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R.L. Lynn
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Former high school educator, stats nerd, dancer. Writing contest enthusiast, and aspiring novelist. Currently querying debut novel.
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R.L. Lynn @rllynn.bsky.social · Oct 8
It's here!! My debut novel, Stepsisters, about a villainous Cinderella, is now available on Amazon for purchase in both Kindle and paperback formats.

bit.ly/48R91Wa

Shout-out to the amazing artists who helped bring STEPSISTERS to life!

Cover art: @e.lange.art
Character art: D.T.
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Sometimes, 'happily ever after,' is not what it seems...

bit.ly/48R91Wa

#writesky #indieauthors #writersofbluesky
#fairytaleretelling
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Is your fav on the list? Check out my debut, STEPSISTERS, available on Amazon Kindle and paperback!

bit.ly/48R91Wa

#romancetropes #writingcommunity #indieauthors #fairytale
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I am so over-the-top excited to announce that I am now repped by @kiramwatson.bsky.social of Janklow & Nesbit!

Her editorial vision is perfect for what THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is and I am so delighted to have her as my partner in publishing!
#amagented #editors
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Meet my FMC, Adelaide Bryden! STEPSISTERS, now available at Amazon in kindle and paperback!

bit.ly/48R91Wa

Character Art: DT

#writesky, #indieauthors, #fairytaleretelling #writingcommunity, #selfpub #historicalfantasy #evilcinderella
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Meet my villainous Cinderella in STEPSISTERS!

bit.ly/48R91Wa

#writingcommunity #DEBUT #Fantasy #fairytaleretelling #cinderellaretelling #selfpub #evilcinderella
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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📝 400+ pages
🥀 urban fantasy
🌃 set in washington state
🔥 slow burn
🤍 romance and angst
🗡️ demons and vampires
📕 first in a duology

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/D3rL5
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-wish-and...
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Cover for The Wish and the Demon, book one in the Half Swallowed by Shadows duology, by Rebecca Crunden. Cover shows three men's silhouettes standing in the middle of a road in winter. There's dark red trees and snow on the ground. One figure is approaching the other two, surrounded by shadows.
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
rllynn.bsky.social
It's here!! My debut novel, Stepsisters, about a villainous Cinderella, is now available on Amazon for purchase in both Kindle and paperback formats.

bit.ly/48R91Wa

Shout-out to the amazing artists who helped bring STEPSISTERS to life!

Cover art: @e.lange.art
Character art: D.T.
October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Not all dreams should be wished...

STEPSISTERS coming this fall!

#writesky #coverart #fairytaleretelling #indieauthor #evilcinderella
September 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Sneak peek of my cover art!

STEPSISTERS coming soon!

#writesky #indieauthor #writelife #coverart #fairytaleretelling #evilcinderella
September 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Super excited my little 250 nano has made the WB final showdown! Results on Sunday! 😅

@writingbattle.bsky.social

#shortstorywriting #writesky
September 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Getting older IS weird. 🥲

#WIPSnips
God, getting older is weird. When we were younger, hanging out was as easy as breathing. We slept over at each other’s houses, sometimes staying up until sunrise the next morning. We’d go out to the movies on weekends or to the bar every other night once we turned 21, having parties and living up the days of our youth like they would never end. Then, priorities started changing. Hangouts spaced out to every other week, then once a month, before finally, maybe only a few times a year. No one could be blamed for the shift. It was just how things went as soon as the guys got married and started having kids. Their families became their focus, and everything else naturally fell by the wayside. I don’t like to think that I was left behind, but my life didn’t lead me down the same paths they took, and a small part of me worries that if I didn’t see them every day at work, I might have naturally fallen into obscurity as well, almost like I never existed. It’s why I’ve held myself back, sticking it out at the shop as long as I have—so that at least we have an excuse to talk to each other and not test the limits of our friendship.
September 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for September 1st is "excuse"
"Freja, really, I'm fine. I just..." I'm ready to make all sorts of excuses, tell her that I just don't want to sift through these clothes, all of which remind me of my ex. That I just don't want to be in the same room with anything that reminds me of her right now, including that medal. "No, you're not," she says. "And that's okay. You don't have to do this alone. Let's go out, get some drinks, and you can tell me all about how shitty of a girlfriend Madison was."
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#WIPSnips September 1: "excuse"
Nia, don't lie to yourself. You are definitely thinking of pawning that old guy's stuff whether he comes back or not.
“Young Iresh didn’t mention a trip!” Madame de Groiv laughed. Young. The man had to be forty! The landlady looked at Nia curiously. “Oh, but then you’re staying here while—” “An emergency,” Nia said. “Uncle Iresh was called away as soon as I arrived.” “Oh dear,” Madame de Groiv said, failing to ask why Nia—why Baarsin—was visiting Bir Accio at the height of summer. “Is he all right?” “It’s an old friend,” Baarsin said, feeling the young woman settle about her. “In Birajad. They’re unwell.” The landlady looked at her warily. “Not the rings, I trust?” “No, no,” Baarsin laughed, searching for something that would put the older woman at ease. “A broken leg.” There. Not contagious, and a lingering injury would both excuse away Iresh’s absence and buy Nia time to pawn the man’s belongings, should his disappearance prove more permanent than she hoped.
September 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Been too long since I've snipped! Since I am posting a series of snips from my prologue, it was just perfect that today's word is actually in there!

STEPSISTERS debuting soon!

#WipSnips #Writesky #IndieAuthor #Fantasysky #Twistedfairytale
September 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Stepsisters prologue, snip 1.
Will be posting my entire prologue in little snippets, so come by to read every day!

#writingcommunity #Indie #Writesky #fairytaleretelling
September 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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She would be trapped here of course. Unable to make it above, she would drown in the salt-laced waves, forever trapped in the confines of the ship that was still not a home.

#wipsnips #amwriting
August 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Given the setting of my novel (fictional kingdom similar to Victorian England), I have a fair number of "bows" in the text, haha. I decided to go with this one for today.

The battle is brewing.
STEPSISTERS coming SOON!

#WIPSnips, #writesky, #booksky, #indieauthor
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Final rounds of edits are like going to the dentist. You spend so much extra time brushing/flossing, convinced your teeth are spotless, only to have the dentist proceed to scrape 2 lb of food/plaque out of the crevices. I'm in the plaque-scraping trenches of edits.

#Booksky #Writesky, #bookediting
July 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Oh, no she didn't.

STEPSISTERS, August 2025

#WIPSnips, #Writesky, #booksky, #fairytaleretelling
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The knight usually saves the princess, but when he falls out of the story through A RIP IN THE PAGE, the Narrator must scramble to get to The End. He makes the best of a bad situation using gelato, a Pegasus named Cupcake-McSparkletail, and a princess who doesn't need a knight #bluepit📖 #Q #PB
July 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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And my silliest WIP: The Tooth Fairy Framed Me
#MG #SP #W #BluePit📖
ivytwoods.bsky.social Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Jul 13
Tracy’s most notable achievement at 8-years-old was knocking out 4 teeth at once in an impromptu handlebar flip. Until she’s arrested and accused of bank robbery. The evidence? Her tooth at the crime scene. The problem? That tooth was collected and paid for—by the tooth fairy

#MG #SP #W #BluePit📖
A picture of the tooth fairy holding a tooth on an orange and pink background. Below in blue text it reads: When eight-year-old Tracy finds herself charged with stealing 12.3 million dollars in coins and small change from Ocean View Bank, no one will believe that she’s innocent. Her DNA was found at the crime scene after all, in the form of a recently lost tooth. The problem? That tooth was taken by the tooth fairy. In order to prove her innocence, Tracy must trap the tooth fairy and force her to testify. When this proves harder than initially anticipated, Tracy must learn to use the rules of fairies and the often signed but rarely read, terms of app use.
July 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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#bluepit📖
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.

A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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PRIDE & PREJUDICE x TENET = THE GENESIS CLOCK

A socialite-turned-cryptographer must time travel to reverse her ruined reputation and get her ex-fiancé back—but when she meets a handsome spy, she wonders if finding love in the past is worth the risk.

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F #DIS #ND
a woman in a white dress is standing next to a man in a black jacket ..
Alt: A GIF of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy dancing together in Pride and Prejudice (2005).
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July 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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#bluepit📖
nuzhatn.bsky.social nuzhatn.bsky.social @nuzhatn.bsky.social · Jul 13
“The Great British Bake Off” x “The Salt Princess”

Royals aren’t supposed to bake, but Princess Amira can’t help but sneak into the kitchen. When a grumpy king comes to visit, will Amira’s treats win him over? Or will she barred from baking forever? #bluepit #picturebook #PB
a cartoon drawing of a person cutting a chocolate cake with a knife
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person cutting a chocolate cake with a knife
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July 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM