Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars out now!✨Charlotte Saulter✨

Hello! You can now piss off with your AI bullshit. To get started just type @byecanva.
Way to go to ensure I won't be getting a subscription after my trial 🤣

A book marketing graphic. Over a bloodred background is white text and a book cover with arrows coming off it to point to some phrases. Text at the top: Magic abandoned humanity millennia ago. Now it returns, bringing ruin to a wanted thief, and her chance for redemption. Book cover is for Reborn in Ash by Gabrielle Steele, which features an illustration of two women wielding magic as they overlook a huge chasm in a hilly landscape with mountains in the background. The text pointed to by arrows shows what to expect inside the book: thief antics, found family, elemental magic, sapphic romance, violence, LGBTQ+ characters, damn empire be empiring, bittersweet.

Reborn in Ash has just about been out for a week now! Hardbacks are starting to appear on websites. 😍

Would UK folks be interested in signed copies? I'm looking into getting some bookmarks to go with them. International would have to be signed bookplates only.

books2read.com/b/RebornInAsh

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Setting up a haunted house manually is tedious. Lets be smart about it...

I may call my books "inspired by" Imperial China but I love to incorporate little bits of the real world culture, philosophy or history into my world building where possible. I'll still bend the rules where needed, though it has to be internally consistent, but I do so love my research!
#fantasy

Ah, that makes sense in a weird way. Still terrible unless you can at least request a correction.

What? No! Where? Can we turn it off? I need to check mine. The Google AI summary only just started to at least resemble what Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars actually is 😭

What happens when you finally write the story you always wanted to read? You get Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars, a dark fantasy with grimdark moments, a little romance, forbidden magic and a world inspired by Imperial China. Out now: books2read.com/PRDS
#booksky #darkfantasy #sff #fantasy #indieauthor

If I had read this series before I started writing I'm sure I would now list this book as one of my great influences. As it is, the first authors who made me feel something like Pierce Brown does, were probably Janny Wurts and Robin Hobb. Tell me, who influenced your writing and how? #authorgoals

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634 words added to Book 2 today. That's 400% more than yesterday and 63400% more than last week. I think it indicates a recovery of my writing mojo. The trade-off is that I've marketed less so sold 1 book (❤️)all week. Not sure that strategy is going to help pay for an editor for Book 2🤣 #writerslife

I can't offer 'total' in Book 2 of the Four Guardians, but I have 'whole', and I think this snippet won't spoil anything (it's difficult sometimes).
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Ohhh I can relate. I rage-quit my synopsis writing process several times. It was so incredibly frustrating and took ages.

Sounds very familiar.

Reborn in Ash is out NOW in ebook and paperback!

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068390220

(US folks will have to wait a few hours)

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No gradient, but I do have several slopes. This one is in Chapter 2 of Book 2 when Shufang is only hours from having her world turned upside down (again).
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My dark epic fantasy set in a world inspired by Imperial China is now also available on Kindle Unlimited. If you like your heroes morally grey but lovable, your magic forbidden and your characters each with their own struggles and histories, then Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars is for you. #booksky #sff

He reached for her hand then, squeezed it as he said with a trembling voice. “Please, Yang Huizhong. I can’t… I’ll do anything—anything you ask.” She met his eyes, wide and fearful—so unlike the brash, self-assured persona he usually portrayed. If she couldn’t repair the damage, his life would be changed forever. She may not like the young man, but she did not wish this fate on anyone. “I ask for nothing,” she said at last. “Simply remember your promise, Wang Longwei.”

It's #BookQW and the word is 'self'. In this excerpt from my dark epic #fantasy novel, Longwei, the morally grey main character has sustained serious injuries while fleeing from pursuers. Only the shamaness who sees nothing but a criminal in him can help.
#booksky

Buy it here: books2read.com/PRDS

Plenty of choice for this one but I picked a little bit of world-building from Book 2 of the Four Guardians since the Grey Snake agents keep showing up but we don't know too much about them.

#amediting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #writingprompts #fantasywriters #WIPSnips

What happens when you finally write the story you always wanted to read? You get Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars, a dark fantasy with grimdark moments, a little romance, forbidden magic and a world inspired by Imperial China. Out now: books2read.com/PRDS
#booksky #darkfantasy #sff #fantasy #indieauthor

1 field, 2 battlefields and way too many spoilers in Book 2 of the Four Guardians. This one should be fine, though. And here's to hoping that my creative dip will pass soon. Feels strange not to want to write or edit 😭
#writingcommunity #writers #writesky #writingprompts #fantasywriters #WIPSnip

What happens when you finally write the story you always wanted to read? You get Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars, a dark fantasy with grimdark moments, a little romance, forbidden magic and a world inspired by Imperial China. Out now: books2read.com/PRDS
#booksky #darkfantasy #sff #fantasy #indieauthor

I was going to say I don't have 'dodge' in Book 2 but there's a single occurrence of this word, and I had to keep it short to avoid spoilers in case anyone reads Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars (you never know LOL)😁
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cat sitting on a pillow

What do you mean this pillow was meant for you to put your head on?
Happy #caturday people, Kiki is definitely having one 😆

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It says much about the state of my writing mojo that I'm editing one of my favourite chapters in Book 2 of the Four Guardians and I can't get into it 🥺 When will the pre- and post-release creative slump end? Does anyone have any tricks that will help my creative energy recover?
#writingcommunity

A Watchmen parody in which Dr. Manhattan is on Mars thinking, "It is 182. I am one year old. Tron bombs at the box office. It's 2010. I am twenty-nine years old. Tron bombs at the box office. It is 2025. I am forty-four years old. Tron bombs at the box office."

Best cartoon of the week for movie nerds.

Well, I don't have "loaf" in Book 2, since that's not a thing in Tianlu, but I do have flatbread. And these flatbreads are my FMC's favourite food, as you may be able to tell from this snippet 😆
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The softcover of Songs of Broken Bells displayed on a wooden counter with bells on gold and white ribbon hanging to the left of it. Text at the top says “Available now!” Text surrounding the book says “meddling saints, corrupted magic, queernormative setting, the real adventure was the therapy we got along the way, found family, F/F and M/NB romances, paying the price” Text at the bottom of the picture “50% of revenue Oct 17-24 will be donated to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund” Cover description: It features the four main characters arranged in a diamond formation, a stained glass design at the top with a sun on one side and shadows on the other, and a string of cracked bells on the sides. Liadan is at the bottom, holding up a candle. She has orange skin, silver hair, black rams horns, and black markings on her arms. She's wearing a green cloak and a yellow dress. Vasil is to her left. He is also holding a candle. Vasil has brown skin with a bark-like texture with patches of paler skin and moss. His hair is brown and curly. He is wearing a green caftan with yellow filigree. Minno is on the right, also holding a candle. They have pale skin, blonde hair with braided sideburns, and round framed glasses. They are wearing a white shirt with part of their kilt (in a brown and blue tartan) draped over one shoulder. Aila is behind the other three characters with her wings wrapped around them. She has pink skin, magenta hair styled in pigtail braids, and small pointed horns. She has a red scarf. Cover art by heavenlystarr (Yune)

Today, @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social's debut fantasy, Songs of Broken Bells is out in the world!! ✨ #BookSky #fantasy

If you like lovingly built worlds with wholesome characters on a journey that tests their loyalty, read it!

My review: tinyurl.com/43urcnmp
To buy: books2read.com/songsofbrokenbells

Details of the launch of Project Hanuman at WFC in Brighton on the 31st October at 2pm in the main room of the convention. The picture includes a picture of me in a natty shirt, the cover of the book and the details included in this alt text.

If you're @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social my new novel, Project Hanuman, is launching there two weeks early.

@aptshadow.bsky.social called it 'A gem, breathtaking in scope and concept, pushing the boundaries of the genre.'

#scifi #projecthanuman @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

🍄 SALE REMINDER 🍄
A friendly fungal reminder that the Mushroom Blues eBook is ON SALE for $0.99 until Oct. 18th! As well, the audiobook is currently 80% off, so less than $5 for a 15-hour audio adventure!!!

Get the EBOOK: amzn.to/3VoOBNF
Get the AUDIOBOOK: audible.com/pd/B0DR367658

Sunday will be one year of Envoys, so in celebration, I’ve made the ebook free for the next five days. You can also pick up the heavily discounted audiobook with the free ebook for only around 5 bucks! So tell your friends! This is the banter book you need!

The weekend is almost here and if you're looking for a new book to read while you're snuggled into your favourite chair, I have just the thing for you:
Phoenix Rises Dragon Soars is a dark fantasy that brushes the edges of grimdark but still holds onto hope.
books2read.com/PRDS
#booksky #fantasy