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Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔
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Aspiring author, suffering veterinary student, perpetual dungeon master, sporadic birder, very queer (they/them).

SONGS OF BROKEN BELLS
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 21d
Could I perhaps entice you to read Songs of Broken Bells with these incredibly niche ‘tropes’?

Also inside you’ll find:
🔥 Rich worldbuilding
🔔 Queernormative setting
🔥 Found family
🔔 Meddling saints
🔥 Magical corruption

Buy it from your preferred online bookstore! buy.bookfunnel.com/rktaq3muij
A paperback of songs of broken bells against a brick backdrop. There are bells on ribbon hanging above it. There is text with arrows pointing towards the book. 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)) Text: Sentient forest that will kill you, sentient fire magic that will kill you, inside you there are 7 wolves, precocious goblin wisdom, daddy issues (dad is a god)
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Just spent the last 2.5 hours moving everything out of our basement storage unit because it flooded 🫠 I’m so fucking tired
December 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
It’s crazy to me that some books I can absolutely devour in like 2 days and others take me months to finish (even if I’m enjoying them!)
December 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Strange happenings in South Bend

[video: a very large murder of crows flying overhead and roosting on a building and several trees]
December 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
This is more reading related but I plan to use it on my personal copies of my books so kind of writing adjacent, fiancé got me an ex libris stamp!
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @FurCon @cometkins.bsky.social · 2d
Did you get any writing related gifts this year? What’ll you use it for? #WritingPrompt
December 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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stevewestenra.bsky.social
I made a video I like more, ahaha

Anyway!

Indie Ink Awards: indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...

* Best Morally Grey Character
* Best Setting
* Best Use of Tropes
* Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Rep
* Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Rep by a Neurodivergent Author
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Friendly reminder that the best gift you can give an indie author is a review of their book!
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
For Aloïs it would probably be her scales or tail. Virenthi-blooded are considered nobility in Virenthi, so most people (wrongly) assume that she’s nobility and will act as though she’s above them, which she quickly corrects and informs them she’s no longer part of a noble house.
Aloïs. She has tan skin, gold and bronze scales and gold eyes. She has auburn hair cut in a bob. Her ears are fin shaped and she has silver hearing aids. She’s wearing a blue and bronze surcoat with an edelweiss flower on the center. Art by Danil
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Voting for the Indie Ink Awards is still open, and a reminder that "Magica Riot" is up for six of them 🥹

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December 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Did you know you can get bundles of my books at discounted rates? Grab them now!

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December 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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applesncinnamon.bsky.social
Sweet & Wild is on sale for $1 on itch.io until January 5th!
If you'd like a sweet, cozy MM fantasy romance for this winter, please check it out!

While Sweet & Wild doesn't take place only in winter, there are scenes in winter! ❄️

Link: applesncinnamon.itch.io/sweet-wild
Over the backdrop of a wintery forest, the cover of Sweet & Wild by Alex Larkspur. Text above the cover reads: Itch.io Winter Sale, $1 until January 5th Over the background of a snowy forest, the text reads: "I called you 'love,'" he said, soft as the snow that was gathering on the branches above. "Is that all right?"
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Why are you gay?
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
It’s crazy that when I put my books for sale on itch people end up tipping more than what the book is full price 🥺🥹😭 people are too kind
December 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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SoBB is on sale on itch.io for the holiday season!

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December 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Now Available! "A Taste of Wild Honey" is a smutty one-shot featuring Micah and Terran from Sweet & Wild! It's just $1!

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Cover by @saintsbeware.bsky.social
An illustrated cover for the short story “A Taste of Wild Honey” by Alex Larkspur It features two men sitting under a tree in the forest. Micah is on the left, leaning in and nuzzling against the other man. He is blonde with white skin and freckles, wearing a cream colored shirt with embroidery, brown pants and boots, and a straw hat with flowers. The other man, Terran, is leaning into Micah and has thrown an arm around his shoulder. He has tan skin, a beard, and shoulder length brown hair with green tips. He has pointed ears and antlers. He is wearing a deep v-cut brown shirt and dark pants, no shoes. A necklace rests against his chest. In the foreground, there is a blanket with a jar of honey and flowers resting on it
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
This is more of a paragraph than a single line...but I really like it, so here
So focused on her target, Aloïs didn’t notice the Tether’s attention redirect to her. Didn’t notice their hands dancing in the air as they began to cast a spell. Didn’t hear Ser Kit screaming at her to duck. Didn’t see Kit launch maenself at the Tether just as Aloïs’ arrow found its mark. And then the world went a blinding white.
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Thursday is easing into the afternoon, and we're here to ease another semi-finalist onto our list.

www.readindiefantasy.com/sfincs-semi-...

This one's a different take on changing the world, perhaps, kind of? Read it and find out.

#SFINCS #BookSky
Banner image for our semi-finalist reveal. The image really just says SEMIFINALIST in big flashy words.
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Also, I finally wrote the scene that really inspired this story (it's v rough and I need to flesh it out but it's written!) and I honestly think that was the source of my recent writers block. I suspect the rest of the story will flow much easier now.
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social Lilly Lockwood 🔥SoBB is out NOW!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 11d
This is the idea that I was talking about last night 👀
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
This is the idea that I was talking about last night 👀
Background: yellow ginkgo leaves False Knight Accountability Thread There was a legend that Aloïs had once read in “Magiks of Unholy Design” that detailed a Tether consuming twenty one souls—three for each of the seven Strom Lords, an ancient cult of Tethers that terrorized the kith of Vostror—in close succession and rising in power that could rival a saint. Usually when a Tether consumed a soul it would reverse some of the corruption they had taken on from the Maelstrom, but if they were sparing with their magic and gathered enough souls in a short enough time frame, then perhaps it was possible to use that potential magic inside every kith to take control of more magic than any one kith has ever wielded. Words Written: 893 Total Word Count: 13,505 Chapters: 8/20
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The prequel to my queer seafaring fantasy series, FLOODWATERS, is on sale at my direct store for just $1.99!

The golden blood of a god can cure wounds. And humanity will do ANYTHING to get their hands on it. But what happens when human greed goes too far?

#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky
Corvid Arcana’s end of year sale! $1.99 Floodwaters ebook through direct store only. https://payhip.com/CorvidArcanaLiterary
December 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Out now!

Get it for $0.99! here: books2read.com/u/3R262R or FREE on Itch.IO: zekecaliban.itch.io/life-before-...

#BookSky #Romancelandia #DarkRomance #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #MMRomance
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
I will always and forever sing the praises of @heavenlyystar.bsky.social. The cover of Songs of Broken Bells turned out more beautiful than I ever could have hoped for 💕

Also including the cover I made for my upcoming release because I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
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)) Cover for Without Wings A Voices of Val'hoon novelette by Lilly Lockwood The background is a purple and pink sunset with some clouds From the right top corner a statue angel is angled down as if it is descending to the bottom left corner
December 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Wake Up Dead Man was good!
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social
Don't ya just love when an idea that really brings the story together just materializes in your mind in the middle of writing?

Such a great feeling
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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applesncinnamon.bsky.social
Voting is now open for the Indie Ink Awards! If you feel so inclined, I would be absolutely honored if you voted for Sweet & Wild in any of these categories! 💛🐝

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A graphic that reads: INDIE INK AWARDS NOMINATIONS! The logo for Indie Ink Awards is in the left hand corner, a bee in the right. The cover of Sweet & Wild is displayed next to a list of awards it was nominated for: Best book cover and cover artist, best friendship, Best light read, Best setting, Best use of tropes, Side Character MVP, This Book Made me Hungry/Thirsty, Gay or Lesbian Rep, LGBTQ+ Rep, Mental Health Rep
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM