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Fiona West (she/her)
@fionawestauthor.bsky.social
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Oregon gal writing sweet, swoony, no-spice romance of the small town and fantasy variety, knitting, birding, planting Quaker. ADHD spoonie. Equal rights for all, it's not 🥧. Read my books in Kindle Unlimited now: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B07MKHL4BR
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fionawestauthor.bsky.social
For the morning crowd! 😁 #edusky #tlsky
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
22 years since I sought closure for friends long since lost touch with, envisioning a fictional escape from family violence for them, full of action, friendship, adventure and monsters; Walking the Knife's Edge is out today!

Direct: payhip.com/b/IcyAG
All 🔗 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/
♠️🌈📚🪐📚💙
Walking the Knife's Edge
It's hard to focus on your studies when you’re from the wrong side of town, your dad’s an abusive prick and classmates are intimidated by your skills at hand to hand combat. But for Rarkin, getting in...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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desiheart.bsky.social
Currently updating my rec lists (which are always available using my Bookshop.org link in my bio), and I would love some recs for books by autistic authors (my current rec list feels rather short). If you have some recs that fit this request, please drop them below! 💙📚
September 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
My Christmas play is finally up for sale! I added a bunch of extras like social media posts and parent communication, so go check it out! It's a very fun, Seussical type romp complete with audience participation. 🎄🎁👼🏼
www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-... #teachersky #theatresky
The Most Flexible Christmas Pageant Ever: A Short No-Prep Nativity Play in Verse
This year, give yourself the gift of a Christmas play that doesn't swallow your holidays whole.This short-and-sweet, no-prep production can be done with as few as one narrator or as many as seven spea...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
What's that? You've never read contemporary fantasy? Hmm, maybe take this as a sign...
Free book today! 😃 💙📚🪐📚📣📚 www.amazon.com/Bringing-Dow...
A green and red book cover in deep hues with a silhouette image of two adults embracing and a child throwing a snowball at them. A faithful dog sits by their side. The title is Bringing Down the King by Fiona West. It is flanked by a snowman in a red scarf with yellow earmuffs and mittens and a red sweater with a Christmas tree on it. Below them are these words: I (26 F) met this guy (32) through my work. Thought he was hot, but it turns out he's involved in a scandal cover-up that I'm about to blow wide open. Problem is that my son got in trouble at school and he's the only mentor left. AITA for not wanting this creep around my kid? #christmasinjulydoubledelightsale
July 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Casual reminder that I have an Notion template for author available on my Ko-fi shop! 📚💙

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Author's Cozy Hub - Notion Template - May Barros's Ko-fi Shop
A Notion template for writers, to organize projects, ideas and writing resources!
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July 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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srmilesauthor.bsky.social
School starts the first week of August! I'm trying to #clearthelist for my HS Library. We're making the space cozy and pushing incentives to make reading cool.

⭐Stickers
⭐Reading Journals
⭐Floor Seating
⭐Snacks

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Big thanks to those who donated books! #booksky #tlsky
July 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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edrieelen.bsky.social
I’m in 3 - yes, 3 - indie author collabs for fantasy and sci-fi books this month! TONS of free books, come check them out. 😁 Also this is yet ANOTHER reason why there’s no excuse to pirate books. 💙📚 #indiebooks #indieauthors #freebooks open.substack.com/pub/edrieele...
Don't Be a Pirate, You Have Options!
i.e. free books for July!
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July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social
Of faith traditions, of gendered burdens, of the body and taste in imagery, of tv evangelicalism, of Appalachia, of want and hunger, of thirst and God—Episode 75 with @christenkauffman.bsky.social is now available! 🎙️📚💙

#poetry #podcast
Episode 75: Christen Noel Kauffman (Of Appalachian Poetics, American Evangelicalism, and Writing About Subjects We’re Not Supposed to Speak Of)
Christen Noel Kauffman, author of The Science of Things We Can Believe (Ghost Peach Press, 2024) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Read: “Faith Test” at The Florida Revie…
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July 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
Look, I know, everyone thinks a no-sex romance means it's boring. But I promise, there's plenty of long looks, snowball fight flirting, and at least one makeout sesh in both books. Why not give it a try? Money-back guarantee!*

www.amazon.com/-/e/B07MKHL4BR

*the books are free
#booksky 📣📚💙📚📚💙
Christmas in July double delight sale. On a light green background there's a picture of a white man in a blue sweater smugly drinking from a black mug. He sits behind a folding table with a white sign on the front of it that says: chaste romance has no tension; change my mind.
July 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
If you or someone you travel with has autism, ADHD, #Fibro or a condition involving brain fog, fatigue or chronic pain (eg. long covid)...

here's my reflections on how the above can impact travel. And my tips to minimise sensory overload, stress, ADHD tax & on managing pacing & comfort on the road
Low Spoons Travel (With Autism/ ADHD/ Chronic Illness)
qMy most delayed thing after long covid in 2022 was planning to travel. Navigating with autism and ADHD alone can be overstimulation, tiring and frustrating. But with a Fibro diagnosis, I now have to ...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social
Every time I think that my life is insignificant, I remind myself that there are people I've never met who offered me light when I needed it, and in the same sense, probably I'm that for someone else. And that's part of the point of art, even if all you've shared is unfinished work.
July 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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nancychristie.bsky.social
Heat getting to you? Then it’s time to celebrate Christmas in July to cool things down! And I have just the book for you: MISTLETOE MAGIC AND OTHER HOLIDAY TALES! And it’s on sale on Amazon. So grab your iced tea and enjoy! amzn.to/3Txe2dJ #shortstories #holidaystories #ChristmasinJuly
July 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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gaylemirwin61.bsky.social
Christmas in July - New Book! Sweet romance set in Florida at Christmas. A wedding, holiday, family, love, and drama -- rolled into 1 delightful story! Plus animal rescue! "Pawprints on Our Hearts" on sale -- just .99 cents through 7/31. books2read.com/u/4NJQD8 #newbook #romancenovel #christmainjuly
July 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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janarichards.bsky.social
I'm at Still Moments Magazine celebrating #ChristmasinJuly with a special recipe and my #ChristmasRomanceNovel CHRISTMAS AT SOLACE LAKE! It's #onsale for #99cents until July 17! #booksky #romancelandia stillmomentsezine.blogspot.com/2025/07/chri...
July 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
I know "why choose" is not usually a sweet romance thing, but today, IT TOTALLY IS. Grab all my Christmas romances for the sweet, sweet price of ✨free✨.

📚🩵📚📣 #romancelandia

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Christmas in July double delight sale The arm wrestling meme, only two books. Bringing Down the King by Fiona West on the left, a red and green cover with a couple and a child in the snow with a dog. Below reads the words "traumatized military captain." No Time Like the Present on the right, also by Fiona West. An Asian woman and a white man embrace in the snow with a plaid wrap around them. We can't see their faces. Below reads, "loyal doctor roommate." In the middle where the hands connect reads, "panicking over mistletoe."
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
Last day to get this small-town series starter free! 📚🩵📣📚
www.amazon.com/dp/B085HK1L3C
She's classy. He's a clown. Let the games begin. A book cover on the left shows a blond white man with wet shorts standing in the water, swinging a blonde white woman who's giggling tremendously and also quite wet. This, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of her being a midwife in need of a date to her mentor's wedding and him being very keen to be that date. The book is called Could Be Something Good by Fiona West.
June 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
Some fun fairy tale retellings in the Stuff Your Kindle/Nook/iPad/Whatever giveaway--including mine! This is ONE DAY ONLY. Don't miss out! #booksky 📚📣 #freebook #romancelandia
www.romancebookworms.com
One day only, 1600 plus free ebooks, fairy tale retellings. There are six books with fantasy covers listed, mostly in blacks and greens. The titles are: the curse and Orilon, deceiving the cursed beast, chasing down her highness, the Queen's card, Sweet briar, and Dragons briars and blades
June 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
Ready for a beachy read on this lovely long weekend? Grab this sweet fantasy romance now for FREE! (🌶️ not included.) #booksky #romantasy #justkisses
www.amazon.com/dp/B08TMKQSWY
Five stars at the top of the review. "This book has a bit of everything. Love, fighting, mystery, magic, and heartbreak all throughout the book." Christy, Goodreads. A book cover for Winning Back the Duke by Fiona West. Free for a limited time.
May 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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clemflanagan.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky

I'm a fiction editor at BBUK. Currently looking for more

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 writers and stories from Scotland
❤️ romance (spicy and sweet)
💃 women's fiction
🏰 historical fiction
🕵‍♀️ mysteries and clever thrillers

Send me your submissions!
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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medusaswink.bsky.social
Good morning my neurospicy skyline (i’m 🧠🌶️ and you’re my skyline). It’s Wednesday, May 21

Have some water

Did you take your meds?

Water your green pets

Check in with yourself

Check in with your people

Wear your hair however you damn well please

I’m not mad at you 🧡
Jester, a Great Pyr/feist mix, is on the bed, smiling like a giant dork at you. Have a nice day
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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authorsabb.bsky.social
Oregon! You're getting closer to protecting the right to read! Contact your House Reps & urge them to vote for SB 1098! olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/C...
Education House 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System
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May 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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lizkf.bsky.social
A fabulous freebie from my friend Nan Reinhardt, Author today! #romancelandia #nanreinhardt #booksky💙📚 #tulepublishing #medicalromance #riversedge #romancegems #fridayfunday a.co/d/5KFQZW7
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
fionawestauthor.bsky.social
A proper princess who wishes she wasn't. A man from the docks who's risen in the ranks. Can she fall for him before she finds out he's secretly a Duke? Closed door romantasy with heart and wit about how to fight for who we truly are inside. Grab your copy now! 📚💙✨🚀 www.amazon.com/dp/B08TMKQSWY
Five gold stars sit at the top of the review. West again does an exceptional job dealing with serious topics in a sensitive and realistic manner. Somehow she manages to neatly walk that line of talking about things openly and honestly without getting heavy or preachy. Marjorie, Goodreads. Free for a limited time. On the right side of the page a yellow and purple book cover depicts two people in silhouette and the words in cursive "Winning Back the Duke" by Fiona West.
May 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM