C. M. Lockhart (Chelsea)
@clockhartwrite.bsky.social
I write books about Black girls who aren't all that nice ✌🏾
WE ARE THE ORIGIN (2022)
WE ARE DYING GODS (2023)
DEATH AMONG THE STARS (2025)
She / Her / Chelsea
https://www.writteninmelanin.com/links
WE ARE THE ORIGIN (2022)
WE ARE DYING GODS (2023)
DEATH AMONG THE STARS (2025)
She / Her / Chelsea
https://www.writteninmelanin.com/links
We're out running errands and while Ben drives us around I'm getting into Outdrawn.
I'm forming lots of opinions, so if you want to get in on the conversation and support the Melanin Library, join the DNF Bookclub. We meet tomorrow at 7p EST ✌🏾
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I'm forming lots of opinions, so if you want to get in on the conversation and support the Melanin Library, join the DNF Bookclub. We meet tomorrow at 7p EST ✌🏾
shop.melaninlibrary.com/pages/member
June 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We're out running errands and while Ben drives us around I'm getting into Outdrawn.
I'm forming lots of opinions, so if you want to get in on the conversation and support the Melanin Library, join the DNF Bookclub. We meet tomorrow at 7p EST ✌🏾
shop.melaninlibrary.com/pages/member
I'm forming lots of opinions, so if you want to get in on the conversation and support the Melanin Library, join the DNF Bookclub. We meet tomorrow at 7p EST ✌🏾
shop.melaninlibrary.com/pages/member
New post up on the channel 🌻
Because who doesn't love a good rant? 🤭
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#BVM #BookSky #BlackAuthorSky
Because who doesn't love a good rant? 🤭
youtu.be/5A4UALAidYU?...
#BVM #BookSky #BlackAuthorSky
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New post up on the channel 🌻
Because who doesn't love a good rant? 🤭
youtu.be/5A4UALAidYU?...
#BVM #BookSky #BlackAuthorSky
Because who doesn't love a good rant? 🤭
youtu.be/5A4UALAidYU?...
#BVM #BookSky #BlackAuthorSky
So. . . I have been having a great time over on Substack 🤭
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April 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So. . . I have been having a great time over on Substack 🤭
substack.com/@clockhartwr...
substack.com/@clockhartwr...
Did I tell y'all I'm doing a book event tomorrow?
It's the Greater Charlotte Area Bookstore Crawl and I'll be at CCB Bistro with my Blackity Black books from 2-4p. Come through if you can ✌🏾
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #Charlotte #BlackAuthorSky
It's the Greater Charlotte Area Bookstore Crawl and I'll be at CCB Bistro with my Blackity Black books from 2-4p. Come through if you can ✌🏾
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #Charlotte #BlackAuthorSky
April 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Did I tell y'all I'm doing a book event tomorrow?
It's the Greater Charlotte Area Bookstore Crawl and I'll be at CCB Bistro with my Blackity Black books from 2-4p. Come through if you can ✌🏾
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #Charlotte #BlackAuthorSky
It's the Greater Charlotte Area Bookstore Crawl and I'll be at CCB Bistro with my Blackity Black books from 2-4p. Come through if you can ✌🏾
#BlackBookSky #BookSky #Charlotte #BlackAuthorSky
So, I dropped a new video today: youtu.be/cBw3s9fsjXo
And I want my author friends to hear this piece of advice: your book is not your brand.
I talked about what needs to be done to establish yourself as an author in this video, but build an audience that's a fan of the author, not just one book ✌🏾
And I want my author friends to hear this piece of advice: your book is not your brand.
I talked about what needs to be done to establish yourself as an author in this video, but build an audience that's a fan of the author, not just one book ✌🏾
March 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So, I dropped a new video today: youtu.be/cBw3s9fsjXo
And I want my author friends to hear this piece of advice: your book is not your brand.
I talked about what needs to be done to establish yourself as an author in this video, but build an audience that's a fan of the author, not just one book ✌🏾
And I want my author friends to hear this piece of advice: your book is not your brand.
I talked about what needs to be done to establish yourself as an author in this video, but build an audience that's a fan of the author, not just one book ✌🏾
I had the chance to interview Tati Richardson @richardwriteson.bsky.social about her latest book LOSING SIGHT. It was an incredible conversation and I highly recommend giving it a listen.
Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾
youtu.be/Ip1Z7ZqfC-k
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#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky
Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾
youtu.be/Ip1Z7ZqfC-k
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#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky
March 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I had the chance to interview Tati Richardson @richardwriteson.bsky.social about her latest book LOSING SIGHT. It was an incredible conversation and I highly recommend giving it a listen.
Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾
youtu.be/Ip1Z7ZqfC-k
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#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky
Available on YouTube & everywhere you get podcasts from ✌🏾
youtu.be/Ip1Z7ZqfC-k
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#BlackSky #BVM #BlackBookSky
The audiobook is out y'all!
Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎
It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉
#BlackBookSky
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bookshop.org/a/12392/9781...
Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎
It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉
#BlackBookSky
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bookshop.org/a/12392/9781...
March 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The audiobook is out y'all!
Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎
It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉
#BlackBookSky
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bookshop.org/a/12392/9781...
Get it from Hoopla, Libby, Google Books, Kobo, or the place we're all boycotting 🤎
It's available everywhere so just get it from somewhere! And tell somebody about it while you're at it 😉
#BlackBookSky
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bookshop.org/a/12392/9781...
I have a couple audiobooks available if you're interested. And you can get them through Hoopla.
💚 We Are the Origin by C. M. Lockhart
🤎 Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology by Melanin Library
💚 We Are the Origin by C. M. Lockhart
🤎 Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology by Melanin Library
March 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I have a couple audiobooks available if you're interested. And you can get them through Hoopla.
💚 We Are the Origin by C. M. Lockhart
🤎 Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology by Melanin Library
💚 We Are the Origin by C. M. Lockhart
🤎 Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology by Melanin Library
Hey #BlackBookSky
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?
Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?
Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
March 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hey #BlackBookSky
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?
Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
Who wants a book club hosted by Black authors where we read Black books and have honest discussions about them while having a good time and you're not required to finish the book?
Cause we made one 🤎
www.patreon.com/WrittenInMel...
I'll be at Resist Booksellers in Petersburg, VA today with @purviswrites.bsky.social signing books and talking about the anthology and being a Black author and EVERYTHING!
So come through if you're in the area 😆🤎
So come through if you're in the area 😆🤎
February 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'll be at Resist Booksellers in Petersburg, VA today with @purviswrites.bsky.social signing books and talking about the anthology and being a Black author and EVERYTHING!
So come through if you're in the area 😆🤎
So come through if you're in the area 😆🤎
Y'all wanna know a secret? 🤫
*whispers*
30 more books and we hit 300 preorders 😆
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
*whispers*
30 more books and we hit 300 preorders 😆
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
February 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Y'all wanna know a secret? 🤫
*whispers*
30 more books and we hit 300 preorders 😆
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
*whispers*
30 more books and we hit 300 preorders 😆
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
The paperbacks are in the first orders ship out today!
✨ 14 Black authors
✨ 7 Black artists
✨ 3 Black editors
✨ 1 Black narrator
An ALL 👏🏾 BLACK 👏🏾 ANTHOLOGY 👏🏾
🚫 No Racism
🚫 No Self-hate
🚫 No questioning why Black people exist in fantasy
#BlackBookSky
shop.MelaninLibrary.com
✨ 14 Black authors
✨ 7 Black artists
✨ 3 Black editors
✨ 1 Black narrator
An ALL 👏🏾 BLACK 👏🏾 ANTHOLOGY 👏🏾
🚫 No Racism
🚫 No Self-hate
🚫 No questioning why Black people exist in fantasy
#BlackBookSky
shop.MelaninLibrary.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The paperbacks are in the first orders ship out today!
✨ 14 Black authors
✨ 7 Black artists
✨ 3 Black editors
✨ 1 Black narrator
An ALL 👏🏾 BLACK 👏🏾 ANTHOLOGY 👏🏾
🚫 No Racism
🚫 No Self-hate
🚫 No questioning why Black people exist in fantasy
#BlackBookSky
shop.MelaninLibrary.com
✨ 14 Black authors
✨ 7 Black artists
✨ 3 Black editors
✨ 1 Black narrator
An ALL 👏🏾 BLACK 👏🏾 ANTHOLOGY 👏🏾
🚫 No Racism
🚫 No Self-hate
🚫 No questioning why Black people exist in fantasy
#BlackBookSky
shop.MelaninLibrary.com
Website Redesign 🤎
✨ Filter books by multiple criteria
✨ See more books by the same author
✨ Recently released + added
✨ Direct buy links from authors
✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site!
💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress!
MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com
✨ Filter books by multiple criteria
✨ See more books by the same author
✨ Recently released + added
✨ Direct buy links from authors
✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site!
💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress!
MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Website Redesign 🤎
✨ Filter books by multiple criteria
✨ See more books by the same author
✨ Recently released + added
✨ Direct buy links from authors
✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site!
💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress!
MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com
✨ Filter books by multiple criteria
✨ See more books by the same author
✨ Recently released + added
✨ Direct buy links from authors
✨ Children's + Middle Grade have a site!
💥 Identifying indie vs trad pubbed in progress!
MelaninLibrary.com | #BlackBookSky | @melaninlibrary.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's Black History Month. So, you should buy our BLACK anthology, featuring 14 BLACK authors writing BLACK characters, with 8 full pages of artwork by BLACK artists, published by a BLACK publisher supporting BLACK authors 365/24/7.
#BlackBookSky
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
February 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's Black History Month. So, you should buy our BLACK anthology, featuring 14 BLACK authors writing BLACK characters, with 8 full pages of artwork by BLACK artists, published by a BLACK publisher supporting BLACK authors 365/24/7.
#BlackBookSky
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
#BlackBookSky
shop.melaninlibrary.com/products/mag...
💚 A group of assassins must work together to save the gods and their realm from destruction. (Trilogy)
💜 A grieving widow becomes an intergalactic bounty hunter to avenge the murder of her husband. (Ongoing Series)
🤎 A Black fantasy anthology + Black art.
shop.melaninlibrary.com/collections/...
💜 A grieving widow becomes an intergalactic bounty hunter to avenge the murder of her husband. (Ongoing Series)
🤎 A Black fantasy anthology + Black art.
shop.melaninlibrary.com/collections/...
February 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
💚 A group of assassins must work together to save the gods and their realm from destruction. (Trilogy)
💜 A grieving widow becomes an intergalactic bounty hunter to avenge the murder of her husband. (Ongoing Series)
🤎 A Black fantasy anthology + Black art.
shop.melaninlibrary.com/collections/...
💜 A grieving widow becomes an intergalactic bounty hunter to avenge the murder of her husband. (Ongoing Series)
🤎 A Black fantasy anthology + Black art.
shop.melaninlibrary.com/collections/...
We're giving away a copy of Magic in the Melanin! 😆
#BlackBookSky, there are some simple rules to win:
1️⃣ Post about the anthology!
2️⃣ Share the link with us!
3️⃣ We'll announce the winner on February 21, 2025.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments below 🤎
forms.gle/BN5vzy5PAzqx...
#BlackBookSky, there are some simple rules to win:
1️⃣ Post about the anthology!
2️⃣ Share the link with us!
3️⃣ We'll announce the winner on February 21, 2025.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments below 🤎
forms.gle/BN5vzy5PAzqx...
January 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We're giving away a copy of Magic in the Melanin! 😆
#BlackBookSky, there are some simple rules to win:
1️⃣ Post about the anthology!
2️⃣ Share the link with us!
3️⃣ We'll announce the winner on February 21, 2025.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments below 🤎
forms.gle/BN5vzy5PAzqx...
#BlackBookSky, there are some simple rules to win:
1️⃣ Post about the anthology!
2️⃣ Share the link with us!
3️⃣ We'll announce the winner on February 21, 2025.
If you have any questions, drop them in the comments below 🤎
forms.gle/BN5vzy5PAzqx...
It's release day 💜
And I'm excited to have this book out in the world. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia and Glupin and connect with this story of grief and revenge in space.
You can get signed copies from me, request it at your local library, or read it in KU 🥰
#BlackBookSky
amzn.to/4a9COYP
And I'm excited to have this book out in the world. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia and Glupin and connect with this story of grief and revenge in space.
You can get signed copies from me, request it at your local library, or read it in KU 🥰
#BlackBookSky
amzn.to/4a9COYP
January 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's release day 💜
And I'm excited to have this book out in the world. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia and Glupin and connect with this story of grief and revenge in space.
You can get signed copies from me, request it at your local library, or read it in KU 🥰
#BlackBookSky
amzn.to/4a9COYP
And I'm excited to have this book out in the world. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia and Glupin and connect with this story of grief and revenge in space.
You can get signed copies from me, request it at your local library, or read it in KU 🥰
#BlackBookSky
amzn.to/4a9COYP
I'm releasing a book next week 👀
The Lady Widow is one of those stories I always knew I wanted to write and it's kind of surreal to have it in my hands. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia when you meet them. They're unapologetic in the best ways — but also, I'm biased 🤭
CMLockhart.com
#BlackBookSky
The Lady Widow is one of those stories I always knew I wanted to write and it's kind of surreal to have it in my hands. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia when you meet them. They're unapologetic in the best ways — but also, I'm biased 🤭
CMLockhart.com
#BlackBookSky
January 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm releasing a book next week 👀
The Lady Widow is one of those stories I always knew I wanted to write and it's kind of surreal to have it in my hands. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia when you meet them. They're unapologetic in the best ways — but also, I'm biased 🤭
CMLockhart.com
#BlackBookSky
The Lady Widow is one of those stories I always knew I wanted to write and it's kind of surreal to have it in my hands. I hope you guys love Kyra and Pia when you meet them. They're unapologetic in the best ways — but also, I'm biased 🤭
CMLockhart.com
#BlackBookSky
Draft 2 is solidly underway! 1500+ words today, so feeling pretty good!
January 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Draft 2 is solidly underway! 1500+ words today, so feeling pretty good!
Can I sneak in and add my sci-fi novella coming out soon 👉🏾👈🏾
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Can I sneak in and add my sci-fi novella coming out soon 👉🏾👈🏾
Uh, hey you guys 👋🏾
I didn't know where there so many of you, but cool. I write books ✌🏾
CMLockhart.com
I didn't know where there so many of you, but cool. I write books ✌🏾
CMLockhart.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Uh, hey you guys 👋🏾
I didn't know where there so many of you, but cool. I write books ✌🏾
CMLockhart.com
I didn't know where there so many of you, but cool. I write books ✌🏾
CMLockhart.com
We're doing a thing this afternoon at 2p EST 👀
youtube.com/live/EXwNdE9...
youtube.com/live/EXwNdE9...
January 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We're doing a thing this afternoon at 2p EST 👀
youtube.com/live/EXwNdE9...
youtube.com/live/EXwNdE9...
Your daily reminder that my Black space opera novella featuring a selfish Black woman, found family, and murder is coming out in 3 weeks 💜
amzn.to/4a9COYP
amzn.to/4a9COYP
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Your daily reminder that my Black space opera novella featuring a selfish Black woman, found family, and murder is coming out in 3 weeks 💜
amzn.to/4a9COYP
amzn.to/4a9COYP
The Melanin Chat returns this morning! So, come join us 🤎
youtube.com/live/vYhgLfh...
youtube.com/live/vYhgLfh...
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Melanin Chat returns this morning! So, come join us 🤎
youtube.com/live/vYhgLfh...
youtube.com/live/vYhgLfh...