✨Eliza Mares✨
@elizamaresauthor.bsky.social
She/they. Award-winning (!) author, poet, editor, animal lover. I write love stories & dirges. Very not-straight. Adults only. No AI ever. TERFs begone!
Commissions are open! Find my stuff: https://elizamares.carrd.co
Commissions are open! Find my stuff: https://elizamares.carrd.co
#FantasyIndiesNovember 22
SNIPPET SATURDAY! 💙📚
“Don’t pay the looks any mind, Miss Gatebird,” Ser Branwyn said. “Folks get a bit uneasy when they see too many of us at once. Makes them think something’s going on.”
But something is going on, Selba wanted to say. Something silent and horrible.
SNIPPET SATURDAY! 💙📚
“Don’t pay the looks any mind, Miss Gatebird,” Ser Branwyn said. “Folks get a bit uneasy when they see too many of us at once. Makes them think something’s going on.”
But something is going on, Selba wanted to say. Something silent and horrible.
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 22
SNIPPET SATURDAY! 💙📚
“Don’t pay the looks any mind, Miss Gatebird,” Ser Branwyn said. “Folks get a bit uneasy when they see too many of us at once. Makes them think something’s going on.”
But something is going on, Selba wanted to say. Something silent and horrible.
SNIPPET SATURDAY! 💙📚
“Don’t pay the looks any mind, Miss Gatebird,” Ser Branwyn said. “Folks get a bit uneasy when they see too many of us at once. Makes them think something’s going on.”
But something is going on, Selba wanted to say. Something silent and horrible.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 21
Free Friday means you get a free snippet from Chapter Eleven of DeadGirlsWIP
Free Friday means you get a free snippet from Chapter Eleven of DeadGirlsWIP
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 21
Free Friday means you get a free snippet from Chapter Eleven of DeadGirlsWIP
Free Friday means you get a free snippet from Chapter Eleven of DeadGirlsWIP
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 20
I take most of my inspiration from real life: current events, public figures, political trends, social conversations. I also take inspiration from visual art and music.
I take most of my inspiration from real life: current events, public figures, political trends, social conversations. I also take inspiration from visual art and music.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 20
I take most of my inspiration from real life: current events, public figures, political trends, social conversations. I also take inspiration from visual art and music.
I take most of my inspiration from real life: current events, public figures, political trends, social conversations. I also take inspiration from visual art and music.
It's that time of year, eh? Here's the awards eligibility for my baby, CAT/MOUSE!
⭐ Self-pubbed in Jan. 2025
⭐ 18,000 word novella
⭐ Queer author, queer characters
⭐ Sapphic representation
⭐ Romantic science fiction
⭐ American publication
⭐ English language
⭐ Self-pubbed in Jan. 2025
⭐ 18,000 word novella
⭐ Queer author, queer characters
⭐ Sapphic representation
⭐ Romantic science fiction
⭐ American publication
⭐ English language
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's that time of year, eh? Here's the awards eligibility for my baby, CAT/MOUSE!
⭐ Self-pubbed in Jan. 2025
⭐ 18,000 word novella
⭐ Queer author, queer characters
⭐ Sapphic representation
⭐ Romantic science fiction
⭐ American publication
⭐ English language
⭐ Self-pubbed in Jan. 2025
⭐ 18,000 word novella
⭐ Queer author, queer characters
⭐ Sapphic representation
⭐ Romantic science fiction
⭐ American publication
⭐ English language
#FantasyIndiesNovember 19
I find transitions challenging! There is an intuition involved in knowing where to end a scene & where to begin the next one, and even if you KNOW where a transition should go, they can be difficult to write elegantly.
I find transitions challenging! There is an intuition involved in knowing where to end a scene & where to begin the next one, and even if you KNOW where a transition should go, they can be difficult to write elegantly.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 19
I find transitions challenging! There is an intuition involved in knowing where to end a scene & where to begin the next one, and even if you KNOW where a transition should go, they can be difficult to write elegantly.
I find transitions challenging! There is an intuition involved in knowing where to end a scene & where to begin the next one, and even if you KNOW where a transition should go, they can be difficult to write elegantly.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 18
I love all my children equally*
*Arlo and Irene from THE DEVIL'S BIND will live in my mind forever for having the most complicated and compelling relationship dynamics I've ever written
I love all my children equally*
*Arlo and Irene from THE DEVIL'S BIND will live in my mind forever for having the most complicated and compelling relationship dynamics I've ever written
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 18
I love all my children equally*
*Arlo and Irene from THE DEVIL'S BIND will live in my mind forever for having the most complicated and compelling relationship dynamics I've ever written
I love all my children equally*
*Arlo and Irene from THE DEVIL'S BIND will live in my mind forever for having the most complicated and compelling relationship dynamics I've ever written
#FantasyIndiesNovember 17
Aside from reading (duh), I am a music enthusiast, a show watcher, a video game player, and occasional baker. Although I'm currently failing to keep a sourdough starter alive...
Aside from reading (duh), I am a music enthusiast, a show watcher, a video game player, and occasional baker. Although I'm currently failing to keep a sourdough starter alive...
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 17
Aside from reading (duh), I am a music enthusiast, a show watcher, a video game player, and occasional baker. Although I'm currently failing to keep a sourdough starter alive...
Aside from reading (duh), I am a music enthusiast, a show watcher, a video game player, and occasional baker. Although I'm currently failing to keep a sourdough starter alive...
#FantasyIndiesNovember 16
I'm firmly a plantser -- I always have A Plan, but it's never set in stone.
I did try a new strategy for DeadGirlsWIP, which was to outline scenes on note cards before I started drafting, and I have found it helpful enough to be repeated for future projects!
I'm firmly a plantser -- I always have A Plan, but it's never set in stone.
I did try a new strategy for DeadGirlsWIP, which was to outline scenes on note cards before I started drafting, and I have found it helpful enough to be repeated for future projects!
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 16
I'm firmly a plantser -- I always have A Plan, but it's never set in stone.
I did try a new strategy for DeadGirlsWIP, which was to outline scenes on note cards before I started drafting, and I have found it helpful enough to be repeated for future projects!
I'm firmly a plantser -- I always have A Plan, but it's never set in stone.
I did try a new strategy for DeadGirlsWIP, which was to outline scenes on note cards before I started drafting, and I have found it helpful enough to be repeated for future projects!
#FantasyIndiesNovember 15
Good afternoon, I hope everyone appreciates how obsessed I am with writing tired, jaded characters who act like vicious guard dogs to protect their loved ones 🤭
From Chapter Ten of DeadGirlsWIP 💙📚
Good afternoon, I hope everyone appreciates how obsessed I am with writing tired, jaded characters who act like vicious guard dogs to protect their loved ones 🤭
From Chapter Ten of DeadGirlsWIP 💙📚
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 15
Good afternoon, I hope everyone appreciates how obsessed I am with writing tired, jaded characters who act like vicious guard dogs to protect their loved ones 🤭
From Chapter Ten of DeadGirlsWIP 💙📚
Good afternoon, I hope everyone appreciates how obsessed I am with writing tired, jaded characters who act like vicious guard dogs to protect their loved ones 🤭
From Chapter Ten of DeadGirlsWIP 💙📚
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 13
I write anywhere I can!! During downtime at work, at home, on vacation, while traveling… I’m an equal opportunity author.
I write anywhere I can!! During downtime at work, at home, on vacation, while traveling… I’m an equal opportunity author.
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 13
I write anywhere I can!! During downtime at work, at home, on vacation, while traveling… I’m an equal opportunity author.
I write anywhere I can!! During downtime at work, at home, on vacation, while traveling… I’m an equal opportunity author.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 12
Good: be consistent, accept only the feedback that helps you grow, read a lot, keep learning, make friends with other writers
Bad: “show don’t tell” (iykyk), never use adverbs, only write what you know, write 1,000 words a day, “realistic” = good, “said is dead”
Good: be consistent, accept only the feedback that helps you grow, read a lot, keep learning, make friends with other writers
Bad: “show don’t tell” (iykyk), never use adverbs, only write what you know, write 1,000 words a day, “realistic” = good, “said is dead”
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 12
Good: be consistent, accept only the feedback that helps you grow, read a lot, keep learning, make friends with other writers
Bad: “show don’t tell” (iykyk), never use adverbs, only write what you know, write 1,000 words a day, “realistic” = good, “said is dead”
Good: be consistent, accept only the feedback that helps you grow, read a lot, keep learning, make friends with other writers
Bad: “show don’t tell” (iykyk), never use adverbs, only write what you know, write 1,000 words a day, “realistic” = good, “said is dead”
DS9 my beloved
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
DS9 my beloved
Convincing you to read CAT/MOUSE by the first sentence:
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Convincing you to read CAT/MOUSE by the first sentence:
#FantasyIndiesNovember 11
I usually describe my work as SFF romance, though I tend to genre-bend a lot within that "SFF" label.
I read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, as well as many subgenres of romance.
I usually describe my work as SFF romance, though I tend to genre-bend a lot within that "SFF" label.
I read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, as well as many subgenres of romance.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 11
I usually describe my work as SFF romance, though I tend to genre-bend a lot within that "SFF" label.
I read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, as well as many subgenres of romance.
I usually describe my work as SFF romance, though I tend to genre-bend a lot within that "SFF" label.
I read fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, as well as many subgenres of romance.
#FantasyIndiesNovember 10
Fav line from DeadGirlsWIP:
"They swam with some unknowable thought — which was strange, and terrible, because there was a time when Selba knew every thought in Valerie’s head. When she could pluck them from the ether just as easily as she could her own."
Fav line from DeadGirlsWIP:
"They swam with some unknowable thought — which was strange, and terrible, because there was a time when Selba knew every thought in Valerie’s head. When she could pluck them from the ether just as easily as she could her own."
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 10
Fav line from DeadGirlsWIP:
"They swam with some unknowable thought — which was strange, and terrible, because there was a time when Selba knew every thought in Valerie’s head. When she could pluck them from the ether just as easily as she could her own."
Fav line from DeadGirlsWIP:
"They swam with some unknowable thought — which was strange, and terrible, because there was a time when Selba knew every thought in Valerie’s head. When she could pluck them from the ether just as easily as she could her own."
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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#FantasyIndiesNovember 7
Free Friday = asking you nicely to buy my book
CAT/MOUSE is a fun, fast-paced novella set on a space station, feat. a butch WOC bounty hunter & a femme purple alien art thief. It's sapphic, it's noir, it's sci-fi, it's romantic!
Get it here: elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse
Free Friday = asking you nicely to buy my book
CAT/MOUSE is a fun, fast-paced novella set on a space station, feat. a butch WOC bounty hunter & a femme purple alien art thief. It's sapphic, it's noir, it's sci-fi, it's romantic!
Get it here: elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 7
Free Friday = asking you nicely to buy my book
CAT/MOUSE is a fun, fast-paced novella set on a space station, feat. a butch WOC bounty hunter & a femme purple alien art thief. It's sapphic, it's noir, it's sci-fi, it's romantic!
Get it here: elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse
Free Friday = asking you nicely to buy my book
CAT/MOUSE is a fun, fast-paced novella set on a space station, feat. a butch WOC bounty hunter & a femme purple alien art thief. It's sapphic, it's noir, it's sci-fi, it's romantic!
Get it here: elizamares.carrd.co#catmouse
#FantasyIndiesNovember 6
I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I don't really use many "tools" in my writing process. The only new thing I tried recently was the index card method for plotting scenes.
Besides that, I use a word processor, a notebook, a pen, & the thesaurus, lol.
I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I don't really use many "tools" in my writing process. The only new thing I tried recently was the index card method for plotting scenes.
Besides that, I use a word processor, a notebook, a pen, & the thesaurus, lol.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#FantasyIndiesNovember 6
I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I don't really use many "tools" in my writing process. The only new thing I tried recently was the index card method for plotting scenes.
Besides that, I use a word processor, a notebook, a pen, & the thesaurus, lol.
I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I don't really use many "tools" in my writing process. The only new thing I tried recently was the index card method for plotting scenes.
Besides that, I use a word processor, a notebook, a pen, & the thesaurus, lol.