Currently offering my queer magical school fantasy trilogy ebooks for $20!
You can also grab the paperbacks in my shop if you prefer hard copy media - all come signed & with stickers, bookmarks, and other goodies I've made over the years.
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#pridemonth #queerauthor
‘AI is in everything! If you use spellcheck, you can’t be mad about ChatGPT!’
Look, you determinedly obtuse cantaloupe, don’t slander spell check, first created in 1961, made for PCs in 1980. NO ONE THINKS A SPELL CHECKER IS GEN AI.
What in the ever-loving straw-man tomfoolery.
It’s Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love 📺
I’ve been posting more on my tiktok lately 📚 besides that, lots of writing/revising/editing/repeat. #authorsky #authors #writing #writers
Ebooks are now available in my shop! My time with the Kindle Select program has ended (and it did not help me at all)
Grab both Book 1 & 2 for the price of one paperback :D
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Hello👋I'm Aster Vaughn, an autistic, queer, indie published author of the series #BriarthorneUni & a sapphic poetry collection (Finally, She is Home). I've been a book lover and writer for as long as I can remember. Libraries saved my life in a world before the internet. Nice to meet you! #booksky
Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
Time to shout out my bookish artists starter pack again!
#booksky #booktok #writers #artists #bookishart #coverart #illustration #illustrators
I'm no popular or trending author, but I will always send my books to libraries for free. If there are any libraries interested in carrying a NA modern fantasy magical college series with queer, autistic, and diverse representation, please send me a message!
#libraries #booksky #authorsky
Do any other authors write fanfic for fun? It's a nice break from my original work to play around with other people's characters in media I like 💗 #authorsky #booksky
Same! I read a lot in high school but this series def stood out
Day 4 of #BriarthorneUni (my book) aesthetics for the main cast! Introducing Francesca (Frankie), a rich-girl-witch from a New Jersey coven. She's at BU to master her craft...and not welcome home until she does.
#originalcharacters #characterart #storytelling #fantasynovel #booksky
-- Trying new platforms is fine and good but I can't spend all my time in one place and use all my engagement spoons hoping for a hit. I was spread too thin, I consolidated, maybe I lost connections, but it just feels so forced now. I just want to be seen 😅(without paying for views or begging)
- I never used twitter, so no loss. Tumblr was my preferred social media until 2018 when I started using TikTok, but both spaces are almost unusable now if you want growth and engagement (without clickbait or ragebait). Now I've heard Substack is leaning 'right' at the top and I'm just so tired --
It's so difficult to remember to post here sometimes. I was off Meta for a week (a boycott that didn't seem very effective) and deleted my presence there for my personal, author, and jewelry business pages (kept my cosplay page, it has the most community engagement & threads) -
20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.
Day 8
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20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.
Day 7
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My mom got a grant for a book vending machine so that students can get free books! She’s been buying books to stock it out of pocket, but she’s also made a wishlist if you’d like to help. She teaches at a Title 1 elementary school, so it would be very appreciated! #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky
That feeling when you're on a forced break to work on other stuff but it's so hard to focus on other stuff when all I want to do is write my book #justauthorthings
aesthetic moodboard for my character Dura in the #BriarthorneUni series featuring green hands, face, lemon hearts, clouds, and scrubs
character art for my half orc student Dura in the #BriarthorneUni series by Aster Vaughn
Day 3 Aesthetics of my #BriarthorneUni cast! This student is Dura, a half-orc fitness oriented woman dedicated to her path as a healer. She's queer, and on a path of self-discovery in more ways than one during the series.
#booksky #originalcharacter #characterart
20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.
Day 6
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Black indie authors to support!
List in comments cos alt text isn’t working for videos.
#booksky #blackbooksky
How I arrived on BlueSky
Authors, post something related to your last publication or WIP without context
This seems more important than ever right now.
BIPOC authors with great political plots
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For reasons! 🙃
Books are Inherently Political. So here are some that have political plotlines and are also diverse!
#booksky #booktok #bookrecs #bipocbookrecs
aesthetic collage of Cian, my werewolf character, featuring wolf, guitar, black jeans, a broken mirror, and boots images
drawing of a werewolf man, Cian, my character from the #BriarthorneUni series by Aster Vaughn
Day 2 of sharing character aesthetics for my novel series #BriarthorneUni - Introducing Cian, my gruff, grumpy, runaway werewolf man (A main POV in the series). He's on campus against his will, but for his protection. Maybe he'll learn to trust again 🐺
#fantasynovel #booksky #aesthetic #authorsky
20 books that influenced you in 20 days; covers only.
Day 5
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collection of lavender and lilac images of flowers, stars, lips, hair, and clothes.
lavender haired white woman with a black hat, giving a peace sign to the camera
Day 1 of posting Aesthetics for the cast of my novel #BriarthorneUni: The Living Doll (book one)
This is Lavendula, an undead human who has no access to her soul, and therefore, no magic. She's an ace-lesbian solitary artist. This year, she begins to uncover her lost past.
#booksky
Same!! The way they were written was what captivated me & then the content itself was mindblowing for my teen brain xD
