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Kristin Melville 🎉 📚
@bookcoachkris.bsky.social
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Book coach and fiction editor for indie fantasy novels ✨

Website 🔗 https://www.kristinmelville.com/
Insta 📸 https://www.instagram.com/bookcoachkris/

Current WIP 📝 Sapphic Romantasy
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Kristin Melville 🎉 📚 @bookcoachkris.bsky.social · Oct 18
Quick intro post! I'm Kristin, a book coach/fantasy nerd who loves talking self-pub and writing craft

🔮 Collecting indie fantasy books
🎮 Also playing BG3, DA, and other RPGs
📚 Reading a lot of romance and craft books
📝 Writing all over the place

And now the cat tax for your amusement
A black and white cat with green eyes wrapped up in an animal print blanket
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The words "Flam for Portland" in the Zohran Mamdani campaign sign text
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Who wants to be lucky number 69?
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itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Trans People Take on the World A bundle hosted by Elise Carlson with content from 32 creators. DRM free Buy 32 items for $35 • Regularly ~$121 Save 71%! RAISED $2,717.89 90% of goal 68 contributors GOAL $3,000.00 Buy all for $35.00 Offer ends in 4 days 13 hours 22 minutes
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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johnjosephadams.com
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!

Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy stylized as cover text.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Ruining the workplace by plotting against the sapphic vampire coven that cursed your new vampire girlfriend and coven mates while you wash their floors and do their laundry

📖: books2read.com/u/4AM9Qk
A copy of Once Upon a Dark October on a white bookshelf surrounded by other books
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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shadowsparkpub.bsky.social
We made it to Saturday, friends! Did you do any writing this last week? If you did, share a short line from your recent writing sessions. Are you happy with it? Do you already have plans to improve it?

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #SaturdaySnippet #indiepub #selfpub #writers #snippet 🪐📚💙
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November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Having fun with @bookcoachkris.bsky.social at #ReaderNation in Vegas today!

If you want the special edition hand-annotated hardback, it's for early backers and only available until midnight tonight!
Me (Rachel Simpson) on the left with short hair next to Kris with the long hair on the right, both making excited funny faces at the Reader Nation book fair!
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Reader Nation has so many great Fantasy authors! My wallet doesn't need to know how much I spent today 🤗
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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magicariot.com
I’m building a trans-centric entirely queer contemporary magical girl universe with my own two hands and incredible art, editing, & voice collaborators. Zero AI. The next novel comes out on December 5th, so you’ve got a lot of fun and feels ahead of you. 🥹

Come join the adventure at magicariot.com
A graphic featuring a banner image of the members of queer Portland magical girl rock band Magica Riot - Sara (Riot Red), Claire (Riot Purple), Nova (Riot Blue), Cass (Riot Yellow), and Hana (Riot Green), standing in the waterfront park in downtown Portland amid the cherry blossoms. Below them, artwork for the two main novels - Magica Riot and Magica Riot: Full Bloom - are arranged side-by-side. “Magica Riot” features a purple color scheme and Claire posing dramatically amid purple clouds and the outline of the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, while “Full Bloom” features characters Iris and Bloom laying on orange rain lilies while touching fingertips. Text on the graphic reads: “Read the adventures of Portland’s queer magical girl rock band. Trans protagonist, music-based magic, useless lesbians, thrilling action, found family energy, modern-day Portland. Recommended if you like: Sailor Moon, Symphogear, Pretty Cure, Power Rangers."
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
The Trans People Take on the world Bundle is off to a great start 😄. Additional themes in some of these books include queer found family & or queer joy. Half the books are fantasy, & just under a 1/3 are romance.

🌈📚🪐📚💙 itch.io/b/3352/trans...

#FantasyBookSky #RomanceBooks
eliseswritings.bsky.social Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 16d
I'd like to kick off Trans Awareness Month with 32 stories of Trans People Taking On The World, by mainly trans authors

Your heroes may tackle; love, friendship, magic &war, self discovery, trauma & healing, demons (literal or metaphorical 😉) & or the world itself!

🌈📚💙💕📚🪐📚♿ itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Title: Trans People Take on the World, Nov 1-15 in Itchio 32 Book covers, background a sunset photo by Elise Carlson. The Strangers Sanctuary, S.E. Robertson What Lies Within, Issy Waldon Synthetic Sea, Franklyn S. Newton Non-Player Character, Veo Corva A Life in Too Many Margins, S.E. Thomson Like Salt and Whi Sky, Merlina Garance A Memory of Blood and Magic, K.N. Brindle My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg, Fern V. Bedek Enemies to Enemies, Ash Kreider The Poison Fruits, E.M. Haegar The Thread That Binds, Cedar McCloud The Wings of Ashtaroth, Steve Hugh Westenra The Elysium Proposal, A.E. Bross Structural Integrity, Tabitha O'Connell Songs of Broken Bells, Lilly Lockwood Echo Sight, Cian Verath The Uncontinented Stars, Haden Cross Between You, Me and the Moonlit Sea, Linn Silver Secondhand Origin Storie, Lee Brontide Blood On The Snow, Finn McLellan Manipulators War, Elise Carlson Powder & Feathers, Johannes T. Evans Our Simulated Selves, Nikki Null All Roads Lead to This, Kay Claire 1000Lotuses, Lotuscarp.com First Rose, Jake Vanguard A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Dragons Soul, J.F.R. Coates Garden of Rotten Roses, Nicole Hidalgo Name Her Holy, Aubrey Ennis Baker Thief, Claudie Arsenault Illusory, M.X. Misfits
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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weeknightwriters.bsky.social
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall This is your reminder that writing doesn't happen in a vacuum. You have a whole #writingcommunity here supporting you! Give a shoutout to someone who's been helping you out this month!
Image of a branch with its leaves turned red, overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall - November: Drafting - You're the only one who can write your book, but that doesn't mean you need to write alone.”
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Super happy to get to meet @bookcoachkris.bsky.social at #AuthorNation!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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magicariot.com
Ebook preorders are now live at my store, Itch, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, and Smashwords! magicariot.com/fullbloom
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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gwendolynquill.bsky.social
Hello!
I'm brand new to this platform, so I'll be sharing some stuff I've already worked on/posted elsewhere to start off. In this case, that'll be the 23ish drawings I managed for Inktober. We'll see what comes after that!
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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We are happy to announce our very first anthology is coming out on November 24th! Rough Seas & Strange Yarns captures short stories, poems, and visual art of fifteen Pen & Pier members, all focusing on the theme: Ocean. You can pre-order the eBook now www.amazon.com/dp/B0FY715J2...
Rough Seas and Strange Yarns: A Pen & Pier Anthology
Amazon.com: Rough Seas and Strange Yarns: A Pen & Pier Anthology eBook : Miller, Barbara: Kindle Store
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November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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I can't remember any specific books, but I was deeply into both geology (specifically precious stones) and herbs (despite being horrible at identifying plants irl). And of course, there was a dinosaur phase—they were close enough to dragons that I was compelled lol
#bookvember
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 13d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 4!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 4: Share your favorite non-fiction children’s book or series. What topic did you nerd out over? Dinosaurs? Space? Something more obscure? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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#WeeknightWriters Time for our #FirstDraftFall check-in! How did your writing go today?

Enjoying these nightly check-ins? Want even more support? Join our Pro Discord for writing sprints, virtual write-ins, voice socials, and more! ko-fi.com/weeknightw...
Image of orange and brown leaves on the ground overlaid with the text “#FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?”
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
bookcoachkris.bsky.social
Almost wrapped up with the panels today, and it's been a scavenger hunt to try and find other fantasy authors 🫢 But I'm getting great tips on marketing, reader magnets, and mindset 💪
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Day 1 at #AuthorNation done!
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember

Day 3: WIP Playlist

Playlists are my bread and butter when planning a project! Break In by Halestorm is definitely perfect for it. The second image has a few other songs I affiliate with it

(If anyone wants me to list the songs exactly, please let me know)
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Check out our November queer new release list which is posted on our website this month! 🧵
A graphic with a background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow. In the middle is a white square with a thin outline and text that reads "213 queer books coming out in November!". The 213 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and November is in red text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font.
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
After just one day we’re so close to halfway from our goal! Do you want to be the person to push us over the edge? Buy some super cool trans books by some super cool trans authors here! ⬇️

itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Trans People Take on the World A bundle hosted by Elise Carlson with content from 32 creators. • DRM free Buy 32 items for $35 • Regularly ~$121 Save 71%! RAISED $747.89 GOAL $1,500.00 49% of goal 19 contributors Buy all for $35.00 Offer ends in 12 days 15 hours 13 minutes
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Ready to do #FantasyIndiesNovember because it's been a while!

Day 1 + 2: Introduction/When You Started Writing

I'm Kristin! I have a ton of creative hobbies, but storytelling is my favorite 🤗

While always coming up with stories, I started writing seriously in 2019 before becoming a book coach 📚💕
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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This is fantastic! Please consider signing up
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Forgiveness, betrayal, love, grief, and survival amidst the backdrop of a dangerous pathogen spreading rapidly through the passengers of an undersea vessel. This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne has lots of action, lots of emotion, and is an all-around great read.

#booksky #bookreview

My review:
Review: This Gilded Abyss (The Titan's Wrath Trilogy #1) by Rebecca Thorne | FanFiAddict
Synopsis: Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier, but she's desperate to leave her haunted past in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside old fri ...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM