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D. A. Charles Author
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Diversity storyteller committed to representing the disability population by writing authentic stories that matter.
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D. A. Charles Author @dacharlesauthor.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hi, I’m Dee. I write under the pen name D. A. Charles and I, too, identify as a person with a disability. I am an independent author with a lived experience in the disability population.
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99 CENTS SALES --> LIMITED TIME! #booksky
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If You Love Me: amzn.to/4pw4Epz
When We Burn: amzn.to/3IvKaMM
Shattered Dreams: amzn.to/47VMXcz
Steal My Heart: amzn.to/3KybXwI
The Boyfriend Goal: amzn.to/47W2w4a
Until It Was Love: amzn.to/3ICYpzv
NERO: amzn.to/3VuIpCv
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Happy release day to a ton of new romance books! #booksky
September 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Good morning! On today's post- #PitchDis agenda I'll be finishing up the annual wrap-up and tying up a few loose ends.
For anyone who was thinking about donating to the Ko-fi I still have a few stickers left. Just click on the link below for more info.
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Support #PitchDis
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September 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules!
For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co
See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025!
#writersky #booksky
#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors. Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET. Your pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use #DVArt) A like ❤️ from an agent = a query request A repost 🔁 from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent A like ❤️ from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches. Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Today's the LAST DAY to get those #PitchDis pitches in! The form will close tonight at 8pm EDT and won't reopen until the next event next year, so make sure you send yours in before then!

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#PitchDis Pitch Form
Please enter the following information to participate in #PitchDis 2025! Your pitch will be displayed to editors and agents exactly as it is entered, so make sure you have entered it correctly. No c...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Who’s ready to send in their #PitchDis entry this week?! Here are a few things to remember after you hit submit.
AFTER THE EVENT Agents and editors won’t have access to pitches until September 16, so you won’t receive any requests before then. Requests will be sent out as they come in. • If you receive a request: o Make sure the agency or publisher is on the list of registered participants. If not, contact #PitchDis to verify (contactpitchdis@gmail.com, @pitchdis on Twitter, or @pitchdis.com on Bluesky). o Research the agent/editor. If you have any doubts, feel free to reach out. o Please follow any submission guidelines included in the request email. • If you don’t receive a request: o Remember that the number of requests during a pitch event is not indicative of the quality of your work. o Keep querying – most people still connect with their agents this way.
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Just a reminder that the 2025 #PitchDis pitch form is now open! You have from now until Thursday at 8pm EDT to submit your pitch.

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#PitchDis Pitch Form
Please enter the following information to participate in #PitchDis 2025! Your pitch will be displayed to editors and agents exactly as it is entered, so make sure you have entered it correctly. No c...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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pitchdis.com
🚨A Few More #PitchDis Reminders
-The pitch window will be open Tuesday through Thursday at 8pm EDT. Pitches will be posted in random order, so there's no benefit to being the first or last author to pitch
-No requests will be sent before Sept 16. Requests will go out in real time 9/16-9/19
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September 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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tamrakat.bsky.social
Image of library book display labeled:

“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”

Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World

~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
Shattered, the first #booksky in The Roll Models Saga is a #newadult novel that follows Steven Maxwell as he navigates life with a newly acquired #disability. It celebrates #disabilityculture and contains a positive disability narrative. #disabledsky #disabledromancelandia linktr.ee/dacharlesaut...
Shattered. Image ID The cover of Shattered., by D. A. Charles, features a black background with an X-ray image of a human torso. The image is shattered by a spinal cord injury. Shards of broken bone, and aqua-colored glass litter the cover. The word Shattered. spans the front cover in white letters. Below that is a black text box that reads “First Novel of The Roll Models saga and the author’s name, D. A. Charles in white letters. The background of the teaser is a black and white photo of a man in a wheelchair parked in a doorway looking outside with shattered glass all around The text says, "My uncle said places have to be wheelchair accessible now, and I was wondering what sort of opportunities there are for people like me?" "Shattered. D. A. Charles"
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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pitchdis.com
It's time!

#PitchDis will be back this September! 🎉🎉🎉

September 9-11 – Pitch Window
September 16-19 – Request Window

For more info, and to learn about some changes coming to the event, click below.

www.pitchdis.com/pitchdis2025

#writingcommunity #disability
#PitchDis 2025 | PitchDis
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March 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
The Roll Models Saga is the heartwarming story of overcoming adversity, accepting change, and loving someone just as they are. This is a story grounded in reality- the reality of life with a disability, but also the reality that life doesn’t end with #disability. It begins anew. #booksky
Banner description: The background is a solid robin egg blue, the words "The Roll Models Saga Stories That Matter" at the upper left corner, Orange flowers underneath. The book covers of D. A. Charles' "Shattered." & "IMPACT!" centered on the right of the banner. The cover of Shattered., by D. A. Charles, features a black background with an X-ray image of a human torso. The image is shattered by a spinal cord injury. Shards of broken bone, and aqua-colored glass litter the cover. The word "Shattered" spans the front cover in white letters. Below is a black text box that reads “First Novel of The Roll Models saga and the author’s name, D. A. Charles in white letters. The cover of IMPACT! by D. A. Charles is dominated by a monochrome photo of a damaged wheelchair. The overlay over the wheelchair looks like glass being fractured by a red, crystal heart. The lower third of the cover is a band of deep red with a black border. On the left side of the cover, just under the wheelchair image, the title-IMPACT! is spelled out in white letters. On the right side of the cover, below the wheelchair is a black text box with white lettering that reads, “The Second Novel of The Roll Models Saga.” The author’s name, D. A. Charles is written in the lower right corner in white.
March 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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annerollins23.bsky.social
Although I am AuDHD, there are no neurodivergent characters in THE INCIDENT AT INGLETON. However, the female lead has frequent migraines, and the male lead wears corrective lenses. You can read more about it on my blog! #disabledromancelandia #romancelandia

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Release Day!
Today The Incident at Ingleton is out in the world! You can find it on Kindle Unlimited, or in paperback at other retailers. Cover by Dar Albert. As always, my wish for this book is that it finds t…
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February 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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drotuno.bsky.social
Chapter 9 of Love Never Dies a Natural Death is now live.

www.fanfiction.net/s/14399617/9...
February 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
Shattered, the first #booksky in The Roll Models Saga is a #newadult novel that follows Steven Maxwell as he navigates life with a newly acquired #disability. It celebrates #disabilityculture and contains a positive disability narrative. #disabledsky #disabledromancelandia linktr.ee/dacharlesaut...
February 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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readwithsashamarie.bsky.social
This was the first book I read with my book club, You Can Read With Us. This is a mafia romance with disability rep for hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome, written by a chronically ill indie author!

#booksky #disabledromancelandia #diversebooksky

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His Tesoro Book Review | A Mafia Romance With Disability Rep
YouTube video by Sasha Marie
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January 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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cmrosens.com
INDIE AUTHORS: I've re-opened for Author Spotlight interviews!

Current list here: cmrosens.com/author-spotl...

Drop me a message via the contact form if you want a spotlight slot in 2025.

Disabled, queer, BIPOC indies especially welcome, as always.
Author Spotlight Series
Find Your Next Favourite Author If you’re looking for your next read, check out these authors and their work. Catch new releases, find your thing. You will find the most recent interviews bel…
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January 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
Shattered, the first #book in The Roll Models Saga is a #newadult novel that follows Steven Maxwell as he navigates life with a newly acquired #disability. It celebrates #disabilityculture and contains a positive disability narrative. #disabledsky #disabledromancelandia linktr.ee/dacharlesaut...
The cover of "Shattered." is an x-ray from the bottom of the ribs to the pelvis, with broken glass and bones with the letters Shattered. The first novel of the Roll Models Saga by D. A. Charles The teaser for D. A. Charles' Shattered reads; He would find a way to carry the burden of his guilt the same way he'd learn to live with his physical limitations. PENANCE.
December 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
My main character, Steven was interviewed! Check it out here linnaewriter.wixsite.com/the-writing-... #disabledbooksky #diversebooksky #disabledromancelandia #disablity #fablefeatures
Steven Maxwell
December Character InterviewPatricia Parrington ~ December 1, 2024Hello my lovely readers and fellow book-lovers! For those of you who are new here, I, your fabulous host, Patricia Parrington, have th...
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December 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
Shattered, the first #book in The Roll Models Saga is a #newadult novel that follows Steven Maxwell as he navigates life with a newly acquired #disability. It celebrates #disabilityculture and contains a positive disability narrative. #disabledbooksky #disabledromancelandia linktr.ee/dacharlesaut...
The cover of "Shattered." is an x-ray from the bottom of the ribs to the pelvis, with broken glass and bones with the letters Shattered. The first novel of the Roll Models Saga by D. A. Charles The teaser for D. A. Charles' Shattered reads "My family wanted to give me the best advantage when it came to adapting to the changes I'm facing, it would be difficult, I imagine, to be a person with a disability at home."
December 6, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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carriekellenberger.bsky.social
My good friend Sheryl is here and she is the only other #ChronicIllness blogger and patient leader I've met IRL in Asia. She's the best!

Oddly enough, after learning about #APS from her for years, I was diagnosed with it. You'll see lots of her content on my feed. I love to share her work!
November 27, 2024 at 4:33 AM
dacharlesauthor.bsky.social
Shattered, the first #book in The Roll Models Saga is a #newadult novel that follows Steven Maxwell as he navigates life with a newly acquired #disability. It celebrates disabilityculture and contains a positive disability narrative. #criplit #booksky #disabledromancelandia linktr.ee/dacharlesaut...
The cover of "Shattered." is an x-ray from the bottom of the ribs to the pelvis, with broken glass and bones with the letters Shattered. The first novel of the Roll Models Saga by D. A. Charles Teaser for D. A. Charles' Shattered. The background has a ventilator with shattered glass. The teaser: Steven shook his head frantically. What kind of accident? His eyes jerked from side to side, trying to see past his limited field of vision. Where are MOM and DAD?
November 26, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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elsiesmithwrites.bsky.social
If you want to follow some wonderful disabled romance authors, check out my starter pack. Inside it, I’ve also added a feed I started for #DisabledRomancelandia for all things disability in #romancelandia. Disabled authors can use it to share there books & anyone can share books with disability rep.
November 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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elsiesmithwrites.bsky.social
The ableism in this comment section has me literally screaming. Studies have repeatedly shown that the brain processes visual reading & audiobooks the same. For many disabled people, audiobooks are the only way they can read. Can we PLEASE stop with this nonsense? Let people read how they want!
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beingreese.bsky.social Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · Nov 22
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
November 23, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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myheroin1.bsky.social
Hey, for those that know me from the twific fandom days, one of our own was recently diagnosed with stage 4 inoperable breast cancer. She's is a published author now. Tara Sivec, who wrote fic under the name jtmd24. Her family has posted a gofumdme:
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Donate to Support Tara Sivec’s Battle Against Breast Cancer, organized by Jen Sivec
We know how much you adore Tara. We all do. We love her infectious laugh… Jen Sivec needs your support for Support Tara Sivec’s Battle Against Breast Cancer
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November 23, 2024 at 6:34 PM