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February Updates & Book Deals ☾ Nox Author Update

February Updates & Book Deals ☾ Nox Author Update

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

Quick Updates

My Patreon, Ko-fi, and Ghost are back up and running for 2025! I meant to announce this earlier, but I was out of town for a bit. However, I'm back now, and I'm hoping to ramp up some of my WIPs to push out some books this year (fingers crossed!).

For those of you who want to read these WIPs early, subscribe to my Patreon, Ko-fi, or Ghost. And if you subscribe to the $5/month tier, I also create and mail out handmade stickers at the end of each month, like these:

Tarot card stickers laying on top of an envelope. One is "The Lovers" with alchemic symbols around a sword in reference to A HUNT OF BLOOD & IRON. The other is "The Star" with a reference to the Spirits from THE CUSTODIANS series.

If you can't for whatever reason, that's okay! I appreciate the support my subscribing to this newsletter and checking out my deals when they arise. ✦

Itch.io Valentine's Sale

From Valentine's Day through this Thursday, you can get a bundle of all my ebooks for $7.50 (regularly $18.96)! If you don't want the bundle, you can also buy them individually for 60% off.

What is Itch.io? Itch.io is a selling platform for indie creators of all kinds, from games to music to ebooks! More profit goes directly to the creator too, unlike bigger retailers like Amazon. (Plus you actually own what you buy, unlike Amazon, where you buy the license to read it and the book is stuck in their system.) ✦

Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚 @cara.ink 1.7K followers 270 following 949 posts 🖋️ sff indie author 🧁 sweet relationship peddler  ♾️🌈♠️ autistic nonbinary asexual  ✨ they/them    📚 ASTROPHOBIA Anthology (2025)  all links ➡️ go.cara.ink books ➡️ caranox.com/books serials ➡️ patreon.com/caranox Posts Replies Media Videos Likes Feeds Starter Packs Lists Pinned ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 5mo Hello Bluesky! I'm Cara Nox, a queer, nd, indie author! 🌈📚💙📚🌈🚀💫  If you're looking for LGBTQ+/queer and neurodivergent rep in sci-fi, fantasy, and even romantasy books with a focus on relationships that are soft and sweet instead of spicy, I think I might have what you're looking for! ALT ALT ALT ALT Reposted by you ‪Leo Lunnin‬ ‪@leolunnin.bsky.social‬ · 1d #BookSky, give me queer book recs. I want all the queer books. Reposted by you ‪S.L. Dove Cooper‬ ‪@dovelynnwriter.bsky.social‬ · 1d Wait. If I put this at the end, only the people who read to the end will see it. (Which thank you for reading the whole thread! I hope you found some great books and good essay topics in it!) So I'd better QT it for visibility too.  Pleas do add your recs to the QTed post, though! <3 Thank you! <3 ‪S.L. Dove Cooper‬ ‪@dovelynnwriter.bsky.social‬ · 1d Oh! Right. See this final addendum post? ADD YOUR ASPEC FAIRY TALE RETELLINGS TOO PLEASE THANK YOU. <3 I would like to expand my collection of options too. :D Reposted by you ‪S.L. Dove Cooper‬ ‪@dovelynnwriter.bsky.social‬ · 1d Anyway, for noooo reason at all, let me do a short thread on ace and aro fairy tale retellings you can use for your academic queer fairy tale work. This will be VERY incomplete and complete with related musings. (Probably. I'm doing this live.) Consider it a primer. ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 1d I made the mistake(?) of reading  @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social  's thread about aro/ace fairytales and the Cinderella retelling I have on the back burner is threatening me again Reposted by you ‪Brittany M. Willows 🐝🌈 in space werewolf book revision hell‬ ‪@bmwillows.bsky.social‬ · 15d Thank you for 1k!! To celebrate, I'm hosting an art giveaway 🙏💗  To enter: ✦ Follow me ✦ Like + repost ✦ Bonus entry: comment with an image/moodboard of the character you'd like drawn (oc or fandom)  Winner receives a rough colored bust sketch.  ENDS FEBRUARY 14TH ✨ #giveaway #artgiveaway #artraffle A graphic image for my 1k art giveaway post, containing the instructions outlined in the post next to the sort of sketch that can be won. Sketch is of my character Iori, resting his forehead against the heel of his palm, gazing almost coolly towards the viewer. He has a light complexion, crimson eyes, short tousled black hair, cat ears, a jagged scar across his chest, and is wearing a loose purple crop tank top. ALT Reposted by you ‪Artemy Mandus (Ec) | WRITING?‬ ‪@artemymandus.bsky.social‬ · 1d Don't forget: the real holiday is tomorrow, when all the leftover candies and sugary shit goes on sale Reposted by you ‪Freddie A. Clark is in ASTROPHOBIA 🚀🩸 and SHE WAS MONSTRESS 🖤👹‬ ‪@faclark.bsky.social‬ · 1d The monster, the creature, the Aydon. These are the names she's known by. Niko Grigg was hired to hunt a monster. He won't believe his eyes when he sees WHO this monster is. 550,000 Zecchini are a lot of money, but are they worth Niko's morality and soul?  More info about MAKING MONSTERS soon! ⛓️ An aesthetic board with 9 pictures: fairy wings, a black and white picture of a child running, a child holding a flower, a child's hand holding an adult man's hand, hands realising sparkly pink magic, a little mouse on a pocket, an old abandoned building covered in moss, a cat paw, and a gathering of fairies ALT ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 1d 🌈🚀💫 🌈💜♠️ 📢📚🌈📚 ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 2d Happy Valentine's! 💌   To celebrate, I've discounted all of my books on itch until 2/21! Fall in love with the many queer relationships (romantic and platonic) in each story!  💌 Demi x Gay in AHOBAI 💌 Pan x Demi in TRICK 💌 Bi x Ace in T13K + TV and wonderful side-character ships!  caranox.itch.io "Availabled on itch.io" next to itch.io logo, surrounded by tiled book covers of Trick, A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Thirteenth Key, and The Vault by Cara Nox. ALT Reposted by you ‪Ronove (aka S. Jean)‬ ‪@earlronove.bsky.social‬ · 1d Get yourself something nice this Valentine's Day. Something sweet (w/ body horror), something spicy (w/ an angel), and something tragic (w/ skeletons!)!   Wait, one of those doesn't fit... but three of my more romantic m/m stories are on sale this weekend on itchio! 🌹  itch.io/s/148006/swe... an ad for an itch.io sale. The background is cut with dark red lines like ribbon and along it are words and book covers. The book covers are in the center and are of summertime blossom, anywhere but here, and Forevermore all by S. Jean. The text at the top reads: "this weekend, get yourself something..." Above the books reads: "sweet! spicy! tragic!?" below the books on the bottom ribbon reads: "50% off itch.io only! itch.io/s/148006/sweet-spice-tragic-sale" There is also a QR code which should lead right to the url provided on the image. ALT Reposted by you ‪S.S. Genesee‬ ‪@geneseedraws.bsky.social‬ · 1d Got another sale for ya! Today is MONSTER STUFF YOUR KINDLE DAY!   Grab The Noble's Merman and plenty of other monstery romances for free today 🧜‍♂️💕 bit.ly/monstersykd  Get The Noble's Merman here: books2read.com/u/4EaDk0 Monster Stuff Your Kindle Day. Free! Get The Noble's Merman(book pictured) and many other monstery reads for free! Today only! @monsterstuffyourkindleday on Instagram bit.ly/monstersykd ALT ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 2d Happy Valentine's! 💌   To celebrate, I've discounted all of my books on itch until 2/21! Fall in love with the many queer relationships (romantic and platonic) in each story!  💌 Demi x Gay in AHOBAI 💌 Pan x Demi in TRICK 💌 Bi x Ace in T13K + TV and wonderful side-character ships!  caranox.itch.io "Availabled on itch.io" next to itch.io logo, surrounded by tiled book covers of Trick, A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Thirteenth Key, and The Vault by Cara Nox. ALT Reposted by you ‪Dax, Drafting (they). 🌈✨‬ ‪@daxaeterna.daxmurray.com‬ · 2d I haven't promoted my books in days but I do have a few and some people even say they are good so if you want to help a disabled queer person GTFO before it's too late, here's some books I guess.   daxdefiant.itch.io Dax Murray daxdefiant.itch.io Reposted by you ‪Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚‬ ‪@danifinnwrites.bsky.social‬ · 2d Happy Valentine’s Day to ace people specifically. I hope people aren’t creepy to you today. 💟 Reposted by you ‪Duchess of Doom‬ ‪@kilagreene.bsky.social‬ · 4d So should my asexual ass just give up, or…  (Like, I agree that horny art is great and there should be all the opportunities for artists to get their freak on! But I cannot just decide to not be ace…and I would like to imagine I can make art anyway…) Modern, mainstream SFF isn't horny enough. No one writes good SciFi unless they're at least a little bit of a pervert, and the corporate sanitization of the genre has drained the life from it. ALT Reposted by you ‪✻ Flora-Tea ✻‬ ‪@flora-tea.bsky.social‬ · 2d Since it's near Valentine's day:  -▸ Y'all, romance is NOT stronger or better or "more" than friendship ( also, f*ck amatonormativity )  -▸  Folks on the aro and ace spectrums are not broken or "missing out" on anything, we are awesome and whole 💚💜  -▸  Loveless people are valid Reposted by you ‪A.D.🍀🦩‬ ‪@adwills.bsky.social‬ · 2d but this new idea is most... precious to me a meme top panel of the image is isildur from lord of the rings, holding the one ring which is labelled as "a vague new WIP idea that's about to take over everything I'm currently working on" next panel is Elrond shouting at Isildur "Cast it into your 'ideas' folder, delay it!" next panel is Isildur who is labelled as "writer/artist" replying "No." ALT Reposted by you ‪Sorrowscopes‬ ‪@sorrowscopes.bsky.social‬ · 2d Save money this Valentine's Day by being unlovable Reposted by you ‪Talli🦇 SILVER BLOOD OUT NOW!‬ ‪@tallimorgan.bsky.social‬ · 2d Did you know that I released a book this week?! (You probably did know this. I have not shut up about it. BUT JUST IN CASE)  My m/m vampire romance is available now! Join a reluctant vampire hunter & his unexpected vampire ally on a mission to solve strange murders.  Buy: buff.ly/3C2XFk0 An arrow chart graphic for “silver blood” by TL Morgan. Surrounding an image of the book cover, text reads: What to expect from Silver Blood: forbidden romance; gothic decadence; reluctant allies to lovers with a side of “who did this to you”; a blend of mystery & intrigue; standalone with a little extra on the side; angsty but HFN ending; many, many nods to classic vampire lore; trevor belmont x alucard vibes (but like if trevor was bad at being a vampire hunter); slow burn; achillean vampire x human. ALT Reposted by you ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 1mo Reminder that I have a couple of starter packs if you looking for LGBTQIA+ Speculative Fiction Indie Authors!  go.bsky.app/DpZS58i LGBTQIA+ SpecFic Indie Author Starter Pack #1 Starter pack by you A collection of LGBTQIA+ science fiction, fantasy, and horror indie authors (with at least one published piece). Reposted by you ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d Reply to you I mean nooo come closer my books won't emotionally damage you noooooo.... ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d While I probably only made it halfway through that chapter last night before my body demanded sleep, I did come up with some scene improvements for later chapters to make things more devastating.  I was honestly dreading this book, but now I want to see reactions to the ending while I draft book #3. ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d I mean nooo come closer my books won't emotionally damage you noooooo.... Reposted by you ‪Teobear🐻💗‬ ‪@ellteo.bsky.social‬ · 3d This isn't due to anything specific, but I do want to say;  If you are telling artists or creatives to make weirder and more unmarketable art, it is in fact your obligation and duty at that point to promote/pass around/support those creatives when they *do* make that weirder art. Otherwise we can't! Reposted by you ‪Pokémon Gems‬ ‪@pokemongems.bsky.social‬ · 3d screenshot of pikachu holding a pick axe looking like he’s going to hit Misty ALT Reposted by you ‪Linn 🌟 Foster‬ ‪@linnfoster.bsky.social‬ · 3d IRON SPIRIT finally returns to Itchio!  You can now purchase my debut post-apocalypse fantasy novel from my Itchio store again!  "Welcome to the year 2050, where mankind has nearly been wiped out by the fae they believed didn't exist."  Samples also available!  platinumsoulpress.itch.io/iron-spirit A young woman stands with her back to the viewer, looking over her shoulder. A rifle is slung across her shoulder. A fox made of neon cyan fire stands in front of her, while she holds a flame of the same color. To the side are the words IRON SPIRIT, Iron Legacy Book One, by Linn Foster. ALT ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d I need 2020-2021 me back when I wrote 300k+ in four months and sat on my company roof during my lunch hour and wrote on my phone (and gave myself a sunburn).  Also 2020/2021 me only cared about writing and not self promoting and it was SO FREEING. ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d Tonight's goal: finish chapter 13 of A TRAIL OF WRATH & RUIN and re-evaluate where I left off in FAMILIAR. Both are right at that 20k mark so if I go really ham, maybe two books out this year? 👀 ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d Tonight's goal: finish chapter 13 of A TRAIL OF WRATH & RUIN and re-evaluate where I left off in FAMILIAR. Both are right at that 20k mark so if I go really ham, maybe two books out this year? 👀 ‪Cara Nox ♠️🌈📚‬ ‪@cara.ink‬ · 3d Me: you could write a chapter a day in ATOWAR bc they're smaller chapters Also me: eepy Reposted by you ‪Elena Abbott 🏳️‍⚧️ Puppygirl Era‬ ‪@writerprincess.bsky.social‬ · 4d Reply to Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 why can't we have more 'space vampires' or 'alien witches' or other urban fantasy creatures in our sci-fi? Mix the genres! have fun with it! Home Search Notifications Chat Feeds Lists Profile Settings Following OnlyPosts Queer Bookworms 🌈📚 BookSky 💙📚 #booksky Popular With Friends Bsky Book Club AspecAuthors Writing and Books #queerAdultSFF Books Queer SFF Feed 🌈🚀💫 QIAwards Pride Book Fair Bookish Aces Mutuals Kanji-a-day SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚 More feeds Feedback • Privacy • Terms • Help "Availabled on itch.io" next to itch.io logo, surrounded by tiled book covers of Trick, A Hunt of Blood & Iron, The Thirteenth Key, and The Vault by Cara Nox.

Sales: THE THIRTEENTH KEY & TRICK

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