NEW VIDEO ALERT! Today on Bar Cart Bookshelf we're talking about THE MYSTERY OF THE BITTEN PEACH by Cecilia Tan. A queer time travel adventure of sapphic longing, Chinese immortals, and Artist4Magician Old Man Yaoi, this novella utterly charms. Our drink is a mocktail: The Dragon's Daughter.
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Happy Pride Month!
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A sapphic romance with a fat person??? SIGN ME UP
Many thanks to the friends & writing fam who held me down throughout the querying process!
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Fraudsters are AI-mincing books and republishing them onto Amazon. This was done to The Isle in the Silver Sea - I assume in the hope people would accidentally click on it. It's been removed, but this is a warning of something to look out for, to my fellow authors.
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HI. HELLO. I HAVE NEWS. 👀
Thrilled to share that I'm now represented by @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social! My adult fantasy novel, "A Vengeance, Most Tender," feat Black sapphic necromancers, is in wonderful hands. 🙌🏾
