ONE WEEK!!!
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out in seven days, which feels both completely impossible and somehow way too soon.
I’m excited. I’m overwhelmed. I keep looking at the calendar.
October 8.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out in seven days, which feels both completely impossible and somehow way too soon.
I’m excited. I’m overwhelmed. I keep looking at the calendar.
October 8.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
October 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
ONE WEEK!!!
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out in seven days, which feels both completely impossible and somehow way too soon.
I’m excited. I’m overwhelmed. I keep looking at the calendar.
October 8.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
The Colors That Haunt Us comes out in seven days, which feels both completely impossible and somehow way too soon.
I’m excited. I’m overwhelmed. I keep looking at the calendar.
October 8.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara laughs often, but it’s usually dry, strained, or a pressure valve when things get too awful. Genuine laughter means she’s been caught off guard.
Suzette laughs less. When it’s real and unguarded, it usually means she feels safe.
Clara laughs often, but it’s usually dry, strained, or a pressure valve when things get too awful. Genuine laughter means she’s been caught off guard.
Suzette laughs less. When it’s real and unguarded, it usually means she feels safe.
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Does your character laugh often?
What does a laugh from them normally mean?
Is it usually bitter? Sarcastic? Genuine? Contagious?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Does your character laugh often?
What does a laugh from them normally mean?
Is it usually bitter? Sarcastic? Genuine? Contagious?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara laughs often, but it’s usually dry, strained, or a pressure valve when things get too awful. Genuine laughter means she’s been caught off guard.
Suzette laughs less. When it’s real and unguarded, it usually means she feels safe.
Clara laughs often, but it’s usually dry, strained, or a pressure valve when things get too awful. Genuine laughter means she’s been caught off guard.
Suzette laughs less. When it’s real and unguarded, it usually means she feels safe.
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
I had a choice between this and a mention of primed canvases. This one felt much more atmospheric.
I had a choice between this and a mention of primed canvases. This one felt much more atmospheric.
September 28, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
I had a choice between this and a mention of primed canvases. This one felt much more atmospheric.
I had a choice between this and a mention of primed canvases. This one felt much more atmospheric.
Clara would be a lemon tart: Carefully made, sharper than expected, and sweet underneath all that bite. Also liable to crack under pressure.
Suzette would be a madeleine: elegant, old-fashioned, and tangled in memory, especially what she’s trying to recover.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #AwesomeCharacters
Suzette would be a madeleine: elegant, old-fashioned, and tangled in memory, especially what she’s trying to recover.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #AwesomeCharacters
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Silly one today!
Thinking about how we call some characters "cinnamon rolls" made me wonder: What baked good/dessert would best represent your character?
(Cinnamon roll is still allowed as a choice!)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Silly one today!
Thinking about how we call some characters "cinnamon rolls" made me wonder: What baked good/dessert would best represent your character?
(Cinnamon roll is still allowed as a choice!)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Clara would be a lemon tart: Carefully made, sharper than expected, and sweet underneath all that bite. Also liable to crack under pressure.
Suzette would be a madeleine: elegant, old-fashioned, and tangled in memory, especially what she’s trying to recover.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #AwesomeCharacters
Suzette would be a madeleine: elegant, old-fashioned, and tangled in memory, especially what she’s trying to recover.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #AwesomeCharacters
The Colors That Haunt Us is almost here, and I’ve reached the strange part where there’s very little left to do except let people have it.
New on the blog: A Note Before Release
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#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #AspenWrites
New on the blog: A Note Before Release
www.aspenrayne.com/post/a-note-...
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #AspenWrites
https://www.aspenrayne.com/post/a-note-before-release
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October 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The Colors That Haunt Us is almost here, and I’ve reached the strange part where there’s very little left to do except let people have it.
New on the blog: A Note Before Release
www.aspenrayne.com/post/a-note-...
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #AspenWrites
New on the blog: A Note Before Release
www.aspenrayne.com/post/a-note-...
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #AspenWrites
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara writes herself one quiet morning where the house behaves, the coffee is good, and she finishes a painting she actually likes.
Suzette writes herself an afternoon at the piano where she remembers every song, every name, and nothing hurts to recall.
Clara writes herself one quiet morning where the house behaves, the coffee is good, and she finishes a painting she actually likes.
Suzette writes herself an afternoon at the piano where she remembers every song, every name, and nothing hurts to recall.
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
Today, your character has taken over the writing process!
They have time to write themselves one scene (not plot pivotal) where everything goes just as they want!
What type of scene are they writing?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Today, your character has taken over the writing process!
They have time to write themselves one scene (not plot pivotal) where everything goes just as they want!
What type of scene are they writing?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 1, 2026 at 4:51 PM
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara writes herself one quiet morning where the house behaves, the coffee is good, and she finishes a painting she actually likes.
Suzette writes herself an afternoon at the piano where she remembers every song, every name, and nothing hurts to recall.
Clara writes herself one quiet morning where the house behaves, the coffee is good, and she finishes a painting she actually likes.
Suzette writes herself an afternoon at the piano where she remembers every song, every name, and nothing hurts to recall.
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara. Absolutely Clara.
She'd start with a legitimate complaint, get increasingly stubborn when no one listened, and somehow end up at, "Fine. Burn it down."
Suzette would claim she disapproved while quietly handing her the matches.
Clara. Absolutely Clara.
She'd start with a legitimate complaint, get increasingly stubborn when no one listened, and somehow end up at, "Fine. Burn it down."
Suzette would claim she disapproved while quietly handing her the matches.
#QueerPrompts September 29: Who would burn down their school?
September 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara. Absolutely Clara.
She'd start with a legitimate complaint, get increasingly stubborn when no one listened, and somehow end up at, "Fine. Burn it down."
Suzette would claim she disapproved while quietly handing her the matches.
Clara. Absolutely Clara.
She'd start with a legitimate complaint, get increasingly stubborn when no one listened, and somehow end up at, "Fine. Burn it down."
Suzette would claim she disapproved while quietly handing her the matches.
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt The Colors That Haunt Us takes place in the real world and has queerphobia in its historical sections. In the modern day when the story takes place, we only see society through Clara's eyes and with those she surrounds herself with it's perfectly ordinary.
#QueerPrompts September 28: How queernormative is your story's world?
September 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt The Colors That Haunt Us takes place in the real world and has queerphobia in its historical sections. In the modern day when the story takes place, we only see society through Clara's eyes and with those she surrounds herself with it's perfectly ordinary.
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara thinks she sees herself clearly, but she’s better at spotting everyone else’s problems than admitting when grief is steering her.
Suzette knows her view of herself is distorted. Too much of her past is missing for her to trust who she remembers being.
Clara thinks she sees herself clearly, but she’s better at spotting everyone else’s problems than admitting when grief is steering her.
Suzette knows her view of herself is distorted. Too much of her past is missing for her to trust who she remembers being.
Tell me about your #AwesomeCharacters
How accurate is your character's perception of themselves?
Do they see themselves clearly, good and bad?
Or is their view of themself distorted in a particular way?
Do they know that?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
How accurate is your character's perception of themselves?
Do they see themselves clearly, good and bad?
Or is their view of themself distorted in a particular way?
Do they know that?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
September 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
Clara thinks she sees herself clearly, but she’s better at spotting everyone else’s problems than admitting when grief is steering her.
Suzette knows her view of herself is distorted. Too much of her past is missing for her to trust who she remembers being.
Clara thinks she sees herself clearly, but she’s better at spotting everyone else’s problems than admitting when grief is steering her.
Suzette knows her view of herself is distorted. Too much of her past is missing for her to trust who she remembers being.
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt
Queer history shapes Suzette’s story.
Her 1890s relationship survives through letters calling her lover a “dearest friend,” records naming her a “close companion,” and places where that woman’s name was erased.
The story is about uncovering what was hidden.
Queer history shapes Suzette’s story.
Her 1890s relationship survives through letters calling her lover a “dearest friend,” records naming her a “close companion,” and places where that woman’s name was erased.
The story is about uncovering what was hidden.
#QueerPrompts October 2: LGBTQ History Month: Free Friday or queer history mentioned in your story or queer historical reading recs
October 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
#QueerPrompts #TheColorsThatHaunt
Queer history shapes Suzette’s story.
Her 1890s relationship survives through letters calling her lover a “dearest friend,” records naming her a “close companion,” and places where that woman’s name was erased.
The story is about uncovering what was hidden.
Queer history shapes Suzette’s story.
Her 1890s relationship survives through letters calling her lover a “dearest friend,” records naming her a “close companion,” and places where that woman’s name was erased.
The story is about uncovering what was hidden.
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt No use of injury directly, but Clara is hurting and in pain, so close enough?
October 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt No use of injury directly, but Clara is hurting and in pain, so close enough?
#SongsofSeptember #TheColorsThatHaunt
Since I missed so many, here's a few:
Day 9: Band For The Story:
If I had to give The Colors That Haunt Us to one band, it would be The Amazing Devil.
Their mix of haunting folk, messy grief, desperate love, obsession, and beauty that always has something...
Since I missed so many, here's a few:
Day 9: Band For The Story:
If I had to give The Colors That Haunt Us to one band, it would be The Amazing Devil.
Their mix of haunting folk, messy grief, desperate love, obsession, and beauty that always has something...
#SongsOfSeptember Day 29
Free day! Feel free to repeat any question you want to share another fitting song for a character, emotion, scene--whatever~
I'll post the full month below!
And don't forget to tag~
Free day! Feel free to repeat any question you want to share another fitting song for a character, emotion, scene--whatever~
I'll post the full month below!
And don't forget to tag~
September 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
#SongsofSeptember #TheColorsThatHaunt
Since I missed so many, here's a few:
Day 9: Band For The Story:
If I had to give The Colors That Haunt Us to one band, it would be The Amazing Devil.
Their mix of haunting folk, messy grief, desperate love, obsession, and beauty that always has something...
Since I missed so many, here's a few:
Day 9: Band For The Story:
If I had to give The Colors That Haunt Us to one band, it would be The Amazing Devil.
Their mix of haunting folk, messy grief, desperate love, obsession, and beauty that always has something...
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
Going to be so honest here, I forgot that the word well was more than just the noun so I went to search it thinking that I wouldn't have any uses. It's been a long morning and it's only 10 am.
Going to be so honest here, I forgot that the word well was more than just the noun so I went to search it thinking that I wouldn't have any uses. It's been a long morning and it's only 10 am.
September 29, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
Going to be so honest here, I forgot that the word well was more than just the noun so I went to search it thinking that I wouldn't have any uses. It's been a long morning and it's only 10 am.
Going to be so honest here, I forgot that the word well was more than just the noun so I went to search it thinking that I wouldn't have any uses. It's been a long morning and it's only 10 am.
August 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Some choices only look inevitable once you’re already falling.
A short excerpt from The Colors That Haunt Us.
October 8.
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#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
A short excerpt from The Colors That Haunt Us.
October 8.
www.aspenrayne.com/books
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
September 24, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Some choices only look inevitable once you’re already falling.
A short excerpt from The Colors That Haunt Us.
October 8.
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#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
A short excerpt from The Colors That Haunt Us.
October 8.
www.aspenrayne.com/books
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
September 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I’m sorry I had to. The antagonist is kinda the house itself so it’s just…houses.
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
September 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I’m sorry I had to. The antagonist is kinda the house itself so it’s just…houses.
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
#AwesomeCharacters #TheColorsThatHaunt
One last excerpt before The Colors That Haunt Us is out in the world.
Rosenfeld Manor has always wanted people to stay. Whether that means it loves them is another question entirely.
October 8.
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#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
Rosenfeld Manor has always wanted people to stay. Whether that means it loves them is another question entirely.
October 8.
www.aspenrayne.com/books
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
October 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
One last excerpt before The Colors That Haunt Us is out in the world.
Rosenfeld Manor has always wanted people to stay. Whether that means it loves them is another question entirely.
October 8.
www.aspenrayne.com/books
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
Rosenfeld Manor has always wanted people to stay. Whether that means it loves them is another question entirely.
October 8.
www.aspenrayne.com/books
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
I didn't really have adept or much close, but Thalia is pretty adept at making conversations go her way?
I didn't really have adept or much close, but Thalia is pretty adept at making conversations go her way?
August 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
#WIPSnips #TheColorsThatHaunt
I didn't really have adept or much close, but Thalia is pretty adept at making conversations go her way?
I didn't really have adept or much close, but Thalia is pretty adept at making conversations go her way?
#SummerOfStories
Suzette's style in The Colors That Haunt Us is old-house elegance, candlelight, soft sleeves, dark eyes, and the feeling of someone too composed for a woman who should not be there.
#TheColorsThatHaunt
Suzette's style in The Colors That Haunt Us is old-house elegance, candlelight, soft sleeves, dark eyes, and the feeling of someone too composed for a woman who should not be there.
#TheColorsThatHaunt
July 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
#SummerOfStories
Suzette's style in The Colors That Haunt Us is old-house elegance, candlelight, soft sleeves, dark eyes, and the feeling of someone too composed for a woman who should not be there.
#TheColorsThatHaunt
Suzette's style in The Colors That Haunt Us is old-house elegance, candlelight, soft sleeves, dark eyes, and the feeling of someone too composed for a woman who should not be there.
#TheColorsThatHaunt
June 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
July 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
July 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Last teaser before the date reveal.
Tomorrow, I get to share when The Colors That Haunt Us is coming.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #Booksky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
Tomorrow, I get to share when The Colors That Haunt Us is coming.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #Booksky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
July 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Last teaser before the date reveal.
Tomorrow, I get to share when The Colors That Haunt Us is coming.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #Booksky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
Tomorrow, I get to share when The Colors That Haunt Us is coming.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #Booksky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
4 days until the cover reveal for The Colors That Haunt Us.
A queer gothic novel about art, obsession, haunted beauty, and the kind of house that remembers what it has been given.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
A queer gothic novel about art, obsession, haunted beauty, and the kind of house that remembers what it has been given.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
June 28, 2026 at 3:35 PM
4 days until the cover reveal for The Colors That Haunt Us.
A queer gothic novel about art, obsession, haunted beauty, and the kind of house that remembers what it has been given.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction
A queer gothic novel about art, obsession, haunted beauty, and the kind of house that remembers what it has been given.
#TheColorsThatHaunt #BookSky #QueerBooks #GothicFiction