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Emily Swaim
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Queer steampunk retelling of Peter Pan coming in Spring 2026.

Nonfiction writing can be seen on Business Insider, Healthline, Vox, and Rover.
I don't think Bluesky can do polls, so I'm asking the residents of the digital void the old-fashioned way:

Should I use this map for my fantasy novel REVEN?

👍Yes, it's creative
👎No, it's cringe
🫱Meh, I don't care about maps

#Indiereaders #selfpublishing #fairytaleretelling #bookmaps #fantasymaps
January 21, 2026 at 12:31 AM
A #characterbio post for Noodles, whose entire character concept began because I didn't know what to do with the Noodler character from Peter Pan canon.
🌟 Pollyanna personality
🌟 Baby of the bunch
🌟 Speaks in the third person

#FairytaleRetelling #IndieFantasy #YAFantasy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Another #bookquotes post for #steampunk fairytale retelling REVEN
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This #characterbio post is for Stark, who has first place in the trauma race. He's been through a lot.
🌟 Prodigy pilot
🌟 Lives in his dad's shadow
🌟 Iron-clad code of honor

#PeterPanretelling #IndieFantasy #Reven
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A #bookquotes post from REVEN to tide you over the weekend. Pun intended.

#IndieBooks #FairytaleRetelling #booksky
January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
A #CharacterBio post for everyone's favorite little arsonist, Smee.
🌟 Disowned by his parents
🌟 Ride or die
🌟 Loves fire a little too much
#Reven #IndieYA #PeterPanRetelling
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Honestly, this meme sums up Peter and Tink's relationship pretty well.

#PeterPan #FairytaleRetelling #IndieBooks #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I am tired from the holidays, so I'm just going to close out this year with memes.

#PeterPan #FairytaleRetelling #IndieBooks #booksky
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Reposted by Emily Swaim
KOSA has been defeated several times already and they keep trying over and over until the one time it goes through, at which point it becomes everyone's problem. It will be an unmitigated disaster if this passes and they say, well, sorry, now it's the law. Make sure your creature votes No on this.
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
US House Subcommittee Advances 18 Child Online Safety Bills | TechPolicy.Press
Some members expressed "fury" at the tech industry for not doing more to protect children and teens.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It should be easy to figure out which character said this #bookquote just by looking at the font. Or by guessing who is the only one old enough to know what a mortgage is.

#ReimaginingPeterPan #IndieFantasy #IndieReader #Hook #ObviouslyItIsHook
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This #CharacterBio is for Rowan. He has no canon counterpart for me to put in parentheses, but if he did, it wouldn't be from the hero's side.

🌟 Best friend turned bully
🌟 "Nice guy" attitude
🌟 Profoundly petty

#Reven #IndieFantasy #FairytaleRetelling
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Another #bookquotes post for REVEN.

#IndieReaders
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The software I use to write depends on where I am at in the process:

📑Scrivener (plotting/worldbuilding)

📃MSWord (drafting/editing)

📲Notes app on my phone (random ideas I have at midnight when I am unsuccessfully trying to fall asleep)
The software I use to write:

Word.

That's it. That's all I use on a laptop. Notebooks are essential, but software-wise, just Word.
The software I use to write:

Google docs/drive: pretty much everything

#writing #authors
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This #CharacterBio post is for Nibs, the last of the current members of Peter's little family. I may post bios of the former members in the future.

🌟 The medic
🌟 Accident-prone
🌟 The "I told you so" guy

#Reven #IndieYA #PeterPanRetelling
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm pretty sure this is my longest #bookquotes post yet.

#IndieReaders #ReimaginingPeterPan #Reven
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
So everyone is obsessing over #Wicked like it is 2005, and amid the nostalgia bomb I can't stop thinking about WHY this particular fairytale retelling has stood the test of time when so many others have faded out of memory. And I think it has to do with how the story reacts to its source material.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A two-for-one #CharacterBio post, this time for the Twins:

🌟 The muscle
🌟Grumpy/sunshine duo
🌟Never more than ten feet apart

#FairytaleRetelling #PeterPan #IndieFantasy
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This #bookquotes post is actually from Tink (the last character bio I posted). I didn't plan for the quote and trope post schedules to sync up like that, but I thought it was a fun coincidence.

#IndiePublishing #FairytaleRetelling #YAFantasy #PeterPan #Bookstagram #Booksky
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A #tropes post for Tink this time:
🌟 The techie
🌟 Trust issues
🌟 Unrequited love

#IndiePublishing #FairytaleRetelling #PeterPan #YAFantasy #Bookstagram #Booksky
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reposted by Emily Swaim
I am begging SFF folk to simply look into whether they themselves might be on the aroace spectrum and to write / shop / market accordingly, instead of expressing extreme disgust for books which feature sex, romance, or both.
Absolutely. I still get stares when i talk about scifi romance like, what? Or worse, how dare?

But once I realised there were people like me out there, reading and writing what I loved, I chose to be happy.

Someone can look down their nose at something I like. I'm having fun. That's what matters.
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Another #tropes post for Reven. This time it's Hook:

🌟Obsessive rival
🌟Lives for revenge
🌟Serial dine-and-dasher

#IndiePublishing #FairytaleRetelling #PeterPan #YAFantasy #Bookstagram #Booksky
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm doing some #tropes posts for Reven. Next up is Peter:
🌟Main character syndrome
🌟Lives for his family
🌟Screw the rules, I have magic

#IndiePublishing #FairytaleRetelling #PeterPan #YAFantasy #Bookstagram #Booksky
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM