Michele C. Shaw

The Honorable Con cover, a red train gilded in gold, racing through a lush mountain landscape. A pair fight on the roof, silhouetted by the setting sun.

So The Honorable Con ebook is on sale for 0.99c at the moment!!!

Ailyanna a con artist has one chance to earn her freedom. She just needs to pull off an impossible mission for the king, expose a dukes treason and stop a civil war.

Easy done right?

Read it now before the sequel drops!!
#booksky

A wet golden retriever walking out a back door, a motion blur as she’s trying to shake off the towel on her. She is a good dog.

A golden retriever further out the back door, still shaking and caught in motion blur. Still with her towel on. She is a good dog.

A close up of a wet golden retriever having accepted her fate of wearing a towel. Mouth open in a smile with her tongue lolling out the side. She is a very good dog.

Criminal to be this cute

The Honorable Con by Michele C Shaw. A red train rushes through a lush green landscape, a pair fighting on the roof in the setting sun.

The Honorable Con ebook is down to 0.99c on Amazon right now!

Ailyanna was one good con away from escaping the looming war, and instead she’s locked in the dungeon. You scam one prince and suddenly you’re the captain of the constable’s personal obsession.

#Booksky #Booksale

Ahhh I missed the chat! It's been such a while since I could join in! Miss you all #writestuff

What I want to do with my Romantasy story: Project Kunzite.

I want world building to be aesthetic but solid.
I want characters to feel unique.
I want focus on the emotional connection. Gonna earn that spice.
I want to play with my fav tropes like forced proximity.
I want to have fun!

#booksky

Romantasy project is going well. I’d planned a character who was very refined, was not expecting her to turn goblin in chapter 1 while bitting the love interest.

#booksky

That is a purrfect chair

I bet that universe had the good ending to the game of thrones show

That feels like such a thing that should have been.

A picture of me, a white woman with red lipstick and long (in badly need of a touch up) dyed hair. In front of an art work with rainbow balls appearing to float.

The front page of the Honorable con. I am unable to write it all out. But it has the con artist main character escaping over the rooftops of mansions with the constables in hot pursuit!

The Honorable con book cover. The first in the Obscura Saga. It features a red train racing through a lush green landscape with a pair fighting on the roof, the sun setting in the background.

A little late but joining in the fun!

Author 🖋️ first page 👑 Front Cover 🚞

#booksky #authorsky

Also I love that she is a condescending brat to everyone… including herself

I’ve finally continued on #thelockedtomb and have started Harrow.

I have theories, thoughts, conspiracies, and observations.

One of my key questions (that I don’t want an answer to, I will rafo) is if the prologue is a flash forward or not. Because it changes what I think Harrows great work is.

I was meant to go to bed but instead I had a rum and started a knights tale I’m now I’m just crying.

“Sir William, your dad heard that”

Started work on a new project today, unsure if it should be called romantasy or fantasy romance. But I do know, the couple is going to need to hide out in a travelling circus.

Why yes I was reminded about wheel of time today, why do you ask?

#booksky #romantasy

It’s an epic fantasy series so I’m aiming for action and emotion.

I do really appreciate the clarification cause otherwise I was going to go on a TRIP googling what you were on about 🤣

2D through procreation, I’m going to be cheating with a lot of zooms in on still drawings to keep the amount of work down.

A cutout trailer would look amazing though, sort of a lyric video for a book.

Awkward cute first date?

Been learning animation for fun, and I’m going to try and make a trailer for #TheHonorableCon in honour of the sequel coming out this year.

I’m sure the terrible quality will only bring an endearing show of human effort in an encroaching AI world.

#booksky #indieanimation

A golden retriever sitting down in a park on a bright and sunny day. She is a good dog.

Taking pup out to the markets

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway with his arms in the air . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway with his arms in the air. It’s the dorky dance from spider man 3

This would also have been an acceptable reaction

You absolute legend! You brilliant writer! You complete and total star!!!!

I am gobsmacked? Shook?? Thunderstruck a.k.a astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak???
(thank you for like my story this much 😭)

Oh also, I have not yet shouted this from the rooftops which is a serious failing on my part.
But, The Honorable Con got into #SPFBO11 !!!!🎉🎊🎊🎉

I’m so honored to be in the running with so many other exceptional indie fantasy novels!

#TheHonorableCon

I do realise I’ve been mia on the socials so far this year.

Editing is progressing along well and we are all on track for a September release for book 2 and…
I’ve seen a draft of the cover and my word, it is stunning!

#TheHonorableCon #TheObscuraSaga

A dark blue image with a faded illustration of Scylla, the woman-turned-creature from Greek mythology. In the top centre sits a white logo that reads 'Scylla' in a bold font, with the bottom of the letter 'y' curling into a serpentine monster's head. Below that in larger white text is the title "Who am I?" in all caps. Underneath is two lines of thinner light blue text that says "A sapphic spec fic anthology of identity and purpose". In the bottom center of the image are the words "Submissions open now" in all caps, and a light blue rounded rectangle button that says "scyllapublishing.com" in blue text.

Each year the harvest grows stronger...

While book 1 is a adventure heist novel, book 2 is a mob driven political fantasy. The world cracks open with new locations, new perspectives and new magic.

Romantasy girls are not prepared for our shirtless wolf man and Fantasy bros will have plenty of world building the chew on. #Booksky

I'm so excited for Book 2 of #TheObscuraSaga
#TheHonorableCon got into the hands of a few readers who aren't friends and family, amazing!!!
With each book I'm hoping more and more people will know they exist.
Plan B of driving around and throwing copies out the window is still an option.
#booksky