Dave Lawson

This is the other acceptable choice…

I saw @nataliekelda.bsky.social make a post about Honest Titles for Books, so of course I had to be extra and make some mockups of the (fake) covers:
Here are my renditions: if my books had honest titles!

My books with honest titles:
Envoys: Bickering Characters Grow as Friends While Making Terrible Decisions, and Absolutely Nothing Goes To Plan

Pawns: Big Burly Momma's Boy Finds Love While Killing People--and One of the Side Characters Steals the Show.

And the less serious ones…

I talk about my novel, The Envoys of War, a lot. This evening, let’s show a bit of love to my darker prequel novella, The Pawns of Havoc. Check out what some of my readers have had to say! They’re all pretty awesome, and I’m eternally thankful to them for giving my books a chance!

You’re a machine! Setting a new review record over here!

Screenshot from a video with a man holding up a book with a purple cover and white title: Too Many Characters It's Hard To Follow

Books with honest titles(see video link for full sketch)

What would your book be titled?

My WIP would be: A Dark and Stormy Night when a Lady Burglar and a Miller's Daughter's Fall in Love and Bury Several White Men Who Was Mildly Inconvenient to Their Existence

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Technically Cordyn mentioned the name Genevieve during one of his schemes, but Gen doesn’t acknowledge it! I have plans for book two regarding her full name, since almost everyone knows her as Gen, no surname

Yay!!

Haha, yes, it’s Gen! Short for a variation of Genevieve, but she’ll never tell you that!

I have some new character art courtesy of @cblansdell.bsky.social!
Here’s Cordyn and Gen! I’ll be getting a lot more over the next month or two! Coe is so freaking talented. Kinda wondering what black and white versions would look like in the printed copies of Envoys?

I've now written three straight days. Getting back into the swing of things! It's been really difficult to find the energy to write after a long day teaching, but I hope I'm on the up and up here!

Cory=🐐 confirmed!

Check out what Cory has been up to!! 👀👀👀

Most anticipated COVER REVEAL too!!

Make sure to vote! Death Show Colossus is up for Most Anticipated Release!!! Link in Dave's post #booksky

BroMantasy Community Book Awards 2025 | BroMantasy Community book awards for the epic fantasies, indie debuts, and community favorites that earned their spot on your shelf in 2025. Nominate the books that made you stay up too late.

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Bromantasy on instagram has started a really cool community award, and I’m lucky enough to have been nominated in 3 categories!
The Pawns of Havoc is a finalist for Best Novella, and my “Indie Books and the pets who love them” series was nominated for two awards! You can vote here 🔗👇

I literally sold a book for a cup of coffee yesterday…
My brother-in-law bought me a large latte with an extra shot, and I gave him a crisp new paperback of The Pawns of Havoc.

Graphic with black text and arrows around a tablet with a book cover. The cover is in an art nouveau style and has the title: Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda and features a woman holding a water lily in one hand. She wears a blue water dress and two fish are beneath her feet while swirling blue patterns frame the scene. The text around the tablet from top clockwise: Cosy historical fantasy. Why is the cypress hedge so upset?? Chronically ill MC. Sapphic. Scandalising Edwardians is as easy as walking around naked. A pony named Pete. Staring at crumbs in beards is rude, apparently. Water nymph out of water.

Waist up portrait of two women in Edwardian dress with text above and to their left. Text at top: cosy historical fantasy. Dialogue exchange: “Maybe you’re a flower sprite, sent to test me.” Mel’s soft words made me open my eyes. “What are you being tested for?” “It doesn’t matter. Whatever the test, I’m losing.”. Artwork: They're seen at 3/4 angles from the back and are holding hands while looking at one another. The woman to the left has brown hair with a purple ribbon in it and wears a white shirt with yellow flower details. Her skirt is brown and cinched at the waist. The woman to the right has black hair with green highlights and the ribbon in her hair has a pink and a purple flower in it. She wears a ruffled blue dress with yellow details and a sash around her waist.

Trying to hit your book goal for the year?

I have a 200 page novel that's perfect for a cosy and flowery read before the end of the year.

Available in KU or as a beautiful paperback/hardback. You can even get sprayed edges direct from me!

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I need to read more of Natalie’s books! I loved Lilje. I have No Land for Heroes as well, but I’m sooooo slow with anything non-audio.

I just read Coward, and it was a lot of fun!

Black and white cat watching a laptop where a bearded dragon lizard is on the screen.

Saturday mornings are for watching snake discovery with Barry 😅

(It's the only channel he'll watch with me)

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I honestly can’t think of a moment in my books where they drink coffee, but I’ve decided it exists in my world (and is delicious!)

Forget the talk about prologues or audiobooks not being reading. The real hot take: every fantasy and sci fi book should have coffee in it. Otherwise, you hate your poor characters. A world without coffee? That’s true Grimdark. ☕️☕️

I’m giving amazing books away from tons of indie and self published authors I think you’ll love! If YOU’VE got people who love sci-fi and fantasy books, I’ll be doing this often. 😁💚

Share it far and wide my friends! Any reposting is greatly appreciated. 🤗

#BookSky 📚💙

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Yes, that’s him!!