K Valentin

Looking for a cozy and atmospheric read? Space Station Mir recommends two magical Alcove Press books by @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social and @houseofrandall.bsky.social!

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YouTube video by Out With Dan - Host Dan White EP 219 K Valentin AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER

Here is the video and audio of my recent chat with @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social @alcovepress.bsky.social

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Thanks so much again for having me on, Dan! It was such a delight!!!

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3 Genderfluid Books to Read for Genderfluid Visibility Week Pick up these books for Genderfluid Visibility Week, including historical romance, YA fantasy, and memoir.

Thanks to @bookriot.bsky.social for including 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 by @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social in their list of books for Genderfluid Visibility Week!

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"Gripping from the first page, immersive, fast-paced, with a hilarious third-person limited narrator." Thanks to Space Station Mir for this review of 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 by @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social, out now!

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Authors Answer: K. Valentin Authors Answer Q&A #564

Learn about some of @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's favorite works of art and more in this Q&A with Authors Answer (@erynecki.bsky.social)! Her book 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 is on sale now.

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Review me on BARNES & NOBLE & amazon I've got loads of amazing Goodreads reviews but only a tiny amount of Amazon and Barnes & Nobles reviews. If you read my book, please consider dropping a rating and review on Amazon and, Barnes & Nobles! Not having very many reviews does weird stuff to my discoverability so it would really help me out! Image shows a cell phone with amazon pulled up showing I only have 14 reviews on An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder.

IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET BUT ARE INTERESTED! AVAILABLE NOW! -HE'S A 10 BUT MIGHT EAT YOU -DEMON POSSESSION AS FLIRTING -HE'S GOT DEMONS.. LITERALLY -DEADLY WIZARDS ON WALL STREET MAGICAL CONSPIRACY -SO SLOW BURN HE HAS NO IDEA IT'S HAPPENING -ONLY A TEENY TINY BIT OF CANNIBALISM Join one wannabe witch as he tries to undo one clueless rich guy's curse for the promise of a payday that can finally get him that exorcism he really needs. Preferably before he eats someone. Image shows the cover of An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder. The cover is purple with a goth guy using a magic spell book. A black inky demon hand has been summoned from the pages.

Did you read my book?! If so, it would really do me a solid if you’d drop a review on Barnes & Nobles and Amazon. Help me fight the algorithm 😭😭😭 visibility is everything for new authors.

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✨Amazon: a.co/d/6aUlEID

NOMINATIONS OPEN! For the Indie Ink Awards AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER BY K.VALENTIN INDIE INK AWARD CONSIDER NOMINATING MY BOOK FOR: • BEST AUDIO NARRATION • BEST FRIENDSHIP • BISEXUAL OR BIROMANTIC REPRESENTATION • LATINX/LATINE REPRESENTATION • LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION https://indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/10419

It's Indie Ink Awards nomination time! If you happened to have enjoyed my book, please consider nominating AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER!

Link to register in order to nominate: indiestorygeek.com/register?nex...

Starred Review: AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER by K. Valentin

Publishers Weekly: An air of dark whimsy pervades Valentin’s thoroughly entertaining debut. In the five years since Mateo Borrero’s less-than-maternal witch of a mother went missing, the 23-year-old has just been trying to get by;…

I’m so excited 🤩 her patreon/discord is so chill and nice. She’s really fostered a wonderful environment.

Black background with mystical star elements in pink. Two book covers are shown. The first one is teal with a magical hourglass and mushrooms and other magical elements. The second one is purple and shows a goth guy at a table with claw fingers summoning a shadow demon hand from a magic book. Words on the picture: LAINI TAYLOR'S BOOK CLUB SUNDAY, NOV 9™, II AM PACIFIC CURIOUS KIND OF MAGIC MARA RUTHERFORD AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE tO MURDER K. VALENTIN JOIN US ON ZOOM FOR A NON-SPOILERY BOOK CLUB! DETAILS ON LAINI'S PATREON LINK IN MY BIO!

This Sun, Nov 9th at 11am PT, join Mara Rutherford and me for a non-spoilery virtual bookclub! Hosted by the fantastic Laini Taylor.

@lainitaylor.bsky.social has a wonderful Patreon full of amazing writers and readers that are super supportive and creative!

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NOMINATIONS OPEN! For the Indie Ink Awards AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER BY K.VALENTIN INDIE INK AWARD CONSIDER NOMINATING MY BOOK FOR: • BEST AUDIO NARRATION • BEST FRIENDSHIP • BISEXUAL OR BIROMANTIC REPRESENTATION • LATINX/LATINE REPRESENTATION • LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION https://indiestorygeek.com/nominate/7/10419

It's Indie Ink Awards nomination time! If you happened to have enjoyed my book, please consider nominating AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER!

Link to register in order to nominate: indiestorygeek.com/register?nex...

How Practice Pitching the Wrong Book Got Me My Agent Author K. Valentin shares how taking a chance on pitching agents via Zoom eventually led to representation of her debut novel.

Curious about the querying and publishing process? Learn about pitching and @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's process for getting an agent for 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀!

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Black background with mystical star elements in pink. Two book covers are shown. The first one is teal with a magical hourglass and mushrooms and other magical elements. The second one is purple and shows a goth guy at a table with claw fingers summoning a shadow demon hand from a magic book. Words on the picture: LAINI TAYLOR'S BOOK CLUB SUNDAY, NOV 9™, II AM PACIFIC CURIOUS KIND OF MAGIC MARA RUTHERFORD AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE tO MURDER K. VALENTIN JOIN US ON ZOOM FOR A NON-SPOILERY BOOK CLUB! DETAILS ON LAINI'S PATREON LINK IN MY BIO!

This Sun, Nov 9th at 11am PT, join Mara Rutherford and me for a non-spoilery virtual bookclub! Hosted by the fantastic Laini Taylor.

@lainitaylor.bsky.social has a wonderful Patreon full of amazing writers and readers that are super supportive and creative!

INFO: www.patreon.com/posts/142750...

Thanks to Eulalie Magazine for feauring @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 in this list! This book about a wannabe witch trying to break a curse on a clueless client is available now.

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11 Halloween-Worthy Horror Books Each of these recent works of horror represent a new take on a classic monster figure or trope of the genre, from vampires, witches, and werewolves to cursed objects, creepy children, and haunted houses.

🎃Happy Halloween! Celebrate the spooky season with these 11 reads picked by @publisherswkly.bsky.social, including our very own 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 by @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social.

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All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in October 2025 - Reactor October's 37 new fantasy titles take us to metropolises like New York, Alt-Coulomb, and Tilliard, as well as remote castles and islands…

Thanks to @reactorsff.bsky.social for including @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 in their monthly wrapup, which is on sale now!

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Join @kiricallaghan.com and @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social, author of 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 at @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social on NOVEMBER 7, 7PM!

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All the (More!) Books! October 3, 2025 - BOOK RIOT This week, Vanessa recommends a whole batch of debut novels to read for Latine Heritage Month. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or

Thanks Vanessa Diaz and @bookriot.bsky.social for including 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 by @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social in their list of October debut novels!

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An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder By K. Valentin: Review/Giveaway by Sarah ErwinMateo Borrero has a bit of a problem – his bruja mother (who is currently missing) trapped a demon in his body when he was born. Yet his own mother told him never, ever to use magic. Liv...

King River Life Magazine is doing a giveaway for a copy of AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER! Details in this wonderful review: kingsriverlife.com/10/18/an-ama...

An Amateur Witch's Guide to Murder By K. Valentin: Review/Giveaway by Sarah ErwinMateo Borrero has a bit of a problem – his bruja mother (who is currently missing) trapped a demon in his body when he was born. Yet his own mother told him never, ever to use magic. Liv...

King River Life Magazine is doing a giveaway for a copy of AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER! Details in this wonderful review: kingsriverlife.com/10/18/an-ama...

116 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in October Clear your shelf for books from Joe Hill, Ken Liu, Thomas Pynchon, R.A. Salvatore, Martha Wells, and more—including that wild Nicholas Sparks-M. Night Shyamalan collaboration.

@gizmodo.com's list of 116 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in October is here, and we're happy to see @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's 🔮AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE TO MURDER💀 on there!

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Thank you 😭😭😭💖 couldn’t have done it without you!!!!!

Look what’s out today! I’m so proud of my partner @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social for getting this published! Seeing a book get created, I was surprised at how much more complex & difficult getting a book made turned out to be 💜💜💜 hell yeah! You did it!

Aaaaa this art is so cool 😭😭😭

Dearest @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social's book is out! Get it wherever you get books! It's really funny! Broke goth queer Puerto Rican dude possessed by a demon, needs money for exorcism, has to do magic for money. But with every spell, the demon gets hungry!

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Black background with pink stars, pink cobwebs hanging from the top left, and pink drips from the top right. All the text is punk, purple, white, and glowy. Praise for An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder — Maiga Doocy Sunday Times bestselling author of Sorcery and Small Magics — Riley August author of The Last Gifts of the Universe — Henry Neff author of The Witchstone — M. Stevenson author of Behooved

Same background. At the top is says "October 14th" In the middle is the cover of An Amateur Witch's Guide to murder. It's purple, with black drops coming from the top. The title is at a jaunty angle in neon green. There is a goth guy in all black with black lipstick and makeup sitting in front of a book with tarot cards and a pentagaram on the table. A black shadow demon hand is coming out of the book. The goth's hand itself looks clawed and the fingertips are black fading into normal skin tone further up the hand. Text below the cover: Join one wannabe witch as he tries to undo one clueless rich guy's curse for the promise of a payday that can finally get him that exorcism he really needs. Preferably before he eats someone.

AN AMATEUR WITCH’S GUIDE TO MURDER got amazing blurbs from some of my fav authors!

✨ @maigadoocy.bsky.social
✨ @mxrileyaugust (on insta)
✨ @henryhneff.bsky.social
✨ @mstevensonbooks.bsky.social

Only 2 more days till it hits shelves! 😱

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AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE to MURDER Preorder from THIRD PLACE BOOKS and get: • A SIGNED COPY • 3 MINI PRINTS • 3 BOOKMARKS • 1 STICKER The book AN AMATEUR WITCH'S GUIDE to MURDER sits on a purple background. Beside it are 3 prints of the characters in the book, 3 bookmarks of the characters in the book, and a sticker of the main character. Better descriptions of those graphics on the next few pics.

3 prints close up. Print 1: bright green background, black ooze dripping down, and it shows a goth 20-something male with hair swept to one side. His expression is smirking and he’s holding up a hand but it looks like a solid black clawed demon hand. This is Mateo, the main character who is a goth Puerto Rican brujo. Print 2: shows the main cast of characters. Ophelia to the left with long brown hair Porsches to blond at the ends in an orange dress looking smug, Mateo in the middle in a black working goth outfit with button up and suspenders. His hand is out and black stuff is floating up. His eyes are crying black. To the right is Topher who is super pale with white messy hair and an all gray outfit. He looks worried. Behind them the shadow of a demon rise we up. Print 3: shows all 3 characters sitting in super sharp outfits that look stylish. Ophelia in an orange flowy dress. Mateo in a button up blazer and boots, and Topher in a tee and jeans rolled up and trendy sneakers. Flowers sit behind them.

3 bookmarks of the main characters. Mateo, Ophelia, and Topher. There is matching black goo dripping from the tops of each.

Mateo sticker. It is chibi style so shirt and big head. He’s in an all black outfit with a demon hand held up with claws out.

The wonderful indie bookstore Third Place Books is hosting, not just my launch, but my swag!!! You too can have all this crazy amazing stuff if you pre-order through them!

Get book + swag here: www.thirdplacebooks.com/book/9798892...

I made this for @kvalentinwrites.bsky.social book An Amateur Witches guide to Murder- debuting next week!
After reading it, I had to make this because it was so good, such a page turner, (and so cute)!
Preorder here: a.co/d/bTBj5Gb