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@veronicascott.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

#Bookqw 'tree' from my new release DERIUS (Intergalactic Dating Agency Soldiers of the Ardannan)...available wide. #booksky www.amazon.com/Derius-Soldi...

@lindagriffinauthor.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 4:04 PM

"Historically sound and warmly told, Cherry Creek is a gently romantic story about what it means to be truly free." ~ Indies Today
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#BookQW #HistoricalRomance #GoldRush

Hanging branch of black cherries. "The name Cherry Creek had conjured images of a cool, shaded river and brightly blossoming #trees, but the reality was far otherwise. Only low black chokecherry shrubs grew on its banks, their honey-sweet scent laced with bitterness."

@tanyahuff.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 3:42 PM

Today's word is TREE. Today's #BookQW from Summon the Keeper (DAW Books, Inc. 1998) a contemporary fantasy set in Kingston, Ontario where even though the cat never shuts up, Hell still gets all the best lines.

Available wherever you buy ebooks. Shop indie if you can.

The digital cover is in the upper right: a spooky house with things happening in every window (werewolf, bat, fire tentacles) and caution tape over the door. A black and white cat lounges disdainfully on the roof. The background is the house and the quote is in a yellow/orange rectangle.

Thunder cracked, lightning lit up the sky, and it started to rain harder. Down the center of the street, where the reaching leaves of the huge, old trees didn't quite touch, grape-sized drops of water hit the pavement so hard they bounced. On the sidewalk, under the trees, it was ...
..not significantly drier.

@willcampowell.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 3:04 PM

#bookqw
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is #tree
Kai and the band are getting ready to rehearse for their upcoming German tour, when singer Clay drops a resignation bombshell:
#lgbtqreads

“Put it on hold. We can put the band on hold, can’t we?”
“How long for?” I asked him.
“I don’t f***ing know! I’ll be flying over to the US quite a bit. And there’s a bunch of guys in Japan I’ll need to work with. Six months, maybe?”
And then it hit me. I knew why Clay couldn’t meet my eye.
“The Cherry Tree. You must have known about this last night, and you didn’t say a f***ing word. We’re already in the Last Chance Saloon. This is Boot-f***ing-Hill.”

@willablair.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 3:04 PM

Today's #BookQW word: TREE

HIGHLAND RECKONING
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"...a story of action, adventure and mystery with a strong romantic thread. I liked the characters, and Rory is too cute for words."

#SwoonworthyRomance #ParanormalFamily #ScottishHighlandSeries #BookSky

@bandersonmysteries.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 2:45 PM

Today is Book Quote Wednesday, and today’s word is “tree."
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@triempery.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 2:05 PM

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is TREE.

Amallar has trees, many trees. Lots of paragraphs and settings involve trees. Also autumn makes a good time for talk about big changes, as Hans and Dorilian set out to do in this scene from THE GOD SPEAR.
#bookqw #WritingCommunity

Left side of image is the book cover of THE GOD SPEAR, book 4 of the Triempery Revelations series by L.L. Stephens. Cover is orange, gold, and red and shows a young woman walking along a country lane toward a distant, strangely shaped hill crowned by antlers.

Right side of image is a text excerpt from THE GOD SPEAR, in which two characters, Hans and Dorilian, begin to discuss a highly improbable and powerful gift.

“The Khelds aren’t going to believe that you want to bargain in good faith just because I say so. They’ll toss me out of the Witan if I come to them with no more than that!”
Dorilian eyed him icily. “If you wanted more than that, you should have stayed in Sordan.”
“But I didn’t. And you know what? I’m glad I didn’t. Because now I know where I stand with my people, not yours. I don’t cling to any nice little dreams that Amallar or the Khelds are going to blindly follow me wherever I lead them. I know that I have to bring them more than what they’ve already got.”
Dorilian leaned his weight upon the bole of the tree. It was a posture so natural to him that Hans could almost take seriously his pretense of contemplation. “And what do these Khelds not have that you would give them?”
“The Rill.”

@janarichards.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 2:02 PM

#BookQW The TREEs sported fall colors of gold and orange, while the subdued browns of the lawn reminded her that fall would soon give way to a frigid prairie winter. FIRST AND AGAIN https://books2read.com/First-and-Again #Secondchanceatlove #firstlove #smalltownromance #booksky #romancelandia

@patricksamphire.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 12:13 PM

It's book quote Wednesday, which means it's time for a quote, this week from The Dinosaur Hunters, my murder mystery set on Regency Mars.

The word this week is "tree".

#bookQW

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The Martian wilderness was thick and dense. Tall, twisted trees spiked up through the undergrowth, trailing slowly writhing creepers from their branches. Beneath the canopy, pressed in by the heavy undergrowth, the air was sweltering. Within ten minutes, Harriet was soaked through. Sweat dripped from her forehead into her eyes. She dashed it away with a wet sleeve.

The Dinosaur Hunters. The Casebook of Harriet George: Volume 1.

@stephanieburgis.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 12:05 PM

It's Book Quote Wednesday! This week's prompt is "tree," so - with just 4 weeks until publication day! - here's a snippet from my upcoming novella A Waltz of Sinister Import, which you can preorder now:

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#romance #fantasy #bookqw #

The cover of A Waltz of Sinister Import, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a pair of late nineteenth-century dancing slippers hanging over the title and a bat with outstretched wings underneath the author's name. Framing the cover's text are branches with golden leaves. Above, beside, and below that cover image is this snippet of text: The orchestra struck up a new waltz—and Margaret’s whole body thrummed with the power of its first chord. The greater din of the room faded away; only vaguely, somewhere in the back of her brain, did she note that every other guest had fallen silent around her.
That music...!
It was a powerful river current, sweeping her up without conscious thought. Even as it locked her in place with sheer wonder, dark forests and rippling streams took shape all around her. At first, she thought they were mere fantasies hinted at by the music, but then—there! Just before her: giant, twisting, black oak trees rose within the ballroom of the Hofburg where other guests had congregated only an instant ago. More and more trees appeared until they filled the room with their unnaturally dark, spreading branches, ebony draped with glinting gold and silver leaves.
The rich, distinctive scent of a forest floor rose through her senses.

@joanneguidoccio.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 11:58 AM

It's Book Quote Wednesday! Today's word: TREE. #Excerpt is from my #cozymystery, A SEASON FOR KILLING BLONDES. #bookqw

@thomaswrightson.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 10:22 AM

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'tree'. #BookQW
In an exotic domed garden, Sedna walks among potential allies and enemies as the scene is set for murder.
The Murderer's Lament is out on September 29!
#scifi #spaceopera #mystery #sample #writingcommunity #BookSky💙📚

Sedna scanned the area before her. It looked stunning. On either side of the open grassy meadow was a rockery, packed with healthy exotic specimens. An artificial waterfall trickled at its far end, where a number of wetland plants were arranged. Under the line of trees were plants that needed more shade, though still firmly within the realms of the tropics. Many plants were in flower, some were on the cusp, some were past their best, and many simply showed off their leaves of a dozen shades in natural glory.
Sedna described the scene, then added, “Is there anywhere for cooler plants to grow, or is it all tropical?”
“Ah.” Sienyd smiled. “I see my environment is a little stifling for your taste.”
“A little.”
Jaques spoke from near the edge of one of the rockeries. “Don’t Ekri like the heat? You come from an arid world, don’t you?”
Sedna chose her words carefully, more than this Human seemed to. “To a degree. But there are limits. Too much heat, or heat with too much moisture, is a great risk for our kind. Some piece of our ancestors may have been cold blooded, but we are not. Nor do we like saturation”
“I see.” Jaques cocked his head contemplatively. “Don’t take offense, but on Ancient Earth, there was a type of creature very like you in appearance. We called them reptiles. In fact, each of the different peoples seem to parallel something from our records of Ancient Earth’s fauna. Quite uncanny.”
Pashai entered into the spirit of the talk. “What do our people parallel?”
The conversation turned on comparative physiognomy. The Feles, compared to “big cats,” with their Human name taken from felidae. The unflattering Kavki parallel to “fish,” “amphibians,” and other marine or aquatic creatures. Pashai’s face appeared taut, but Sienyd didn’t seem offended.

@scriblit.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 10:19 AM

It's Book Quote Wednesday & the word is TREE. In the Cursed series, Fang's one fond memory of home is of time spent with someone under a peach tree there. Maybe if he can die, he can see it again. #BookSky #BookQW buying links farragobooks.com/book-series/...

Quote from Cursed Under London. Quote reads: Fang didn’t even think. His hands were already on Randall’s shoulder, his foot already on the ruffian’s thigh, he pushed himself up and vaulted over both Randall and Lazare’s shoulders, one leg curling back as he dropped down the other side of the two men to kick the stake out of Thomasina’s hands before landing.
He lashed out a foot. It hit nothing but thin air. He’d mistimed the kick.
Thomasina was still lunging, her eyes widened in alarm at the man who had just dropped down between her and her intended target.
Fang tried to make a last-ditch grab for the stake.
But it was too late.
There was a terrible, meaty sound of sharp wood entering flesh, and Thomasina’s face was right next to his, etched with shock.
‘Sorry,’ she mumbled. ‘That wasn’t meant for you.’
Everything was going dark, again.
Maybe, maybe this time he would die. Maybe someone was waiting for him. Underneath that peach tree, that big peach tree back home.

@julietemckenna.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:28 AM

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'tree' #BookQW #BookSky
The Hunter's antlers may remind Dan Mackmain of branches, but nothing else about this dream is remotely familiar.
Visit Wizard's Tower Press for a wide range of national and international purchase options.
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Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.

Book extract reads: The Hunter stopped walking. The birds fell silent. A long-eared owl soared up from a cluster of silver birch saplings and headed for the horizon. A massive animal reared up from a hollow that had been hidden by the little trees and the swathes of bright green, arrowhead-shaped leaves hanging from their twisted branches.
It was some sort of deer, and it was sodding enormous. As far as I could tell at this distance, that hump rising above its shoulder blades was roughly the same height as my head. The beast must need those muscles and its thick neck to counterbalance its antlers. They had to be more than three metres across. Where the Hunter’s branched tree-like and narrowed to points, the huge deer’s were broad and flat, fringed with lethal-looking spikes. Like a fallow deer’s, if you could scale a fallow buck up to more than twice its natural height and eight times the bulk.

@julietemckenna.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:11 AM

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'tree' #BookQW #BookSky
Dan Mackmain's just twigged it's time to use his greenwood blood to learn more about what's going on around here.
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Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those.

book extract reads: ‘That makes sense,’ Fin agreed. ‘But how do we know we’re not adding two and two to make nine?’
‘Give me a minute.’ I stood up and passed Not-Alice to her, careful not to knock the tall coffee glasses over. I walked to the far end of the beer garden. A notice in the bar said the apples from this small orchard were sent to the local cider maker. I wondered if that meant the factory we had seen driving through Shepton Mallet or a smaller operation. Regardless, whoever looked after these trees had done a good job thinning this year’s fruit.
I rested my palm lightly on the closest branch, speaking quietly. ‘I could really use your help.’
The tree let me know it was willing to cooperate. It felt sharper somehow, wary and more aloof than the ones in the cottage garden. Imagine the difference between a placid riding school pony and one used to roaming moorland.
Regardless, the cider apple tree showed me what I needed to know.

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@benjeapes.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:01 AM

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is TREE. Conman Cegario and his reluctant sidekick Shan are working their way from village to village, until fate catches up with them. #bookqw #swordandsorcery #fantasy www.benjeapes.com/index.php/wr...

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.

@veronicascott.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 9:28 PM

#Bookqw 'infallible' from HOSTAGE TO THE STARS... he refuses to leave her behind...on the run from the interstellar enemy across an alien planet... #booksky www.amazon.com/Hostage-Star...

@thomaswrightson.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:46 PM

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'drip'. #BookQW
Sedna and Hiakana step into an unreal wonderland, where more than beauty is lurking.
"The Murderer's Lament" launches on September 29 in hardcover and ebook.
#scifi #spaceopera #mystery #crimenovel #BookSky💙📚

Hiakana stammered. “This is unreal.”
Birds sang, insects buzzed, flowers of every imaginable color and with every conceivable scent dropped or stood proud or ran in lines across the scene before them. Going down a small flight of metal steps, they found themselves on a wooden boardwalk leading both left and right. As instructed, they took the right path, walking beneath a trellis of twisting vines with globe-like flowers practically dripping with sweet nectar.
It was like going through a tropical house, only enhanced and distorted under some magnifying lens, turning the reality of the jungle into an oversized fantasy realm. Hiakana felt giddy looking up through the crisscrossing lines of leaves, making innumerable shades of color as the artificial sunlight drenched the scene. But no sooner did she grow accustomed to this sight than the pair broke from the forest and encountered a different landscape again.
Like walking from one biome to another, they had passed into an orderly grassed area with a large pond visible in the near distance, and trees with stout trunks and modest foliage contrasting violently with the heady jungle of their entrance. The lawn extended up to the top of a sharp rise, which together with the jungle section obscured any other parts of the dome interior from view. Still, birds sang, but they flew and were visible in all their glory.

@julietemckenna.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:36 PM

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'drip' #BookQW #BookSky
Dealing with the dangers the Green Man sends him to face has punctured any notion Dan Mackmain ever had that he was invulnerable. Tomorrow you can discover the challenges the Hunter has for him in Ireland.
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@shannaswendson.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 7:35 PM

It's #BookQW and this week's word is "drip," which was a bit of a challenge. But when one of your characters is a healer, it does come up, as in this bit from my cozy fantasy, Tea and Empathy. shannaswendson.com/writing/tea-...

Tea and Empathy book cover set against a background of apothecary jars.
Quote: She unstoppered the bottle and dripped a few drops into the water. “I’m not sure how potent it will be after all this time,” she said before drinking the water. She felt a slight tingle spread through her whole body. Whoever had made that tincture had a real gift.