House of the Vixen Blade Press
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Where craft gets serious and stories get spicy. House of the Vixen Blade Press is home to authors Beth A. Freely, Kestral Rook, and Cerridwyn Campbell — and the craft talk behind their books.
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Big news: I'm bringing everything together under House of the Vixen Blade Press (HVBP) — one home for my imprints Beth A. Freely, Kestral Rook, and Cerridwyn Campbell. Where craft gets serious and stories get spicy. Same me, same stories — just a name that finally fits.
Memory doesn’t need a flashback. It can live in a character’s hands, mid-scene, through objects, scents, and fragments that pull the past into the present. My new post explores how to write memory as muse. houseofthevixenbladepress.com/memory-as-mu... #WritingCommunity
August 31, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Memory doesn’t need a flashback. It can live in a character’s hands, mid-scene, through objects, scents, and fragments that pull the past into the present. My new post explores how to write memory as muse. houseofthevixenbladepress.com/memory-as-mu... #WritingCommunity
Story vs. narrative — they're not the same thing. New post breaks down 4 types of narrative writing every author should know. Read it here: houseofthevixenbladepress.com/narrative-wr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NarrativeCraft
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NarrativeCraft
August 24, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Story vs. narrative — they're not the same thing. New post breaks down 4 types of narrative writing every author should know. Read it here: houseofthevixenbladepress.com/narrative-wr...
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NarrativeCraft
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NarrativeCraft
Big news: I'm bringing everything together under House of the Vixen Blade Press (HVBP) — one home for my imprints Beth A. Freely, Kestral Rook, and Cerridwyn Campbell. Where craft gets serious and stories get spicy. Same me, same stories — just a name that finally fits.
August 22, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Big news: I'm bringing everything together under House of the Vixen Blade Press (HVBP) — one home for my imprints Beth A. Freely, Kestral Rook, and Cerridwyn Campbell. Where craft gets serious and stories get spicy. Same me, same stories — just a name that finally fits.
Sometimes you just have to stop and watch a cult classic you love. If you know me, you know the movie.
#therecanbeonlyone #givemetheprize #princesoftheuniverse
#therecanbeonlyone #givemetheprize #princesoftheuniverse
August 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Sometimes you just have to stop and watch a cult classic you love. If you know me, you know the movie.
#therecanbeonlyone #givemetheprize #princesoftheuniverse
#therecanbeonlyone #givemetheprize #princesoftheuniverse
Friday spotlight: Love of a Samurai. Helena survives a massacre and ends up in a hidden mountain village. Ujio is ordered to train her, expects disobedience, and gets a woman who matches him. Quieter and more bittersweet than most of my catalog — proud of this one.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth
#RomanceAwarenessMonth
August 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Friday spotlight: Love of a Samurai. Helena survives a massacre and ends up in a hidden mountain village. Ujio is ordered to train her, expects disobedience, and gets a woman who matches him. Quieter and more bittersweet than most of my catalog — proud of this one.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth
#RomanceAwarenessMonth
Unpopular opinion: the epilogue isn't always necessary. HFN with the door left open can be more romantic than a wedding-and-kids wrap-up that ties everything too neatly. Come argue with me.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #UnpopularOpinion #RomanceReaders #RomanceTropes
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #UnpopularOpinion #RomanceReaders #RomanceTropes
August 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Unpopular opinion: the epilogue isn't always necessary. HFN with the door left open can be more romantic than a wedding-and-kids wrap-up that ties everything too neatly. Come argue with me.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #UnpopularOpinion #RomanceReaders #RomanceTropes
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #UnpopularOpinion #RomanceReaders #RomanceTropes
Deep in medieval England research for Rowan of Aquitaine. The classic Robin Hood story is largely later romanticization — the real politics were far messier. That's exactly the complexity I want for Lady Rowan and Guy of Gisborne's story.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RowanOfAquitaine #HistoricalResearch
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RowanOfAquitaine #HistoricalResearch
August 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Deep in medieval England research for Rowan of Aquitaine. The classic Robin Hood story is largely later romanticization — the real politics were far messier. That's exactly the complexity I want for Lady Rowan and Guy of Gisborne's story.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RowanOfAquitaine #HistoricalResearch
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RowanOfAquitaine #HistoricalResearch
Forced proximity works because it removes the escape hatch entirely — no ghosting, no convenient exit. "Soft Like Summer's" double-booked cabin is a perfect example: Lana and Ren just have to deal with each other, every morning, no way around it.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RomanceTropes #AuthorLife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RomanceTropes #AuthorLife
August 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Forced proximity works because it removes the escape hatch entirely — no ghosting, no convenient exit. "Soft Like Summer's" double-booked cabin is a perfect example: Lana and Ren just have to deal with each other, every morning, no way around it.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RomanceTropes #AuthorLife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #RomanceTropes #AuthorLife
Four hours researching pirate ship rigging terminology this week, for one sentence in the actual book. Not wasted time — knowing a world that specifically is the difference between writing it confidently and just gesturing vaguely at 'old-timey boat.'
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #WritingResearch
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #WritingResearch
August 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Four hours researching pirate ship rigging terminology this week, for one sentence in the actual book. Not wasted time — knowing a world that specifically is the difference between writing it confidently and just gesturing vaguely at 'old-timey boat.'
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #WritingResearch
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #WritingResearch
Happy National Book Lovers Day. The real question of the day: what book made you a reader? Not one you liked — the one that flipped the switch for good. Mine was "The Hobbit." Tell me yours.
#bookloversday #nationalbookloversday #readinglife #bookcommunity #bethafreely
#bookloversday #nationalbookloversday #readinglife #bookcommunity #bethafreely
August 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Happy National Book Lovers Day. The real question of the day: what book made you a reader? Not one you liked — the one that flipped the switch for good. Mine was "The Hobbit." Tell me yours.
#bookloversday #nationalbookloversday #readinglife #bookcommunity #bethafreely
#bookloversday #nationalbookloversday #readinglife #bookcommunity #bethafreely
National Book Lovers Day is tomorrow. Today's confession: my TBR pile has developed its own gravitational field with moons. What's the oldest book on yours you swear you'll actually read?
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #TBR #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #TBR #authorlife
August 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
National Book Lovers Day is tomorrow. Today's confession: my TBR pile has developed its own gravitational field with moons. What's the oldest book on yours you swear you'll actually read?
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #TBR #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #TBR #authorlife
Spotlighting Agents of STARR / Ghost Division — spy thriller romance with real emotional weight. Operatives broken by the work, rebuilding trust in the middle of missions with no clean edges. Start with Inside the Killbox.
#AgentsOfSTARR #GhostDivision #SpyRomance #RomanceAwarenessMonth
#AgentsOfSTARR #GhostDivision #SpyRomance #RomanceAwarenessMonth
August 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Spotlighting Agents of STARR / Ghost Division — spy thriller romance with real emotional weight. Operatives broken by the work, rebuilding trust in the middle of missions with no clean edges. Start with Inside the Killbox.
#AgentsOfSTARR #GhostDivision #SpyRomance #RomanceAwarenessMonth
#AgentsOfSTARR #GhostDivision #SpyRomance #RomanceAwarenessMonth
This or that, no cheating! Answer before you scroll and see what everyone else said.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #thisorthat #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #thisorthat #authorlife
August 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This or that, no cheating! Answer before you scroll and see what everyone else said.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #thisorthat #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #thisorthat #authorlife
1725 pirate crews ran on written 'ship's articles.' They elected captains, voted out leadership, and awarded actual injury compensation. Not chaos. A system. Branwyn St. Pierre's whole world.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #pirateromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #pirateromance #authorlife
August 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
1725 pirate crews ran on written 'ship's articles.' They elected captains, voted out leadership, and awarded actual injury compensation. Not chaos. A system. Branwyn St. Pierre's whole world.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #pirateromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #pirateromance #authorlife
Enemies to lovers isn't hatred; it's two people so evenly matched that the friction becomes unbearable. Olivia and Ethan in "Hot Temptation" despise each other for years, right up until a storm strands them together and the act falls apart.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #enemiestoloversromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #enemiestoloversromance #authorlife
August 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Enemies to lovers isn't hatred; it's two people so evenly matched that the friction becomes unbearable. Olivia and Ethan in "Hot Temptation" despise each other for years, right up until a storm strands them together and the act falls apart.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #enemiestoloversromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #enemiestoloversromance #authorlife
The blank page still gets me after 30+ books, like it's never met me before. Fix that actually works: write a bad sentence instead of a good one. The page stops being blank, which is 90% of the actual problem.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #tipsandtricks #writing #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #tipsandtricks #writing #authorlife
August 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The blank page still gets me after 30+ books, like it's never met me before. Fix that actually works: write a bad sentence instead of a good one. The page stops being blank, which is 90% of the actual problem.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #tipsandtricks #writing #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #tipsandtricks #writing #authorlife
Second-chance romance confession: it will always hit harder than strangers-to-lovers for me. No illusions left. Just two people who know exactly what they're choosing and choose it anyway.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #seconchanceromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #seconchanceromance #authorlife
August 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Second-chance romance confession: it will always hit harder than strangers-to-lovers for me. No illusions left. Just two people who know exactly what they're choosing and choose it anyway.
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #seconchanceromance #authorlife
#RomanceAwarenessMonth #seconchanceromance #authorlife
Did you know August is Romance Awareness Month?
So here's the plan: all month long, I'm going deep. Trope breakdowns, research rabbit holes, series spotlights, book recommendations, the occasional unhinged poll.
#romanceawarenessmonth #authorlife #romance
So here's the plan: all month long, I'm going deep. Trope breakdowns, research rabbit holes, series spotlights, book recommendations, the occasional unhinged poll.
#romanceawarenessmonth #authorlife #romance
August 2, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Did you know August is Romance Awareness Month?
So here's the plan: all month long, I'm going deep. Trope breakdowns, research rabbit holes, series spotlights, book recommendations, the occasional unhinged poll.
#romanceawarenessmonth #authorlife #romance
So here's the plan: all month long, I'm going deep. Trope breakdowns, research rabbit holes, series spotlights, book recommendations, the occasional unhinged poll.
#romanceawarenessmonth #authorlife #romance
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social found this gem while kicking back before a book signing. You inspired me to write Luke fanfiction as a kid and still inspire the award-winning romance novels I write as an adult.
But my hubby's right about one thing: you look like you're gonna spit on the saarlac!
But my hubby's right about one thing: you look like you're gonna spit on the saarlac!
May 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social found this gem while kicking back before a book signing. You inspired me to write Luke fanfiction as a kid and still inspire the award-winning romance novels I write as an adult.
But my hubby's right about one thing: you look like you're gonna spit on the saarlac!
But my hubby's right about one thing: you look like you're gonna spit on the saarlac!
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Late January feels like the space between stillness and motion. This is where intention for the rest of the year settles in.
#JanuaryMood #CreativeLife #AuthorReflections
#JanuaryMood #CreativeLife #AuthorReflections
January 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Late January feels like the space between stillness and motion. This is where intention for the rest of the year settles in.
#JanuaryMood #CreativeLife #AuthorReflections
#JanuaryMood #CreativeLife #AuthorReflections
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I write slow-burn romance as luxury. Soft power instead of chaos. Dangerous men who are emotionally fluent. Intimacy that’s earned, not rushed. If you like romance that lingers instead of shouts, you’re in the right place.
#SlowBurnRomance #SoftPowerRomance #CinematicRomance
#SlowBurnRomance #SoftPowerRomance #CinematicRomance
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I write slow-burn romance as luxury. Soft power instead of chaos. Dangerous men who are emotionally fluent. Intimacy that’s earned, not rushed. If you like romance that lingers instead of shouts, you’re in the right place.
#SlowBurnRomance #SoftPowerRomance #CinematicRomance
#SlowBurnRomance #SoftPowerRomance #CinematicRomance