Hello again, friends! It’s December now and I’m back to share with you an exciting request to vote for my books in the Indie Ink Awards, plus a reveal of the full suit of Swords for the Magic Pantry Tarot. Yay!
Vote for the Eternal Library in the Indie Ink Awards
I'm honored this year to have both of my books nominated in several categories for the 2nd annual Indie Ink Awards, hosted in part by Indie Story Geek, a site which catalogues, highlights, and reviews indie and small press books. A much needed service on today's internet!
To vote, click here to head on over to Indie Story Geek. There you can make a quick account (this is to discourage cheating) and then click on the categories that you'd like to vote for and find your winning book there (even if it’s not mine!). You get one vote per category, but you can vote in as many categories as you like! Below I’ve provided links to the categories my books are nominated in so you can find them faster.
The Thread That Binds (Book 1) has been nominated in the categories of:
The Tale That Twines (Book 2) has been nominated in the categories of:
Both books have been nominated in the categories of:
Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation
Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
(If you vote in these categories, you'll have to choose one book or the other; I suggest choosing The Thread That Binds since the finalists will be read by the judges and it’s Book One, if you’re having trouble picking)
Vote as you see fit, based on your honest opinion! Though if there's one category I really feel like I deserve to become a finalist for, it's The Thread That Binds for "Best Mentor." Aeronwy and June deserve it!!
Voting is open for two weeks starting December 15th. Thank you so much for the nominations and for the chance to be a finalist ❤️ It really means a lot to me to have the recognition!
The Suit of Swords for the Magic Pantry Tarot
Now onto tarot stuff!
This suit is represented by vegetables, which I think is appropriate since the swords are the suit with the most struggle, and many people struggle with liking vegetables, even as adults. Personally I love most vegetables, and salad is one of my favorite foods, but I am here to validate many other people’s taste as well! (Also: I don’t like spinach. Lol.)
Many vegetables have bitter components, especially if overcooked, and the suit of swords contains many bitter lessons itself…lessons we may need to learn, just as we generally should be consuming vegetables if we can, for their nutrients. You may need to find ways to make them more palatable with added ingredients, and some may be out of reach depending on your neighborhood and finances, but both vegetables and swords bring a lot to the table.
And, for the record: yes, tomatoes are technically fruits. You know what else is technically a fruit? Cucumbers, eggplants, squash, pumpkins, and many other foods we typically label as vegetables! But for whatever reason, no one comes up with the “well, actually” when you mention them. Tomatoes are functionally vegetables as much as these other foods are in the way they’re prepared and eaten, and so here they are! In the swords suit! Thank you, haha.
Without further ado, the Swords:
I’m really proud of how these turned out! Thank you all for sticking with me on this journey the past few years, I hope you all are having a lovely end to 2023 and a good holiday season, if you’re celebrating. Keep being your wonderful selves and making the world a better place.
- Cedar <3