NEXT EVENT: Luna Moth Zine Fest, April 11th! Yes! I have #zines! Little booklets of information and/or whimsy at your fingertips, including the debut of an annual retrospective! I'll also have the #LinesofPower novels with me! #modernfantasy #selfpublished
A 3x3 grid of Lines of Power character portraits with a vintage postcard for the fictional town of Aviario, Connecticut in the center. It is watermarked to prevent AI scraping or other art theft.
I spent the day doing a BUNCH more character portraits ... and now my Instagram (necessary evil that it is) has this as a landing layout to promote Adjustments!
#LinesofPower #FromTheDeskofBusterHeywood #Adjustments #ModernFantasy #Thriller #SelfPublished #AuthorSky #TransAuthors #AutisticMC
Cover of From the Desk of Buster Heywood, a thriller by A.K. D'Onofrio
Cover of In The Cards, a modern fantasy thriller by A.K. D'Onofrio
Cover of The Proper Bearing, a modern fantasy thriller by A.K. D'Onofrio
Cover of Adjustments, a modern fantasy thriller by A.K. D'Onofrio
Why share one when I can share all four? 😅 #LinesofPower #ModernFantasy
The front cover of "Adjustments" which depicts Buster Heywood and Troy McLaren on either side of a pine tree, looking concerned about something out of sight. The back copy reads: "A year and a half after what most residents simply refer to as “That Nasty Business With Selectman Jarvon”, Buster Heywood has cobbled his life back into the same, simple order he’d enjoyed before the gun showed up on his oorstep. His circle of friends is growing, and he's becoming a force for good in theircorner of town. So when Officer Troy McLaren shows up on his doorstep, Buster’s heart leaps into his throat. It’s not Buster’s past Troy is after: it’s his future, and his keen observation of things around town. A young Seneca girl has been earmarked for induction into The Organization, and she needs to be kept safe from those who would rather exploit her abilities. Skeptical about the existence of magic, but worried for the child’s safety, Buster makes his way back into the deep end of Aviario. As he and Troy both test their boundaries, clues to a larger mystery begin to float to the surface..." To pre-order your copy, visit www.grindark-studio.com/linesofpower!
The Proper Bearing is now officially in print, and I'm SO excited to drop the cover and release date for #LinesofPower Vol. 4: Adjustments!!!
#WIPSnips #SelfPublishing #ReleaseDate #PreOrder #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Thriller
This is one of the last #WIPSnips from #Adjustments... the release date is coming soon! #LinesofPower
The 3rd novel in my #ModernFantasy series, #LinesOfPower, gets its re-release glow-up this Sunday, June 1st! It's a coming of age story set in a British public school in 1979. Watch this space:
www.grindark-studio.com/linesofpower...
No carts in Adjustments, so a partial match gets you J.C trying to have a teachable moment ... #LinesofPower #WIPSnips #ModernFantasy
(This image shows the cover of the book, along with the release date.)
Volume 3 of #LinesofPower has an official release date: June 1st! Mark your calendars and bookmark the site:
www.grindark-studio.com/linesofpower...
#ModernFantasy #ComingOfAge #BookBirthday #SelfPublishing
After the events of the first #LinesofPower novel, Buster just wants some peace and quiet. Too bad he isn't going to get it... #WIPSnips #modernfantasy
Some shots from a weekend at Hammonassett State Park in CT ... got those #LinesofPower vibes and some much-deserved down time.
"Sounds like the start of a solid scientific paper if you ask me." Troy spread his hands, setting up an invisible masthead. "The correlation between earworms and romantic attraction. Seriously, though, I know you're not exactly a party animal, Buster, but she seems like she's pretty into you. The fact that she's a fancy-pants lawyer doesn't matter any more than the fact that the girl I'm interested in tells fortunes and knows honest-to-God magic."
Does Beatrice from "In The Cards" count as a prophet for today's #WIPSnips? Troy doesn't think so. And maybe she isn't... yet ...
#LinesofPower #modernfantasy #InTheCards #Adjustments
Christine had already pulled a cabinet open, and paused as her fingers brushed a neon green cereal box. "Are you seriously making me breakfast?" "Why not? We live together." "But you don't even know me yet." "I know you need to eat." Annick swept the carton of eggs and the milk out of the fridge and onto the counter. "So, veggies." "Ew."
Missed yesterday's #WIPSnips, so here are two of JC's kiddos while I catch up ...
For the record, the #LinesofPower quote I really wanted to use from book 4 is a minor spoiler for From the Desk of Buster Heywood ... but I behaved. ;)
#modernfantasy #thriller #sequel #series
"From the Desk of Buster Heywood was really good. Like 'staying up to read it, reading at dinner/in the car/while doing literally anything else need to know what happens' good. There are LAYERS!!!! This is your sign to get it if you haven't read it yet!" - Alexandra Kate, illustrator & tarot artist, via the Queerlective.com Discord server
This review just made my entire May. If you need your first #SummerRead, you can go get it here: www.grindark-studio.com/linesofpower... #SelfPublishing #fiction #thriller #LinesofPower
Troy sucked in a breath and reached for the box of mints in his center console, popping two. "And you do - just asking, now - remember that you're speaking to an officer of the law right now." Janus' tone was serene as his smile. "I do. But that officer of the law is jointly in my employ as a keeper of the natural balance of the world." Troy cut down through the South End, noting with wry amusement that the route to the Organization took him past both schools. His already beleaguered conscience groaned under the strain. "And suppose I, in that dual capacity, were beginning to suspect that someone was not quite so innocent and squeaky clean as he looked on the outside?"
Troy's learning that black-and-white isn't exactly the best choice after all. You'd think Janus knew exactly what he was doing, or something... #WIPSnips #LinesofPower #Adjustments #TricksterArchetype
An illustration of a middle-aged blond woman in a patchwork blazer, wearing a cross and square glasses, happily gossiping about things that are none of her business.
Buster's co-worker, Charleen, would like you all to know ... uh ... *everyone's* business, really. (She is a horrible bricolage of several of my own past co-workers. I had far too much fun making her outfit that hideous.) #LinesofPower #illustration #CharacterPortraits
Shamelessly: if you like my #WIPSnips, the first two #LinesofPower volumes are already out, and #3 is coming soon... maybe as soon as the end of the month! #urbanfantasy #modernfantasy
www.grindark-studio.com/linesofpower...
That awkward moment when you get more support from a #charity event than you meant to provide by going...
#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #LinesofPower
I haven't decided on a release date just yet, but volume 4 of #LinesofPower will be out this year!
#ModernFantasy #SelfPublishing #AutisticCharacters #WIPSnips #WriteSky
That one meme of Charlie from Always Sunny in front of a conspiracy board
Me, trying to consolidate 3 writing notebooks filled over the last decade into one cohesive outline and reference book for #LinesofPower
Been a few since I posted anything, life's been crazy. But here's the first in a long series of #LinesofPower character portraits ... my #AutisticMC Buster Heywood.
#ArtDump #MemeRedraw #LinesOfPower
There were four pictures. I have four villains that fit every single one. It had to be done. (Sorry, watermarks stay - I'm overprotective of my #OriginalCharacters).
Today's work (after some fanart for fun) involves fighting with the disparities between what I formatted in Word and how it actually imports to @draft2digital.bsky.social ... not sure why it hates separate paragraph formatting but we're working with it. #AuthorProblems #SelfPublishing #LinesOfPower
I've had this #sticker design in my head for a while now, but Tumblr finally got me off my ass. Dr. Jon Knight has spoken.
#OminousPositivity #OriginalCharacters #LinesOfPower #Watermarked
