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@emberwrites.bsky.social
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Dragonslayer by Heather Shahan
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
Dragonslayer by Heather Shahan
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Dragonslayer by Heather Shahan
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
📚 Epic fantasy novel 📚
🐉 Book 1 in the Dragons of Cretala series 🐉
Featuring:
🐉 Emotivorous dragons
✅ An epic quest
❤️ Found family
👑 Kingdoms at war
🔑 Generational secrets
🧠 Mental health rep
🧑🤝🧑 Diverse cast
🌍 Expansive worldbuilding
📜 Folktales, myths, and legends
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@emberwrites.bsky.social is publishing her first novel! If anybody likes fantasy, pre-orders really help!
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February 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@emberwrites.bsky.social is publishing her first novel! If anybody likes fantasy, pre-orders really help!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV8TQR1H
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV8TQR1H
My 8 year old son had to just go and poke holes in my book.
Me: The world in my book has 2 suns.
Isaac: a BINARY system!? I wonder what that is like.
1/6
Me: The world in my book has 2 suns.
Isaac: a BINARY system!? I wonder what that is like.
1/6
December 10, 2024 at 12:31 PM
My 8 year old son had to just go and poke holes in my book.
Me: The world in my book has 2 suns.
Isaac: a BINARY system!? I wonder what that is like.
1/6
Me: The world in my book has 2 suns.
Isaac: a BINARY system!? I wonder what that is like.
1/6
I’ve had a concept that I’ve wanted to explore in Dragonkeeper since the beginning, but I didn’t know how I wanted it to be or where in the story I wanted it to be.
December 8, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I’ve had a concept that I’ve wanted to explore in Dragonkeeper since the beginning, but I didn’t know how I wanted it to be or where in the story I wanted it to be.
If there were year end recaps in Cretala, Dri would need to hear this.
She’s doing her best, y’all.
She’s doing her best, y’all.
December 7, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If there were year end recaps in Cretala, Dri would need to hear this.
She’s doing her best, y’all.
She’s doing her best, y’all.
I am so glad it is the weekend! Hoping to get quite a bit of writing in today. My brain needs it.
December 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I am so glad it is the weekend! Hoping to get quite a bit of writing in today. My brain needs it.
Stage 1 of mid year testing is complete and almost all of my students grew by leaps and bounds. Super proud!
This teacher is exhausted. This writer is ready for the weekend. I need rest, and I need to write words.
This teacher is exhausted. This writer is ready for the weekend. I need rest, and I need to write words.
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Stage 1 of mid year testing is complete and almost all of my students grew by leaps and bounds. Super proud!
This teacher is exhausted. This writer is ready for the weekend. I need rest, and I need to write words.
This teacher is exhausted. This writer is ready for the weekend. I need rest, and I need to write words.
Today was field trip day, and it was wonderful. However, this also means that I got no break all day and I am exhausted.
I'm going to try to make words happen now, but I don't know if it'll work.
I'm going to try to make words happen now, but I don't know if it'll work.
December 5, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Today was field trip day, and it was wonderful. However, this also means that I got no break all day and I am exhausted.
I'm going to try to make words happen now, but I don't know if it'll work.
I'm going to try to make words happen now, but I don't know if it'll work.
My child dreamed last night that my book was out in the world!
97 days, kid. 97 days.
97 days, kid. 97 days.
December 4, 2024 at 5:58 PM
My child dreamed last night that my book was out in the world!
97 days, kid. 97 days.
97 days, kid. 97 days.
Texting with my husband last night before bed. I wasn’t quite sure how Dragonkeeper would end because shit was doing down, but I hit the point where I needed to decide. So I took my shower and talked to myself the whole time and figured it out.
AAAH! I know how the book ends, and it’s so good!
AAAH! I know how the book ends, and it’s so good!
December 2, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Texting with my husband last night before bed. I wasn’t quite sure how Dragonkeeper would end because shit was doing down, but I hit the point where I needed to decide. So I took my shower and talked to myself the whole time and figured it out.
AAAH! I know how the book ends, and it’s so good!
AAAH! I know how the book ends, and it’s so good!
I typed up what I handwrote while out of town, inputted the daily counts into my spreadsheet, and highlighted the cells for the days of Tgiving break to see the total.
9,968.
I'm going to pause for a bit, but then you can bet I'm going back to add at least 32 more words to make that 10k!
9,968.
I'm going to pause for a bit, but then you can bet I'm going back to add at least 32 more words to make that 10k!
December 2, 2024 at 12:12 AM
I typed up what I handwrote while out of town, inputted the daily counts into my spreadsheet, and highlighted the cells for the days of Tgiving break to see the total.
9,968.
I'm going to pause for a bit, but then you can bet I'm going back to add at least 32 more words to make that 10k!
9,968.
I'm going to pause for a bit, but then you can bet I'm going back to add at least 32 more words to make that 10k!
I’m still out of town for most of today (home tonight) so I updated my website for the cover reveal on Thursday. Did anybody see it ahead of time? 😂
December 1, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I’m still out of town for most of today (home tonight) so I updated my website for the cover reveal on Thursday. Did anybody see it ahead of time? 😂
It’s Cover Reveal Day! Today marks 100 days until Dragonslayer arrives on March 11, 2025!
December 1, 2024 at 1:36 PM
It’s Cover Reveal Day! Today marks 100 days until Dragonslayer arrives on March 11, 2025!
Dragonslayer’s cover reveal is TOMORROW! 🎉
Ahh! I’m just so excited to share my cover tomorrow. I’ve been impatiently waiting over here, and the day is almost here!
Ahh! I’m just so excited to share my cover tomorrow. I’ve been impatiently waiting over here, and the day is almost here!
November 30, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Dragonslayer’s cover reveal is TOMORROW! 🎉
Ahh! I’m just so excited to share my cover tomorrow. I’ve been impatiently waiting over here, and the day is almost here!
Ahh! I’m just so excited to share my cover tomorrow. I’ve been impatiently waiting over here, and the day is almost here!
Husband finally finished reading Dragonslayer. He said he loved the powerful ending, and now it’s on to Dragonkeeper.
He is NOT much of a reader, so he’s kind of daunted by the word count that he’s behind, but he’s eager to find out what happens with his favorite character.
He is NOT much of a reader, so he’s kind of daunted by the word count that he’s behind, but he’s eager to find out what happens with his favorite character.
November 29, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Husband finally finished reading Dragonslayer. He said he loved the powerful ending, and now it’s on to Dragonkeeper.
He is NOT much of a reader, so he’s kind of daunted by the word count that he’s behind, but he’s eager to find out what happens with his favorite character.
He is NOT much of a reader, so he’s kind of daunted by the word count that he’s behind, but he’s eager to find out what happens with his favorite character.
New personal best unlocked: 3,103 words written yesterday.
My average during the school year is ~250 words per day and my average on a break is 1k. I checked and I’ve only written above 2k three times in the last year and a half and my former best was 2,500.
3,103 was not the norm.
My average during the school year is ~250 words per day and my average on a break is 1k. I checked and I’ve only written above 2k three times in the last year and a half and my former best was 2,500.
3,103 was not the norm.
November 29, 2024 at 1:40 AM
New personal best unlocked: 3,103 words written yesterday.
My average during the school year is ~250 words per day and my average on a break is 1k. I checked and I’ve only written above 2k three times in the last year and a half and my former best was 2,500.
3,103 was not the norm.
My average during the school year is ~250 words per day and my average on a break is 1k. I checked and I’ve only written above 2k three times in the last year and a half and my former best was 2,500.
3,103 was not the norm.
I love my job. I love being a teacher.
But also - Today is Day 3 of being past the transition slump, and I am having so much fun getting caught up in my world again and not having to WAIT for TIME to write. I can just flow with my story.
Imagine getting to do that full time.
But also - Today is Day 3 of being past the transition slump, and I am having so much fun getting caught up in my world again and not having to WAIT for TIME to write. I can just flow with my story.
Imagine getting to do that full time.
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I love my job. I love being a teacher.
But also - Today is Day 3 of being past the transition slump, and I am having so much fun getting caught up in my world again and not having to WAIT for TIME to write. I can just flow with my story.
Imagine getting to do that full time.
But also - Today is Day 3 of being past the transition slump, and I am having so much fun getting caught up in my world again and not having to WAIT for TIME to write. I can just flow with my story.
Imagine getting to do that full time.
I just love it when I finally get to chapters that I've waited months for! Aaaah! The words are just rushing from my fingers!
November 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
I just love it when I finally get to chapters that I've waited months for! Aaaah! The words are just rushing from my fingers!
I saw a reel on Instagram recently. It is an account I see often: a neurotypical husband and an audhd wife and they often post differences in the ways their brain works. This specific reel was focused on the woman and how she struggles to give herself permission to enjoy things.
1/10
1/10
November 25, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I saw a reel on Instagram recently. It is an account I see often: a neurotypical husband and an audhd wife and they often post differences in the ways their brain works. This specific reel was focused on the woman and how she struggles to give herself permission to enjoy things.
1/10
1/10
One week until the cover reveal! Aaah!
November 24, 2024 at 6:22 PM
One week until the cover reveal! Aaah!
Today in my writer's journey, I learned the difference between a strait, channel, canal, and sound, as well as why the seas surrounding the Indonesian Islands are considered separate seas connected by straits instead of one large sea connected by channels.
November 23, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Today in my writer's journey, I learned the difference between a strait, channel, canal, and sound, as well as why the seas surrounding the Indonesian Islands are considered separate seas connected by straits instead of one large sea connected by channels.
The last day of Thanksgiving break is December 1st, which is also the beginning of my 100 day countdown to Dragonslayer’s release!
I am both excited for that day’s cover reveal and hoping this break takes its time. 😂
I am both excited for that day’s cover reveal and hoping this break takes its time. 😂
November 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
The last day of Thanksgiving break is December 1st, which is also the beginning of my 100 day countdown to Dragonslayer’s release!
I am both excited for that day’s cover reveal and hoping this break takes its time. 😂
I am both excited for that day’s cover reveal and hoping this break takes its time. 😂
It’s officially Thanksgiving break!
My goal is to write at least 6,000 words this week. I have 6 viable days to write as my primary focus, at 1k per day.
Could I write more? Absolutely. We shall see.
My goal is to write at least 6,000 words this week. I have 6 viable days to write as my primary focus, at 1k per day.
Could I write more? Absolutely. We shall see.
November 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
It’s officially Thanksgiving break!
My goal is to write at least 6,000 words this week. I have 6 viable days to write as my primary focus, at 1k per day.
Could I write more? Absolutely. We shall see.
My goal is to write at least 6,000 words this week. I have 6 viable days to write as my primary focus, at 1k per day.
Could I write more? Absolutely. We shall see.
Yesterday I wrote 400 words very slowly at my computer. Then I was forced into going to the car dealership with my husband, and I hand wrote another 700.
Computer distractions take their toll 😂
Computer distractions take their toll 😂
November 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Yesterday I wrote 400 words very slowly at my computer. Then I was forced into going to the car dealership with my husband, and I hand wrote another 700.
Computer distractions take their toll 😂
Computer distractions take their toll 😂
Last night I finished my website redesign and my cover reveal is all ready. Now to (im)patiently wait for December.
November 19, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Last night I finished my website redesign and my cover reveal is all ready. Now to (im)patiently wait for December.