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Shalaena Medford - Author

@shalaena.bsky.social

Author of diverse books. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆβ™ΏοΈπŸ—‘πŸ“šπŸ‰ She/her https://shalaenamedford.com

507 Followers  |  345 Following  |  157 Posts  |  Joined: 31.08.2023
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Happy Birthday! Yep, that's right, today is my birthday. And so, to celebrate, I'm showing off the new cover for Captain! Why? Because I felt like it. I'm completely in love with her! I hope you are, too. I'll be showing the cover off on socials later this week, and after that will make it available to purchase!

This is not a drill, we have the cover for Captain!

30.11.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New cover.

#BookSky

20.11.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's this? A new cover? A shame only my newsletter subscribers will be getting to see it on Sunday. But that could be you! There's plenty of time to go sign up!

15.11.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OMG A Newsletter!? Hello! Greetings! Yes, I have finally sent out an actual newsletter. I don't have much to say right now, except that I have a new cover for Wanted in the works. The designer is finalizing it right now! I ran a poll about the reveal and release schedule on Threads, and the majority of voters wanted me to reveal and release the new covers as I get them.

I finally did the thing!

01.11.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wanted Cover art by B.R. Soule Tsingsei β€˜Song’ Gould is a brat. As the only child of the richest, most influential family in Andalise, could she really be anything else? Unfortunately for her senator fath…

#BookSky
Seeing free books claimed on platforms off Kindle is so heartening! It can be discouraging to wide authors when all our sales or promo traffic is still only Kindle. Thank you to those who are snagging Wanted elsewhere. πŸ–€

Still free until the end of the month!
shalaenamedford.com/atg-wanted

19.10.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shalaena Medford Author

WANTED is FREE on every platform until the end of the month!!!

#BookSky
shalaenamedford.com/atg-wanted

17.10.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wanted Cover art by B.R. Soule Tsingsei β€˜Song’ Gould is a brat. As the only child of the richest, most influential family in Andalise, could she really be anything else? Unfortunately for her senator fath…

shalaenamedford.com/atg-wanted

30.08.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BookSky
Advertising my books like:

30.08.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm fine with the skinny/muscular heartthrob, but it's the fact that they have a body you can only get for a short time through extreme exercise, fasting, and dehydration. As someone who was in the modeling world, it's horrific to see it used as the norm for these MMCs.

29.08.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book 1 was compared to Ship of Magic and the writing style hailed as a "less wordy Robin Hobb" by a well known booktuber. πŸ–€

Book 1 is also free for a short time!

#BookSky

17.06.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book 1 is also free for a few more days!
#BookSky

15.06.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A fan favorite character in book 3 is an arm.

That's it, that's the marketing post.
#BookSky

13.06.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do I have to do to get more than 3 likes on one of these? πŸ₯²

06.06.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I FORGOT TO POST MY THING

BE GAY DO CRIME

HAVE A NICE DAY

05.06.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyone is all "Be gay, do crime!" Until it's a lesbian pirate villain with a taste for torture, a lack of patience, and a thirst for vengeance. Come on, it's the crimiest crime to ever crime. And she be gay.

#BookSky #pridemonth

04.06.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How do you know she's a villain? πŸ€”

Dialogue exchange in book 1:
"Mercy!"
"No."

#BookSky #pridemonth

02.06.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Need a sapphic read for pride month? Do you like when villains win? Give this pirate series a try!
#pridemonth #BookSky

01.06.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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*Insert clever one-liner pitch here*
#BookSky

31.05.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's sapphic.
It's violent.
It's magical.
Add it on KU before it goes away!
Don't have KU? Once it's free from the exclusivity clause, it's going wide!
#BookSky

30.05.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Once it's off KU, it will be going up everywhere else, including library apps and Kobo+!

29.05.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Add this gaslamp fantasy to your Pride reading list! Written by a queer author, cover art by an asexual nonbinary artist, with a lesbian lead and queer and diverse main cast!
It's magical!
It's adventurous!
It's mysterious!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMVKR4B

28.05.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do it. I dare you. I DOUBLE DARE YOU!

#BookSky
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMVKR4B

27.05.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't guarantee you'll love this series...but I can guarantee you'll yell at Song a few times, whether you like her or hate her. #BookSky

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMVKR4B

26.05.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She had the chance to take the high road and become a hero. Instead, she became a villain, and chooses violence every time.

Choose violence. 😈

Choose Song.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGMVKR4B
#BookSky

25.05.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Find out for yourself why a favorite character in book 3 is an arm!
#BookSky

24.05.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She's a 10 but she's a villain pirate with a taste for torture.
#BookSky

23.05.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Breaking a Rule As some people who are aware of my existence might be aware, I have been having a major writer’s β€œfreeze”, as someone on Threads called it. It’s not a block, I know what I want to write and some things have outlines, but I just can’t … words. I can’t get anything onto the page. (And maybe it’s because I’m at the end of this project, and the final book in a series, so I’m freezing because I don’t want it to end?)

I actually wrote another blog post! Maybe I will be able to keep it up this year.
If you're interested in the random nonsense in my head, consider subscribing? LOL

09.04.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Imposter Syndrome? Or SomethingΒ Worse? Every writer goes through the struggle of imposter syndrome. It’s our main antagonist, our mountain to climb, our enemy to vanquishβ€”though it keeps coming back, like a horror movie villain. For those who might not know what imposter syndrome is, according to the National Institute of Health, it’s β€œa behavioral health phenomenon described as self-doubt of intellect, skills, or accomplishments among high-achieving individuals.” Basically, we think we’re bad and we feel bad, even if that is demonstrably false. I believe it falls within the scope of the Dunning-Kruger effect…

One of the two recent essays I've written. This one is quite vulnerable. I'm glad I'm actually writing, but I still wish it was progress in my fictional stories.

26.03.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A flowery graphic with conversation lines. One asks "What do you want?" And the other replies "To watch you suffer."

A flowery graphic with conversation lines. One asks "What do you want?" And the other replies "To watch you suffer."

When there's no negotiating with the villain for your life.

#BookSky #villainera #fantasybooks

26.01.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0