vampire & faerie

In my faerie/vampire lore - vampires are really attracted to faerie blood and have to try very hard not to harm them when they fall in love with them which is the significance of this quote should anyone be wondering. In all my books and short stories I include this lore, but not all of you may be familiar with my work so I wanted to clarify.

Second Week

I think my editor had a lot of fun making these, and I think they're all so pretty.

Day 7

Day Six

The Next Excerpt

Another Exerpt

I honestly love that my editor is as excited as I am for this book. I hope you all will enjoy the excerpts (and the book - once it's out)!

Sister's birthday and 3rd excerpt

Today is my little sister's birthday! So I hope she has a wonderful day.

Here's the excerpt for the third day of September.

Excerpt 2

Hello, friends!

Well, for September my publisher wanted me to start sharing some excerpts from my upcoming poetry collection fairy tale love. He made some cute graphics, and since today is September first it is time to start.

Sailor Moon, Nostalgia, Feels

Listening to soundtracks from Sailor Moon and getting into my feels tonight:Sailor Moon soundtrack. Just made me think of one of my old, dear friends. One I used to have a sisterhood with. She was my Sailor Mercury and I was her Sailor Mars.

She's the one that inspired my book not your piñata. It truly felt like a friendship break-up at the time. I don't know. Maybe we can mend things between us yet. I'm just in an aching, nostalgic place right now. I hate when people choose to leave but you can't make them stay just like you can't make them love you or care.

It's hard to leave behind living ghosts. Sometimes you're given no choice. But who knows what tomorrow brings? I have to hope for better days for me, for the universe, for everyone.

kinder tides

I can't believe how quickly time flies anymore. It feels so surreal.

My poem kinder tides came out on Friday. One of my poet friends really loves it, and that makes my heart happy. It's always good to know that you're appreciated. I always try to give people their flowers. I feel like people deserve to get them when they're still alive.

Life is too short so I try to put as much love and light into it as I can. I'm following my dreams (writing and otherwise) as best as I can, and I hope you do the same!

A Year Saleversary

An anthology that I’m part of is having a e-book sale celebrating one year of being published! Use the code ONE-YEAR-50% and you can grab the ebook here: https://payhip.com/WhentheRoseSpeaks

The poems of mine that are included are “love bloomed”, “she understands i love you”, “unravel the tangles”, “after all these years”, and “a love elementary”.

This has been the first time one of the anthologies I have been in has proposed a sale for a year of publication so I thought that was neat!

I've got a birthday tomorrow!

It's my birthday tomorrow! If you'd like to support an indie author by either leaving a review for one of the books you've read of hers that you enjoyed or buying a new book for your collection - I would truly appreciate it!

Here are my available fiction titles:
https://www.amazon.com/Mates-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B09TDS26F3/
https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Magic-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B0B6XRZNH9/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN995HH4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX14H4FL

Here are my books of poetry:
https://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Blood-Linda-M-Crate/dp/9389690358/
https://www.amazon.com/samurai-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B08L3TW7FZ/
https://www.amazon.com/Splintered-Terror-Linda-M-Crate/dp/1983604186/
https://www.amazon.com/Unleashing-Archers-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B09F9V1QX5/
https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Black-Raven-Linda-Crate/dp/B09B1DNXPM/
https://www.amazon.com/hecates-child-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B09LGW5ZD1/
https://www.amazon.com/you-will-not-control-me/dp/8182537010/
https://www.amazon.com/MYTHOLOGY-MY-BONES-Linda-Crate/dp/9390202523/
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/m/product/301398
https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/shop/
https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/fat-pretty-linda-m-crate
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZBG8F8
https://books2read.com/faeriewitchqueen
https://www.amazon.com/dp/936354883X
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9WZWQV9

Photography book:
https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Creek-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B0BXMTJST7/

Haiku collection:
www.amazon.com/these-ancient-veins-Linda-Crate/dp/B0D1JJG6QN/

Hybrid collection:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSLC3L6D

Onwards Adventures in Print

You're probably tired of hearing me talk about this anthology, but Onwards Adventures is now able to be purchased in print as well as received in digital formats. You can grab a paperback copy here: Onwards Adventures Fantastic Tales Print Edition.

June 21st is the launch date for my next book not your piñata. It is a collection of poetry about my anger and pain that instead of holding herself accountable, an old friend of mine wants to start with a blank slate after twenty years of friendship. I find that idea quite humiliating and a betrayal of the sisterhood we once shared, and I examine these feelings in my new collection.

Release Party!

On Friday May 23rd, there will be a release party for the anthology I'm part of. There's two Onwards Adventures Anthologies one for realistic tales and the one I'm a part of: fantastic tales. The release party will be 9 pm Eastern time for anyone who would like to attend: Live Release Party! I won't be able to attend because I accidentally forgot to schedule it off in time, oops!

However, I will be taking over in the Fae Corps Book Club on Facebook for the hour of noon on Friday if you would like to connect then. I will be advertising some of my books, posting some excerpts and poems from Onwards Adventures, and there will even be a couple of games! The group is public and already has around 300 members if you'd like to look around and/or join us!

Life has been a bit difficult lately so I'm really looking forward to Friday! We all have to have something to look forward to, right?

Making Some More Noise

No one's made much noise for my latest book faerie witch queen so I thought I'd make another post. There's a whopping six likes on my personal Facebook account and my other social media isn't doing much better. I had zero likes on both Bluesky and Twitter. The algorithms are really kicking my butt on social media, but I'm doing my best to promote my work.

So if you happen to like poetry, Sleeping Beauty, and Maleficent maybe check out this new collection of mine! I would truly appreciate it.

Being an indie author is hard, but I'm trying not to let it get me down! I love writing, I love my books, and I can't imagine a life where I wasn't writing and dreaming and simply creating. I hope you lot enjoy my creations, too!

New Book Dropped!

My new collection faerie witch queen is out! It came out yesterday.

It's a poetry collection centered around self-empowerment and women empowerment, in general. It is a collection based off of Maleficent (my favorite Disney villain - although she's more an anti-hero in the live-action films [which I also love]). So if you love Sleeping Beauty, but could never relate to being a princess this collection is for you because I was a little girl that felt that way, too.

I thought by being someone different that people could love me, but all I could ever be was me. I am no longer ashamed of that, and neither should you be. The world is a vast, beautiful place full of diversity. It would be boring if we were all the same.

New Year, New Book!

Hello, friends! I'm sorry it's been so long. I'm really bad at updating this blog, but I do try. I really do. Life is just hectic with writing and work. With any luck I wil be publishing a new book soon called mantle lake,. It is a hybrid collection of photography and poetry about my favorite place to visit when I was living in Maine.

If you've made resolutions for this coming year, I hope that it goes well for you! I don't do new years resolutions. I just try to improve myself as much as I am able when I'm able. I find that new years resolutions put a lot of pressure on me for no good reason, so for my own sake I just don't do them any longer. It's better for me because it doesn't make my anxiety loud.

Hopefully, I will have more book news for you soon. In the meantime I will keep updating Facebook about individual poems, short stories, personal essays, etc.

Make My Christmas - Buy A Book!

You can make my Christmas brighter by buying one of my books!

Here are my available fiction titles:
https://www.amazon.com/Mates-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B09TDS26F3/
https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Magic-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B0B6XRZNH9/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN995HH4
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX14H4FL

Here are my books of poetry: https://www.amazon.com/Sweetest-Blood-Linda-M-Crate/dp/9389690358/
https://www.amazon.com/samurai-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B08L3TW7FZ/
https://www.amazon.com/Splintered-Terror-Linda-M-Crate/dp/1983604186/
https://www.amazon.com/Unleashing-Archers-Linda-M-Crate-ebook/dp/B09F9V1QX5/
https://www.amazon.com/Follow-Black-Raven-Linda-Crate/dp/B09B1DNXPM/
https://www.amazon.com/hecates-child-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B09LGW5ZD1/
https://www.amazon.com/you-will-not-control-me/dp/8182537010/
https://www.amazon.com/MYTHOLOGY-MY-BONES-Linda-Crate/dp/9390202523/
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/m/product/301398
https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/shop/
https://dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/fat-pretty-linda-m-crate
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMZBG8F8

Photography book:
https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Creek-Linda-M-Crate/dp/B0BXMTJST7/

Haiku collection: www.amazon.com/these-ancient-veins-Linda-Crate/dp/B0D1JJG6QN/

A Long Needed Update

Sorry, I'm terribly quite terrible at keeping a blog and keeping it up to date. But I do try.

Haha! Anyway, my book fairy tale love will hopefully be out soon. I've gotten the names and emails of some people who are willing to be arc readers, and my editor reached out to tell me that there will be fundraising to get this project up and running. I am excited! I have wanted to share this book for quite some time.

It is a collection sapphic poetry about me imagining what it would be like to have a wife. Of having that fairy tale love that I've always dreamed of since I was a kid. While most of my poetry is autobiographical, I decided to just go with it. I wanted there to be an example of healthy, happy queer love out in the universe when there's still this trend to "kill your queer characters" off in media.

The book is sappy, romantic, and dreamy. Flows like water or honey, maybe even both. I'm really excited about when it might be published. I'm not too sure on when it will be released, but my publisher and I talked about it and there will be three different versions at different price points: a color version with artwork, a black and white version with artwork, and a version that is just the poetry itself. I'm not sure what the price points will be yet but I will keep you up to date as more information becomes available! I'm just really excited for this.