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Marie Cardno

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https://linktr.ee/mariecardno Writer of cozy fantasy. Winner of the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Novella: How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster). she/her

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Home - Cozy Up With Fantasy Welcome to Cozy Up With Fantasy! Here's a cozy holiday season gift for you. 🎁 TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 c...

Hey, it's Cozy Up with Fantasy!

TODAY ONLY (December 12, 2025), you can get more than 70 (!) cozy fantasy books, from all different authors, for only 99 cents.

It includes my yarn shop/witchy sapphic romance Spellcasting On.

You can find all the books at:
www.cozyupwithfantasy.com

12.12.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

...a totally bonkers bonus novella about shifter speed dating gone totally wrong. I want to write this SO BAD but unless we unlock the stretch goal, it won't be on my schedule until like... 2027 πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ

25.11.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A trope tree style image showing a hardcover book titled Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate, and tropes including a bookselling date, standalone fated mates shifter romance, shifter shenanigans, enemies to lovers, and Christmas spice

A trope tree style image showing a hardcover book titled Her Purr-fect Christmas Mate, and tropes including a bookselling date, standalone fated mates shifter romance, shifter shenanigans, enemies to lovers, and Christmas spice

12 days left in my longing M x annoyed F Christmas shifter romance campaign! Help me fund stretch goals like patterned edges and, the one I REALLY want to unlock...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

25.11.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Available September 13: Unleash the hounds! Mischief included! Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong, also available at lynnstrong.com/books/haroun

Available September 13: Unleash the hounds! Mischief included! Haroun and the Study of Mischief by Lynn Strong, also available at lynnstrong.com/books/haroun

πŸ’™ πŸ“š πŸͺ πŸ“š 🌈 #cozyfantasy #newrelease Who needs a romp?

lynnstrong.com/books/haroun: Off the chain on Sept 13!

😎 Crimes of fashion
🧢 Weaponized fiber arts
😺 🀝 🐢 Cats & dogs living together
β™Ώ A blind dogfolk & his seeing eye human
😱 50 pg bonus recipes!

Game time: 1 repost = 1 backstage trivia 😁

12.09.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 14
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Stariel: Cozy Fantasy Romance Deluxe Special Editions Howl's Moving Castle meets Downton Abbey: A heart-warming romantasy quartet with a magical sentient estate that chooses its own ruler.

I am extravagantly happy to see my friend AJ Lancaster's Kickstarter for a special edition set of the Stariel series doing so well after launching in the early hours of this morning! These books are a cozy, magical warm hug with a special place in my heart.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ajl...

17.09.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woke up this morning with three pimples in a perfect vertical line on the tip of my nose, like some sort of single-episode Star Trek species

17.09.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was lucky enough to read an ARC of this and can confirm it is super cute!

16.09.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy book day Andi!

16.09.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Last few hours for this cozy fantasy romance deal!

03.09.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! I'm so looking forward to this new series!

12.08.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spellcasting On Juno’s living her dreamβ€”her little yarn shop is flourishing, she's working on her own knitting projects, and her witchy past is far behind her. She's more than happy to teach new customer Lane to knit...

You can now pre-order Spellcasting On - my witchy, sapphic, yarn shop book - from your favourite ebook retailer: buy.bookfunnel.com/psfdv1soqy

If you're a reviewer, you can request an eARC at booksirens.com/book/EOU3RGE...

Paperbacks coming soon!

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12.08.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Bundle of books tied with ribbon, with Succulents and Spells on top. It has succulents in pots on the cover, and the background is black cloth with gold, red, and purple stars.

Bundle of books tied with ribbon, with Succulents and Spells on top. It has succulents in pots on the cover, and the background is black cloth with gold, red, and purple stars.

NZ readers! I desperately need to clear some book space for new stuff and have a few bundles of the first edition Windflower books (witchy sapphic novellas) so putting them on sale, $50 for all 5 books, absolute bargain. Includes postage if you're not rural. Msg me if interested. #pukapuka

26.03.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It was so nice to see you! And the book came out SO GOOD

26.03.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes! If there's enough brain leftover from earlier in the day

26.03.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Local friends, please come and say hi at @wellingtonpride.bsky.social's Out in the City! I'll be sharing a stall w excellent writer people @mariecardno.bsky.social @gbralph.com and AJ Lancaster. Odlins Plaza, Saturday - we're at Stall 49 towards the Circa/Taranaki Street corner of the venue.

20.03.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Title: Wellington Pride - Out in the City. Text: β€œBe part of our all-day family friendly fair event with over 80 stalls, stage performances, delicious food and drink and a jam-packed day of LGBTQIA+ celebration and vibes.” 10am–4pm, Saturday 22 March 2025. Odlin's Plaza (near Te Papa), Wellington.  Rainbow bunting. Background made up on lots of book covers.

Title: Wellington Pride - Out in the City. Text: β€œBe part of our all-day family friendly fair event with over 80 stalls, stage performances, delicious food and drink and a jam-packed day of LGBTQIA+ celebration and vibes.” 10am–4pm, Saturday 22 March 2025. Odlin's Plaza (near Te Papa), Wellington. Rainbow bunting. Background made up on lots of book covers.

We'll be chatting with readers, selling books, signing books, and soaking up the fabulous pride vibes – we'd love to see you there! Come say hi πŸ‘‹πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

Who's at our stall?
A.J. Lancaster
@mariecardno.bsky.social
@andiwrites.bsky.social
@gbralph.com

Details and links: gbralph.com/2025/03/18/w... πŸŒˆπŸ“šπŸ’™πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏπŸ“šπŸ‘€

17.03.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks Andi! And congrats to all the other finalists!

16.03.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tile showing the covers of all 8 Rainbow Easy Read documents. The tile has a rainbow background with the Make it Easy logo in the bottom left corner. The top right corner has the word New in big white letters. The title of the tile says "Rainbow Easy Read. Generously funded by Rule Foundation."

A tile showing the covers of all 8 Rainbow Easy Read documents. The tile has a rainbow background with the Make it Easy logo in the bottom left corner. The top right corner has the word New in big white letters. The title of the tile says "Rainbow Easy Read. Generously funded by Rule Foundation."

Make it Easy has created 8 booklets for and about the Rainbow community.

These booklets were co-designed with 4 members of PFNZ.

The project was funded by the Rule Foundation.

The Rainbow Easy Read documents are available for free download at:
linktr.ee/rainboweasyr...

26.02.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5
Nominations for 2025 Sir Julius Vogel Awards now open! – SFFANZ Inc

Have started on my Sir Julius Vogel Award nominating! Anyone anywhere can nominate, but it's only open until Feb 28th (NZT) so get in quick! sffanz.nz/the-sir-juli...

I'm still catching up on reading (like ... any shorts) but in longform I very much recommend The Sunforge and Monster Girlfriend 3

25.02.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A Microsoft Word wordcount tracker, with a count of 75,082 words.

A Microsoft Word wordcount tracker, with a count of 75,082 words.

I reached my target wordcount for this book! Is the book finished though? shhhhhh

25.02.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have achieved True Authorhood (my child requested a rendition of my sleep-deprivation-desperation-inspired masterpiece "the fart story" over all actual books). Expecting a contract and my millions any day now.

22.02.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it seems likely that trans works are gonna be heavily-suppressed over the next four years and this is one of the few sites that isn't yet playing along so: if you want to keep abreast of what trans authors are up to, follow these fine folks

go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

17.02.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 165    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

That's the problem...I keep finding more of it to write 🀣🀣🀣

18.02.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's an epic short! I managed to keep things to 25k-30k for my novella trilogy, but I've given my brain free rein on the novel and it's off over the hills πŸ˜‚

18.02.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I found this super cute and cosy! The kids were hilarious.

18.02.2025 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

75k seemed like SUCH A MASSIVE WORDCOUNT GOAL until now, with me sitting at 69k and realising there is a whole bunch of book left to go :| How the heck do writers figure out how long a book will be in advance?

18.02.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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16.02.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for spreading the word!

16.02.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A book review for How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno. Review reads, "How to Get a Girlfriend is one of the few books that has made me laugh out loud! It's ridiculously charming and the romance between Sian and the amorphous blob of tentacles and madness that she wants to be her girlfriend is genuinely so touching. Very queer, with snappy, hilarious prose! If you were on the fence about it, the Cozy Fantasy for Trans Rights project is a great chance to pick it up for free, wink wink :D". A section labeled Genre reads, "Cozy fantasy/romance." A section labeled Rep reads, "F/f, queerness galore."

A book review for How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno. Review reads, "How to Get a Girlfriend is one of the few books that has made me laugh out loud! It's ridiculously charming and the romance between Sian and the amorphous blob of tentacles and madness that she wants to be her girlfriend is genuinely so touching. Very queer, with snappy, hilarious prose! If you were on the fence about it, the Cozy Fantasy for Trans Rights project is a great chance to pick it up for free, wink wink :D". A section labeled Genre reads, "Cozy fantasy/romance." A section labeled Rep reads, "F/f, queerness galore."

Tag a friend who needs an amorphous tentacle girlfriend πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

(Fight against the cheeto while getting free books!! More details in the link below. Huge thanks to @mariecardno.bsky.social for contributing her sapphic story to the project!)

πŸ“šπŸ§£ www.pride.cozyote.com πŸŒˆπŸ“š

15.02.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you πŸ₯° and for readers, if there aren't any library copies available near you, the ebook is 99c most places right now!

13.02.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0