C M Debell

If you like any of these things, you might like The Many Shades of Midnight - Political fantasy - Character-focused - Multi POV - Standalone, 350 pages - No romance (Also anti-capitalist rage and people taking action, if anyone needs that in their lives right now) books2read.com/u/brev8w 💙📚🪐

Friendship, family, and found family are basically what 🐺To Dream a Darker Realm🐺, my dark 80's portal fantasy with Stranger Things vibes, is about... but this snippet is from the prelude and sets up the plot. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #BookSky 💙🪐📚

#FantasyIndiesSpooktober 15: Tricks in WIP Tricks in my WIP are spoilers, so I won't reveal those. For fun, here's a scene involving one of Dorilian's tricks. Over the course of the series, he manages quite a few. This is the aftermath of his best one.

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'voice' A reunion between family doesn't go so well in The Many Shades of Midnight. #bookqw #writingcommunity #indiefantasy 💙🪐📚

So, um, you know that dark 80's portal fantasy with Stranger Things vibes that I was sharing snippets from? It's live on Kickstarter today! 🥳 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ang... 💙🪐📚 #BookSky #WriteSky #indiebooks #indiefantasy

I just backed To Dream A Darker Realm: A Dark Portal Fantasy on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ang...

As I keep an eye on this hurricane... I'm making the final tweaks to the Kickstarter for 🐺TO DREAM A DARKER REALM🐺, launching 🍂October 13🍂!! Dark 80's portal fantasy with Stranger Things vibes Follow it here ⬇️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ang... 💙🪐📚 #BookSky #indiefantasy #WriteSky

Out today (in the UK) with a launch at @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social tonight!

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is PUSH In The Many Shades of Midnight, Isyr is a rare, priceless metal that also has some other undesirable qualities, as these characters are beginning to realise. #bookqw #writingcommunity #indiefantasy 💙🪐📚

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is PUSH One of my favorite characters--simply loved writing him--is Cullen. In this snip from THE KHELD KING, Cullen and Stefan are resolving a thorny issue: whether Stefan should make Cullen, a Kheld, a lord. #WritingCommunity #bookqw

It has been a whole month since The Chosen One Con came out. It's sitting at 21 ratings at 4.6 stars on Goodreads and 10 ratings at 4.7 on Amazon! 💙 A big THANK YOU to everyone that has read and reviewed so far! It's available online and in paperback. books2read.com/thechosenone...

Bookbub deal on The Curse of Dragon Tail Island today. Yo Ho Ho 🏴‍☠️🏝️🦜 "The crew, the Salty Scoundrels, are a treat. Their interactions are hilarious and Nevair drops line after line of witty comebacks and barbed shots, all laced with heart..." -Bill Adams (FanFiaddict) LINK: books2read.com/u/bMgWJ7

#WIPSnips The word for September 30 is GUARD I used "unguarded" in this snip. It's a fun glimpse of early Kate vs. Oandah. Oandah has just abducted Kate and the two are in the earliest stage of their contentious alliance. Neither is happy about it. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle is ON SALE for Hallowe'en! A failed actor turned cryptid-hunting YouTuber follows a video of his vanished mom to an isolated island in the Canadian wilderness steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... #transauthor #indiehorror #horrorbooks #sale #booksale #queerhorror

#WIPSnips The word for September 29 is WELL In NOMARA, human captive Kharys is very, very good at being what he needs to be to survive. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SFF

#WIPSnips from Untwined

#WIPSnips - "Well." "Well" is one of those crutch words I kept in TETK because it's very much part of Tyler's speech and how he narrates. A dark moment. D : If you're looking for a Hallowe'en read, find it here!: steve-westenra.itch.io/the-erstwhil... Or: books2read.com/u/boB9YL #transhorror

#WIPSnips 29 September 'well' My favourite thing about this novella is these two characters trying to outmanoeuvre each other. #WriteSky #indiefantasy #WritingCommunity 💙🪐📚

#WIPSnips 28 September - I don't have 'prime' so I have gone with 'first'. Two of my favourite side characters have their own adventure in this novella in my Tales of Isyr series. #WriteSky #indiefantasy #WritingCommunity 💙🪐📚

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is KNOW This is from NOMARA, one of my science fiction novels. Action. Adventure. A loose tie to the Triempery novels. I've been putting snips up on another site but now I have cool art to share! Art by Mara, @hajima7.bsky.social #bookqw #WritingCommunity

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is KNEW/KNOW Here's an excerpt from The Siege of Druine, which fills in some important backstory about the characters in The Many Shades of Midnight - it's also free to download on my newsletter. #bookqw #writingcommunity #indiefantasy 💙🪐📚

One of my friends is on bed rest and do you know how much effort it is for me to not visit and just pull up a chair with a book and go: "The Game of Kings. By Dorothy Dunnett. Opening Gambit. Lymond is back." #LymondChronicles

I put up another blog post about one of my Triempery characters. Hans has been a fun character and he has quite a story in the series. He's also one of few characters who is in every book. There's a reason for that... www.triempery.com/post/charact...

#WIPSnips 14 September 'month' Taking a break from wrestling with my main WIP to revise the draft of a novella in my Tales of Isyr series that has been gathering dust for a couple of years - lots of tea drinking with a bit of blackmail on the side. #WriteSky #indiefantasy #WritingCommunity 💙🪐📚

Last chance to apply to judge for the SFINCS indie novella contest!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today Angela Boord asks the question: Is trope marketing ruining literature? - JI 🐉 "[This] is really a gripe about how books are being written to compete in a crowded marketplace...In other words, trope is sliding from “shared motif” to “cliché”." fantasy-faction.com/2026/is-trop... #booksky 💙📚🪐

I can feel the rage. This book offers a beautifully woven tapestry of hard emotion.

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is DRIP I don't often provide quotes from THE RILL LORD, but this one provides a good example of "dripping." Things in that book get a little bloody. #bookqw #WritingCommunity

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'drip'. Here's an excerpt from The Many Shades of Midnight, a fantasy book I wrote in a fit of rage at the state of the world in which I take corrupt corporations and spineless governments and subject them to my justice... #bookqw #writingcommunity 💙🪐📚

I'm so excited that I wrote a fantasy book with the word "elevator" in it!! 😅 I feel bad for Chris, though--Cam gives him such a hard time throughout the book 😆 From TO DREAM A DARKER REALM, my dark 80's portal fantasy thriller with Stranger Things vibes 😁 #WIPSnips 💙🪐📚 #BookSky #WriteSky

Convincing you read these indie books with only the pitch and first line 👀 💙📚🪐 🧵 1/8

I'm only a little way into my ARC of this, but . . . man. You'll want to get on board: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

From my dark 80's portal fantasy with Stranger Things vibes--Sergei (Seryozha) and his sister Anya are talking about their mother, who supposedly gave her life to get them through the Iron Curtain when they were young. #WIPSnips 💙🪐📚 #BookSky #WriteSky #writingcommunity

#WIPSnips 6 September - 'sigh' From my historical fantasy WIP - are these characters changing the patterns of past generations or repeating them? #WriteSky #indiefantasy #WritingCommunity 💙🪐📚

More info about the book on Kickstarter! If you think it's interesting, click "notify me on launch" and we'll unlock a follower bonus at 100 followers 😁 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ang...

Back with a snip from my dark 80's portal fantasy! I really have a hard time describing this book--it's my "It doesn't just whisk the characters away 80's paranormal mystery fantasy thriller with Stranger Things and dark academia vibes" portal fantasy 😅 💙🪐📚 #WIPSnips #BookSky #WriteSky

Excited to finally start The Chosen One Con by @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com

Here it is! The cover for The Sport of Wings, publishing 16 October 2026. ARCs available: sign up here: anna-stephens.com/.../arc-sign... and pre-orders soon. Please share with anyone who would enjoy a fantasy romance full of high stakes dragon racing, rags to riches, and a forbidden relationship.

#WIPSnips 4 September - all instances of 'collapse' in my historical fantasy WIP are spoilery, so I've gone for 'fallen' instead #WriteSky #indiefantasy #WritingCommunity 💙🪐📚