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The protagonist of the Garrison's Knight, art by @shontherabbit.bsky.social, and the opening line:

"As far as attempted assassinations went, this one wasn't the most professional."

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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and a Wonderful Wednesday to all!

Day 12: Share anything related to your 2025 release(s)! Cover art, character art, moodboard, playlist, back cover blurb, a snippet, etc.

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The Garrison's Duelist, the first book of the dark fantasy series, whose sequel will be my 2025 release.

The Lost Knight: Science Fiction action, six novels, fully completed.

The Storm Knight: Investigative Sci-Fi action, five novels out of six completed.

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cannot wait to get my hands on @cknightwrites.bsky.social’s Butt Pirates 👀 (or whatever it’s actually called, forever Butt Pirates 🤣)

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Day 11: What 2025 indie release(s) are you looking forward to? Other than your own of course 😉

(sorry for the late post!)

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Day 10: Do you have any other published works readers can check out between now and your 2025 release?

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The Magocracy is in effect; all sorcerers are nobles, though not all nobles are sorcerers.

Combat Pragmatistism is the rule of victory; if you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.

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Elves are without magic, and their Empire relied upon gunpowder and science, where Dwarves and Humans rely on sorcery.

An isekai story isn't one of harems and romance, but blood, struggle, and strife.

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Day 9: Are there any tropes in your upcoming book you lean into?

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Day 8: Are there any tropes you subvert in your upcoming book?

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(forgot to do this myself yesterday 🤪)

Day 7: my debut has a whole rainbow of moray gray queers, BIPOC characters (thanks to amazing SRs!), body diversity, and PTSD rep

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A female protagonist who enjoys looking at both genders, and a fantasy world where the lines are drawn between Elves, Humans, and Dwarves, by feudal titles or nationalities, rather than by sex or skin color.

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Day 7: What kind of representation can readers look forward to

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Actions and decisions have consequences, people resent those who disturb the status quo, but you can make things better if you refuse to give up... so long as you're strong enough to keep going.

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a major theme of my book is fuck fascism and fuck eugenics especially 😃

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Day 6: What is a major theme(s) of your book?

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Day 5: 5 emojis that sum up your book:

👗🤺⚔️🍻🪦

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Garrol Tradson is getting up there in age, even for a Dwarf, but can still take to the field when he isn't running his legal and criminal empires from the background. Once ruthless, tempered in his old age.

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Maeve is a woman ripped from her home and dumped into a #fantasy world, gained magic she can barely control, has a real attitude problem, and just wants to survive long enough to find a way back to Earth.

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The Garrison series falls into the #Fantasy genre, with plenty of action, feudal politics, and a protagonist struggling with the fact that the local Gods are real, and not at all helping her get home.

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I'm Zach Watson, the author of the Lost Knight and Storm Knight #sciencefiction series, and I've recently started my #fantasy Garrison series; my first book of 2025 will be the dark fantasy Garrison's Knight.

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We are @rebeccadoll.bsky.social and James Gordon, authors of 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟯: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧, tinyurl.com/5dufx, a human story of a queer couple in the chaos of US Civil Strife. 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟯: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗪𝗔𝗥 due in 2025! #12daysofindieSFF #bskyart #writingcommunity #writesky #indieauthor

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5 emojis that sum up my book:

🩸 🔪 🪄 🧛‍♂️ 🏳️‍🌈

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Day 5: 5 emojis that sum up your book (plot, characters, vibes, whatever!)

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oh Derek, never change 😌

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Day 4: Introduce your favorite secondary character(s) (as much or as little info as you want!)

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Natasha “Tashi” McNulty, an orphaned snow leopard shifter raised by a witch coven. She grew up way too fast and at 18 thinks she’s responsible for protecting everyone she loves

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Day 3: Introduce your main character(s) (as much or as little info as you want!)

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The Blood Divide takes place in a small fictional city in the Blue Ridge Mountains c. 2008. There's "our" world, and there's a mirror world of sorts where most of the supernatural population resides.

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Day 2: Set the scene!

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