So, I started this lil Halsin sketch because well, why not? And honestly, it’s giving me so many feels and now I need more Halsin content. Like, in desperate levels 🤣 Also, I didn't know I needed sleepy Halsin in my life, but here we are. #halsin #bg3 #baldursgate3 #fanart #dndart
It’s time for a good ol’ Spring Sale! All commissions are 25% off for the next two weeks! From today until April 26. I have 4 slots open! I offer sketches, coloured sketches, line art, flat colours, and full colours. I also do spicy art 👀 The request form link is in my bio! #bookart #dndart #fanart
Rysa art and book cover art are by @gagakumadraws.bsky.social 😍 Clover art is by me. No gen Al used by me or anyone involved.
The story behind the characters (with art of Clover and of the author at a younger (perhaps 10) age). I wrote Rysa and Clover as versions of myself from different periods in my life. Clover—a secondary character—represents a younger version of me, before I knew anything about autism. She is shy and awkward, still finding her place in the world.
Images of the author at age 32 and of Rysa. Rysa—one of the protagonists—represents an older version of me. She has found safe people to be around and has become more comfortable with who she is and what she requires to live fully. Rysa takes on the role of an older sister to Clover, advocating for her and helping her to understand that the way she is is enough.
The book cover is in the centre. It has a volcano goddess on it with dark skin with orange magma rivulets flowing through it. She's holding a glowing golden orb with the images of two elves inside it. The book title is To Speak with the Stars by K.V. Wilson. Words are around the cover with arrows pointing at it: dark high fantasy; multi point of view; dragons and magma merfolk; romance without spice; telepathy; found family; disability, racial diversity, and neurodivergence rep; queer-normative world; magic gifted by the gods.
More here because it only let me share 4 slides 😅
In honour of Autism Month, here's the autism rep in To Speak with the Stars. 30% off until the end of April! The book cover has a volcano goddess on it with dark skin with orange magma rivulets flowing through it. She's holding a glowing golden orb with the images of two elves inside it. The book title is To Speak with the Stars and author is K.V. Wilson. It's a dark high fantasy with a dash of no-spice romance.
Rysa (with art of a young half-elf with braided dark hair with strands of teal in it. Art by @gagakumadraws). Autistic traits of Rysa: stimming (fidgeting with her braid); meltdowns and shutdowns (irritability, fatigue, loss of function if she endures too much without a recovery period); cannot think properly while making eye contact; difficulty recognizing sarcasm (thinks it is but isn't certain).
Clover (with art of a young faun with ginger hair, large droopy ears, and small horns on her head. Art is by the book's author). Autistic traits of Clover: stimming (stroking her horns); lack of eye contact; special interests / infodumping (lpves magic and creatures); difficulty understanding social cues and fitting in; selective mutism (going silent at certain times; similar to stage fright).
The parallels between autism and my magic system. Clover’s people—the fauns—have innate telepathic abilities, but Clover was born without them. The other fauns converse amongst themselves, and she has no idea what's going on most of the time, always feeling like she’s on the outside looking in. This was meant to mirror my experiences with undiagnosed autism.
Have you picked up a book by an autistic indie author for Autism Month and Indie April? Mine is currently discounted! 👀
books2read.com/1tswts
I also highly recommend N.R.G. Selove's (n.r.g.seloveauthor on Insta) The Assassín and the Sorceress: linktr.ee/nrgselove
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Autistic SFF (+ a lil romance & more) itch.io bundle. 34 works of fiction by autistic authors, many with autistic main characters & autistic side characters. Other rep includes some queer main characters. There's fantasy, sci-fi, horror, romance, and more. Novels, a few novellas, and short stories. April 1st - April 14th https://itch.io/b/3598/autistic-sff-a-lil-romance-more
Tomorrow is the last day to grab this awesome bundle all by autistic authors!!
itch.io/b/3598/autis...
#BookSky #eBooks #BookBundle #BookSale #IndieAuthors #ActuallyAutistic 🌈📚
A drawing of a cartoon dragon with a speech bubble that says, "I've changed my username!" Previously: @myth.and.magic. New: @kvwilsonauthor. Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook. This means I'll match my website (www.kvwilsonauthor.ca) and be easier to find.
Just a quick fyi about my change of username to make it consistent.
Thanks to everyone for following along and to the indie authors who've been creating amazing stories for me to get lost in! 📚✨️
These accounts will continue to share my own work and other authors' work 🙌
Books featured (follow authors on Insta!):
Sci-Fi & Paranormal:
🚀 Aurethia Rising by @mousyatlas
🦸♂️ Trying to Kíll the Sun by @tfauthor
👻 Grim Reflection by @akiwitch
Books featured (follow authors on Insta!):
Fantasy:
🐉 Red Green Blue by @psshaiauthor
🐉 The Fate Of by @j.e_lynn
🐉 A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by @authoralexharvey
🐉 Phantom & Rook and 🐉 Mattsdotter & Adrastus by @neshamapublishing
Books featured (follow authors on Insta!):
Poetry:
✒️ Melodia and ✒️ A Handful of Words by @wyrd.lea.poetry @author_wyrdlea @wyrdly_bookish
✒️ Blood Orange by @yaffasutopia
Books featured (follow authors on Insta!):
Short Stories & Anthologies:
📖 Queer Joy by @savedanmeiauthors (currently reading)
📖 When Witches Sing by @neshamapublishing
📖 Queer Rage by @savedanmeiauthors (currently reading)
📖 The Captain and the Guppy by @itsnoahbodie
Books featured (follow authors on Insta!):
Short Stories & Anthologies:
📖 Petals & Blades Anthology by @xaneriaann, Colby Beattley, A.P. Sessler, Katie Leonard, Russell Hemmell, Vivian St. Crow, and Kiley Bishop (sorry about not being able to locate some accounts)
📖 Queer Windows by @cayfletcher
Remember to rate and or review every indie book you read! Goodreads, Storygraph, Fable, Pagebound, the site it was purchased from, and or anywhere else you can think of! Let's help these authors reach more readers!
I've made a trans rights readathon list (link in bio!)
You can add your favourite books too! If you're the author, let me know and I can add your book(s)!
(These are books by authors who are, or with protagonists who are, trans, non-binary, 2 spirit, or gender non-conforming.)
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Please choose a book or two (or ten!) and give the authors reviews (or even just star ratings). They help tremendously!! If you can't, a share would help them out too! 🩵🩷🤍
🔗 in bio to full #transrightsreadathon list! You can add your faves too if the author (openly) and/or protagonist are trans+ 💙📚
This space exists because readers and writers keep finding each other in unexpected places.
Through shelves, threads, notes, and late-night reading
Two long-running communities where many of these conversations began
Goodreads www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...
Tumblr www.tumblr.com/communities/...
Here's some of my favs: @itsladarrion.bsky.social (Blood at the Root), Amber Fisher (Temple of the Inner Flame), B.B. Alston (Amari)
Thank you for the recs! 😊📚
I'm sorry but AAAAAHHHHH this is the news I've been waiting for!! 🎉
Note: I didn't create the Goodreads list linked in the post. I just added the books I read to it. You can as well if you discover more independently-published books by Black authors! ✨️
⭐️ The Inner Solar War series by Anthony C. Robinson (read this a few years ago. It was so good! Set in our world but with people living on Mars)
⭐️ The Flooding by Sean Hancock (loved the concept of reincarnation! Patiently waiting for book 2!)
⭐️ Ham & Echo: Voyage of the Gordon Lighton by M. Jay Williams (MM historical romance based on a Gordon Lightfoot song about a ship. Amazing action scenes as well as a romance between ex-soldiers)
Black Indie Author Book Recs. Add these to your to be read list for Black History Month and all year! These books need more ratings! Please rate and review them wherever you can think of to help the authors out!
The Flooding by Sean Hancock. The Flooding series. Urban fantasy with reincarnation. Ham and Echo: Voyage of the Gordon Lighton by M. Jay Williams. LGBTQ+ historical romance.
Cold Solar, Hot Solar, and Zero Solar by Anthony C. Robinson. The Inner Solar War series. Epic sci-fi.
Here are some books I've read by Black indie authors 🙌 (Part 2 of 2)
📚 Remember to read diverse books all year, not just this month.
www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...
📚 Add your recs to the list above!
📚 Rate/review on Goodreads, Storygraph, Fable, Pagebound, etc!
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Trope (ish) graphic for The Strangers' Sanctuary. Tagline: When home betrays you, build a new home. Mockup in center of ereader and paperback with cover: a woman and a man leaning on a fence, gazing over a hilly landscape. Left side text: * queernorm world & mostly queer cast * thorny themes, cozy setting * small-town festivals & gatherings * supportive mentors * found family (when the first one fails you) Center text: cover: maybarros.carrd.co Right side text: a small-scale fantasy novel with trauma, triumph and community
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👋 Hello, I write fantasy novels.
Sept. 2025: The Strangers' Sanctuary
www.serobertsonfiction.com/the-stranger...
A faithless priestess and a traumatized guard are tasked with reopening an abandoned shrine, and find common cause in healing from their pasts.
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#Febchantment D3
Magic is based on spells, but it's pretty flexible (as in can do lots of things). No words need to be spoken for most spells but the intention, will, and imagination all must be present to cast a spell.
However the most powerful spells do require special words to be spoken.
A regular day playing Peak with me. POV of a friend unable to save me from death. #peak
Note: I didn't create the Goodreads list linked in the post. I just added the books I read to it. You can as well if you discover more independently-published books by Black authors! ✨️
⭐️ The Betrayal of the Guardians by Diana Calanguia (@dianawrites03 on Instagram & TikTok) (currently beta reading book 2 and it's amazing!)
⭐️ Immortal Descent by Carolyn Cross (@misswritewise on Instagram & TikTok) (the rest of her series is on my TBR. It's awesome!)
⭐️ Beats of War comic book series by Etienne Kubwabo (@etianversestudios.bsky.social) (Scotland's first Black superhero. Awesome series that has accompanying music-- search: DJ E.T. on streaming platforms!)
