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Kimberly Lynn Hanson✨Updates Only✨
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Project Manager by day. Writer by night. #RevPit and #WriteHive alum ✨SWORDS & STONES out now! ✨Rep’d by Weaver Literary https://linktr.ee/kimberly_lynn_books?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=1c7752ce-1530-47b7-bf0f-9a6f12c723c3
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Authors! Submissions to WriteHive’s #HiveMentor are now open! Submit your completed manuscript for a chance to work with a mentor to get it query ready, sub ready for small press, or to self publish. But hurry! The sub window closes in 3 days. 🔗 below

#WritingCommmunity
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Hi friends! @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor submissions box opens TOMORROW at 12:59 EST. If you are a writer w/ a completed manuscript and are looking for a mentorship to help get your book ready to query agents, self publish, or submit to an indie press, THIS IS THE MENTORSHIP FOR YOU! 🔥
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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My books are finally up on Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org! It was a little painful to get here, but seeing them up there under those banners makes me emotional. Self-pubbing this book this year has been such a roller coaster of emotions. It’s not easy but it’s been 100% worth it.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Please share 🙏✨ATTENTION QUERYING AND INDIE AUTHORS✨ @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor is opening soon! This mentorship is unique in that they accept all publishing paths so if you are querying to get an agent or looking to self-publish, this mentorship is for you!
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Q2: What's your favorite book you've read recently?

I refuse to choose just one so here are some I've enjoyed this year:
One Dark Window, For the Wolf, Scary Stories for Young Foxes, Don't Let the Forest In, Where the Dark Stands Still, Phantasma

#HiveMentor
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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It’s time for mentor AMAs for HiveMentor!

Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you? Answer in graphic 🐝 #hivementor
Q1: What is your mentorship style? What can mentees expect from working with you? Im as hands on or hands off as my mentee needs! I will reach out to set up a chat for an initial discussion, provide an edit letter with some in-manuscript comments, and help with pitches/query letters if my mentee wants that. I love graphics too if they want moodboards or agent guides, I am available!
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Time for a banner refresh! SWORDS & STONES is out now in paperback & ebook! A YA Knights Tale x BBC’s Merlin x Dungeons & Dragons energy with:

⚔️ Multi-POV
✨ Slow burn romance
⚔️ Not the chosen one
✨ Questing
⚔️ Nature magic
✨ Sword fights & scorcery
⚔️ If evil, why hot?
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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I’m a mentor again for WriteHive! I had so much fun with last year’s mentee and I’m excited to find another amazing manuscript this year. Swipe for my #mswl and to view important dates. The link in my bio will take you to all mentors ✨🐝📚 #HiveMentor
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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✨eARC signups✨ for my indie debut are open! If you enjoy myth-inspired fantasy with snarky, angsty teenage knights, you will LOVE this book! Link in bio 🔗 #indiebooks
August 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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One of these will come with each signed preorder book purchased in my online store. If you hurry, you can snag one for 25% off using code SUMMER25 👀
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Happy Friday character art drop! These beyond gorgeous bookmark designs were done by the talented @sleepdepriveddj.bsky.social I worked with DJ over several months and each one was done with so much love and care. I couldn’t be happier with the end result. ⚔️
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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It’s finally here!!! I’ve been keeping this cover a secret for many months and screaming every time I look at it. My wonderful artist Aes Munandi captured the characters and the spirit of the book so well. It’s just GORGEOUS 😍

PRE-ORDER the ebook now! Link in my bio 🔗

#coverreveal #fantasybooks
A glowing blue book cover reveals a set of four characters in a moody cave coming upon Excalibur. Swords & Stones by Kimberly Lynn Hanson A glowing blue book cover reveals a set of four characters in a moody cave coming upon Excalibur. Swords & Stones by Kimberly Lynn Hanson Seventeen-year-old Ren Bedivere is no stranger to the protected life in Camelot, even though the rest of the kingdom is wore-torn in the aftermath of King Arthur’s reign. As the son of a respected Knight of the Round Table, he’s trained his entire life with the expectation of becoming the first person knighted since Arthur’s death. When his name isn’t called at the knighting ceremony, and his girlfriend betrays him by joining forces with Mordred’s vengeful sorcerer son seeking the throne, Ren is thrust into a world of self-doubt, questioning the life he knows. With a nudge from Merlin, Ren sets out on a rogue quest with his friends by his side—his supportive twin sister, the wise-cracking best friend, and a mysterious druid girl who is more than she appears. Together, they must venture to retrieve the legendary sword Excalibur to protect their home. The quest leads to an ancient magic that may save Camelot but uncovers a generation of lies about the king and his knights that, once revealed, threaten to destroy the kingdom. In the shadow of betrayal, Ren must choose to embrace the legacy of the knights who came before or shatter the myths to tell his own story.
June 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Ready to join the Round Table? I’m excited to open up sign-ups to my street team for SWORDS & STONES!

If you enjoy:

💔 Teens w/ snark & angst
⚔️ Cool sword & sorcery battles
👑 Twists on old legends
🔮 Fantasy books w/ mythical quests, legendary beasts, and all the romance…

THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Woke up and realized my book is due for copyedits in exactly one week. I will accept our thoughts and prayers at this time. 🙏 #indieauthors
May 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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✨PUB DATE ANNOUNCEMENT✨ I’m excited to announce the publishing date for my debut novel, SWORDS & STONES, a YA fantasy King Arthur continuation, is going to be October 14th, 2025! That’s six months away! I can’t wait to introduce the next generation of knights to the world.
A visual trope map featuring a book against a blue-tinged magical forest. Swords & Stones - coming to Kindle and Paperback October 14th!
April 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Do you know how difficult it is to have a completed cover that is so stunning, it takes your breath away and NOT be able to share it yet?! It’s agony, friends. Agony. 😩 Anyway, I am planning a cover reveal for May/June and hope everyone can still be excited for it when summer hits. #fantasybooks
A glowing S in front of a dark blueish background
April 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Since I have new followers from the pitch event yesterday. Hi!👋🏼 I’m Kim and I write YA & Adult fantasy in the trad market and indie spaces. I enjoy outdoor activities in the beautiful Colorado mountains & have two fur-babies that keep me busy. Say hello and introduce yourself! #authorsofbluesky
February 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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If you see this, and you're in the mood for this kind of thing, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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A lovely #tropemap for this Thursday morning — I’m doing a revision pass on this book and with every layer, it becomes more and more the story I want to tell. Over the next few days I’ll be digging deep into Ren and Lina’s POVs and refining their voices.

Art by Sarah Rose at Spooky Yeti Art
Alt tex: A brunette boy with his shirt open revealing rippling muscle sits attentively while a beautiful girl with dark hair paints golden paint on his chest. She has the same golden tattoos snaking along her arms. They sit in front of a magical woodland scene. Swords & Stones - twelve years after the death of King Arthur, the teenage children of the Knights of the Round Table embark on a quest to save Camelot while cleaning up the mess their disastrous parents left in the kingdom. Coming Fall 2025
February 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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In a small mountain town, Memory seeks answers buried in her family’s past. But when a stranger captures her heart, she must discover the link between the magic in her veins and his bloodlust for it, before he destroys the town and her happy ending #questpit #AG #A #F

Art by Kay Fine 🍂🧡🍂
A magical aspen grove alight with golden leaves where two figures embrace, sharing a kiss. A curious fox watches from a distance.
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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✨CHARACTER ART REVEAL✨I am so excited to share the first piece of character art for SWORDS & STONES by the immensely talented Sarah Rose at Spooky Yeti Art. When I first saw it, my jaw literally dropped. They are so absolutely GORGEOUS I don’t know what to do with myself. 😍 😍😍
A brunette boy with his shirt open revealing rippling muscle sits attentively while a beautiful girl with dark hair paints golden paint on his chest. She has the same golden tattoos snaking along her arms. They sit in front of a magical woodland scene.
February 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This is going to hold me accountable to finishing my first round of revisions in time to share this absolutely STUNNING character art I’ve been drooling over for weeks. Look for it MONDAY! 👀

SWORDS & STONES, a YA King Arthur retelling/continuation is coming fall of 2025! ⚔️
Swords & Stones Character Art Reval Clming Monday, Feb 10th
February 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Braved the cold for a hot chocolate and a place to work on revisions for a bit #amediting
A blurred computer screen on a table with a white cup and whipped foam. At a coffee shop.
January 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Greetings from the polar vortex. I’m staying inside for the next 48 hours. 🥶❄️
January 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I think one thing that scares me the most about self-publishing is the fear that I’m a terrible writer and people won’t want to read it. But as I revise, I’m trying to highlight passages I think are fun that prove that, yes, she can write. Even simple stuff like this. #indiewriters
January 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM