✍️ Gabrielle Steele 🐉 Reborn in Ash out now!
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✍️ Gabrielle Steele 🐉 Reborn in Ash out now!
@eldris.thellian.com
⚔️ Indie fantasy author + mum
🐿️ Pits characters against dragons, gods, and the occasional horde of squirrels
😣 ME/CFS
🤔 Probably AuDHD
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally

Essex UK | she/her
https://thellian.com/links

📚 Reborn in Ash: https://books.thellian.com/reborn-in-ash

No AI 🚫
Some people i rejected were definitely using AI or just doing generic reviews. I think they try to build up a review history to then offer paid reviews. Quite a few indie authors don’t know paid reviews are against KDP rules 😩
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I used netgalley via a coop and was pretty happy with it tbh. And bookfunnel for readers I found. I didn’t get many but I left sorting it out way too late
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wish they would just target romance authors 😩 they’d be better off doing that than leaving authors of other genres disappointed
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I definitely won't be using it for my next book.
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
At least it was a cheap mistake.
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Fuck. I didn't realise you were that close to it. Don't let guilt ruin the time you have left. Shove it away. Guilt is for the universe to deal with. You did not choose this. You have nothing to be guilty for. Massive hugs.
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I hope you can find it a new home! We need a rescue for all these little stray scenes.
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hugs
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"No mummy *cough cough* I swear I'm better. *sniffle* Please don't put potatoes in my socks again. I'm fine." - why people got better, probably.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Ah energy, like all the mobile gaming apps that make you pay for more. I worry about kids using Duolingo.
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Ha! Same
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thanks. I’m not sure how exactly the setting comes across to readers. It’s hard to know if how I imagine it comes across. But you could always read the ebook preview.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Medievalesque. Well, I usually aim at tudor times without gunpowder. But yes, historic.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Nooooo
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I would say it is but I’m probably just a tiny little bit biased.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM