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A.M. Steele
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(she/her) Author of Tears of Eternity.
Knitter. Gardner. Cinephile. Part-time Bog Hag.

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I say 'was' impressed, because MegaMan drew a bit too much attention and got stolen, almost instantly.

His would-be kidnappers gave up, else he activated a crash bomb and exploded up the block.

...Sad that I don't get to smash that pumpkin later.
MegaMan pumpkin smashed on a neighborhood sidewalk.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Our 2025 pumpkin entries. I always have a "it's ok mine isn't movie quality" stance when it comes to carving, but I'm pretty proud of my lil creepy face and was impressed with my partner's MegaMan.
A creepy smiling carved pumpkin sits on steps, staring at children that would like candy on their level. Up higher, a pumpkin with a MegaMan life sits, greeting the children's middle aged parents. It's a real something-for-everyone-house.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Behold, my wonky ears in their misshapen glory!

I learned a few things about growing corn this year with my most important takeaway being that my neighborhood's NIMBY tendencies don't extend to my front yard garden.

#gardeningsky
A trio of partially pollinated ears of corn in front of a half-dried row of corn in the city.
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I dipped out from social media for the last few months while on a personal quest to throw my gallbladder into a proverbial Mt. Doom. Like Frodo, I too forgot what food tasted like, dropped an insane amount of weight, and got mean.

Tears of Eternity: Remembrance updates coming soon!
I can't recall the taste of food, nor the sound of water, or the touch of grass.
September 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Started Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora. Every young Locke scene feels like me playing any Bethesda game.

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Futurama still. Bender singing "I love stealin', I love takin' things."
June 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Oh heavens, we're already hitting the temperatures where I disappear to the coolness of the mountains for long stretches.

Little Dell Reservoir be looking real pretty this time of year.
A mountain reservoir surrounded by greenery and wildflowers on a sunny afternoon.
May 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I love these sunny days when I'm able to just sit outside and...Oh. Wait. Nope. Here comes the boy.

Please note he is not my kitty, but reading outdoors does summon him.

Finished Written on the Dark. Still processing my reaction. Beautiful & bittersweet.

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An orange kitty rolls on the sidewalk beside a closed copy of Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay.
May 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The season's first strawbs and a very jealous dog.

She got three.

And ate two before I could pick them.

She's doing just fine in this strawb economy.
A jealous dog stares at a handful of ripe strawberries. She ate what she thought was ripe already and is now confused how the human found more.
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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There is a certain delicious irony about this Joe Abercrombie signing event that I am eating up.
A copy of Joe Abercrombie's The Devils inside a church for a signing event.
May 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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If there is a kitty within 100ft of me when I try to read, it will interrupt my progress. It's just science. This isn't even my cat.

Heroes Die is a fantastic read. This Matt Stover guy should write a political thriller space opera or something.

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Heroes Die by Matthew Woodring Stover being brushed up against by a nice orange kitty named Twinkie.
May 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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After a well-earned sweat from gardening, it's important to give yourself a little treat.

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The bright sun hits a lush green lawn. In the shade, a glass of beer sits beside a vape pen while a copy of The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie rests atop your author's lap. It is a nice day.
May 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Well, I certainly thought I was allowed to read today, but Lady Maggie has a zero tolerance policy to distracted petting.

Reading update: Tigana is my first Guy Gavriel Kay experience and I am loving it so far.

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A cat's paw swipes at an innocent hand just trying to keep a book open on a desk.
April 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Does getting misgendered in reviews mean people are reading my book as Fantasy and not Romantasy? 🤔

Not that I'm complaining, I'll gladly be called a wizard any day.
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5-Star Amazon Review reading, "Tears of Eternity: Foresight" is an extremely well written epic fantasy that intertwines the destinies of the four main characters. The author is a wizard himself, immersing the readers into this captivating world. The story illustrates how resilience combined with magic pays off in the end. Excellent book." The phrase "The author is a wizard himself" is highlighted. Underneath, Normon Osborne wears a poorly photoshopped wizard hat, saying "You know, I'm something of a wizard myself."
April 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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We've been having the perfect weather for reading outdoors in the afternoons.

What are your thoughts on reading outside?

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Image of paperback book titled "Scar Night" by Alan Campbell. Backdrop is a green yard with a pale blue sky.
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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#FantasyIndiesMarch Days 22-24
I'm doing a little weekend catch-up after catching a bug.

Day 22: Lucky Snippet

Though, I suppose "lucky" for the guards is not exactly "lucky" for anyone else.
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“Hey, are you awake?” he whispered over to her, not sure why he was whispering. As if someone had answered his concerns about being in danger, sounds of guards walking down the hall reached him. “This one was to be kept separate, boss’s orders,” a guard said, keys clinking outside the cell door. “Elves are supposed to be together. You damn duff. Now we have to move this one and hope they won’t wake up. Not even branded yet. Idiot. Lucky for us, the paralysis is holding.”
March 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Out Friday!

🧙 Pompous Wizards
🌟 Misleading Prophecies
🧝 Elf & Human Race Relations
💰 Economic Driving Forces
🗡️ Quest for a Relic
🧩 Puzzles
🗨️ Banter-filled Dialogue
🥀 Dark Conspiracies

🔖 Pre-order Link: books2read.com/u/bz9pan
📖 Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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Tears of Eternity Book One Foresight by A.M. Steele. Releases 3/21, available as an e-book or paperback.
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#FantasyIndiesMarch
Day 18: Prophecy

Professor of Divination Arthur Wells creates all sorts of prophecies, but they come with their limitations. In his own words...

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“To predict the fate of a single individual is near folly. An individual’s specific decision in a nearby period? That is easy. Some grand-scale natural disaster in a few hundred years? Easy. To see how a series of bad decisions by one or two individuals over the course of a few weeks will end up? Near impossible.”
March 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#FantasyIndiesMarch
Day 15: Magic Snippet

As a diviner, Arthur's magic is tedious. It requires extensive research and can give vague directions that even he struggles to interpret.

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He’d had to wait until dawn to fully investigate, and he worried he missed something by waiting. Arthur wove several spells for remote viewing and scoured the building’s remnants. While chewing his lip, he drew a ritual circle, attempting to look backward through time at the collapse, then groaned. The building itself only gave the image of the outside falling. He didn’t know enough about what was occurring inside the manor to determine what had happened. The only thing he was sure of was that the earthquake was not natural—Minarin did not have earthquakes. Arthur left the building and saw a grime-encrusted arm poking up from behind a stone, too far away to be part of the manor. Curious, he moved the rock with a flick of his wrist, revealing the body attached to the arm. After a cursory glance, he took a step back and gasped.
March 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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This past week we said goodbye to Pip, my writing buddy, meeting interrupter, and accidental editor. Unsparing in her use of the space bar, she was known to delete entire chapters while unattended. Fourteen years together and all I want is one more day of her sitting on my lap.
Little gray kitty, Pip, poses for a photo as if she did not poop on a guest's laundry an hour earlier.
March 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A small snippet from Tears of Eternity: Foresight's WIP sequel, Remembrance. Technically, at 200k words, its draft is complete, but I'm a reviser...which means my work has only begun.

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Once he was out of view of the row home, Rejnar pulled his hood over his head and wrapped his face and body in the weave. He chose to appear as a human man with dark hair and brown eyes, mirroring the look of the common sort that would not stand out on a street corner. The walk down the city streets toward the junction of portals was bustling with activity, with vendor signs pushing into the thoroughfares. He moved like a ghost through the crowd, almost alive, invisible in plain sight. As he neared the portal hall, his gait shortened and footsteps became heavier. Lost was the phantom and in its place, a man looking to find work in Fortuna’s docks aboard a Prinz ship.
February 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Tears of Eternity: Foresight releases March 21st!

LoveReading called it "A marvelous read," and "a great recommendation for all fantasy readers."

Pre-orders available at B&N, Kobo, & most ebook marketplaces. Paperbacks coming soon.

Cover by Damonza.

#indieauthor #💙📚 #indiebooks #sff #fantasysky
Cover image of Tears of Eternity Book One: Foresight by A.M. Steele. Includes an icon for a LoveReading Indie Books We Love award.
February 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Between PC and the Switch, I have over 1200 hours logged in Stardew Valley. I had never played Junimokart until the Mr. Qi quest and I never, ever want to play it again.
February 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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My author proof copy arrived this week! While holding it, my hands shook for a while. Untold hours of effort went into crafting this world and it is so close to being released into the wild. It is so unreal. Official release date March 21st.

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Tears of Eternity: Foresight by A.M. Steele
February 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I just finished Grieving Gold by Daniel McDaniel! Fascinating world-building drawing from Aztec inspiration, a nice deviation from more Euro-centric swords and sorcery environments. With plotlines starting to connect, I'd like to see where this goes as a series.

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Luminocity: Grieving Gold by Daniel McDaniel
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Vibing today. Book 2: Remembrance will focus on community building between humans and elves. I have about 6 scenes left to write in draft 1, and doing this is, admittedly, just me avoiding writing an epic poem aimed at children.

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As Lee wandered back to camp, the cold rains beat down on the clearing, soaking more of the ground without the extra tents set up to house the injured. For how the variations of elves intermingled with wilderfolk and the rebels, he offered thanks to Cissonia. He then rethought his prayer and offered another to Selvans, grateful that he allowed things to grow with magic and kept them safe in the dense canopy. What he might have considered fortune now seemed childish. It was the community that saved them and should any god deserve praise, it should be the one that oversaw the earth, not luck and gold.
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM