional sit down at a desk and learn experience

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 9. Would/does your MC like school?

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 7

#FantasyIndiesSeptember 7 Surprises in WIP

That I might actually finish the thing 😆 But really, though it's a prequel, I didn't intend to have it directly set up the events of Shadows of the Elders but it seems to be doing that. I am pleasantly surprised by the subtle connections between books.

Fantasy Indies September hashtag prompt list. September 7. Something in your WIP that surprised you

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Will Elm @willelm.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very sorry for your loss.