Cay Fletcher - Author

Hey all! I'll be hanging out at Bold Coffee and Books next Friday with some other fantastic authors from 7-8:30pm! We'll be doing readings and chatting with folks~
#authorevent #boldcoffeeandbooks #pdx #booklovers

Here's the 2026 event schedule so far!

Get some new designs out, and even finish up the Queer Windows series.

I can’t believe the amazing amount of support I’ve gotten as I've been growing as an author and I love the queer & geeky community in PNW so much!

See you in 2026!

This year I put out my first novel, Sowing Spells, and created a bunch of new products. I even made my last minute goal of selling 500 physical copies of my fiction. For 2026 my goals I hope to get another novel out, restock and outsource tabs and stickers.

Our sales increased by over 300% from 2024, meaning I made just over the minimum wage for the year here in Oregon. As a self-employed author and artist, that's pretty damn amazing.

We also increased the amount of Washington events we did, which was a lot of fun! Hopefully we'll make it to California in 2026.

Huge thank you to everyone that visited our booth this year!

Here's our 2025 Wrapped Stats for our events! My wife attended nearly every event with me, which I am eternally grateful for! We cut down the schedule from almost 50 events in 2024 to just 26 in 2025, which was a definite plus.
#authorlife #vendorlife #2025wrapped

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Thank you! I think I’m still in denial honestly! I never expected to even sell ten copies of my first book and yet a few years later I’m here.

P.S. wanna help an indie author hit that 500 physical book sales goal?

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I finally did some author maths to calculate how many physical books I’ve sold so far this year…488…I’m honestly blown away! This doesn’t count ebooks or giveaways or my nonfiction or any other thing I make and sell~

#authorlife #fantastyauthor #booklover #indieauthor

My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks

One of the BISAC categories that @bookshop.org has listed for Sowing Spells is 'Literary Fiction LGBTQ+' which is the funniest thing! No, its just a couple of disaster queers mucking around in a magical garden and maybe falling for each other~

#sowingspells #indiebooks #cozyfantasy

(Including a copy of Sowing Spells!)

You can find the group here: www.facebook.com/groups/85336...

The T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation Event runs through this Sunday! Feel free to join the group and look through all the week's posts, and don't forget to enter the Grand Prize Giveaway on Sunday for a huge bundle of books~!

#readerappreciation #giveaway #booklover #bookgiveaway

So go join the group, find some amazing new authors to follow and even enter some giveaways!

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Today's the day! Sowing Spells is out!!! And I'm participating in the T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation event again this year! My timeslot is 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST.

#readerevent #readerappreciation #bookrelease

Early in 2025 I had several folks come up to our booth to talk about ‘their’ ai books and wanting help with marketing them. So I made a sign and have not had to have any more conversations with ai-dude bros~

#antiai #humanmadeart #authorlife

This dice tray in particular took so many hours to complete…can’t wait to make a similar one!

#dicetray #dicegoblin #dndtiktok #crafter

Did I get duck bookends for future silliness? Yes, yes I did! If you’re an ARC reader for Sowing Spells you might already know! ^_~
#sowingspells #cozyfantasy #ducks #queerfantasy #books

Really quickly put together samples of the pre-order exclusives for Sowing Spells to show off at GeekCraftExpo Seattle this weekend~

#preorderexclusive #preorder #shopsmall #authorlife #cozyfantasy

Cay Fletcher Bookshop Cay Fletcher is a Queer writer with a passion for fantasy and science fiction. Crafting rich landscapes and memorable characters in new and exciting worlds. Living in the Portland metro area, Cay spen...

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Don't have an indie bookstore near you? Bookshop.org lets you set any bookstore as 'your bookstore' so your purchases benefit them~

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fuck you

the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased

i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh

And I'll be giving away a paperback copy of Sowing Spells w/ the limited pre-order items + maybe some other goodies. But the event is 7 days of author giveaways, games and more! So go join the group on FB to participate!

I'm participating in the T.A.L.E.S. Reader Appreciation Event again this year!!! My timeslot is 1:30pm EST (10:30am PST) on Tuesday, December 2nd~ That's Sowing Spells' release date!

#talesreaderappreciationevent #readerappreciationevent #booktok #booklover

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Our final event of 2025 is GeekCraftExpo Seattle this coming weekend! We'll be at booth C10 all bundled up.

So if you have any TTRPG gamers or fantasy readers on your holiday shopping list, please stop by!

www.geekcraftexpo.com

#geekcraftexpo #shopsmall #shopsmallbusiness #geekycrafts

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Sowing Spells: A Field Guide to Becoming a Wizard's App… Sil was perfectly content as the manager of the village…

Content Warnings:
Bullying
Deadnaming

Links
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Release Date: 12.02.2025

Length: 388 pages | 77,000 words