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Later today I’ll be doing a big character art reveal! Meet Elizabeth and Lincoln before the masses and find out how, as a South African, I keep messing up.

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Events Round-up, Dungeons & Dragons and Feeling Like an Imposter I'm not the only writer who feels this way, right?

New newsletter dropped

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If you like:

- Women in STEM
- Men wearing slutty little glasses
- Romances that also make you cry between the laughter and swooning

Then get it get it get it

Thank you 🤩

Rom Con celebrates romance literature with authors and readers Romance novelists gathered with readers at a Rom Con to discuss writing, being published and whether they read the genre in the Mother's City at the weekend.

My amazing client, @shameezwrites.bsky.social moderated a panel at Rom Con & is featured in this article! So proud of her! Check her out! Her fantasy romance series is under Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, & PLAYING FLIRTY is under Shameez Patel.

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Oh I love this, thank you!

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The full clip of Hayao Miyazaki reading AI engineers for fucking filth so hard their ancestors felt the burning shame back in 2016

This book travels the world on my behalf 🥹❤️

PLAYING FLIRTY by @shameezwrites.bsky.social !! #BooksInTheWild found in MINNESOTA!!! #romance

My next newsletter is for the readers who enjoyed both Playing Flirty (by Shameez Patel) and You Between the Lines (by Katie Naymon)

Interested? 👁️👁️

Someone just described Playing Flirty as “A romance with a Darcy-esque hero and a Hobbit-esque heroine.”

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My favorite genres are:

1. Angry man ends up accidentally parenting some kids and loving them
2. FRIENDSHIP SOLVES EVERYTHING
3. Oh no! The enemy is sexy!
4. Did someone say REDEMPTION ARC?
5. Bad guys team up with good guys because there’s a badder bad guy

This is how I right fantasy 😂

The best relationships to ever grace our screens:

Thor/Loki
Goku/Vegeta

This dynamic inspired me to write my own version and I so badly want you lot to discover them.

If this is your vibe, please read The Selene Trilogy (starts with The Last Feather)

I’m here for the little details on a cover. I want to read a book and then look at the cover and be like OH THATS WHY SHE WAS WEARING A HOBBIT COSTUME.

If that’s your vibe. Read Playing Flirty.

Whenever anyone asks me what Playing Flirty is about, I tell them it’s a love letter to the Lord of the Rings.

One day I’ll find my LOTR loving contemporary romance reading audience.

Comfort film

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How to Turn the Economic Blackout Into a Lifestyle Change (& Re-Intro) Single day boycotts don't often amount to lasting economic impacts, but that doesn't mean that they are for nothing. Especially if we use them as a catalyst to make a lifestyle shift.

been a while since i sent a newsletter but im hoping to get back into it!! please come read 🥰
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It’s perfect in a fantasy setting but it’s a hard sell in contemporary romance.

If someone in real life deeply despises me I’ll just avoid them forever and maybe cry?

I hope a self-rec is okay but my trilogy wrapped up last year, isn’t cozy and while it has a strong romantic subplot (esp book 2), it is definitely not romantasy.

The Last Feather is the first book in the series 🪶

Welcome to my New Newsletter It's the newest newsletter of all.

Welcome to my newest newsletter aaaaand I’m using Substack like all the cool kids.

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Awesome article, thanks!

How to Beat Imposter Syndrome It's about time we talked about the monster in our minds.

My absolutely massive article on Imposter Syndrome is now live!

Learn how to fight this monster that all writers face with input from fellow writers right here on Bluesky!

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Authors, talk to me about your Facebook Pages or Groups. What do you have? Why? Does it feel worthwhile?

Any Stardew girlies up here?

If you’ve seen Playing Flirty out in the world, or you own a copy. Please tell me which city/state you’re in.

I wanna see something 🤩

Reading one star reviews of my favorite books reminds me how reading is subjective