Emily Hickey ✍️
@emilyhickeywrites.bsky.social
Indie fantasy romance author, Horror enthusiast, Incurable weeb
My Books:
https://buff.ly/ioHJACX
Rootbound Hearts Trilogy Book 1 📖 Coming April 2026
My Other Writerly Activities:
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My Books:
https://buff.ly/ioHJACX
Rootbound Hearts Trilogy Book 1 📖 Coming April 2026
My Other Writerly Activities:
recommendmeanime.com
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📢 Upcoming:
🍃 Rootbound Hearts Trilogy 🍃
A druid-themed #romantasy about two opposites who live in the same World Tree solving a murder.
Book 1 📖 April 24th, 2026 (Arbor Day)
⏳ Then:
A #cozyfantasy about two idiots questing for apple cake
#upcomingbooks #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #2026Books
🍃 Rootbound Hearts Trilogy 🍃
A druid-themed #romantasy about two opposites who live in the same World Tree solving a murder.
Book 1 📖 April 24th, 2026 (Arbor Day)
⏳ Then:
A #cozyfantasy about two idiots questing for apple cake
#upcomingbooks #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #2026Books
What's so wrong with performative reading?
Booktok is at least half about aesthetic anyway, and there is a decent chance that, one day, that person might glance down and actually start reading.
Booktok is at least half about aesthetic anyway, and there is a decent chance that, one day, that person might glance down and actually start reading.
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
What's so wrong with performative reading?
Booktok is at least half about aesthetic anyway, and there is a decent chance that, one day, that person might glance down and actually start reading.
Booktok is at least half about aesthetic anyway, and there is a decent chance that, one day, that person might glance down and actually start reading.
Is it
👑 #FantasyRomance - Fantasy plot with romance
❤️ #Romantasy - Romance-driven fantasy plot
Or the reverse?
Because I've heard both, and now I just use them interchangeably. I might be part of the problem, though.
#RomantasyAuthors #FantasyRomanceAuthors #WritingCommunity
👑 #FantasyRomance - Fantasy plot with romance
❤️ #Romantasy - Romance-driven fantasy plot
Or the reverse?
Because I've heard both, and now I just use them interchangeably. I might be part of the problem, though.
#RomantasyAuthors #FantasyRomanceAuthors #WritingCommunity
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Is it
👑 #FantasyRomance - Fantasy plot with romance
❤️ #Romantasy - Romance-driven fantasy plot
Or the reverse?
Because I've heard both, and now I just use them interchangeably. I might be part of the problem, though.
#RomantasyAuthors #FantasyRomanceAuthors #WritingCommunity
👑 #FantasyRomance - Fantasy plot with romance
❤️ #Romantasy - Romance-driven fantasy plot
Or the reverse?
Because I've heard both, and now I just use them interchangeably. I might be part of the problem, though.
#RomantasyAuthors #FantasyRomanceAuthors #WritingCommunity
I've come to the very mature conclusion that making professions in your collectivist fantasy society into proper nouns seems neat... until you have to sort out the capitalization.
It was, in fact, not a good idea.
#writingcommunity
It was, in fact, not a good idea.
#writingcommunity
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I've come to the very mature conclusion that making professions in your collectivist fantasy society into proper nouns seems neat... until you have to sort out the capitalization.
It was, in fact, not a good idea.
#writingcommunity
It was, in fact, not a good idea.
#writingcommunity
I've come to admit to myself that I just found Kelsier's personality kind of obnoxious, and that's probably why I'm enjoying Mistborn Book 2 so much more.
#booksky #amreading #currentread
#booksky #amreading #currentread
December 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I've come to admit to myself that I just found Kelsier's personality kind of obnoxious, and that's probably why I'm enjoying Mistborn Book 2 so much more.
#booksky #amreading #currentread
#booksky #amreading #currentread
Reposted by Emily Hickey ✍️
#Booksky, are you in the mood for a bleak novel about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of folk horror & a mysterious entity?
Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
🌳😈🌳
Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
🌳😈🌳
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#Booksky, are you in the mood for a bleak novel about a cursed family, set in a small town, with a good dose of folk horror & a mysterious entity?
Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
🌳😈🌳
Then you might like my self-pubbed book...
Suffer.
Surrender.
The choice is yours.
Kindle/KU/paperback: mybook.to/XIvD2
GR: shorturl.at/2i9LO
🌳😈🌳
I know Netflix is terrible, but dang if American Primeval wasn't an amazing, brutal, short little watch I've been lightly captivated by this week.
December 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I know Netflix is terrible, but dang if American Primeval wasn't an amazing, brutal, short little watch I've been lightly captivated by this week.
The cover illustration of Not The Crown, But You was done by the lovely ChrisFroot, an artist from Tumblr (www.tumblr.com/chrisfroot)
(The title text is my failing)
Read 👑 Not The Crown, But You on KDU ❤️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2S2VRGQ
#sapphicromance #ReadersOfBluesky #booksky #queerbooksky #lesfic
(The title text is my failing)
Read 👑 Not The Crown, But You on KDU ❤️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2S2VRGQ
#sapphicromance #ReadersOfBluesky #booksky #queerbooksky #lesfic
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The cover illustration of Not The Crown, But You was done by the lovely ChrisFroot, an artist from Tumblr (www.tumblr.com/chrisfroot)
(The title text is my failing)
Read 👑 Not The Crown, But You on KDU ❤️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2S2VRGQ
#sapphicromance #ReadersOfBluesky #booksky #queerbooksky #lesfic
(The title text is my failing)
Read 👑 Not The Crown, But You on KDU ❤️
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2S2VRGQ
#sapphicromance #ReadersOfBluesky #booksky #queerbooksky #lesfic
I wanted to just do some work today, but I guess putting my web development skills to work and troubleshooting errors when even the logs don't want to load is... fine, too.
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wanted to just do some work today, but I guess putting my web development skills to work and troubleshooting errors when even the logs don't want to load is... fine, too.
Self-doubt is contagious in the writing community, as it is in all creative spaces.
But I think I can be happy knowing I wrote my stories as best as I could at the time, and will learn and improve from every story I finish.
It's the zen ember that lets me finish stories.
But I think I can be happy knowing I wrote my stories as best as I could at the time, and will learn and improve from every story I finish.
It's the zen ember that lets me finish stories.
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Self-doubt is contagious in the writing community, as it is in all creative spaces.
But I think I can be happy knowing I wrote my stories as best as I could at the time, and will learn and improve from every story I finish.
It's the zen ember that lets me finish stories.
But I think I can be happy knowing I wrote my stories as best as I could at the time, and will learn and improve from every story I finish.
It's the zen ember that lets me finish stories.
Finish my "side read," Mistborn book 1, today.
Can't say I really started enjoying it until the middle, but I got Sanderlanched all the same.
Time for book 2, I suppose
#booksky #amreading
Can't say I really started enjoying it until the middle, but I got Sanderlanched all the same.
Time for book 2, I suppose
#booksky #amreading
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Finish my "side read," Mistborn book 1, today.
Can't say I really started enjoying it until the middle, but I got Sanderlanched all the same.
Time for book 2, I suppose
#booksky #amreading
Can't say I really started enjoying it until the middle, but I got Sanderlanched all the same.
Time for book 2, I suppose
#booksky #amreading
Brightburn has... such a unexpected cast for a horror movie.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Brightburn has... such a unexpected cast for a horror movie.
Reposted by Emily Hickey ✍️
🚨 FREE ON KINDLE 🚨
8/12 - 12/12 incl.
A “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales”, The Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #witches, #vampires, #ghosts & human #monsters.
mybook.to/MOTC
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚🩸
#horror #HorrorAuthor #bookpromo #booksky #freebook
8/12 - 12/12 incl.
A “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales”, The Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #witches, #vampires, #ghosts & human #monsters.
mybook.to/MOTC
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚🩸
#horror #HorrorAuthor #bookpromo #booksky #freebook
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🚨 FREE ON KINDLE 🚨
8/12 - 12/12 incl.
A “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales”, The Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #witches, #vampires, #ghosts & human #monsters.
mybook.to/MOTC
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚🩸
#horror #HorrorAuthor #bookpromo #booksky #freebook
8/12 - 12/12 incl.
A “brilliantly chilling compilation of creepy tales”, The Mistress of the Crows features 9 “skilfully written ghastly tales” of #witches, #vampires, #ghosts & human #monsters.
mybook.to/MOTC
🩸📚💙📚👀📢📚😱📚🩸
#horror #HorrorAuthor #bookpromo #booksky #freebook
I haven't had an asthma attack in months, so it seems right I'd have one at a fancy dinner where I definitely didn't bring an inhaler.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I haven't had an asthma attack in months, so it seems right I'd have one at a fancy dinner where I definitely didn't bring an inhaler.
I discovered my gas station has creamer cups of just extra caffienated espresso you can add to the coffee, and I've been thinking about how I should have put them in my coffee all day.
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I discovered my gas station has creamer cups of just extra caffienated espresso you can add to the coffee, and I've been thinking about how I should have put them in my coffee all day.
Reposted by Emily Hickey ✍️
How to help an author? Read us, review us, put us on your wishlists, in your carts, heart us, add us to your Goodreads TBR, pop into your local bookstore and have them place an order, make a library request.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
How to help an author? Read us, review us, put us on your wishlists, in your carts, heart us, add us to your Goodreads TBR, pop into your local bookstore and have them place an order, make a library request.
#AuthorsofBluesky #ReadersofBluesky #booksky
🌟 Flashbacks in novels?🌟
✅ Good, useful, and interesting?
or
❌ Pace-ruining, unnecessary, and a characterization/backstory crutch?
🌟 Flashbacks in novels?🌟
✅ Good, useful, and interesting?
or
❌ Pace-ruining, unnecessary, and a characterization/backstory crutch?
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#AuthorsofBluesky #ReadersofBluesky #booksky
🌟 Flashbacks in novels?🌟
✅ Good, useful, and interesting?
or
❌ Pace-ruining, unnecessary, and a characterization/backstory crutch?
🌟 Flashbacks in novels?🌟
✅ Good, useful, and interesting?
or
❌ Pace-ruining, unnecessary, and a characterization/backstory crutch?
I always end up vibing with certain songs when writing my books. For Not the Crown, but You, it was definitely Untouched by The Veronicas
It's truly the vibe of the entire romance---yearning
Not the Crown, but You, Out Now:
buff.ly/8vUxUU2
#Booksky #sapphicromance #queerbooksky #romantasy
It's truly the vibe of the entire romance---yearning
Not the Crown, but You, Out Now:
buff.ly/8vUxUU2
#Booksky #sapphicromance #queerbooksky #romantasy
The Veronicas - Untouched (Official Music Video)
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December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I always end up vibing with certain songs when writing my books. For Not the Crown, but You, it was definitely Untouched by The Veronicas
It's truly the vibe of the entire romance---yearning
Not the Crown, but You, Out Now:
buff.ly/8vUxUU2
#Booksky #sapphicromance #queerbooksky #romantasy
It's truly the vibe of the entire romance---yearning
Not the Crown, but You, Out Now:
buff.ly/8vUxUU2
#Booksky #sapphicromance #queerbooksky #romantasy
Sure, finishing a rough draft or publishing a novel is a great, but what about that first read through of the rough draft where you get to tweak a million scenes so they work perfectly, seed details for later, and inject delicious emotion into pivotal moments?
#writing #WritingCommunity #authors
#writing #WritingCommunity #authors
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sure, finishing a rough draft or publishing a novel is a great, but what about that first read through of the rough draft where you get to tweak a million scenes so they work perfectly, seed details for later, and inject delicious emotion into pivotal moments?
#writing #WritingCommunity #authors
#writing #WritingCommunity #authors
Everytime I try to do TikTok, I make one video, get exhausted by the process, and vow it's not for me.
I dont think my books are terrible, but my marketing skills sure are.
I dont think my books are terrible, but my marketing skills sure are.
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Everytime I try to do TikTok, I make one video, get exhausted by the process, and vow it's not for me.
I dont think my books are terrible, but my marketing skills sure are.
I dont think my books are terrible, but my marketing skills sure are.
I've created many cities, but my city of mages, Luminess, with its literal sea wall and secrets in the depths of its water is still my favorite.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've created many cities, but my city of mages, Luminess, with its literal sea wall and secrets in the depths of its water is still my favorite.
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Let Feathers So Vicious be your daily reminder that the word 'bemused' is not a synonym for amused.
It means confused.
#booksky #books #currentlyreading
It means confused.
#booksky #books #currentlyreading
December 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Let Feathers So Vicious be your daily reminder that the word 'bemused' is not a synonym for amused.
It means confused.
#booksky #books #currentlyreading
It means confused.
#booksky #books #currentlyreading
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of yelling, "Yeah! Fuck 'em up, Santa!" at my TV while watching #Sanda
The six episodes I watched were unexpectedly deep with puberty and identity issues, and unexpectedly so damn hype.
The six episodes I watched were unexpectedly deep with puberty and identity issues, and unexpectedly so damn hype.
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Today, I had the distinct pleasure of yelling, "Yeah! Fuck 'em up, Santa!" at my TV while watching #Sanda
The six episodes I watched were unexpectedly deep with puberty and identity issues, and unexpectedly so damn hype.
The six episodes I watched were unexpectedly deep with puberty and identity issues, and unexpectedly so damn hype.
Me: I'm going to write an absolutely filthy romance this time with both plot AND smut
*writes the most wholesome, supportive romance where hot, filthy sex would feel forced*
Me: >:(
No, for real. How you balance it?
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsofBluesky #romancewriters
*writes the most wholesome, supportive romance where hot, filthy sex would feel forced*
Me: >:(
No, for real. How you balance it?
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsofBluesky #romancewriters
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Me: I'm going to write an absolutely filthy romance this time with both plot AND smut
*writes the most wholesome, supportive romance where hot, filthy sex would feel forced*
Me: >:(
No, for real. How you balance it?
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsofBluesky #romancewriters
*writes the most wholesome, supportive romance where hot, filthy sex would feel forced*
Me: >:(
No, for real. How you balance it?
#writing #amwriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsofBluesky #romancewriters
Well, I had to clear my browser cache.
Guess it's time to get a billion 2FA texts, emails, and Google alerts as I log back into everything.
What a time to be alive.
Guess it's time to get a billion 2FA texts, emails, and Google alerts as I log back into everything.
What a time to be alive.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Well, I had to clear my browser cache.
Guess it's time to get a billion 2FA texts, emails, and Google alerts as I log back into everything.
What a time to be alive.
Guess it's time to get a billion 2FA texts, emails, and Google alerts as I log back into everything.
What a time to be alive.
As a fantasy author, I feel like I need a codex, preferably a visual one, about all the various pieces of fancy clothing.
Is a bodice the same as a corset? I forget. What about a tunic? Just when does it turn into a cote, eh?
#writing #writingcommunity #Writesky
Is a bodice the same as a corset? I forget. What about a tunic? Just when does it turn into a cote, eh?
#writing #writingcommunity #Writesky
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As a fantasy author, I feel like I need a codex, preferably a visual one, about all the various pieces of fancy clothing.
Is a bodice the same as a corset? I forget. What about a tunic? Just when does it turn into a cote, eh?
#writing #writingcommunity #Writesky
Is a bodice the same as a corset? I forget. What about a tunic? Just when does it turn into a cote, eh?
#writing #writingcommunity #Writesky