@neve thank you for hosting #writephant this week 😊
I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:
#books @bookstodon #fantasy #IndieAuthor @writingbooks #QueerRomance
The Smashwords Read-an-Ebook sale has started — which is very convenient timing for anyone maybe looking around for alternatives to Amazon right now.
There’s heaps of DRM-free indie books on sale or even free for the next week:
https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos
Mine are here, all 50% off (making them the massive investment of US$2 to try out) for escapist queer romantic fantasy fun:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer
All proceeds to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Content warnings on my website: https://wendypalmer.au/content-warnings/
There’ll be plenty of other #MastoAuthors on sale there too (feel free to tag yourselves).
Give it a browse, you might discover your next favourite writer
@bookstodon @indieauthors #BookSale #Smashwords #fiction #ebooks #fantasy #QueerRomance #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks
#bookstodon, my TBR list is getting dangerously short. Please recommend new(ish) books in #fantasy, #historical and/or #QueerRomance.
My favourite authors include but are not limited to:
Natasha Pulley, Gabby Hutchinson Crouch, KJ Charles, AJ Demas, T Kingfisher, Juniper Butterworth, Alexis Hall, CM Waggoner, Emily Tesh, Lissa Evans, Freya Marske, Caitlyn Rozakis, Zen Cho, Naomi Novak, Antonia Hodgson, Edgar Cantero
I don’t like anything too cosy (I need plot) or too dark. Very rarely like anything labelled a “BookTok sensation” or YA, or that has a contemporary setting. Prefer older protagonists, or at least ones who are out of their teens. Prefer standalones. Don’t mind a bit of murder mystery mixed into those other genres.
In particular wanting to try new/debut authors. Indie recommendations very welcome, but nothing that’s only on Amazon. Kobo Plus reccs welcome.
If it’s very popular, assume I’ve read it or don’t want to :)
Thanks!
Ah, Valentine’s Day ❤️ . The annual tradition where I think, I should really do some promotion to tie in, and then I decide to overthink whether I really write romantic enough romances in my fantasy books to qualify for it, and end up doing nothing.
Meanwhile, some joker writing tips for writing romance had the audacity to claim you don’t need a HEA. You can write an anti-romance all you like, my friend, just don’t list it in the romance genre!
ANYWAY, I did update my list of favourite queer romance trilogies for 2026:
https://wendypalmer.au/2024/02/11/books-favourite-queer-romance-trilogies/
